Two Football Verbals

The Falcon football team has two new verbals, as signing week comes up.

The last two years--and especially last year--our coaches leave spots open until late.  They want to compete for the good players and we often get some late signees who we are beating other programs for.

The first reported verbal is James Sanford.  He is a S from Xenia, OH who looks like a great get for us.  ESPN calls him a high 2-star.  He had an offer from West Virginia and the Dayton Daily News reported offers from Michigan State and UC.  He also was offered by Ohio and Toledo.

He is an athlete.  He is a track star, and the Dayton paper reports that he runs a consistent 4.5 and has a 36 inch vertical.  He is very strong in coverage as well as in coming up to make tackles in run support.  He starts at 6'1'' 180, and would be expected to get bigger at BG. He was all-conference and honorable mention all-district.

The other is Scott Davis, who was playing post-graduate ball at Fork Union.   He is originally from Richmond and also had an offer from Ohio U and James Madison, a top FCS program.  He is a TE.  At first I wondered why we were signing another TE, since BG is pretty deep at the position already.  One thing to notice about Davis is that he is HUGE, 6'5" and 240.

In addition, he was all-district as a TE and punter.  In the video below, it appears that he was lined up often in a more wide position playing like a WR.  (Just for grins, check out the circus catch that leads the highlights off).  These post-grad guys can be hard to find info on, but he is mentioned here with a number of key receptions in a game against Wagner College.




So, welcome to the Falcons, James and Scott.