{"id":844617,"date":"2025-04-30T04:12:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T09:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/pittmans-pocket-hbcu-players-still-available\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T04:12:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T09:12:35","slug":"pittmans-pocket-hbcu-players-still-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/pittmans-pocket-hbcu-players-still-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittman\u2019s Pocket: HBCU players still available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Football <\/p>\n<div>\n<article id=\"post-199756\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/nfldraftdiamonds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_9994-1024x661.jpeg\" alt=\"Football Get to know James Burgess Jr., a talented cornerback from Alabama State University. Discover his skills, dedication, and passion for the game of football.\"  ><figcaption>Pittman\u2019s Pocket: HBCU players still available<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>2025 Draft Class \u2013 Available HBCU <a href=\"https:\/\/nfldraftdiamonds.com\/2025\/04\/nfl-draft-cornerback-rankings\/\">Football Players<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jordan Taylor \u2013 Offensive Lineman, Benedict College<\/strong><br \/>6\u20194\u2033 | 300 lbs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jamari Gassett<\/strong> \u2013 Wide Receiver, Florida A&#038;M (FAMU)<br \/>5\u201910\u201d | 186 lbs<\/p>\n<p><strong>James Burgess Jr.<\/strong> \u2013 Cornerback, Alabama State<br \/>6\u20193\u2033 | 186 lbs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jarrett Hunter Howard<\/strong> \u2013 Running Back<br \/>5\u201910\u201d | 210 lbs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kolby Merritt<\/strong> \u2013 Safety, Fayetteville State<br \/>6\u20192\u2033 | 210 lbs<\/p>\n<div itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" itemscope itemprop=\"author\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Football Brian Pittman\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/98b65daa03f538f90a44473b683edc7bdcd1887de9778d3b913e855f2daad333?s=100&#038;r=g\"  height=\"100\" width=\"100\" itemprop=\"image\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Worked as a Scout and volunteer for the East n West Shriners game in 2016-2017.<br \/>\nAlso attended the Hula bowl and Tropical Bowl games. 2022<br \/>\nAlso was a independent Agent and Scout at the CGS bowl game in 2021.<br \/>\nWorked All star games like the EPS All-Americans game in 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nfldraftdiamonds.com\/2025\/04\/hbcu-players-7\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a> Brian Pittman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pittman\u2019s Pocket: HBCU players still available 2025 Draft Class \u2013 Available HBCU Football Players: Jordan Taylor \u2013 Offensive Lineman, Benedict College 6\u20194\u2033 | 300 lbs Jamari Gassett \u2013 Wide Receiver, Florida A&amp;M (FAMU)5\u201910\u201d | 186 lbs James Burgess Jr. \u2013 Cornerback, Alabama State6\u20193\u2033 | 186 lbs Jarrett Hunter Howard \u2013 Running Back5\u201910\u201d | 210 lbs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":844618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790,138400,4046],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-844617","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"category-pittmans","9":"category-pocket"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}