The Western Kentucky football team received a verbal commitment Wednesday from Parker Howell.

Howell is a 6-foot-5, 265-pound defensive lineman from Christ Presbyterian Academy in Nashville. He reportedly holds offers from WKU, Air Force, Furman, Middle Tennessee, Appalachian State, Furman and Samford.

Howell joins athlete Drell Greene (Bacon County/Alma, Ga.), defensive backs Jordon Gonzalez (DuPont Manual), Aldwin Jackson (Seneca), Andre Thomas-Cobb (Lehigh High, Lehigh Acres, Fla) and Antwan Hadley (Butler Community College), tight end Tyler Jefferson (Doss), linebackers DeVon Quincy (Lafayette) and Devon Wharton (Christian County), wide receivers Dontavion Jackson (Lafayette), Devin Nixon (Viera High/Viera Fla.) and Quin Jernighan (La Vergne/La Vergne, Tenn.), running back Marquez Trigg (Glasgow), defensive linemen Bryant Pirtle (DeSales), Omarius Bryant (Southwest Mississippi Community College), Ty’Ron Horton (DuPont Manual), Heath Wiggins (Graves County) and Nick Coffey (Russell County), offensive linemen Cullen Reynolds (Madisonville-North Hopkins), Tyler Camp (Mary Persons/Forsyth, Ga.) and Hunter Holland (Buford/Buford, Ga.) as WKU commits for the 2015 class.

Sidney Hammond of Dodge City Community College has already signed a national letter of intent and Jontavious Morris, Greg Maclin and T.J. McCollum intend to transfer from Alabama-Birmingham to WKU.