Post by redbirdman on Jun 10, 2017 17:40:12 GMT -6
Western Kentucky announced that DE's TyRon Horton 6'2" 285 RS Soph from Louisville Manual who was in 8 games last fall & Cecil Stallings 6'3" 260 RS Fr from Tucker, GA 3 star recruit are no longer on the team. Stallings was one of six players arrested in the April fight at a WKU fraternity ( not including O'Bryan). Previously leaving were LB T J McCallum who had started 26 games transferred as a grad student to Purdue & LB Drew O'Bryan a walkon who was arrested in the fraternity fight was noted as a transfer to be to EKU. Also unlikely to play do to the charges from the fraternity fight are RB Quinton Baker 5'9" 185 Ashland, Ky soph who rushed for 542 yds as a frosh, WR Xavier Lane 6'4" 200 RS Fr 3 star recruit from Montgomery, AL, LB Tyler Obec 5'11" RS Fr 3 star recruit from Flossmoor, IL, WR Jahcour Pearson 5'9" 180 RS Fr 3 star recruit from Pembroke Pines, FL, & last was DL Chris Johnson 6'1" 285 SR Gulfport, MS who started all 14 games & was HM All Conf. That brings them to 9 in players lost since Sanford took over the team. It appears new coach Mike Sanford, Jr. has his work cut out for him as the arrests & leaving of the team of the above mentioned players happened after spring practices. McCallum, Johnson & Baker would have been projected starters in March. While I still think they will be favored over us the losses will be significant.
