33 BLUE DRAGON PLAYERS SIGN LETTERS

Blue Dragon head football coach Rion Rhoades has averaged 19.5 players per season moving onto four-year programs. There were 33 signees from the 2017 football team. (Joel Powers/Blue Dragon Sports Information)
Blue Dragon head football coach Rion Rhoades has averaged 19.5 players per season moving onto four-year programs. There were 33 signees from the 2017 football team. (Joel Powers/Blue Dragon Sports Information)

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

Between the early signing period in December and Wednesday's traditional National Letter of Intent Day, 33 Hutchinson Community College football players signed letters of intent to move onto four-year programs.

Blue Dragon head coach Rion Rhoades released the list of Blue Dragons moving on Wednesday.

Of the 33 players, 16 have signed on at Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) programs. Four more signed on with Football Championship subdivision programs, seven more with NCAA Division II programs and six more with NAIA programs.

The group of 33 is the largest groups Rhoades has had sign in any single season.

The Blue Dragons had two Power-5 signees in defensive lineman Devonte Wyatt and linebacker Quen Head. Wyatt signed with Georgia and Head selected Louisville.

Through Rhoades' first 11 seasons with the Blue Dragons, a total of 215 players have moved on to four-year programs, an average of 19.5 per season. Forty-eight players have moved onto Power 5 conferences and 56 more to other FBS programs.

2017 BLUE DRAGON FOOTBALL SIGNEES TO FOUR-YEAR PROGRAMS

Player School Level
Devonte Wyatt
Quen Head
Michael Witherspoon
BJ Emmons
Andy Jean-Baptiste
Devonte Jest
James King
Adrien Cross
Tyrus Butler
Tayland Humphrey
Deantne Demery
Jerry Jacobs
Jeffmario Brown
Dominic Taylor
Brett Bell
Johnny Lumpkin
Chris James
Storey Jackson
Cam Jones
DeShawn Waller
Lawson Holbert
Brenden Brenner
Matt Davied
Brett Basler
Colby Turner
Kai Lemons
Lavale Jackson
Eric Forrest
Hunter Sims
Otis Williams
Darian Lewis
Ashtin Letcher
Peter Afful
Georgia
Louisville
East Carolina
Florida Atlantic
Akron
Akron
Akron
East Carolina
Alabama-Birmingham
Florida International
Florida International
Arkansas State
Arkansas State
UNC-Charlotte
Central Florida
Louisiana-Lafayette
Tennessee-Chatanooga
Incarnate Word
Alcorn State
Alcorn State
Emporia State
Fort Hays State
Fort Hays State
Fort Hays State
Henderson State
Emporia State
Washburn
Cumberlands
Cumberlands
Lake Erie
Ottawa
St. Marys
Baker
FBS
FBS
FBS
FBS
FBS
FBS
FBS
FBS
FBS
FBS
FBS
FBS
FBS
FBS
FBS
FBS
FCS
FCS
FCS
FCS
D2
D2
D2
D2
D2
D2
D2
NAIA
NAIA
NAIA
NAIA
NAIA
NAIA