KC ANNOUNCES SIGNING CLASS | Another great class includes locals from Kilgore, Longview, PT

Kilgore College doesn’t win all those games and those conference championships without keeping the cupboard full.

And this year’s recruiting shopping trip, if you will, yielded another great signing class.

Here, courtesy of head football coach Willie Gooden, is this year’s incoming class of Kilgore College Rangers.

• Mikel Dennis, 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, linebacker, Kilgore High
• Adan Reyes, 6 foot, 170 pounds, kicker, Kilgore High
• Derrick Williams, 5-foot-9, 170 pounds, athlete, Kilgore High
• Chase Smith, 5-foot-10, 190 pounds, defensive back, Longview High
• Anthony Monsivais, 5-foot-11, 180 pounds, kicker/punter, Longview High
• Quinton Clark, 6-foot-3, 220 pounds, defensive lineman, Pine Tree High
• Kameron Lloyd, 6-foot-2, 215 pounds, linebacker, Pine Tree High
• Jordan Attaway, 6-foot-2, 285 pounds, offensive lineman, Pine Tree High
• Brandon Manning, 6-foot-3, 180 pounds, wide receiver, Carthage High
• Kyren McCullough, 6-foot-1, 300 pounds, offensive line, Whitehouse
• Jermain Taylor, 6-foot, 190 pounds, wide receiver, Jacksonville
• Corion Powers, 6-foot-2, 185 pounds, defensive back, Langham Creek
• Curtis Gooden Jr., 6-foot-1, 180 pounds, defensive back, Waller
• Hunter Moddon, 6-foot, 175 pounds, defensive back, Clear Lake
• Eric Hicks, 6-foot-2, 175 pounds, defensive back, Waco La Vega
• Aamii Branch, 5-foot-10, 170 pounds, defensive back, North Forney
• Jordan Jones, 6-foot-2, 180 pounds, defensive back, Tomball Memorial
• Jabrian Jenkins, 6-foot-3, 265 pounds, defensive lineman, Aldine Macarthur
• Tyrell Byrd, 6-foot-2, 265 pounds, defensive lineman, Aldine Davis
• Jayson Smith, 6-foot-1, 285 pounds, defensive lineman, Mansfield Legacy
• Kenias St. Romain, 6-foot-2, 210 pounds, linebacker, DeRidder, LA
• Ryan Gilliam, 6-foot, 225 pounds, linebacker, Porter
• Trace Emola, 5-foot-10, 190 pounds, deep snapper, Bryan Rudder
• Damian Martinez, 6-foot, 285 pounds, offensive lineman, Duncanville
• La’Rayvion Wright, 6-foot-4, 320 pounds, offensive lineman, Duncanville
• Cratelyn Henderson, 6-foot-5, 320 pounds, offensive lineman, Logansport, LA
• Toriyon Wilson, 6-foot-4, 310 pounds, offensive lineman, Richmond Foster
• JaCoby Burns, 6-foot-3, 300 pounds, offensive lineman, Aldine Nimitz
• Brandon June, 6-foot-5, 295 pounds, offensive lineman, Eaton
• Kareem Edmon, 6-foot-3, 285 pounds, offensive lineman, Killeen Shoemaker
• Devonye Jackson, 6-foot-3, 185 pounds, wide receiver, Arlington Sam Houston
• Noah Washington, 6-foot-3, 170 pounds, wide receiver, Port Neches-Groves
• Jonathon Smith, 5-foot-10, 165 pounds, wide receiver, Hollywood, FL (McArthur)
• Quori Hardman, 5-foot-9, 170 pounds, wide receiver, Cameron Yoe
• Jameir Willis, 6-foot-1, 190 pounds, athlete, Duncanville
• Joshua Hobbs, 6-foot-4, 185 pounds, athlete, Mesquite Poteet

KC went 9-2 in the 2023 season, winning the Southwest Junior College Football Conference (SWJCFC), beating Navarro in the title game to avenge their only regular season loss. After that, they were ranked number four in the nation, and made the NJCAA’s national championship top-four playoff, similar to the College Football Playoff.

The Rangers ran into a buzzsaw at Iowa Western, the defending national champion, and lost, 47-7, but still, with the conference title and a win over every single conference rival – and an appearance in the NJCAA’ national title playoff – it was another great season.