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WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Head Football Coach Dan Cocannouer unveiled a recruiting class of 53 players – 41 freshmen, 12 transfers – to the media, fans and supporters of SWOSU Football on Wednesday afternoon in the Legacy Bank Media Room.
   
"We're very excited about our recruiting class this year," Cocannouer said. "My hats off to all of my assistant coaches, they are unbelievable in terms of the work they put into this to get the caliber of players the we need to stay competitive in the Great American Conference."
 
CLASS BREAKDOWN
 
By State:
Oklahoma – 23
Texas – 23
California – 3
Kansas – 3
Washington – 1
 
By Position:
OFFENSE – 23
QB – 3
RB – 4
WR – 2
TE – 3
OL – 11
 
DEFENSE – 28
DL – 9
LB – 6
DB – 13
 
SPECIAL TEAMS – 2
LS – 1
K – 1
 
BY YEAR:
Incoming Freshmen – 41
Transfers – 12
 
"These recruits are young men that we feel like are not only good football players but terrific individuals," Cocannouer continued. "We have gotten to meet with their families too and we feel like we have a group coming in that fits the mold for being a part of our Bulldog family that we have here at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. We are very fortunate and certainly excited about the future with this group.
 
SWOSU Football finished the 2016 season with a record of 5-6 which included victories over each of the other five GAC foes from the state of Oklahoma. The Bulldogs overcame an 0-4 start to win five of the final seven games and the program is 13-6 in the regular season over the past two seasons.
 
Cocannouer will announce the Bulldogs spring practice schedule in the coming weeks and the 2017 football schedule will be finalized in the near future as well.
 
2017 SWOSU Football Recruiting Class

Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Exp.	Hometown (Previous School)
*Marcus Anderson II	RB	5-10	210	Jr-TR	Killeen, Texas (Navarro College)
Kameron Arnold	OL	6-4	310	Fr-HS	Texarkana, Texas (Texas HS)
Hunter Bigelow	LB	6-1	200	Fr-HS	Denison, Texas (Denison HS)
Jaimarian Biscoe	RB	5-10	200	Fr-HS	Crowley, Texas (Crowley HS)
*Joel Blumenthal	QB	6-1	200	Sr-TR	Edmond, Okla. (Northwestern State)
*Kameron Bradley	TE	6-4	240	Jr-TR	Chico, Calif. (Butte College)
Austin Brown	DL	6-1	230	Fr-HS	Mustang, Okla. (Mustang HS)
Greydon Buhlig	TE	6-5	230	Fr-HS	Elgin, Okla. (Elgin HS)
Bailey Burdick	DL	6-2	215	Fr-HS	Perry, Okla. (Perry HS)
Kevin Chaney	OL	6-2	285	Fr-HS	Port Arthur, Texas (Port Arthur Memorial HS)
Courtland Clark	DB	5-8	170	Fr-HS	Arlington, Texas (Seguin HS)
*Cedric Cooper	RB	5-11	180	Jr-TR	Seattle, Wash. (Santa Barbara City College)
Blake Culver	DL	6-1	275	Fr-HS	Rowlett, Texas (Rowlett HS)
Leonta Dancy	OL	6-4	285	Fr-HS	Port Arthur, Texas (Port Arthur Memorial HS)
Dalton Dawson	LB	6-2	215	Fr-HS	Edmond, Okla. (Deer Creek HS)
Jaylen Ellis	DB	5-11	170	Fr-HS	Dallas, Texas (Allen HS)
Anthony Escobar	DL	6-1	255	Fr-HS	Arlington, Texas (Mansfield Summit HS)
Jordan Finn	OL	6-2	260	Fr-HS	Moore, Okla. (Westmoore HS)
Blake Furman	OL	6-2	275	Fr-HS	San Angelo, Texas (San Angelo Central HS)
Jermaine Gardner	LB	6-1	215	Fr-HS	Dallas, Texas (Terrell HS)
*Derrick Gibbs	DL	6-1	230	Jr-TR	Kansas City, Kan. (Highland CC)
Trey Gooch	QB	6-5	230	Fr-HS	Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City West HS)
Dace Granger	DL	6-0	250	Fr-HS	Anadarko, Okla. (Anadarko HS)
Zach Hanna	DB	5-11	180	Fr-HS	Lawton, Okla. (Lawton HS)
Jason Hessler	DL	6-5	320	Fr-HS	Galveston, Texas (Ball HS)
Kevin Ixpanel	OL	6-2	225	Fr-HS	Haltom City, Texas (Haltom City HS)
Zavayon Jackson	LB	6-0	220	Fr-HS	Crowley, Texas (Crowley HS)
*Jonathan Jensen	OL	6-2	300	Jr-TR	Hutchinson, Kan. (Garden City CC)
*Beau Jinkens	WR	6-0	175	Fr-TR	Kingfisher, Okla. (Panhandle State)
*Shecari Johnson	DB	5-11	180	Sr-TR	Pittsburg, Calif. (Panhandle State)
Junior Kabela	DB	6-0	175	Fr-HS	Arlington, Texas (Sam Houston HS)
Garrett Kilpatrick	DB	6-1	185	Fr-HS	Yukon, Okla. (Mustang HS)
Seth Lawrence	OL	6-4	270	Fr-HS	Madill, Okla. (Madill HS)
Darrien Mack	DB	5-8	165	Fr-HS	Moore, Okla. (Southmoore HS)
Jermaine Mask	RB	5-9	180	Fr-HS	Dallas, Texas (Bishop Lynch HS)
Karber Miller	LB	6-2	220	Fr-HS	Bethany, Okla. (Bethany HS)
Paul Moore	K	5-10	185	Fr-HS	Christoval, Texas (Christoval HS)
Ethan Newby	OL	6-4	255	Fr-HS	Oklahoma City, Okla. (Westmoore HS)
Micah Phillips	DB	6-0	180	Fr-HS	Dallas, Texas (Kimball HS)
Stone Ramsey	TE	6-4	230	Fr-HS	Dallas, Texas (Bryan Adams HS)
Da'Sean Randle	DL	6-3	285	Fr-HS	Clinton, Okla. (Putnam City North HS)
Darion Richards	DB	5-10	155	Fr-HS	Mustang, Okla. (Mustang HS)
*Robert Ricks	OL	6-3	290	Jr-TR	San Jose, Calif. (West Hills College)
Trey Rodgers	OL	6-4	270	Fr-HS	Spiro, Okla. (Spiro HS)
*Ethan Savoy	DB	6-0	200	Jr-TR	Douglass, Kan. (Fort Scott CC)
*Ethan Schimmels	DB	6-1	195	Fr-TR	Edmond, Okla. (Central Arkansas)
Diondre Scott	DB	6-0	170	Fr-HS	Ardmore, Okla. (Ardmore HS)
Relijah Sherman	LB	5-11	190	Fr-HS	Midwest City, Okla. (Carl Albert HS)
Trevor Smith	QB	6-2	185	Fr-HS	Yukon, Okla. (Yukon HS)
Devin Stentz	DL	6-2	225	Fr-HS	Lipan, Texas (Brock HS)
*Travis Taylor	DB	6-2	200	So-TR	Cumby, Texas (Panhandle State)
Pierce Warn	LS	5-8	180	Fr-HS	Lawton, Okla. (Lawton HS)
Adrian Williams	WR	5-7	150	Fr-HS	Port Arthur, Texas (Port Arthur Memorial HS)
*Joined team at semester break