South Alabama adds former SEC running back Omni Wells

South Alabama on Sunday added its first soccer switch dedication of the post-spring cycle, as former Mississippi State operating again Omni Wells introduced he would play his remaining season with the Jaguars.

The 5-foot-10, 200-pound Wells spent the final two seasons with the Bulldogs as a walk-on, however shall be on scholarship with the Jaguars. He visited South Alabama over the weekend and introduced his dedication on Sunday night.

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Wells, who grew up simply throughout the state line from Cell in Moss Level, Miss., performed his first two school seasons at Mississippi Gulf Coast Group Faculty. He rushed for 879 yards and 10 touchdowns in 21 video games at MGCCC, the place he was performed alongside present South Alabama defensive finish Jamie Sheriff on a staff that gained the 2019 NJCAA championship.

Wells didn’t seem in a recreation at Mississippi State in 2020, however acquired into six this previous season. He caught two passes for 43 yards and likewise made a deal with on particular groups.

Wells will be part of a South Alabama operating again unit that not too long ago misplaced veterans Jared Wilson and AJ Phillips to the switch portal. Terrion Avery — final yr’s main rusher for the Jaguars with 508 yards — is ready to return in 2021, as are Damean Bivins and Bryan Hill.

Junior-college switch La’Damian Webb, who performed the 2020 season at Florida State, joined the South Alabama staff within the spring. He suffered a foot damage that required surgical procedure in the course of the second week of spring observe and is probably going sidelined till fall camp on the earliest.

South Alabama signed 9 Division I transfers in December and January, all of whom had been enrolled for spring observe. That group consisted of quarterback Carter Bradley (Toledo), tight finish DJ Thomas (Ole Miss), offensive guard Dontae Lucas (Florida State), defensive linemen C.J. Individual (Indiana) and Daniel Foster-Allen (Auburn), linebackers James Miller and D.Ok. Bonhomme (each Indiana), cornerback Jamar Richardson (Ole Miss) and security Jalen Jordan (Ole Miss).

South Alabama is predicted so as to add greater than a half-dozen newcomers from the switch portal in the course of the month of Could, main into summer season exercises that start in early June. Sunday was the deadline for Division I soccer gamers to inform their present faculties of their intention to switch and nonetheless hold their eligibility for the 2022 season.