DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Bethune-Cookman Football welcomes in the next wave of Wildcats as 2023 National Signing Day gets underway.
The Wildcats will look to bounce back after the 2022 season saw them finish at 2-9 for the second-consecutive year.
The full list of 2023 signees is listed below.
Peyton Nero
DB • 5-11 • 190 • Foley, Ala. • Fairhope HS / East Coast Prep
Arrives to BCU after spending the 2022 season at East Coast Prep in Great Barrington, Massachusetts… Also prepped at Fairhope High in Alabama… Collected 61 tackles as a junior with Fairhope High in 2021… Registered 5.5 tackles for loss, including two quarterback sacks… Had three pass breakups… Helped Fairhope to a 9-2 overall record in 2021, as well as a perfect 8-0 record in district play… Scored a touchdown on a blocked punt to open the 2022 season with East Coast Prep against Erie CC
Steven Mosley
OL • 6-4 • 290 • DeLand, Fla. • DeLand HS
Standout along the offensive line for Head Coach Steve Allen and the DeLand High School Bulldogs… Helped block for quarterback Tyron Moore who passed for over 1,200 yards and rushed for another 1,200 in 2022… Also had offers from Florida Memorial and Valdosta State…
Jahem Guillaume
ATH • 6-3 • 185 • Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. • Carol City HS
Played his high school football at Carol City High in Carol City, Florida… Saw action as a wide receiver and defensive back for the Chiefs… Finished his senior season with 20 tackles (18 solo)… Hauled two catches for 24 yards, as well as recording five tackles in a game away to Palm Beach Central… Tallied three catches for 35 yards with a pair of tackles in a win versus Westland Hialeah… Listed as a "prospect to keep an eye on" by Larry Blustein of the
South Florida Combine… Also had offers from Maryland and Marshall…
Jaylen Lewis
LB/ATH • 6-1 • 205 • Pensacola, Fla. • Booker T. Washington HS
Prepped at Booker T. Washington High in Pensacola, Florida… Ended his senior season with 94 tackles (54 solo)… Averaged 9.4 tackles per game in 2022… Pulled down 17 quarterback sacks… Forced three fumbles and recovered one fumble… Finished as the leader in sacks for Escambia, Santa Rosa Counties… Also received an offer from South Florida…
Corey Turner II
CB/WR • 5-7 • 165 • Cedar Hill, Texas • Trinity Leadership HS
Prepped at Trinity Leadership High in Cedar Hill, Texas… Saw action as a cornerback and wide receiver for Tigers… Served primarily as a slot receiver… Rushed for over 300 yards and had more than 300 yards receiving across his senior season… Return specialist on punts for the Tigers as well… Took back a punt 72 yards for a touchdown against Mildred… Had an interception in that same game… Also lettered in track & field…
Jeremy Greaves
DL • 5-11 • 215 • Clewiston, Fla. • Clewiston HS
Mid-year enrollee that arrived to Bethune-Cookman from Clewiston High in Clewiston, Florida… Finished his varsity career with 159 tackles and 21 sacks… Registered 103 tackles (82 solo) as a senior during the 2022 campaign… Posted 10.5 tackles for loss… Accumulated 13 quarterback sacks… Blocked three kicks and forced one fumble… Had a season- and game-high 18 tackles – including a quarterback sack, in a loss to Bishop Verot… Tallied 10 tackles (seven solo), including a pair of quarterback sacks, in his team's win over Fort Meade…
Dominiq Ponder
DL • 6-5 • 205 • Naples, Fla. • Myrtle Beach Collegiate Academy (S.C.)
Mid-year enrollee from Myrtle Beach Collegiate Academy in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina… Also lettered at Carol City High in Opa Locka, Florida, as well as Naples High in his hometown of Naples, Florida… Rated as a three-star quarterback within the state of Florida by
247Sports… As a sophomore at Naples High, he threw for 511 yards on 32 of 84 passing with 10 touchdowns… Ran for 356 yards that same season, scoring three times on the ground…
Jordan Johnson
DB • 6-0 • 185 • Cedartown, Ga. • Cedartown HS
Mid-year enrollee from Northwest Mississippi Community College… Registered six tackles (four solo) across nine games in 2022… Had a pair of tackles versus East Mississippi… Played for Head Coach Jamie Abrams at Cedartown High… Helped the Bulldogs to an 11-2 record and the fourth round of the GHSA State 4-A playoffs as a senior… Had 50 tackles (37 solo), eight pass breakups and three interceptions during his final campaign… Also caught 26 passes for 434 yards and four touchdowns to go along with 170 yards on kickoff returns… Named to the Northwest Georgia Football Top 100 Players to Watch list prior to the 2021 season… Selected to the Region 7-4A First Team as a defensive back… Team won back-to-back Region 7-4A titles…
Trevaris Hammond
OL • 6-3 • 265 • Decatur, Ga. • Columbia HS / Missouri Valley College
Mid-year enrollee from Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri… Prepped at Columbia High School in Decatur, Georgia… One of six players to sign on to play college football from his 2021 high school team at Columbia High… Played as both a tackle and guard along the offensive line…
Malik Stinnett
LB • 6-1 • 215 • Las Vegas, NV • Desert Pines HS
Joins the Wildcats after four years at Desert Pines HS… Totalled 124 tackles in two seasons, nine total sacks, two interceptions, and a forced fumble and recovery ... Collected 73 total tackles in his senior season, including 56 solo tackles in time as outside linebacker, averaging over 6 tackles per game ... Finished senior season with six sacks and an interception ... Helped his high school to a 14-7 record, including a 5-3 record in league play.
Nichalas Rawls
WR/CB • 6-1 • 165 • Kissimmee, Fla. • Tohopekaliga HS
Played at Tohopekaliga High in Kissimmee, Florida during the 2022 season… Played his junior season in 2021 at Orlando Christian Prep in Orlando, Florida… Played on both sides of the ball – wide receiver and cornerback… As a receiver in 2022, tallied double-digit receptions for 893 yards, averaging 89.3 yards per game… Hauled in three passes for 83 yards and a touchdown as a junior in a game versus Trinity Christian Academy… Had a tackle and a pass breakup against Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy… Also received an offer from Florida A&M and Valparaiso… Son of former Wildcats football student-athlete Nick Rawls, and grandson of 1972 Bethune-Cookman alum Mickey Rawls…
Xavione Washington
QB • 6-2 • 190 • Tampa, Fla. • Tampa Bay Tech HS
Played his high school football under Head Coach Jayson Roberts at Tampa Bay Tech… Also lettered in track & field… Received an offer from Southern (La.) before selecting Bethune-Cookman… Helped lead Tampa Bay Tech to a 14-1 record in 2021, and a place in the FHSAA Class 7-A State Championship against South Florida power St. Thomas Aquinas… In that title game, Washington passes for 226 yards… During his senior season in 2022, passed for 1,948 yards and 18 touchdowns, despite losing top receiver Greg Gaines III from the 2021 season, with the receiver now enrolled at Iowa State… Completed 104 passes for 171 attempts… Averaged 177.1 yards per game through the air… Registered 231 yards passing and a touchdown in a loss to Edgewater during the state playoffs… Had a QB rating of 157.1, passing for 314 yards and completing more 75 percent of his passes overall in a playoff win versus Fletcher…
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