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On behalf of the member institutions, coaches, administrators and student-athletes in the South Atlantic Conference, it is my pleasure to welcome you to this South Atlantic Conference contest. All of us associated with the SAC look forward to a wonderful atmosphere and quality experience for the student-athletes, parents and fans The South Atlantic Conference aspires to be the premier NCAA Division II athletic conference in the country; a Conference where a high priority of each member institution is a balance between athletics and the overall academic, spiritual and physical development of each student-athlete to provide these individuals with life skills for future success. To the student-athletes, I extend my congratulations on the dedication to excellence and skill which brought you to this level of competition. To the spectators, I remind you that sportsmanship is a core principle of the NCAA and a shared value across our Conference. Sportsmanship unites athletes, students, alumni, faculty, staff, coaches and fans in a common goal – winning with respect and dignity. It is our hope that you will remain respectful and courteous to the officials, opposing teams and fans. College athletics and the South Atlantic Conference have many traditions, but poor sportsmanship isn’t one of them. Thank you for your continued support of the SAC, and best of to all of the member institution’s teams.

Patrick Britz Commissioner

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Table of Contents INTRODUCTION SAC History.......................................................................................2 SAC Membership..............................................................................3 Connect with the SAC.......................................................................4 Lenoir-Rhyne Congratulations...........................................................5

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SAC Administration........................................................................ 6-7 SAC Officiating .................................................................................8 SAC Football Facilities......................................................................9 2014 SEASON OUTLOOK

Commissioner Patrick Britz patrick@thesac.com

2014 Preview..............................................................................10-11 Brevard Tornados...................................................................... 12-15

Assistant Commissioner/SWA Eliane Kebbe eliane@thesac.com

Carson-Newman Eagles............................................................ 16-19

Director of External Operations Kelsey Burglund kelsey@thesac.com

Mars Hill Lions........................................................................... 28-31

Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Communications Nicolas Bowman nic@thesac.com

Wingate Bulldogs....................................................................... 40-43

Catawba Indians........................................................................ 20-23 Lenoir-Rhyne Bears................................................................... 24-27 Newberry Wolves...................................................................... 32-35 Tusculum Pioneers.................................................................... 36-39 2013 SEASON IN REVIEW 2013 Recap .............................................................................. 44-47

Coordinator of Football Officials Jack Childress jcref@bellsouth.net

2013 Statistics .......................................................................... 48-53 HISTORY All-Time Standings ................................................................... 54-58

Credits

Postseason History.................................................................... 59-60

The 2014 South Atlantic Conference Football Guide has been produced for the league’s membership and media outlets. The SAC staff is dedicated to providing assistance and service to the media, and should be contacted with any questions or information requests. Additional information can be accessed through each member school’s media relations office. Schedules, results, statistics, standings and notes packages will be made available throughout the season at www.theSAC.com. The 2014 SAC Football Guide was produced by SAC Assistant Commissioner Strategic Communications Nic Bowman, using the Adobe InDesign CS4 desktop publishing program. Thanks to the SAC Media Relations Directors and other support staff from the league’s member institutions for their assistance.

SAC Records............................................................................. 61-63 All-Conference History............................................................... 64-71 SAC Awards History........................................................................72 SAC Coaching History.....................................................................73 All-Americans............................................................................ 74-76 SAC in the Pros......................................................................... 76-77 CLOSING 2014 Composite Schedule..............................................................78 SAC Sponsors.................................................................................79 NCAA Division II..............................................................................80

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#SACFB The South Atlantic Conference is in its 39th year of athletic tradition and excellence. The distant forerunner of the South Atlantic Conference was the North State Atlantic Conference (NSIAC). The NSIAC was formed when the “Little Six”, as it was called, broke from the North Carolina Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1930. These charter members included Lenoir-Rhyne College, Atlantic Christian, Catawba College, Guilford College, Elon College, and High Point University. The North State continued to grow over the next 30 years, adding Western Carolina (1933), East Carolina (1947) and Pfeiffer (1960). A name change became necessary when the league accepted Newberry as its first South Carolina member in 1961. The league took on the name Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAC) on May 20th of that year. The CIAC saw several changes in the following years as East Carolina withdrew from the league in 1962. Appalachian State and Western Carolina followed in 1971 and 1976. All three landed in the Southern Conference. The South Atlantic Conference was founded in 1975 solely as a football conference. The league received its name from a contest in which Kurt Brenneman of Greensboro, NC became the first to submit the SAC-8 moniker. The SAC-8 consisted of Carson-Newman College, Catawba College, Elon College, Gardner-Webb University, Lenoir-Rhyne College, Mars Hill College, Newberry College, and Presbyterian College. Dr. Fred Bentley, of Mars Hill College, was named league president for its inaugural year, by a vote of the member institutions. After the first season of play in the SAC-8, the Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne College captured the first football title. In 1989, the league’s 15th year of operation, the South Atlantic Conference became a comprehensive, multisport conference. Doug Echols was named the league’s first Commissioner. That year the South Atlantic Conference sponsored 10 sports - football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball, men’s soccer, volleyball, men’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis. Later the conference grew to 14 championship sports by adding women‘s soccer (1990), men’s and women’s cross country (1993) and women’s golf (1999). In 2013, the sports of men’s and women’s lacrosse and men’s and women’s track and field were added, increasing the

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number of championship sports to 18. The South Atlantic Conference was composed of the same eight member institutions from 1975 until 1988, when Wingate University replaced Newberry College as the eighth member institution. Newberry later rejoined the conference in 1996. In July of 1998, Tusculum College was admitted as a member of the league, and Lincoln Memorial University began play in the conference in the 2006-07 academic year. Brevard College was admitted as a provisional member in 2007 and a full member in 2008. In 2008, Echols retired after serving as Commissioner for 19 years and Patrick Britz was hired as the new Commissioner. In July 2010, Anderson University became the league’s 10th member. Three years later in July 2013, Coker College and Queens University of Charlotte joined the conference. Today the conference is a group of 12 private, liberal and civic arts colleges and universities, similar in size and athletic philosophy. Since becoming eligible for NCAA Division II postseason play in 1993, the league has sent representatives from all of its sponsored sports to NCAA postseason play. The league membership now includes Anderson University in Anderson, S.C.; Brevard College in Brevard, N.C.; Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tenn.; Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C.; Coker College in Hartsville, S.C.; Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, N.C.; Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn.; Mars Hill University in Mars Hill, N.C.; Newberry College in Newberry, S.C.; Queens University of Charlotte

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in Charlotte, N.C.; Tusculum College in Greeneville, Tenn.; and Wingate University in Wingate, N.C.

Key Dates in SAC History l 1930 – North State Atlantic Conference forms when six schools break from the North Carolina Intercollegiate Athletic Conference l 1961 – Newberry joins league. Conference changes name to Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAC) l 1975 – South Atlantic Conference forms as football league with eight schools, called the SAC-8 l 1988 – Wingate replaces Newberry l 1989 – SAC becomes a multi-sport conference l 1996 – Newberry rejoins conference l 1998 – Tusculum joins conference l 2006 – Lincoln Memorial joins conference l 2008 – Brevard joins conference l 2008 – Patrick Britz named Commissioner l 2010 – Anderson joins conference l 2013 – Coker and Queens join conference

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Patrick Britz

Eliane Kebbe

Commissioner

Associate Commissioner/SWA

Patrick Britz is in his seventh year as the Commissioner of the South Atlantic Conference. He came to the SAC after serving as the director of Division I intercollegiate programs of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America for three years. Britz is only the second full-time Commissioner of the league in its 26-year history as a multisport conference.

Eliane Kebbe is in her seventh year with the

Under Britz’s leadership, the SAC has expanded to its largest membership ever with 12 member institutions as Brevard College became a full-time member in 2008-09, Anderson (SC) University joined in 2010-11, and Coker College and Queens University of Charlotte in 2013-14. The SAC will also go from 14 championship sports to 18 in 2013-14 as men’s and women’s lacrosse and men’s and women’s outdoor track and field will be added. Britz has also overseen the revision of the conference bylaws and sports policies, as well as the development of a new strategic plan.

Championships and Compliance, she is pri-

South Atlantic Conference. In 2009, she was promoted to Assistant Commissioner and promoted to Associate Commissioner in 2013.

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marily responsible for overseeing the coordination of the conference’s compliance services, sport services and championships.

In addition, Kebbe serves as the SAC’s Senior Women’s Administrator and

works with the league’s SWA Committee and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

During Britz’s tenure, the league has started a formal compliance review process where an external entity visits each member institution and conducts an in-depth review. The first round of visits was completed in 2011-12 and the next round begins in 2013-14.

Britz also started the annual student-athlete leadership conference in 2011, which is a three-day event that focuses on developing leadership skills and challenges participants to be role models for their teammates on campus and in the community.

overseeing planning and budgets for 16 varsity teams, athletic training, compliance

He has also overseen the enhancement of the conference’s awards program and championship events, providing live video-streaming for all the finals of the team championships starting in 2010-11.

Carolinas, and increased sports sponsorship from 12 to 16 varsity sports. Kebbe

Britz served as the first Director of Division I intercollegiate programs for the NSCAA from 2005-2008. During his tenure with the NSCAA, Britz was responsible for raising the visibility of men’s and women’s Division I Intercollegiate soccer. He played a vital role in the establishment and expansion of the Fox Soccer Channel College Match of the Week, including selling corporate sponsorships. He served as the liaison between the NSCAA and various constituent groups, including the NCAA, Division I men’s and women’s coaches and the National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association. Britz has extensive experience in collegiate administration. He served as the senior associate director of athletics for compliance and administration at Texas Tech University from 2001-2005 and worked for five years in the NCAA national office (1996-2001). He was assistant director of athletics for compliance and student services at East Tennessee State University for two years (1995-1996) and began his career as assistant commissioner for championships and compliance for the Southern Conference in 1991. Britz has been highly involved within the NCAA committee structure. From 2009-2013, he served on the Division II Women’s Soccer Committee and was the Division II representative on the NCAA Woman of the Year Selection Committee from 2010-2012. Britz was recently selected to serve on the NCAA Division II Championships Committee and also is chair of the Division II CCA National Letter of Intent Review Committee. While at Texas Tech, Britz served on the Division I Initial-Eligibility Waiver Committee and on the NCAA Athletics Certification Peer Review Committee.

Kebbe has more than 20 years in athletic administration. Prior to joining the

South Atlantic Conference, Kebbe served as Director of Athletics at Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C., from 1997 to 2007, where she was responsible for and sports information. Under her guidance, Belmont Abbey won two Joby Hawn Cups, the trophy presented to the best all-around athletic program in the Conference was given the Administrator of the Year Award in 2005.

Kebbe served as a successful head women’s basketball coach at Belmont Ab-

bey from 1986 to 2001. She guided her teams to six conference tournament championships, three conference tournament runner-up titles, six regular season championships and six national tournament berths. She earned conference and district Coach of the Year Awards, and ranks as one of the NCAA Division II’s winningest coaches, with a record of 315-110 in 15 years at Belmont Abbey.

In 2002, Kebbe - the winningest basketball coach in Belmont Abbey history - was

inducted into the Belmont Sports Hall of Fame.

Kebbe has served on several NCAA national committees, including the NCAA

Division II Women’s Basketball Committee - on which she chaired her final year - and the NCAA Division II Legislation Committee. In the fall of 2014 Kebbe was again named to the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Committee.

Kebbe received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Queens College in Flushing,

N.Y., and a Masters of Education from the University of Georgia.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance from the University of North Carolina Asheville and an MBA in Sports Business from Saint Leo University. While at UNC Asheville, Britz was a four-time academic all-conference selection for the Bulldogs soccer team and graduated as the school’s second all-time leading scorer. Britz was inducted into the UNC Asheville Athletics Hall of Fame in February, 2007. In addition, he is the co-author of the book Athletic Scholarships for Dummies, published in December 2005. He was also inducted into the Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School (Winston-Salem, N.C.) Hall of Fame in October 2011. Britz and his wife, Joanna, reside in Fort Mill, S.C. and have two daughters, Emersyn (2) and Delaney (1).

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Kelsey Burglund

Nicolas Bowman

Director of External Operations

Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Communications

Kelsey Burglund joined the SAC staff in

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Communications on July 7, 2014.

hancing SAC Championships and growing the league’s corporate partner program.

In this position, Bowman will be responsible

She also leads the conference’s community

for directing the SAC’s media and public

engagement efforts, and manages the an-

relations efforts, in addition to expanding

nual Student-Athlete Leadership Conference.

the conference’s digital and social media presence, administering the awards program and producing league publications. Bowman will also assist in enhancing

Additionally, Burglund oversees the payment of officials, administers the

national letter of intent program, assists with the preparation of SAC and NCAA

the SAC’s broader marketing and branding strategies. He will also serve as the sport administrator for men’s golf, baseball and track and field.

reports, and serves as a championship administrator at select events.

Bowman comes to the SAC after spending nine years at the Big South

Burglund came to the SAC from the Mid-American Conference, where she

Conference as the Assistant Director of Public Relations. His responsibilities

served as the Championships Assistant. At the MAC, she was the game operations

at the Big South included serving as the primary contact for men’s and women’s

manager at four neutral-site championships, oversaw volunteer staff, developed

soccer, women’s basketball, baseball and the League’s running sports, as well as

sponsorship opportunities, performed research and data analysis, and assisted in

other selected sports. He also handled the creative services for the Big South’s

the administration of 20 conference sports. Additionally, Burglund managed the

printed publications and Conference website. In addition, Bowman was the primary

development and execution of the first-annual MAC Baseball Championship Youth

administrator for the Big South Women’s Golf Championship and served as the Big

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South’s delegate for the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA).

Prior to her time at the MAC, Burglund was the Administration Intern at the

Prior to the Big South, Bowman spent one year as the Public Affairs Intern

University at Buffalo. In her position, she assisted in the coordination of gameday

at the Southern Conference and two years as a student assistant in the media

operations, fan experience, management of student staff, sponsorship fulfillment

relations office at Western Carolina University. He received his bachelor’s degree

and in-game promotional elements for football, volleyball, and basketball.

in communications/public relations as well as a minor in sports management from Western Carolina in May 2004.

Burglund graduated in 2012 from Buffalo with a bachelor’s degree in psychol-

ogy. While at UB, she interned for the athletic department under the supervision of

Bowman has gained experience from working a multitude of NCAA

the Manager of University Awareness and Special Events. Along with her intern-

and professional events, such as the PGA Tour Wachovia and Quail Hollow

ship, Burglund served as President for UB True Blue, a student organization that

Championships and served as the time-out coordinator for the 2008 NCAA Division

promotes athletic events and community involvement.

I Men’s Basketball Tournament and the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament since 2009.

Originally from Brevard, N.C., Bowman and his wife, Nicole, have a daughter,

Addison LaRue. Bowman and his family reside in Fort Mill, S.C.

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Coordinator of Football Officials Jack Childress is in his fifth season as

Childress has served as District Director for the South Carolina Football Of-

SAC coordinator of football officials.

ficials Association, and is a past President of the SCFOA. He is on the Board of

Childress has nearly two decades

Directors for the ACC Football Officials Association, is a past member of Referee

of football officiating experience, having

Magazine editorial staff and is a member of the Mount Airy, N.C. Hall of Fame,

worked in the South Atlantic Conference

Surry County, N.C. Hall of Fame, and South Carolina Football Officials Associa-

(1993-95), Southern Conference (1996-

tion Hall of Fame.

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Childress is responsible for recruiting and training football officials for the South

(1997-2009). He also has 30 years of experience officiating high school games in

Atlantic Conference. Other duties include assigning and evaluating officials, rules

North and South Carolina.

appliCatawbaions, and holding clinics.

During his career, Childress has worked some of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest college

Childress lives in Greenwood, S.C., where he is chief operating officer, co-

games, including two ACC Championship games, two Rose Bowls, the Orange

owner and co-founder of Loom Craft, Inc. He graduated from Duke University,

Bowl, numerous other college bowl games, the Kickoff Classic, and an NCAA

where he played football for four years.

Division II National Semifinal game. In addition, he has worked the North Carolina/ South Carolina High School Shrine Bowl and 12 South Carolina high school state championship games.

2014 SAC Football Officials Roster Referee Larry Adcock Todd Boyd Jim Ellis Lee Hedrick Edwin Lee Max Melton Jeremy Parker Rick St. George Jerry Welmaker* Everette Westfield Umpire Jay Crockett Andy East Vaughn Cowan Mark Face Scotty McCracken Mike Morton* Scott Ray Maurice Smith Elton Toliver

Line Judge Brent Eubanks Richard Godfrey Brian Harless Chris Hess Anthony Maynor Lopez Pettis Jeff Pruitt Doug Renz Joseph Sadowski Mike Wallace Shawn Wilson* Linesman Garrett Burgner Lynn Bostic Bryan Chandler Don Johnson Jeremy Hall Edwin Lee Greg MacDaid Michael Owen*

Chad Owens Todd Riddick Mark Parker Field Judge Bilal Abdullah Barry Brown Roy Dowdy Neville Hall Doug Haller Thomas Hand Daniel Ingram David Moore Bryan Murphy Scotty Setser* Justin Stringfield Side Judge Jerry Cowan Todd Doolittle* Josh Fath

Justin Ford Richard Geddings Jason Graham David Hale DeAngelo McReynolds Terris Green Guy Trawick Terry Troutt Back Judge Jeff Barber Matt Ciani Conor Clougherty Chad Holzshu David Payne Paul Pool Chris Turner Nathan Umberger* Mark Watson Trey Williams Blake Parham * Denotes position chief

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Brevard’s Memorial Stadium

Carson-Newman’s Burke-Tarr Stadium

Catawba’s Shuford Stadium

Lenoir-Rhyne’s Moretz Stadium

Mars Hill’s Ammons Family Athl. Center

Newberry’s Setzler Field

Tusculum’s Pioneer Field

Wingate’s Irwin Belk Stadium

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Carson-Newman Tops SAC Football Preseason Coaches’ Poll Carson-Newman has been voted by the South Atlantic Conference football head coaches to win the 2014 SAC Football Championship, the League announced today. The Eagles collected four first-place votes and 46 points from the panel. The Eagles posted a 10-3 overall record and a 5-2 record in the League to finish in a tie for second in the SAC during the 2013 campaign. Carson-Newman advanced to the NCAA Division II Football Playoffs where it defeated Newberry to move to the second round where it fell to eventual National Runner-Up LenoirRhyne. Carson-Newman averaged 343.8 rushing yards per game last season to rank No. 4 nationally. The Eagles also amassed 485 yards of total offense per game to finish No. 16 in Division II. Eien Jacob and Javaris Neal each earned 2014 Preseason AllAmerican honors by USA Football. CarsonNewman placed 11 players on the Preseason All-South Atlantic Conference teams. Lenoir-Rhyne placed second in the voting as it picked up four top-bids and 45 total points. The Bears won the 2013 South Atlantic Conference Football Crown as it went 13-2 overall and 7-0 in the League. Lenoir-Rhyne received a first-round bye in the NCAA Division II Playoffs and made a run to the National Championship to finish as the 2013 NCAA Division II National Runner-Up. The Bears ranked No. 1 in Division II with 370.9 rushing yards per game and set the NCAA single-season rushing mark with 5,563 yard. Preseason All-SAC first-team honoree Jarrod Spears posted 985 rushing yards a season-ago. Defensively, the Bears ranked 12th in the country as it held opponents to 101.5 rushing yards per game and were 20th nationally as they limited their opponent’s offenses to 317.5 yards per game. Offensive tackle Joe Ray and linebacker Tanner Botts each received bids to the 2014 BeyondSportsNework.com (BSN) Preseason All-America First-Teams, while defensive end Blake Baker earned a spot on the second team. Lenoir-Rhyne has won three-straight SAC Championships and will hit the field for the 2014 season under new head Coach Ian Shields. Newberry was picked to finish third in the poll as it garnered 36 points from the head

coaches. The Wolves closed out the 2013 campaign with a 9-3 overall mark and a 5-2 record in the SAC to finish in a tie for second. Newberry posted an at-large bid to the 2013 NCAA Division II Playoffs. W.T. Murden returns under center for the Wolves as he finished the 2013 season ranked No. 1 in the League and 23rd in the nation with a passer rating of 149.6. Murden threw for 17 touchdowns and 1,964 yards last season. The Wolves had a total of 11 players named to the 2014 Preseason All-SAC teams. Wingate came in fourth in the voting with 31 points. The Bulldogs turned in a 4-6 overall record and a 3-4 SAC record to tie for fourth in the League. Jordan Berry earned 2014 Second-Team Preseason All-South Atlantic Conference Accolades after finishing the 2013 season with 700 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. Offensive lineman Will Poteat earned First-Team Preseason All-SAC accolades. The Lions of Mars Hill placed fifth in the poll with 25 points. Wide out Dmitri Holmes earned Second Team All-American honors from BSN after finishing the 2013 season ranked No. 2 in the nation with 144.6 receiving yards per game. He hauled in 15 scores to rank No. 5 in Division II, while amassing 1,591 receiving yards to rank fourth. The Lions closed out the 2013 season with a 3-8 overall record and a 1-6 Conference mark. Catawba placed sixth in the voting with 21 total points. The Indians tied for fourth in the South Atlantic Conference as it posted a 3-4 record in the SAC and a 6-5 overall mark a season ago. Linebacker Jason Taylor earned 2014 First-Team Preseason All-SAC honors after averaging 9.5 tackles per game, seven tackles for loss and two sacks. Offensively, the Indians return their top running backs in Corey Littlejohn and David Burgess. All five starters on the offensive line also return as they are anchored by All-South Atlantic Conference Preseason honoree Taylor Fender. Tusculum came in at the No. 7 position as it finish the 2013 season with a 4-7 overall mark and a 2-5 record in South Atlantic Conference play to tie for sixth. The Pioneers will have to replace 2013 SAC Offensive Player of the Year Bo Cordell. Cordell finished his career

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at Tusculum ranked No. 1 in every passing category in both the SAC and Tusculum annals. 2014 Preseason BSN All-American second team wide receiver Justin Houston led the squad with 1,347 receiving yards and seven touch downs last season. Teammate and BSN Preseason All-American Third Team honoree Wesley Powell returns at tight end. Powell hauled in four touchdowns and finished with 520 yards a season ago. The Brevard College Tornados round out the poll with seven points. Brevard tied for sixth in the SAC as it posted a 3-8 overall record and a 2-5 SAC mark. The Tornados were one of the most disciplined teams in the nation a season ago as it finished third in the nation with only 3.18 penalties per game. Andre Overholt earned Preseason All-SAC plaudits at return specialist for Brevard. Overholt tallied 1,024 yards of return during the 2013 season and accounted for 1,501 all-purpose yards. The 2014 South Atlantic Conference football season gets underway on Thursday, Sept. 4 with Carson-Newman and Tusculum in action at 7:00pm at home. The rest of the League’s teams kick it off on Saturday, Sept. 6.

SAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll Team

Points

1. Carson-Newman (4)

2. Lenoir-Rhyne (4)

3. Newberry

4. Wingate

5. Mars Hill

6. Catawba

7. Tusculum

8. Brevard First-place votes in parentheses

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2014 Preseason All-SAC Team FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE

QB – W.T. Murden, Newberry

DL – Blake Baker, Lenoir-Rhyne

RB - Shaikel Davis, Mars Hill

DL - Javaris Neal, Carson-Newman

RB - Jarrod Spears, Lenoir-Rhyne

DL - Nick Napolitano, Wingate

RB - Isiah Whitaker, Lenoir-Rhyne

DL - Jonathan Jean, Catawba

WR - Dimitri Holmes, Mars Hill

LB - Tanner Botts, Lenoir-Rhyne

WR - Justin Houston, Tusculum

LB - Edmond Robinson, Newberry

WR - Deon Hicks, Tusculum

LB - Michael Gruber, Brevard

OL - Denzell Goode, Mars Hill

LB - Jason Taylor, Catawba

OL - Joe Ray, Lenoir-Rhyne

DB - Eien Jacob, Carson-Newman

OL - Taylor Fender, Catawba

DB - O’neil Blake, Lenoir-Rhyne

OL - Will Poteat, Wingate

DB - Jon Jimenez, Wingate

OL - Nick Allison, Mars Hill

DB - Dante Thomas, Carson-Newman

TE - Wesley Powell, Tusculum

LS - Dusty Nance, Carson-Newman

PK - Patrick Smith, Wingate

RS - Andre Overholt, Brevard P - Kyle Clark, Newberry

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

QB – De’Andre Thomas, Carson-Newman RB - Kelvin Jeter, Brevard

DL – William Alderman, Carson-Newman

RB - Andy Hibbett, Carson-Newman

DL - Johnny Maxey, Mars Hill

RB - Cary Littlejohn, Catawba

DL - Alstevis Squirewell, Newberry

WR - Jordan Berry, Wingate

DL - Steven Jacobs, Wingate

WR - Anthony Eubanks, Carson-Newman

LB - Rodney Singleton, Lenoir-Rhyne

WR - Byron Dickerson, Newberry

LB - Jasper Mason, Mars Hill

OL - Landon Martin, Newberry

LB - Taylor McDonnell, Newberry

OL - Robbie Ignagni, Carson-Newman

LB - Wayne Soliai, Tusculum

OL - Evan Sobocinski, Newberry

DB - Joe Anderson, Lenoir-Rhyne

OL - Billy Munker, Tusculum

DB - Jakeem Polk, Wingate

OL - Matthu Gibson, Wingate

DB - LiRonta Archi, Tusculum

TE - Brandon Ellington, Wingate

DB - Lance Richardson, Newberry

PK - Kyle Clark, Newberry

LS - Andrew Smith, Newberry RS - TraShaun Ward, Carson-Newman P - Charlie Ray, Carson-Newman

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Quick Facts 2014 Schedule DATE

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Stadium................................. Brevard Memorial Stadium Capacity...................................................................7,000

TIME

2013 Record................................................................3-8

Sept. 6......................at Western Carolina.................... 3:30pm

2013 SAC Record (Finish).................................2-5(t-6th) Letterwinners returning/lost.....................................55/29

Sept. 13....................at Liberty..................................... 7:00pm

Head Coach............................................... Paul Hamilton

Sept. 20....................CARSON NEWMAN................... 1:00pm

Alma Mater................................Appalachian State, 1981

Sept. 27....................at North Greenville...................... 7:00pm

Record at School (Years).................................. 22-54 (7) Career Record....................................................... 67-111

Oct. 4........................LENOIR RHYNE......................... 4:15pm

Best Time To Reach.......................... Weekday mornings

Oct. 11......................at MARS HILL............................. 1:30pm

Office Number........................................... 828-884-8105

Oct. 18 . ...................WINGATE.................................... 4:15pm

Assistant Coaches.......................................Joe Battaglia ............................................................ Randy Thompson

Oct. 25......................at CATAWBA............................... 1:30pm

................................................................Justin Jefferson

Nov. 1.......................NEWBERRY............................... 1:00pm

.................................................................... Vince Reese

Nov. 6.......................at TUSCULUM............................ 7:00pm

........................................................................Jerel Drew .........................................................................Thor Pate

Nov. 15.....................COLLEGE OF FAITH.................. 1:00pm

......................................................................... Trey Bray

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SID.......................................................... Randall Stewart Office Phone.............................................. 828-884-8288 Cell Phone................................................. 864-415-6560

Head Coach Paul Hamilton

Office Fax.................................................. 828-884-8274 Press Box Phone....................................... 864-415-6560 E-mail Address.................. randall.stewart@brevard.edu

8th Season

Internet Address.............................www.bctornados.com SID Mailing Address..................One Brevard College Dr.

Head Coach Paul Hamilton enters his 31st year

........................................................Brevard, N.C. 28712

coaching collegiate football at both the Division I and Division II levels, with 15 years of experience as a head coach. Hamilton is in his seventh year at the

Hamilton’s first break as a head coach came at East Tennessee State, where he

helm of the Tornados.

coached from 1997-2003 and amassed a record of 38-41.

Hamilton began his collegiate football coaching career at the Citadel in 1981

Hamilton then moved on to be the head coach at Elon in 2004 and 2005.

where he coached the receivers. He then moved on to East Tennessee State Uni-

In 2006, Hamilton returned to the Air Force Academy to coach the fullbacks for his

versity where he coached the receivers in 1983 before coaching the quarterbacks

former college coach, Fisher DeBerry.

in 1984-1985 and 1986-1987. Hamilton coached the quarterbacks and served as

Hamilton graduated in 1981 from Appalachian State University where he lettered

the offensive coordinator at Wofford College in 1988-1989.

for three years as quarterback under DeBerry. Hamilton earned his master’s de-

Coach Hamilton served his first coaching stint with the U.S. Air Force Academy

gree in secondary education from The Citadel in 1986.

from 1990-1996. During his last three seasons, he called the offensive plays for

Hamilton and his wife, Jane, a native of Spruce Pine, NC, have three children – a

the Falcons in addition to serving as the quarterbacks coach. Air Force competed

son, Kye and two daughters, Jenna and Alanna.

in four bowl games during Hamilton’s time there and ranked second nationally in rushing and in the top-25 total offense four times.

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Roster No. Name

Pos

Ht.

Wt.

Yr.

Hometown/Previous School

Darrin James

6-3

270

Sr.

Memphis, Tenn./Hamilton HS

5-11

185

Fr.

Williamson, Ga./Pike County HS

Larry Cann III

6-1

250

So.

Bamberg, S.C./Bamberg-Ehrhardt HS

Jackson Vause

Tyler Gregory

Jeremy Chandler

5-11

175

Jr.

Greensboro, N.C./Grimsley HS

Kelvin Jeter

Slot

5-7

160

Sr.

Gastonia, N.C./Forestview HS

Mitch Watson

Andre Overholt

Slot

5-11

175

Sr.

Tryon, N.C./Polk County HS

Chase Robertson

6-2

275

So.

Marcus Lunsford

6-3

215

Jr.

Jacksonville, Fla./Ed White HS

Dale Huffman

5-9

230

Jr.

Hickory, N.C./St. Stephen’s HS

Joseph Applebaum

6-2

255

So.

Greensboro, N.C./Southeast Guilford HS

Anthony Washington DB

5-9

180

Jr.

Jacksonville, Fla./Ed White HS

Tanner Wright

QB/P 6-3

205

Sr.

Clayton, Ga./Rabun County HS

Dylan Dunbar

6-2

270

Jr.

Warner Robins, Ga./Houston County HS

T.J. Lett

Slot

6-2

185

So.

Sanford, N.C./Lee County HS

Cody Anderson

6-4

340

Sr.

Robbinsville, N.C./Robbinsville HS

Reece Schlabach

5-11

170

Fr.

Columbus, N.C./Polk County HS

Ethan Woodie

6-2

270

Sr.

Wilkesboro, N.C./West Wilkes HS

Rodney Garrett

6-0

300

So.

Goose Creek, S.C./Goose Creek HS

Octavius Rice

5-8

175

Fr.

Pendleton, S.C./Pendleton HS

Lucas King

Slot

5-11

170

So.

Burnsville, N.C./Mountain Heritage HS

Dusty Williams

6-3

285

Jr.

Morganton, N.C./Freedom HS

Alex Noboa

5-10

165

Jr.

Deltona, Fla./Chowan University

Lucas Hamrick

6-2

260

So.

Rutherfordton, N.C./R-S Central HS

Kevin Herbst

6-1

210

So.

Charleston, S.C./Bishop England HS

Noah Balcom

6-1

260

Fr.

Asheville, N.C./T.C. Roberson HS

Scott Shinn

5-9

235

Fr.

Greenville, S.C./Southside HS

Ethan Rogerson

6-3

185

So.

Greenville, N.C./South Central HS

Garrett Nestor

P/K

5-11

170

So.

Advance, N.C./Davie County HS

Dylan Hornor

6-3

275

Sr.

Marietta, Ga./Alan C. Pope HS

Lyndon Young

OLB

6-1

205

Fr.

Charleston, S.C./Hanahan HS

Matthew Parce

6-2

220

So.

Hendersonville, N.C./Hendersonville HS

Shon Swett

5-11

180

So.

Charleston, S.C./Cane Bay HS

Josh Turner

5-11

240

Fr.

Douglasville, Ga./Alexander HS

Branden Dagley

5-11

285

So.

Warner Robins, Ga./Houston County HS

Glen Hilliard

6-0

180

Jr.

Topeka, Kan./East Carolina University

Raheem Sheppard

Slot

5-7

160

So.

Preston, Ga./Lakeland HS

Richard Torres, Jr.

5-11

290

Sr.

Laurel, Md./Bowie State University

Casey Shubert

5-10

170

So.

Conyers, Ga./George Walton Academy

J.C. Freeman

6-3

290

Fr.

Hendersonville, N.C./Hendersonville HS

Kevin Rucker

Slot

5-8

170

Fr.

Dayton, Ohio/Mallard Creek HS

Cameron Martin

6-4

220

So.

Greenville, S.C./Gardner-Webb

Zac Queen

6-1

210

Jr.

Mt. Holly, N.C./East Gastonia HS

Shed Pate

Michael Little

OLB

6-1

195

Fr.

High Point, N.C./High Point Central HS

Brian Matias

6-2

235

Jr.

Union City, N.J./Monroe College

Modzelle Atkins

OLB

5-10

205

Jr.

Pelham, Ga./Mitchell County HS

Henry Smith

6-0

170

So.

Raleigh, N.C./Athens Drive HS

Anthony Benjamin

Slot

5-8

160

Fr.

Brevard, N.C./Brevard HS

Alex Drasser

Sawyer Heery

6-0

135

Fr.

Hendersonville, N.C./Hendersonville HS

Tyler Beam

P/K

5-11

170

Fr.

Cherryville, N.C./Cherryville HS

Xavier McEachern

5-6

215

Jr.

Red Springs, N.C./Red Springs HS

Cory Foster

6-3

175

Fr.

Hendersonville, N.C./North Henderson

Arvin Berry

Slot

5-8

185

Fr.

Valdosta, Va./Lowndes HS

Marlowe Macklin II

6-2

170

So.

Brown Summit, N.C./Northeast Guilford

Teddy Manfre

P/K

5-8

155

Fr.

Simpsonville, S.C./Riverside HS

Austin Wright

6-3

225

So.

Maiden, N.C./Maiden HS

Chris Hamrick

6-4

250

So.

Henderson, N.C./Page HS

Glen Hilliard

Josh Orr

5-7

160

Jr.

Concord, N.C./Liberty University

Dezmond Leach

6-2

250

Fr.

Concord, N.C./Mt. Pleasant HS

Juan Hicks

Slot

5-8

180

Sr.

Columbus, N.C./Polk County HS

Michael Dunn

6-0

240

Jr.

Sunny Isles Beach, Fla./Chowan

Clint Spinks

6-0

190

So.

Rutherford College, N.C./Draughn HS

Tyler Flowers

5-10

235

Fr.

Troutman, N.C./South Iredell HS

Henry Pryor

6-2

285

Fr.

Summerville, S.C./Cane Bay HS

Reuben Demosthene DL

6-3

240

Jr.

Spring Valley, N.Y./Monroe College

Raquan Brown

Slot

5-8

200

Fr.

Dallas, N.C./North Gaston HS

Jason Nieradka

OLB

6-1

220

Fr.

Kernersville, N.C./East Forsyth HS

Kyle Steffee

Jordan McMillan

OLB

5-11

195

Fr.

Greensboro, N.C./Weaver Academy

D’Vaungh Kelley

OLB

6-0

200

Fr.

Columbia, S.C./Keenan HS

Jack Woerner

Slot

6-1

195

Sr.

Tiger, Ga./Rabun County HS

Sean Lee

6-3

240

Jr.

Jersey City, N.J./Globe Institute of Tech.

Eddie Slye

ILB

6-0

210

So.

Asheville, N.C./Owen HS

Axel Easter

ILB

6-0

225

Fr.

Graham, N.C./Southern Alamance HS

Sam Miller

Slot

5-5

175

Fr.

Edgewood, Md./Harford Technical HS

Jordan Ollis

5-10

230

Sr.

Columbus, N.C./Air Force Academy

Peter Woerner

DL/LS 6-0

235

Sr.

Tiger, Ga./LaGrange College

Michael Gruber

ILB

6-3

240

Sr.

Walterboro, S.C./Dorchester Academy

Landon Allen

5-11

230

Sr.

Oakboro, N.C./West Stanly HS

Adam Casey

5-11

235

Jr.

Concord, N.C./Mount Pleasant HS

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2013 Individual Statistical Leaders PASSING NAME YR POS GP COMP ATT PCT YDS Y/G Y/A TD INT LG Tanner Wright Jr QB 9 20 38 52.6% 305 33.9 8.0 3 0 43 Kevin Herbst Fr QB 8 10 21 47.6% 243 30.4 11.6 4 3 90 Caleb Stephens Fr QB 6 5 13 38.5% 76 12.7 5.8 1 0 31 RUSHING NAME YR POS GP RUSH YDS Y/G AVG TD LG FUM LOST Kelvin Jeter Sr 11 126 800 72.7 6.3 8 75 1 0 Jordan Ollis Jr FB 11 183 786 71.5 4.3 11 46 3 3 Andre Overholt Jr 11 39 312 28.4 8.0 2 79 - Kevin Herbst Fr QB 8 74 276 34.5 3.7 2 25 5 2 Xavier McEachern So FB 8 43 196 24.5 4.6 0 20 - RECEIVING NAME YR POS GP REC YDS Y/G AVG TD LG Tydrell Wright So WR 11 14 303 27.5 21.6 4 90 Andre Overholt Jr 11 8 167 15.2 20.9 2 36 Jordan Ollis Jr FB 11 5 40 3.6 8.0 2 14 Kelvin Jeter Sr 11 3 41 3.7 13.7 0 25 Sean Lampkin Sr TE 11 3 30 2.7 10.0 0 21 KICKING NAME YR POS GP FGM FGA PCT LG XPM XPA PCT PTS Ben Noboa Sr K 11 4 7 57% 39 41 42 98% 53 PUNTING NAME YR POS GP PUNT YDS AVG LG IN20 FC TB BLK Garrett Nestor Fr K 10 43 1548 36.0 51 9 12 0 1 Tanner Wright Jr QB 9 5 156 31.2 36 1 2 0 0 RETURNS NAME YR POS KR YDS AVG TD LG PR YDS AVG TD LG Andre Overholt Jr 45 1024 22.8 0 57 8 -2 -0.2 0 6 Tydrell Wright So WR 4 87 21.8 0 31 - - - - Jordan Ollis Jr FB 4 60 15.0 0 20 - - - - Xavier McEachern So FB 2 31 15.5 0 16 - - - - Anthony Washington So DB 1 21 21.0 0 21 - - - - SCORING NAME YR POS PTS PTS/G RUSH REC KR PR INT FUM XPM FGM 2PT Jordan Ollis Jr FB 78 7.1 11 2 0 - - - - - Ben Noboa Sr K 53 4.8 - - - - - - 41 4 0 Kelvin Jeter Sr 48 4.4 8 0 - - - - - - Tanner Wright Jr QB 30 3.3 5 - - - - - - - Andre Overholt Jr 24 2.2 2 2 0 0 - - - - - DEFENSE NAME YR POS GP TKL AST TOT SCK YDS TFL YDS FF FR YDS INT Michael Gruber Jr LB 11 44 80 124 - - - 1.5 1 - 1 0 Billy Muscatello Sr LB 11 32 56 88 2 6 3 8 2 2 0 - Landon Allen Jr DL 10 22 40 62 2.5 26 6 39 2 - - - Rufus Jenkins Sr LB 11 34 28 62 2.5 15 8.5 26 - - - Jacob McCleery So DB 11 33 22 55 - - 0.5 0 - - - 4

2013 Team Statistics STATISTICS CATEGORY Games Scoring Points per game Total offense Yards per game Passing yards Comp-Att-Int Passing yards per game Passing yards per attempt Passing yards per completion Passing touchdowns Rushing yards Rushing attempts Rushing yards per game Yards per rush Rushing touchdowns 1st downs Rushing 1st downs Passing 1st downs Penalty 1st downs 1st downs per game 3rd-down conversions 3rd down % 4th-down conversions 4th down % Kick returns (No.-Yards) Kick return average Punt returns (No.-Yards) Punt return average

OVERALL 11 4th 305 6th 27.7 7th 1304 8th 315.6 8th 624 8th 35-73-3 8th 56.7 8th 8.5 3rd 17.8 2nd 8 8th 2848 3rd 613 3rd 258.9 3rd 4.6 3rd 32 3rd 196 8th 154 3rd 24 8th 18 2nd 17.8 8th 53-139 8th 38% 7th 13-22 3rd 59% 3rd 56-1223 1st 21.8 2nd 8--2 8th -0.2 8th

CONF 7 163 23.3 1020 268.1 364 20-49-2 52.0 7.4 18.2 4 1513 383 216.1 4.0 17 111 85 13 13 15.9 33-94 35% 8-15 53% 33-770 23.3 6--2 -0.3

1st 7th 7th 7th 8th 8th 8th 8th 6th 2nd 7th 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd 8th 3rd 8th 1st 8th 7th 7th 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 8th 8th

Field goals Field goal % PATs PAT % Punts (No.-Yards) Average per punt Red zone scores Red zone % Red zone touchdowns Red zone touchdown % Fumbles-lost Fumbles recovered Defensive INTs Interception returns (No.-Yds) Interception return average Defensive TDs Tackles Sacks Penalties Penalty yards Time of possession per game Home Attendance Home Attendance average

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4-7 57.1% 41-42 97.6% 49-1738 35.5 33-39 85% 30-39 77% 18-9 9 10 10-210 21.0 2 782 10 35 291 33:34 8533 2133

8th 8th 4th 1st 8th 7th 6th 4th 5th 1st 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 8th 8th 1st 1st 1st 8th 8th

3-5 60.0% 22-22 100.0% 36-1347 37.4 19-23 83% 17-23 74% 10-5 9 9 9-210 23.3 1 525 7 25 194 34:06 6383 2128

6th 6th 5th 1st 2nd 5th 7th 3rd 5th 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 6th 8th 1st 1st 1st 7th 7th

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21 SAC Titles

Postseason Berths

418 All-SAC Selections

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Stadium.............................................Burke-Tarr Stadium Capacity...................................................................5,500 2013 Record................................................................9-3 2013 SAC Record (Finish)...............................5-2 (t-2nd) Letterwinners returning/lost.....................................82/40 Head Coach................................................... Ken Sparks Alma Mater..................................Carson-Newman, 1968 Record at School (Years)................. 318-86-2 (35 years) Career Record........................................................ Same Best Time To Reach.......................... Weekday mornings Office Number........................................... 865-471-3466 Assistant Coaches.........................................Mike Turner .................................................................. Mike Clowney ....................................................................Dan Redding ..................................................................... John Cryder ................................................................... Aaron Hutsell ..................................................................... Dino Waites .................................................................... David Needs ......................................................................Nick Neveiz ....................................................................Mac Lambert .................................................................... Alan Duncan ...................................................................Gary Williams ........................................................................Alex Good ........................................................................Tony Ierulli SID............................................................ Adam Cavalier Office Phone.............................................. 865-471-3513 Cell Phone................................................. 304-552-4519 Office Fax.................................................. 865-471-3514 Press Box Phone....................................... 727-698-0306 E-mail Address....................................acavalier@cn.edu Internet Address................................www.cneagles.com SID Mailing Address.......................2130 S. Branner Ave.

TIME

Sept. 4......................Edinboro...................................... 7:00pm Sept. 13....................at Wayne State............................ 6:00pm Sept. 20....................at BREVARD............................... 1:00pm Sept. 27....................at CATAWBA............................... 1:30pm Oct. 4........................MARS HILL................................. 1:00pm Oct. 18......................at Tusculum................................. 2:30pm Oct. 25......................North Greenville.......................... 3:00pm Nov. 1.......................LENOIR RHYNE......................... 1:00pm Nov. 8.......................at Newberry................................. 2:00pm Nov. 15.....................WINGATE.................................... 1:00pm SAC games in ALL CAPS

Head Coach Ken Sparks 35th Season As Ken Sparks embarks on his 35th season he does so continuing a battle with a cancer that was diagnosed on June 30, 2012. Christian principles have been the driving force behind Sparks’ coaching career. It was his faith that brought him to CarsonNewman in 1980 and it is his faith that will see him through this latest challenge. In 2012 Sparks made history, becoming only the 11th man in college football to record 300 wins. For Coach Sparks, football is a laboratory of learning where he and his staff strive to develop the whole person – educationally, socially, athletically and spiritually. Along the way, Sparks has developed one of the winningest football programs in the history of the sport. The Eagles have won five NAIA National Titles and played for it six times. A move to NCAA Division II didn’t slow Sparks’ CarsonNewman squad down. The Eagles played for the D-II National Title three times and were a semifinalist in 2009. The rest of the numbers speak for themselves as Sparks has recorded 21 South Atlantic Conference Championships, 24 NCAA or NAIA playoff appearances and a 318-86-2 record. Sparks holds the all-time record for wins in NCAA Division II and, with the recent retirement of St. John’s (Minn.) John Gagliardi and Mount Union’s Larry Kehres, Sparks is the activce leader in coaching wins. In fact, at the start of the 2013 season, he was the only active head coach with more than 265 wins. Sparks was inducted into the inaugural NCAA Division II Hall of Fame Coaches Class in 2010 along with Northwest Missouri State’s Mel Tjeerdsma and West

Alabama’s Bobby Wallace. Coach Sparks is also a member of the South Atlantic Conference Hall of Fame, the Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame, the Carson-Newman Athletic Hall of Fame, the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame and the NAIA Hall of Fame. A native of Knoxville, Tenn., Sparks began his coaching career at Gibbs High School in Knoxville, restarting the football program with a winning season. A year later Sparks coached quarterbacks and wide receivers at Tennessee Tech while earning his Master’s Degree. He coached Morristown East High School for one season before returning to his alma mater, Carson-Newman, to serve as offensive coordinator for then-Carson-Newman head coach Dal Shealy and oversee the track program. Sparks served both teams with distinction, receiving Southern Collegiate Track Coach of the Year honors in 1977. With Sparks running the offense, the 1972 Eagles advanced to their first-ever NAIA Champion Bowl, falling to East Texas State. Sparks took over the Farragut High School football program in 1977, guiding the Admirals to a 29-5 record. Sparks was twice-voted KIL and KFA Coach of the Year. After three seasons, Sparks was asked to take command of the CarsonNewman football program.

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Name Pos TraShaun Ward RB Darvia DuBose QB De’Andre Thomas QB Jerry Miclisse DB Steven Isom WR Ein Jacob CB Noah Suber QB Marcellas Pope RB Anthony Eubanks WR Goose Manning QB Dante’ Thomas DB Lonnie Williams QB Charlie Rhea P Emmanuel Orange S Antonio Cheatham DB Anthony Ball RB Jason Williams DB Michael Ross LB Jamal Jones RB Malik Miles LB Andy Hibbett RB Sean Rawson DB Darryl Eubanks LB Ben Ogle K/P Eric Cain LB Randall Freeman RB Kyler Fry LB Joey Maxberry DE Malachi Tullis DL Keith Reid TE William Anderson DL Derek Evans C Graham Warren LB Caleb Smith DL Nathan Miranda LB Patrick Priest OL Randy Cole OL Tyler Scott OL Chris Easterday OL Dusty Nance LS Matthew Keith OL Jake Walker OL Welsey Thompson OL Austin Lewis OL Robby Ignagni OL Dallas Creamer OL Jordan Taylor OL Dan Gallman OT Steven Wright OL Matt Rust WR Cassadine Blassingame James Phillips TE Aaron Seward WR Devin Thomas WR Colin Smith WR Jarett Blihovde WR Lucas Fishman LB Grant Janeway LB Javaris Neal DL David Way DL Frank Mutter DL Justin Long DL Charles Leavell DL Drew Manning LB Hasan Ali LB Nick Bailey LB Damian Baker RB Celman Bellamy WR Austin Benton LB Devin Black LB Lane Bloom LB Bradley Broady DL Evan Brown DL Noah Bunch LB De’Antoine Cammons CB Michael Caragher OL Ben Clark OL Kyle Coombes LB Tanner Cox QB Collin Crawford OL Treavor Crisp DB David Crumitie DB

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

Wt. 175 192 190 196 220 185 217 190 195 190 175 155 175 195 160 195 160 235 190 219 200 190 195 190 205 210 170 230 220 230 245 275 195 240 210 275 215 270 265 205 245 255 270 280 320 310 291 295 350 175 180 230 180 165 170 183 185 230 245 295 240 220 275 205 215 210 195 180 210 240 205 240 240 210 185 274 295 210 190 270 175 170

Yr. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. R-Jr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Sr. So. R-Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. So. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. So. So. R-Fr. Jr. R-Fr. Jr. R-Fr. R-Fr. R-Fr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. R-Fr. So. Sr. Sr. So R-Fr. R-Fr. Jr. R-Fr. R-Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. R-Fr. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. R-Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So.

