New Buckeye 'Backer

Vinny Pugliese


6-2 210 pound linebacker Vinny Pugliese from Walsh High School is coming to Columbia.

You can see his his highlight video here.

Walsh HS is a Jesuit school just outside of Akron. Pugliese will be the second Walsh alum to play football at Columbia after Tom Crosbie, Columbia class of 1988.


So let’s look at our PROBABLE incoming list of the class of 2015:


1) Wells Childress* DE 6-4 263 lbs. Kinkaid HS Houston, TX

2) Sean Coffinger LB 6-4 215 lbs. Desert Vista HS Phoenix, AZ

3) Ryan Flannery WR 6-3 185 lbs. North Attleborough HS North Attleborough, MA

4) Joe Kopp OL 6-4 260 lbs. Arundel HS Gambrills, MD

5) Hunter Little DL 6-4 225 lbs. The Webb School Knoxville, TN

6) Ijeoma Odigwe DL 6-2 220 lbs. Chandler HS Chandler, AZ

7) Ray Pesanello LB 6-2 215 lbs. Mahwah HS, Mahwah, NJ

8) Kal Prince QB 6-4 198 lbs. Owenboro HS Owensboro, KY

9) Vinny Pugliese LB 6-1 210 lbs. Walsh Jesuit HS Cuyahoga Falls, OH