East Carolina has picked up a verbal commitment from junior college quarterback Gardner Minshew.

The Mississippi native and Northwest Mississippi Community College product took an official visit to ECU over the weekend and committed on Sunday.

Minshew chose ECU over offers from Southern Miss, Buffalo and over FCS tenders. He will enroll this summer and be eligible to play immediately with four years to play three.

I am so excited to say that I am committed to ECU! A big thank you to everyone that has supported me along the way pic.twitter.com/39dspBGaPb — Gardner Minshew (@GardnerMinshew9) May 1, 2016





Minshew's commitment comes after the transfer of quarterback Kurt Benkert left ECU thin at the quarterback position.