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Mountaineers embrace chance to play Blazers

BY STEVE BEHR sports@wataugademocrat.com

BOONE — A number of fans in Appalachian Nation were disappointed in the bowl the No. 20-ranked Mountaineers were assigned to play.

It’s nothing personal about the New Orleans Bowl, where the Mountaineers play Alabama-Birmingham on Dec. 21. It’s just that plenty of fans wanted to play in the Cotton Bowl on Dec. 28.

Playing in the Cotton Bowl would have meant that App State would have been the highest ranked Group of Five team in the College Football Playoffs poll. It would have meant they would likely be playing the Power Five representative of that bowl, Penn State.

The Nittany Lions face Memphis from the American Athletic Conference.

The Mountaineers have a different attitude going into their showdown with UAB: enjoy and then win the game.

“It’s a great experience,” senior linebacker Jordan Fehr said. “New Orleans treated us really well last year and we’re excited to do it again next year. They host a great bowl game and playing in the Superdome is awesome. We do a lot of great community work down there, so to play on ESPN one last time together is a good experience.”

UAB, the 2018 Conference USA champions, faces a difficult situation in that quarterback Tyler Johnston III has a knee injury and could miss the game.

He played in the Conference USA championship game, but struggled against Florida Atlantic’s pass rush.

Johnston III threw for 84 yards passing in the 49-6 loss.

Johnston has passed for

PHOTO BY STEVE BEHR App State defensive captain and linebacker Jordan Fehr looks forward to returning to New Orleans to face Alabama-Birmingham in the New Orleans Bowl.

1,949 and 15 touchdowns, but has also tossed 14 interceptions.

Backup Dylan Hopkins has thrown for 563 yards and three touchdowns, but also has tossed five interceptions.

The Blazers’ rushing stats are not exactly overwhelming. Spencer Brown leads the team with 527 yards, an average of 3.9 yards per carry, and has scored five touchdowns. UAB receiver Austin Watkins has caught 47 passes for 922 yards — an average of 19.9 yards per catch — and five touchdowns.

“I’ve watched them on film and they’ve got a lot of good athletes offensively,” Fehr said. “They’re a solid team overall. You know they’ve got a lot of weapons at (running) back and at receiver. They’ve got a good quarterback and they’re good up front, so we have to prepare for them and be

PHOTO COURTESY OF UAB ATHLETICS Alabama-Birmingham receiver Austin Watkins Jr. has caught 47 passes for 922 yards and five touchdowns. He averages 19.9 yards per catch.

ready for them.”

“I’ve heard a lot of great things about their pro-

gram,” App State offensive tackle Victor Johnson said.

“I can’t wait to play them.”

It’s been quite the season for App State this year. Not only did the Mountaineers

finish 12-1, which was the first time the team won 12 games in a regular season, but two of those wins were against Power Five conference teams. App State beat North Carolina 34-31 and South Carolina 20-15.

They also beat Louisiana 45-38 in the Sun Belt Conference championship game, giving the Mountaineers their second straight title game victory.

But for the second straight season, the head coach who started the season did not finish it with the Mountaineers. Eli Drinkwitz took an offer to be the head coach at Missouri, which left App State looking for a new head coach during bowl season again.

The Mountaineers reacted quickly and named assistant head coach and offensive line coach Shawn Clark to be the interim coach on Dec. 9. Four days later, App State made the promotion permanent by naming Clark the head coach.

Drinkwitz was hired to replace Scott Satterfield, who led App State to a 10-2 record in 2018, but was hired to be the head football coach at Louisville before the Mountaineers played in the New Orleans Bowl.

Mark Ivey was the interim coach and Drinkwitz took over the program after the game.

“It’s been unforgettable,” Fehr, who graduated Dec. 13 with a degree in business management and a minor in advance entrepreneurship, said. “It’s the best way to put it, especially senior year. Having the year we’ve had has been unforgettable. It’s been a great ride.

There have been ups and downs along the way, but at the end of the day we’ve overcame it all and continue to work hard every day and continue to play App State football the best we can.”

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FILE PHOTO Appalachian State defensive end Jason Hunter (97) scoops a fumble by Northern Iowa quarterback Eric Sanders (12) and returns it for a touchdown in the 2005 Division I-AA national championship game. App State won the game 21-16.

Playing in postseason an Appalachian State tradition

BY STEVE BEHR sports@wataugademocrat.com

BOONE — The regular football season is over at Appalachian State. Let the December tradition in the High Country begin.

Not the one with the jolly fellow in the red suit and his reindeer. It’s the one that involves those big, fast guys wearing those black and gold uniforms that play in Kidd Brewer Stadium.

For the fifth postseason in a row, Appalachian State will be playing in a bowl game.

For the second year in a row, the Mountaineers will be the New Orleans Bowl, this time taking on Alabama-Birmingham on Dec. 21.

It’s not the first time that a new coach will take the reins of the team after the Mountaineers qualified for a bowl. Scott

Satterfield coached the Mountaineers to qualify for the New Orleans Bowl in 2018, but took the head coaching position at Louisville before the game, leaving Mark Ivey the interim head coach.

This year, Eli Drinkwitz coached the Mountaineers to a 12-1 record and a Sun Belt Conference championship. As it was for Satterfield last season, Drinkwitz won’t be around for the game, having taken the head coaching post at Missouri on Dec. 9.

This time around, interim coach Shawn Clark was promoted to head coach and he will be in charge on Dec. 21. Clark is used to having unexpected duties placed on him since he called the plays in App State’s 4513 win over Middle Tennessee in 2018.

“Last year the receivers were afraid we were going to run the ball 90 times,” Clark said. “We’re going to get the ball to

the play-makers. We’re going to have a dominant offense. We’ll get more into the details as the days go by. We’re going to have a dominant downhill run game and stress to throw vertical. We’re going to be a tough team on offense and a tough football team on defense.”

