Former Blackman receiver Ronnie Killings is transferring from Navy to Tennessee State.
Former Blackman standout Ronnie Killings is transferring from the Navy to Tennessee State.
Coach Rod Reed said Killings, who was a two-year starter at wide receiver and in the secondary at Blackman, already is enrolled at TSU and will go through spring practice with the Tigers.
“We recruited him out of high school, and I think it came down to us and the Naval Academy,” Reed said. “He and his teammates (Charlie Davidson and Quentin Hardy) went up to the Naval Academy. He wanted to come back this way. He had some personal reasons why he wanted be back this way, so it was great for us to get him back, and we think he’s going to be a great addition to us on the offensive side of the ball.”
Killings (6-foot-1, 185 pounds) also had an offer coming out of high school from Air Force.
He redshirted this past season at Navy meaning he has four seasons of eligibility left.
Killings helped Blackman post a 22-5 record during his junior and senior seasons, which included the Blaze’s first Class 6A semifinal appearance in 2013 and a District 7-AAA championship in 2014.
As a senior he had 27 catches for a team-high 803 yards and 11 touchdowns, including three of which came on special teams.
Killings had 52 career catches for a school-record 1,225 receiving yards.
Summers joining Tigers: Reed also said former Springfield defensive tackle Terrence Summers will transfer to TSU after spending the last three seasons at Hutchison Community College in Kansas.
The 6-foot-2, 314-pound Summers redshirted his first season at the junior college.
Summers recorded a total of 39 tackles this past season including 7.5 for losses, 3.5 sacks, recovered a fumble and forced a fumble.
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