Additional FB Commits

I knew as soon as I posted the latest verbals there would be a couple more, and there was.  Both for football, as I understood it we have the basketball roster set for this season and I assume we are turning to high school players at this point.

For football, there were two players who have signed, one from Missouri and one from Memphis.

Austyn Dendy is a RB from Pine Bluff, AR.  He was with the Missouri Tigers, he played 2 snaps against Murray State, which was his only game time in one season there.  Presumably, that's a redshirt and he comes to BG as a FR.  At 6'0" and 220, he's a solid guy who can make yards in the MAC.  He's a really good athlete without much game experience.

He was an all-around player in HS.  He registered 83 rushes for 343 yards (4.13) with seven TDs, while adding 64 receptions for 937 yards (14.64) with 10 scores … also chipped in 279 kickoff and 43 punt return yards during senior season … on defense, finished with 30 tackles, 2.0 TFL, five INTs and one caused fumble in 20 games

He was also highly recruited.  A consensus three-star prospect by 247Sports.com, ESPN.com, and Rivals.com … charted as the No. 8, No. 10 and No. 10 prospect from the state of Arkansas according to 247Sports.com, ESPN.com and Rivals.com, respectively … listed as the No. 35 athlete nationally according to Rivals.com.

He was offered by Missouri, Arkansas State, Liberty, Memphis, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Purdue, Tulsa, UNLV and some FCS schools.

The other player is AJ Odom, a LB from Memphis.  He's 6'3" and 220 pounds. He redshirted his first year, played in all 13 games with one tackle his second year and then DNP at all last season.  The 23 snaps were almost all on special teams, getting a 57 grade from PFF.

•He was a three-star prospect by Rivals and ranked the 30th best overall prospect in Alabama.

Others:

• Also ranked the 98th best linebacker in the by 247Sports

• Ranked the 505th best recruit in the region by ESPN

• Region 6 Defensive Player of the Year

• Daily Mountain Eagle Defensive Player of the Year

• First-Team All-State

He was also highly recruited with offers from Arizona State, Army, FAU, Marshall, Southern Miss, Troy and UAB.

Welcome to the Falcons, Austyn and AJ.