A handful of coaches have guided the Mountaineers through the postseason.

Sparky Woods was the first to make what was then known as the Division I-AA playoffs. His Mountaineers made two trips to the playoffs with App State reaching the third round of the 1987 playoffs.

Jerry Moore tackled the task when the Mountaineers got back to the playoffs, starting with his first year with the team in 1989. App State made it to the postseason 18 times under Moore, including the 2005, 2006 and 2007 seasons when the Moun-

taineers won the Division I-AA, and what is known now as the Football Championship Subdivision national championships.

When the Mountaineers moved into the Sun Belt Conference, it was Satterfield, who quarterbacked App State in the 1994 and the 1995 playoffs, who coached the Mountaineers in two Camellia Bowls (2015 and 2016) and the Dollar General Bowl in 2017.

“It goes back to tradition and what this place is built on,” Clark said. “It’s what coach (Jerry) Moore built here — what these players built here. We take a lot of pride in what we do. We expect to win every football game. I don’t care who we’re playing, if we were playing the Dallas Cowboys, we expect to win. We don’t go anywhere to be second fiddle. It’s what makes us special, makes us unique.”

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Thomas grew up close to UAB campus

BY STEVE BEHR sports@wataugademocrat.com

BOONE — Appalachian State quarterback Zac Thomas, a junior, has thrown for 4,615 yards and 47 touchdowns in his last two seasons.

He has been the Mountaineers’ starter in 24 of the games he’s played during those two years. He was named the Sun Belt Conference’s Oensive Player of the Year in 2018 and returned to the All-Sun Belt Conference team this season.

When No. 20 Appalachian State plays Alabama-Birmingham in the New Orleans Bowl on Dec. 21, Thomas will recognize the Blazers’ uniforms better than most of his teammates. The Trussville, Ala. native grew up living a short distance away from the UAB campus. “Actually, UAB is about 10 minutes from me,� he said. “That was kind of like

a hometown team for us.

They’ve got a lot of athletes who I played high school football with. Their starting safety, I played high school football with. Their quarterback is one of my good friends. I have a lot of respect for those guys and what they’ve done.�

Thomas said they did not pursue him out of high school, which is Appalachian State’s gain. “They’re a really good football team,� Thomas said. “They’ve got a really good program and they’ve done some successful things.�

The same could be said about the two years Thomas has been the starter for the Mountaineers.

Appalachian State’s record under Thomas’ leadership at quarterback is 22-2 with two Sun Belt Conference championships, including two conference championship game victories.

Appalachian State also

PHOTO BY STEVE BEHR App State quarterback Zac Thomas passes the ball against South Carolina.

has reached the Associated Press top 25 in each season

and reached No. 20 in the College Football Playos

poll this season. App State is the highest ranked Sun

Belt Conference team in the league’s history and is the only team ranked in the CFP in conference history.

Thomas led App State to a 45-13 win over Middle Tennessee in the 2018 New Orleans Bowl. He did not have much of a chance to look at UAB, but had an idea of what to expect from his former hometown team. “They’ve got some really good defensive linemen,�

Thomas said. “They’ve got two interior linemen who are really good and really destructive in the run game. They get after the quarterback and they’ve got some good linebackers and good safeties.�

Thomas said that although the Mountaineers are ranked, they should take UAB seriously both in preparation and on the field. “You can’t overlook them,� Thomas said. “You SEE THOMAS ON PAGE 6

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PHOTO BY STEVE BEHR Appalachian State quarterback Zac Thomas runs away from the North Carolina defense.

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have to keep preparing.”

Thomas isn’t concerned about bragging rights with himself and the people he

knows in Trussville.

“It’s just a game that we want to win for our fans and for this team,” he said.

“We owe it to ourselves and to our fans to win this game. With everything that’s happened, we still owe it to a lot of people, so we have to put our heads down and keep working.”

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PHOTO BY STEVE BEHR App State’s head coach and offensive line coach Shawn Clark talks to right tackle Cooper Hodges (70), center Noah Hannon (60), right guard Baer Hunter (51) and left tackle Cole Garrison (73) during a timeout against Charlotte.

Clark’s influence on OL is appreciated by the quarterback

BY STEVE BEHR sports@wataugademocrat.com

BOONE — There is a line in the football movie “North Dallas 40” when the quarterback says that the receiver keeps him on the sports pages, but the offensive linemen keep him off the obituaries.

Coaching those linemen the past four seasons at Appalachian State was Shawn Clark. As of Dec. 13, Clark is the head coach at App State. His first assignment is coaching the Mountaineers in the New Orleans Bowl, where they face Alabama-Birmingham on Dec. 21.

The Mountaineer that the team’s offensive line is protecting in the passing game is quarterback Zac Thomas. He places the confidence of his own health in the offensive linemen to protect him long enough to lead the Mountaineers to a win.

“He does a phenomenal job with those offensive

linemen,” Thomas said.

This year has been similar “You can tell that those to last year in that the guys respect him greatly.

Mountaineers can still run The amount of respect the football with Darrynthat he has not just from ton Evans and Marcus those guys, but this team is Williams Jr., and still pass unreal. What he does with it with Thomas, receivers those offensive linemen, Thomas Hennigan and they are some of the best Malik Williams. in the country. I’m glad Senior offensive tackle they’re protecting me and Victor Johnson doesn’t nobody else.” really care how AppalaHe also has confidence chian State gets to the in Clark to do the same, end zone as long as the especially with the game Mountaineers get there. plan.

