The Georgia Southern football program announced Wednesday from its bowl hotel in Florida a football recruiting class composed of 19 student-athletes who signed national letters of intent or grants in aid in the December signing period."I'm very excited about our signing class because we were able to fill a lot of our needs," said head coach. "The great thing about this class is a lot of them are going to enroll in January, which gives them time to get on campus, get acclimated to college life and to go through winter workouts and those 15 practices in the spring, which is invaluable. The way it's moving these days, you're able to bring the guys in and it helps get them on the field sooner."GS welcomed nine players from the state of Georgia, three apiece from Florida and South Carolina, and one apiece from Louisiana, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and California."The state of Georgia is always going to be a priority for us and we signed nine players from Georgia today, 10 who played their high school football in the state," Lunsford said. "That's very important to us. We've worked hard to build the relationships with the coaches and programs throughout the state and I think that showed today. But we're also excited to be able to go into nearby states like Florida and South Carolina, and even into Louisiana and Pennsylvania to be able to round out this December class."The Eagles added 10 defensive players (three defensive linemen, one linebacker and six secondary players) and eight on offense (three linemen, a quarterback, a tight end and three receivers), along with a specialist."We got several different positions where I feel like we had a good class, like defensive line," Lunsford said. "I think we signed three guys who can come in here and compete early and that's what we're always looking for. We're trying to sign guys better than what we have, and I tell our guys who are here that. Then it becomes can these guys come in and compete against the guys who have college experience. That's the way it should be; we should be trying to signing better talent each year. I like our d-line, our offensive linemen, our receivers and I could go on and on about all of the positions.""Our coaches have done a tremendous job all year to put us in a position to finish strong today," Lunsford said. "Now we turn our focus to the February signing day where we'll look to round out this class with three to six more blue collar, Georgia Southern men."Georgia Southern is in Orlando preparing for its FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl game against Liberty Saturday at 2:30 p.m.Jordan Bennett *, WR, 5-11, 195, Pelham, Ga., PelhamTyler Bride *, S, 5-10, 180, Atlanta, Ga., Greater Atlanta ChristianTony Dinkins-McCall *, WR, 5-8, 165, Sumter, S.C., SumterAnthony Fieldings, CB, 5-10, 170, Apopka, Fla., ApopkaJustin Harris *, WR, 5-10, 180, Fort Valley, Ga., Peach CountyChalon Howard *, S, 6-0, 165, Madison, Fla., Madison CountyJalen Jackson, OLB, 6-0, 205, Athens, Ga., Cedar ShoalsSam Kenerson, QB, 5-9, 170, Baton Rouge, La., CentralLogan Langemeier †, OL, 6-4, 280, South Lake Tahoe, Calif., South Tahoe (Jacksonville Univ.)Dylan Lewis, PK, 6-1, 155, Sharpsburg, Ga., East CowetaTrevon Locke, DL, 6-2, 265, Savannah, Ga., Benedictine MilitaryRasheed Miller, OL, 6-5, 265, Lake Wales, Fla., Lake WalesJordan Mitchell *, DL, 6-3, 230, Fayetteville, Ga., Sandy CreekSean Pelkisson, TE, 6-3, 230, Downingtown, Pa., Downingtown WestBraylon Peterson * †, CB, 5-9, 165, Anderson, S.C., T.L. Hanna (Georgia Military College)Sam Randolph, S, 6-1, 180, Chattanooga, Tenn., HeritageSeth Robertson, CB, 5-10, 170, Madison, Ga., Morgan CountyCaelan Williams, OL, 6-7, 300, Dublin, Ga., Trinity ChristianBrandon Wilson *, DL, 6-1, 250, Beaufort, S.C., Battery Creek

* scheduled January enrollee

† - transfer; will be a junior





