
Chanticleers Continue To Stack Talent With 8 More Pledges

Conway, SC. - The arrests keep piling up in Conway, but so do the commitments.
ACC officials have already slapped Coastal Carolina with a five-scholarship reduction in the wake of multiple felony arrests inside the program and are reportedly weighing further penalties. Yet on the recruiting trail, the turbulence has done little to slow momentum.
“Why does that affect me? I know what I’m going to Conway to do — and that’s WIN, BABY,” said Morgan Briggs, the No. 13 overall recruit and one of the nation’s top wideouts, after pledging to the Chanticleers over the weekend.
Briggs headlined a wave of seven commitments that followed Coastal’s rout of Georgia Tech. The group includes: DE Russ DeVan (No. 27 overall), MLB Stephen Lynn (No. 53), Quincey Lemon (No. 79), WR George Ofodile (No. 81), T Prince Keke (No. 130), FS Steven Middlebrooks (No. 157), and G Dustin McKie (No. 169)
The haul vaulted the Chanticleers to No. 3 in the early 2031 class rankings, behind only Georgia (14 signees) and Ohio State (15), and placed them alongside Georgia and Alabama as the only schools with multiple five-star commitments.
While both Middlebrooks and DeVan had been on the board since the summer, multiple sources indicated Coastal’s push intensified after the arrests of safety Sean Maggio and defensive end Richard Hatch. “They wanted immediate replacements for the talent they just lost,” one source said.
The Chants still have two top-100 targets left: QB Koren Moses (No. 33), where Coastal is the clear favorite, and DT Evan Hodges (No. 65), where LSU and Tulane hold commanding leads. Moses’ decision could come within the next two weeks.
“They were late on Hodges after Antoine Michele flipped to Georgia,” the source added. “Moses, though — that one’s Coastal’s to lose.”
Ranking | Position | Name | Height | Weight | Hometown | Tendency | NAT/STA/POS | Stage | Coastal's Rank |
![]() | WR | Morgan Briggs | 6'1 | 167 | Bridgeport, CT | Route Artist | 13/1/4 | Committed | Coastal |
![]() | DE | Russ DeVan | 6'3 | 234 | Princeton, NJ | Speed Rusher | 27/14 | Committed | Coastal |
![]() | QB | Koren Moses | 6'1 | 200 | Charleston, WV | Dual Threat | 33/1/7 | Top 3 | 1st |
![]() | DE | Gill Frantz | 6'6 | 243 | New Canaan, CT | Power Rusher | 48/2/6 | Committed | Coastal |
![]() | MLB | Stephen Lynn | 6'2 | 231 | San Diego, CA | Thumper | 53/6/2 | Committed | Coastal |
![]() | DT | Evan Hodges | 6'3 | 284 | Brookhaven, MS | Speed Rusher | 65/1/1 | Top 5 | 3rd |
![]() | G | Quincey Lemon | 6'4 | 321 | Monroeville, PA | Pass Pro | 79/1/3 | Committed | Coastal |
![]() | WR | George Ofodile | 6'2 | 205 | Durham, NC | Gadget | 81/2/17 | Committed | Coastal |
![]() | T | Prince Keke | 6'4 | 326 | Mount Ulla, NC | Well Rounded | 130/4/19 | Committed | Coastal |
![]() | FS | Steven Middlebrooks | 5'11 | 188 | Abbeville, SC | Coverage Specialist | 157/4/3 | Committed | Coastal |
![]() | ATH | Jamar Hape | 6'0 | 185 | Raleigh, NC | East/West Playmaker | 161/6/21 | Top 3 | 1st |
![]() | G | Dustin McKie | 6'3 | 290 | Worcester, MA | Pass Pro | 169/2/8 | Committed | Coastal |
![]() | CB | Miles Laborn | 6'1 | 178 | Alpharetta, GA | Bump and Run | 313/29/23 | Battle vs Clemson | 1st |
![]() | ATH | Ian Ojulari | 6'1 | 244 | Belle Glade, FL | Thumper | 343/43/23 | Committed | Coastal |
![]() | LB | Duke Ogletree | 6'4 | 233 | Apopka, FL | Signal Caller | 29/4/2 | Committed | Miami |
![]() | HB | Andre Miles | 5'10 | 179 | Opa Locka, FL | East/West Playmaker | 41/5/7 | Committed | Miami |
![]() | DT | Antoine Michel | 6'4 | 295 | Alpharetta, GA | Speed Rusher | 74/4/2 | Committed | Georgia |
![]() | T | Eli Mount | 6'7 | 328 | Towson, MD | Well Rounded | 77/2/9 | Committed | Ohio State |
![]() | G | Pete Mangum | 6'5 | 329 | West Hills, CA | Agile | 98/12/4 | Committed | Notre Dame |
Position | Name | Hometown | Tendency | Top 3 | Stage |
FS | CJ Kashama | New Orleans, LA | Box Spealist | Tulane/LSU/AzSt | Top 5 |
T | Deon Spears | Milan, MI | Well Rounded | Iowa/Wisc/PSU | Top 8 |
QB | Kyle Ramsour | Alabaster, AL | Dual Threat | Aub/Neb/Ten | Top 8 |
T | Khalid Genus | Fort Myers, FL | Raw Strength | Clem/Bama/Neb | Top 5 |
WR | Carlos Small | Sumter, SC | Elusive Route Runner | Clemson | Committed |
WR | Morris Nicholson | Greenville, SC | Contested Specialist | Clem/Ark/CC | Open |
CB | Bruce Luter | Pickerington, OH | Boundary | tOSU/ND/LSU | Top 5 |
WR | Cole Tamm | Brentowod, TN | Elusive Route Runner | Clem/OleM/Tulane | Top 3 |
CB | Josh Kanuch | West Hills, CA | Boundary | Tex/LSU/USC | Top 5 |
QB | Kevin Bragg | Miami, FL | Backfield Creator | Alabama | Committed |
HB | Fredrick McCallum | Indianapolis, IN | East/West Playmaker | tOSU/ND/IND | Top 5 |
QB | Jameson Girault | Hayden, AL | Pocket Passer | Georgia | Committed |
WR | Morgan Briggs | Bridgeport, CT | Route Artist | Coastal Carolina | Committed |
QB | Tevin Wimbley | Durham, NC | Pocket Passer | Ill/Mizz/Clem | Top 8 |
T | Jeremiah Kuntz | Memphis, TN | Pass Pro | Ark/USC/Ore | Top 8 |