He is confident that Clark “He knows what we have can get them there often to do to win,” Thomas said. enough to win the game on “He’s been here for four Saturday. years and he knows what “He’s going to light the we’re really good at. He scoreboard up,” Johnson just has to exploit those ar- said. “Yeah, run blocking’s eas and he does a good job fun and pass blocking is of that and we just have to not as fun, but we love to buy into his coaching.” see the scoreboard light Clark called the plays in up, so that’s what we’re Appalachian State’s 45-13 going to do. We’re going win over Middle Tennessee to call the plays we think in the Mountaineers’ 2018 can score. It’s not an New Orleans Bowl victory. issue of being balanced or Thomas connected on 15run heavy or pass heavy. of-27 passes for 177 yards It’s whatever is going to and three touchdowns.

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put us in a position to score and that’s what it’s all about.”

Appalachian State’s offensive line can take its share of the credit for having a running game that churned out an average of 229.2 yards per game. The line can take credit for Darrynton Evans gaining 1,323 yards and scoring 16 touchdowns and for the team averaging 5.3 yards per carry.

But Johnson said there’s a little more to it. It starts with the line, but it goes to the receivers blocking once the running back breaks through.

It helps when the passing game is clicking, so the linebackers have to keep that in mind on every down to keep an eye on their zones.

But Johnson has found himself watching Evans turn a running play into a long touchdown run and feeling some satisfaction that he helped make that happen.

“Every once in a while, Darrynton gets to the second level and you’re kind of far behind,” Johnson said. “You can watch and it’s amazing what those running backs do on the second level. We block the first downs and we block the touchdowns, so when a receiver gets out on his guy and Darrynton bounces it out, it’s a good feeling. It’s a team effort when you score.”

PHOTO BY ROB MOORE App State’s Zac Thomas (12) gets protection from Victor Johnson (75), Baer Hunter (51) and Cooper Hodges (70) during the Sun Belt championship game Dec. 7, 2019.

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GAME at a GLANCE UAB 9-4 (6-2 C-USA)

#20 APPALACHIAN STATE 12-1 (7-1 Sun Belt)

Boone, N.C. .................................................................................................................................Location .....................................................................................................................Birmingham, Ala. 1899 ...........................................................................................................................................Founded .......................................................................................................................................1969 19,280 ......................................................................................................................................Enrollment ................................................................................................................................17,1889 Mountaineers .............................................................................................................................. Mascot ..................................................................................................................................... Blazers Black and Gold ............................................................................................................................. Colors ...............................................................................................................Green, Gold and White Sun Belt ................................................................................................................................... Conference ..................................................................................................................... Conference USA Kidd Brewer Stadium (30,000) ....................................................................................................Stadium ......................................................................................................... Legion Stadium (71,594) Shawn Clark .............................................................................................................................Head coach ............................................................................................................................... Bill Clark 0-0 (1st game) ......................................................................................................... Head coach’s record at school ................................................................................................... 21-12 (3rd year) Same .........................................................................................................................Head coach’s overall record ......................................................................................................................Same 20th National ..............................................................................................................................Ranking ....................................................................................................................................... None Pro Tempo ...................................................................................................................................Offense ...................................................................................................................................Multiple 39.4 .....................................................................................................................................Points per game .................................................................................................................................23.6 229.2 ............................................................................................................................Rushing yards per game ........................................................................................................................159.3 206.3 ............................................................................................................................Passing yards per game ........................................................................................................................193.6 435.5 .............................................................................................................................. Total yards per game ...........................................................................................................................352.9 3-4 ........................................................................................................................................Basic defense ...............................................................................................................................Multiple 20.2 ............................................................................................................................. Points allowed per game ..........................................................................................................................20.8 136.2 .................................................................................................................... Rushing yards allowed per game .................................................................................................................107.9 199.7 .................................................................................................................... Passing yards allowed per game .................................................................................................................186.8 335.9 .......................................................................................................................Total yards allowed per game ...................................................................................................................294.1 D. Louisiana 45-38 ....................................................................................................................Last game ...........................................................................................................L. Florida Atlantic 6-49

Passing leaders APPALACHIAN STATE PLAYER Comp-Att-Int Zac Thomas 212-335-6 Jacob Huesman 5-7-0 Team totals 218-345-6 Opp. totals 231-421-13 UAB PLAYER Comp-Att-Int Tyler Johnston 125-215-14 Dylan Hopkins 44-85-5 Team totals 170-304-19 Opp. totals 204-395-7

Pct. 63.3 71.4 63.2 54.9

Yards 2,576 92.0 2,682 2,596

TDs 26 2 28 18

Avg game 198.2 18.4 206.3 199.7

Pct. 58.1 51.8 55.9 51.6

Yards 1,952 563 2,517 2,429

TDs 15 3 18 20

Avg game 195.2 62.6 193.6 186.8

Receiving leaders APPALACHIAN STATE Player Rec. Yards Thomas Hennigan 58 723 Malik Williams 52 579 Jalen Virgil 21 321 Team totals 218 2,682 Opp. totals 231 2,242 UAB Player Rec. Yards Austin Watkins 47 933 Myron Mitchell 31 554 Kendall Parham 22 608 Team totals 170 2,517 Opp. totals 204 2,429

Avg. 12.5 11.1 15.3 12.3 11.2

TDs 4 4 4 28 18

Avg. game 55.6 44.5 24.7 206.3 199.7

Avg. 19.9 16.3 21.0 14.8 11.9

TDs 5 4 6 18 20

Avg. game 71.8 42.6 46.8 193.6 186.8

Rushing leaders APPALACHIAN STATE Player Rec. Yards Darrynton Evans 236 1,323 Marcus Williams, Jr. 107 598 Zac Thomas 95 412 Team totals 559 2,979 Opp. totals 452 2,150 UAB Player Rec. Yards Spencer Brown 136 527 Jermaine Brown Jr. 460 435 Luciuos Stanley 89 414 Team totals 525 2,071 Opp. totals 437 1,394

