STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Stony Brook football head coach Chuck Priore has finalized the Seawolves' 2023 signing class as announced on Wednesday. In total, Stony Brook has added 20 student-athletes to its roster with 11 transferring in from another institution and nine joining the program following their high school careers.


 
On Wednesday, Stony Brook announced the signings of kicker Spencer Biscoe, defensive lineman Irvin Briggs IV, wide receiver Anthony Johnson, and linebacker Shane Scott. Prior to the February signing period and after the early signing period, the Seawolves added four transfers: corner back Jeffrey Davis Jr., corner back Cory Gross Jr., wide receiver Rahmon Hart Jr., and wide receiver Dez Williams.


 
Spencer Biscoe | Kicker | Landisville, Pa. 
Biscoe is a 6-foot-3 kicker from Landisville, Pennsylvania. He comes to Stony Brook after spending two seasons at Colgate. He played in all 22 games during his Colgate career and made 19 of his 25 field goal attempts across the two seasons. He went 14-for-19 on field goals in 2022. Biscoe also nailed 36 extra point tries in his career. His longest made field goal was 49 yards. He played one year of varsity football at Hempfield High School, where he also played soccer. He was a First Team All-State selection in football and led the entire state of Pennsylvania in field goals made. He has already enrolled at Stony Brook. 
 
Irvin Briggs IV | Defensive Lineman | Hicksville, N.Y.
Briggs is a 6-foot-4 defensive lineman and currently attends Holy Trinity High School. Briggs is a three-year captain at Holy Trinity and has played four years of football in high school. He is a two-time Defensive Lineman of the Year and two-time All-League selection, as well as a two-time league champion. Briggs has helped his team to a combined 19-1 record over the past two seasons. 
 
Anthony Johnson | Wide Receiver | Burlington, N.J. 
Johnson is a 5-foot-11 wide receiver from Burlington, New Jersey. He comes to Stony Brook after spending the 2022 season at James Madison University. He played high school football at Burlington Township, where he was a 2021 First Team All-State selection and two-time First Team All-County honoree. He was also a four-time All-Conference member, and he helped Burlington Township to the 2019 South Group 3 semifinals and 2021 quarterfinals. He was a three-sport athlete in high school, also lettering in basketball and track. In the classroom, he was an honor roll student and he majored in kinesiology at JMU. He has already enrolled at Stony Brook. 
 
Shane Scott | Linebacker | Mount Laurel, N.J. 
Scott is a 6-foot-0 linebacker from Mount Laurel, New Jersey. He comes to Stony Brook after spending five years at Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania. Scott appeared in all 44 games across four active seasons at Lock Haven, with the 2020 season being canceled. He totaled 54 tackles, three tackles for loss, one pass breakup and one forced fumble in 2022. He was a PSAC All-Conference selection. He finished his career with 14.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, four forced fumbles, and one interception. Prior to Lock Haven, Scott was a standout linebacker at Lenape High School, earning First Team All-State honors and winning the state championship as a senior in 2017. He comes from a football family, as his father Sean played football at Rutgers from 1988-92 and his brother Sean Scott Jr. currently plays at Rhode Island.
 
Jeffrey Davis Jr. | Corner Back | Bristol, Conn.
Davis is a 6-foot-0 corner back from Bristol, Connecticut. He comes to Stony Brook after the past two seasons as a member of the Penn State football team. He appeared in one game as a redshirt freshman in 2022. Davis came out of Kingswood Oxford High School, where he was a four-year letterman, including one year as an eighth grader. He was the first student-athlete at Kingswood Oxford to letter as an eighth grader. He transferred to play his final year of high school football at Bristol Eastern High School, but the 2020 season was canceled due to the pandemic. During his junior season in high school, he totaled 32 tackles and one interception, while adding 35 catches for 600 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns. Davis was a two-time All-League selection. He was ranked the No. 4 prospect out of the state of Connecticut by 247Sports coming out of high school.
 
Cory Gross Jr. | Defensive Back | Rochester, N.Y.
Gross is a 6-foot-2 defensive back from Rochester. He comes to Stony Brook after spending the 2022 season at Tennessee State University and the previous four seasons at Buffalo. Gross appeared in six games at Tennessee State last season, totaling 16 tackles. He appeared in 31 games across three seasons at Buffalo, after redshirting his freshman season in 2018. Gross ranked second on the team in tackles with 68 in 2021 at Buffalo. He came out of Brockport High School and was a three-time All-State selection, as both a running back and defensive back. He was named the District 4 Player of the Year and helped lead his team to the Section V Sectional Championship.
 
Rahmon Hart Jr. | Wide Receiver | Pittsburgh, Pa.
Hart is a 6-foot-3 wide receiver from Pittsburgh, who comes to Stony Brook after spending the past three seasons at Duquesne and his freshman season at Ball State. He appeared in nine games for Duquesne in 2022, totaling 13 catches for 110 yards. He redshirted as a freshman at Ball State in 2019. Hart came out of Imani Christian Academy, where he finished his career with 152 catches, 3,200 receiving yards and 34 touchdowns. He was a First Team All-State selection as a senior and a two-time All-Conference honoree. The former three-star recruit was his high school team's captain as a senior. He comes from a football family, as his cousin Ray Zellars played at Notre Dame and in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints.
 
Dez Williams | Wide Receiver | Waldorf, Md.
Williams is a 6-foot-2 wide receiver from Waldorf, Maryland. He comes to Stony Brook as a transfer from Wake Forest. Williams came out of St. Mary's Ryken High School and played football on both sides of the ball in his career. He totaled 41 catches for 825 yards in 2020, while having over 1,000 all-purpose yards. He earned First Team All-WCAC honors. Williams exploded for four touchdowns in one game in high school, becoming the first player in St. Mary's Ryken history to find the end zone four times in one game.
 

Name	Position	Hometown	High School / Prev. School
Charles Allen III	OL	Vauxhall, N.J.	Hillside High School
Jacob Amburn	TE	Suffield, Conn.	Kingswood Oxford School
Spencer Biscoe*	K	Landisville, Pa.	Hempfield / Colgate
Parker Bolesta	LB	Dallas, Pa.	Dallas High School
Brandon "Bam" Boria	RB	Marlton, N.J.	Cherokee High School
Irvin Briggs IV*	DL	Hicksville, N.Y.	Holy Trinity
Shakhi Carson	RB	West Orange, N.J.	West Orange / Kent State
Casey Case	QB	Winter Park, Fla.	Winter Park / Buffalo
Dyshier Clary	DL	East Camden, N.J.	Woodrow Wilson / Temple
Wyatt Cooper	TE	Mechanicsburg, Pa.	Trinity High School
Jeffrey Davis Jr.	CB	Bristol, Conn.	Kingswood Oxford / Penn State
Cory Gross Jr.	DB	Rochester, N.Y.	Brockport / Tennessee State / Buffalo
Rahmon Hart Jr.	WR	Pittsburgh, Pa.	Imani Christian Academy / Duquesne / Ball State
Jerrod Hills	DE	Syracuse, N.Y.	Trinity-Pawling School
Anthony Johnson*	WR	Burlington, N.J.	Burlington Township / JMU
Johnny Martin	RB	Lawnside, N.J.	Highland / Charlotte
Miles McGoy	CB	Staten Island, N.Y.	Curtis High School
Ian Rose	OL	Guilford, Conn.	Hamden Hall Country Day School
Shane Scott*	LB	Mount Laurel, N.J.	Lenape / Lock Haven
Dez Williams	WR	Waldorf, Md.	St. Mary's Ryken / Wake Forest
*Signed during February signing period

 
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