Busy Weekend

McLeod Buckham-White

It was a busy weekend for Columbia Football, and not just because training camp began with real practices on Saturday.

First off, we got a new commitment for the 2019 freshman class.

5-10 171-pound DB McLeod Buckham-White from Lovett HS in Atlanta is joining the Lions. He also had an offer from Davidson.

Buckham-White will be the first Lovett grad to come to Columbia.

 That brings our reported list of commitments to 12:

1. Caden Bell QB 6-0 185 lbs. Junipero Serra HS San Juan Capistrano, CA

2. Bryan Bell-Anderson DB 5"10 170 lbs. Dr. Phillips HS Orlando, FL 

3. McLeod Buckham-White DB 5"10 171 lbs. Lovett HS Atlanta, GA

4. Cameron Coleman LB 6"1 217 lbs. Rye Country Day School Rye, NY

5. Dominic Dodson DB 5"11 185 lbs. Central Catholic HS Pittsburgh, PA

6. Alex Felkins K 6"4 170 lbs. Holland Hall HS Tulsa, OK 

7. Ryan Hamilton DB/RB 5"11 195 lbs. Coffman HS Dublin, OH 

8. Will Hamilton OL 6"2 270 lbs. North Gwinnett HS Suwanee, GA 

9. Tavehon Mcgarry LB/RB 6-0 220 lbs. Bishop Dwenger HS Fort Wayne, IN

10. Mitch Moyer DE 6-4, 255 lbs. Archmere Academy Claymont, DE

11. Luke Painton TE 6-7 225 lbs. Berks Catholic HS, Reading, PA  

12. Scott Valentas DB 6-3, 198 lbs.  Kapaun Mount Carmel Catholic HS Wichita, KS

Second, we got some updates from camp about some position and jersey number changes. I took the news that incoming frosh John Harris is moving from RB to LB as a sign our current crop of RB's is looking good enough that Harris' talents were clearly better off used elsewhere.

We'll learn a lot more in 11 days at the preseason scrimmage against Montclair State.