Avg. 5.6 5.6 4.3 5.3 3.9

TDs 16 5 7 34 14

Avg. game 101.8 43.3 31.7 229.2 136.2

Avg. 3.9 5.2 4.7 3.9 3.2

TDs 5 2 7 16 12

Avg. game 52.7 48.3 37.6 159.3 107.2

Sun Belt Conference standings

Conference USA standings

East Division Appalachian State Georgia Southern Georgia State Troy Coastal Carolina

Conf 7-1 5-3 4-4 3-5 2-6

West Division Louisiana Arkansas State Louisiana-Monroe Texas State South Alabama

Conf 7-1 5-3 4-4 2-6 1-7

EAST DIVISION Ala.-Birmingham Louisiana Tech Southern Miss Texas-San Antonio North Texas Rice Texas El Paso

Overall 12-1 7-5 7-5 5-7 5-7

When Appalachian State has the ball: Newly promoted offensive line coach Shawn Clark leads the Mountaineers into their game with Alabama-Birmingham on Dec. 13. Clark called the bulk of the plays in Appalachian State’s 45-13 New Orleans Bowl victory over Middle Tennessee last season. Clark replaces Eli Drinkwitz, who left App State on Dec. 9 to take the head coaching position Overall at Missouri. The Mountaineers, who averaged 39.4 10-3 points per game this season, have most of their 7-5 season-long weapons available to them. Running 5-7 back Darrynton Evans gained 1,323 yards and 3-9 scored 17 touchdowns, while backup Marcus 2-10 Williams Jr. added 598 yards and five scores.

Quarterback Zach Thomas threw for 2,576 and 26 touchdowns and receiver Thomas Hennigan caught 58 passes for 723 yards and four touchdowns.

Conf 6-2 6-2 5-3 3-5 3-5 3-5 0-8

Overall 9-4 9-3 7-5 4-8 4-8 3-9 1-11

When Alabama-Birmingham has the ball: The Blazers, who finished first in Conference USA’s West Division, were soundly beaten 49-6

by East Division champion Florida Atlantic. UAB had won three straight before that game. The Blazers’ quarterback Tyler Christian III suffered a sprained MCL on his left knee on Nov. 2 against Tennessee and his status is uncertain against the Mountaineers. He played, but was under a heavy

WEST DIVISION Conf Florida Atlantic 7-1 Marshall 6-2 W. Kentucky 6-2 Charlotte 5-3 Florida International 3-5 Middle Tennessee 3-5 Old Dominion 0-8

Overall 10-3 8-4 8-4 7-5 6-6 4-8 1-11

Florida Atlantic pass rush and completed 4-of11 passes for 42 yards and an interception.

Appalachian State’s defense is intact, including Sun Belt Defensive MVP Akeem Davis-Gaither, who finished with 95 tackles, 14 of them for a loss. Jordan Fehr led the team in stops with 90 total, eight for a loss.

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Josh Thomas to face Alabama school in bowl game again

BY STEVE BEHR sports@wataugademocrat.com

BOONE — Appalachian State safety Josh Thomas probably has had more geographical ties to his home state of Alabama than anybody on the Mountaineers’ roster when it comes to playing opponents in bowl games.

Thomas is a senior from Montgomery, Ala. The Mountaineers played their first two bowl games, the Camellia Bowl, in Thomas’ hometown when he was a freshman and sophomore.

App State won both games, taking the first one 31-29 against Ohio on a 23-yard Zach Matics field goal as time ran out of the game in 2015.

App State returned to the 2016 Camellia Bowl and claimed a 31-28 victory over Toledo thanks to a Michael Rubino 39-yard field goal

PHOTO BY STEVE BEHR App State safety Josh Thomas intercepts a pass against South Carolina, but the play was called back because of a penalty. Thomas later in the season intercepted a pass against Louisiana in the Sun Belt championship game and returned it for a touchdown.

with 5:14 left in the game.

Appalachian State takes on an Alabama team, this time Alabama-Birmingham in the New Orleans Bowl, on

Dec. 14. The Blazers, who lost the Conference USA championship game 49-6 to Florida Atlantic on Dec. 7, recruited Thomas out of

Montgomery Academy.

“I don’t know anybody on the team but I know coach (Bill) Clark,” Thomas said.

“He was still there at UAB and he recruited me there.

I kept up with him over the past couple of years and they’ve had a lot of success since he’s been there.

They’re a good football team and I’m excited for the challenge.”

Alabama-Birmingham’s loss was definitely Appalachian State’s gain. Thomas has been a team captain the last two seasons, starting each game during both years. He was named to the Jim Thorpe watch list, an award that goes to the top safety in the country.

Thomas is third on the team with 72 tackles. He has one interception, giving him seven in his collegiate career.

Thomas has also recovered a fumble this season and has broken up three passes. He

intercepted a pass against South Carolina, but it was called back because of an App State penalty. His picksix against Louisiana in the Mountaineers’ 45-38 win in the Sun Belt Conference championship game did count and gave App State a 42-17 lead.

He also anchors a secondary that has surrendered just 18 touchdown passes and an average of 199.6 yards per game.

Thomas said that Appalachian State would have its hands full with UAB receivers Myron Mitchell and Austin Watkins Jr. Thomas said both are potentially explosive players who must be contained.

“They’ve got three good receivers, especially (Mitchell) and (Watkins),” Thomas said. “They are deep threats.

They’re really good at stretching the field vertically and power running. They’ve

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got two big running backs and they lean on them a lot. You’ve got to stop the run and stay deep in pass coverage.”

Thomas is aware that this will be his final college football game. He’s more concerned about winning the game than the fact that the Mountaineers are playing a team from Alabama, but that coincidence has crossed his mind.

Instead, he wants his teammates, particularly the seniors, to have a memorable final game.

