The University of Louisville football team signed 17 players, including five transfers on Wednesday during the 2023 National Signing Day on Wednesday.
First-year head coach Jeff Brohm, who was hired on Dec.8, inked 12 high school student-athletes with seven of them joining the Cards in January. Five of the players signed on Wednesday were Power 5 transfers in wide receivers Jimmy Calloway (Tennessee), Jadon Thompson (Cincinnati), defensive linemen Stephen Herron (Stanford), Rodney McGraw (Penn State) and safety Devin Neal (Baylor).
Thompson played three seasons at Cincinnati, catching 47 passes for 659 yards and one touchowns. He caught 27 passes for 393 yards last season with the Bearcats, while Calloway contributed three years at Tennessee.
The Cardinals added some depth on the defensive line with the additions of defensive ends Herronfrom Stanford and McGraw from Penn State. Neal joins the Louisville squad after coming from Baylor. Herron played four seasons at Stanford, concluding the 2022 season with 37 tackles and 5.5 sacks.
According to 247Sports, the Cardinals signed five four-star prospects in offensive lineman Madden Sanker out of Douglasville, Ga. — the highest ranked offensive lineman in school history. Quarterback Pierce Clarkson and cornerback Aaron Williams from St. John Bosco, and linebacker Stanquan Clark from Miami, Fla., and defensive end Adonijah Green from Ellenwood, Ga., were all the highest rated player in the 2023 class.
The Cardinals finished the 2022 season at 8-5 after a 24-7 win over Cincinnati in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl. Louisville is slated to return 15 student-athletes, who started in the bowl game.
2023 LOUISVILLE FOOTBALL SIGNING DAY CLASS
NAME YR POS HT WT HOMETOWN HIGHSCHOOL PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Keyjuan Brown FR RB 5-9 205 Atlanta, Ga. South Atlanta
*Luke Burgess FR OL 6-8 285 New Palestine, Ind. New Palestine
Jimmy Calloway SO WR 6-0 190 Morrow, Ga. Morrow Tennessee
Micah Carter FR DL 6-5 260 Louisville, Ky. St. Xavier
*Stanquan Clark FR LB 6-2 215 Miami, Fla. Miami Central
*Pierce Clarkson FR QB 6-0 196 Bellflower, Calif. St. John Bosco
Saadiq Clements FR DL 6-5 260 Henderson, Ky. Henderson
Stephen Herron SR DE 6-3 237 New Albany Trinity Stanford
*William Fowles FR WR 6-2 195 Hialeah, Fla. Dade Christian
*Adonijah Green FR DE 6-5 203 Ellenwood, Ga. Cedar Grove
*Cataurus Hicks FR WR 5-9 160 Miami, Fla. Miami Central
Jahill McClain FR WR 5-10 180 Bellflower, Calif. St. John Bosco
Rodney McGraw SO DL 6-5 253 Chicago, Ill. Elkhart Penn State
Devin Neal JR S 5-11 202 Lexington, Ky. Douglass Baylor
*Madden Sanker FR OL 6-4 305 Douglasville, Ga. South Paulding
Jadon Thompson JR WR 6-2 187 Chicago, Ill. Naperville Central Cincinnati
Aaron Williams FR CB 6-2 185 Corona, Calif. St. John Bosco
* January Enrollees
