2017 Tennessee State Football Media Guide by TSUTIGERS

TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents.........................................................................................................3 Quick Facts...................................................................................................................4 Ohio Valley Conference.................................................................................................5 Tennessee State University........................................................................................6-9 Dr. Glenda Glover, President........................................................................................ 10 Teresa Phillips, Athletics Director................................................................................ 11 Head Coach Rod Reed............................................................................................ 12-13 Jeff Parker, Offensive Coordinator................................................................................ 14 Garry Fisher, Defensive Coordinator............................................................................. 14 Russ Ehrenfeld, Offensive Line..................................................................................... 15 Antonio Bradford, Tight Ends...................................................................................... 15 Kevin Mashack, Running Backs.................................................................................... 16 Chris Chestnut, Wide Receivers.................................................................................... 16 Nick Davison, Defensive Ends...................................................................................... 17 Gerald Chatman, Defensive Ends/Outside Linebackers.................................................. 17 Sidney Powell, Corners................................................................................................ 18 TJ Greenstone, Director of Strength & Conditioning............................................................ 18 Trevor Searcy, Athletic Trainer..................................................................................... 19 LaTroy Johnson, Equipment Manager.......................................................................... 19 2017 Numerical Roster.......................................................................................... 20-21 2017 Football Outlook........................................................................................... 22-24 2017 Preseason Two-Deep Chart.................................................................................. 25 Player Profiles....................................................................................................... 26-41

2016 Game Recaps................................................................................................ 42-52 2016 Statistics....................................................................................................... 53-57 Game Day Broadcast................................................................................................... 58 Individual Records................................................................................................. 59-67 Team Records........................................................................................................ 68-69 Year-by-Year Leaders............................................................................................. 70-74 Single Game Performances.................................................................................... 75-80 Single Season Team Performances.......................................................................... 81-82 Preseason All-OVC Selections...................................................................................... 83 All-OVC Selections................................................................................................. 84-85 Draft Picks............................................................................................................ 86-87 Tigers in the NFL................................................................................................... 88-90 Tigers in the Super Bowl............................................................................................. 91 All-Time Letterwinners.......................................................................................... 92-97 All-Americans........................................................................................................ 98-99 Nissan Stadium..................................................................................................100-101 Hale Stadium.....................................................................................................102-103 The Classics........................................................................................................104-105 John Merritt and Brown Jug Classic............................................................................ 106 Sgt. York Trophy.................................................................................................107-108 Homecoming........................................................................................................... 109 Year-by-Year Results...........................................................................................110-118

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2017 QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION Name of School ............................ Tennessee State University City/Zip ..................................................Nashville, Tenn. 37209 Founded ...........................................................................1912 Enrollment .......................................................................9,165 Nickname......................................................................... Tigers School Colors ....................................... Reflex Blue and White Affiliation ..........................................................NCAA Division I Conference .............................. Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Stadium ............................................ Nissan Stadium (69,143) Surface................................................... Tifsport Bermuda Sod Stadium.........................................W.J. Hale Stadium (15,000) Surface................................................................Bermuda Sod President ..................................................... Dr. Glenda Glover Director of Athletics.............................................Teresa Phillips Athletics Department Phone ............................ (615) 963-5034 Ticket Manger................................................. Zellina Anderson Ticket Office Phone.......................................... (615) 963-5841 Web Site........................................................... TSUTigers.com University Web Site...............................................TNState.edu

