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UTSA adds local product to early signing class

SAN ANTONIO — UTSA head football coach Jeff Traylor on Monday announced that he has added former Cibolo Steele High School standout Xavier Player to the program's early 2021 signing class, bringing the total to 16 student-athletes.
 
The group also includes Kevorian Barnes, Clifford Chattman, Nick Evans, Ronnie Garza, River Gordon, Caden Holt, JaCorey Hyder, Malik Jones, Luke Lapeze, Eddie Lee Marburger, Noah Mitchell, Jalen Rainey, Kamron Scott, Ron Tatum III and Ronald Triplette, who all were announced on Dec. 16, the first day of the early signing period.
 
The class includes nine high school players, five who are coming from the junior college ranks and a pair of transfers.
 
Eleven of the new Roadrunners are from the state of Texas, including four from the San Antonio area, two apiece from East Texas, the Greater Houston Area and the Rio Grande Valley, and one from the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
 
Of the 16-member class, 15 are rated as 3-star prospects by at least one of the major recruiting services, while Ron Tatum III was a 4-star prospect.

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