RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - 38 high school student-athletes signed National Letters of Intent (NLIs) to compete for the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys football team in the 2017 season, head coach Raymond Monica announced Wednesday. 26 of those newcomers hail from the state of Arkansas.

"I'd like to thank our coaching staff for doing an outstanding job recruiting a tremendous class of student-athletes," said Wonder Boys head coach Raymond Monica. "I'd also like to thank everybody else on our campus who took time out of their schedules to help us reach out to our recruits. Today is the day all that hard work comes together, and these signees along with our eight mid-year transfers will bring a lot to our program."

A complete list of signees follows:

2017 High School Signees

Name	Position	Height	Weight	Hometown (High School)
Arion Banks	DE	6-3	230	Marianna, Ark. (Lee County)
Carter Burcham	QB	6-1	185	Greenbrier, Ark. (Greenbrier)
Darius Carson	DE	6-3	240	Fort Smith, Ark. (Northside)
Alex Chambers	DB	5-11	160	Morrilton, Ark. (Morrilton)
Blake Coulter	DB	6-0	170	Fayetteville, Ark. (Fayetteville)
Trey Coulter	DB	6-1	170	Fayetteville, Ark. (Fayetteville)
Isaac Disney	DB	6-0	160	Prairie Grove, Ark. (Prairie Grove)
Tae Dixon	DB	5-11	170	Rogers, Ark. (Rogers Heritage)
Denton Foster	OL	6-3	260	Elkins, Ark. (Elkins)
Cale Fulsom	QB	6-2	170	Russellville, Ark. (Russellville)
Tanner Gaines	QB	6-2	195	Hector, Ark. (Hector)
Carlos Gordon	DT	6-1	245	North Little Rock, Ark. (North Little Rock)
Garrett Gray	OL	6-1	270	Russellville, Ark. (Russellville)
Derek Gutierrez	PK	5-8	140	Fort Smith, Ark. (Southside)
Myron Henderson	OL	6-3	275	Cordova, Tenn. (Cordova)
Brandon Hunter	WR	5-9	162	Benton, Ark. (Benton)
Mark Johnson	DE	6-1	220	Shreveport, La. (Byrd)
Tucker Kennedy	FB	5-11	225	Union City, Tenn. (Union City)
Hayden Knowles	DL	6-2	235	Bryant, Ark. (Bryant)
Jaquez Lock	DB	5-9	175	Malvern, Ark. (Malvern)
Hardell Mack	DB	5-10	175	Reserve, La. (Riverside Academy)
Christian Maier	OL	6-6	270	Muskogee, Okla. (Muskogee)
Damon Nelson	OL	6-2	331	Springdale, Ark. (Har-Ber)
Lewis Pettaway	WR	6-2	195	Semmes, Ala. (Montgomery)
Cameron Player	DB	6-1	170	Oklahoma City, Okla. (Putnam City)
Jacob Reed	HB/TE	6-8	286	Russellville, Ark. (Russellville)
Eric Robinson	RB	5-9	180	McKenzie, Tenn. (McKenzie)
Jacob Sharp	WR	6-2	190	Dover, Ark. (Dover)
Madison Shelton	OL	6-4	270	Jacksonville, Ark. (Jacksonville)
Landon Smith	WR	6-0	180	Bryant, Ark. (Bryant)
Trey Smith	WR	5-8	165	Springdale, Ark. (Har-Ber)
Jack Stone	OL	6-5	235	Prairie Grove, Ark. (Prairie Grove)
Chris Sullivan	WR	6-2	160	Mobile, Ala. (Theodore)
Nate Turner	PK	6-1	165	Russellville, Ark. (Russellville)
DeAnthony Washington	DE	6-1	205	Mobile, Ala. (McGill-Toolen)
Keshawn Whaley	LB	6-1	205	Pine Bluff, Ark. (Pine Bluff)
Dio Williams	DB	6-1	195	Denton, Texas (Guyer)
Gio Williams	LB	6-1	205	Denton, Texas (Guyer)

*** Please note: Biographical information is listed as submitted by our signees. Signees who did not submit the information sheet, or submitted an incomplete information sheet have not been listed. However, once their information is submitted it will be available at www.arkansastechsports.com.***

Arion Banks
DE / 6-3 / 230 / Marianna, Ark. (Lee County)
Lettered at Lee High School... notched 197 tackles, 25 sacks, 42.5 TFL, and forced five fumbles while breaking up 10 passes... a two-time all-conference pick, was also named to the All-State team for Class 3A... played on the 2015 Class 3A-2 conference championship squad. 

Trey Coulter
DB / 6-1 / 170 / Fayetteville, Ark. (Fayetteville)
Lettered at Fayetteville High School... picked up five interceptions while notching 147 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, three sacks, six forced fumbles, 36 pass breakups, two fumble recoveries, and five blocked kicks.

Denton Foster
OL / 6-3 / 260 / Elkins, Ark. (Elkins)
Lettered at Elkins High School for coach Chad Harbison... an all-state, all-conference selection... named to the All-NWADG team... State Farm Hooten's Award Watch List... played on the 2016 Class 1-3A conference championship team.

Cale Fulsom
QB / 6-2 / 170 / Russellville, Ark. (Russellville)
Played on the 2016 Arkansas state champion Russellville Cyclones team... a two-time all-conference selection, he was also an all-state pick and the Offensive Player of the Year... named MVP of the state championship. 

Garrett Gray
OL / 6-1 / 270 / Russellville, Ark. (Russellville)
A two-way lineman at Russellville High School, earned three letters... graded out at 89% as a senior while leading the team in pancake blocks... an all-conference pick, was named lineman of the year... played on the 2016 state championship team... his father, Philip, lettered for the Wonder Boys from 1990-93. 

Mark Johnson
DE / 6-1 / 220 / Shreveport, La. (Byrd)
Lettered at Byrd High School for coach Mike Suggs... A second team all-district selection, he was also an academic all-state pick... played on the 2013 state runner-up team, the 2014 undefeated District 1-5A champions, and the state quarter finalists... racked up 34 total tackles, including 12 for loss, five sacks, two forced fumbles, and one pass breakup. 

Damon Nelson
OL / 6-2 / 331 / Springdale, Ark. (Har-Ber)
Lettered at Har-Ber High School for coach Chris Wood... a two-time all-state pick, a two-time NWADG All-Arkansas pick, and the 2016 NWA Touchdown Club Offensive Lineman of the Year... selected to the 2016 KURM Dream Team and was selected to the 2017 U-18 US National Team... a member of two Class 7A-West conference championship teams, he played on the 2015 class 3A state runner-up. 

Jacob Reed
TE / 6-8 / 286 / Russellville, Ark. (Russellville)
Lettered at Russellville High School... a two-time all-conference pick... played on the 2016 state championship team. 

Jacob Sharp
WR / 6-2 / 190 / Dover, Ark. (Dover)
Prepped at Dover High School for coach Greg Smith... racked up 1,600 rushing and 1,200 receiving yards... also saw action on defense, picking up 165 tackles and eight interceptions... combined to score 46 touchdowns... an all-conference and all-state selection.

Nate Turner
PK / 6-1 / 165 / Russellville, Ark. (Russellville) 
Prepped at Russellville High School for coach Billy Dawson... also lettered in soccer... holds school record for consecutive PATs and points... member of two state championship teams in soccer and one in football.