COACHING STAFF Head Coach ................................................................ Rod Reed Alma Mater, Year .................................... Tennessee State, 1988 TSU Record (Years) ................... 43-37, 22-30 OVC (8th year) Career Record .................................................................Same Offensive Coordinator/QB’s......................................Jeff Parker Alma Mater....................... Bethune-Cookman, 1994 (8th year) Defensive Coordinator...........................................Garry Fisher Alma Mater, Year..................... Bowling Green, 2002 (1st year) Offensive Line Coach....................................... Russ Ehrenfeld Alma Mater, Year........................Chattanooga, 1981 (6th year) Tight Ends/Offensive Tackles Coach..............Antonio Bradford Alma Mater, Year.................... Alabama State, 2005 (3rd Year) Wide Receivers Coach....................................... Kevin Mashak Alma Mater, Year................. Tennessee State, 2007 (3rd year) Defensive Line Coach .........................................Nick Davison Alma Mater, Year ...................... Chattanooga, 2012 (3rd Year) Defensive End/Outside Linebacker Coach.....Gerald Chapman Alma Mater, Year.............Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 2010 (1st year) Corners Coach/Special Teams........................... Sidney Powell Alma Mater...................................Morehouse, 1997 (2nd year) Director of Strength & Conditioning................... TJ Greenstone Alma Mater, Year............................Vanderbilt, 2011 (2nd Year) Equipmet Manager ......................................... LaTroy Johnson Alma Mater, Year ............................. Clemson, 2004 (1st Year) Athletic Trainer ................................................... Trevor Searcy Alma Mater, Year ............. Middle Tennessee, 2006 (2nd Year)

TSU FOOTBALL HISTORY First Season......................................................................1912 All-Time Record.......................................................554-284-33 First Year in OVC...............................................................1988 Record in the OVC.........................................................93-108 OVC Championships (Last)......................................... 2 (1999) NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances (Last)....................... 5 (2013) HBCU National Championships (Last).......................14 (2013) Cumulative All-Americans....................................................329 TEAM INFORMATION 2016 Overall Record.............................................................4-6 Home: ..................................................................................3-1 Away: ...................................................................................3-3 Neutral: ................................................................................1-0 2016 OVC Record (Finish).......................................... 4-3 (4th) Home: ..................................................................................2-1 Away: ...................................................................................2-2 Offensive Formation.......................................Spread/Pro Style Defensive Formation............................................................4-3 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost.........................................7/4 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost........................................8/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost............................................60/21 Newcomers........................................................................... 22 ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Jose’ F. Garcia Assistant Director (Football Contact) Phone............................................615-963-5674 Cell................................................615-838-4199 E-mail........................................ jgarcia1@tnstate.edu Football, Softball, M&W Golf

Gavin Nevill Assistant (Football Secondary) Phone............................................615-963-5674 Cell................................................610-442-3431 E-mail........................................tnevill@tnstate.edu Men’s Basketball, M&W Track and Field

Zekeya Anderson Harrison Director (FB & BB Credentials) Phone............................................615-963-1867 Cell................................................615-828-3603 E-mail.................................. zanderson01@tnstate.edu Women’s Basketball

Ashley Fontenot Intern Phone............................................615-963-5922 Cell................................................615-586-8012 E-mail..................................................@tnstate.edu Volleyball, M&W Tennis, Women’s Basketball (Secondary)

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THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE Entering its 66th year, the Ohio Valley Conference continues to build on the success that has made it the nation’s eighth-oldest NCAA Division I conference. For only the second time in a decade, the Conference expanded by adding Southern Illinois University Edwardsville as the league’s 11th member in 2008. The move expanded the OVC’s geographical footprint to the St. Louis market and marked the first change in membership since expanding to the state of Alabama (Jacksonville State, Samford) in 2003. The 2009-10 school year saw a change in leadership as Beth DeBauche was named the seventh fulltime Commissioner in league history. She is currently one of just five females to be the head of a Division I conference, and one of just eight to lead a Division I conference all-time. The last three commissioners of the OVC have moved onto jobs as the commissioner of the Big Ten, Big 12 and the Mid-American Conferences. The OVC’s proud past dates back to 1948, but seeds for the new league were actually planted in 1941. It was then that Roy Stewart, the athletics director at Murray State, Charles (Turkey) Hughes, the athletics director at Eastern Kentucky, and Kelly Thompson, the public relations director at Western Kentucky, first broached the idea of forming a new conference. Discussions were put on hold by World War II, but reemerged Feb. 27-28, 1948 at the Kentucky Hotel in Louisville as the three original institutions combined with Morehead State, Louisville and Evansville to form the OVC. In the 1950s, the OVC became a pioneer on a much more significant