Hometown/Previous School Miami, Fla/Coral Reef Darlington, S.C./Darlington Milledgeville, Ga./Baldwin Homestead, Fla./Bayside Palm Bay Alcoa, Tenn./Alcoa Jeanerette, La./Lon Morris Asheville, N.C./Roberson Ellenwood, Ga./Atlanta Metro Pendleton, S.C./Pendleton Chattanooga, Tenn./Ooltewah Dalton, Ga./Dalton Philadelphia, Pa./Mount Pleasant Norcross, Ga./Norcross Naples, Fla./Ga. Southern Memphis, Tenn./White Station Athens, Ga./Pince Ave. Christian Fayetteville, Ga./Fayette County Miami Fla./Bethune-Cookman Chattanooga, Tenn./Lookout Valley Norton, Va./John I. Burton Corryton, Tenn./Gibbs Cape Coral, Fla./Evangelical Christian Hendersonville, Tenn./Station Camp Greeneville, Tenn./Greeneville Jefferson City, Tenn./Jefferson County Ootlewah, Tenn./Ootlewah McLean, Va./Westwood Columbia, S.C./Spring Valley Antioch, Tenn./Caine Ridge Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast Brooksville, Fla./Hernando Alcoa, Tenn./Appalachian State Franklin, Tenn./Franklin Dalton, Ga./Northwest Whitfield Maryville, Tenn./Occidental Athens, Tenn./McMinn County Ooltewah, Tenn./Ooltewah Ringgold, Ga./Ridgeland Powell, Tenn./Powell Lewisburg, Tenn./Marshall County Sevierville, Tenn./Morristown East Newton, N.C./Newton-Conover Morristown, Tenn./Morristown East Ponte Vedra, Fla/.Ponte Vedra Gallatin, Tenn./Station Camp Adairsville, Ga./Adairsville Elizabethton, Tenn./Unaka Naples, Fla./Naples Murfreesboro, Tenn./Oakland Murfreesboro, Tenn./Riverdale Toccoa, Ga./Stephens County Dallas, Texas/Arkansas Tech. Charlotte, N.C./Davidson Day Orlando, Fla./Boome Jacksonville, Fla./Jacksonville Paxon Nashville, Tenn./Chattanooga Morristown, Tenn./Morristown West Johnson City, Tenn./Science Hill Columbia, Tenn./Zion Christian Temple, Ga./S.W. Mississippi CC Church Hill, Tenn./Volunteer Kingsport, Tenn./Dobyns-Bennett Knoxville, Tenn./Farragut Chattanooga, Tenn./Ooltewah San Antonio, Texas/Weber State LaFollette, Tenn./Campbell County Columbus, Miss./N.W. Mississippi CC Orlando, Fla./Orlando Christian Ansbach, Germany/Ansbach American Matthews, N.C./Union Acad. Maryville, Tenn./Chattanooga State Nasheville, Tenn./Hillsboro Ft. Myers, Fla./Heritage Bean Station, Tenn./Grainger County Carrollton, Ga./Carrollton Suwanee, Ga./St. Pius X Duncan, S.C./James F. Byrnes Mt. Juliet, Tenn./Wilson Central Gatlinburg, Tenn./Gatlinburg-Pittman Franklin, Tenn./Centennial Riceville, Tenn./McMinn County Monticello, Fla./N.W. Oklahoma State

Chris Dansby Ben Davenport Kooper Davis Coy DeWeese Antonio Dickerson Jared Dillingham Marvin Frederick Clay Fuller Nate Garcia Thomas Gibbs Ben Hall Darian Harris Noah Hill Eric Hilton Johnathan Holcombe Jawan Holmes Taylor Huey Dee Hunter Kyree Hutchinson Jamar Johnson Kelton Johnson Demetri Kalogeros Shane Keegan Larry Kennedy Davante King Brandon Lindley Tre Maddox Johnathan Mason Hebreu Maxis Zeb McKinney Jeffery McReynolds Robert McWright II Deon Meadows Matthew Melton Zack Miller Logan Miller Jack Mitchell Christian Monday Tyler Morrow Austin Parmer Jay Payton Rashawn Perry Micah Pressley Hunter Priest Stokes Rowe Bernaardino Salas Xavier Satterfield Jacoby Scharklet Chris Sealey Parker Shelton Tanner Sise Dustyn Sloan Khalil Smith Lakin Smith Thomas Spardlin Alexander Stakely Brandon Staton Xavier Stevens Tyler Stewart Sha’heem Stupart Zane Talley Leterrin Thomas Kylon Thornton Ray Tiller Lucas Titlow Stephen Von Mann Cody Watson Lee Wells Michael Whitsey Dalontia Wilson Forrest Wise

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LB 6-3 RB 5-10 OL 5-11 LB 6-1 RB 5-7 WR 6-0 DB 5-10 LB 6-1 TE 6-0 RB 5-8 LB 6-1 RB 5-10 CB 5-10 DL 6-3 DL 6-1 CB 5-8 OL 6-2 RB 5-8 RB 5-8 DB 6-0 OL 5-11 OL 6-2 OL 6-1 WR/DB 6-0 LB 6-2 DB 6-2 DB 6-0 DL/LB 6-2 LB 6-1 DE 6-2 RB 5-10 RB 6-0 LB 5-11 RB 5-9 FB 6-1 OL 6-1 DL 6-2 DT 6-4 WR 6-0 DL 6-4 LB 6-2 WR 5-10 OL 6-4 OL 6-4 OL 6-3 OL 6-2 DE 5-8 RB 6-0 WR 5-6 DB 6-0 LB 6-0 OL 6-0 RB 5-9 OL 6-0 OL 6-2 DB 5-11 LB 6-0 DB 5-10 DB 6-0 RB 5-11 WR 6-1 DL 5-11 LB 5-11 WR 5-7 OL 6-0 LB 5-9 TE 6-5 QB 6-1 CB 6-1 DB 5-10 OL 6-4

227 195 230 215 190 200 177 220 220 180 225 175 170 250 225 165 275 190 142 175 270 225 245 200 215 200 195 235 220 225 180 215 229 160 245 280 280 280 195 275 235 195 260 268 260 278 190 200 157 190 208 285 190 310 285 180 215 166 180 208 200 230 185 160 245 200 236 210 178 143 270

So. R-Fr. R-Fr. Fr. R-Fr. Fr. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. R-Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. R-Fr. Fr.

Nashville, Tenn./Murray State Aragon, Ga./Pepperell Selmer, Tenn./McNairy Central Elliston, Va./Eastern Montgomery Brighton, Tenn./Brighton Central, S.C./D.W. Daniel Orangeburg, S.C./Orangeburg Prep Bessemer City, N.C./Cherryville Cooper City, Fla./Cooper City Cincinnatti, Ohio/Glen Este Vonore, Tenn./Sequoyah Kennesaw, Ga./Carlton J. Kell Nashville, Tenn./Cane Ridge Hollywood, S.C./Holmes CC Knoxville, Tenn./Central Cinicinnati, Ohio/Lakota West White House, Tenn./White House Spring Hill, Tenn./Summit Clarksville, Tenn./Mongomery Central Waycross, Ga./Ware County Knoxville, Tenn./West Knoxville Johnson City, Tenn./Science Hill Ashland City, Tenn./Cheatham County Seymour, Tenn./Seymour Flowery Branch, Ga./Flowery Branch Peoria, Ill./Indiana State Tallahassee, Fla./Southern Miss. Tallahassee, Fla./Lincoln Pompano Beach, Fla./West Hills Coll. Englewood, Tenn./McMinn Central Andersonville, Tenn./Grace Christian Dallas, Texas/Southwest Baptist Smyrna, Tenn./Marshall Powell, Tenn./Webb School of Knoxville Delano, Tenn./Polk County Lenoir City, Tenn./Lenoir City Murfreesboro, Tenn./Riverdale Jacksboro, Tenn./Campbell County Knoxville, Tenn./Karns Thomasville, Ga./Thomas County Cen. Haymarket, Va./Atlanta Sports Acad. LaVergne, Tenn./Ezell Harding Signal Mountain, Tenn./Signal Mountain Tellico Plains, Texas/Tellico Plains Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School Immokalee, Fla./Immokalee Maryville, Tenn./William Blount Portland, Tenn./Portland Milledgeville, Ga./Jackson State Knoxville, Tenn./Lindsey Willson College Sevierville, Tenn./Seymour Jesup, Ga./Wayne County Okeechobee, Fla./Okeechobee Knoxville, Tenn./West Madisonville, Tenn./Sequoyah Madisonville, Tenn./Sequoyah Barnwell, S.C./The Citadel Miami, Fla./Coral Reef Knoxville, Tenn./Karns Taylors, S.C./Wade Hampton Charlotte, N.C./Mallard Creek Knoxville, Tenn./Maryville Memphis, Tenn./Hillcrest Jacksonville, Fla./Stanton College Prep Lenoir City, Tenn./Greenback Hndersonville, Tenn./Beech Rutledge, Tenn./Austin Peay Buckhannon, WVa./West Va. Wesleyan Murfreesboro, Tenn./Lancaster Christian Alcoa, Tenn./Alcoa Hendersonville, Tenn./Hendersonville

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2013 Individual Statistical Leaders PASSING NAME YR POS GP COMP ATT PCT YDS Y/G Y/A TD INT LG De’Andre Thomas So QB 13 118 212 55.7% 1825 140.4 8.6 9 2 63 Ross Hudson So QB 6 1 5 20.0% 11 1.8 2.2 0 0 11 RUSHING NAME YR POS GP RUSH YDS Y/G AVG TD LG FUM LOST Brandon Baker Sr RB 12 145 1076 89.7 7.4 9 69 3 2 De’Andre Thomas So QB 13 194 985 75.8 5.1 20 73 18 6 Tyron Douglas Sr RB 13 165 975 75.0 5.9 9 64 4 2 Andy Hibbett Jr RB 13 136 837 64.4 6.2 9 54 2 2 Randall Freeman Jr RB 12 40 211 17.6 5.3 1 21 1 1 RECEIVING NAME YR POS GP REC YDS Y/G AVG TD LG Luther Walker Sr WR 12 29 488 40.7 16.8 2 55 Trashaun Ward So RB 13 24 344 26.5 14.3 1 53 Anthony Eubanks Jr WR 7 23 390 55.7 17.0 2 63 Steven Isom So WR 6 13 207 34.5 15.9 2 40 Aaron Seward Fr WR 10 11 184 18.4 16.7 0 40 KICKING NAME YR POS GP FGM FGA PCT LG XPM XPA PCT PTS Curt Duncan Sr K 13 17 26 65% 48 58 61 95% 109 PUNTING NAME YR POS GP PUNT YDS AVG LG IN20 FC TB BLK Curt Duncan Sr K 13 43 1664 38.7 59 8 15 3 0 Charlie Rhea Jr FS 4 5 173 34.6 45 2 1 0 0 RETURNS NAME YR POS KR YDS AVG TD LG PR YDS AVG TD LG Trashaun Ward So RB 31 705 22.7 0 81 12 75 6.2 0 21 Marcellas Pope Fr RB 6 200 33.3 0 58 7 43 6.1 0 16 Anthony Ball Jr RB 7 127 18.1 0 27 - - - - Luther Walker Sr WR 4 85 21.2 0 35 - - - - Amaris Fields So DB 2 36 18.0 0 23 - - - - - SCORING NAME YR POS PTS PTS/G RUSH REC KR PR INT FUM XPM FGM 2PT De’Andre Thomas So QB 120 9.2 20 - - - - - - - Curt Duncan Sr K 109 8.4 - - - - - - 58 17 0 Andy Hibbett Jr RB 60 4.6 9 1 - - - - - - Brandon Baker Sr RB 54 4.5 9 0 - - - - - - Tyron Douglas Sr RB 54 4.2 9 0 - - - - - - - DEFENSE NAME YR POS GP TKL AST TOT SCK YDS TFL YDS FF FR YDS INT Jaycob Coleman Sr LB 13 66 71 13 2 8 10.5 33 - 2 0 2 Jonathan Sites Sr LB 13 27 59 86 2 6 8 19 - 3 0 1 Greg Beauduy Sr LB 13 31 53 84 2 15 5.5 23 1 - - 1 Javaris Neal So DE 13 22 40 62 6.5 34 10.5 46 1 2 0 2 Dante Thomas Fr DB 13 29 23 52 - - 0 - 2 1 0 2

OVERALL 13 2nd 489 2nd 37.6 1st 2985 2nd 485.0 1st 1836 6th 119-217-2 6th 141.2 6th 8.5 4th 15.4 4th 9 7th 4469 2nd 774 2nd 343.8 2nd 5.8 2nd 50 2nd 299 2nd 208 2nd 82 6th 9 8th 23.0 2nd 94-202 1st 47% 2nd 19-26 1st 73% 1st 56-1199 2nd 21.4 3rd 19-118 5th 6.2 5th

CONF 7 258 36.9 1531 455.9 777 52-107-2 111.0 7.3 14.9 3 2414 396 344.9 6.1 27 152 110 38 4 21.7 42-100 42% 10-14 71% 31-725 23.4 9-59 6.6

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17-26 65.4% 58-61 95.1% 48-1837 38.3 52-68 76% 39-68 57% 38-18 12 17 17-248 14.6 4 1010 28 108 876 30:15 20227 3371

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10-14 71.4% 30-32 93.8% 27-1071 39.7 28-35 80% 19-35 54% 17-9 8 11 11-111 10.1 3 604 14 55 434 28:47 14660 3665

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Catawba Indians

6 SAC Titles

6 Postseason Berths

278 All-SAC Selections

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43 AllAmericans

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Stadium................................................. Shuford Stadium Capacity................................................................... 4,500

TIME

2013 Record................................................................ 6-5

Sept. 6......................at Davidson................................. 7:00pm

2013 SAC Record (Finish)................................ 3-4 (T4th)

Sept. 13....................at Western Carolina.................... 3:30pm

Letterwinners Returning/Lost................................... 36/20

Sept. 20....................at NEWBERRY........................... 6:00pm

Alma Mater............................................... Catawba, 1992

Head Coach.................................................Curtis Walker

Sept. 27....................CARSON NEWMAN................... 1:30pm

Record at School (Years)............................................ 6-5

Oct. 4........................TUSCULUM................................ 1:30pm

Best Time To Reach.......................... Weekday mornings

Career Record.........................................................Same Office Number............................................704-637-4724

Oct. 11......................at WINGATE................................ 1:30pm

Assistant Coaches........................................ Kevin Brown

Oct. 18......................at UNC Pembroke....................... 1:00pm

...................................................................... Keith Henry

Oct. 25......................BREVARD................................... 1:30pm

.....................................................................Brian Hinson

Nov. 1.......................at MARS HILL............................. 1:00pm

................................................................ Radell Lockhart

Nov. 8.......................North Greenville.......................... 1:30pm

.................................................................... Jordan Smith

..................................................................... Chris Collins

Nov. 15.....................at LENOIR RHYNE..................... 2:00pm

.................................................................... Corey Ready

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SID.................................................................... Jim Lewis

..................................................................Jadwin Bignon Office Phone...............................................704-637-4720 Home Phone...............................................704-639-0915

Head Coach Curtis Walker

Cell Phone..................................................704-252-0974

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E-mail Address.............................. jdlewis@catawba.edu

Office Fax...................................................704-645-4568 Press Box Phone........................................704-645-4547

Curtis Walker became the Head Football Coach at Catawba in December of 2012. He returns to his alma mater after spending one season as the defensive coordinator and linebacker coach at Western Carolina University. Prior to his year in Cullowhee, Walker spent 10 years as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Coastal Carolina University. During Walker’s 10 seasons in Conway, the Chanticleers had four players on the defensive side garner All-America accolades, while players within his defense earned a combined 44 All-Big South accolades as the Chanticleers captured three straight Big South Conference titles (2004-06). Coastal also won the league championship in 2010. Under Walker, Coastal led the league in pass defense in 2006, ‘07 and `08. On the strength of 18 interceptions in `07, the Chanticleers ranked sixth nationally in turnover margin (1.36). In 2006, Coastal’s defense tied for the national lead with 19 interceptions. Walker’s defense led the nation in pass efficiency defense and contributed to the top turnover margin in the country, setting a Big South record at plus 22. Coastal twice led the nation in interceptions, getting 19 in 2006 and 27 in 2004. Walker was a four-year starter and three-time All-American linebacker for Catawba in 1989-92, graduating in 1992 with a degree in sociology. He was inducted

Internet Address.................. www.gocatawbaindians.com SID Mailing Address.............................2300 W. Innes St. ....................................................... Salisbury, NC 28144

into the Catawba Sports Hall of Fame in 2004 and into the South Atlantic Conference Hall of Fame in 2008. Walker was Catawba’s team most valuable player in 1991 and served as team captain in 1992. Following graduation from Catawba and a two-year coaching period at Salisbury High School, Walker joined the staff at Catawba in 1995. He coached the linebackers and began coordinating all recruiting in 1997. Walker was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2001 and the Indians were ranked first in Division II in scoring defense and 15th in total defense. At Catawba, Walker was a part of three South Atlantic Conference championships (1996, 2000 and 2001) and three NCAA playoff appearances (1999, 2000 and 2001). The Indians were a combined 22-3 in 2000-01, a lot of the success due to a suffocating defense. Catawba allowed just 13.5 points per game during those 25 games. Walker and his wife, Sheka, have two sons; Jalon (10) and Curtis II (8).

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Roster No. 3 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 21 22 25 27 28 30 31 33 35 36 37 39 41 43 44 47 50 51 54 58 64 65 70 71 72 73 74 76 77 78 79 80 82 83 84 87 88 90 91 92 93 96

Name David Burgess Carlos Tarrats Montravius Evans Mike Sheehan Richard Shuping LaRobert Mims Tyler Hamilton Jason Williams Trey Mashore Terence Williams Chris Carpenter Gary Williams Cary Littlejohn Mark McDaniel Brandon Brown Ed Robinson IV Tre Ford Jason Taylor Jalen Forrest R.J. Beaty Troy Mitchell Andrew Gibson Andy Hunt Philip George Calvin Jones Chad Hollandsworth Jamal Lackey Dallie Holder Steven Bartlett Mark Covert Abiye Fubara Christopher Cain Lewis McCormick Tim Pangburn Drew Morgan Tim Buck TJ Olsen Taylor Fender Brandon Floyd Steven Porter Stephen Davis Bruce Smith DJ Abraham Dalton Pierce Trey Suber Shawn Galloway Hunter Lee Gabriel Evans Kegan Funderburk CJ Barksdale Jonathan Jean Derrick Lee Diante Hodges Josh Edwards Reid Flippin Malik Frazier Nathan Lambert Nic Richardson Aljere Adams Josh Beaman Zach Beck Trevor Bembry Caleb Berry

Pos RB WR LB QB QB WR TE WR RB DB DB DB RB DB DB LB LB LB LB LB K/P K/P TE DB LB K/P LB OL LS OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL DL WR WR WR WR WR TE DL DL DL DL DL WR RB QB WR QB LB DB OL DE DL K/P

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

Wt. 175 170 195 175 190 175 230 190 170 165 170 170 185 185 170 205 195 220 195 210 170 185 200 190 190 185 190 260 205 260 300 280 260 310 285 280 265 315 250 305 300 195 160 160 170 175 215 245 305 250 280 260 190 170 190 175 190 190 175 220 220 245 210

Yr. So So So So Sr So Sr Jr Sr So So Jr Jr Jr So Jr So Sr So So So RFr RFr Sr So Jr So So So Jr So RFr Jr Jr So Jr So Sr So RFr Sr So So Sr So Jr So Sr So Jr Jr Jr So Jr RFr RFr RFr Jr Fr Fr Fr Fr Fr

Hometown/Previous School Morganton,NC/Freedom Jacksonville,FL/Raines Barnesville,GA/Lamar Co. Wilmington,NC/Laney Jamestown,NC/Providence Grove Orange Park, FL/Oakleaf Charlotte,NC/Vance Charlotte,NC/Hopewell Woodleaf,NC/W.Rowan Duluth,GA/Duluth Fredericksburg,VA/Courtland Southport, NC/S.Brunswick Columbus,NC/Polk Co. China Grove,NC/S.Rowan Durham,NC/N.Durham Callahan,FL/Paxon School Gastonia,NC/Hunter Huss Bahama,NC/Northern Winston-Salem,NC/E.Forsyth Spartanburg,SC/Boiling Springs Hamptonville,NC/N.Iredell Albemarle,NC/N.Stanly Mt. Pleasant,NC/Mt. Pleasant Columbia,SC/Coastal Carolina Olney, MD/Our Lady of Good Counsel Kernersville,NC/E.Forsyth Mocksville,NC/Davie Co. Liberty,SC/Liberty Gastonia, NC/Forestview Mooreville,NC/Mooresville Angier,NC/Harnett Central China Grove,NC/Carson Greensboro,NC/Dudley Mount Ulla,NC/W.Rowan Charlotte,NC/Independence Jacksonville,NC/SW Onslow Pineville,NC/Charlotte Catholic Burnsville,NC/Mountain Heritage Charlotte,NC/S.Mecklenburg Concord,NC/Mt. Pleasant Mascotte,FL/S.Sumter Winston-Salem,NC/N.Davidson Charlotte,NC/Olympic Mooresville,NC/Mooresville Columbia,SC/Irmo Rockwell,NC/E.Rowan Mooresville,NC/Mooresville Fayetteville,NC/Pine Forest Pageland,SC/Central Pageland Simpsonville,SC/Hillcrest Orange Park, FL/Fleming Island Siler City,NC/Jordan-Matthews Fayetteville, NC/EE Smith Bear Creek,NC/Chatham Central Greensboro,NC/W.Guilford Conway,SC/Conway China Grove,NC/S.Rowan Charlotte,NC/Mallard Creek Whiteville,NC/Whiteville Troy,NC/W.Montgomery Lexington,NC/W.Davidson Prince George,VA/Prince George Lexington,SC/Lexington

Troy Cain TE Reid Carlton QB Christian Diaz TE Troy Durham OLB Romante Frasier ATH Bernardo Granados K Jordan Grant OL Phillip Hall DB Joshua House RB Myles Hughes DB Austin Humphries TE DJ Jackson DB Dantereus James RB Kyle Kitchens LB Jared Lee DB Briggs Lunsford LB Braxton McCall DL Donte Means DB Taylor Morrison DB Jourdan Osinskie TE Michael Peppers LB Jeremiah Rowland DB Quinzavious Sands OL Cody Sifford OL Alec Slusser DB Eamon Smart RB Ray Smith DB Austin Stilley LB Alex Thornton QB Riley Weber WR Keyon West WR Terry Whitehead DL Tishay Ferrell Elijah Ladieu Marquez Robbs Saig Skeen Dominique Walker Keylan Ceasar Devon Miller Marvin Motley Jared Story Australia Miller Taurus Watkins

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

220 230 235 190 160 165 220 185 170 195 200 175 175 205 185 190 230 165 170 230 225 180 280 260 190 215 175 195 180 185 170 240

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Hope Mills,NC/Southview Lecanto,FL/Trinity Catholic Cape Coral,FL/Island Coast Hampton,VA/Phoebus Summerville,SC/Cane Bay Norwood,NC/S. Stanly Lincolnton,NC/W.Lincoln Cameron,NC/Union Pines Iva,SC/Crescent Decatur,GA/Miller Grove Thomasville,NC/Ledford Powder Springs,GA/Hiram Charlotte,NC/Berry Decatur,GA/Decatur Forest Hills,NC/Forest Hills Troutman,NC/S.Iredell Fayetteville,NC/Pine Forest Salisbury,NC/E.Rowan Goose Creek,SC/Stratford Greensboro,NC/S. Alamance Clemson,SC/Daniel Raleigh,NC/SE Raleigh Douglasville,GA/Douglas Co. Newton,NC/Newton-Conover Cary,NC/Panther Creek Cape Coral,FL/Cape Coral Spartanburg,SC/Dorman Thomasville,NC/Ledford Concord,NC/Robinson Salisbury,NC/E.Rowan HS N. Augusta,SC/N.Augusta Raleigh,NC/Garner

