Troy adds one, officially announces mid-year signees

National Signing Day was particularly quiet for Jon Sumrall’s Troy Trojans as the first-year head coach welcomed one addition to the program on Wednesday with the signing of Auburn High School cornerback Nasir Pogue. Sumrall also officially announced four mid-year additions to the program.

“Due to our scholarship numbers, we simply were not able to bring in a large recruiting class this year,” Sumrall said.

“However, what we were able to do was bring in a select number of high-quality young men who also happen to be outstanding football players. Nasir comes from a winning program at Auburn High School, has grown up in the game of football and gives us another tremendous athlete in our secondary.

“The four mid-year guys we brought in before the spring semester have all been here working out with the team and have meshed well into our program,” Sumrall said.

“Jeremiah and Daniel are going to come in and compete immediately for playing time on the offensive line, while Michael and RaJae’ give us a pair of big targets in the passing game, but also highly skilled blockers for our rushing attack.”

The Troy 2022 Mid-Year Signing Class includes:

• Jeremiah Frazier, OL, 6-3, 305, a transfer from Tennessee State. Frazier started all 11 games at Tennessee State and was named to the OVC Newcomer Team. He was instrumental in the Tigers gaining over 1,000 yards on the ground, converting on 27-of-36 red zone attempts and 53 third-down conversions.

• RaJae’ Johnson, WR, 6-4, 215, from UAB. Johnson appeared in 12 games in his first two seasons with two receptions for 20 yards. He started nine games for the Blazers in 2021 and helped lead UAB to a 9-4 record, including a victory over BYU in the Independence Bowl. Johnson was UAB’s third-leading receiver with 23 catches for 394 yards and a touchdown. He averaged 17.1 yards per reception, including a 63-yard catch.

• Daniel King, OL, 6-5, 295, from Georgia Military College. King helped the Bulldogs race out to a 6-2 start with a pair of three-game winning streaks. Georgia Military averaged 178.9 rushing yards per game to rank 16th nationally.

• Michael Vice, TE, 6-4, 253, from Samford. Vice earned All-SoCon Second Team honors in both the spring and fall seasons in 2021 and was named to the Phil Steele Freshman All-America Fourth Team in 2019. He was Samford’s second-leading receiver in 2021 with 44 catches for 518 yards and four touchdowns and had four catches for 94 yards and a touchdown at Florida. Vice caught 24 passes for 283 yards and a touchdown in seven games during the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season. He led Samford with five touchdown receptions as a freshman among his eight catches for 55 yards

• Nasir Pogue, CB, 6-2, 170, Auburn High School. Pogue earned first team all-region and was named to the Opelika-Auburn News First Team All-Defense following his senior year at Auburn High School. He was a team captain and finished the season with 61 tackles, 26 pass break ups and four interceptions. Pogue elped lead the Tigers to a 10-3 record, a final No. 4 ranking Alabama Class 7A and a trip to the Alabama 7A semifinals. As a junior, Auburn advanced to the Alabama 7A State Championship game and finished the year 12-2 overall. He was selected to play in the AHSAA North-South All-Star Game.

Other signees include Kyler Gibson, OL, 6-5, 285, of Munford High School; Luke Hodge, LB/FB, 6-1, 225, of Oneonta High School; Matthew Johnson, OL, 6-4, 285, of Marbury High School; Tucker Kilcrease, QB, 6-1, 190, of Brantley High School; and Blake Matthews, LB, 6-3, 200, of Bremen (Ga.) High School.

Season tickets are now on sale for Troy football. Go to https://bit.ly/34B97Ci to buy tickets. The Trojans first home game will be Sept. 10 against Alabama A&M. Troy will open the season at Ole Miss on Sept. 3.