HAMILTON – Colgate announced the addition of 16 football student-athletes Wednesday as part of National Signing Day.
 
Wednesday's festivities are just the start of the national signing period, and Colgate expects to announce more names to this roster of newcomers soon.
 
Raiders head coach Dan Hunt was pleased that his staff was able to pinpoint and sign skill-position student-athletes.
 
"The last two seasons, we put a lot of scholarships and energy into the offensive and defensive lines, and they've panned out," Hunt said. "We've got some good linemen on both sides of the ball.
 
"We felt this year we could go a bit lighter there and concentrate more on the skill positions."
 
Hunt said the staff also searched for multi-faceted individuals.
 
"Another thing you will see with this class is there are a lot of kids on it who in high school played multiple positions. We think when they get here they also should be able to play multiple positions."
 
The signees announced Wednesday are from seven states. There are four each from Pennsylvania and Florida, three from the Chicagoland area and two from Massachusetts. One of those Bay Staters, Chris Cervizzi, played the last two seasons at the Brooks School in the Boston suburb of North Andover for former Raiders assistant coach Pat Foley.
 
One signee each is from Texas, Ohio and New Jersey.
 
"It's definitely the end of a long process," Hunt said. "Our relationship with most of these kids started probably around this time last year. And then through spring evaluations and camp season and getting to see them during the season – it's a long arduous process.
 
"The assistant coaches have done a great job; they really make it easy on me. They scoured the country for this class and we're really happy with it. But it's definitely the end of a long road for sure."

Colgate Football 2015 Initial Signing Class
 

Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown/High School
Sage Attwood	QB	6-1	195	Cape Coral, Fla./Ida Baker HS
Owen Buscaglia	WR	6-3	185	Chicago, Ill./Loyola Academy
Matt Carandang	LB	6-3	200	Avon, Ohio/St. Edward HS
Tyler Castillo	DB	5-10	170	Orlando, Fla./East River HS
Chris Cervizzi	TB	5-6	175	North Reading, Mass./Brooks School
Caleb Fell	DL	6-3	235	Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown East HS
Brett Gasiorowski	TE	6-4	215	Glenbard Twp., Ill./Glenbard North HS
T.J. Holl	QB	6-1	205	Cranberry Twp., Pa./Seneca Valley HS
Ben Hunt	DB	6-0	185	Mount Laurel, N.J./Lenape Regional HS
Nick Martinsen	TE	6-2	220	Palm Beach Gardens, Fla./William T. Dwyer HS
Cortney Mimms	DB	5-10	165	Fort Pierce, Fla./Fort Pierce Central HS
Preston Nix	LB	6-0	215	Heath, Texas/Dallas Christian School
Owen Rockett	WR	5-10	180	Marblehead, Mass./St. John's Prep
Sam Schlichting	TE	6-4	230	Penn Valley, Pa./Harriton HS
John Steffen	DL	6-4	200	Hawley, Pa./Wallenpaupack Area HS
Jovaun Woolford	OL	6-4	260	Des Plaines, Ill./Maine West HS

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