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Juco spigot flowing
Bonesville.net staff report
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East Carolina has received
commitments from two junior college offensive linemen who visited campus
last weekend.
Joel Renaud, who is 6 feet 7
and 325 pounds, has three years of eligibility remaining after last playing
in 2002 when he helped Reedley College in Reedley, Cal., to a 12-0 record
and the national junior college championship.
Brian Smith (6-5, 325) helped
Holmes Community College in Goodman, Miss., to a 9-2 record and the state
championship in 2002. The team slipped to 3-6 this season but Smith was
selected to a Mississippi junior college all star game on Dec. 6 in
Booneville.
“He’s a big body with a lot of
potential,” said Reedley coach Mike White of Renaud.
Renaud, who is from Pompano
Beach, Fla., had recruiting interest from Iowa and Iowa State. His campus
visit sold him on the opportunity to contribute immediately for the Pirates.
“The coaches were so real,”
Renaud said. “I felt a good vibe. I’m glad to be finished at Reedley. It was
through the grace of God that I got through it. I’ll be at ECU in the
spring.”
Holmes coach Hugh Shurden said
of Smith, “his best football is probably in front of him. He was a kid who
needed a lot of honing to his skills. He got better. He’s a hard worker who
can run block and pass block.”
The junior college additions
should help ECU offset considerable losses from a senior-laden offensive
front.
The Pirates also must replace
offensive line coach and assistant head coach J.B. Grimes, who left last
week to become offensive line coach at Mississippi State.
Including tight end Willie
Metcalf and defensive back Zack Baker, both from Pima College in Tucson,
Ariz., ECU has four commitments from junior college players.
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