Riverside football: Four decorated players commit to Mount Union, will sign on Feb. 7

Feb. 4—The Riverside football team has enjoyed immense success over the past few years thanks in part to the current senior class.

A quartet of the players on that team have decided to run it back the next four years in Alliance.

Quarterback Mikey Maloney, receiver Brady McKnight, center Isaiah Walter and linebacker Gabe Hall have all committed to Mount Union University and with sign with coach Geoff Dart’s program on Feb. 7, the first day of the winter signing period.

“It’s going to be amazing, playing together at Mount Union,” said Walter, the 6-foot, 280-pound center. “We all have one goal, and that’s to win a national championship. Hopefully we can accomplish that together.”

Walter was the first to give his verbal commitment to the Division III powerhouse, announcing his decision on Jan. 21. Hall, a physical linebacker who can also play safety, committed on Jan. 25. McKnight, the ultra-smooth playmaker, committed on Feb. 2 and then turned to his longtime buddy Maloney, the two-time winner of The News-Herald’s Tony Fisher Award who had previously committed to the University of Dayton.

“Once he committed, he looked and me and said, ‘You know what to do,'” Maloney said.

Maloney then de-committed from Dayton and committed to Mount Union, a move that he had been pondering since committing to the Flyers a few weeks back.

Dayton got a verbal from Rocky River’s Division III All-Ohio quarterback Julian Patti earlier this week. Not long after, Maloney de-committed and pledged to Mount Union. But Maloney, a first-team Division II All-Ohioan, said the two events are not connected.

“I had been talking to my parents for a few weeks about it and was thinking maybe I had rushed my decision,” Maloney said. “When I visited Mount in November, I had a good vibe. I just felt that is where I should be at. … I know no matter where I go,…

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Author : The News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio

Publish date : 2024-02-05 04:46:00

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