Choctaw Football Inks 15 During December Signing Period

CLINTON, Miss. — Mississippi College head football coach John Bland and his staff are pleased to announce 15 student-athletes have returned National Letters of Intent during the December signing period.

All 15 players are from the junior college ranks and will be on campus in January and join the Choctaws for Spring Practice.

“We feel like addressed nearly every need we had with this signing class,” Bland said. “This is our most successful mid-year signing class that we’ve had since coming to Clinton four years ago. We added several players that can and should make an immediate impact.”

Each of the 15 December signees are products of Mississippi junior colleges and 14 of 15 are from the State of Mississippi. Northeast MS CC and Northwest MS CC each produced four members of the class, while Jones County JC brought in three. The class also has the distinct characteristic of having two sets of twins (Derric and Detric Hawthorn and Cole and Turner Rotenberry).

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Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown	Previous School
Cordell Birge	OL	6’2	335	Southaven, MS	East MS CC
Quentin Frazier	LB	6’0	220	Hernando, MS	Northeast MS CC
Derric Hawthorn	DB	5’9	180	Collins, MS	Jones County JC
Detric Hawthorn	QB	5’8	170	Collins, MS	Jones County JC
Chase Hughes	RB	5’10	198	Centreville, MS	Southwest MS CC
Ja’Mori Mark	RB	5’7	167	Tylertown, MS	East MS CC
Drake McCarter	P/K	5’10	155	Tupelo, MS	Northwest MS CC
Zhauntre McElroy	DB	5’11	170	San Francisco, CA	Pearl River CC
Peyton McMahon	LB	5’8	200	Southaven, MS	Northeast MS CC
Tyrek Moody	DB	5’10	190	Petal, MS	Jones County JC
Kenzie Phillips	RB	5’8	198	Oxford, MS	Northeast MS CC
Damarius Ray	DB	5’10	190	Itta Bena, MS	Northeast MS CC
Cole Rotenberry	WR	5’8	170	Batesville, MS	Northwest MS CC
Turner Rotenberry	DB	5’8	170	Batesville, MS	Northwest MS CC
Michael Washington Jr.	DL	6’2	250	Collinsville, MS	Northwest MS CC

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Mississippi College is a private Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. MC is recently finished their transition process back to NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference and will be competing for conference and national championships in the 2016-17 academic year.

The athletic department sponsors 17 intercollegiate athletic programs: Baseball, Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, Football, Golf, Men’s and Women’s Soccer, Softball, Men’s and Women’s Tennis, Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field, Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field and Volleyball.

For more information on Mississippi College athletics, please contact David Nichols at 601-925-3234 or nichols@mc.edu.