Per GoBearcats:
Cincinnati football head coach Scott Satterfield announced the Bearcats’s Early Signing Day additions for the 2024 Class on Wednesday.
Cincinnati inked 21 high school prospects in addition to eight college transfers during the transfer portal window.
Led by four-star quarterback Samaj Jones (Philadelphia, Pa. / St. Joseph’s Prep), the Bearcats will welcome 10 early enrollees from the high school ranks next month.
Cincinnati Taft defensive back Quinton Price highlights five signees from the state of Ohio, including a pair of tight ends in Gavin Grover (Lewis Center / Olentangy) and Devyn Zahursky (Berea / Midpark) as well as record-breaking running back Jakorion Caffey (Avon) and offensive lineman Jake Wheelock (Dayton / Stebbins) – the first commitment in the 2024 Class.
Wheelock, Grover and Zahursky will join Jones as mid-year enrollees. They will be joined by speedy Georgia wide receivers Dakarai Anderson (Perry, Ga. / Perry) and Kale Woodburn (Warner Robins, Ga. / Houston County).
Four-star cornerback Daniel James (Powder Springs, Ga. / McEachern) also highlights the class. He is rated the No. 18 cornerback recruit in the country and among the nation’s Top 300 prospects by On3 and 247Sports.
Rounding out the Early Signing Day class were eight transfers, who were already announced.
“I’m glad today’s finally here,” Satterfield said. “Recruiting has been a long journey this past season. When you think about all these high school players, we started off with over 1000 of them back when we first got here trying to recruit this class and to get narrowed down to this group right here is special. We have 21 high school recruits who are going to come in and be part of our family now. We’re extremely excited about that.
“We have several players from the state of Ohio. We want to start right here in the city of Cincinnati and work within that three to four-hour radius all the way up through our state. We are really proud of this state of how good the high school football is and how great the high school coaches do. They do an absolutely great job, some of the best in the country, in coaching their players in high school and developing them. When they when they get to college they’re ready to go.”
High School Signees
QB Samaj Jones* 6-1, 218 Philadelphia, Pa. / St. Joseph’s Prep School
OL Jake Wheelock* 6-4, 275 Dayton, Ohio / Stebbins High School
TE Gavin Grover* 6-6, 240 Lewis Center, Ohio / Olentangy High School
TE Devyn Zahursky* 6-5, 245 Berea, Ohio / Midpark High School
WR Dakarai Anderson* 5-9, 185 Perry, Ga. / Perry High School
WR Kale Woodburn* 5-10, 165 Warner Robins, Ga. / Houston County High School
LB Simeon Coleman* 6-0, 227 Seat Pleasant, Md. / St. Frances Academy
CB Willie Goodwyn* 6-1, 175 Montgomery, Ala. / Rabun County High School [Ga.]
CB Zaravion Johnson* 6-3, 180 Clinton, S.C. / Clinton High School
STAR Jiquan Sanks* 6-0, 175 Columbus, Ga. / Central High [Ala.]
OL Aiden Pastoriza 6-7, 265 Jackson, Mich. / Lumen Christi High School
OL Zac Clarke 6-6, 270 Plainfield, Ill. / Oswego East High School
RB Jakorion Caffey 5-11, 190 Avon, Ohio / Avon High
WR Elijah Jones 5-11, 191 Norristown, Pa. / St. Joseph’s Prep
DL Lendric Barber 6-4, 305 McDonough, Ga. / Ola High School
DL Garrison Butler 6-1, 280 Jacksonville, Fla. / The Bolles School
DE Marquaze Parker 6-4, 265 West Memphis, Ark. / West Memphis High School
LB Montay Weedon 6-1, 215 Silver Spring, Md. / St. John’s College High School
CB Daniel James 5-11, 180 Powder Springs, Ga. / McEachern High School
DB Quinton Price 6-3, 180 Cincinnati, Ohio / Taft High School
S Marqavious Saboor 6-0, 174 Decatur, Ga. / Carlton Kell High School
Transfer Signees
QB Brendan Sorsby* 6-3, 230 Denton, Texas / Lake Dallas / Indiana
RB Evan Pryor* 5-11, 198 Cornelius, N.C. / William Amos Hough / Ohio State
WR Tony Johnson* 5-11, 180 Ocala, Fla. / Vanguard / FAU
DE Mikah Coleman* 6-5, 253 Reynoldsburg, Ohio / Reynoldsburg / Eastern Michigan
DE George Gumbs Jr.* 6-4, 242 Chicago, Ill. / Simeon / Northern Illinois
CB Ormanie Arnold* 5-10, 175 Long Beach, Calif. / Dominguez / Idaho
S Kye Stokes* 6-1, 195 Seffner, Fla. / Armwood / Ohio State
LS Jayden Perry* 6-4, 225 Savannah, Ga. / Islands / Coastal Carolina / Indiana State
*-indicates mid-year enrollee
