Football Mona Shores at Lowell

Former standout Lowell quarterback Kyler Shurlow has joined the new Davenport football program.

(MLive file photo)

DAVENPORT, MI - The next phase of the first recruiting class of the Davenport University football program has taken shape.

Coach Lou Esposito has received 62 signed letters of intent from student-athletes to attend Davenport in the fall and be part of the Panthers' first football team. That's 30 new arrivals since 32 were introduced at the school Dec. 13.

The NAIA program won't debut until the fall of 2016, but they will begin practice on Aug. 16. Also as an NAIA program, they are not bound by NCAA rules to sign on national Letter of Intent day, which is Wednesday.

Esposito said the emphasis in the past month has been on linemen.

"Early on (in recruiting) there really wasn't an emphasis; we were after good players," said Esposito who, along with assistant Steve Casula, have done nearly all of the recruiting. "And as the class fills out, it's not that you don't recruit good players, but you focus on what you want and that's the line and that's what we've been trying to do."

In the coming month, Esposito expects another about 10 more transfers to come on board. He also expects to hire a third assistant - and first on the defensive side - to join Casula (offensive coordinator) and Greg Sullivan (offensive assistant), who came on board on January.

Here are the latest arrivals:

MORE: See the list of the previous 32

Jacob Geter, Plainwell - RB

Chris Bradford, Mona Shores (transfer) - RB

Lars Pyrzynski, Lakewood (transfer) - DL

Sam HarrisoN, Forest Hills Eastern (transfer) - WR

Anthony Frierson, Loyola - DB

Kyler Shurlow, Lowell (transfer) - Safety

Nick Sieracki, West Catholic (transfer) - DB

Stefan Jones, Grand Ledge - DB

Makaveli Williams, Godwin Heights - LB

Ben Heinritz, Dewitt - RB

Tommy Brown, Grand Rapids Northview - DL

Dereko Riley, Reeths Puffer - RB

Rayn`er Barrera, Dewitt - TE

Patrick Mcmahon, Fremd (IL) - DL

Jay Doll, Paw Paw - QB

Tyler Kastner, Huntley (IL) - OT

Deion Powers, Wayne (IN) - ATH

Keion Powers, Wayne (IN) - ATH

Daronte Powers, Wayne (IN) (transfer) - WR

Seth Kerby, Williamston - SAF

Mike Catching, East Kentwood - SAF

Zac Baker, Lansing Catholic - WR/DB

Rowland Sharp, Muskegon - DL

Shain Shannon, Lansing Sexton - OL

Austin Simmons, Caledonia - OL

DeKurtis Murphy, Lake Michigan Catholic - DL/OL

Caleb Mayers, Lansing Catholic - OL

Austin Herees, Calvin Christian - QB/ATH

Josh Branagan, Lowell - TE

Stephen Glover, Forest Hills Eastern - OT

Pete Wallner covers sports for MLive/Grand Rapids Press. Email him at pwallner@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.