Sycamores add 27 student-athletes on National Signing Day.

It is often documented that there is no true offseason in college football. That proved to be true yet again for the Sycamores yesterday as they were able to fill multiple position needs by the way of 3 transfers and 24 high school seniors.

One of the bigger names coming in is ex University of Minnesota wide receiver/quarterback JD Pride. JD was the number one recruit coming out of Minnesota as a high school senior in 2010. He is regarded to be a phenomenal athlete. He will have three years of eligibility here with the Sycamores.

Brother of former ISU standout, Brock Lough, has also signed on to join the Sycamores, Tsali Lough, a 5'9" 180lb defensive back graduate from South Vigo High School. He was named to the Indiana Football Coaches Association Top 50 as a senior.

One of Miles biggest needs to fill was the quarterback position with last year's starting quarterback, Ronnie Fouch, graduating. Four new quarterbacks will be calling Terre Haute home for the coming years. Two transfers in JD Pride and Blake Loncar are very skilled and figure to compete for playing time early.  

Loncar, a big 6'5" 240lb QB, comes in from Citrus College in California where he broke records for career completions, attempts, yards, and touchdowns in only two years of competition.

Unlike the FBS, the FCS does not have a true class ranking system which, honestly, does mean a whole a lot outside bragging rights. The Sycamores were able to get better with outstanding recruiting efforts by Coach Miles and his staff.

A total of three Terre Haute products will be suiting up for the Sycamores next year as well, aside from Lough, Offensive Linemen Dakota Vermillion from North Vigo and Running Back Tyler Evans will both be staying home to lend a hand.

"We were able to sign student-athletes that are good young men, great citizens and excellent students that will help continue the success of the Sycamore football program", said Coach Miles yesterday.