Xavier Musketeers

Xavier Ready for Inaugural Season

August 1, 2012

Season Report Posted: November 11, 2012 17:23  

After coming from behind to win the FCS National Championship a year ago Coach Petersen has his sights set high in his third year coaching the Musketeers. Xavier is making the big jump up to the FBS ranks, joining the MAC for football only. This years team will be a young group after losing several key players from last year's squad. Moving up to FBS has helped on the recruiting front as Xavier was able to pull in several good recruits that should have an impact right away. The big news in recruiting was the signing of the coach's son, Chase Petersen. Chase was the top rated recruit in the country last year and capped off his state championship season with a third consecutive Gatorade National Player of the Year award. Chase has said that it came down to Xavier, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Florida, and Texas. The main reason he decided on Xavier is the chance to be with his dad and build the foundation for the program. He also confirmed that if his dad had not been the coach he wouldn't have even considered Xavier. Chase should be the catalyst of an explosive and dynamic spread option attack. On defense Xavier is thankful to have back the defensive player of the year in FCS, MLB Jon Singleton. The tackling and big play machine is looking forward to taking his game to the next level. Xavier is projected to finish fifth in the MAC East Division just ahead of Akron and fellow FBS newcomer UMass. We will be here all year long following an exciting inaugural Xavier FBS campaign.