scale socially. During times of racial segregation, league member Morehead State became one of the first non-traditionally black mid-southern institutions to accept a black student. In 1958, Marshall Banks earned athletically-related aid at Morehead, which signed a second black athlete, Howard Murphy, a year later. In 1961, Murphy earned all-conference recognition as a halfback in football. With racial barriers broken, the rest of the institutions in the league began to provide educational and athletic opportunities to African-Americans.

draft pick in both the NFL (Tennessee State’s Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie) and Major League Baseball (Eastern Kentucky’s Christian Friedrich) Drafts in the same school year. The OVC sponsors the following sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis and track for men, and basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and volleyball for women. In addition, the OVC also sponsors the combined men’s and women’s sport of rifle.

A first in the OVC occurred in 2008, when the league had a first round

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Founded in 1912, Tennessee State University has grown dramatically from a small college to two campuses: the 500-acre main campus and the downtown Avon Williams campus which is located in the heart of Nashville near the State capitol. The diverse student population of more than 8,000 represents 46 states and 45 countries. TSU has been listed for 11 consecutive years in the U.S. News & World Report “Guide to America’s Best Colleges.” Tennessee State University is a comprehensive, urban, coeducational land-grant university offering 45 bachelor degrees and 24 master’s degrees. Doctoral programs include biological sciences, psychology, public administration, computer information systems engineering, administration and supervision, and curriculum and instruction. When you think about Tennessee State University, many things come to mind – a rich heritage and legacy in athletics, academics, entertainment, research and service. Tennessee State University has long been a rising star among universities across the country. It is designated as one of the best public historically black colleges and universities in the nation, and it’s not by accident. Tennessee State University is among the few historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) with a chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, the oldest and largest freshman honor society in the United States and a Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, the most prestigious honor society comprising all academic disciplines. A great deal of focus has been given to improving the academic environment – strengthening our research reputation, attracting and retaining the best and brightest students, encouraging service-focused programs, engaging and supporting expert faculty in diverse fields, building on our student-centered philosophy and holding steadfast to our motto of “Think. Work. Serve.”

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Today, Tennessee State University’s student enrollment is more than 9,000. There are more than 400 faculty and more than 1,200 staff who are part of the university’s team. Additionally, the university’s rich strength in embracing diversity is evident with 45 countries and 46 states representative of the student body. The beauty and accessibility of the university’s main campus is a plus with now 65 buildings on more than 450 acres.

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Complimenting the main campus is a newly renovated downtown campus that features a simulated stock-trading center, a student computer laboratory and continuing education, distance learning and multimedia services. The university is arming students with the intellectual resources to compete in a global environment. In support of that, important partnerships have been established with leading global companies such as Boeing, Raytheon, Dell, IBM and others, in which both funding and service-learning opportunities are currently active.

The DAVIS BUILDING is topped by its landmark cupola and houses the Department of Languages, Literature and Philosophy and the Thomas E. Poag Auditorium. The building, which once housed the administrative offices, is named after TSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second president Dr. Walter S. Davis. KEAN HALL, a simplified Art Deco style gymnasium erected in 1951 at a cost of $1,500,000 was dedicated Wednesday, November 25, 1953. The structure is located on the south side of the campus at John Merritt Boulevard and 33rd Avenue, North and is named after former TSU Football head coach and Athletic Director, Henry A. Kean. The building contained at the time of its construction: a gymnasium, health, physical education and recreation classrooms, laboratories, staff offices, and facilities for indoor intramural sports, staff and student recreation and physical therapy. The building was vacated in 1980 when the HPER moved to the new Gentry Center Complex. The $300,000 renovation, approved in 1986-1987, connected the building to the Floyd-Payne campus center in 1991. The building became a recreational facility for the general campus population. It also serves as the headquarters for the Air Force ROTC, TSU Athletics and the academic and Hall of Fame.

