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02/06/2013
Quotes from football head coach Todd Graham on the 2013 Signing Class
02/06/2013
The class consists of 16 freshmen, five sophomores and six juniors.
ASU: Physically gifted linebacker who will add a valuable presence at linebacker...has instant-impact potential and likely will battle to replace Second-Team All-Pac-12 member Brandon Magee at linebacker...comes to ASU with three years to play three starting in the fall.
HUTCHINSON CC: Rated by Rivals.com as the No. 32 overall junior college prospect in the country and the nation's third-best junior college linebacker recruit...appeared in seven games in 2012, registering 56 tackles including 6.0 for loss with 1.5 sacks...redshirted in 2011..coached by Rion Rhoades at Hutchinson Community College...verbally committed to ASU on Jan. 12, 2013.
HIGH SCHOOL: Made an immediate impact at the high school level, ranking second on the varsity squad with 99 tackles as a sophomore in 2008, adding 9.0 sacks...chose ASU over reported scholarship offers from Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Cincinnati, Indiana, Kansas, Kansas State, Minnesota, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, Toledo and West Virginia..."I got along with all the coaches and players [at ASU]," Longino said after his official visit to Tempe. "Everybody I met was really cool. It felt like family and that was good being far from home. So I'm going to a school where I already know what the people are like. I was really surprised how beautiful the school was."...coached by Rodney Brown at Shaw High.