BGSU Football National Signing Day Release
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BGSU Football National Signing Day Release BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Bowling Green State University head football coach Scot Loeffler has announced the addition of four student-athletes to the 2020 recruiting class. Added to the 27 announced in December, BGSU has a class of 31 student-athletes. 2020 BGSU Recruiting Class Athletic Communications Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown / High School / College 249 Perry Stadium East Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 Jeremiah Banks-Wall OL 6-6 250 Chicago, Ill. / Montini Catholic Bryce Boyer TE 6-4 215 Whitehouse, Ohio / Anthony Wayne Director / Football Contact Dontrez Brown DL 6-1 265 Fremont, Ohio / Fremont Ross Jason Knavel Gabriel Brown OL 6-4 300 Grand Rapids, Mich. / East Kentwood (419) 372-7075 (O) JB Brown LB 6-2 210 Hughes, Ark. / Har-Ber [email protected] Elijah Eberhardt DB 5-11 170 Springdale, Ohio / Princeton Asst. Director / FB Second. Jhaylin Embry WR 6-0 170 Jacksonville, Fla. / Sandalwood James Nahikian Joey Formani RB 5-11 205 Lakewood, Ohio / St. Edward (419) 372-7105 (O) Matt Fortner OL 6-3 280 Sylvania, Ohio / Sylvania Northview [email protected] Levi Gazarek TE 6-5 250 North Baltimore, Ohio / North Baltimore Assistant Director Jalen Grant OL 6-0 297 Chicago, Ill. / Mount Carmel Mike Cihon Anthony Hawkins DL 6-2 275 Mansfield, Ohio / Mansfield Senior (419)372-0474 (O) Deshawn Jones Jr. DB 6-0 170 Akron, Ohio / East CLC [email protected] Riley Keller QB 6-1 205 Toledo, Ohio / Whitmer Athletic Comm. Intern Brian Kilbane OL 6-4 290 Cleveland, Ohio / Lakewood St. Edward Kyle Edmond Javonte Kinsey WR 6-4 205 Jacksonville, Fla. / Sandalwood (419) 372-7105 (O) Jaylen Lawson LB 6-0 215 Lexington, Ky. / Lafayette [email protected] Griffin Little TE 6-3 230 Fort Wayne, Ind. / Homestead Tucker Melton QB 6-3 220 Phenix City, Ala. / Central Athletic Comm. Intern Andrew Everhart Jordan Porter DL 6-4 240 Muskegon, Mich. / Muskegon (419) 372-7105 (O) Billie Roberts DL 6-5 270 Muskegon, Mich. / Muskegon [email protected] Charles Rosser WR 6-3 205 Cleveland, Ohio / Benedictine Marcus Sheppard DB 6-0 178 Novi, Mich. / Detroit Country Day BGSUFalcons.com Trent Simms DB 6-0 197 Toledo, Ohio / Sylvania Northview Twitter: @BG_Football Twitter: @BGAthletics Terion Stewart RB 5-8 210 Sandusky, Ohio / Sandusky Shon Strickland WR 6-2 195 Reynoldsburg, Ohio / Reynoldsburg Aaron Washington LB 6-0 202 Atlanta, Ga. / Woodward Academy Myles Williamson DB 5-10 172 Westerville, Ohio / Westerville Central Adrian Wilson DL 6-3 235 Tinley Park, Ill. / Lincoln-Way East Alex Wollschlaeger OL 6-6 255 Aurora, Ill. / Oswego East Fortune Woods LB 6-3 200 Hammond, Ind. / George Rogers Clark JEREMIAH BANKS-WALL | OL | 6-6 | 250 | Chicago, Ill. | Montini Catholic HS Breakdown By Position High School: Played three years of football at Montini Catholic under coach QB: 2 Michael Bukovsky … Named Chicago Catholic League (CCL) All-Conference … RB: 2 All-Area team by the Sun Times … Named a team captain … Three-star recruit WR: 4 who chose BGSU over Syracuse, Arkansas State and others. TE: 3 Personal: Full name is Jeremiah Lawrence Banks-Wall … Born May 5, 2002 … Son of Larry and Fontaine Wall … One brother, Jalen Banks-Wall, and a sister, OL: 6 Jamilla Banks-Wall … Plans to study computer science. DL: 5 LB: 4 BRYCE BOYER | TE | 6-4 | 215 | Whitehouse, Ohio | Anthony Wayne HS DB: 5 High School: Played three years of varsity football for Anthony Wayne High School, playing under Anderson Brungard … Team went 31-4-1 over the final three years, including 11-1 marks in each of the past two seasons … Had 17 Breakdown By State catches for 201 yards and six touchdowns in his career … On the defensive side Ohio: 15 of the ball, added 187 tackles and eight quarterback sacks … First Team Northern Michigan: 4 Lakes League as a tight end and middle linebacker … First team all-district and Illinois: 4 all-state as a middle linebacker … Member of National Honor Society and the Elk Florida: 2 Student of the Month … A Youth Leadership of Toledo graduate … Team captain in both football and basketball. Indiana: 2 Personal: Full name is Bryce Matthew Boyer … Born May 14, 2001 … Son of Alabama: 1 Lee and Suzanne Boyer … Father, grandfather and great grandfather all played Arkansas: 1 football at Bowling Green … Two sisters, Kelsey and Haley … Plans to study Georgia: 1 education. Kentucky: 1 DONTREZ BROWN | DL | 6-1 | 265 | Fremont, Ohio | Fremont Ross HS High School: Played four years of football for Chad Long at Fremont Ross High School … Four-year letter winner … First-team all-conference … First-team all-state … Also ran track … Three-star recruit who chose BGSU over offers from Ball State, Eastern Michigan and esternW Michigan. Personal: Full name is Dontrez Shaquil Maleke