The Sacramento State football team announced 10 recruits in the first day of signing.

Coach Marshall Sperbeck said he’s expecting three to four more players to sign and is excited to have a very good class of young men coming into the program.

“We think that all of them are good quality men that shown they can excel not only on the football field, but also in the classroom,” Sperbeck said.

The newly named Hornets include seven high school players and two community college transfers.

One of the transfers, linebacker Mick Hickman, is following Sperbeck from Foothill, where he was an All-State linebacker.

“Having coaching (Hickman) in Foothill, we were very intrigued by him by the fact he was still available,” Sperbeck said.

When it was announced on Nov. 27 that former coach Steve Mooshagian’s contract would not be renewed, Athletic Director Terry Wanless said the school would be conducting a national search for the team’s new coach.

Wanless said the school was looking for a candidate with proven coaching success and ties to the local community.

On Jan. 13, Sperbeck was announced as the team’s new coach and had to begin his recruitment campaign with little time to spare.

Sperbeck has shown his ties to the Sacramento area, as he and his staff recruited all nine players from the Northern Calif. area.

“For getting such a late start, we jumped out and did a good job,” Sperbeck said.

Recruits

Mike Hickman, LB, 6-1, 235 lbs., Milbrae, Calif./Foothill JC

Matt Evans, LB, 6-1, 210 lbs., Sacramento, Calif./Sacramento City JC

Zack Nash, LB/DE, 6-3, 240 lbs., Vacaville, Calif./Vacaville HS

Greg Johnson, DB, 6-2, 205 lbs., Downey, Calif./St. John Bosco HS

Kevin Youtsey, OL, 6-4, 300 lbs., Lincoln, Calif./Lincoln HS

Bryan Hilliard, RB, 5-11, 205 lbs., Sacramento, Calif./Laguna Creek HS

Ricky Thompson, DB, 6-1, 185 lbs., Sacramento, Calif./Grant HS

Andy White, WR, 6-2, 205 lbs., Mission Viejo, Calif./Mission Viejo HS

Larry Parker, WR, 6-0, 165 lbs., San Diego, Calif./St. Augustine HS

Gallieni Sylvestre, DL, 6-7, 260 lbs. Inglewood, Calif./St. Bernard HS

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