"This tops everything," he said. "It's the best day of my life. I've been working all my life to get here to this point."

  One of King's Southland Conference opponents just might be defensive end Zeke Schexnider of Texas State. The Port Neches-Groves defensive end echoed King's words, when he called it "the best day of his life."

  "There were other schools but I had my heart set on Texas State," Zeke said. "I just talked to other places."

  Schexnider was the lone signee on Wednesday from PN-G. This year's lone Nederland recruit, Dravannti Johnson, signed on UT's campus in Austin, with Longhorns' coach Mack Brown watching.

  "Dravannti can really run and he can help us by coming off the corner," UT's Brown said. "He had a lot of sacks at Nederland and we need to get more sacks. Our spring training starts in a couple of weeks and he could end up being either a defensive end or a linebacker. We will start him out in a couple weeks at outside linebacker but he may have to play more than one position."

AREA SIGNUP ROSTER

  BEAUMONT CENTRAL -- Brian Davis, 6-1, 205, linebacker, Navarro College; Adrian Guillory, 5-9, 180, defensive back, Navarro College; Derrick Hall, 5-11, 210, running back-wide receiver-defensive back, Texas A&M.

  BEAUMONT KELLY -- Donnie Carona, 6-0, 205, kicker, Texas Tech; Doran Guillory, 6-3, 260, defensive line, U of Houston; Kheeston Randall, 6-6, 290, defensive tackle, Texas.

  BEAUMONT OZEN -- Chris Raggett, 5-11, 175, defensive back, Arkansas; Desmond Wilcox, 6-0, 175, defensive back, Central Arkansas; Kevin Newton, 6-2, 185, defensive back, Kilgore College; Devonian Stelly, 6-0, 250, defensive tackle, Texas College; Patrick May, 6-1, 290, offensive tackle, Texas College.

  BEAUMONT WEST BROOK -- Blake Chavis, 6-5, 230, defensive end, Texas A&M Marcus Malbrough, 6-5, 215, defensive end, Missouri; Shane McCardell, 6-5, 215, defensive end, Mississippi State; Michael Williams, 6-1, 180, cornerback, Baylor; Ryan Pollard, 6-3, 280, offensive tackle, Texas A&M-Kingsville Josh Powdrill, 5-9, 160, wide receiver, Navarro College.

  EAST CHAMBERS -- Tramain Thomas, 6-1, 185, cornerback, Arkansas; Vance McDonald, 6-2, 205, defensive end-tight end, Rice.

  HARDIN-JEFFERSON -- Jake Roby, 6-4, 255, offensive line, University of the Incarnate Word.