GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum College football team has received a solid group of commitments from student-athletes announced Pioneer head coach Frankie DeBusk Wednesday during College football's Signing Day.

The Pioneers addressed several needs, but especially in the secondary as 25 of the commitments were defensive backs. The list of commitments also includes 15 defensive linemen, 12 receivers, nine linebackers, nine running backs, six quarterbacks, 3 athletes and one offensive lineman.

"This is always a very exciting day for our team and our coaching staff," said DeBusk. "Our staff has worked tirelessly this year and I'm always proud of the commitment and dedication they put forward in our recruiting efforts."

Tusculum's recruiting scope covered 10 U.S. States with Georgia having the largest representation with 29 commitments. Seventeen (17) student-athletes from Tennessee are on the list, while 16 are from South Carolina. Five commitments each come from Florida and Kentucky, while California, North Carolina and Texas had two apiece. Washington and Mississippi rounded out the list with one commitment each.

"I'm really pleased with the quality of this recruiting class," DeBusk added. "We targeted specific needs and I'm confident we were able to fill them. We got a lot of the guys we wanted and I'm excited with the potential this class has."

The Pioneers will open spring practice on Feb. 15 in preparation for this fall's season-opener against the University of Charleston (W.Va.) at Pioneer Field on Aug. 28.

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2010 Tusculum College Football Commitments
Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School
Chris Adams LB 5-11 215 Gaffney, S.C./Gaffney HS
Colter Adkins DL 6-2 260 Memphis, Tenn./Cordova HS
Jerrel Maseko-Anderson RB 5-11 180 Augusta, Ga./Richmond Academy
Antonio Anthony QB 6-0 170 Stockbridge, Ga./Stockbridge HS
Laronte Archie DB 6-0 185 Fairburn, Ga./North Atlanta HS
Daniel Arthur DL 6-0 320 Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek HS
Jalen Ayers WR 5-11 190 Columbia, S.C./A.C. Flora HS
Aubrey Bell DB 6-0 185 Temecula, Calif./Mt. San Jacinto/Chaparral HS
Kaytron Becton DB 5-10 165 Miami, Fla./Miami Jackson HS
Rashawn Binns RB 5-10 220 Conyers, Ga./Rockdale County HS
Jordan Bishop RB 5-10 245 Morristown, Tenn./Morristown West HS
Tevin Blair DL 6-2 335 Hartsville, S.C./Hartsville HS
Jameile Britt DL 6-0 330 Fairburn, Ga./Stockbridge HS
Derrell "DJ" Brooks DL 6-2 315 Hephzibah, Ga./Richmond Academy
Mathias Brown LB 5-11 225 Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Col. of the Desert/Monarch
Justin Browning DB 6-0 180 Atlanta, Ga./North Atlanta HS
Chris Burns RB 5-10 170 Social Circle, Ga./Social Circle HS
Kevonne Byard WR 6-0 175 Lithonia, Ga./Martin Luther King, Jr. HS
Aerial Byrd DB 5-10 170 Duncan, S.C./James F. Byrnes HS
Terry Cherry ATH 5-8 170 Columbia, S.C./A.C. Flora HS
Everett Colbert DB 5-9 180 Old Hickory, Tenn./McGavock HS
Lorenzo Colbert LB 6-3 185 Old Hickory, Tenn./McGavock HS
Darien Crank DB 5-10 170 Fort Campbell, Ky./Fort Campbell HS
Aaron Cude DB 6-0 180 Lubbock, Texas/New Mexico Military Institute
Evan Dansby DB 6-0 180 Augusta, Ga./Richmond Academy