5-6

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Concord,NC/NW Cabarrus

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2013 Individual Statistical Leaders PASSING NAME YR POS GP COMP ATT PCT YDS Y/G Y/A TD INT LG Danny Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien Sr QB 10 248 365 67.9% 2490 249.0 6.8 15 6 50 Mike Sheehan Fr QB 9 19 33 57.6% 290 32.2 8.8 1 1 74 RUSHING NAME YR POS GP RUSH YDS Y/G AVG TD LG FUM LOST Cary Littlejohn So RB 10 109 574 57.4 5.3 5 31 - David Burgess Fr RB 10 95 386 38.6 4.1 6 24 2 0 Trey Mashore Jr RB 11 66 176 16.0 2.7 0 16 3 2 Mike Sheehan Fr QB 9 31 161 17.9 5.2 0 49 - Lorenzo Pooler Fr RB 7 34 149 21.3 4.4 1 58 - - RECEIVING NAME YR POS GP REC YDS Y/G AVG TD LG Nate Charest Sr WR 11 73 818 74.4 11.2 5 68 Carlos Tarrats Fr WR 10 45 480 48.0 10.7 7 74 David Burgess Fr RB 10 27 294 29.4 10.9 2 50 Tyler Hamilton Jr TE 11 27 360 32.7 13.3 1 45 Bruce Smith So WR 11 21 259 23.5 12.3 1 38 KICKING NAME YR POS GP FGM FGA PCT LG XPM XPA PCT PTS Chad Hollandsworth So K 9 6 10 60% 47 24 27 89% 42 Troy Mitchell Fr K 8 1 1 100% 32 3 6 50% 6 PUNTING NAME YR POS GP PUNT YDS AVG LG IN20 FC TB BLK Chad Hollandsworth So K 9 57 1945 34.1 55 12 20 3 0 Troy Mitchell Fr K 8 9 288 32.0 45 1 2 0 0 RETURNS NAME YR POS KR YDS AVG TD LG PR YDS AVG TD LG LJ McCray Sr DB 21 477 22.7 0 50 - - - - Brandon Brown Fr DB 14 225 16.1 0 33 - - - - LaRobert Mims Fr WR 7 150 21.4 0 33 - - - - Quan Rucker Sr WR 3 56 18.7 0 38 - - - - Lorenzo Pooler Fr RB 1 20 20.0 0 20 - - - - - SCORING NAME YR POS PTS PTS/G RUSH REC KR PR INT FUM XPM FGM 2PT David Burgess Fr RB 48 4.8 6 2 - - - - - - Carlos Tarrats Fr WR 48 4.8 1 7 - 0 - - - - Chad Hollandsworth So K 42 4.7 - - - - - - 24 6 0 Nate Charest Sr WR 30 2.7 - 5 - 0 - - - - Cary Littlejohn So RB 30 3.0 5 0 - - - - - - - DEFENSE NAME YR POS GP TKL AST TOT SCK YDS TFL YDS FF FR YDS INT Jason Taylor Jr LB 11 57 48 105 2 12 7 34 1 - - LJ McCray Sr DB 11 43 35 78 1.5 17 3.5 24 1 - - Jacob Hanes Sr LB 8 27 33 60 1 9 3.5 13 - 1 0 Dennis McFatten Sr LB 11 22 26 48 2 16 5 19 - - - Jalen Forrest Fr LB 11 28 19 47 1 4 4.5 13 - - - 1

OVERALL 11 262 23.8 1417 390.6 2848 268-399-7 258.9 7.1 10.6 17 1449 420 131.7 3.4 16 233 97 120 16 21.2 68-170 40% 11-19 58% 49-950 19.4 9-38 4.2

CONF 4th 8th 8th 7th 6th 4th 3rd 4th 8th 8th 5th 6th 5th 6th 7th 6th 5th 5th 3rd 4th 5th 4th 6th 5th 4th 5th 5th 6th 6th

7 159 22.7 703 389.0 1831 172-262-7 261.6 7.0 10.6 11 892 260 127.4 3.4 11 150 64 77 9 21.4 44-107 41% 7-14 50% 33-584 17.7 6-35 5.8

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7-11 63.6% 27-33 81.8% 67-2233 33.3 33-37 89% 27-37 73% 13-6 8 7 7-114 16.3 2 801 21 70 634 31:40 14896 2483

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3-5 60.0% 14-20 70.0% 38-1252 32.9 22-25 88% 19-25 76% 9-6 3 3 3-9 3.0 0 512 11 43 411 31:15 9261 2315

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Lenoir-Rhyne Bears

6 SAC Titles

2 Postseason Berth

214 All-SAC Selections

2014 SAC Football

25 AllAmericans

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Stadium................................................... Moretz Stadium Capacity................................................................... 8,500 2013 Record.............................................................. 13-2 2013 SAC Record (Finish)...................................7-0 (1st) Letterwinners Returning/Lost................................... 68/28 Head Coach.................................................... Ian Shields Alma Mater........................................Oregon State, 1994 Record at School (Years).................................. First Year Career Record........................................................... 7-15 Best Time To Reach.................................Early afternoon Office Number............................................828-328-7121 Assistant Coaches............................................. Tom Simi ....................................................................... Tom Casey ..............................................................Mayur Chaudhari ................................................................. Sam Perryman ..................................................................... Aaron Brock ....................................................................Justin Harper ....................................................................Arketa Banks ................................................................. Jake Copeland ........................................................................Alan Darlin .....................................................................Jesse Green ................................................................. Jonathan Dally ........................................................................A.J. Hopke SID...................................................................John Karrs Office Phone...............................................828-328-7174 Home Phone...............................................828-261-9973 Office Fax...................................................828-328-7399 Press Box Phone........................................828-328-7780 E-mail Address.....................................john.karrs@lr.edu Internet Address....................................www.lrbears.com SID Mailing Address.................................. P.O. Box 7356 ......................................................... Hickory, N.C. 28603

TIME

Sept. 6......................Point............................................ 7:00pm Sept. 13....................at Virginia State........................... 2:00pm Sept. 20....................at WINGATE................................ 1:30pm Sept. 27....................TUSCULUM................................ 7:00pm Oct. 4........................at BREVARD............................... 6:00pm Oct. 11......................North Greenville.......................... 2:00pm Oct. 18......................at NEWBERRY........................... 4:00pm Oct. 25......................MARS HILL................................. 2:00pm Nov. 1.......................at CARSON-NEWMAN............... 1:00pm Nov. 8.......................at Alderson Broaddus................ 12:00pm Nov. 15.....................at CATAWBA............................... 2:00pm SAC games in ALL CAPS

Head Coach Ian Shields 1st Season

Ian Shields will begin his first season at Head Football Coach at Lenoir-Rhyne in 2014. Hired on January 14, 2014, Shields becomes the 20th Head Coach in school history and takes over a program which advanced to the NCAA Division II National Championship game this past December. Shields comes to Lenoir-Rhyne after spending the past five seasons as Offensive Coordinator at Army (2009-13). Prior to the 2013 campaign, Shields was elevated to Associate Head Coach. Last year, Army finished with the third-best rushing offense in NCAA Division I at 309.8 yards per game. Under Shields, Army also led the nation in rushing in both 2011 (346.9 ypg) and 2012 (a school-record 369.8 yards per game) while having the triple-option offense in place. In addition, the 2011 squad was the first in U.S. Military Academy history to crack the 4,000-yard mark (4,158) on the ground while the 2012 team set a school record for total yards (5,235) on offense. Shields also coached Trent Steelman (2009-12), one of the most prolific quarterbacks in school history. Steelman set Army records in rushing attempts (772), rushing yards (3,320) and 100-yard rushing games (12) by a quarterback. Steelman also broke the school records for career rushing touchdowns (45) and became the first Black Knight to both rush and pass for 2,000 yards in a career. Shields was also part of a staff that led Army to its first bowl victory in 25 years in 2009, a win over SMU in the Armed Forces Bowl. Prior to Army, Shields served one year as offensive coordinator and assistant head coach in 2008 at California Polytechnic University and led the squad to the nation’s-best scoring offense (44.6 ppg) and total offense (490 ypg). Cal Poly also won the Great West Conference Championship, earned a No. 8 national ranking

and produced two First-Team All-Americans. Shields was also the Head Coach at Eastern Oregon (2006-07), where led the squad to a winning campaign in 2006 after being picked to finish last and coached six all-conference players and three NAIA Academic All-Americans. Shields’ other coaching stints included offensive coordinator at Cal Poly (200405), Bucknell (2003), Saint Mary’s (2000-02) and Eastern Oregon (1997-99). Shields takes over a program which just completed one of its best seasons in school history. L-R finished the 2013 campaign with a 13-2 record while advancing to the NCAA Division II National Championship game before falling to Northwest Missouri State, 43-28. L-R also fashioned a perfect 7-0 record in league play en route to its third straight South Atlantic Conference Championship and a No. 2 final national ranking this past year. Shields, a 1994 graduate of Oregon State in speech communication, was a threeyear letterwinner (1991-93) as a quarterback for the Beavers and served as the team’s starter in 1993. Shields earned his master’s in interdisciplinary studies from Oregon State in 1996, where he also started his coaching career as a graduate assistant. Shields and his wife, Norma, a former collegiate volleyball player at Eastern Oregon, are the proud parents of three sons: Beau, Jonah and Jordan.

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Name Vince Njoku Miles Freeman Chris Robinson Michael Patrick Treyvon Parker Greg Baker Tyler Williams Jolen Briggs Evin Sims Michael Clare Chris Shaffer Greyson Wells Kyle Dugger Kale Youtzy Rashad Mathis Joe Anderson Victor Brannan Cliff Barrett Jarrod Spears C.J. Cody Justin Keyes Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;neil Blake Kevin Eckel Demetrius Leysath Langston Williams Clay Mazza Marcus Kincaid Rodney Singleton James Phillips Collis Clark Justin Haney Marcus Davis Ryan Moore William Griffith Daniel Adams Isaiah Whitaker Cedric Harris Calvin Edwards Tanner Botts Chris Bridges Jerry Shippy Andrew Bruce Stephen Amoah Jordan Forney Brandon Smith John Amodeo Hunter Haire Tyler Botts Tanner Robinson Brandon Hudson Jamison Chalmers Ryan Broskie Ryan Henry Jacob Slagle Paul Sloan Dale Howard Chase Harris Keyon Reed Jim Bayer Lucas Hayes Josh Holbrooks K.J. Billingsley Calvin Howard Callan Gillison Chris Phillips Jacob Southerland John Gowan Joe Ray Tyler Evans Logan Reach Tyler Newhouse Matt Villanti Tony Patman Bryan Veazey Alec Pratt Issac Saxon Justin Powell Adrian Hart

Pos RB QB RB RB QB WR QB DB QB RB DB WR DB DB ATH DB WR DB RB DB DB DB RB DB DB WR DB DB RB DB LB LB RB DB DB FB LB ATH LB RB LB LB LB LB RB RB K LB LB LB OL OL OL OL DL OL RB/LB DL OL DL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL K DL

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

Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous School 200 Woodstock, Ga./River Ridge HS 205 Sr. Sacramento, Calif./Coll. of San Mateo 205 Sr. Newnan, Ga./Newnan HS 205 Jr. Atlanta, Ga./United States Naval Acad. 185 Fr.-RS Blacksburg, S.C./Blacksburg HS 180 Sr. Woodbine, Ga./Camden County HS 185 Fr. Fuquay-Varina, N.C./Fuquay-Varina HS 185 So. Jacksonville, Fla./Western Kentucky 170 Fr.-RS Greenwood, S.C./Greenwood HS 195 Fr.-RS Nassau, BAHAMAS/Archbishop Carroll 200 Jr. Charlotte, N.C./Providence HS 185 Jr. West Jefferson, N.C./Ashe County HS 175 Fr. Fayetteville, Ga./Whitewater HS 195 Fr. North Port, Fla./Venice HS 180 Fr.-RS Valdosta, Ga./Valwood HS 180 Sr. Lilburn, Ga./Parkview HS 185 So. Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern HS 195 Fr.-RS Columbia, S.C./Irmo HS 190 Sr. Bunnlevel, N.C./Harnett Central HS 170 So. Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern HS 170 Fr.-RS Orange Park, Fla./Fleming Island HS 190 Sr. Kissimmee, Fla./Glenville State Coll. 225 Sr. Haverford, Pa./United States Naval Acad 185 Fr.-RS Trenton, S.C./Strom Thurmond HS 190 Jr. Atlanta, Ga./Lakeside HS 220 Jr. Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./PV Beach HS 175 So. Morganton, N.C./Freedom HS 195 So. Hawthorne, Fla./Hawthorne HS 205 So. Carrollton, Ga./Carroll Central HS 170 Jr. Marietta, Ga./Marietta HS 205 Fr.-RS Powder Springs, Ga./Hillgrove HS 200 Fr.-RS Ocala, Fla./Vanguard HS 200 Fr. Norcross, Ga./Meadowcreek HS 180 Sr. Havelock, N.C./Chowan Univ. 190 Fr.-RS Greenwood, S.C./Emerald HS 210 Sr. Salisbury, N.C./Salisbury HS 210 Fr.-RS Gainesville, Ga./Hillgrove HS 175 Fr. Salisbury, N.C./East Rowan HS 215 Sr. Lawrenceville, Ga./Peachtree Ridge HS 200 Fr. Morganton, N.C./Freedom HS 190 So. Tucker, Ga./Tucker HS 205 Fr. Fort Mill, S.C./Nations Ford HS 215 Jr. Charlotte, N.C./David W. Butler HS 225 So. Belmont, N.C./South Point HS 175 So. Lilesville, N.C./Anson County HS 220 Fr. Glendale, Calif./Village Christian HS 185 So. Longwood, Fla./Wake Forest 215 Sr. Lawrenceville, Ga./Peachtree Ridge HS 210 So. Melbourne, Fla./Vierra HS 200 Fr.-RS Charlotte, N.C./Zebulon B. Vance HS 235 Sr. Greenwood, S.C./Greenwood HS 280 Fr. St. Johns, Fla./Oakleaf HS 265 Fr. Richmond, Va./Benedictine College Prep 240 So. Sharpsburg, Ga./Northgate HS 280 Fr.-RS Darien, Ga./McIntosh HS 285 Jr. Baxley, Ga./United States Naval Acad. 225 Fr.-RS East Flat Rock, N.C./East Henderson 260 Fr. Palm Bay, Fla./Palm Bay HS 275 Sr. Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hill HS 280 Fr.-RS Taylorsville, N.C./Alexander Central HS 280 Sr. Mooresville, N.C./Mooresville HS 275 Fr.-RS Fitzgerald, Ga./Irwin County HS 260 Fr.-RS Kennesaw, Ga./Allatoona HS 275 So. Alpharetta, Ga./Chattahoochee HS 315 So. Elm City, N.C./Ralph L. Fike HS 250 So. Smyrna, Ga./Fork Union Military Acad. 225 Fr.-RS Marion, N.C./McDowell HS 270 Jr. Atlanta, Ga./Druid Hills HS 300 Fr.-RS Brookwood, Ga./Brookwood HS 250 So. Bishop, Ga./Oconee County HS 275 Fr. Garner, N.C./Wake Forest-Rolesville HS 280 Sr. Katy, Texas/United States Military Acad.) 280 Fr. Commerce, Ga./Commerce HS 300 So. Broxton, Ga./Coffee County HS 290 Fr.-RS Vincennes, Ind./Lincoln HS 290 Fr.-RS Fayetteville, Ga./Sandy Creek HS 170 Sr. Connelly Springs, N.C./East Burke HS 270 Jr. Stafford, Va./North Stafford HS

82 Drayton Queen LS 83 Patrick Rendleman WR 84 Edward Blackburn WR/P 85 Ray Wilson-Beam WR 86 Alec Philpott DB 87 Michael Destephens P 88 Dahquan Pauling DB 89 Austin Barker K/P 90 Stewart Sherrill LS 91 Lendre Sparrow DL 92 Xavier Gill DL 93 Jaleel Roberts DL 94 Weston Simmons DL 95 Kalen Elkins DL 96 Chris Green DL 97 Blake Baker DL 98 Placid Ajoku LB 99 Myles Braswell-Sample Troy Ailes OL Kendrick Bailey DL Beau Barger QB Jeremy Bell DB Jourden Blackmon DB Jaxon Bounds LB Jordan Bradley LB Tyler Bray RB Mace Brown FB Cameron Burton OL Kaleb Butler RB Brandon Carter QB Charles Clark LB Earl Cobb ATH John Falera DE Jorelle Farmer RB Dalton Ferguson DL Richard Hall RB Alex Harrington RB Walker Harrison ATH Justin Hensley DB Matt Jackson K Teonce Jones OL Michael Larmer RB Quad Lawrence ATH John Lawson RB Phil Lillie DB Jahiz Linebarger RB Chase McMurray DL Ivan Milliken DB Mike Mitchell DB Sam Newhouse DL George Porter RB Elliot Rawls DL Paul Regan DB Ben Ritchie OL Keenan Scott RB Michael Showers DB David Sledge DL Nicco Stepina QB Christian Stover ATH Omar Todman DL Tyree Ward RB Derick Weber LB Milton Whelchel WR David Wilkerson LB Daniel Wilson LB

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

185 185 210 190 180 185 180 180 250 225 230 275 245 230 270 250 250 6-0 270 240 195 175 200 195 240 185 195 255 210 185 185 180 205 200 225 175 220 150 180 190 330 180 190 195 185 170 295 180 180 240 185 255 200 245 185 190 260 175 230 240 185 200 170 250 230

Jr. Gaffney, S.C./Gaffney HS Jr. Lincolnton, N.C./Lincolnton HS So. Kings Mountain, N.C./Kings Mountain So. Morganton, N.C./Freedom HS Fr.-RS Mill Spring, N.C./Polk County HS So. Gainesville, Fla./Buchholz HS Fr.-RS Charlotte, N.C./West Mecklenburg HS So. Low Gap, N.C./North Surry HS So. Statesville, N.C./Statesville HS Jr. Green Cove Springs, Fla./Clay HS So. Wake Forest, N.C./WF-Rolesville Fr.-RS Charlotte, N.C./Providence HS Fr. Snellville, Ga./South Gwinnett HS Fr.-RS Charlotte, N.C./Ardrey Kell HS So. Albany, Ga./Westover HS Sr. Bethlehem, N.C./Alexander Central HS Jr. Powder Springs, Ga./Hillgrove HS 275 Fr.-RS Chapel Hill, N.C./N. Durham HS Fr. Vero Beach, Fla./Fort Pierce Central HS Fr. Durham, N.C./Northern Durham HS Fr. Garner, N.C. /Wake Christian Acad. Fr. Acworth, Ga./North Cobb HS Fr.-RS Chapel Hill, N.C./Northwood HS Fr. Abilene, Texas/Wylie HS Fr. Charlotte, N.C./Providence HS Fr. Belmont, N.C./South Point HS Fr. Fayetteville, Ga./Sandy Creek HS Fr. Fairview, N.C./A.C. Reynolds HS Fr. Lebanon, Tenn./Wilson Central HS Fr. Collinsville, Va./Martinsville HS Fr. Wake Forest, N.C./Heritage HS Fr. Augusta, Ga. /Glenn Hills HS Fr. Charlotte, N.C./Providence HS Fr.-RS Wilson, N.C./Ralph L. Fike HS Fr. Mayodan, N.C./McMichael HS Fr. Smithfield, N.C./Southern Nash HS Fr.-RS Peoria, Ill./Eastern Illinois Univ. Fr. Troy, N.C/West Montgomery HS Fr. Greensboro, N.C./Southwest Guilford So. Lexington, N.C./Lexington HS Fr.-RS High Point, N.C./T. Wingate Andrews Fr. West Palm Beach, Fla./Dwyer HS Fr. Hickory, N.C./Bunker Hill HS Fr. Monticello, Ga./Piedmont Acad. Fr. Lake Butler, Fla./Union County HS Fr. Hickory, N.C./Hickory HS Fr. Hendersonville, N.C./Polk County HS Fr. Greensboro, N.C./T. Wingate Andrews Fr. Ocala, Fla./Vanguard HS Fr. Garner, N.C./WF-Rolesville HS Fr. Chattanooga, Tenn./Baylor School Fr. Greensboro, N.C./Southeast Guilford HS Fr.-RS Denver, N.C./North Lincoln HS Fr.-RS Salisbury, N.C./Salisbury HS Fr. Greensboro, N.C./Northwest Guilford HS Fr. Jacksonville, Fla./William M. Raines HS Fr.-RS Yokosuka, JAPAN/Methodist Coll. Fr. Casey, Ill./Casey-Westfield HS Fr. High Point, N.C./Southern Guilford HS Fr. Charlotte, N.C./Mallard Creek HS Fr. Statesville, N.C./Statesville HS Fr. Gastonia, N.C./Ashbrook HS Fr. Gainesville, Ga./East Hall HS Fr. Danville, Calif./Monte Vista HS Fr. Weaver, Ala./Weaver HS

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2013 Individual Statistical Leaders PASSING NAME YR POS GP COMP ATT PCT YDS Y/G Y/A TD INT LG Miles Freeman So QB 9 35 73 47.9% 632 70.2 8.7 6 3 73 Josh Justice Jr QB 7 8 9 88.9% 132 18.9 14.7 2 0 59 Teverrius Jones So QB 9 3 17 17.6% 78 8.7 4.6 1 0 58 RUSHING NAME YR POS GP RUSH YDS Y/G AVG TD LG FUM LOST Jarrod Spears Jr RB 15 112 984 65.6 8.8 7 52 3 1 Miles Freeman So QB 9 175 968 107.6 5.5 11 56 7 3 Isaiah Whitaker Jr FB 15 207 912 60.8 4.4 10 49 2 2 Graham Duncan Sr RB 15 86 763 50.9 8.9 3 51 2 1 Michael Patrick So RB 14 68 428 30.6 6.3 5 34 - - RECEIVING NAME YR POS GP REC YDS Y/G AVG TD LG Greyson Wells So WR 15 19 410 27.3 21.6 7 59 Jarrod Spears Jr RB 15 10 184 12.3 18.4 2 73 Greg Baker Jr RB 15 9 168 11.2 18.7 0 42 Graham Duncan Sr RB 15 4 46 3.1 11.5 0 20 Corron Boston Sr RB 13 2 10 0.8 5.0 0 10 KICKING NAME YR POS GP FGM FGA PCT LG XPM XPA PCT PTS Zach Neumann Sr K 15 14 19 74% 47 59 64 92% 101 Justin Powell Jr K 15 1 3 33% 47 - - - 3 PUNTING NAME YR POS GP PUNT YDS AVG LG IN20 FC TB BLK Austin Barker Fr K 13 44 1713 38.9 61 12 13 1 1 Zach Neumann Sr K 15 5 156 31.2 43 0 0 0 0 Hunter Haire Fr K 2 4 142 35.5 39 1 1 0 0 RETURNS NAME YR POS KR YDS AVG TD LG PR YDS AVG TD LG Jarrod Spears Jr RB 31 718 23.2 1 98 - - - - Graham Duncan Sr RB 6 103 17.2 0 25 - - - - Michael Patrick So RB 6 57 9.5 0 18 2 6 3.0 0 7 Chris Robinson Jr FB 2 36 18.0 0 31 - - - - James Phillips Fr RB 1 14 14.0 0 14 - - - - - SCORING NAME YR POS PTS PTS/G RUSH REC KR PR INT FUM XPM FGM 2PT Zach Neumann Sr K 101 6.7 0 - - - - - 59 14 0 Miles Freeman So QB 66 7.3 11 - - - - - - - - Josh Justice Jr QB 66 9.4 10 - - - - - - - 3 Jarrod Spears Jr RB 60 4.0 7 2 1 - - - - - - Isaiah Whitaker Jr FB 60 4.0 10 0 - - - - - - - Greyson Wells So WR 44 2.9 - 7 - - - - - - 1 DEFENSE NAME YR POS GP TKL AST TOT SCK YDS TFL YDS FF FR YDS INT Tanner Botts Jr LB 15 57 77 134 3.5 24 9.5 41 3 - - 1 Myer Nolan Sr DB 15 50 50 100 6.7 1 4 4 17 1 - - Michael Green Sr DB 15 55 33 88 - - 8 15 1 2 0 8 Joe Anderson Jr RB 15 45 33 78 1 5 3.5 9 1 - - 1 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil Blake Jr DB 15 50 26 76 - - 9 15 - 1 0 3 R. Singleton Fr DB 15 29 41 70 3.5 24 5.5 27 - - - 1

