2025/2026 Commits List

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One of our highest ranked recruits in recent memory. 3 star and #132 athlete position in the country. Offers from Indiana, Vanderbilt, Memphis, Tennessee. Great job staff!

 

[SFspidur]

We lost one...

 

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[SFspidur]

Caleb Watts flipped to Buffalo.

 

[urfan1]

WE NEED LINEMEN

 

[Long Time Spider Fan]

Caleb Watts flipped to Buffalo.

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He must have watched our game Saturday.

 

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Original verbal commit headed to Princeton

 

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Butler High School
Matthews, NC

• POSITION(S):​

  T, NG

• HEIGHT:​

  6'3"

• WEIGHT:​

  295lbs

 

[CarolinaSpider]

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Butler High School
Matthews, NC

• POSITION(S):​

  T, NG

• HEIGHT:​

  6'3"

• WEIGHT:​

  295lbs

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Good size with some toughness

 

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2025 FCS Recruiting: Top Incoming Freshman Quarterback Recruits

HERO Sports looks at some of the most coveted prospects who signed or committed to the FCS. Today, we take a look at the quarterbacks.

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[urfan1]

2025 FCS Recruiting: Top Incoming Freshman Quarterback Recruits

HERO Sports looks at some of the most coveted prospects who signed or committed to the FCS. Today, we take a look at the quarterbacks.

herosports.com

I feel that we have several potential QB stars.

 

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I assume that the most recent additions are walk-ons

1. Warrick Butter Stephenson - 2/4/25 - RB/CB - Douglas Freeman HS, Richmond, VA - 5'7"/180
2. Carson Derey - 2/4/26 - DE/TE - Patrick Henry HS, Roanoke, VA - 6'3"/235

 

[AnnapSpider]

I assume that the most recent additions are walk-ons

1. Warrick Butter Stephenson - 2/4/25 - RB/CB - Douglas Freeman HS, Richmond, VA - 5'7"/180
2. Carson Derey - 2/4/26 - DE/TE - Patrick Henry HS, Roanoke, VA - 6'3"/235

I love the name Butter; he’s gotta be tough like a “ Boy named Sue”. LOL

 

[SFspidur]

Maybe Derey is not a walk-on? Not sure why we haven't publicized it, unless the paperwork isn't done yet.

He had offers from ODU, Furman, and VMI, but fell in love with UR and we came through with an offer in late January.

The 6-foot-3, 235-pound tight end initially wanted to end up at UVa to follow in the footsteps of his father, Walt Derey, a Northside alumnus who played the same position alongside Ronde Barber, but throughout his recruitment and following a visit to Richmond, that changed.

The offer did eventually come, extended to Derey in late January. He announced his commitment to the University of Richmond on Tuesday.

“It’s a big deal. I’m really excited. It’s a big relief. I don’t have to worry about the uncertainty of where I’m going anymore, so it’s definitely a lot less stressful,” he said. “I liked all the other schools, but Richmond was my No. 1. I just thought it was a great fit for me, but it was a very long process.”

“I feel like, just watching their tight ends play and how they have it set up over there, I think I fit in with my style of play. With everything, I think it all just lines up,” Derey said. “I got invited on a visit to Richmond and I just instantly fell in love with the place, all the coaches. It’s a great place, it’s not as big of a school as most places. I think I fit in there, and it just checked all the boxes.”

Patrick Henry's Carson Derey commits to Richmond after long-awaited offer from Spiders

"It was definitely stressful because that’s where I knew I wanted to go and the possibility of getting that was always looming over me," Derey told the Times

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