Brown … Born March 14, 2002 … Son of Tommy Brown and Angel Davis. GABRIEL BROWN | OL | 6-4 | 300 | Grand Rapids, Mich. | East Kentwood HS High School: Played one year of football along the offensive line at East Kentwood under head coachTony Kimbrough … One-year letterman in football and a four-year letterman in baseball … Three-time All-Academic team in baseball. Personal: Full name is Gabriel Douglas Joubert Brown … Born Sept. 24, 2002 … Son of Eric and Maleika Brown … Has one brother, Theron, and a sister, Amari … Father played football at Southern University … Cousin Morgan Tuck played collegiate basketball at Connecticut … Cousin Antoine Joubert played basketball at Michigan and for the Detroit Pistons … Cousin Mikayla Hayes played basketball at Clemson … Plans to study communications. JB BROWN | LB | 6-2 | 210 | Hughes, Ark. | Har-Ber HS High School: Played three years of varsity football for Chris Wood at Har-Ber High School … 2019 all-state outside linebacker … 2018 all-conference … Earned Jonesboro Sun’s “Best Under The Sun” recognition in 2018 … 2017 defensive skill player of the year … Named a team captain … Ranked No. 26 on the Fab40 ranking of the top college recruits from the state of Arkansas. Personal: Full name is Jadarrius Ray Brown … Born March 12, 2002 … Son of Jarren Brown and Carolyn Jones … Has three brothers, Jarren Brown Jr., Daruis McCustion and Tre Norton. ELIJAH EBERHARDT | DB | 5-11 | 170 | Springdale, Ohio | Princeton HS High School: Played three years of varsity football for Mike Daniels at Princeton High School … Three-year letter winner … Second-team All-GMC … Also lettered in track … Three-star recruit who chose BGSU over offers from Central Michigan, Western Michigan and others. Personal: Full name is Elijah Lionel Eberhardt … Born Feb. 18, 2002 … Plans to major in pre-law … Son of Adam Marshall and Janale Williams … Has a brother, Jaylen, and a sister, Janyla. JHAYLIN EMBRY | WR | 6-0 | 170 | Jacksonville, Fla. | Sandalwood HS High School: Played three seasons of varsity football for Adam Geis at Sandalwood High School … Also competed in track and field, winning state championships in the pole vault and long jump. Personal: Full name is Jhaylin Jaquez Embry … Born Jan. 23, 2002 … Plans to study business management … Son of Nekidra Embry … Has one brother, Micah Page. JOEY FORMANI | RB | 5-11 | 205 | Lakewood, Ohio | St. Edward HS High School: Played three years of varsity football for Tom Lombardo at St. Edward High School … Named first team All- Ohio as a senior, accumulating over 1,500 all-purpose yards … Helped the Eagles win a state title in 2018 and reach the regional finals in 2019 … Earned NEOSI High School Football Player of theYear in 2019. MATT FORTNER | OL | 6-3 | 280 | Sylvania, Ohio | Sylvania Northview HS High School: Played four years of varsity football at Sylvania Northview High School, under coach Doug Downing ... Named all-league three times (2017-19) … Third-team all-state player in 2017, when Sylvania Northview advanced to the playoffs with an 8-3 record … Named all-academic … Was a team captain. Personal: Full name is Matthew Logan Fortner … Born Nov. 8, 2001 … Son of John and Nancy Fortner … One brother, Luke, and a sister, Sarah … Brother Luke is a football player at Kentucky. LEVI GAZAREK | TE | 6-5 | 250 | North Baltimore, Ohio | North Baltimore HS High School: Played four years of varsity football for Zach Walls at North Baltimore High School … Four-year letterwinner … Named a team captain … Also a four-year letter winner in both basketball and baseball … Has 1,105 rushing yards as a senior to go with 10 rushing touchdowns … Also threw for 1,110 yards with 13 passing touchdowns and had 158 receiving yards with a touchdown … As a junior, ran for 682 yards and eight touchdowns, while adding 1,700 passing yards and 14 scores … In 2017, had 812 receiving yards on 41 catches, with 10 touchdowns, as a sophomore … Had 324 receiving yards with five touchdowns as a freshman … Three-start recruit who chose BGSU over Michigan State, Maryland, Ball State, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State and others. Personal: Full name is Levi Martin Gazarek … Born Sept. 26, 2001 … Plans to major in business … Son of Marty and Holly Gazarek … Has one brother Gabe … Father played collegiate baseball at Indiana and professional baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves and Detroit Tigers … Uncle Matt Gazarek played baseball at Findlay and later for the Toledo Mud Hens. JALEN GRANT | OL | 6-0 | 297 | Chicago, Ill. | Mount Carmel HS High School: A 2019 graduate of Mount Carmel High School … A letterman for head coach Jordan Lynch … Was named a team captain … Received the Lawless Award in 2019 which is given to the most outstanding senior in the Chicago Catholic League conference … Played both offense and defense in high school …Also participated in wrestling.