“It doesn’t matter just because it’s UAB,” Thomas said. “It matters because it’s our last game of the season.

My teammates, guys I’ve been in battle with for five years or so, that’s the most important thing. I want to help these guys go out with a bang. The fact that it happens to be UAB — that’s just whipped cream on top.”

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HOMETOWN HT. WICHITA, KAN. / WICHITA EAST 6-1 CORNELIUS, N.C. / MALLARD CREEK 6-3 OAK HILL, FLA. / NEW SMYRNA BEACH 5-11 STONE MOUNTAIN, GA. / STEPHENSON 5-9 DOUGLASVILLE, GA. / ALEXANDER 6-0 GREENSBORO, N.C. / NORTHWEST GUILFORD 6-1 INVERNESS, FLA. / CITRUS 6-0 LINEVILLE, ALA. / CLAY CENTRAL 6-2 BRADENTON, FLA. / BRADEN RIVER 6-3 MONTGOMERY, ALA. / MONTGOMERY AC 6-0 MIRAMAR, FLA. / MIRAMAR 5-11 DAVIDSON, N.C. / HOUGH 6-1 KNOXVILLE, TENN. / HARDIN VALLEY ACADEMY 6-1 REIDSVILLE, N.C. / REIDSVILLE 6-2 GREENSBORO, N.C. / PAGE 6-1 LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. / MOUNTAIN VIEW 6-1 ROCKINGHAM, N.C. / RICHMOND SENIOR 5-10 TRUSSVILLE, ALA. / HEWITT-TRUSSVILLE 6-1 LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. / MOUNTAIN VIEW 6-1 WHEATON, ILL. / WHEATON WARRENVILLE S. 5-11 CHESTER, S.C. / CHESTER SENIOR 5-10 COMPTON, CALIF. / IMG ACADEMY 6-4 GREENSBORO, N.C. / SOUTHEAST GUILFORD 5-10 NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLA. / N SMYRNA BEACH 6-0 FRANKLIN, N.C. / FRANKLIN 6-1 FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. / UNIVERSITY SCHOOL 5-11 DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA. / DEERFIELD BEACH 5-9 JACKSONVILLE, N.C. / WHITE OAK 6-3 LEHIGH ACRES, FLA. / FORT MYERS 5-11 STOCKBRIDGE, GA. / STOCKBRIDGE 5-10 REIDSVILLE, N.C. / REIDSVILLE 6-0 HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. / MIDDLE CREEK 6-1 ATHENS, GA. / CEDAR SHOALS 6-1 KERNERSVILLE, N.C. / GLENN 5-7 FOLKSTON, GA. / CHARLTON COUNTY 5-9 BREVARD, N.C. / BREVARD 6-2 THOMASVILLE, N.C. / THOMASVILLE 6-2 CHARLOTTE, N.C. / CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN 5-10 MOULTRIE, GA. / COLQUITT COUNTY 5-11 FORT MYERS, FLA. / FORT MYERS 6-0 KENNESAW, GA. / KELL 5-11 ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. / SOUTHWEST EDGECOMBE 5-10 STATESVILLE, N.C. / STATESVILLE 5-9 BAMBERG, S.C. / BAMBERG-EHRHARDT 6-2 WILSON, N.C. / FIKE 5-8 PITTSBORO, N.C. / NORTHWOOD 6-1 DILLON, S.C. / DILLON 6-1 HIGH POINT, N.C. / HIGH POINT CENTRAL 6-0 ANDERSON, S.C. / WESTSIDE 6-3 BEULAVILLE, N.C. / EAST DUPLIN 6-0 CONCORD, N.C. / CONCORD 6-2 CANTON, GA. / SEQUOYAH 6-2 CORNELIUS, N.C. / HOUGH 5-11 DULUTH, GA. / BUFORD 6-1 BREVARD, N.C. / BREVARD 6-3 BOONE, N.C. / WATAUGA 5-11 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA / HAILEYBURG 6-1 CLEARWATER, FLA. / LARGO 6-0

WT. 190 200 200 175 195 205 205 210 205 205 180 195 230 225 210 210 180 210 200 185 180 230 185 200 180 170 160 240 170 190 215 185 200 155 180 210 215 185 190 210 175 205 195 210 155 215 235 195 210 225 215 185 175 225 225 180 195 220

PHOTO BY ROB MOORE App State’s Noah Hannon (60), Mike Evans (18) and Thomas Hennigan (5) celebrate a touchdown by Daetrich Harrington (4) during the Sun Belt championship game Dec. 7, 2019.

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NAME POS REED HARPER LS CHRISTIAN JOHNSTONE LS HANSKY PAILLANT DL T.D. ROOF LB TREY COBB ILB GABE MONTGOMERY RB CHRIS WASHINGTON DL COLIN GUENTENSBERGER LB DEMETRIUS TAYLOR DL BLYTHE HALL ILB JOEY CAVE OL TYLER BIRD ILB BAER HUNTER OL D’MARCO JACKSON ILB JAKE APPLING LS LYLE HIERS OL MATT WILLIAMS OL GULED DUALE OL ELIJAH DIARRASSOUBA DL GRANT DALEY ILB RYAN NEUZIL OL JORDAN FEHR ILB NOAH HANNON OL IVAN REYES OL WILL HARDIN OL GAGE BLACKSTON OL WILL ISRAEL DL LOGAN WRIGHT OL JOE HARTUNG OL COOPER HODGES OL LARRY DOWDY OL COLE GARRISON OL ANDERSON HARDY OL VICTOR JOHNSON OL JOSH HEADLEE OL CRAIG MCFARLAND OL SAMMY HENDERSON OL AJ HALL WR MILLER GIBBS TE RICHARD TUCKER WR JAKE HENRY WR RICKY KOFOED TE MICHAEL QUEEN WR TREY ROSS TE COLLIN REED TE HENRY PEARSON TE CHASE EIGHMY WR DORIAN PICKETT DL CHRIS WILLIS DL TOMMY DAWKINS DL CHANDLER STATON K LUKE SMITH DL GEORGE BLACKSTOCK DL MARKELL CLARK DL CALEB SPURLIN DL E.J. SCOTT DL JORDON EARLE DL

YR. FR. FR. R-FR. JR. SO. SO. R-FR. FR. JR. JR. GR. SO. JR. SO. JR. FR. JR. FR. JR. FR. JR. SR. JR. JR. JR. SO. SO. JR. SO. R-FR. FR. JR. R-FR. SR. R-FR. FR. FR. R-FR. R-FR. R-FR. SO. FR. JR. R-FR. SR. SO. R-FR. R-FR. JR. JR. JR. FR. SO. JR. JR. SR. R-FR.