2013 Team Statistics STATISTICS CATEGORY Games Scoring Points per game Total offense Yards per game Passing yards Comp-Att-Int Passing yards per game Passing yards per attempt Passing yards per completion Passing touchdowns Rushing yards Rushing attempts Rushing yards per game Yards per rush Rushing touchdowns 1st downs 326 Rushing 1st downs Passing 1st downs Penalty 1st downs 1st downs per game 3rd-down conversions 3rd down % 4th-down conversions 4th down % 63% Kick returns (No.-Yards) Kick return average Punt returns (No.-Yards) Punt return average

OVERALL 15 1st 526 1st 35.1 2nd 5287 1st 429.3 4th 876 7th 47-100-3 7th 58.4 7th 8.8 1st 18.6 1st 10 6th 5563 1st 927 1st 370.9 1st 6.0 1st 55 1st 1st 157 277 1st 31 7th 18 2nd 21.7 3rd 90-192 2nd 47% 1st 12-19 4th 2nd 78% 48-928 6th 19.3 6th 32-257 2nd 8.0 4th

CONF 7 246 35.1 1962 444.9 466 24-55-2 66.6 8.5 19.4 5 2648 456 378.3 5.8 26 2nd 135 16 6 22.4 54-105 51% 7-9 1st 19-337 17.7 20-168 8.4

4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 7th 7th 7th 2nd 1st 6th 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 7th 7th 2nd 1st 1st 5th

15-22 68.2% 59-64 92.2% 54-2011 37.2 53-64 83% 47-64 73% 29-14 10 16 16-328 20.5 3 1085 52 83 745 32:07 41688 4632

2nd 4th 1st 3rd 3rd 4th 1st 5th 1st 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 2nd 1st 1st 6th 6th 2nd 1st 1st

10-14 71.4% 28-30 93.3% 25-960 38.4 29-36 81% 25-36 69% 10-3 7 8 8-111 13.9 0 525 32 43 397 33:38 23414 5854

2nd 3rd 2nd 4th 8th 4th 1st 5th 1st 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 1st 4th 5th 2nd 1st 1st

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Mars Hill Lions

3 SAC Titles

2 Postseason Berths

229 All-SAC Selections

2014 SAC Football

26 AllAmericans

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Quick Facts Stadium..........................Ammons Family Athletic Center

2014 Schedule DATE

OPPONENT

Capacity...................................................................5,000

TIME

2013 Record................................................................3-8

Sept. 6......................at West Georgia.......................... 2:00pm

2013 SAC Record (Finish).................................. 1-6 (8th)

Sept. 13....................Shorter........................................ 1:00pm

Letterwinners Returning/Lost...................................49/20 Head Coach.....................................................Tim Clifton

Sept. 27....................NEWBERRY............................... 1:00pm

Alma Mater..................................................Mercer, 1976

Oct. 4........................at CARSON-NEWMAN............... 1:00pm

Record at School (Years)............................ 115-106 (21)

Oct. 11......................BREVARD................................... 1:30pm

Career Record........................................................ Same

Oct. 18......................at North Greeville........................ 2:30pm

Best Time To Reach.......................... Weekday mornings

Oct. 25......................at LENOIR-RHYNE..................... 2:00pm

Office Number........................................... 828-689-1219

Nov. 1.......................CATAWBA................................... 1:00pm

Assistant Coaches.................................... Kevin Barnette .................................................................... Chuck Phifer

Nov. 8.......................at WINGATE................................ 1:30pm

.....................................................................Tom Weaver

Nov. 15.....................TUSCULUM................................ 1:00pm

.............................................................. Jonathan Surratt

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Office Fax.................................................. 828-689-1501 Press Box Phone....................................... 828-689-1535 E-mail Address.....................................rbaker@mhu.edu

22nd Season

Tim Clifton is entering his 22nd season at Mars Hill College. Clifton has led the Lions to a .500 record or higher in 15 seasons including the SAC title and the Lions’ first NCAA post season appearance in 2011. For his efforts guiding the Lions in 2011, Clifton was named the SAC Coach of the Year. He has a career record at Mars Hill of 112-98-0. The 112 wins place Clifton second in all-time wins of all SAC head coaches. He has recorded 65 conference victories that also places him second in that category among all-time SAC head coaches. During the 2003 season Clifton broke the school’s record for most wins by a head football coach. He surpassed Claude Gibson (1973-82) who ended his career with an overall record of 55-37-2 (.585). Under Clifton’s direction, the Lion offense has exploded breaking several single season offensive school records such as longest run from scrimmage (94 yards by senior Leon Williams), most PAT’s scored (37) most rushing yards gained (3,130), most total offensive yards (4,803), most first downs (250), and most points scored (327). Clifton came to Mars Hill from Ferrum College in Ferrum, Virginia, where he had been the offensive coordinator since 1987. During Clifton’s tenure, Ferrum went to four straight NCAA Division III playoffs. In the 1988-89 school year, Fer-

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rum was a national semifinalist. Clifton has had the privilege of coaching 76 All-Conference Honor Roll players, 90 All-SAC performers, seven SAC Freshmen of the Year, and five SAC Players of the Year in Mike Belk (LB), Terrance Stokes (RB), Khalid Abdullah (LB), Jonas Randolph (RB) and Troy Harris (DE). Clifton has also been fortunate to coach eight All-Americans. Clifton, a veteran of 36 years, spent five years on the high school level before entering the collegiate ranks. Since joining the college ranks, Clifton has made stops at the University of South Carolina, Virginia Military Institute, Fayetteville State University, and Ferrum College. Clifton graduated from Mercer University in 1976. Clifton and his wife Joy met while they were in school together and were married in 1977. They have two children: Myriah, age 23, a graduate of Mars Hill College and Cody, age 21, a junior at Mars Hill College. The family makes their home in Mars Hill.

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Name Pos. Cl. Shaikel Davis RB Sr. Jamel Harbison WR R-So. Chris Trimmings WR So. Jeremy Hughes RB R-Jr. Trent Miller QB R-So. Deunta Jennings WR R-Sr. Dimitri Holmes WR Sr. Chris Leamon OLB Fr. Trey Clark DB R-So. Zach Lappin QB R-So. Nicolas Sanders DB R-So. Lyle Allen QB/TE Jr. Keshaun Taylor WR Fr. Ralph Joseph DB Fr. Rashard Simmons DE Sr. Matt Layman QB Sr. John Augustin RB Fr. Marvin James DB R-Sr. Foluke Gordon-Lamar RB R-Jr. Rakeam Buxton DB So. Carl Mattox DB So. Robert Morgan, Jr. DB So. Darius Jones DB R-So. Darius Forrest WR So. Chris Reeder DB R-So. Dakota Hines K/P Fr. David Campbell DB/WR R-So. Tre Hunt LB Jr. Iman Smith LB R-So. Marquez Williams RB/FB R-Fr Malik Sims LB So. Moe Nyang DE So. Paul Bynoe DB So. Blake Moffitt K Sr. Justin McDaniel P Sr. Bernard Smalls, Jr. RB/LB So. Jasper Mason LB Sr. Michael McDavid, Jr. RB R-So. Drew Huskey LB R-So. Jamel Brintley DE So. Drew Martin LB` Sr. Mylik English-Williams TE/FB Fr. Bryce King OL R-Fr. Josh Reuscher LB/RB Fr. Curtis Taylor LB Jr. Ricky Hawks LB So. Tyler Guy Parrish DL So. Chris Wilson LB Sr. Colby Price OLB Fr. Tremaine Goddard LB Jr. Joe Hillin OL R-So. Colby Tochterman OL/DL Fr. Trevor Gilmore OL Jr. Shane Hawkins DT So. Major Duckett OL R-Sr. DeAndre Harper OL Jr. Chris Bumgarner OL/DL Fr. Richard Taylor OL Jr. Carson Hall OL So. Ryan Shiver OL R-Fr. Christiaan Davis DL Jr. Denzell Goode OL R-Jr. Nick Allison OL R-Sr. D’Andre Dunbar WR Fr. Michael Ashley P R-Jr. Markece Cunningham DE So. Ben Barber TE So. Shaquille Gatlin WR Sr. Matthew Maennle WR So. Chris Daniels DE R-So.

Ht. 5’10” 5’11” 5’11” 6’0” 6’2” 6’1” 5’10” 6’1” 6’0” 6’1” 6’1” 6’3” 6’1” 6’0” 6’5” 6’3” 5’10 5’9” 6’1” 6’0” 6’1” 5’10” 5’10” 6’0” 6’2” 5’9” 5’11” 6’0” 6’0” 6’0” 6’0” 5’11” 6’0” 5’8” 5’9” 5’11” 5’11” 6’2” 5’10” 6’2” 6’0” 6’2” 6’4” 6’0” 6’2” 5’11” 6’3” 6’2” 6’2” 5’11” 5’11” 6’2” 6’1” 5’11” 6’1” 6’0” 6’2” 6’4” 6’6” 6’3” 6’3” 6’7” 6’4” 5’11 6’1” 6’2” 6’4” 5’10” 5’11” 6’2”

Wt. 170 190 185 200 210 185 165 180 190 195 180 200 180 175 235 230 185 175 220 175 190 160 180 190 175 180 170 215 200 235 210 215 185 160 160 200 215 215 190 215 215 240 300 220 220 230 240 215 215 240 300 280 260 250 265 290 293 275 260 290 300 320 290 175 190 245 225 180 175 265

Hometown/Previous School East Flat Rock, N.C. / East Henderson Charlotte, N.C. / Mallard Creek Brunswick, Ga. / Brunswick Athens, Ga. / Clarke Central Buffalo, N.Y. / Palmetto Athens, Ga. / Cedar Shoals Athens, Ga. / Clarke Central Woodruff, S.C. / Woodruff Asheville, N.C. / Erwin Easley, S.C. / Easley Sandersville, Ga. / Washington Co. Cartersville, Ga. / Cartersville Homestead, Fla. / Homestead Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. / Ft. Lauderdale Bradenton, Fla. / Dean C.C. Bluffton, S.C. / Hilton Head Prep Naples, Fla. /Saint John Neumann Macon, Ga. / Westside Decatur, Ga. / Indiana State Pahokee, Fla. / Western Michigan Athens, Ga. / Prince Avenue Christian North Augusta, Ga. / North Augusta Latta, S.C. / Latta Raleigh, N.C. / Southeast Raleigh Columbia, S.C. / Richlands Northeast Adairsville, Ga. / Adairsville Charleston, S.C. / West Ashley Durham, N.C. / Davidson Day Clearwater, Fla. / Middle Tenn. State Bogart, Fla. / Clarke Central Athens, Ga. / Athens Christian Marietta, Ga. / Lassiter Irmo, S.C. / Dutch Fork Rutherfordton, N.C. / Chase Bostic, N.C. / East Rutherfordton Lumber Bridge, N.C. / Fayetteville Christ Columbus, Ga. / Brookstone Simpsonville, S.C. / Hillcrest Bryson City, N.C. / Swain Co. Orlando, Fla. / Winter Park Mountain Home, N.C. / West Henderson Candler, N.C. / Asheville Dillon, S.C. / Dillon Granite Falls, N.C. / South Caldwell Seattle, Wash. / Saddleback JC Orlando, Fla. / Colonial Bethlehem, Ga. / Prince Avenue Christ Taylorsville, N.C. / Alexander Central Merritt Island, Fla. / Merritt Island Athens, Ga. / Cedartown Atlanta, Ga. / Fullerton C.C. Alexander, N.C. / Erwin Tallahassee, Fla. / Leon Asheville, N.C. / North Buncombe Hendersonville, N.C. / North Henderson Athens, Ga. / Clarke Central Connelly Springs, N.C. / Draughn Columbia, S.C. / Spring Valley Dallas, Ga. / East Paulding Weaverville, N.C. / North Buncombe Tallahassee, Fla. / Leon Gaffney, S.C. / N.C. State Asheville, N.C. / South Carolina Beech Island, S.C. / North Augusta Manteo, N.C. / Manteo Tryon, N.C. / Polk Co. Meansville, Ga. / Upson Lee Athens, Ga. / Cedar Shoals Bryson City, N.C. / Swain Co. Robbinsville, N.C. / Robbinsville

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Davion Cunningham DE Fr. Johnny Maxey DL Sr. Johnathan Jones DL R-Sr. Desmond Spikes DL Sr. David Green DL So. Jerome Maybank DL R-Jr. Ron Alston CB Fr. Andrew Blanton OL Fr. Andrew Bocci RB Fr. Austin Brown QB Fr. Conner Brown DE Fr. Lane Burnett DE Fr. Anthony Carson WR/DB Fr. Kasey Caulder DB/WR Fr. Shadow Christenson WR/DB Fr. Levi Cummings WR Fr. Joshua Dawkins DB Fr. Darien Dozzer DB Fr. Jerjuan Edwards LB Fr. Derek English LB Fr. Chuck Gates DL Fr. Coltin Gulledge Sn/DB Fr. Caleb Gwaltney LB/RB Fr. Jai-len Harris DB Fr. Jaylon Harvey OLB Fr. Randy Hernandez WR R-Fr. Cedric Hinson DB Fr Meeshak Hudak QB Fr. Jerode Jackson DB Fr. D’Amonte Knight WR/DB Fr. Robert Mack FB/LB Fr. Nigel Martinez LB Fr. Jonathan McClure DL Fr. Hezekiah McKinnon WR Fr. Brenden McWilliams TE Fr. Cameron Moore LS Fr. Marquavis Myers RB Fr. Michael Norman DB R-Fr. Tavares Parks DL Fr. Hunter Payne C/LS Fr. Elliott Polycarpe DB R-Fr. Chris Russo FB So. Jake Sell OL/DL Fr. Devon St. John-Badger DE Tyler Stewart K Fr. Jordan Strickland DL/LB Fr. Chase Stutts TE Fr. Blake Transiskus LS Fr. Sam Watson OL/LS Fr. Adam Webber DL Fr. Jacari Williams LB Fr. Kavon Williams LB Fr.

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240 305 260 230 255 330 175 285 180 180 230 240 185 160 170 165 175 160 195 230 285 177 210 150 200 175 157 185 165 180 210 215 250 180 200 152 175 170 240 260 190 230 250 6’1” 165 240 220 165 220 240 210 180

Charlotte, N.C. / Mallard Creek Columbia, S.C. / Richlands Northeast Huntersville, N.C. / Hopewell Ware Shoals, S.C. / Ware Shoals Maitland, Fla. / Edgewater Pawley’s Island, S.C. / Clemson Sanford, Fla. /Seminole Monroe, N.C. /Central Academy Merritt Island, Fla. / Merritt Island Asheville, N.C. / Erwin Clemmons, N.C. / West Forsyth Cocoa, Fla. / Cocoa Columbus, N.C. / Polk County Albemarle, N.C. / North Stanly Candler, N.C. / Enka Athens, Ga. / Athens Christian Gastonia, N.C./Forestview Laurens, S.C. / Laurens Charlotte, N.C. / West Mecklenburg Mars Hill, N.C. / Madison Gainesville, Fla. / P.K. Yonge Adairsville, Ga. / Adairsville Weaverville, N.C. / North Buncombe Badin, N.C. / North Stanly Fairburn, Ga. / Sandy Creek Robbinsville, N.C. / Haskell Institute New London, N.C. / North Stanly Alberta, Canada/Archbishop Jordan Sanford, Fla. / Seminole Sanford, Fla. / Seminole Albemarle, N.C. / Albemarle Sanford, Fla. / Seminole Gastonia, N.C. / Hunter Huss Charlotte, N.C. / Victory Christian Monroe, N.C. / Parkwood Ellenboro, N.C. / East Rutherford Orlando, Fla. / Oak Ridge Gainesville, Ga. / Faulkner College Titusville, Fla. / Cocoa Candler, N.C. / Enka St. Augustine, Fla. / Plantation Atlanta, Ga. / Georgia State Greeneville, Tenn. / Greeneville 240 Sanford, Fla. / Seminole Thomaston, Ga. / Upson-Lee Ellenboro, N.C. / East Rutherford Orlando, Fla. / Winter Park Spartanburg, S.C. / Spartanburg Forsyth, Ga. / Mary Persons Shelby, N.C. / Shelby Brunswick, Ga. / Brunswick Bogart, Ga. / Clarke Central

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2013 Individual Statistical Leaders PASSING NAME YR POS GP COMP ATT PCT YDS Y/G Y/A TD INT LG Trent Miller Fr QB 10 163 303 53.8% 2757 275.7 9.1 23 9 96 Zach Lappin Fr QB 6 24 45 53.3% 278 46.3 6.2 2 4 36 RUSHING NAME YR POS GP RUSH YDS Y/G AVG TD LG FUM LOST Shaikel Davis Jr RB 10 246 1254 125.4 5.1 8 81 3 2 Foluke Gordon-Lamar So RB 11 83 380 34.5 4.6 2 32 - Jamel Hall Fr FB 10 8 46 4.6 5.8 3 8 - Michael Ashley So FS 11 3 36 3.3 12.0 0 24 1 0 Dimitri Holmes Jr WR 11 6 5 0.5 0.8 0 14 3 2 RECEIVING NAME YR POS GP REC YDS Y/G AVG TD LG Dimitri Holmes Jr WR 11 81 1591 144.6 19.6 15 96 Cameron Shuford Jr WR 11 36 604 54.9 16.8 4 66 Jeremy Hughes So RB 11 25 291 26.5 11.6 4 42 Dominique Taylor Fr WR 8 17 253 31.6 14.9 0 52 Steven Williams Fr WR 11 10 84 7.6 8.4 0 18 KICKING NAME YR POS GP FGM FGA PCT LG XPM XPA PCT PTS Victor Yurco So K 11 6 7 86% 44 32 37 86% 50 PUNTING NAME YR POS GP PUNT YDS AVG LG IN20 FC TB BLK Michael Ashley So P 11 59 2189 37.1 67 13 14 2 1 Trent Miller Fr P 10 1 16 16.0 16 0 0 0 0 RETURNS NAME YR POS KR YDS AVG TD LG PR YDS AVG TD LG Jeremy Hughes So RB 18 255 14.2 0 33 - - - - Shaikel Davis Jr RB 14 250 17.9 0 27 - - - - Dimitri Holmes Jr WR 10 159 15.9 0 33 3 -3 -1.0 0 3 Chris Trimmings Fr WR 3 45 15.0 0 28 - - - - Jamel Hall Fr FB 4 36 9.0 0 12 - - - - - SCORING NAME YR POS PTS PTS/G RUSH REC KR PR INT FUM XPM FGM 2PT Dimitri Holmes Jr WR 90 8.2 0 15 0 0 - - - - Victor Yurco So K 50 4.5 - - - - - - 32 6 0 Shaikel Davis Jr RB 48 4.8 8 0 0 - - - - - Jamel Hall Fr FB 30 3.0 3 2 0 - - - - - Jeremy Hughes So RB 26 2.4 0 4 0 - - - 0 - 0 DEFENSE NAME YR POS GP TKL AST TOT SCK YDS TFL YDS FF FR YDS INT Sammy Siasia Sr LB 11 65 90 155 2.5 13 14.5 59 1 - - 1 Robert Green, II Sr DB 11 42 63 105 - - 1.5 7 1 1 3 Troy Harris Sr DE 11 48 51 99 8 57 20.5 75 2 - - Chamarcus Pittard Jr LB 7 15 49 9.1 1 5 3 10 - 1 0 Johnny Maxey Jr DL 11 22 38 60 5.5 39 8 45 - - - -

OVERALL 11 4th 312 5th 28.4 6th 1674 6th 429.6 3rd 3077 2nd 189-353-13 5th 279.7 3rd 8.7 2nd 16.3 3rd 26 1st 1649 5th 411 6th 149.9 5th 4.0 5th 15 8th 222 6th 86 7th 116 5th 20 1st 20.2 6th 57-154 7th 37% 8th 8-23 8th 35% 8th 52-782 8th 15.0 8th 9-12 7th 1.3 7th

CONF 7 5th 193 6th 27.6 6th 1173 6th 427.4 4th 2131 3rd 133-251-10 4th 304.4 3rd 8.5 1st 16.0 3rd 18 2nd 861 6th 225 6th 123.0 6th 3.8 5th 8 8th 137 6th 47 7th 79 3rd 11 3rd 19.6 6th 34-95 6th 36% 6th 6-15 7th 40% 7th 35-550 6th 15.7 8th 5-14 7th 2.8 7th

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6-7 85.7% 32-37 86.5% 61-2205 36.1 28-36 78% 22-36 61% 18-10 7 10 10-127 12.7 1 1015 29 82 655 27:45 15718 3144

5th 1st 7th 7th 2nd 5th 8th 6th 8th 6th 5th 7th 3rd 6th 8th 7th 2nd 2nd 5th 4th 7th 5th 3rd

4-5 80.0% 21-24 87.5% 38-1360 35.8 18-25 72% 14-25 56% 13-7 6 5 5-35 7.0 0 685 22 48 382 26:25 8902 2967

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2 SAC Titles

2 Postseason Berths

191 All-SAC Selections

2014 SAC Football

24 AllAmericans

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Quick Facts Stadium.........................................................Setzler Field

2014 Schedule DATE

OPPONENT

Capacity...................................................................4,000 2013 Record............................................................... 9-3

TIME

2013 SAC Record (Finish)...............................5-2 (T2nd)

Sept. 6......................at Charleston Southern............... 6:00pm

Letterwinners Returning/Lost...................................52/30

Sept. 13....................Limestone................................... 6:00pm

Head Coach...................................................Todd Knight

Sept. 20....................CATAWBA................................... 6:00pm

Alma Mater......................................Gardner-Webb, 1989 Record at School (Years)......................... 28-25 (5 years)

Sept. 27....................at MARS HILL............................. 1:00pm

Career Record........................................................ Same Best Time To Reach...........................Weekday mornings

Oct. 4........................WINGATE.................................... 6:00pm

Office Number............................................ 803-321-5168

Oct. 11......................at TUSCULUM............................ 2:30pm

Assistant Coaches...................................Cedric Williams

Oct. 18......................LENOIR-RHYNE......................... 4:00pm

...................................................................Stephen Flynn ............................................................... Bennett Swygert

Oct. 25......................at UNC Pembroke....................... 4:00pm

........................................................... Tommy Love Davis

Nov. 1.......................at BREVARD............................... 1:00pm

.......................................................................Deke Herrin

Nov. 8.......................CARSON-NEWMAN................... 2:00pm

................................................................ Jeremiah Jones

Nov. 15.....................at North Greenville...................... 1:00pm

................................................................... Hunter Spivey

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SID.................................................................Josh Manck

.................................................................... Drew Watson Office Phone.............................................. 803-321-5667 Mobile Phone............................................. 817-487-5136

Head Coach Todd Knight

Office Fax................................................... 803-321-5169 Press Box Phone....................................... 803-947-2107

6th Season

E-mail Address...................... josh.manck@newberry.edu

Todd Knight recently completed his fifth season as head football coach at Newberry College, sporting an overall record of 28-25 with a SAC record of 19-16. In 2013, the Wolves celebrated their 100th season of intercollegiate football with one of the best seasons in the storied history of the program. Newberry finished the season with a 9-3 overall record and 5-2 South Atlantic Conference record, earning the second-ever NCAA Division II playoff berth in the program’s history. Newberry earned final national rankings of No. 23 in the American Football Coaches Association poll and No. 25 in the D2Football.com poll. As head coach, Knight has coached 38 all-South Atlantic Conference players and one South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year. Knight’s players have earned 14 all-state awards, 27 all-region honors and 13 All-American awards. Newberry players have won the South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week honors on 21 occasions under Knight’s direction. Two players have earned South Atlantic Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors under Knight’s tutelage, with linebacker Will Newell winning the award in the 2008 season and safety Ron Parker earning the honor in 2009. Knight’s players have also excelled in the classroom, with Brandon Gantt named an ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2009. Gantt in 2009, Matt Holmes in 2010 and Lequawn James in 2011 were also named as national semifinalists for the National Football Foundation’s Campbell Trophy, which is known as the Academic Heisman Award. Five players were named to the National Football Foundation’s Hampshire Honor Society. Eight players have earned CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District honors. Knight previously served as Newberry’s defensive coordinator, a position he

Internet Address......................www.newberrywolves.com SID Mailing Address..........................2100 College Street .........................................................Newberry, SC 29108

held for a total of seven seasons; six solely as the defensive coordinator, and serving as both head coach and defensive coordinator in 2009. Knight is a three-time South Atlantic Conference champion, as he was the defensive coordinator for Newberry’s 2006 and 2008 championship teams and played outside linebacker at Gardner-Webb when the Runnin’ Bulldogs won the SAC title in 1987. Before coming to Newberry, Knight served as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Charleston Southern University under head coach David Dowd. Under Knight’s guidance, the 2001 Buccaneers’ “Blue Collar” defense achieved a top 20 Division I-AA national ranking in total defense. Knight served as defensive coordinator at Lees-McRae College and was the secondary coach at his alma mater, former South Atlantic Conference member Gardner-Webb University. At Gardner-Webb, he received a Bachelor of Science in physical education in 1989 and earned a Master of Arts in physical education the following year as a graduate assistant coach. He is married to the former Tina Martin and the couple resides in Little Mountain. He is the proud father of his daughter, Anna, and sons, Devin and Michael Cash.

