PIKEVILLE, Ky. - UPike football announced their 2026 National Signing Day Class Wednesday. The Bears added 18 high school signees and 31 mid-year transfers.
"The UPike football program is excited to welcome this group of men to our campus community. This signing class is strong on character and answers the needs of the Bears program. We have assembled a group that mirrors the toughness and grit of the mountains of Eastern Kentucky," said UPike Football Head Coach and Athletic Director Corey Fipps.
National Signing Day Signees:
Cameron Alsip (DT) - Somerset High School, Ky.
Tashaun Dean (DL) - McCreary County High School, Ky.
Hank Fronza (P) - Murray High School, Ky.
Nathan Gilliam (OL) - Gate City High School, Va.
Zayden Hayes (DB) - Dobyns-Bennett High School, Tenn.
Isaac Holt (WR) - Atherton High School, Ky.
Zander Hurn (DL) - Ironton High School, Ohio
Avery Jones (LS) - Johnson County High School, Tenn.
Raymond Landry (WR/DB) - Volunteer High School, Tenn.
Keke Miller (DL) - Campbellsville High School, Ky.
Jamayne Rutherford (DB) - Karns High School, Tenn.
Carson Shults (LB) - Garrard County High School, Ky.
Kalvin Sims (OL) - Newberry High School, S.C.
Noah Staggs (DL) - Phelps High School, Ky.
Jaylen Thomas (WR) - Dobyns-Bennett High School, Tenn.
Michael Victoriano (TE/LB) - Phelps High School, Ky.
Jerrion Williams (RB) - Franklin Simpson High School, Ky.
Jaydyn Jackson (DB) - Fern Creek High School, Ky.
Mid-Year Transfers:
Desmond Arthur (DT) - Ventura College
Justin Biggs (WR) - Ventura College
Tryeece Bramwell (WR) - College of San Mateo
Jayden Burns (DE) - Ventura College
Nick Butler (S) - Bethel University (Tenn.)
Nolan Byrd (LS) - Lincoln University (Mo.)
Jim Carruthers (LB) - Wayne State
Dewayne Coleman (WR) - College of Sequoias
Jadyn Collins (QB) - Trinity Valley Community College
Jonah Dixon (WR) - Laney Community College
Taishun Glover (CB) - Los Medanos College
Jordan Gray (CB) - Diablo Valley College
Shajai Jackson (S) - UVa. Wise
Jayden Lagroone (CB) - Carson-Newman
Atreyu Martin (DB) - Fresno Community College
Brody Martin (OL) - College of the Siskiyous
Marquel Mitchell (S) - Santa Ana College
Keiveon Moore (LB) - Ventura College
Jaden Mosley (DE) - Ventura College
Jackson Ovard (QB) - Feather River College
Aristeo Prado (OT) - Montana Tech
Xavier Reed (OT) - Trinity Valley Community College
Khalid Robinson (WR) - Diablo Valley College. UTT
Cho Sanders (WR) - Laney Community College
Gary Scott (DL) - Sacramento City College
Ronald Simmons (OL) - Navarro College
Wayne Snowden (OL) - Central Lakes College
Deontae Starr (CB) - Fayetteville State, L-R
Jaylen Thomas (QB) - Lincoln University (Mo.)
Dakota Yateman-Foster (RB) - Antelope Valley College
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