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Reginald Allen

Football MSU Athletics Communications

Morgan State Set to Welcome First Members of 2021 Signing Class

BALTIMORE, Md. (December 17, 2020) – The Morgan State University football program capped off its early period of National Signing Day on Wednesday, announcing the signatures of 15 future Bear football student-athletes.

It marks the second class of recruits signed by head coach Tyrone Wheatley.

Wednesday's crop of signees includes  four offensive lineman, four defensive backs, two defensive linemen, two quarterbacks, two wide receivers and one linebacker. Seven states are represented, with nine players coming from the DMV area (DC, Maryland, Virginia), two from Georgia,  and one each from Indiana, West Virginia, Michigan and Florida. 

In all, there are eight (8) players on offense and seven (7) on defense.

Here are the players who have already made their commitments to Morgan State official.
 
 Name  Pos.  Ht.  Wt.  Hometown  High School/Last School  Highlights
 Antoine "Duce" Taylor   QB  6-1   180   Fort Wayne, Ind.   North Side HS  Watch
 Brandon Williams  DB  6-0  180   Washington, D.C.  Howard D. Woodson HS  Watch
 Chance Moore  OL  6-4  288   Redford, Mich.  River Rouge HS  Watch
 Eric McKeown  OL  6-6  300   Ashburn, Va.  Stone Bridge HS  Watch
 Erick Hunter  WR  6-4  190  Capital Heights, Md.  Westlake HS  Watch
 Joshua Graham  DB  5-9  175  Lawrenceville, Ga.  Norcross HS  Watch
 Josiah Honaker  DB  6-3  187  Princeton, W.V.  Princeton Senior HS  Watch
 Jumar Hines Jr.  DB  6-0  185  Owings Mills, Md.  New Town HS  Watch
 Kamren Lark  DL  6-1  275  Norcross, Ga.  Norcross HS  Watch
 Kearon Smith  DL  6-4  220  Baltimore, Md.  Dunbar HS  Watch
 Keshawn Dixon  OL  6-4  275  Palm Bay, Fla. Palm Bay Magnet HS  Watch
 Malcolm Brown  QB  6-4  225   Fulton, Md.  Reservoir HS  Watch
 Torrance Williams  OL  6-2  275  Baltimore, Md.  St. Frances Academy  Watch
 Tyler Wilkins  WR  6-3  180  Columbia, Md.  Mount St. Joseph HS  Watch
 Xavier Shell  LB  6-1  230  Baltimore, Md.  Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical HS   Watch
 
Morgan State finished the 2019 season with an overall record of 3-9, 2-6 in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play, including an impressive home victory against #14 North Carolina A&T.  


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ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution offering more than 126 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.


 
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