HOMETOWN CLEMMONS, N.C. / WEST FORSYTH LOGANVILLE, GA. / ARCHER SUNRISE, FLA. / MIRAMAR BUFORD, GA. / BUFORD WAYCROSS, GA. / WARE COUNTY CHARLOTTE, N.C. / PROVIDENCE DAY SCHOOL NEWBERRY, FLA. / NEWBERRY HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. / ORANGE MIAMI, FLA. / NORTHWESTERN GREENSBORO, N.C. / SOUTHEAST GUILFORD KNOXVILLE, TENN. / HARDIN VALLEY ACADEMY ACWORTH, GA. / NORTH PAULDING CLEMMONS, N.C. / WEST FORSYTH SPARTANBURG, S.C. / BROOME SHELBY, N.C. / SHELBY LAKE WALES, FLA. / LAKE WALES LEHIGH ACRES, FLA. / LEHIGH HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. / NORTH MECKLENBURG GREENSBORO, N.C. / PAGE WILMINGTON, N.C. / NEW HANOVER BRADENTON, FLA. / BRADEN RIVER CHARLOTTE, N.C. / PROVIDENCE GREER, S.C. / GREER HICKORY, N.C. / ST. STEPHENS GREENSBORO, N.C. / PAGE SAVANNAH, GA. / BENEDICTINE MILITARY ASHEVILLE, N.C. / A.C. REYNOLDS KERNERSVILLE, N.C. / EAST FORSYTH GREENWOOD, S.C. / GREENWOOD GLEN ST. MARY, FLA. / BAKER COUNTY BELMONT, N.C. / SOUTH POINT PINSON, ALA. / CLAY-CHALKVILLE RALEIGH, N.C. / SANDERSON NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. / NORTH AUGUSTA BOONE, N.C. / WATAUGA PHOENIX, ARIZ. / CHAPARRAL CHARLOTTE, N.C. / CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN KERNERSVILLE, N.C. / EAST FORSYTH DAVIDSON, N.C. / HOUGH CAMPOBELLO, S.C. / CHAPMAN CANTONMENT, FLA. / J.M. TATE CHARLOTTE, N.C. / CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN APEX, N.C. / NORTHWOOD SOPHIA, N.C. / RANDLEMAN BOILING SPRINGS, S.C. / BOILING SPRINGS HO-HO-KUS, N.J. / PARAMUS CATHOLIC WAXHAW, N.C. / CUTHBERTSON BEULAVILLE, N.C. / EAST DUPLIN SHELBY, N.C. / CREST CONCORD, N.C. / COX MILL GAINESVILLE, GA. / GAINESVILLE LEBANON, TENN. / FRIENDSHIP CHRISTIAN EDEN, N.C. / EDEN MOREHEAD DACULA, GA. / SPAIN PARK GALAX, VA. / GALAX FARMVILLE, N.C. / FARMVILLE CENTRAL WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. / FOREST HILL

HT. 5-11 6-3 6-2 5-11 6-2 5-8 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-5 6-5 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-6 6-5 6-4 6-6 6-5 6-1 6-4 6-0 5-11 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-2 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-0 5-10 6-3 6-2

WT. 200 245 240 220 220 205 270 200 275 210 300 220 285 220 275 280 280 285 255 210 285 230 265 295 300 275 235 305 270 295 265 285 275 295 285 280 275 200 220 180 180 205 200 230 245 245 205 235 260 240 190 270 260 275 260 275 295

PHOTO BY ROB MOORE The Mountaineer defense smothers the Louisiana run attack during the Sun Belt championship game Dec. 7, 2019.

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UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM 2019 ROSTER NO. 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 19 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 31 31 32 32 33 34 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 39 39 40 41 42 43 43 44 45 45 46 47 49 50 50 51 51 52 53 53 54 54 55