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Roster

Name Pos Tanner Adair DL Jawanza Adams DB Rashard Alston FB James Anderson FB Jonathan Andrews DB Steven Archie WR Chase Austin ILB Casey Baldwin OL Ryan Barnwell RB Jacob Baxter TE Zach Beaty DL Dylan Beauchamp OL Dean Beckford RB Holden Beemiller WR Damian Bell RB Caleb Belton DB Zach Blair QB Treyon Bonner OL A.J. Booker OLB Brett Borders DL Bernard Brooks OL Dalton Brown WR Demarcus Brown DL Marcus Brown DB Ronald Brown OLB Donnell Bryan WR Knox Butcher OL Darius Canty DB Markell Castle WR Kyle Clark K/P Lazarus Clark ILB Colt Cloninger FB Jalen Cook WR Alexx Cooke WR Sumner Cooler QB Daniel Cooper OL Bobby Crawford WR Tovaris Cureton WR Dominique Davis DB Stankevious Davis DL Jaysn Dawson OLB Byron Dickerson WR Romelo Doctor RB Corey Dover DB Darrett Drayton DB Collin Dryden ILB Evan Dubois WR Kameron Dunnican WR Jamarius Earle ILB Zach Edmunds TE Will Elm OLB Dureal Elmore RB Ozzie Exume TE Issac Ferguson DL Sterling Fiddie OL Malcolm Ford DB Joseph Foster K C.J. Frazier QB Coty French LS Dylan Fulmer DL John Gadson RB Martinez Gallman DB Tony Gaston DB Willie Glover DB Trey Goodwin OL Arnez Gray DB Lee Green DB Donovan Hadley ILB Sam Hall OL Jamarcus Henderson DL Tony Hillman WR Markel Hoffler OLB William Holbrook ILB Jimmy Holmes DL Roy Hooker OL Brandon Hughes OLB Jalen Hunter DL Sharon Irwin DB Braxton Ivery WR Justin Jackson OLB Ryan Janssen K/P Cliff Jones RB Desmond Jones-Beasley Michael Jones DL Kyle Jordan OL Wesley Jordan WR Devine Kelly DB

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Wt. 240 180 195 225 175 190 210 280 185 230 270 285 185 190 185 180 200 265 200 260 280 180 250 185 200 175 265 185 165 170 220 225 180 165 175 265 195 180 200 220 225 190 205 170 180 205 175 210 210 250 215 220 240 240 320 175 190 160 190 260 185 190 175 190 275 210 180 230 265 215 185 220 225 270 285 200 295 185 195 210 170 190 5-10 320 320 190 175

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Hometown/Previous School Laurens, S.C./Laurens HS Piedmont, S.C./Woodmont HS Goose Creek, S.C./Goose Creek HS Clinton, S.C./Clinton HS Greenville, S.C./Wade Hampton HS Charleston, S.C./Military Magnet HS Lexington, S.C./Lexington HS Seneca, S.C./Seneca HS Goose Creek, S.C./Stratford HS West Columbia, S.C./Brookland-Cayce Myrtle Beach, S.C./Carolina Forest HS Bradenton, Fla./Manatee HS Blythewood, S.C./Blythewood HS Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton HS Ridgeway, S.C./Fairfield Central HS Rock Hill, S.C./Northwestern HS Lyman, S.C./Gray Mil. Acad. Lexington, S.C./White Knoll HS Spartanburg, S.C./Dorman HS Goose Creek, S.C./Stratford HS Conway, S.C./Conway HS Hoover, Ala./Spain Park HS Lancaster, S.C./Buford HS Clemson, S.C./Daniel HS Columbia, S.C./The Hammond Sch. Summerville, S.C./Summerville HS Ladson, S.C./Greenville Tech Hodges, S.C./Ware Shoals HS York, S.C./York Comprehensive HS Beaufort, S.C./Beaufort HS Lexington, S.C./White Knoll HS Kingsport, Tenn./Sullivan Central HS Lexington, S.C./Lexington HS Camden, S.C./Camden HS Bamberg, S.C./Bamberg-Ehrhardt HS Laurens, S.C./Laurens HS Mullins, S.C/Mullins HS Newberry, S.C./Newberry HS Fort Myers, Fla./Lehigh HS Winnsboro, S.C./Fairfield Central HS Greenwood, S.C./Greenwood HS Stone Mountain, Ga./Mississippi State Summerville, S.C./Ashley Ridge HS York, S.C./York Comprehensive HS North Charleston, S.C./Northwood Acad. Columbia, S.C./Dreher HS Columbia, S.C./Cardinal Newman HS Sumter, S.C./Georgia Southern Greer, S.C./Blue Ridge HS Springfield, Va./Charleston Southern Irmo, S.C./Irmo HS Abbeville, S.C./Abbeville HS Lawrenceville, Ga./Central Gwinnett HS St. Stephen, S.C./Timberland HS Moncks Corner, S.C./Berkeley HS Lexington, S.C./White Knoll HS Newberry, S.C./Newberry HS Bluffton, S.C./Bluffton HS Berea, S.C./Berea HS Concord, N.C.Western Carolina North Charleston, S.C./Stall HS Edgefield, S.C./Georgia Mil. Acad. Lewisville, S.C./Lewisville HS Sumter, S.C./Crestwood HS Columbia, S.C./Lower Richland HS Greenwood, S.C./Emerald HS Orlando, Fla./Savannah State Columbia, S.C./Lower Richland HS Conway, S.C./Conway HS Union, S.C./Union County HS Moore, S.C./Tusculum Anderson, S.C./New Covenant School Aiken, S.C./South Aiken HS Aiken, S.C./Silver Bluff HS Aiken, S.C./Aiken HS Summerville, S.C./Ashley Ridge HS Seneca, S.C./Seneca HS Staten Island, N.Y./Lackawanna CC Florence, S.C./Wilson HS Evans, Ga./Evans HS Bennettsville, S.C./Greenville Tech Wake Forest, N.C./WF-Rolesville HS Fr. Laurens, S.C./Laurens HS Bluffton, S.C./Bluffton HS Rock Hill, S.C./Northwestern HS Ware Shoals, S.C./Ware Shoals HS St. George, S.C./Woodland HS

Shaquille Lamar Collis Martin Landon Martin Vodrick Martin Raydonn McCloud Rontavius McClure Manny McCord Taylor McDonnell Alonzo McGill Austin McKinney Vidal McKnight Bobby McNeil Tyron Mikell Kevin Miller William Miller Anfernee Moffett Dakota Mozingo W.T. Murden Stephen Nance Jaquille Oden Shaq Owens Joshua Parker Tony Pear Dontavia Reid Lance Richardson Edmond Robinson John Rouse Terrance Salley Brant Sally Jerry Sanders Avery Shippy Nate Sichali Dalton Simons Andrew Smith Rameak Smith Rashaad Smith Evan Sobocinski Josh Spigner Alstevis Squirewell Baptiste Staggers Tyler Stasky Craig Steedley Carl Stevens Alex Surfus Jackson Swindler Holden Tarbert Christian Tejada Zak Theus Troy Thompson Ja’Paris Titus Austin Turner Wesley Valentin Dez Venning Cody Wadford Joshua Walker Christopher Wallace J.T. Waters Cole Watson Kody Watson LaQuan White Hayden Wilks Chris Williams Tevin Williams Raleigh Yeldell

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DB DB OL DL OL WR WR ILB OLB DB WR OL OLB RB TE ILB OL QB OL DL DL DL DB ILB DB OLB WR DL DB DL DB OLB QB WR/LS OLB DB OL DL DL WR OL DB DL ILB WR OL OL DL WR OL OL FB RB OL WR DB WR WR QB DB OL RB OLB QB

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

175 175 250 350 350 205 185 215 190 175 170 300 185 175 195 230 260 190 295 235 250 260 180 235 210 240 180 200 205 250 175 190 185 200 195 180 265 265 270 185 270 180 270 200 190 235 255 250 185 320 285 210 210 330 190 190 170 180 200 185 305 160 170 175

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Great Falls, S.C./Great Falls HS Columbia, S.C./Lower Richland HS Pelzer, S.C./Palmetto HS Seneca, S.C./Seneca HS Rock Hill, S.C./Northwestern HS Rock Hill, S.C./Northwestern HS Lancaster, S.C./Indian Land HS Bluffton, S.C./Bluffton HS Moncks Corner, S.C./Berkeley HS St. Stephen, S.C./Timberland HS Kingstree, S.C./Kingstree HS Huger, S.C./Timberland HS Ridgeland, S.C./Ridgeland HS Lexington, S.C./Lexington HS Summerville, S.C./Fort Dorchester HS Smiths Station, Ala./Smiths Station HS Rock Hill, S.C./South Pointe HS West Columbia, S.C./Airport HS Rock Hill, S.C./Northwestern HS Spartanburg, S.C./Spartanburg HS Winnsboro, S.C./Fairfield Central HS Little Mountain, S.C./Mid-Carolina HS Columbia, S.C./Eau Claire HS Goose Creek, S.C./Goose Creek HS Ware Shoals, S.C./Georgia Tech Wadmalaw Island, S.C./St. John’s HS Summerville, S.C./Fort Dorchester HS Swansea, S.C./Swansea HS Goose Creek, S.C./Stratford HS Clover, S.C./Clover HS Gaffney, S.C./Gaffney HS Anderson, S.C./T.L. Hanna HS Lugoff, S.C./Lugoff-Elgin HS Savannah, Ga./St. Andrew’s School Ridgeland, S.C./Woodland HS Summerville, S.C./Fort Dorchester HS Lexington, S.C./Lexington HS Summerville, S.C./Ashley Ridge HS Great Falls, S.C./Great Falls HS North Charleston, S.C./Fort Dorchester Mount Pleasant, S.C./Wando HS Columbia, S.C./Gray Mil. Acad. Greenville, S.C./Wade Hampton HS Greer, S.C./Blue Ridge HS Newberry, S.C./Mid-Carolina HS Anderson, S.C./T.L. Hanna HS Orange Park, Fla./Orange Park HS Greenville, S.C./Mauldin HS Orangeburg, S.C./Orangeburg-Wilkinson Rock Hill, S.C./Northwestern HS Lexington, S.C./Lexington HS Evans, Ga./Greenbrier HS Mount Pleasant, S.C. Wando HS St. Stephen, S.C./Timberland HS Mount Pleasant, S.C./Wando HS Greenville, S.C./Greenville HS Greenwood, S.C./Palmetto Christian Conway, S.C./Conway HS Columbia, S.C./Cardinal Newman HS Ridgeland, S.C./Woodland HS Chesterfield, S.C./Chesterfield HS North Charleston, S.C./Northwood Acad. Graniteville, S.C./Midland Valley HS Edgefield, S.C./Strom Thurmond HS

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2013 Individual Statistical Leaders PASSING NAME YR POS GP COMP ATT PCT YDS Y/G Y/A TD INT LG WT Murden Jr QB 11 139 216 64.4% 1834 166.7 8.5 16 9 69 Raleigh Yeldell Fr QB 11 45 71 63.4% 513 46.6 7.2 3 2 35 Zach Blair Fr QB 3 11 12 91.7% 84 28.0 7.0 0 0 19 RUSHING NAME YR POS GP RUSH YDS Y/G AVG TD LG FUM LOST Raleigh Yeldell Fr QB 11 81 444 40.4 5.5 7 34 4 2 WT Murden Jr QB 11 104 382 34.7 3.7 3 46 1 1 Romelo Doctor Fr RB 7 56 324 46.3 5.8 5 68 - Ryan Barnwell So RB 9 66 276 30.7 4.2 1 18 2 2 Wesley Brown Sr FB 9 40 202 22.4 5.0 3 22 1 0 RECEIVING NAME YR POS GP REC YDS Y/G AVG TD LG Jason Livingston Sr WR 11 41 414 37.6 10.1 2 51 Corey Washington Sr Sr WR 11 750 68.2 18.3 12 69 Byron Dickerson Jr WR 11 23 347 31.5 15.1 3 44 Jordan McDonnell Sr FB 11 21 217 19.7 10.3 0 40 Jalen Cook So WR 7 10 145 20.7 14.5 1 35 KICKING NAME YR POS GP FGM FGA PCT LG XPM XPA PCT PTS Kyle Clark So K 11 8 13 62% 40 32 36 89% 56 Ryan Janssen Fr K 3 - - - - 4 4 100% 4 PUNTING NAME YR POS GP PUNT YDS AVG LG IN20 FC TB BLK Kyle Clark So 11 42 1639 39.0 71 11 4 4 0 RETURNS NAME YR POS KR YDS AVG TD LG PR YDS AVG TD LG Jason Livingston Sr WR 21 484 23.0 0 48 20 244 12.2 0 48 Troy Thompson So WR 7 136 19.4 0 24 - - - - Treginald Wilson Sr WR 5 85 17.0 0 22 - - - - Byron Dickerson Jr WR 2 53 26.5 0 43 - - - - Braxton Ivery So FB 1 13 13.0 0 13 - - - - - SCORING NAME YR POS PTS PTS/G RUSH REC KR PR INT FUM XPM FGM 2PT Corey Washington Sr WR 82 7.5 0 12 - 1 - - 0 2 Kyle Clark So 56 5.1 - - - - - - 32 8 0 Raleigh Yeldell Fr QB 42 3.8 7 - - - - - 0 - 0 Romelo Doctor Fr RB 30 4.3 5 0 - - - - - - Wesley Brown Sr FB 18 2.0 3 0 - - - - - - - DEFENSE NAME YR POS GP TKL AST TOT SCK YDS TFL YDS FF FR YDS INT Edmond Robinson Jr LB 11 41 25 66 2.5 23 12 48 1 - - 1 Bj Mazyck Sr LB 10 31 25 56 0.5 5 3 12 - - - Dominique Walker Sr LB 11 28 27 55 - - 4.5 7 1 2 75 David Davis Sr DB 11 30 24 54 - - 0.5 1 - - - 3 Mike Hopkins Sr LB 11 26 22 48 1.5 12 6.5 19 2 - - -

2013 Team Statistics STATISTICS CATEGORY Games Scoring Points per game Total offense Yards per game Passing yards Comp-Att-Int Passing yards per game Passing yards per attempt Passing yards per completion Passing touchdowns Rushing yards Rushing attempts Rushing yards per game Yards per rush Rushing touchdowns 1st downs Rushing 1st downs Passing 1st downs Penalty 1st downs 1st downs per game 3rd-down conversions 3rd down % 4th-down conversions 4th down % 48% Kick returns (No.-Yards) Kick return average Punt returns (No.-Yards) Punt return average

OVERALL CONF 12 3rd 374 3rd 31.2 4th 2831 4th 399.9 5th 2656 5th 212-333-11 4th 221.3 5th 8.0 6th 12.5 6th 20 4th 2143 4th 486 4th 178.6 4th 4.4 4th 24 4th 256 4th 121 4th 120 3rd 15 5th 21.3 4th 67-162 5th 41% 4th 10-21 7th 6th 64% 43-1039 4th 24.2 1st 24-326 1st 13.6 1st

7 210 30.0 1456 372.1 1540 114-182-7 220.0 8.5 13.5 14 1065 259 152.1 4.1 11 137 60 65 12 19.6 29-84 35% 7-11 3rd 23-471 20.5 17-164 9.6

6th 4th 4th 5th 7th 5th 5th 5th 3rd 5th 3rd 4th 5th 4th 3rd 6th 7th 5th 5th 2nd 7th 8th 8th 6th

8-13 61.5% 42-46 91.3% 47-1788 38.0 39-54 72% 31-54 57% 15-11 8 9 9-116 12.9 3 890 25 81 684 30:10 17730 2955

3rd 7th 3rd 4th 6th 2nd 3rd 8th 3rd 8th 6th 5th 5th 7th 7th 2nd 5th 4th 4th 5th 6th 4th 5th

5-9 55.6% 25-26 96.2% 29-1169 40.3 21-29 72% 16-29 55% 10-7 5 7 7-90 12.9 3 546 14 39 344 28:19 9641 3214

3rd 8th 4th 2nd 5th 1st 5th 7th 6th 7th 5th 5th 4th 4th 5th 2nd 5th 4th 2nd 2nd 6th 4th 3rd

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Tusculum Pioneers

2 SAC Titles

1 Postseason Berth

122 All-SAC Selections

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Quick Facts Stadium....................................................... Pioneer Field Capacity................................................................... 3,500 2013 Record................................................................ 4-7 2013 SAC Record (Finish)................................ 2-5 (T6th) Letterwinners Returning/Lost..................................... 22/5 Head Coach.............................................Frankie DeBusk Alma Mater.................................................Furman, 1991 Record at School (Years).................................86-88 (16) Career Record.........................................................Same Best Time To Reach.......................... Weekday mornings Office Number............................................423-636-7302 Assistant Coaches............................................ Marc Kolb

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Sept. 4......................College of Faith........................... 7:00pm Sept. 13....................at Elizabeth City St...................... 4:00pm Sept. 20....................North Greenville.......................... 7:00pm Sept. 27....................at LENOIR-RHYNE..................... 7:00pm Oct. 4........................at CATAWBA............................... 1:30pm Oct. 11......................NEWBERRY............................... 2:30pm Oct. 18......................CARSON-NEWMAN................... 2:30pm

......................................................................... Mike Iezzi ...................................................................Spencer Riley ..........................................................................Tim Tobin ............................................................Justin Zimmerman ................................................................ Jarvis Littlejohn ..............................................................Addison Williams ................................................................ David Crawford ...................................................................Jeremy Jones SID..............................................................Dom Donnelly Office Phone...............................................423-636-7326 Mobile Phone..............................................423-341-0091 Office Fax...................................................423-636-7370 Press Box Phone........................................423-636-7344 E-mail Address.........................ddonnelly@tusculum.edu Internet Address...................www.tusculumpioneers.com SID Mailing Address.................................. P.O. Box 5054 .............................................................Tusculum College ..................................................... Greeneville, TN 37743

Oct. 25......................at WINGATE................................ 1:30pm Nov. 1.......................UNC Pembroke........................... 1:30pm Nov. 6.......................BREVARD................................... 7:00pm Nov. 15.....................at MARS HILL............................. 1:00pm SAC games in ALL CAPS

Head Coach Frankie DeBusk 17th Season Frankie DeBusk is beginning his 17th season as head football coach at Tusculum College. Since taking over the TC football program, DeBusk has built the Pioneers into yearly contenders in NCAA Division II, resulting in winning seasons in nine of the last 13 years. He is also serving the dual role as athletic director at Tusculum, a position he assumed in

August 2007. Over the past 14 seasons, TC has posted 77 victories, including a 9-4 tally sheet in 2008, while claiming the program’s second South Atlantic Conference Championship and earning the school’s first berth to the NCAA II Football Playoffs. His 86 victories on the Pioneer sidelines makes DeBusk the winningest gridiron coach in Tusculum history. His victory tally is the third most in SAC history. In 1998, the energetic DeBusk took over a program that won only three games in its two previous seasons, becoming the third gridiron skipper since the program’s reinstatement in 1991. His teams have rewritten the Tusculum record book by equaling or establishing over 100 team and individual marks. Since joining the South Atlantic Conference in 1999, 78 players have earned All-Conference recognition, including 32 All-Region honorees and 20 All-Americans. DeBusk came to the Greeneville campus after five seasons as an assistant

coach at Chattanooga. DeBusk, a 1991 Furman graduate, established 11 school records at quarterback for the Paladins, while compiling an impressive 31-6 record. In 1988, DeBusk led Furman to a 13-2 mark while capturing the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship. Following graduation, DeBusk joined the Furman coaching staff as a graduate assistant coach in 1991 and was a restricted earnings assistant coach at his alma mater in 1992. The Paladins went 13-9 during that two-year span. DeBusk stayed within the league as he joined the Chattanooga staff in 1993 where he worked with the Moc receivers and quarterbacks for four seasons, before assuming the role of offensive coordinator in 1997. The Mocs posted their most successful season since 1991, with a 7-4 tally sheet in 1997. In 2003, DeBusk was the recipient of the prestigious Art Argauer Award, which is presented to the Tusculum coach of the year as selected by his peers. He was the co-recipient of the Argauer Award again in the 2008-09 year. Frankie DeBusk is married to the former Jennifer Coffey of Bristol, Tenn. and they have one son, Ty.

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Roster No. Name

Pos

Ht.

Wt.

Yr.

Hometown/Previous School

Dominic James

5-9

200

Sr.

St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg HS

Jose Esparza

5-9

235

RFr.

Dandridge, Tenn./Jefferson County

Mike Mosah

6-0

200

Jr.

Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven HS

Deon Hicks

6-3

225

Sr.

Fresno, Calif./Fresno City Coll.

Logan Haynes

5-11

190

Sr.

Dublin, Va./Livingstone College

Justin Houston

5-8

180

Jr.

Cleveland, Tenn./Bradley Central HS

Austin Bennett

6-1

200

So.

Woodstock, Ga./River Ridge HS

Wesley Powell

6-10

265

Sr.

Titus, Ala./Elmore County HS

Jake Bridwell

6-2

290

Sr.

Duncan, S.C./Byrnes HS

Neil Lee

5-10

165

So.

Clinton, S.C./Clinton HS

Cody Armstrong

6-5

340

RFr.

Greenville, S.C./Riverside HS

Darien Crank

5-10

180

Sr.

Fort Campbell, Ky./Ft Campbell HS

Seth Batsel

6-3

295

RFr.

Franklin, Tenn./Page HS

Wayne Soliai

6-0

225

Sr.

Riverside, Calif./San Bernardino Valley

Austin Fister

6-4

245

RFr.

Mount Pleasant, S.C./Wando HS

Ken Funnye

6-0

165

Jr.

Georgetown, S.C./Andrews HS

Zach Bradbury

6-2

280

RFr.

Cumming, Ga./West Forsyth HS

L’Keith Brown

6-0

210

RFr.

Athens, Ga./Cedar Shoals HS

Max Gaubert

6-3

305

So.

Bogart, Ga./North Oconee HS

Eric Lynch

6-4

200

RFr.

Matthews, N.C./Charlotte Christian

Chaz Moulder

6-1

345

Sr.

Atlanta, Ga./North Atlanta HS

LiRonta Archie

6-0

190

Sr.

Fairburn, Ga./North Atlanta HS

Billy Munker

6-4

300

Jr.

West Palm Beach, Fla./RPB HS

Kyle Dickey

6-3

195

Sr.

McDonough, Ga./Luella HS

Rictrell Harris

6-3

285

So.

Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven HS

Johnathan Diliberto

5-10

185

Sr.

Lexington, Ky./Tates Creek HS

Patrick Benson

6-4

320

So.

Cleveland, Tenn./Bradley Central HS

Malcolm Pendergrass QB

6-3

185

RFr.

Royal Palm Beach, Fla./RPB HS

Jay Roberts

6-0

300

Sr.

Anderson, S.C./Greenville Tech

Cameron Tallent

6-2

200

Jr.

Dayton, Tenn./Rhea County HS

Nick Wasylyk

6-3

300

So.

Mississauga, Ontario/Duluth (Ga.) HS

Cole Waddell

5-10

170

So.