The PERFORMING ARTS CENTER is located adjacent to the east side of the existing Strange Music Building. The facility houses the Theater, Television, Radio and Music Departments and includes a complete renovation of the Strange Music Building. A performance theater seating for 400 was constructed as part of the new building. Theater department spaces include classrooms, support spaces and offices. Rehearsal and production facilities are provided for television and radio departments, as well as offices and support areas. The music department has new laboratory facilities, practice rooms, classrooms, offices and an expanded band practice room and support facilities. The project included approximately 30,400 sq. ft. of renovated space (the Strange Music Building) and 43,000 sq. ft. of new construction.

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The FLOYD-PAYNE CAMPUS CENTER contains various student and administrative offices, campus bookstore, post office, and dining services. The Center is named after former TSU student and fifth president, Otis L. Floyd, and long-time Dean of Students and Vice-President of Student Affairs, Joseph A. Payne. The BROWN-DANIEL LIBRARY was erected in 1976 and opened for service during the summer of 1977. This present structure has 82,000 square feet of space with special study and research facilities for faculty and graduate students, and a Special Collections Room which houses the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historical archives, theses, dissertations, and other special materials. The library is named in memory of Library Directors, Martha M. Brown and Lois H. Daniel.

The AVERITTE AMPHITHEATER located in the center of campus; landscaped and has permanent seating for 200. The structure is named after Laura M. Averitte, author of Tennessee State Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alma mater.

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DR. GLENDA

GLOVER

UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

5TH YEAR, TENNESSEE STATE Glenda Glover joined the University January 2, 2013, as its eighth president. Glover previously served as the Dean of the School of Business at Jackson State University.

the implementation of online learning programs, developed the university’s internal fiscal accountability measures and served as a key liaison to local and national elected officials.

the Board of Directors of MetroJackson Chamber of Commerce, Chairperson of the City of Jackson Planning Board, District of Columbia Housing and Community Development Advi-

A licensed attorney and certified public accountant, Glover earned her bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from TSU in 1974, an MBA from Clark Atlanta University in 1976, the J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1994 and her Ph.D. in Business Economics and Policy from George Washington University in 1990.

Before joining Jackson State, she began her full-time academic career as chairperson of the accounting department at Howard.

sory Board, and member of the Harvard Business School Management Alliance. She is a recipient of the Drum Major for Justice Award, Distinguished Woman of the Year Award, Dean of the Year Award, and Most Outstanding Philanthropist.

President Glover served at Jackson State University since 1994 and led the College of Business to implement programs leading up through the Ph. D. degree. Her guidance has included the development of retention strategies and ensuring compliance with accreditation standards. President Glover has also played an important role in fundraising for the college, leading a successful $5 million initiative and obtaining the university’s first endowed chair. She spearheaded

University in Washington, D.C., from 19901994. She went to Howard after serving in increasingly responsible roles in industry, including as chief financial officer and senior vice president of Metter Industries, manager of investor relations for the Potomac Electric Power Co. in D.C., and accountant at Arthur Andersen in Memphis. President Glover has served on the boards of directors of several private and public companies, including First Guaranty Bancshares, Student Loan Corp., The Lenox Group, Regions Bank of Mississippi, Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, and Economic Analysis. Dr. Glover has also served as a member of

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Along with her academic and administrative accomplishments, President Glover has been published in several highly regarded journals and refereed proceedings, and made numerous presentations at professional meetings and conferences. She has also served as an editorial advisor for one of the most prestigious journals in the accounting profession. President Glover, a Memphis native, and her husband, Charles, have two adult children, Candace and Charles.