NAME YR. JONATHAN HADEN R-SR. GARRETT MARINO R-SR. BRONTAE HARRIS R-JR. LUCIOUS STANLEYHEAR R-SO. CD DANIELS SO. RAJAE’ JOHNSONHEAR R-SO. SPENCER BROWN JR. STARLING THOMAS V SO. THOMAS JOHNSTON JR. MYRON MITCHELL R-JR. KRISTOPHER MOLLHEAR JR. AUSTIN WATKINS JR. R-JR. JARRION STREETHEAR SR. KENDALL PARHAMHEAR SR. MICHAEL WRIGHT R-SR. A.J. BROOKS R-SR. DYLAN HOPKINS R-FR. HAYDEN PITTMAN R-JR. DAVID ACFALLEHEAR R-FR. THAIR BLAKESHEAR R-SR. GRAYSON CASH R-SO. BRYSON LUCEROHEAR FR. MARKUS GROSSMAN R-JR. XAVIER LANIER R-FR. JORDAN SEYMOUR R-FR. DY’JONN TURNERHEAR JR. RASHARD REVELS FR. WERLEAN POLLOCKHEAR R-FR. WILL BOLER R-SO. TYLER JOHNSTON III R-SO. TD MARSHALL R-JR. DAVID HENDRICK JR. NICK VOGEL R-SR. DEVODRIC BYNUMHEAR R-SO. GERRIT PRINCE R-JR. WILL DAWKINS R-SR. JORDAN SMITH R-SO. KEVIN DAVIS R-SO. DESHAUN OLIVER JR. R-FR. LARRY WOODEN R-SO. DAMON MILLER FR. DAMIEN MILLER FR. JAYLEN KEY R-FR. MONTE TURNER JR. JERMAINE BROWN JR. FR. JALEN RAYAMHEAR R-FR. KYLE HARRELL R-SO. JOSH PRUITT FR. LUKE BRASHERHEAR R-JR. MATTHEW QUINN FR. KEONDRE SWOOPESHEARFR. DAQUON GODFREYHEAR R-SO. SAWYER BRADY FR. SAMARIO RUDOLPH FR. KOBE GRIFFIN R-SO. LUKE PERCER FR. NIKIA EASON JR. R-FR. TYETUS SMITH-LINDSEYHEAR FR. TRENT DAVIS FR. JACOB FUQUAHEAR R-JR. AMAHNI SPINKS FR. AUSTIN MCGHEE FR. LJ SMITH III FR. TERRELL MCDONALD FR. TILL GARVIN FR. ZACK STRANGE FR. ANTONIO MOULTRIE R-SO. WILL CONNER FR. COLE KIZZIAHHEAR R-FR. KEILAN KNIGHTHEAR R-JR. ALEX WRIGHT FR. PAUL HAMMONDS R-SO. DAVID GALTEN R-SR. NOAH WILDER R-SO. JAKOBY JONES JR. ADRIENNE TALANHEAR R-SR. FITZGERALD MOFORHEAR R-SR. PARKER DENNIS R-FR. COLBY RAGLAND R-JR. JOEY PURIFOY R-JR. CHRIS TUCKER R-SR. ANDREW SMITH JR. R-JR.

POS RB DL CB RB CB WR RB CB OLB WR LB WR S WR OLB CB QB TE S TE S QB WR CB QB S S RB S QB CB QB PK CB TE S OLB WR LB RB S CB S S RB OLB OLB RB LB PK CB RB S WR LB RB OLB RB S LS CB WR LB OLB LS WR DL LB LS TE OLB OL LB OL OLB LB LB OL DL OL OL

HT. 5-7 6-2 5-10 6-0 6-2 6-4 6-0 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-2 5-10 6-4 6-0 6-2 6-4 6-0 6-5 6-0 6-1 5-9 6-2 6-0 5-11 5-10 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-3 5-10 5-11 6-5 5-10 6-7 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-1 5-8 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-1 5-10 5-10 5-10 5-11 5-9 6-0 5-11 6-4 5-7 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-0 5-9 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-4 6-1 5-10 6-2 6-4 6-1 6-4 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-5 6-3 6-4 6-1

WT. 175 290 190 215 180 225 230 185 240 180 215 205 210 175 250 195 205 230 185 240 195 210 170 190 200 210 175 200 210 215 185 190 190 190 235 205 250 185 205 215 180 195 205 210 170 220 205 195 225 160 170 190 185 165 205 175 200 165 175 225 180 195 225 230 185 170 290 220 190 215 235 220 310 225 310 210 230 200 300 250 345 300

HOMETOWN WASHINGTON D.C. / FRIENDSHIP ACADEMY AZ MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. / MISSION VIEJO CULLMAN, ALA. / CULLMAN ALABAMA A&M FORT MYERS, FLA. / NORTH FORT MYERS BIRMINGHAM, ALA. / HOMEWOOD ST. LOUIS, MO. / JENNINGS SAN MATEO KIMBERLY, ALA. / MORTIMER JORDAN BIRMINGHAM, ALA. / RAMSAY SPANISH FORT, ALA. / SPANISH FORT JASPER, ALA. / JASPER BUTLER CC MIAMI, FLA. / CORAL GABLES FORT MYERS, FLA. / NORTH FORT MYERS TRUSSVILLE, ALA. / HEWITT-TRUSSVILLE HATTIESBURG, MISS. / OAK GROVE HOUSTON, TEXAS / CYPRESS CREEK BLINN MODESTO, CALIF. / MODESTO CHRISTIAN MARYVILLE, TENN. / MARYVILLE SPANISH FORT, ALA. / SPANISH FORT TRUSSVILLE, ALA. / HEWITT-TRUSSVILLE PHOENIX, ARIZ. / MOUNTAIN POINTE TRUSSVILLE, ALA. / HEWITT-TRUSSVILLE LOMA, COLO. / IMG ACADEMY FREDERICK, MD. / TUSCURORA GORDO, ALA. / GORDO HAZEL GREEN, ALA. / HAZEL GREEN FLORENCE, ALA. / FLORENCE MOULTRIE, GA. / COLQUITT COUNTY MARIANNA, FLA. / MARIANNA OPELIKA, ALA. / OPELIKA SPANISH FORT, ALA. / SPANISH FORT BIRMINGHAM, ALA. / ETHEREDGE DACULA, GA. / FOLEY FULLERTON CC JACKSONVILLE, FLA. / MANDARIN DALLAS, TEXAS SHAWNEE, KS. / SHAWNEE MORRISON NW VERO BEACH, FLA. / VERO BEACH LITHONIA, GA. / LITHONIA FLORIDA/BUTLER CC HESPERIA, CALIF. / OAK HILLS BIRMINGHAM, ALA. / RAMSAY HOOVER, ALA. / SPAIN PARK ARKANSAS STATE FAIRFIELD, ALA. / FAIRFIELD FAIRFIELD, ALA. / FAIRFIELD TALLAHASSEE, FLA. / AMOS P. GODBY FLORENCE, ALA. / FLORENCE MOBILE, ALA. / ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL ALABASTER, ALA. / THOMPSON CALERA, ALA. / CALERA WEST POINT PREP MOBILE, ALA. / BAKER PELL CITY, ALA. / PELL CITY SPANISH FORT, ALA. / SPANISH FORT HARTSELLE, ALA. / HARTSELLE HUNTSVILLE, ALA. / MAE JEMISON MOBILE, ALA. / MCGILL TOOLEN MOBILE, ALA. / COTTAGE HILL CHRISTIAN TROY, ALA. / CHARLES HENDERSON BIRMINGHAM, ALA. / OAK MOUNTAIN BESSEMER, ALA. / BESSEMER OXFORD, ALA. / OXFORD CORNER, ALA. / CORNER WILLIAMSON, GA. / PIKE COUNTY HUNTSVILLE, ALA. / BUCKHORN MADISON, ALA. / JAMES CLEMENS MIAMI, FLA. / MIAMI NORLAND MUSCLE SHOALS, ALA. / MUSCLE SHOALS TYRONE, GA. / SANDY CREEK HUNTSVILLE, ALA. / HUNTSVILLE PENSACOLA, FLA. / WEST FLORIDA HIGH ALABASTER, ALA. / THOMPSON TUSCALOOSA, ALA. / HILLCREST BIRMINGHAM, ALA. / CENTER POINT ELBA, ALA. / ELBA TUSCALOOSA, ALA. / TUSCALOOSA COUNTY HIGH SAN MATEO, CALIF. / HILLSDALE SAN FRANCISCO BESSEMER, ALA. / BESSEMER ACADEMY STARKVILLE, MISS. / STARKVILLE EAST MISSISSIPPI FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. BROOKEVILLE, MD. / SHERWOOD MONTGOMERY, ALA. JACKSON, MISS. / RAYMOND JONES COUNTY GREENVILLE, ALA. / GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL MOBILE, ALA. / BAKER MOUNT OLIVE, MISS. / PRENTISS

