Appalachian State University has extended a verbal scholarship offer to Finley Sullivan. It is the first offer for the rising senior from West Henderson High School in Hendersonville. Sullivan is a 6-foot-4, 225-pound edge rusher.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is the first school to extend a verbal scholarship offer to Cardinal Gibbons High School junior athlete Ryan Ziegler. He was a member of the Crusaders' 2021 4A state championship team as a freshman. Ziegler plays running back and linebacker for the Crusaders.