TERESA

PHILLIPS

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

16TH YEAR, VANDERBILT Teresa Lawrence-Phillips became head of the Tennessee State University

1993–94 squad to the program’s first-ever OVC regular season crown, the

Phillips earned several honors as a three-year letter winner at Vanderbilt.

athletics department in April of 2002. As director, the athletic department

Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship, and the team’s first ap-

She was the first recipient of the Lady Commodore Athlete of the Year honor,

has made tremendous strides on the playing field, campus, community and

pearance ever in the NCAA tournament.

given to the best all-around female athlete. In addition, she received the

classroom.

Nashville Civitan’s Sportsmanship Award in 1979 and 1980. Phillips and her staff enjoyed their most successful season in 1994–95 as the

Some accomplishments under the Phillips’ administration include the

Lady Tigers (22–7, 12–4 OVC) shared the regular season title. TSU claimed

Community oriented, Phillips has assisted with the National Youth Sports

launching of the first official website for TSU Athletics in August of 2002, the

its second consecutive tournament title and a trip to the NCAA tournament.

Drug Program and has been appointed to several boards and committees

revitalization of the Big Blue Booster Club, the recognition of Ohio Valley Con-

which include: NCAA Basketball Rules, NCAA Championship Cabinet, Fellow-

ference Scholar Athletes, and conference championships in volleyball, wom-

She has been invited twice to serve as an assistant coach for USA Basketball

ship of Christian Athletes, Boys’ & Girls’ Club, the Vanderbilt Alumni Advisory

en’s track including a PGA minority national championship in men’s golf.

(1995 and 1999) and was invited to serve as an assistant coach for the U.S.

Board and the Nashville Sports Council Executive Board.

Olympic Festival North Squad. Phillips also has the distinction of being the first woman ever to coach an

She has held memberships in several organizations, including the Black

NCAA Division I men’s basketball team en route to being named one of the

Prior to her stint at TSU, Phillips was head coach at Fisk University for four

Coaches Association, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, the NCAA

“101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports” by Sports Illustrated in 2003.

years. She guided the Bulldogs to WIAC League and Tournament Champion-

Championship and Competition Cabinet and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

ships in 1987 and 1988 and was tabbed WIAC Coach of the Year twice (1987, She was also named as the Second Most Influential Woman in Sports in

1988). She compiled a 68-34 overall record with the Bulldogs.

Tennessee by The Tennessean newspaper. In addition, she was named USA

She is an inaugural member of the Girls’ Preparatory School Sports Hall of Fame and a 2008 inductee of the Lookout Mountain Sports Hall of Fame. She lives in

Today’s National Coach of the Year in 1990 and was a three-time OVC Coach

She graduated from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor’s degree in Eco-

of the Year selection.

nomics before obtaining a Masters in Education from TSU in 1999. Phillips,

Nashville with her two sons, Micah and Kyle.

who helped recruit six All-Americans and seven All-State players, served as No stranger to athletic success, she was head coach of the Lady Tigers bas-

an assistant coach with the Lady Commodores (1981-1984) winning the

ketball program at TSU for 11 seasons from 1989-2000. Phillips guided the

N.I.T. in 1983.

