Marshall Adds Durant to Football Roster
Arizona State, JUCO transfer lands with the Herd
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall football Coach Doc Holliday announced Friday that junior college and Arizona State transfer linebacker Davon Durant has joined the Thundering Herd program.
The 6-foot-2, 230-pound Durant will have two years of eligibility after sitting out the 2015 season as the NCAA mandates for transfers. He was rated a 5-star recruit by Scout.com and was regarded as the nation's top junior college linebacker and fourth-highest junior college recruit overall before signing with Arizona State in February over finalists Oregon, Ole Miss and South Carolina.
He also had offers from Arkansas, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia, Kansas State, Mississippi State, Missouri, Texas A&M, USC and Washington, among others.
Durant appeared in only five games in 2014 at Butler (Kan.) Community College but totaled 45 tackles, including 4.5 for loss with 3.0 sacks. He was rated the No. 44 outside linebacker prospect by Scout.com as a senior at Greenwood (S.C.) High School and earned scholarship offers from schools including Clemson, NC State, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vanderbilt.
"We are fully aware of Davon's situation at Arizona State and take very seriously all of the issues he once faced," Holliday said. "We have done our due diligence in reviewing all available information, as we do with any student-athlete who enters our program. We are comfortable with the information we have gathered and all of the individuals with whom we have spoken are confident that Davon will embrace this opportunity to represent Marshall Athletics and this university with class."
The Thundering Herd began fall camp today with split-squad practices in the morning and afternoon.
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Arizona State, JUCO transfer lands with the Herd
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall football Coach Doc Holliday announced Friday that junior college and Arizona State transfer linebacker Davon Durant has joined the Thundering Herd program.
The 6-foot-2, 230-pound Durant will have two years of eligibility after sitting out the 2015 season as the NCAA mandates for transfers. He was rated a 5-star recruit by Scout.com and was regarded as the nation's top junior college linebacker and fourth-highest junior college recruit overall before signing with Arizona State in February over finalists Oregon, Ole Miss and South Carolina.
He also had offers from Arkansas, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia, Kansas State, Mississippi State, Missouri, Texas A&M, USC and Washington, among others.
Durant appeared in only five games in 2014 at Butler (Kan.) Community College but totaled 45 tackles, including 4.5 for loss with 3.0 sacks. He was rated the No. 44 outside linebacker prospect by Scout.com as a senior at Greenwood (S.C.) High School and earned scholarship offers from schools including Clemson, NC State, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vanderbilt.
"We are fully aware of Davon's situation at Arizona State and take very seriously all of the issues he once faced," Holliday said. "We have done our due diligence in reviewing all available information, as we do with any student-athlete who enters our program. We are comfortable with the information we have gathered and all of the individuals with whom we have spoken are confident that Davon will embrace this opportunity to represent Marshall Athletics and this university with class."
The Thundering Herd began fall camp today with split-squad practices in the morning and afternoon.
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