1981 COLONELS A CAPSULE ANALYSIS

Defense: 5-2 or Ok lahoma .

Strengths: Ex perienced quarte r bac k; excellent ru n ningbacks; ou t standi n g r ece ivers: goo d linebacke r s.

Weakn es s es: Lac k of de pt h a nd experience in offensive and defe nsive line; lack o f experience at backu p quarterbac k spots

Lettermen Lo st : 16.

LETTERMEN RET U RNI NG (31)

Ends : Steve Bird, Tron Ar mstro n g , Cris C urtis, .J er ry Parris h , R anard McPhaul, R ichar d Bell, Allen Yo un g.

Tackles: Dav id D ihrk op, R a n dy Taylor, Bo b by W oods, Mark Willoughby.

G uards: Kev in Greve, C hr is Taylor.

Center: Steve Cole m an

Tailbac k : Tony Brax t on.

Fullbacks: Nic k y Yeast, .J o n S ut kam p .

Quarterbacks: Chris Isaac, T uck Woo lu m.

S e condary: Gus P ar k s, Geo rge Floyd , R od ney Byrd, Tom Wh ite , C li ff M cCu ll ough.

Kicker: J am ie Lovett .

N osegu a rds: M ike M cSha ne, Ric h ie Fra nc ioni.

Lineback ers : Ale x Dom in guez, David H ill, M ike Bobek, M ike Wagers

Eddie Hairston Terence Thompson

Quarterbacks

C hris Isaa c Senior 22 5-IO 160

Three Letters New Smyrna Beach, Fla Was EK U's Offensive MVP for th e '80 season will serve for the seco nd straight year as cocaptain. EKU's MVP in I- AA championshi p game versus Boise State wh en he hit 16-2 5 for 250 yards and one TD and ran 40 yards and another sco r e ... had excelle nt second ha lf of the '80 season . . had big part in Colonels" s uccess last year ... only QB in OVC to hit 50 or more per cent (.520) of his passes in '80 should be the bes t quarterback in the league this year . .. had excel len t spring, picking up wher e he left off last fall won OVC Offensive Playe r o f the Wee k honors vs. East Carolina in '80 (11 -1 2 passes for l 77yards and two TD's) member of winners club last year. s eco nd team All -OV C last year ... high school coach - Bill M o rema n of New Smyrna Beach.

Tuck Woolum ... Junior ... 20 .. . 5-11 ... 195

One Letter Pineville, Ky . Saw limited p laying time last yea r had best game in '80 vs. Tennessee Tech when he went 6-9 for 74 yards and one TD showed great improvement in the spring ran the ball well in spring sc ri mmages should be backup quarterback in '81 so n of fo rmer Richmond Madison and K entuc ky quarterback, Dr. J erry Woolum .. . hig h school coach - now EK U part -t im e a ssistant Tedd y T ay lo r of Pineville

Tony James ... Sophomore ... 19 ... S- 10 ... 165 ... No Letters ... Owensboro, Ky .... Was changed from wide receiver to quarterback midway throu g h the season had a n excellent spri n g a very exciting runn er. needs to improve passi ng will challenge for backup quarterback spo t .. . made progress throwing th e football in t he spring high school teammate of EK U tail back Terence Tho mpso n high schoo l coach D o n Ne toskie of Owens boro.

Tailbacks

Tony Braxton ... Senior ... 22 ... 5-10 ... 203

Three Letters ... Cincinnati, Ohio ... Was the s tarting ta ilback the last ha lf of the '80 season led th e team in rushing with 800 yards and IO TD"s had best effort vs. More head State in '80 with 164 ya rd s in 24 carries ... slowed by an injur y in the s pring. expected to be the premie r tailback in the conference ran a 4.5 40-yard da sh early in the spring good blocker and good receiver .. OV C Offe nsive Playe r o f th e Weck vs . TTU ( 124 ya rds in 17 carries and three TD's) . member of winn ers c lub graduate o f W it hrow High School.

Eddie Hairston Sophomore ... 19 ... 5-9 .. 181 No Letters ... Mansfield, Ohio ... H as tremendous speed and s trength runs th e 40-ya rd dash in :04 .5 ended t he spring as N o. I tailback fo ll owing injury to Braxton .. should challenge for s tartin g posit ion in the fall s howed g reat promise in the spring a hard work e r hi g h school coach - Dan Gerhardt of Malabar.

Terence Thompson ... Sophomore ... 19 . . . 5-9 178 No Lette rs ... Owensboro, K)'.. . . Ha s definite break-away speed ... quickest player on th e team ... had numerous exciting runs i n spring scrimmages will a lso ba ttle for the starting spo t ... needs to improve work habit s . .. high sc h ool coach - Don Netoskie of Owensboro.