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ROD

REED

HEAD COACH

8TH YEAR, TENNESSEE STATE ‘88 Rod Reed enters his eighth season at the helm of the Tennessee State football program after being named head coach on December 18, 2009. He served as the associate head coach and defensive coordinator during the 2009 season. Reed experienced immediate success as a head coach, leading the Tigers to a win in his debut game, 27-14, over Alabama A&M on Sept. 4, 2010 in the John Merritt Classic. He also broke an eight-game losing streak to Florida A&M, downing the Rattlers, 29-18, in the Atlanta Classic. Reed coached six players to All-OVC Teams including safety Eugene Clifford who also was a Sports Network, Phil Steele and BOXTOROW All-American. The Tigers increased their win total in their second season under Reed and finished the 2011 season on a hot streak, winning four of their last six games. The stretch included a, 42-40, upset win at No. 19 ranked Tennessee Tech on Oct. 15. Reed produced even more All-OVC players in year two, as seven made postseason squads. Two more defenders garnered All-American honors under Reed’s tutelage in linebacker Rico Council and Joseph Wylie. He also helped Lamar Divens and Sidney Tarver ink NFL contracts. The Big Blue continued its success in 2012 by rattling off seven straight victories to open the season. The Tigers finished the year with an 8-3 record, its best since 2001. The performance earned TSU HBCU Program of the Year honors by HBCU Huddle. Several players earned postseason accolades including running back Trabis Ward who was named to the College Sports All-American Team after running for 1,460 yards and 15 touchdowns. Three more Tigers were Sheridan All-Americans including Sherman Carter who signed an NFL deal with fellow offensive lineman Rogers Gaines following suit. Reed turned in his finest season to date in 2013, as the Tigers finished 10-4 and won a FCS Playoff Game for the first time since 1986. It capped an impressive run in

which Reed improved his club’s win total by at least two in each of his first four campaigns. TSU won its first HBCU National Championship since 1982 and the team’s shutout win over Butler in the first round of the playoffs was the first victory for the

OVC in postseason play in nearly 30 years. A school record 12 Tigers were chosen to the league’s all-conference teams at season’s end and Kadeem Edwards (143rd) and Demetrius Rhaney (250th) were selected in the NFL Draft.

THE ROD REED FILE Tennessee State (14 Years) Head Coach............................................................................... 2010 - Present Assistant Coach............................................................................. 2003 - 2009 East Texas Baptist (Three Years) Defensive Coordinator............................................................. 2000 - 2003 Seabreeze HS (Four Years) Defensive Coordinator.............................................................. 1996 - 2000 Bethune-Cookman (Four Years) Linebackers Coach................................................................... 1992 - 1995 Prairie View A&M (One Year) Linebackers Coach...............................................................................1991 Tennessee State Year-by-Year Results

Year Overall Pct. OVC Pct. 2016................................. 7-4....................... .636........................ 4-3.............. .571 2015................................. 4-6........................ .400........................ 1-6.............. .143 2014................................. 6-6........................ .500........................ 3-5.............. .375 2013............................... 10-4........................ .715........................ 6-2.............. .750 2012................................. 8-3........................ .727........................ 4-3.............. .571 2011................................. 5-6........................ .455........................ 4-4.............. .500 2010................................. 3-8........................ .273........................ 0-7.............. .000 Head Coach................. 43-37........................ .538.................... 22-30.............. .423 2009................................. 4-7........................ .364........................ 3-4.............. .429 2008................................. 8-4........................ .667........................ 5-3.............. .625 2007................................. 5-6........................ .455........................ 4-3.............. .571 2006................................. 6-5........................ .545........................ 5-2.............. .714 2005................................. 2-9........................ .182........................ 1-6.............. .143 2004................................. 4-7........................ .364........................ 2-5.............. .286 2003................................. 7-5........................ .583........................ 5-3.............. .625 Assistant Coach........... 36-43........................ .456.................... 25-26.............. .490 TSU Total..................... 79-80........................ .497.................... 47-56.............. .456

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In 2014, Reed’s defense ranked inside the top-10 for the third straight season. Middle linebacker Nick Thrasher tallied 128 stops on the season, which was sixth-most in a single-season in school history and the highest total for a Tiger since 1991. Thrasher also moved up to second-place in tackles in the TSU record book over the course of the season, finishing with 358. Quarterback Mike German threw for 2,846 yards on the year, helping him break the 34 year old school-mark with 8,664 career yards.

A keen recruiter as an assistant, Reed was responsible for bringing several notable key players into the TSU program. Reed is noted for recruiting Javarris Williams (2009 seven-round draft pick, Kansas City Chiefs), Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (2008 first-round draft pick, Arizona Cardinals), Shaun Richardson, Lamar Divens (Baltimore Ravens, 2008) and Corneilus Lewis. He has also coached All-America and professional player, Jamar Landrom (Jacksonville Jaguars).

