Utah State Signs 27 to Football Letter of Intents Feb. 7

Feb. 7, 2007

LOGAN, Utah - Brent Guy's third recruiting class at Utah State, features 27 signees, including seven Utah high school players.

Among the local signees are 2006 first-team all-state selections Austin Alder (WR, Provo) and Tanner Richins (OL, Logan). Two other local signees earned previous first-team all-state honors in Mark Watterson (WR, Mountain Crest, 2003) and Monte "Junior" Keiaho (DE, Logan, 2005).

Other Utah signees include 2006 second-team all-state selections Funaki Asisi (OL, Provo), Peter Caldwell (PK/P, Davis), and Nate Needham (LB, Pineview).

The 2007 recruiting class features 12 players from the state of California, seven from Utah, six from Texas and one each from Kansas and Oregon. Twenty four of the 27 players are high school players.

USU signed 13 offensive players, 13 defensive and one special teams player this year. Six of the offensive players are offensive linemen, with three wide receivers, two running backs and two quarterbacks on the list. Defensively, USU signed five linebackers, four linemen and four defensive backs.

"The class is pretty balanced,” Guy said. "The only position we didn't take was a tight end/fullback/H-back. We decided we needed to get two tailbacks in the class, so tight end was the only position we didn't hit. This year was a deep offensive line group and we felt the quality and depth of the group was as good as we have seen.

"It was a very competitive recruiting year," he added. "We went against a lot of WAC teams to get these kids.

"One thing I am really proud of is not only the athleticism of this group, but our average ACT score is 23 and the average SAT is 925 and the standards for those are 17 and 820," Guy said. "I think we recruited not only good athletes, but good students, which is important for building the program. You have to have kids who want to get an education as well."

The coaching staff will get a look at the new players who are already on campus when Spring practice begins March 21. The incoming freshmen will report in August. Utah State will open the 2007 season hosting UNLV on a yet to be determined date.

2007 Utah State Football Signees:

Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Yr.	Exp.	Hometown
Austin Alder	WR	5-11	175	Fr.	HS	Provo, Utah (Provo HS)
@Sidney Allen	CB	6-1	175	Fr.	HS	Merced, Calif. (Merced HS)
Funaki Asisi	OL	6-4	290	Fr.	HS	Provo, Utah (Provo HS)
*Deshon Benton	LB	5-11	235	Jr.	JC	Modesto, Calif. (Downey H S/Modesto JC)
Diondre Borel	QB	6-1	175	Fr.	HS	Oakley, Calif. (Freedom HS)
Peter Caldwell	PK/P	6-4	213	Fr.	HS	Kaysville, Utah (Davis HS)
Steven Clark	DE	6-4	245	Fr.	HS	Los Alamitos, Calif. (Los Alamitos HS)
Carlos Cuevas	OL	6-3	315	Fr.	HS	Plano, Texas (Plano HS)
David Disman	OL	6-3	265	Fr.	HS	Mesquite, Texas (Horn HS)
Kyle Gallagher	LB	6-0	200	Fr.	HS	Woodland, Calif. (Douglass HS)
Phillip Gapelu	OL	6-2	285	Fr.	HS	Lynwood, Calif. (Lynwood HS)
Jordan Glass	LB	6-2	220	Fr.	HS	Elk Grove, Calif. (Elk Grove HS)
Jervon Graves	DT	6-1	290	Fr.	HS	Olathe, Kan. (Olathe South HS)
Robert Hill	OL	6-3	275	Fr.	HS	Southlake, Texas (Carroll HS)
*Roy Hurst	DB	5-11	190	Jr.	JC	Oakland, Calif. (Castlemont HS/Santa Rosa JC)
#Monte "Junior" Keiaho	DE	6-4	220	Fr.	HS	Logan, Utah (Logan HS)
*Curtis Marsh	TB	6-1	190	Fr.	HS	Simi Valley, Calif. (Royal HS/Naval Academy Prep)
#Walter McClenton	S	5-11	185	Fr.	HS	Arlington, Texas (Bowie HS)
Stanley Morrison	WR	5-9	170	Fr.	HS	Denison, Texas (Denison HS)
Nate Needham	LB	6-2	220	Fr.	HS	St. George, Utah (Pineview HS)
Chris Randle	CB	5-10	170	Fr.	HS	Merced, Calif. (Golden Valley HS)
Cedric Reeves	DT	6-2	250	Fr.	HS	Granada Hills, Calif.(Kennedy HS)
Tanner Richins	OL	6-6	310	Fr.	HS	Logan, Utah (Logan HS)
*Sean Setzer	QB	6-3	220	Jr.	JC	Portland, Ore. (Wilson HS/Garden City JC)
Robert Turbin	TB	5-11	195	Fr.	HS	Fremont, Calif. (Irvington HS)
%Mark Watterson	WR	6-0	165	Fr.	HS	Hyrum, Utah (Mountain Crest HS)
Tim Wlodarczyk	LB	6-1	208	Fr.	HS	Grand Prairie, Texas (South Grand Prairie HS)