WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Head Football Coach
Dan Cocannouer addressed media, fans and supporters of the SWOSU Football program in the Legacy Bank Media Room on Wednesday afternoon to announce the addition of 36 student-athletes to the Bulldog team. Included in the group are 31 high school seniors and five transfer students, four of which are already on campus for spring practice.
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"Overall, I think we had a great recruiting class," Cocannouer said. "Every year, they keep getting better and better and my hats off to my coaching staff for the job they've done evaluating and recruiting these kids that we've brought in to represent our program. We had some things that we felt like we needed to address and these guys put in the hours making recruiting trips and going above and beyond to improve our football team."
In total, the Bulldogs signed players from five different states, including a large number with 18 in-state prospects headed for Weatherford. SWOSU added 15 players from Texas with one each from California, Florida and Minnesota. There was a fairly even split on offense and defense, with 16 offensive signees and 20 for defense, with eight each at wide receiver and defensive back.
SWOSU Football is coming off a banner season that saw the Bulldogs win their final six regular season games to advance to the Live United Texarkana Bowl, their first postseason appearance since moving to NCAA Division II in the mid-1990's. SWOSU finished the season 8-4 under the direction of Cocannouer, a SWOSU alum who was named both the Great American Conference and AFCA Region Coach of the Year.
"We're very excited about this program moving forward," Cocannouer said. "We aren't satisfied with the way our season ended last season and we're looking forward to the next step. It's going to be a great year to be a Bulldog!"
Cocannouer will likely announce the Bulldogs spring practice schedule in the coming weeks and the 2016 schedule will be released later in the spring as well. SWOSU will play six home games during the 2016 season after finishing a perfect 5-0 at ASAP Energy Field last fall.
2016 SWOSU Football Recruiting Class| Name | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Exp. | Hometown (Previous School) |
| Connor Adkins | LB | 6-4 | 230 | Fr.-HS | Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock Christian HS) |
| Ini Akpabot | DB | 5-10 | 190 | Fr.-HS | Dallas, Texas (Bishop Lynch HS) |
| *Dillon Bauer | WR | 5-10 | 175 | Jr.-TR | Willis, Texas (McNeese State) |
| Korbin Boles | OL | 6-3 | 315 | Fr.-HS | Palestine, Texas (Palestine HS) |
| Jordan Bryant | WR | 6-2 | 200 | Fr.-HS | Crandall, Texas (Crandall HS) |
| Brock Calfy | OL | 6-2 | 305 | Fr.-HS | Temple, Okla. (Temple HS) |
| Caleb Collins | QB | 6-0 | 185 | Fr.-HS | Fort Worth, Texas (Timber Creek HS) |
| Dalton Cooper | LB | 6-0 | 205 | Fr.-HS | Tuttle, Okla. (Tuttle HS) |
| Cody Gentry | DB | 6-2 | 185 | Fr.-HS | Fort Worth, Texas (Brewer HS) |
| *Parrish Grant | OL | 6-3 | 340 | Jr.-TR | Stockton, Calif. (San Joaquin Delta College) |
| Jonathan Harris | DL | 6-0 | 270 | Fr.-HS | Tulsa, Okla. (Washington HS) |
| *Zach Hill | WR | 6-4 | 220 | Jr.-TR | Blanchard, Okla. (Central Oklahoma) |
| De'Veon Hunter | DB | 6-1 | 190 | Fr.-HS | Dallas, Texas (Kimball HS) |
| Dez Hunter | WR | 6-2 | 175 | Fr.-HS | Dallas, Texas (A Plus Academy) |
| Brandon Ingram | WR | 6-0 | 175 | Fr.-HS | Burkburnett, Texas (Burkburnett HS) |
| *Rashad Jackson | DL | 6-5 | 260 | Jr.-TR | Titusville, Fla. (Fort Scott CC) |
| Tabor Johns | DB | 6-0 | 200 | Fr.-HS | Hennessey, Okla. (Hennessey HS) |
| Riley Julian | DL | 6-2 | 225 | Fr.-HS | Marlow, Okla. (Marlow HS) |
| Billy Kellogg | DB | 5-10 | 190 | Jr.-TR | North Minneapolis, Minn. (Rochester CC) |
| Jared Lawson | OL | 6-3 | 325 | Fr.-HS | Waukomis, Okla. (Waukomis HS) |
| Reggie Mayes, Jr. | DL | 6-1 | 240 | Fr.-HS | Tulsa, Okla. (Washington HS) |
| Saivion McCauley | WR | 6-1 | 200 | Fr.-HS | Dallas, Texas (Hillcrest HS) |
| Tyson McDaniel | WR | 6-1 | 185 | Fr.-HS | Fort Worth, Texas (Chisholm Trail HS) |
| Chaz McGuire | LB | 5-11 | 215 | Fr.-HS | Lone Grove, Okla. (Lone Grove HS) |
| Jalyn Morgan | DB | 5-10 | 165 | Fr.-HS | Guthrie, Okla. (Guthrie HS) |
| Kolton Mueggenborg | DL | 6-3 | 245 | Fr.-HS | Kingfisher, Okla. (Kingfisher HS) |
| Vessy Parrish | DL | 6-0 | 305 | Fr.-HS | Edmond, Okla. (Santa Fe HS) |
| Chandler Pavlik | OL | 6-7 | 320 | Fr.-HS | Fort Worth, Texas (Chisholm Trail HS) |
| Jaytron Phillips | LB | 6-0 | 195 | Fr.-HS | Fort Worth, Texas (Chisholm Trail HS) |
| Asjon Reeves | DB | 6=3 | 185 | Fr.-HS | Del City, Okla. (Del City HS) |
| DeWayne Rhodes | DL | 6-2 | 280 | Fr.-HS | Luther, Okla. (Luther HS) |
| Gavin Richmond | OL | 6-3 | 265 | Fr.-HS | Enid, Okla. (Enid HS) |
| Jordan Rolin | WR | 6-2 | 175 | Fr.-HS | Purcell, Okla. (Purcell HS) |
| Colin Watford | QB | 6-1 | 215 | Fr.-HS | Prague, Okla. (Prague HS) |
| Cory Wilkerson | LB | 5-10 | 205 | Fr.-HS | Rockwall, Texas (Rockwall-Heath HS) |
| Jacob Williams | DB | 5-10 | 165 | Fr.-HS | Choctaw, Okla. (Midwest City HS) |