After breaking a streak of three consecutive non-losing seasons in 2015, the Tigers bounced back to finish 7-4 in 2016. TSU reemerged as one of the top teams in the OVC under Reed with nine all-conference players and six All-Americans. The offense led the OVC in points scored and finished second in total offense. Cornerback Ezra Robinson and offensive lineman Jessamen Dunker both earned First Team All-OVC selections, All-American status and were invited to play in the Reese’s Senior Bowl. The duo also participated in the NFL combine and signed free agent contracts. Reed has coached a total of 28 All-Americans and 62 All-OVC Players in his seven seasons as a head coach and has staked a 43-37 record.

Reed was a four-year letter winner for the TSU Tigers from 1984 - 1988. He capped off his career by being named Sheridan All-America his senior season. He set the Tiger record for career tackles from his linebacker slot and in 1987, he set the single season record for tackles with 197. He helped lead the Tigers to the second round of the 1986 Division I-AA playoffs and was selected as Defensive MVP in 1987 and 1988. Following completion of his bachelor’s degree, Reed entered the coaching profession. He held positions at Prairie View A&M (Linebackers, 2001), Bethune-Cookman University (Linebackers, 92-95), and Seabreeze High School (DC, 96-00) in Daytona Beach, Fla. Within those positions he coached five first-team all-conference linebackers and a pair of All-Americans.

He began coaching at TSU in 2003 and served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. At the conclusion of the season in which Reed returned to the TSU sideline, the Tigers led the OVC in total defense for the first time in school history. The defense accomplished the same feat in 2008 finishing at the top of the OVC in total defense.

The 2002 Texas Baptist defense ranked second in their conference in scoring defense and third in rushing defense. The team did not allow points in either the first or third periods through the first eight games in 2002. Reed is the son of Robert Reed, Jr., an All-America offensive guard for the Tigers in 1963 and 1964 who later played professionally for the Washington Redskins. Reed is the university’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes representative and in 2009 he participated in the NCAA Football Coaches Academy. He and his wife, Tamika, are the parents of four children, Terry, Takara, Briah, and Marcel.

Before coming to TSU, Reed previously coached at East Texas Baptist College (0003) in his hometown of Marshall, Texas. He served as defensive coordinator for East Texas Baptist, which launched its football program during the 2000 season.

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JEFF

GARRY

8TH YEAR

1ST YEAR

PARKER OC/QBs

FISHER DC/S

Jeff Parker joined the Tennessee State University Football staff in spring of 2010 as the pass game coordinator, quarterback coach. He was named assistant head coach at the start of the 2012 season and offensive coordinator in 2015. In 2016, Parker’s offense made significant leaps as they became the top scoring unit in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Tigers jumped from sixth in 2015 to the top spot a year later. Parker’s group also improved in Total Offense (seventh to second), Rushing (eighth to fourth), Passing (fourth to second) and Passing Efficiency (fourth to first) in just a year’s time.

Garry Fisher began at Tennessee State in January of 2017 as the defensive coordinator. He joins the staff after spending the 2016 season at Western Illinois as linebackers coach and co-special teams coordinator on Charlie Fisher’s staff. During his time at Western, Fisher coached First Team Walter Camp All-American Linebacker Brett Taylor, the nation’s leader with 94 solo tackles in 2016. Fisher helped Taylor, who finished 7th in the Buck Buchanan Award voting (National Defensive Player of the Year), earn First Team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference and First Team Academic All-MVFC accolades. Prior to Western Illinois, Fisher spent seven years in the OVC at Eastern Kentucky.

