Football adds three more recruits to 2017 roster https://t.co/QQe1HeJB6w
— #ChaGheill (@queensgaels) February 14, 2017
KINGSTON, Ont. (February 13, 2017) – Queen’s football head coach Pat Sheahan is pleased to announce the signing and commitment of receiver Richard Burton (Ottawa), defensive end David Morton (Almonte, Ont.) and offensive lineman Harrison Taylor (Ayr, Ont.). to the Gaels football program.
Burton is a 6-0, 175-pound receiver who comes to Queen’s from Nepean High School. Burton has played football with the Myers Riders in the OVFL where he was an all-star receiver.
Morton is a versatile athlete who also is a track runner competing in the 4×100 with his high school in Almonte. A 6-4 225-pound defensive lineman, Morton looks to pursue a degree in engineering at Queen’s.
Queen’s continues to add size at the offensive line and Harrison Taylor fits the mold. Taylor is 6-4 and 270-pounds and played for the 2016 OVFL champion Cambridge Lions.
The newest Gaels join previously announced recruits, Jeffrey Boch and Brendan Steele. For more info on their announcements, please click here. Along with the trio of Daniel Challice, James DuManoir and Jonathan Wedgbury, for info on these new Gaels click here.
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2017 QUEEN’S FOOTBALL RECRUITS TO DATE:
Last | First | Hometown | Prov. | Position | Ht | Wt | Program (expected) | High School |
Boch | Jeffrey | Ottawa | Ont. | OL | 6-7 | 285 | Economics | All Saints CHS |
Burtenshaw | Konner | Odessa | Ont. | RB | 5-11 | 220 | Arts | Ernestown DHS |
Burton | Richard | Ottawa | Ont. | REC | 6-0 | 175 | Economics | Nepean HS |
Challice | Daniel | Peterborough | Ont. | DB/LB | 6-2 | 215 | Arts | Adam Scott CI |
DuManoir | James | Cobourg | Ont. | OL | 6-4 | 315 | Arts | St. Mary CSS |
Morton | David | Almonte | Ont. | DE | 6-4 | 225 | Engineering | Almonte |
Rogers | Jordan | Toronto | Ont. | OL | 6-5 | 305 | Engineering | East York Collegiate |
Steele | Brendan | Kingston | Ont. | QB | 6-1 | 190 | Commerce | Frontenac SS |
Taylor | Harrison | Ayr | Ont. | OL | 6-4 | 270 | Engineering | Southwood CI |
Wedgbury | Jonathan | Toronto | Ont. | OL | 6-7 | 285 | Arts | Upper Canada College |
Source: Queen’s Football
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