NO. 56 58 58 61 62 63 65 66 67 70 71 72 73 75 76 77 81 82 84 85 87 88 89 90 92 93 95 96 97 98 98 99

NAME YR. DE’ANGELO JONES FR. RUBIN STINSON III R-JR. SHAUN’TAVIS VARDAMANHEAR R-SO. MATTHEW TREHERN JR. SIDNEY WELLS JR. CHRIS NOBLE R-FR. JORDAN JAMISON R-JR. GREG FECANINHEAR R-JR. CARTER WOOD R-JR. JARRED LONG JR. CLAY COLLINS FR. LEE DUFOURHEAR LEE DUFOUR PATRICK NUSS R-SO. WILL RYKARD FR. ZACK AYLOR R-SO. JAYME MOTLEY-SIMMONS FR. ALEC MARSCH R-JR. TYLER PYE R-FR. XAVIAR COLEMAN R-FR. JARIUS THOMAS FR. RYAN DAVIS FR. LOGAN ARNOLD R-SO. SKYLOR CLINTON R-JR. TONY FAIR R-JR. KEVIN PENN FR. MICHAEL FAIRBANKS II R-FR. MI’CARIO STANLEYHEAR MI ISHMAL BALL R-JR. WILSON BEAVERSTOCK R-FR. KYLE GREENWELL SO. JAUNTA’VIUS JOHNSON R-SR. FISH MCWILLIAMS R-FR.

POS LB LB

HT. WT. 5-10 205 6-1 220

HOMETOWN WETUMPKA, ALA. / WETUMPKA HOOVER, ALA. / HOOVER

OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL R-SR. OL OL OL OL WR WR WR TE WR TE TE DL DL DL R-JR. DL PK P DL DL

6-5 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-7 6-3 6-5 6-2 6-2 OL 6-7 6-2 6-4 6-6 6-1 5-8 6-0 6-2 5-11 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-3 DL 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-0

HAZELHURST, MISS. / HAZELHURST SARALAND, ALA. / SARALAND CLINTON, MISS. / CLINTON BREWTON, ALA. / T.R. MILLER OXFORD, MISS. / LAFAYETTE PINSON, ALA. / CLAY-CHALKVILLE STARKVILLE, MISS. / STARKVILLE ACADEMY OPELIKA, ALA. / SMITHS STATION BIRMINGHAM, ALA. / OAK MOUNTAIN 310 SATSUMA, ALA. / SARALAND VESTAVIA HILLS, ALA. / VESTAVIA MOULTRIE, GA. / COLQUITT COUNTY MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. / MISSION VIEJO ALABASTER, ALA. / SPAIN PARK HOMEWOOD, ALA. / HOMEWOOD TALLAHASSEE, FLA. / AMOS P. GODBY HUEYTOWN, ALA. / BESSEMER ACADEMY COLUMBUS, GA. / GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ROSWELL, GA. / BLESSED TRINITY CATHOLIC HUNTSVILLE, ALA. / HAZEL GREEN PRESCOTT, ARIZ. / PRESCOTT WYOMING/MESA SOUTH BEND, IND. / BISHOP LUERS PIMA CC DECATUR, ALA. / AUSTIN POWDER SPRINGS, GA. / MCEACHERN 275 FORT MYERS, FLA. / NORTH FORT MYERS GREENVILLE, ALA. / GREENVILLE BIRMINGHAM PREP MOBILE, ALA. / ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL THOMPSON’S STATION, TENN. S LINCOLN, ALA. / LINCOLN AUBURN PENSACOLA, FLA. / WEST FLORIDA HIGH

320 310 330 300 320 335 285 295 300 6-4 315 300 320 250 185 160 185 185 170 235 250 335 305 275 6-2 290 195 205 345 310

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