
Charleston’s veteran guard from a past era
John Eck was a 6-foot-4 senior guard for Charleston in the 2017-18 season, but the available records show he was primarily a walk-on reserve who played sparingly and did not produce major box-score numbers. His real differentiators were intangibles: he stayed with the program through injury setbacks, brought size and backcourt versatility, and earned praise as a high-character teammate who had already shown leadership off the floor by coaching youth basketball in high school. If you need a deep rotation piece with toughness and buy-in, he fits the culture-first mold more than the stat-sheet star mold.