Macon, Ga./Tattnall Square Acad.

Jeremy Wagner

6-6

335

Sr.

Gulfport, Miss./Volunteer (Tenn.) HS

Cameron Thomas

6-0

190

So.

Nicholasville, Ky./East Jessamine

Drew Schreder

6-3

225

RFr.

Cosby, Tenn./Cosby HS

Rian Hall

5-10

155

RFr.

Oak Ridge, Tenn./Oak Ridge HS

Matt Levine

6-0

180

Sr.

Anderson, S.C./Westside HS

Evan Dansby

6-0

180

Sr.

Augusta, Ga./Richmond Academy

Thomas Barnett

5-9

175

RFr.

Knoxville, Tenn./Farragut HS

Deres Benn

6-2

190

So.

Chattanooga, Tenn./Red Bank HS

Caleb McCormick

6-2

210

So.

Freeport, Fla./Freeport HS

Isaac Robinson

5-11

205

So.

Palmyra, Va./Hargrave Military Acad

Dalton Barrier

5-9

175

RFr.

Lynchburg, Tenn./Moore County HS

Brandon Thompson

6-1

185

So.

Bartow, Ga./Woodland HS

Jaylynn Kesterson

6-2

245

RFr.

Mosheim, Tenn./West Greene HS

Irim Aiken

6-0

175

Jr.

Hanahan, S.C./Hanahan HS

CJ Dawson

5-11

175

Jr.

Lithonia, Ga./Arabia Mountain HS

Chaz Story

5-11

260

Jr.

Greeneville, Tenn./Greeneville

D’Andre Johnson

6-1

265

So.

Memphis, Tenn./Ridgeway HS

Chris Jackson

5-10

185

So.

Alachua, Fla./Sante Fe HS

Marlon Joyner

6-2

330

So.

Decatur, Ga./Decatur HS

Justin Ware

5-11

180

RFr.

Cleveland, Tenn./Walker Valley HS

Matthew Jean-Gilles DL

5-11

225

RFr.

Concord, N.C./Cox Mill HS

Logan Cornelius

6-0

190

Sr.

Chattanooga, Tenn./East Hamilton HS

Caushaud Lyons

6-5

295

Sr.

Ellenwood, Ga./Woodland HS

Jason Ware

5-10

165

RFr.

Cleveland, Tenn./Walker Valley HS

DJ King

6-3

270

RFr.

Cleveland, Tenn./Bradley Central HS

Zack Lane

5-11

210

So.

Atlanta, Ga./Sandy Creek HS

Malik Brewer

6-4

330

RFr.

Chattanooga, Tenn./Boyd Buchanan HS

Rashad Bennett

5-11

175

So.

Taylors, S.C./Blue Ridge HS

Payton Gilmore

6-2

190

RFr.

Florence, S.C./West Florence HS

Ian O’Grady

6-1

200

RFr.

Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips HS

Fernando Smith

5-10

220

So.

Baltimore, Md./Hargrave Military Acad.

Austin Raynor

6-2

200

RFr.

Benson, N.C./South Johnston HS

Devin Starnes

5-11

220

RFr.

Rock Hill, S.C./South Pointe HS

Rocky Jones

6-3

235

Sr.

Anderson, S.C./Westside HS

Quez Gaines

6-0

215

So.

Anderson, S.C./Westside HS

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2013 Individual Statistical Leaders PASSING NAME YR POS GP COMP ATT PCT YDS Y/G Y/A TD INT LG Bo Cordell Sr QB 11 299 475 62.9% 3920 356.4 8.3 25 12 88 Kyle Dickey Jr QB 5 9 16 56.2% 69 13.8 4.3 1 1 39 RUSHING NAME YR POS GP RUSH YDS Y/G AVG TD LG FUM LOST Isaac Robinson Fr RB 11 109 647 58.8 5.9 8 39 1 0 Fernando Smith Fr RB 11 91 352 32.0 3.9 9 20 - Shane Patterson So RB 11 25 126 11.5 5.0 0 29 1 0 Bo Cordell Sr QB 11 96 96 8.7 1.0 4 21 5 2 Reco Jones Fr RB 5 7 66 13.2 9.4 0 32 1 1 RECEIVING NAME YR POS GP REC YDS Y/G AVG TD LG Justin Houston So WR 10 110 1347 134.7 12.2 7 57 Deon Hicks Jr WR 9 43 784 87.1 18.2 7 84 Wesley Powell Jr TE 11 38 520 47.3 13.7 4 53 Johnathan Diliberto Jr WR 11 29 515 46.8 17.8 6 88 Ken Funnye So WR 11 27 254 23.1 9.4 1 47 KICKING NAME YR POS GP FGM FGA PCT LG XPM XPA PCT PTS Logan Cornelius Jr K 11 5 7 71% 27 40 46 87% 55 PUNTING NAME YR POS GP PUNT YDS AVG LG IN20 FC TB BLK Logan Haynes Jr P 10 47 1689 35.9 60 12 10 4 0 Bo Cordell Sr QB 11 2 74 37.0 51 2 0 0 0 RETURNS NAME YR POS KR YDS AVG TD LG PR YDS AVG TD LG Justin Houston So WR 26 565 21.7 1 99 - - - - Reco Jones Fr RB 3 63 21.0 0 29 - - - - Neil Lee Fr WR 4 51 12.8 0 18 1 0 0.0 0 0 Evan Dansby Jr DB 4 45 11.2 0 17 - - - - Shane Patterson So RB 2 45 22.5 0 24 - - - - - SCORING NAME YR POS PTS PTS/G RUSH REC KR PR INT FUM XPM FGM 2PT Logan Cornelius Jr PK 55 5.0 - - - - - - 40 5 0 Fernando Smith Fr RB 54 4.9 9 0 0 - - - - - Justin Houston So WR 48 4.8 0 7 1 - - - - - Isaac Robinson Fr RB 48 4.4 8 0 - - - - - - Deon Hicks Jr WR 44 4.9 - 7 - 0 - - 0 - 0 DEFENSE NAME YR POS GP TKL AST TOT SCK YDS TFL YDS FF FR YDS INT Brian Alexander Sr LB 11 54 72 126 3 19 5.5 30 - 1 0 Lironta Archie Jr DB 11 38 38 76 - - 0.5 1 1 2 0 2 Dustin Lane Sr LB 11 30 40 70 1 1 5.5 12 - 1 0 Wayne Soliai Jr DB 11 27 36 63 - - 3 5 1 - - 1 Josh Davis Sr DL 11 27 30 57 3.5 21 7.5 38 - - - -

2013 Team Statistics STATISTICS CATEGORY Games Scoring Points per game Total offense Yards per game Passing yards Comp-Att-Int Passing yards per game Passing yards per attempt Passing yards per completion Passing touchdowns Rushing yards Rushing attempts Rushing yards per game Yards per rush Rushing touchdowns 1st downs Rushing 1st downs Passing 1st downs Penalty 1st downs 1st downs per game 3rd-down conversions 3rd down % 4th-down conversions 4th down % 44% Kick returns (No.-Yards) Kick return average Punt returns (No.-Yards) Punt return average

OVERALL 11 4th 367 4th 33.4 3rd 2410 5th 483.4 2nd 4018 1st 310-493-13 1st 365.3 1st 8.2 5th 13.0 5th 26 1st 1299 7th 364 7th 118.1 7th 3.6 6th 21 5th 263 3rd 88 6th 163 1st 12 7th 23.9 1st 71-166 3rd 43% 3rd 14-32 2nd 7th 31% 47-852 7th 18.1 7th 16-150 3rd 9.4 3rd

CONF 7 7th 194 5th 27.7 5th 1628 3rd 468.0 1st 2532 1st 207-335-10 2nd 361.7 1st 7.6 5th 12.2 6th 14 4th 744 7th 220 7th 106.3 7th 3.4 7th 11 7th 174 1st 56 6th 109 2nd 9 5th 24.9 1st 50-111 2nd 45% 3rd 5-16 8th 8th 33-607 4th 18.4 5th 8-64 4th 8.0 4th

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5-7 71.4% 40-46 87.0% 49-1763 36.0 36-42 86% 31-42 74% 20-9 9 8 8-191 23.9 2 939 14 87 864 26:50 17838 2973

7th 3rd 5th 6th 7th 6th 4th 3rd 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 6th 4th 2nd 4th 4th 7th 7th 7th 8th 3rd 4th

5-7 71.4% 19-23 82.6% 32-1181 36.9 21-26 81% 16-26 62% 10-4 3 4 4-79 19.8 0 658 11 48 495 26:00 11828 2957

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Wingate Bulldogs

1 SAC Title

1 Postseason Berth

129 All-SAC Selections

2014 SAC Football

20 AllAmericans

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Stadium.............................................. Irwin Belk Stadium Capacity................................................................... 3,500 2013 Record................................................................ 4-6 2013 SAC Record (Finish)................................ 3-4 (T4th) Letterwinners Returning/Lost................................... 50/22 Head Coach...................................................... Joe Reich Alma Mater............................................Gettysburg, 1987 Record at School (Years).......................81-60 (13 Years) Career Record.........................................................Same Best Time To Reach.......................... Weekday mornings Office Number............................................704-233-8197 Assistant Coaches............................................Mike Long ...............................................................Rashaan Jordan ....................................................................Tee Overman .................................................................... Travis Knight ..................................................................... Greg Keziah ....................................................................Ross Jenkins .................................................................. Shawn Barrett ........................................................................ Mike Pope ..................................................................... Mike Snyder ................................................................... Josh Johnson ................................................................... Robert Brown ........................................................................... JR Clark .................................................................. Malcolm Ricks ........................................................... David Cruickshank ......................................................... Jeremiah Covington SID..........................................................David Sherwood Office Phone...............................................704-233-8186 Cell Phone..................................................704-507-0056 Office Fax...................................................704-233-8169 Press Box Phone........................................704-507-0056 E-mail Address...........................dsherwod@wingate.edu Internet Address..................... www.wingatebulldogs.com SID Mailing Address............. Campus Box 3051 Wingate ..........................................................Wingate, NC 28174

TIME

Sept. 6......................Limestone @............................... 1:00pm Sept. 13....................at Saint Augustine’s..................... 1:30pm Sept. 20....................LENOIR-RHYNE......................... 1:30pm Sept. 27....................UNC Pembroke........................... 1:30pm Oct. 4........................at NEWBERRY........................... 6:00pm Oct. 11......................CATAWBA................................... 1:30pm Oct. 18......................at BREVARD............................... 4:15pm Oct. 25......................TUSCULUM................................ 1:30pm Nov. 1.......................at North Greenville...................... 2:00pm Nov. 8.......................MARS HILL................................. 1:30pm Nov. 15.....................at CARSON-NEWMAN............... 1:00pm SAC games in ALL CAPS............................@ - at Gaffney HS

Head Coach Joe Reich 14th Season Wingate University head football coach Joe Reich is the dean of Bulldog football coaches, as he begins his 14th season as the longest-tenured gridiron mentor in school history. He also holds the Wingate record for victories. In 13 Wingate seasons, Reich is 81-60 overall. During the 2012 season, wide receiver Chris Bowden was a consensus All-American and the SAC co-offensive Player of the Year. He advanced to the national ballot (final eight) for the Harlon Hill Award, thanks to a record-setting season. Running back Andrew Nallenweg was named to the Capital One Academic All-America® NCAA Division II football second team. His brother (Robbie) set school and conference records in his first year as Wingate’s starting quarterback. The Bulldogs earned a thrilling national television victory over Carson-Newman in September. Academics are very important to Reich and his staff. Both offensive lineman Ralph Curiel and defensive end Frank Marino have earned Academic All-America® honors in recent years. Marino was the first Wingate football student-athlete to receive Academic All-America® laurels. In 2011, four Bulldogs were named to the Capital One Academic All-Super Region 2 team: Lowe, Haffly, Ellington and Andrew Nallenweg.

Wingate is receiving recognition on the national scene, as the Bulldogs were ranked in both the AFCA and D2Football.com polls at various times during every season since 2004. Reich spent eight years as an assistant coach at the University of Buffalo. Prior to Buffalo, he was an assistant coach at his alma mater Gettysburg College and a graduate assistant coach at Georgia Tech under Bobby Ross. Reich was the defensive coordinator at Buffalo during Buffalo’s transition from Division I-AA to Division I. His Buffalo defense recorded the school’s first shutout in 10 years during the 1999 season. Reich played offensive line at Gettysburg from 1984-87, earning a B.A. degree in Mathematics in 1987. Joe Reich and his wife Deirdre have a son (Shane) and two daughters (Colleen and Lindsey).

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Roster No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 43 44 46 47 48 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 80 81 82 84

Name Cl. Pos. Nortavius Otis Jr. DB Charlie Hosea R-Jr. LB Jordan Berry So. WR Zack Singleton So. LB Bryan Caffrey R-Jr. WR Brandon Hathaway Jr. DB Kyle Johnson R-So. QB Bryndon Jiles R-Sr. WR Nick Napolitano R-Sr. DE LeJacque Martin Sr. LB Brock Reynolds R-Fr. DB Jaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Shawn Joyner R-Fr. QB Cameron Leviner R-Jr. WR Jakeem Polk R-Sr. DB Joe Wallace So. ATH Hunter Haffly R-Sr. WR David Stadler R-So. QB Elijah Bulger Fr. DB Tim Nalesnik Jr. WR Mycah Gaylord R-Jr. RB Paris Martin R-Fr. RB Jon Jimenez R-Sr. DB Nestor Lantigua Sr. RB Cody Cothren R-Jr. RB Cornel Cheron R-Jr. DB Joe Kelly R-Fr. DB Jay Willis R-Jr. ATH Jackson Trawick R-Fr. DB Jose Sanchez Fr. DB Tim Edelen R-So. DB TJ Weinberg R-Sr. LB J.D. Kenion R-Sr. TE Eric Mapoles Jr. LB Devon Billingsley Fr. DB Nick Aube Fr. DB Dean Thompson R-Jr. RB Patrick Smith R-Sr. PK/P Josh Evarts R-Sr. LB Caleb Baird So. PK Delwin Clark R-Fr. FB Sterling Brooks So. LB Michael Bell R-Fr. FB Steven Jacobs R-Sr. DE Mackenzie Battle R-So. LB Zarron Harvey R-Fr. LB Randy Giralt R-Jr. LB Kyle Pollard R-So. LB Cardell Rawlings Fr. LB Willie McDonald Fr. LB Seth Peele R-Fr. LB Nick Anta R-Fr. LB Will Poteat Grad. OL Austin Duncan R-So. LS/P Mathu Gibson R-Jr. OL Orlando Colon Fr. OL Jordan Hennessee R-Fr. OL Brandon Hurt R-Jr. OL TJ Bell So. LS Tyler Davis R-Sr. OL Ian Fabian Fr. OL Doug Waddell, Jr. R-Fr. OL Charlie Harper R-Fr. OL Dallas DeSalvo R-Fr. OL Jacob Beachum Fr. OL Dillon Brady Fr. OL Jordan Kendrick Fr. OL Cabell Cantrell R-Fr. OL Daniel Owens R-Fr. OL Brandon Simpson R-Fr. OL DeMarcus Rawls Sr. DT Lee Rouse R-Fr. DT Patrick Derenda R-Sr. WR Grant Stafford R-Fr. WR Jake Jensen R-Fr. TE Trevor Zaruba R-Fr. WR

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

Wt. 180 225 175 200 220 190 185 175 255 227 175 185 165 200 200 210 190 180 185 185 175 205 205 180 180 170 193 175 175 200 240 245 210 170 180 200 225 215 170 250 220 245 250 210 175 215 195 235 230 220 205 280 220 270 290 305 295 200 310 295 290 245 264 300 315 270 240 280 300 327 275 210 180 220 195

Hometown/High School Gastonia, N.C. /Ashbrook) Newhall, Calif./John Burroughs Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork/ Germantown, N.C. (South Stokes) Bayside, N.Y./St. Francis Prep Smyrna, Tenn./Smyrna Hickory, N.C./Hickory Pineville, S.C./Timberland Shallotte, N.C./West Brunswick Hull, Ga./Madison County Pinnacle, N.C./West Stokes Winston-Salem, N.C./Reagan Monroe, N.C./Piedmont Lakeland, Fla./Leesburg Hope Mills, N.C./Grays Creek Locust Grove, Ga./Strong Rock Christian Reidsville, N.C./Rockingham County Fayetteville, N.C./Douglas Byrd Cary, N.C./Cardinal Gibbons High Point, N.C./James B. Dudley Asheboro, N.C./Eastern Randolph Scottsdale, Ariz./Carlton J. Kell, Ga. Wellington, Fla./American Heritage Harrisburg, N.C./Hickory Ridge Miami, Fla./Felix Varela Columbia, S.C./Blythewood Mooresville, N.C./Mooresville Suwanee, Ga./Peachtree Ridge Fayetteville, N.C./Douglas Byrd Raleigh, N.C./Wakefield Apex, N.C./Middle Creek Hillsborough, N.C./Orange Snellville, Ga./Brookwood Greensboro, N.C./Southeast Guilford Lawrenceville, Ga./Brookwood Clinton, N.C./Clinton Hickory, N.C./Hickory Hillsborough, N.C./Cedar Ridge Kinston, N.C./North Lenoir Raleigh, N.C./Southeast Raleigh Greensboro, N.C./Southeast Guilford Gibsonville, N.C./Western Alamance Pembroke, N.C./Purnell Swett Simpsonville, S.C./Wade Hampton Douglasville, Ga./Lithia Springs Graham, N.C./Southern Alamance Chesterfield, S.C./Chesterfield Smithfield, N.C./Cleveland Fayetteville, N.C./Douglas Byrd Selma, N.C./North Johnston Hope Mills, N.C./Grays Creek Vale, N.C./West Lincoln Cherryville, N.C./Lincolnton Winston-Salem, N.C./West Forsyth Bethlehem, Pa./Freedom Easley, S.C./Easley Lexington, N.C./Central Davidson China Grove, N.C./Jesse Carson Concord, N.C./Jay M. Robinson Fountain Inn, S.C./Hillcrest Tallahassee, Fla./Leon) Elon, N.C./Western Alamance Winston-Salem, N.C./Reagan Monroe, N.C./Sun Valley Thomasville, N.C./East Davidson Valdese, N.C./Draughn Walhalla, S.C./Walhalla Cherryville, N.C./Cherryville Palm City, Fla./Martin County Radford, Mich./Redford Union Faison, N.C./North Duplin Manassas, Va./Osbourn Park Gastonia, N.C./Ashbrook Fayetteville, N.C./Pine Forest Raleigh, N.C./Cardinal Gibbons

85 86 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99

Tyler Stamp R-Fr. Brandon Ellington R-Sr. Cory McNulty R-Sr. Jiwan Funderburk R-Jr. Taylor Modlin Sr. Auntrell Mack So. Ian Bergmann R-Fr. Dillon Tucker R-Jr. Bubba McLaughlin R-Fr. Josh Mills So. Cedric Ellison R-Sr. Jordan Smith R-Jr. Ryan Dilworth R-Fr. Andre Foulks R-So. Neal Almstead Fr. B.J. Beecher So. Christopher Birozes Fr. Chris Boykins Fr. Logan Bradley Fr. Rasheed Bryant Fr. James Card Jr. Grayson Cobb Fr. Matthew Coulter R-Fr. Jared Cox Fr. Kirby Crutchfield Fr. Alon Cullins Fr. Austin Dixon R-Fr. Jalen Gavin Fr. Daivon Harris Fr. Cody Hatley Fr. Blake Hayes So. Samuel Heda Fr. Cale Helms Fr. Blake Hill Fr. Anthony Hulme Fr. Grayson Johnson Fr. Kameron Johnson Fr. Jeff Killian Fr. Gabriel Kromah Fr. Tyler Likens Fr. Austin May Fr. Freddy McCollum R-Fr. Trevor McKenzie R-Fr. Bryan Mitchell Fr. Jacob Mize Fr. Matt Newton Fr. Nathanael Patterson Fr. Chandler Phillips R-Fr. Lawrence Pittman Fr. Corey Plesher Fr. Joshua Randolph Fr. Adam Riley II Fr. Reed Stahl Fr. Justin Suber R-Jr. Isaac Tilghman R-Fr. Devin Towns Fr. Ben Voke R-Fr. Austin Wallace Fr. Robert Wallace Fr. Boo Williams Fr. Dylan Williams Fr. Zachary Wilson Fr. Garrett Wood

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WR TE WR WR DT DT DE DE DE DT DT DE DT DE DE QB P OL QB DB PK TE FB LB WR DT RB WR LB LB RB DB OL LB LB OL DB LB RB DE OL PK RB WR DT LB DB PK RB LB DE WR OL QB WR RB ATH DB LB DB QB OL So.

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

180 245 190 170 320 285 225 245 260 270 300 235 270 255 215 215 200 245 200 170 185 255 185 180 170 280 170 170 225 210 230 195 250 185 230 270 185 240 180 225 275 145 165 160 290 200 185 180 215 210 230 175 310 205 198 185 180 175 210 165 195 250 6-2

Salisbury, N.C./West Rowan Wilmington, N.C./E.A. Laney Jacksonville, Fla./Bishop Kenny Pageland, S.C./Central Woodbridge, Va./Gar-Field Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork Wilmington, N.C./E.A. Laney Denver, N.C./North Lincoln Mooresville, N.C./West Rowan Gastonia, N.C./Forestview Greensboro, N.C./Ragsdale Deep Run, N.C./South Lenoir Indian Trail, N.C./Porter Ridge York, S.C./York Comprehensive Summerfield, N.C./Rockingham County Concord, N.C./Concord Suwanee, Ga./Pinecrest Academy Shelby, N.C./Shelby Gastonia, N.C./Forestview Manteo, N.C./Manteo Cramlington, Northumberland, U.K. King, N.C./West Stokes Newton, N.C./Newton Conover Knoll Shores, N.C./West Carteret Waxhaw, N.C./Cuthbertson Neptune Beach, Fla./Fletcher Madison, N.C./Rockingham County Greensboro, N.C./Page Snellville, Ga./South Gwinnett Hope Mills, N.C./South View Greenville, S.C./Wade Hampton Monroe, N.C./Central Academy Monroe, N.C./Piedmont Fort Mill, S.C./Nation Ford Lake Worth, Fla./Forest Hill Community Whispering Pines, N.C./Union Pines Durham, N.C./Southern Durham Summerfield, N.C./Northwest Guilford Brookway Center, Minn./Cooper Wallace, N.C./Wallace-Rose Hill Vale, N.C./West Lincoln Sanford, N.C./Southern Lee Ocean Isle Beach, N.C./West Brunswick Yorktown, Va./Grafton Knightdale, N.C./North Raleigh Christian Ponte Verda, Fla./Ponte Verda Fountain Inn, S.C./Mauldin Lutz, Fla./Steinbrenner Charlotte, N.C./Mallard Creek Indian Trail, N.C./Sun Valley High Point, N.C./Eastern Randolph Lawrenceville, Ga./Central Gwinnett Jamestown, N.C./Bishop McGuinness Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork Lenoir, N.C./South Caldwell Stone Mountain, Ga./Tucker St. Miramar, Fla./Monsignor Pace Thomasville, N.C./East Davidson Covington, Ga./Newton Ramseur, N.C./Eastern Randolph Whiteville, N.C./Whiteville Whiteville, N.C./Whiteville 195 Madison, N.C./North Stokes

