Got a few rather exciting transfer roster updates for you guys that I just received confirmation on:
First up, and the one I'm most excited about for the coming season is...former Northern Illinois
Safety Brandon Mayes. He'll be a senior and is originally from Aurora, IL. Brandon played in 40 total games for the Huskies over 3 years, starting in all but 12 games his freshman year. The last two years, he has been the top DB in terms of tackles for NIU and would have been one of the top returning DBs in the MAC this year. If you watched or listened to our game against Northern last season, you may recognize the name due to his season-high 12 tackles against us. He had 2 interceptions last year.
This was from an article on the NIU athletics website about their spring practices:
Defensively, nine players who started at least six games a year ago return, including six in the Huskie secondary. Safeties Brandon Mayes and Mycial Allen are the Huskies' top returning tacklers with 71 and 61 stops a year ago, respectively.
He should immediately give a big boost to a secondary that really struggled with the long ball last year.
Here's his bio from last year on the NIU website:
http://niuhuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=340
Next, we've got former Liberty University
Cornerback Tyrin Holloway. Holloway will be a senior (grad transfer) and is originally from Humble, TX. He started in all 11 games last year for Liberty, 9 games (played in all 11) in 2015, and 2 games (played in all 14) in 2014 as a R. Freshman. One of the best pass-defenders on Liberty's team last year, Holloway had 5 interceptions taken back for 81 yards, 6 pass breakups, and 36 tackles. Holloway got his degree in Criminal Justice, so it makes sense for him to be pursuing a LEJA master's at Western. Here's his bio from last year on the Liberty website:
https://www.liberty.edu/flames/index.cf ... erID=10598
Finally, there's former Eastern Michigan
Wide Receiver Izaiah Fuller. Fuller will be a junior and is originally from Cincinnati, OH. Fuller played in 11 games last year, starting 1, had 2 receptions for 19 yards (1 was 18 yards, against UNC-Charlotte). This sounds like a situation where he wasn't really projected to be a starter or get a ton of catches, and transferring to a school that has a solid QB and just had two of the best WRs in school history graduate could be a good situation for him. He's 6' 4" and 198 lbs, so he's bigger than most WRs (will be the tallest on our roster). Here's his bio from last year on the EWU site:
http://www.emueagles.com/roster.aspx?rp ... h=football
That's all I've got for you guys for now, but there might be a few more coming in the next couple of weeks. I'll be sure to post their info as soon as I get confirmation.