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PRESS RELEASE UTSA adds seven transfers to 2024 signing class

Javi C

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SAN ANTONIO — UTSA head football coach Jeff Traylor on Wednesday announced that the program has added seven transfers to the 2024 signing class, which now numbers 22 signees.



The Roadrunners welcomed Jaylen Garth (Port Neches, Texas/Port Neches-Groves/Houston), Denver Harris (Houston, Texas/North Shore HS/LSU), Ian Jackson (Prattville, Ala./Prattville HS/Alabama), Jermarius Lewis (Summit, Miss./North Pike HS/New Mexico), Kamar Missouri (Baltimore, Md./Mergenthaler-Vo Tech HS/Rutgers), Zach Morris (Highland Village, Texas/Flower Mound Marcus HS/New Mexico) and Brevin Randle (Marshall, Texas/Marshall HS/Louisiana Tech) to the program this week.



The seven transfers join early signees DJ Allen (Gladewater, Texas/Gladewater HS/TCU), Mekhi Anderson (Tampa, Fla./Armwood HS), Briley Brown (Helotes, Texas/O’Connor HS), Caile Hogan (Eltham North, Australia/Marcellin College), Davion Hurth (Mesquite, Texas/Horn HS), CJ James (Springfield, Mass./Central HS/New Mexico), Kenyan Kelly (Denison, Texas/Denison HS), Nate Markiewicz (McKinney, Texas/North HS), Jonah Miller (Tucson, Ariz./Salpointe Catholic HS/Santa Rosa [Calif.] JC), Elijah Newell (Maumelle, Ark./Maumelle HS), Chidera Otutu (Pflugerville, Texas/Weiss HS), Zechariah Robinson (Brookshire, Texas/Royal HS), JJ Sparkman (Longview, Texas/Pine Tree HS/Texas Tech), Joseph Ugwu Jr. (Katy, Texas/Paetow HS) and Daemian Wimberly (Austin, Texas/Vandegrift HS/SMU).



The group features 14 players from the state of Texas, one apiece from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts and Mississippi, as well as one from Australia. Of the players from the Lone Star State, four hail from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex/North Texas, three each are from the Greater Houston Area and East Texas, two call Central Texas home and one apiece come from San Antonio and Southeast Texas.



Eleven of the players are slated to play on the offensive side of the ball, 10 are pegged for the defense and one is a specialist.



Ten of the players are joining the Roadrunners from the high school ranks — including seven from Texas — while the other dozen are transfers who were part of FBS programs.





2024 UTSA Football Signing Class


NamePos.Ht.Wt.Hometown/Previous School(s)
DJ AllenWR6-0205Gladewater, Texas/Gladewater HS/TCU
Mekhi AndersonWR5-11170Tampa, Fla./Armwood HS
Briley BrownOL6-4280Helotes, Texas/O’Connor HS
Jaylen GarthOL6-5310Port Neches, Texas/Port Neches-Groves HS/Houston
Denver HarrisCB6-1190Houston, Texas/North Shore HS/LSU
Caile HoganP6-1210Eltham North, Australia/Marcellin College
Davion HurthOL6-5275Mesquite, Texas/Horn HS
Ian JacksonLB6-2225Prattville, Ala./Prattville HS/Alabama
CJ JamesOL6-4295Springfield, Mass./Central HS/New Mexico
Kenyan KellyS6-1175Denison, Texas/Denison HS
Jermarius LewisS5-11185Summit, Miss./North Pike HS/New Mexico
Nate MarkiewiczTE6-4250McKinney, Texas/North HS
Jonah MillerOL6-8285Tucson, Ariz./Salpointe Catholic HS/Santa Rosa [Calif.] JC
Kamar MissouriOL6-6305Baltimore, Md./Mergenthaler Vo-Tech HS/Rutgers
Zach MorrisCB6-1190Highland Village, Texas/ Flower Mound Marcus HS/New Mexico
Elijah NewellS5-11180Maumelle, Ark./Maumelle HS
Chidera OtutuDL6-1280Pflugerville, Texas/Weiss HS
Brevin RandleLB6-0225Marshall, Texas/Marshall HS/Louisiana Tech
Zechariah RobinsonDL6-3265Brookshire, Texas/Royal HS
JJ SparkmanWR6-4225Longview, Texas/Pine Tree HS/Texas Tech
Joseph Ugwu Jr.OL6-4285Katy, Texas/Paetow HS
Daemian WimberlyDL6-4260Austin, Texas/Vandegrift HS/SMU
 
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Javi how would you rate this group from last years group?
Oh that's a good one. Here is what it looked like.

2023 UTSA Football Early Signing Class


Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School

Kam Alexander CB 6-0 185 Manvel, Texas/Manvel HS/Sam Houston

David Amador WR 5-11 175 Houston, Texas/North Shore HS

Nnanna Anyanwu DL 6-6 240 Hampton, Ga./Lovejoy HS/Coffeyville [Kan.] CC

Jameian Buxton DL 6-2 315 New Orleans, La./Warren Easton HS

Elliott Davison S 6-0 180 Flint, Texas/Tyler Lee HS/UIW

Jackson Gilkey QB 6-2 220 Ennis, Texas/Ennis HS

Cory Godinet OL 6-5 355 Leone, American Samoa/Leone HS/Trinity Valley [Texas] CC

Rocko Griffin RB 5-10 200 Rincon, Ga./South Effingham HS/Vanderbilt

Rodney Groce Jr. LB 6-2 235 Pleasant Grove, Ala./Pleasant Grove HS/Mississippi St./East Mississippi CC

Jamel Hardy WR 6-3 180 Dallas, Texas/Lincoln HS

Robert Henry RB 5-10 195 Lumberton, Miss./Lumberton HS/Jones [Miss.] College

Brandon High RB 5-11 210 Spring, Texas/Grand Oaks HS

Buffalo Kruize OL 6-5 300 Honolulu, Hawai’i/Moanalua HS/City College of San Francisco

Davin Martin CB 6-2 165 Houston, Texas/Klein Cain HS

Owen McCown QB 6-2 175 Rusk, Texas/Rusk HS/Colorado

Willie McCoy WR 6-1 180 Houston, Texas/Bellaire HS/Kilgore College

Devin McCuin WR 6-0 185 Jacksonville, Texas/Jacksonville HS

Daniel Ogundipe OL 6-5 285 Upper Darby, Pa./Imhotep Institute/Iowa Central CC

Patrick Overmyer TE 6-5 215 Kingwood, Texas/Kingwood Park HS

Jakevian Rodgers CB 6-2 150 Daingerfield, Texas/Daingerfield HS

Etueni Ropati OL 6-4 285 Harker Heights, Texas/Harker Heights HS

Devin Scura TE 6-5 240 Manor, Texas/Manor HS

Vic Shaw DL 6-3 240 Texarkana, Texas/Pleasant Grove HS

James Walley Jr. DL 6-2 225 Missouri City, Texas/Ridge Point HS

Marcellus Wilkerson S 6-2 205 Fort Worth, Texas/Boswell HS/Garden City [Kan.] CC
 
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It's tough, mostly because we know how productive guys like Alexander, Henry, Griffin and McCoy were. With the 2024 class being very transfer heavy there is more room for instant contributors. In terms of ceiling I think the 2024 group has the higher one. As the young guys from 2023 develop it might change my mind. For now give me the 2024 class.
 
Are we at the schollys max or did we reserve any for post spring movement without losing anyone from our team
 
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