Photo Gallery: National signing day
Published 8:00 am Thursday, February 3, 2022
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Vicksburg High linebacker Demarion Robinson, left, puts on a Copiah-Lincoln Community College hat after signing with the school on Wednesday, as his mother Shaandrea Patterson looks on. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High football players, from left, Demarion Robinson, Jaquez Williams and Eric Wesley all signed with junior colleges on Wednesday. Robinson signed with Copiah-Lincoln, Williams with Jones College, and Wesley with Southwest Mississippi. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High defensive back Eric Wesley, left, puts on a Southwest Mississippi Community College hat after signing with the school on Wednesday, as his father Jermaine Wesley looks on. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg High offensive lineman Jaquez Williams sits alongside his mother, Diane Williams, after signing with Jones College on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Eleven members of Warren Central's football program signed with Mississippi's junior colleges on Wednesday. Pictured, front row from left, are offensive lineman Kevin Miller (Jones), wide receiver Preston Lynch (East Central), manager Will Barnum (Jones), and offensive lineman Dontavius Bell (Hinds). Back row, from left, are linebacker Floyd Davenport (Mississippi Delta), defensive end Jashun Simon (Coahoma), running back T.J. Thompson (East Central), kicker Brandon Gilliam (East Central), defensive back Jae Mims (Mississippi Delta) and defensive back Danny Guice (Jones). (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central manager Will Barnum, center, sits alongside Antowine Pollard and Fred Barnum Sr. after signing with Jones College on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central offensive lineman Dontavius Bell sits with his mother Dorothy Jones after signing with Hinds Community College on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central linebacker Floyd Davenport, center, accepted an offer to play football at Mississippi Delta Community College. Sitting with him are DeAndre King, Khaza King, and Sylvia Davenport. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central kicker Brandon Gilliam signed with East Central Community College on Wednesday. Pictured with him, from left, are family members Stephanie Gilliam, Mitzi Stephens and Michael Stephens. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central defensive back Danny Guice signed with Jones College on Wednesday. Pictured with him are Amanda Otis, J.J. Jackson, Jessica Carter and Rashad Williams. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central running back T.J. Thompson signed with East Central Community College on Wednesday. Alongside him are Nikki Thompson, Sherry Jones, father T.J. Thompson Sr. and grandfather T.J. Thompson, Zoe Cole, Naperia Swartz and Toni Griffin. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central defensive end Jashun Simon is joined by friends and family members after signing with Coahoma Community College on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central defensive back Jae Mims is joined by nearly two dozen friends and family members after signing with Mississippi Delta Community College on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central offensive lineman Kevin Miller signed with Jones College on Wednesday. Pictured with him are family members Stephanie Squire, Marley Williams, Bobby Squire, Iyana Dorsey, Sonya Miller, Kevin Miller Sr., Inetta Miller and Irene Squire. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central wide receiver Preston Lynch signed with East Central Community College on Wednesday. Pictured with him are his brothers Paxton and Mattox Lynch, and parents Karie and Wayne Lynch. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
A total of 13 football players and one manager from Vicksburg High and Warren Central made their college decisions official on Wednesday, the first day of the NCAA’s signing period.
Family, friends and coaches joined players at both schools to celebrate and share the moment. Here is a selection of photos from both events.
About Ernest Bowker
Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.
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