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SOU Raiders’ Head coach Berk Brown announces 36 signees for 2024 Football By Kris Henry On Feb 11, 2024 Last updated Feb 11, 2024 Share ASHLAND, Ore. — During their first full recruiting cycle, Southern Oregon University football head coach Berk Brown and his staff announced on Friday 36 new players who will be joining the revitalized Raiders in the fall. The class includes five transfers and 31 high school seniors, which consists of 13 players from Oregon, 10 from California, 9 from Nevada, 3 from Washington, and 1 from Hawaii. Brown still plans to add ten more student-athletes to the group. The offensive line had the highest amount of recruiting activity, with nine players in this category. Among those seven receivers is Ashland High School star-athlete Caden Negra. Brown, who led the Raiders to five victories in their final six games in his first season as head coach, said, “We are delighted to announce the first of our 2024 recruiting class. We feel that the signing of these 36 young men builds on the momentum we finished the season with. We have strengthened a team that is eager to succeed by adding size, speed, athleticism, and, most importantly, character. Our coaches put in a great deal of effort to assemble a class that our supporters will be proud of and that broadens the diversity in a locker room that already has a lot of character.” According to Brown, he is proud that the class also has a combined grade-point average of more than 3.2. He said, “We are not done yet, but this is an excellent start to prepare us for our game against Lincoln University on September 7.” SOU Raiders 2024 Football schedule . GRANT ANDERSON | Redding, Calif./Shasta HS ETHAN ANDREWS | Fallon, Nev./Churchill County HS/Feather River CC ALLEN ARRIAGA | Sun Valley, Calif./Burroughs HS/Tennessee Tech U JORDAN AVILA | Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman HS BRADEN BAILEY | Bend, Ore./Summit HS BRANDON BARTHEL | El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oak Ridge HS/Valparaiso U WALKER BONAR | Springfield, Ore./Thurston HS GRAYSON BROWN | Sandy, Ore./Sandy HS COEN COLOMA | Las Vegas, Nev./Shadow Ridge HS JOSEPH CZYZ | Reno, Nev./Galena HS STEPHEN DEL GUIDICE | Portland, Ore./West Linn HS AYDEN DENBO | Vancouver, Wash./Mountain View HS JAYDEN FARGAS | Kailua, Hawaii/Kailua HS COLE GOODENOW | Maple Valley, Wash./Tahoma HS JAMES HADLEY JR. | Las Vegas, Nev./Shadow Ridge HS ALEXANDER HAGER | Eagle Creek, Ore./Sandy HS ARLO HENDERSON | Tampa, Fla./Yelm HS MICAH HILL | Las Vegas, Nev./Mater Academy East ELI JOHNSON | Salem, Ore./South Salem HS AIDEN KEHM | Lake Oswego, Ore./Lakeridge HS CHARLES KING | Oak Hills, Calif./Oak Hills HS SEAN LACHAPELLE | Portland, Ore./Milwaukie HS/Redwoods CC JEREMIAH LARA | San Jose, Calif./Overfelt HS TRISTAN LEAL | Yuba City, Calif./Sutter HS DEOMANI LOVELAND | Henderson, Nev./Green Valley Christian HS JAMES MINTMIER | Roseville, Calif./Oakmont HS/Minot State U CADEN NEGRA | Ashland, Ore./Ashland HS LUKE NEWELL | Springfield, Ore./Thurston HS NED PELLICAN | Menlo Park, Calif./Menlo Atherton HS SETH STEVENS | Rogue River, Ore./Rogue River HS DYLAN TAYLOR | Las Vegas, Nev./Mater Academy East TYLER THOMPSON | Wheatland, Calif./Wheatland HS ANTONIO VASQUEZ-WILLIAMS | Elk Grove, Calif./Pleasant Grove HS MAXWELL WALKER | Portland, Ore./Roosevelt HS MICHAEL WHITE | Carson City, Nev./Douglas HS LOGAN WHITLOCK | Klamath Falls, Ore./Henley HS Ashland Jackson County SOU Football Southern Oregon University