
GREENEVILLE - There will be many new faces on the field when the Tusculum Pioneers play their first game of 2011.
Head coach Frankie DeBusk loaded up on 16 defensive backs, 12 receivers, 11 defensive linemen, nine offensive linemen, eight linebackers, two kickers, two quarterbacks, two running backs and one tight end in this year's recruiting class.
Among them are Austin East wide receiver Travius Blair, Seymour quarterback/linebacker Dustin Fain, Carter offensive lineman Daniel Nicely, Anderson County offensive lineman Charlie Phillips and West High School defensive end Brad Reid.
Tusculum went 6-5 in 2010. The Pioneers start 2011 at home on Sept. 3 against West Georgia.
| NAME | POS. | HT. | WT. | HOMETOWN (SCHOOL) |
| Sha-Ron Anthony | DB | 5-8 | 160 | Ellenwood, Ga. (Stockbridge HS) |
| Cortez Beck | DB | 5-9 | 175 | Decatur, Ga. (Southwest DeKalb HS) |
| Ethan Belasic | OL | 6-6 | 300 | Linden, Tenn. (Perry County HS) |
| Travius Blair | WR | 5-7 | 160 | Knoxville, Tenn. (Austin East HS) |
| Thomas Burdette | DB | 6-3 | 200 | Anderson, S.C. (TL Hanna HS) |
| Brandon Burkey | K | 6-1 | 200 | Jonesborough, Tenn. (Daniel Boone HS) |
| Zachary Capehart | OL | 6-1 | 265 | Ooltewah, Tenn. (Silverdale Baptist Academy) |
| Corey Carson | LB | 5-11 | 230 | Anderson, S.C. (TL Hanna HS) |
| Demarcus Copeland | DB | 5-8 | 160 | Lithonia, Ga. (Chamblee HS) |
| Logan Cornelius | K | 6-0 | 190 | Chattanooga, Tenn. (East Hamilton HS) |
| Darius Cunningham | OL | 6-2 | 275 | Greenwood, S.C. (Greenwood HS) |
| Ifaybeian Daney | WR | 6-0 | 170 | Hermitage, Tenn. (McGavock HS) |
| Jevante Davenport | DB | 6-1 | 180 | Decatur, Ga. (Columbia HS) |
| CJ Dawson | WR | 5-11 | 175 | Lithonia, Ga. (Arabia Mountain HS) |
| Eric Dulin | DB | 5-9 | 175 | Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson HS) |
| Dijon Elder | DL | 6-0 | 315 | Atlanta, Ga. (Grady HS) |
| Dustin Fain | QB/LB | 6-1 | 200 | Seymour, Tenn. (Seymour HS) |
| Anthony Farley | DB | 5-7 | 155 | Fairburn, Ga. (Creekside HS) |
| Raphael Finley | LB | 5-10 | 220 | Las Vegas, Nev. (College of the Desert) |
| Craig Franklin | DB | 5-11 | 175 | Tucker, Ga. (Tucker HS) |
| Trey Fuellen | DB | 5-10 | 170 | Smyrna, Ga. (Campbell HS) |
| Kenny Funnye | WR | 6-0 | 185 | Georgetown, S.C. (Andrews HS) |
| Patrick Gavin | DB | 5-8 | 155 | Riverdale, Ga. (Columbia HS) |
| Spencer Hall | WR | 5-8 | 165 | Stockbridge, Ga. (Stockbridge HS) |
| Patrick Hansen | OL | 6-3 | 280 | Kingsport, Tenn. (Coastal Carolina/Dobyns-Bennett) |
| Christopher Harden | LB/DE | 6-1 | 190 | Orlando, Fla. (Jones HS) |
| Ikelan Helms | WR | 6-0 | 170 | Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson HS) |
| Marquise Henderson | DL | 6-2 | 210 | Atlanta, Ga. (Maynard Jackson HS) |
| Tony Hillman | WR | 5-5 | 190 | Moore, S.C. (Byrnes HS) |
| Cornelius Hudson | LB | 5-10 | 200 | Covington, Ga. (Newton County HS) |
| D'Andre Jackson | DL | 5-10 | 230 | Acworth, Ga. (Etowah HS) |
| George Jackson | OL | 6-2 | 265 | Duluth, Ga. (Duluth HS) |
| K-Ron Jefferson | LB | 5-10 | 190 | Orlando, Fla. (Dr. Phillips HS) |
| Foloronshu Johnson | DB | 5-10 | 175 | Hiram, Ga. (East Paulding HS) |
| Rocky Jones | DL | 6-2 | 225 | Anderson, S.C. (Westside HS) |
| Kenneth Judson | DE | 6-2 | 190 | Orlando, Fla. (Jones HS) |
| Jivonte Kemp-Davis | LB | 6-1 | 175 | Douglasville, Ga. (Douglas County HS) |
| Adonis Lovejoy | RB | 5-8 | 185 | Atlanta, Ga. (Booker T. Washington HS) |
| Cashaud Lyons | DE | 6-5 | 270 | Ellenwood, Ga. (Woodland HS) |
| Johnathan Lytle | DE | 6-0 | 235 | Dallas, Ga. (East Paulding HS) |
| Niquay Mack | WR | 5-9 | 165 | Marietta, Ga. (Marietta HS) |
| Steven Matthews | DB | 5-10 | 170 | Lithonia, Ga. (Martin Luther King, Jr. HS) |
| Stanthony Nelms | WR | 6-3 | 185 | Decatur, Ga. (Columbia HS) |
| Daniel Nicely | OL | 6-0 | 255 | Blaine, Tenn. (Carter HS) |
| Ricardo Penn, Jr. | DB | 5-9 | 170 | Stockbridge, Ga. (Stockbridge HS) |
| Dekeshion Phiffer | DB | 5-11 | 170 | Atlanta, Ga. (Booker T. Washington HS) |
| Charlie Phillips | OL | 6-7 | 270 | Lake City, Tenn. (Anderson County HS) |
| Nigel Pierre | DB | 5-10 | 175 | Norcross, Ga. (Tucker HS) |
| Wesley Powell | TE | 6-10 | 255 | Eclectic, Ala. (Elmore County HS) |
| Brad Reid | DE | 6-0 | 230 | Knoxville, Tenn. (West HS) |
| Iziah Rutledge | DL | 6-1 | 250 | Chattanooga, Tenn. (Red Bank HS) |
| Jonathan Smith | LB | 5-10 | 190 | Orlando, Fla. (Dr. Phillips HS) |
| Corliss Stone | WR | 6-2 | 175 | Ponce de Leon, Fla. (Walton County HS) |
| Chaz Story | ATH | 5-11 | 235 | Greeneville, Tenn. (Greeneville HS) |
| AJ Strange | LB | 5-10 | 180 | Midway, Tenn. (West Greene HS) |
| Antonio Sutton | DB | 5-9 | 165 | Miami, Fla. (Miami Jackson HS) |
| Cameron Tallent | QB/DB | 6-1 | 190 | Evansville, Tenn. (Rhea County HS) |
| Cortney Tucker | WR | 6-1 | 175 | College Park, Ga. (Banneker HS) |
| Joshua Tyler | DL | 6-3 | 210 | Duluth, Ga. (Duluth HS) |
| Alexander Vick | WR | 6-1 | 180 | Smyrna, Tenn. (Smyrna HS) |
| Jason Wynn | OL | 6-3 | 280 | Saratoga, Calif. (West Valley CC) |
| Mykel Wyyet | RB | 5-10 | 180 | Loganville, Ga. (Loganville HS) |
| Zachary Young | OL | 6-6 | 290 | Sparta, Tenn. (White County HS) |
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