Joshua Davis RB 6-2 210 Atlanta, Ga./South Atlanta HS
Will Davis DB 5-11 200 Spanaway, Wash./Diablo Valley/Spanaway Lake HS
Kyle Dickey QB 6-3 190 McDonough, Ga./Luella HS
Johnathan Diliberto WR 5-10 180 Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek HS
Kennedy Emebunor DL 6-0 280 Nashville, Tenn./Glencliff HS
James Farmer, III DL 6-2 300 Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson HS
Virgil Fripp WR 5-10 160 Miami, Fla./Miami Jackson HS
Devin Gaines DE 6-0 235 Seneca, S.C./Seneca HS
Stephen Gyebison DB 5-10 170 Knoxville, Tenn./West HS
Cris Hall WR 5-10 175 Greenville, S.C./Greenville HS
Dameon Herring DL 5-11 295 Stockbridge, Ga./Martin Luther King, Jr. HS
Trevor Hoskins QB 6-3 205 Middlesboro, Ky./Eastern Ky./Middlesboro HS
Austin Hunter DB 6-1 180 Seneca, S.C./Seneca HS
Eric James DB 6-2 200 Greeneville, Tenn./West Greene HS
Bradley Jefferson DL 6-1 310 Summerville, S.C./Ft. Dorchester HS
Mykelle Jones WR 5-11 185 Spartanburg, S.C./Spartanburg HS
Trevor Jones OL 6-2 290 Appling, Ga./Greenbrier HS
Jacob Kadel DB 5-9 165 Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek HS
Robert Kilgore DB 6-1 180 Arden, N.C./TC Roberson HS
Dustin Lane LB 5-10 205 Lithonia, Ga./Martin Luther King, Jr. HS
Richard Lee LB 6-2 240 Oakland, Calif./Diablo Valley/Castlemont HS
Matt Levine WR 6-0 170 Anderson, S.C./Westside HS
Pablo Montilla DL 6-4 265 Tucker, Ga./Lakeside HS
Corey McCutcheon WR 6-4 195 Wesson, Miss./Copiah-Lincoln CC
Nnaji McDaniel WR 6-4 195 Madison, Ga./Morgan County HS
Mar-Quon Medlock QB 5-11 180 Augusta, Ga./Richmond Academy
Dosha Mintlow RB 5-10 170 Nashville, Tenn./Glencliff HS
Graylan Mitcheler-Kemp LB 5-10 190 Miami, Fla./Miami Jackson HS
Chaz Moulder DL 6-3 290 Atlanta, Ga./North Atlanta HS
Cameron Myers QB 6-1 185 Conley, Ga./Martin Luther King, Jr. HS
Jonathan Odom ATH 6-0 170 Memphis, Tenn./Overton HS
Blake Overton RB 5-8 170 Seymour, Tenn./Seymour HS
Jackie Patterson DL 6-2 310 Nashville, Tenn./Hillsboro HS
Derrick Perry DB 6-2 195 Atlanta, Ga./Lakeside HS
John Perry DB 6-1 185 Branford, Fla./Branford HS
Billy Pooser QB 6-3 185 Abbeville, S.C./Emerald HS
Rodney Pruitt DB 5-10 165 Antioch, Tenn./Antioch HS
Laderrius Rawls DL 6-5 260 Memphis, Tenn./Overton HS
Jordan Rhinehart DB 5-10 185 Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson HS
Josh Smith DB 5-10 190 Canton, Ga./Cherokee HS
Nicholas Smith DL 6-5 275 Seymour, Tenn./Seymour HS
Shundrez Smoot RB 5-11 195 Simpsonville, S.C./Woodmont HS
Treis Suber ATH 6-1 180 Simpsonville, S.C./Woodmont HS
AJ Terry RB 5-6 160 Greenville, S.C./Greenville HS
Steven Thomas WR 6-2 175 Snellville, Ga./Stephenson HS
Lladmar Thompson DB 6-1 185 Canton, Ga./Cherokee HS
Demontee' Walker DB 5-8 175 North Charleston, S.C./Ft. Dorchester HS
Devon Washington LB 6-0 225 Conyers, Ga./Rockdale County HS
Bryce Whaley WR 5-10 160 Sevierville, Tenn./Sevier County HS
Hubert Wiggins DB 5-10 175 Houston, Texas/Feather River/Cypress Spring HS
Cary Wilder LB 5-10 215 Stone Mountain, Ga./Stone Mountain HS
Dillon Wilker LB 6-1 200 Knoxville, Tenn./Bearden HS
Deuntez Williams DB 6-1 185 Ellenwood, Ga./Stockbridge HS
Will Woodard DB 5-10 170 Oneida, Tenn./Oneida HS
Keenan Young WR 6-2 170 Hendersonville, N.C./West Henderson HS