Two more AU signees on campus

Two more Tigers - cornerback Ryan Williams and linebacker Eltoro Freeman - are set to arrive on campus in the coming days. Their arrivals will bring the total of 2007 signees on campus to 20.

Williams, who was embroiled in a mysterious grade-changing scandal involving Mobile County Public Schools officials, was vetted by the NCAA Clearinghouse and declared eligible to enroll at AU.

According to published reports, the grades controversy, which also involved another AU signee, lineman Nick Fairley, is still unsolved. Neither Williams or AU has been accused of any wrongdoing.

Three signees - defensive tackle Tim Lamb, safety Johnnie Lee Dixon and lineman Jermaine Johnson - will enroll at prep schools; depending on their grades at prep school, all three could be eligible to enroll at AU for the spring semester.

Lineman Wilfred Journent and Brandon Earl and linebackers Carlton Johnson and Chris Zinn will go to junior college.

Wideout Chris Slaughter, a 2006 signee who attended a prep school last year, is still under review by the Clearinghouse. Slaughter can’t join his teammates until the Clearinghouse approves his transcripts.

Fairley, who was expected to enroll in junior college, is also waiting for official word from the Clearinghouse, as is touted tailback recruit Enrique Davis.