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This week's resounding win over Georgia Southern pushes the Monarchs to 8 wins on the year and that success on the gridiron has only helped lead a great impression on recruits. In our last update, we previewed some visitors for...

Behind the Shield: Home Sweet Home

This week's resounding win over Troy officially makes this our first winning season since 2016 and helped lead a great impression on recruits. Having one of the best ever turnouts for SportsCenter On Campus certainly doesn't hurt either. So be...

Behind the Shield: Bye Week MEGA Update

We're back! Last weekend's win over ULM officially got us bowl eligible, but the bye week offered us an opportunity to catch up with recruiting for the program. Buckle up, we got a lot of updates here. New JuCo CommitJJ...

Behind The Shield: Rain On!

We're back! Last weekend's home game against Liberty for Old Dominion Football brought a lot of rain and a number of key football recruits to The Castle. Gridiron FunNow, football had a lot of kids on campus this weekend, 35...

Behind The Shield: Rain or Shine!

This Saturday Old Dominion Football hosts the Liberty Flames in a game that should offer a good contest on the field, and Old Dominion Men's Basketball hosts two key targets in the class of 2026. AceAshton "Ace" Meeks is a 6'0,...

Behind The Shield: Fall is Here!

We're back! This weekend's home opener for Old Dominion Football offered great weather and a perfect opportunity to host valued recruits in a number of sports. Royal LineMen's basketball brought ODU Hoops legends Kent Bazemore, Cal Bowdler and Mike Byers back...

Behind The Shield - Gameday Information for 2025

Apologies for the break in Behind the Shields, but we've been busy trying to get as much football content out to you as possible. However, we return this week with some exciting information surrounding football gamedays for this season. Tunes...

Behind The Shield: August Heat

It's been a few weeks since our last update. However, we have been busy preparing some preseason content with the football team, so pardon the extended break in BTS articles. Recruiting UpdatesZialis Blackmon is a 6'4, 180 lb., athlete from...

Behind The Shield: Renewals and Western Expansion

It's been an interesting week thanks to Texas State's departure but we got some updates in a couple different areas for you. But before we get to those updates we'd like to...

Behind the Shield: Dog Days of Summer

It's not only getting hotter by the day as Mother Nature turns up the humidity in Virginia, but the Old Dominion recruiting trail is also getting hotter. In fact, it has been on fire lately, and we’re here to get...

Behind the Shield: Bouncing around the Map

Down SouthWhen it comes to recruiting under Coach Rahne, the Deep South hasn’t traditionally been a focus at Old Dominion. But thanks to the addition of Cornerbacks Coach Dwike Wilson, that may be changing. Coach Wilson has quickly become a...

Behind The Shield: ODU Mega Camp and Recruiting Update

Read about a couple of standouts from ODU's June 7th Mega Camp and the program's plans for the 2026 class.

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RECRUITING roster churns

Nov 21, 2025
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2026 ODU Women's Basketball Roster Churn

Updated as of November 21, 2025 - Ar'Jayla Elder (HS) & Journee Hampton (HS) added. Here's your one stop shop for information on the 2026-2027 ODU Women's Basketball Roster. As of this posting, it's super early in the '25-'26 campaign...

RECRUITING roster churns

Jun 26, 2025
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2025 ODU Women's Basketball Roster Churn

Updated as of June 30, 2025 - T'anna Sadler (HS), Alisha Nunley (transfer) & Nakiyah Allen (transfer) added Here's your one stop shop for information on the 2025-2026 ODU Women's Basketball Roster. As of this posting, the Monarchs roster is...

RECRUITING roster churns

Mar 24, 2025
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2025 ODU Basketball Roster Churn

Updated as of June 9, 2025 - Elijah Flowers commits to ODU, Ben Nacey moved to scholarship from walk-on Here's your one stop shop for information on the 2025-2026 ODU Men's Basketball Roster. As of this posting, the Monarchs have...

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