FORT VALLEY, Ga. – With just under 55 players returning from last year's championship team, Fort Valley State's Head Coach, Kevin Porter has announced the signing of 32 student-athletes to the 2017 Wildcats recruiting class.
"We are happy with the young men that we have attracted. We set out to find as many high academic student-athletes that we could and to improve the athleticism on our football team," FVSU head football coach Kevin Porter said.  "I feel like our coaching staff did a great job targeting local young men within a thirty to forty mile radius which helps us in many different ways."
  
2017 Fort Valley State Football Signees (February 21, 2017)
 
NAME:  SHERROD AGEE
Position:  Linebacker
Height:  6-0
Weight:  240
Hometown:  Calhoun, Ga.
Previous School:  Sonoraville High School
 
NAME:  ZACH ANDERSON
Position:  Defensive Back     
Height:  5-11
Weight:  185
Hometown:  Cairo, Ga.
Previous School:  Cairo High School
 
NAME:  MALIK ARSTRONG
Position:  Quarterback          
Height:  6-3
Weight:  230
Hometown:  Temple, Ga.
Previous School:  Temple High School
 
NAME:  ZAQUAN BALDWIN
Position:  Linebacker
Height:  6-0
Weight:  205
Hometown:  Macon, Ga.
Previous School:  Southwest High School
 
NAME:  BLANE BROWN
Position:  Offensive Lineman
Height:  6-2
Weight:  290
Hometown:  Blairsville, Ga.
Previous School:  Union County High School 
 
NAME:  VINCENT BUCKLEY
Position:  Offensive Lineman
Height:  6-3
Weight:  340
Hometown:  Kennesaw, Ga.
Previous School:  Sprayberry High School 
 
NAME:  KOBY BULTER
Position:  Running Back        
Height:  5-10
Weight:  205
Hometown:  Camillia, Ga.
Previous School:  Mitchell County High School 
 
NAME:  PAYTON CHIVERS
Position:  Offensive Lineman
Height:  6-3
Weight:  330
Hometown:  Carrollton, Ga.
Previous School:  Carrollton High School
 
NAME:  ADDISON FORD
Position:  Linebacker
Height:  6-2
Weight:  210
Hometown:  Covington, Ga.
Previous School:  Covington High School
 
NAME:  NATHANIEL FREENEY
Position:  Defensive Lineman           
Height:  6-2
Weight:  235
Hometown:  , Ga.
Previous School:  Twiggs County High School
NAME:  RASHAAD GATES
Position:  Offensive Lineman
Height:  6-3
Weight:  290
Hometown:  Fairburn, Ga.
Previous School:  Creekside High School
 
NAME:  ANTONIO GOLDEN
Position:  Linebacker
Height:  6-3
Weight:  230
Hometown:  Midway, Ga.
Previous School:  Liberty County High School
 
NAME:  MAJESTE HANSBERRY
Position:  Linebacker
Height:  6-2
Weight:  220
Hometown:  Atlanta, Ga.
Previous School:  North Atlanta High School
 
NAME:  KYMELE HART
Position:  Offensive Lineman
Height:  6-6
Weight:  315
Hometown:  Tift, Ga.
Previous School:  Tift Area High School
 
NAME:  MICHAEL HICKS, JR.
Position:  Defensive Back     
Height:  6-0
Weight:  190
Hometown:  Hollywood, Fl.
Previous School:  American Heritage High School
 
NAME:  STACY IVEY, JR.
Position:  Defensive Lineman
Height:  6-3
Weight:  315
Hometown:  Macon, Ga.
Previous School:  Southwest High School
 
NAME:  TAY JARRELL
Position:  Linebacker
Height:  6-1
Weight:  210
Hometown:  Forsyth, Ga.
Previous School:  Mary Persons High School
 
NAME:  JAYLEN LOWDER
Position:  Tight End
Height:  6-3
Weight:  225
Hometown:  Bonaire, Ga.
Previous School:  Veterans High School
 
NAME:  EVAN MANN
Position:  Full Back    
Height:  5-11
Weight:  215
Hometown:  Fairburn, Ga.
Previous School:  Creekside High School
 
NAME:  JEREMY MCCANTS
Position:  Running Back        
Height:  6-1
Weight:  210
Hometown:  Anniston, Ga.
Previous School:  Anniston High School
 
NAME:  KAMARIE MULLINS
Position:  Running Back        
Height:  6-1
Weight:  190
Hometown:  Lithonia, Ga.
Previous School:  Lithonia High School 
 
NAME:  ISAIAH NELSON
Position:  Linebacker
Height:  6-2
Weight:  215
Hometown:  Jonesboro, Ga.
Previous School:  Community Christian High School
 
NAME:  JACQUEZ OLIVER
Position:  Tight End   
Height:  6-2
Weight:  240
Hometown:  Cairo, Ga.
Previous School:  Cairo High School
 
NAME:  JOSE PASCUAL
Position:  Offensive Lineman
Height:  6-2
Weight:  315
Hometown:  Hollywood, Fl.
Previous School:  Mcarthur High School
 
NAME:  JAHSEARI PATTERSON
Position:  Linebacker
Height:  6-2
Weight:  220
Hometown:  Cairo, Ga.
Previous School:  Cairo High School
 
NAME:  BRANDON PERRY
Position:  Defensive Lineman           
Height:  6-0
Weight:  285
Hometown:  Perry, Ga.
Previous School:  Kipp Atlanta College
 
NAME:  KE'ANDRE RUTLEDGE
Position:  Linebacker
Height:  6-1
Weight:  225
Hometown:  Selma, Al.
Previous School:  Southside High School
 
NAME:  VANN SCOTT
Position:  Defensive Lineman           
Height:  6-3
Weight:  250
Hometown:  Thomasville, Ga.
Previous School:  Thomas County High School
 
NAME:  JUAN TUCKER
Position:  Full Back    
Height:  5-11
Weight:  230
Hometown:  Stockbridge, Ga.
Previous School:  Lamar County High School
 
NAME:  TREVEON WALKER
Position:  Linebacker
Height:  6-4
Weight:  225
Hometown:  College Park, Ga.
Previous School:  Upson Lee High School
 
NAME:  GERALD WILLIAMS
Position:  Defensive Lineman           
Height:  6-0
Weight:  260
Hometown:  Ludwici, Ga.
Previous School:  Long County High School
 
NAME:  JAYLEN WINGFIELD
Position:  Defensive Back     
Height:  6-3
Weight:  195
Hometown:  Hagan, Ga.
Previous School:  Claxton High School