He joins Glasgow colleagues Hefin O'Hare and Colin Shaw while Mike Adamson and Scott Forrest - professional sevens players working with the Warriors like Colin - are also included in the squad to compete in the IRB Sevens World Series events in Dubai and George, South Africa.
Scotland 7s coach Stephen Gemmell said: “There’s some continuity in our squad now. We’ve got Scott Forrest, Mike Adamson and Colin Shaw who have sevens as their main competition.
“It’s nice to have that backbone and also having Hefin O'Hare and Andrew Turnbull involved in the squad who were in London and Edinburgh last season. That’s five players there who have been involved in consecutive semi-finals.”
There are six new caps in the squad, among which are Bath scrum-half Mike Baxter, Sale Sharks back-rower David Tait and Glasgow's formidable ball carrying flanker James Eddie.
However, despite the influx of new faces, all but Tait have been involved in the squad’s pre-season camps in Delhi and France, the first time the sevens squad has undertaken such a thorough pre-season regime.
Gemmell also announced the return of full-time professionals Hefin O'Hare and Andrew Turnbull, both of whom were involved in Scotland’s first ever semi-final spots in London and Edinburgh last year.
He continued: “We’ve had good support from both pro-teams again in getting release of Hefin, Turny as well as James Eddie. I’m excited by the squad.
“All of the players in this squad, with the exception of David Tait, were either with us in Delhi or in France.
“We’ve maybe, in the past, not always had that strength in depth and I feel with this squad of 12 that we’ve got here that that we have got strength in depth.
“All of these players firstly will have to play, but secondly are more than capable of playing, and when we’ve had that in the past, we’ve done well.”
Scotland Sevens squad to compete at the IRB Sevens World Series events in Dubai (5 & 6 December) and George, South Africa (11 & 12 December): Scott Forrest* CAPTAIN, Mike Adamson*, Grant Anderson (Ayr)**, Mike Baxter (Bath), James Eddie (Glasgow Warriors), Peter Jericevich (Glasgow Hawks)**, Lee Jones (Selkirk), Stuart McInally (Watsonians)**, Hefin O'Hare (Glasgow Warriors), Colin Shaw*, David Tait (Sale Sharks), Andrew Turnbull (Edinburgh)
* = Fulltime Scotland 7s player
** = Member of Scottish Rugby’s Contracted National Academy