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2013 Individual Statistical Leaders PASSING NAME YR POS GP COMP ATT PCT YDS Y/G Y/A TD INT LG Robbie Nallenweg Sr QB 10 281 400 70.2% 3013 301.3 7.5 24 12 58 Kyle Johnson Fr QB 5 2 7 28.6% 18 3.6 2.6 0 2 10 RUSHING NAME YR POS GP RUSH YDS Y/G AVG TD LG FUM LOST Nestor Lantigua Jr RB 9 83 408 45.3 4.9 7 73 - Mycah Gaylord So RB 8 77 186 23.2 2.4 3 16 - Josh Covington Jr RB 10 58 173 17.3 3.0 6 17 - Kyle Johnson Fr QB 5 7 50 10.0 7.1 0 20 - Cody Cothren So RB 9 4 40 4.4 10.0 0 28 - - RECEIVING NAME YR POS GP REC YDS Y/G AVG TD LG Jordan Berry Fr WR 10 45 700 70.0 15.6 7 53 J. Funderburk So WR 10 43 437 43.7 10.2 1 37 Patrick Derenda Jr WR 10 42 367 36.7 8.7 4 30 Hunter Haffly Jr WR 10 33 309 30.9 9.4 0 30 Tim Nalesnik So WR 9 24 310 34.4 12.9 2 58 KICKING NAME YR POS GP FGM FGA PCT LG XPM XPA PCT PTS Patrick Smith Jr K 10 6 7 86% 40 35 39 90% 53 PUNTING NAME YR POS GP PUNT YDS AVG LG IN20 FC TB BLK Austin Anthony Sr P 10 47 1793 38.1 69 14 5 3 0 RETURNS NAME YR POS KR YDS AVG TD LG PR YDS AVG TD LG Angelo Crawford-Reid Fr WR 25 573 22.9 0 55 - - - - Tim Nalesnik So WR 12 328 27.3 0 62 - - - - Jordan Berry Fr WR 4 91 22.8 0 30 - - - - Hunter Haffly Jr WR 7 51 7.3 0 11 - - - - Bryndon Jiles Jr WR 1 10 10.0 0 10 - - - - - SCORING NAME YR POS PTS PTS/G RUSH REC KR PR INT FUM XPM FGM 2PT Patrick Smith Jr 53 5.3 - - - - - - 35 6 0 Nestor Lantigua Jr RB 48 5.3 7 1 - - - - - - Jordan Berry Fr WR 42 4.2 - 7 0 - - - - - Josh Covington Jr RB 42 4.2 6 1 - - - - - - Patrick Derenda Jr WR 24 2.4 - 4 - - - - - - - DEFENSE NAME YR POS GP TKL AST TOT SCK YDS TFL YDS FF FR YDS INT Jon Jimenez Jr DB 10 48 40 88 - - 3.5 12 - - - 2 Eric Mapoles So LB 10 37 47 8.4 - - 0.5 1 - - - Timmy Rogers Sr DB 9 35 32 67 - - 2 5 2 1 0 Nick Napolitano Jr DE 10 19 40 59 5 31 9 40 1 1 0 Steven Jacobs Jr DE 10 28 30 58 7 38 11.5 47 1 - - -

OVERALL 10 8th 293 7th 29.3 5th 2948 3rd 367.9 7th 3031 3rd 283-410-14 2nd 303.1 2nd 7.4 7th 10.7 7th 24 3rd 648 8th 296 8th 64.8 8th 2.2 8th 16 6th 200 7th 44 8th 143 2nd 13 6th 20.0 7th 63-152 6th 41% 5th 11-19 6th 58% 4th 51-1050 3rd 20.6 4th 13-143 4th 11.0 2nd

CONF 7 225 32.1 2568 401.7 2370 214-307-9 338.6 7.7 11.1 19 442 209 63.1 2.1 13 156 32 116 8 22.3 49-106 46% 9-17 53% 40-811 20.3 7-92 13.1

8th 3rd 3rd 1st 5th 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 7th 1st 8th 8th 8th 8th 4th 3rd 8th 1st 6th 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 5th 1st 4th 3rd 1st

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6-7 85.7% 35-39 89.7% 48-1793 37.4 34-39 87% 29-39 74% 10-6 7 6 6-156 26.0 0 843 16 67 553 30:54 10928 2186

6th 1st 6th 5th 5th 3rd 5th 2nd 6th 2nd 8th 7th 8th 5th 1st 8th 6th 6th 2nd 2nd 4th 7th 7th

2-3 66.7% 27-31 87.1% 26-1025 39.4 26-31 84% 24-31 77% 7-4 5 2 2-41 20.5 0 583 8 44 367 31:30 5654 1885

8th 5th 3rd 6th 7th 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 8th 6th 8th 6th 2nd 8th 4th 7th 5th 3rd 3rd 8th 8th

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Final 2013 SAC Football Standings Team

SAC

Pct.

Overall

Pct.

N Streak

Lenoir-Rhyne

7-0

1.000

13-2

.867

526

268

8-1

5-0

0-1

Carson-Newman

5-2

.714

10-3

.769

489

346

5-1

5-2

0-0

Newberry

5-2

.714

9-3

.750

374

285

6-0

3-3

0-0

Wingate

3-4

.429

4-6

.400

293

342

2-3

0-0

Catawba

3-4

.429

6-5

.545

262

287

2-4

4-1

0-0

Brevard

2-5

.286

3-8

.273

305

369

2-2

1-6

0-0

Tusculum

2-5

.286

4-7

.364

367

413

4-2

0-5

0-0

Mars Hill

1-6

.143

3-8

.273

312

380

2-3

1-5

0-0

Final 2013 AFCA Coaches Poll

2013 SAC Football Champions Lenoir-Rhyne University

1. NW Missiouri State

14. Winston-Salem St.

2. LENIOR-RHYNE

15. UNC Pembrok

3. Grand Valley State

16. Bloomsburg

4. West Chester

17. CARSON-NEWMAN

5. St. Cloud State

18. Indianapolis

6. Minnesota St.-Mankato

19. Pittsburg St.

7. Colorado St.-Pueblo

20. Emporia St.

8. Minnesota-Duluth

21. Slippery Rock

9. Shepherd

22. Saginaw Valley St.

10. North Alabama

23. NEWBERRY

11. West Texas A&M

24. Indiana

12. Ohio Dominican

25. Tuskegee

13. Henderson St.

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Brevard (3-8, 2-5) Sept. 7.............. at Presbyterian....................... L, 24-42 Sept. 14............ at College of Faith.................. W, 69-0 Sept. 21............ at CARSON NEWMAN.......... L, 14-41 Sept. 28............ North Greenville..................... L, 28-41 Oct. 5................ at LENOIR-RHYNE................ L, 0-41 Oct. 12.............. MARS HILL............................ W, 35-7 Oct. 19.............. at WINGATE.......................... L, 24-43 Oct. 26.............. CATAWBA.............................. L, 17-34 Nov. 2............... at NEWBERRY...................... L, 21-28 Nov. 9............... TUSCULUM........................... W, 52-33 Nov. 16............. at Liberty................................ L, 21-59

Carson-Newman (10-3, 5-2) Sept. 5.............Wayne State............................W, 55-28 Sept. 14...........at Colorado Mines...................W, 27-24 Sept. 21...........BREVARD...............................W, 41-14 Sept. 28...........CATAWBA................................L, 22-25 Oct. 5...............at MARS HILL..........................W, 43-27 Oct. 12.............at Shorter.................................W, 45-28 Oct. 26.............North Greenville......................W, 47-26 Nov. 2..............at LENOIR-RHYNE.................L, 3-37 Nov. 9..............NEWBERRY............................W, 52-31 Nov. 16............at Wingate...............................W, 52-35 Nov. 23............Newberry.................................W, 37-27 Nov. 30............at Lenoir-Rhyne.......................L, 27-20

Catawba (6-5, 3-4) Sept. 7.............. at West Liberty....................... W, 10-9 Sept. 14............ at Livingston........................... W, 42-16 Sept. 21............ NEWBERRY.......................... L, 0-27 Sept. 28............ at CARSON-NEWMAN.......... W, 25-22 Oct. 5................ at TUSCULUM....................... L, 25-43 Oct. 12.............. WINGATE.............................. L, 22-23 Oct. 19.............. UNC Pembroke...................... L, 31-34 Oct. 26.............. at BREVARD.......................... W, 34-17 Nov. 2............... MARS HILL............................ W, 38-31 Nov. 9............... at North Greenville................. W, 20-17 Nov. 16............. LENOIR-RHYNE.................... L, 15-48

Lenoir-Rhyne (13-2, 7-0) Sept.7...............Concord..................................L, 10-18 Sept. 14............at Davidson............................W, 34-18 Sept. 21............WINGATE...............................W, 34-13 Sept. 28............at TUSCULUM.......................W, 24-10 Oct. 5................BREVARD..............................W, 41-0 Oct. 12..............at North Greenville.................W, 35-17 Oct. 19..............NEWBERRY...........................W, 35-14 Oct. 26..............at MARS HILL........................W, 27-20 Nov. 2...............CARSON-NEWMAN..............W, 37-3 Nov. 9...............Alderson-Broaddus................W, 62-24 Nov. 16.............at CATAWBA..........................W, 48-15 Nov. 30.............Carson-Newman....................W, 27-20 Dec. 7...............North Alabama.......................W, 42-39 Dec. 14.............West Chester..........................W, 42-14 Dec. 21.............vs. NW Missiouri State...........L, 28-43

Mars Hill (3-8, 1-6) Sept. 7..............West Georgia......................... L, 21-31 Sept. 12............at Shorter............................... W, 41-30 Sept. 21............at Western Carolina................ L, 23-30 Sept. 28............at NEWBERRY....................... L, 10-24 Oct. 5................CARSON-NEWMAN.............. L, 27-43 Oct. 12..............at BREVARD.......................... L, 7-35 Oct. 19..............North Greenville..................... W, 34-31 Oct. 26..............LENOIR-RHYNE.................... L, 20-27 Nov. 2...............at CATAWBA.......................... L, 31-38 Nov. 9...............WINGATE............................... W, 56-42 Nov. 16.............at TUSCULUM....................... L, 42-49

Newberry (9-3, 5-2) Sept. 7..............Elizabeth City State................W, 35-32 Sept. 14............Florida Tech............................W, 23-19 Sept. 21............at CATAWBA..........................W, 27-0 Sept. 28............MARS HILL............................W, 24-10 Oct. 5................at WINGATE...........................W, 42-28 Oct. 12..............TUSCULUM...........................W, 44-9 Oct. 19..............at LENOIR-RHYNE................L, 14-35 Oct. 26..............UNC Pembroke......................W, 24-21 Nov. 2...............BREVARD..............................W, 28-21 Nov. 9...............at CARSON-NEWMAN..........L, 31-52 Nov. 16.............North Greenville.....................W, 55-21 Nov. 23.............at Carson-Newman................L, 27-37

Tusculum (4-7, 2-5) Sept. 5..............College of Faith.......................W, 63-0 Sept. 14............Elizabeth City State.................W, 54-41 Sept. 21............at North Greenville..................L, 36-39 Sept. 28............LENOIR-RHYNE.....................L, 10-24 Oct. 5................CATAWBA...............................W, 43-25 Oct. 12..............at NEWBERRY........................L, 9-44 Oct. 19..............at CARSON-NEWMAN...........L, 17-45 Oct. 26..............WINGATE................................L, 33-41 Nov. 2...............at UNC Pembroke...................L, 20-60 Nov. 9...............at BREVARD...........................L, 33-52 Nov. 16.............MARS HILL.............................W, 49-42

Wingate (4-6, 3-4) Sept. 14......... St. Augustine’s..........................W, 24-3 Sept. 21......... at LENOIR-RHYNE...................L, 13-34 Sept. 28......... at UNC Pembroke.....................L, 10-38 Oct.5.............. NEWBERRY.............................L, 28-42 Oct. 12........... at CATAWBA.............................W, 23-22 Oct. 19........... BREVARD.................................W, 43-24 Oct. 26........... at TUSCULUM..........................W, 41-33 Nov. 2............ North Greenville........................L, 34-38 Nov. 9............ at MARS HILL...........................L, 42-56 Nov. 16.......... CARSON-NEWMAN.................L, 35-52

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SAC Award Winners

Offensive Player of the Year

Defensive Player of the Year

Bo Cordell, Tusculum

Michael Green, Lenoir-Rhyne

Offensive Freshman of the Year

Defensive Freshman of the Year

Jacobs Blocking Trophy

Trent Miller, Mars Hill

Rodney Singleton, Lenoir-Rhyne

Joe Ray, Lenoir-Rhyne

Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Coach of the Year

Robbie Nallenweg, Wingate

Mike Houston, Lenoir-Rhyne

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All-SAC Team FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE QB – Bo Cordell, Tusculum RB – Shaikel Davis, Mars Hill

SECOND-TEAM OFFENSE

SAC Players of the Week

QB – (T) Robbie Nallenweg, Wingate (T) W.T. Murden, Newberry

OFFENSE

RB – Brandon Baker, Carson-Newman

RB – Isaiah Whitaker, Lenoir-Rhyne

Date

Player, Position

RB – Jarrod Spears, Lenoir-Rhyne

RB – Kelvin Jeter, Brevard

9/9

De’Andre Thomas, QB

WR – Dimitri Holmes, Mars Hill

RB – Tyron Douglas, Carson-Newman

9/16

Bo Cordell, QB

WR – Corey Washington, Newberry

WR – Nate Charest, Catawba

9/23

Miles Freeman, QB

L-R

9/30

Carlos Tarrats, WR

CAT

WR – Justin Houston, Tusculum

WR – Jordan Berry, Wingate

10/7

Bo Cordell, QB

OL – Denzell Goode, Mars Hill

WR – Deon Hicks, Tusculum

10/14 W.T. Murden, QB

OL – Alex Taylor, Carson-Newman

OL – Lucas Mathis, Carson-Newman

10/21 Robbie Nallenweg, QB

OL – Joe Ray, Lenoir-Rhyne

OL – Will Poteat, Wingate

10/28 De’Andre Thomas, QB

C-N

OL – Jamal Ellis, Newberry

OL – David Davis, Tusculum

OL – Zack Bunn, Lenoir-Rhyne

OL – Nick Allison, Mars Hill

TE – Wesley Powell, Tusculum

OL – (T) Landon Martin, Newberry

LS – Austin Crook, Newberry

(T)Taylor Fender, Catawba

11/4

School C-N TC

TC NEW

Corey Washington, WR NEW

11/11 Trent Miller, QB

MHC

11/18 Bo Cordell, QB

DEFENSE Date

Player, Position

School

P – Kyle Clark, Newberry

TE – Brandon Ellington, Wingate

9/9

Edmond Robinson, LB

PK – (T) Curt Duncan, Carson-Newman

LS – Alex Taylor, Carson-Newman

9/16

Jaycob Coleman, LB

P – Austin Anthony, Wingate

9/23

Joe Anderson, DB

L-R

9/30

Jason Taylor, LB

CAT

10/7

LiRonta Archie, DB

(T) Zach Neumann, Lenoir-Rhyne

FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE

SECOND-TEAM DEFENSE

10/14 Jacob McCleery, DB

NEW C-N

TC BC

DL – Blake Baker, Lenoir-Rhyne

DL – Jimmy Long, Lenoir-Rhyne

10/21 Sammy Siasia, LB

MHC

DL – Troy Harris, Mars Hill

DL – Nick Napolitano, Wingate

10/28 Mike Hopkins, LB

NEW

DL – Letavious Williams, Newberry

DL – Jonathan Jean, Catawba

11/4

DL – Javaris Neal, Carson-Newman

DL – Josh Davis, Tusculum

11/11 Michael Green, DB

L-R

LB – Sammy Siasia, Mars Hill

LB – Brian Alexander, Tusculum

11/18 Sammy Siasia, LB

MHC

LB – Tanner Botts, Lenoir-Rhyne

LB – Michael Gruber, Brevard

LB – Jaycob Coleman, Carson-Newman

LB – Jason Taylor, Catawba

Date

Player, Position

LB – Edmond Robinson, Newberry

LB – B.J. Mazyck, Newberry

9/9

Chad Hollandsworth, P/K CAT

DB – Michael Green, Lenoir-Rhyne

DB – Eien Jacob, Carson-Newman

9/16

Curt Duncan, K/P

DB – L.J. McCray, Catawba

DB – O’Neil Blake, Lenoir-Rhyne

9/23

Kyle Clark, K/P

NEW

9/30

Kyle Clark, K/P

NEW

DB – Myer Nolan, Lenoir-Rhyne

DB – Jacob McCleery, Brevard

10/7

Kyle Clark, K/P

NEW

DB – David Davis, Newberry

DB – Jon Jimenez, Wingate

10/14 Michael Green, PR

Jimmy Long, DL

SPECIAL TEAMS

10/21 Victor Yurco, K

RS – L.J. McCray, Catawba

L-R

School C-N

L-R MHC

10/28 Justin Houston, KR

11/4

L-R

Zach Newmann, PK

11/11 Chad Hollandsworth, K/P CAT 11/18 Corey Washington, PR

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2013 final statistics

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PASSING Rk 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Name B Cordell, TC R Nallenweg, WU T Miller, MHC D Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, CAT W Murden, NEW D Thomas, C-N R Yeldell, NEW T Wright, BC M Sheehan, CAT

RUSHING Rk 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Name gp S Davis, MHC 10 B Baker, C-N 12 D Thomas, C-N 13 T Douglas, C-N 13 K Jeter, BC 11 J Ollis, BC 11 J Spears, L-R 15 A Hibbett, C-N 13 I Whitaker, L-R 15 I Robinson , TC 11 C Littlejohn, CAT 10 G Duncan, L-R 15 N Lantigua, WU 9 R Yeldell, NEW 11 D Burgess, CAT 10 W Murden, NEW 11 F Gordon-Lamar, MH 11 F Smith, TC 11 R Barnwell , NEW 9 M Patrick, L-R 14

RECEIVING Rk Name 1 D Holmes, MHC 2 J Houston, TC 3 D Hicks, TC 4 N Charest, CAT 5 J Berry, WU 6 C Washington, NEW 7 C Shuford, MHC 8 C Tarrats, CAT 9 W Powell, TC 10 J Diliberto, TC 11 J Funderburk, WU 12 L Walker, C-N 13 J Livingston, NEW 14 P Derenda , WU 15 T Nalesnik, WU 16 T Hamilton, CAT 17 B Dickerson, NEW 18 H Haffly, WU 19 D Burgess, CAT 20 T Wright, BC

gp 11 10 10 10 11 13 11 9 9

gp 11 10 9 11 10 11 11 10 11 11 10 12 11 10 9 11 11 10 10 11

comp 299 281 163 248 139 118 45 20 19

att 475 400 303 365 216 212 71 38 33

pct 62.9% 70.2% 53.8% 67.9% 64.4% 55.7% 63.4% 52.6% 57.6%

yds 3920 3013 2757 2490 1834 1825 513 305 290

y/g 356.4 301.3 275.7 249.0 166.7 140.4 46.6 33.9 32.2

y/a 8.3 7.5 9.1 6.8 8.5 8.6 7.2 8.0 8.8

td 25 24 23 15 16 9 3 3 1

int 12 12 9 6 9 2 2 0 1

rush 246 145 194 165 126 183 112 136 207 109 109 86 83 81 95 104 83 91 66 68

yds 1254 1076 985 975 800 786 984 837 912 647 574 763 408 444 386 382 380 352 276 428

y/g 125.4 89.7 75.8 75.0 72.7 71.5 65.6 64.4 60.8 58.8 57.4 50.9 45.3 40.4 38.6 34.7 34.5 32.0 30.7 30.6

avg 5.1 7.4 5.1 5.9 6.3 4.3 8.8 6.2 4.4 5.9 5.3 8.9 4.9 5.5 4.1 3.7 4.6 3.9 4.2 6.3

td 8 9 20 9 8 11 7 9 10 8 5 3 7 7 6 3 2 9 1 5

lg 81 69 73 64 75 46 52 54 49 39 31 51 73 34 24 46 32 20 18 34

fum 3 3 18 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 - 2 - 4 2 1 - - 2 -

lost 2 2 6 2 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 -

rec 81 110 43 73 45 41 36 45 38 29 43 29 41 42 24 27 23 33 27 14

yds 1591 1347 784 818 700 750 604 480 520 515 437 488 414 367 310 360 347 309 294 303

y/g 144.6 134.7 87.1 74.4 70.0 68.2 54.9 48.0 47.3 46.8 43.7 40.7 37.6 36.7 34.4 32.7 31.5 30.9 29.4 27.5

avg 19.6 12.2 18.2 11.2 15.6 18.3 16.8 10.7 13.7 17.8 10.2 16.8 10.1 8.7 12.9 13.3 15.1 9.4 10.9 21.6

td 15 7 7 5 7 12 4 7 4 6 1 2 2 4 2 1 3 0 2 4

lg 96 57 84 68 53 69 66 74 53 88 37 55 51 30 58 45 44 30 50 90

2014 SAC Football

lg 88 58 96 50 69 63 35 43 74

2013 final statistics

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KICKING Rk Name gp 1 C Duncan, C-N 13 2 Z Neumann, L-R 15 3 K Clark, NEW 11 4 L Cornelius, TC 11 5 B Noboa, BC 11 5 P Smith, WU 10 7 V Yurco, MHC 11 8 C Hollandsworth, CAT 9 9 T Mitchell, CAT 8 10 R Janssen, NEW 3

fgm 17 14 8 5 4 6 6 6 1 -

fga 26 19 13 7 7 7 7 10 1 -

pct 65% 74% 62% 71% 57% 86% 86% 60% 100% -

lg 48 47 40 27 39 40 44 47 32 -

xpm 58 59 32 40 41 35 32 24 3 4

xpa 61 64 36 46 42 39 37 27 6 4

pct 95% 92% 89% 87% 98% 90% 86% 89% 50% 100%

pts 109 101 56 55 53 53 50 42 6 4

PUNTING Rk 1 2 3 4 5 6

Name gp K Clark, NEW 11 A Anthony, WU 10 M Ashley, MHC 11 G Nestor, BC 10 L Haynes, TC 10 C Hollandsworth, CAT 9

punt 42 47 59 43 47 57

yds 1639 1793 2189 1548 1689 1945

avg 39.0 38.1 37.1 36.0 35.9 34.1

lg 71 69 67 51 60 55

in20 11 14 13 9 12 12

fc 4 5 14 12 10 20

tb 4 3 2 0 4 3

blk 0 0 1 1 0 0

RETURNS Rk Name kr 1 T Nalesnik, WU 12 2 J Spears, L-R 31 3 J Livingston, NEW 21 4 A Crawford-Reid, WU 25 5 A Overholt, BC 45 6 T Ward, C-N 31 7 L McCray, CAT 21 8 J Houston, TC 26 9 S Davis, MHC 14 10 B Brown, CAT 14 11 J Hughes, MHCl 18

yds 328 718 484 573 1024 705 477 565 250 225 255

avg 27.3 23.2 23.0 22.9 22.8 22.7 22.7 21.7 17.9 16.1 14.2

td 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

lg 62 98 48 55 57 81 50 99 27 33 33

pr - - 20 - 8 12 - - - - -

yds - - 244 - -2 75 - - - - -

avg - - 12.2 - -0.2 6.2 - - - - -

td - - 0 - 0 0 - - - - -

lg 48 6 21 -

TACKLES Rk 1 2 2 4 5 5 7 8 9 9 9 12 13 13 13 16 16 16 16 16 16

tkl 30 48 18 28 18 22 15 22 14 19 17 6 57 27 29 54 13 16 26 13 22

ast 26 51 37 30 41 40 30 38 14 40 13 5 77 30 41 72 10 10 33 23 26

tot 56 99 55 58 59 62 45 60 28 59 30 11 134 57 70 126 23 26 59 36 48

sck 14.5 8 8 7 6.5 6.5 6 5.5 5 5 5 4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3 3 3 3 3 3

yds 100 57 56 38 34 34 27 39 32 31 33 24 24 21 24 19 19 33 24 24 16

tfl 22 20.5 12.5 11.5 11.5 10.5 10.5 8 7.5 9 4.5 5 9.5 7.5 5.5 5.5 3.5 4 5 5.5 7

yds 113 75 82 47 54 46 38 45 35 40 34 25 41 38 27 30 23 34 33 28 20

ff 1 2 - 1 1 1 1 - - 1 - - 3 - - - - 1 - - -

fr 1 - 1 - 1 2 1 - - 1 1 - 1 - - 1 1 - - - 1

Name B Baker, L-R T Harris, MHC B Woodley, L-R S Jacobs, WU J Long, L-R J Neal, C-N W Alderman, C-N J Maxey, MHC C Green, L-R N Napolitano, WU L Williams, NEW P Ajoku, L-R T Botts, L-R J Davis, TC R Singleton, L-R B Alexander, TC D Jacobs, NEW J Lackey, CAT D Martin, MHC J Perry, TC L Sparrow, L-R

gp 15 11 15 10 14 13 13 11 13 10 11 6 15 11 15 11 11 11 10 11 14

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int - - - - - 2 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - -

brup 1 3 1 3 2 3 3 9 4 5 2 -

2013 final statistics

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SACKS Rk 1 2 2 4 5 5 7 8 9 9 9 12 13 13 13 16 16 16 16 16 16