"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;">FOLEY,

Alabama — Six Foley High School athletes signed letters of intent

to play college football on Wednesday morning during a National

Signing Day ceremony at the high school.

"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;">Caleb

Autrey, Kalif Koen, Bob Pugh, Joseph Brister, D'marsjae Casey and

Kyle Churchwell signed during the ceremony in the school's

library.

"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;">Autrey,

who had 39 tackles, two interceptions, seven pass break ups and two

blocked kicks as a senior picked South Alabama.

"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;">"It is

close to home and I love the stadium, the environment and the

coaches," Autrey said. "They always showed me love every time I

visited them. They welcomed me with open arms."

"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;">South

Alabama will join full Sun Belt Conference play in Division 1 in

2013.

"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;">"We are

playing bigger schools and we are planning to win against those

schools. We want to get a bigger name for South Alabama."

"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;">Koen

signed with Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Miss. Koen

is Foley's all time leading rusher with 2,570 career yards. He is

also fifth at Foley in career touchdowns with 31. He carried 113

times for 777 yards and 13 scores as a senior.

"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;">"Ray

Perkins, who used to coach at Alabama, is the coach there," Koen

said. "It is a good opportunity to play for someone like that.

Knowing that someone like him saw something in me was a good

feeling. I'm excited to get up there and do my best and transfer to

a bigger school after two years."

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signed with Huntingdon College along with Brister, Casey and

Churchwell. Pugh had 30 catches for 462 yards and five touchdowns

as a senior.

"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;">"I like

all that they have," Pugh said. "It is close to home, too so I like

that."

"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;">Casey

played several offensive and defensive positions while at Foley. As

a senior at linebacker he had 48 tackles, four sacks, four

interceptions and two touchdowns.

"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;">"I like

the facilities there and I like that they were interested in me,"

Casey said. "I will play any position that they want me to."

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carried 66 times for 341 yards and five touchdowns for the Lions.

He shared carries with Koen in Foley's offensive scheme.

"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;">"The

campus is really nice and their football program has come a long

way," Brister said. "They have a new stadium and new uniforms and

it seemed like a family like I am used to here at Foley. It is

comfortable to me and I think I made the right decision."

"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;">Brister

plans to study computer science at Faulkner.

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Churchwell played at Foley up until last fall, when he moved to

Tennessee to be with family. He played his senior season as an

offensive tackle at Perry County High School but returned to sign

as a Foley Lion.

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"Everybody there is friendly, it is a good Christian college,"

Churchwell said of Faulkner. "They liked my footwork, size and

attitude. They told me that if I come in and crack skulls that I

would have a shot to play early."