The offense generated five OVC All-Conference selections, which included lineman Jessamen Dunker and Kevin Kenton, wide receivers Patrick Smith and Steven Newbold, along with receiver and return specialist Chris Rowland. Dunker was named to several First Team All-American teams, including Associated Press, while Newbold and Rowland were named HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-Americans. The offense averaged 32.3 points and 415.1 yards per game despite losing starting quarterback O’Shay Ackerman-Carter early in the third game of the season. Ronald Butler started the final eight game of the season and was responsible for 28 touchdowns leading all OVC signal callers. Butler finished 137-of-234 for 2,014 yards, averaging 251.8 yards per game which would be 21st in FCS and 2nd in the OVC. Butler led the OVC and was 14th in the FCS in Passing Efficiency (147.8), was ranked nationally in passing touchdowns (26th, 21), yards per completion (9th, 14.41), yards per pass attempt (13th, 8.33), total offense (44th, 237.1), 17th in points responsible for (170) and points responsible for per game (15.5). Butler finished second in conference games rushing as he averaged 5.7 yards per carry and was the top rushing QB in Conference Games. Under Parker’s guidance, redshirt freshman quarterback Michael German had just seven starts in 2011, but earned the Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year honors and was picked as the Newcomer of the Week four times. German was also a finalist for the Sports Network’s Jerry Rice Award which honors the freshman of the year in the Football Championship Subdivision. Parker spent the previous five seasons serving as wide receivers, quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator at Norfolk State. Under Parker’s guidance, two Spartan quarterbacks threw for more than 2,000 yards in a single season. Two of his All-MEAC players, quarterback Casey Hansen (Philadelphia Eagles) and wide receiver Chris Bell (New Orleans Saints) went on to sign free agent contracts in the NFL.

Fisher, who worked with inside linebackers, saw the linebackers corps have eight players earn All-Ohio Valley Conference honors (three 1st Team, five 2nd Team). EKU finished three seasons ranked in the Top 25 and made two FCS Playoff appearances during Fisher’s time with the Colonels. Before arriving at EKU, the native of Columbus, Ohio, served as the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Kentucky State in 2008. Fisher was a four-year letter winner at Bowling Green (1998-01) as an outside linebacker before transitioning into the Falcons’ coaching ranks in 2002. After serving two years as a defensive assistant at BGSU, Fisher moved to Utah where he served as an offensive assistant for the 2004 Mountain West Conference and 2005 Fiesta Bowl champions. At both of his first two coaching jobs, Fisher served under current Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer. Following a one-year stint at Heidelberg College (2005) as the special teams coordinator, Fisher landed at Shenandoah University for two years (2006-07) as the defensive coordinator. Fisher graduated from Bowling Green State University in 2002 with a degree in sociology. He then earned his master’s degree in exercise and sport science from the University of Utah in 2006. In the summer of 2012, Fisher was selected to participate in the NCAA and NFL Coaches Academy in Dallas. He also spent some of that summer participating in the Bill Walsh Minority Coaching Internship program with the New Orleans Saints. Garry married the former Lucretia Hughes in 2010. Together they have six children: daughters Tseday (13), Amari (11) and Gianna (4), and sons Rece (9) and twins Garry III (2) and Terry (2).

Parker has extensive experience coaching on the offensive side of the ball. He served as an assistant and offensive coordinator alongside current TSU head coach Rod Reed at Seabreeze (Fla.) HS from 1993-2001. His offense went on to set Florida high school’s all-time record for passing yards completions and touchdowns. Parker then followed with a short stint as head coach at Spruce Creek (Fla.) HS in the spring and summer of 2002 before joining the staff at Bethune-Cookman College. As a player, Parker played two seasons at TSU before finishing his eligibility at Bethune-Cookman College, now University. In just two seasons with the Wildcats, Parker caught 125 passes for 1,765 yards, and earned a share of the Wildcats’ all-time reception record (125). Parker led the conference in receptions in 1990 with 58 and broke the Wildcats’ single season record with 67 catches in 1991. He received first-team All-MEAC honors in each of those seasons. He capped his career by receiving first-team All-America honors in 1991. For his efforts, he was inducted into the Bethune-Cookman Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012. After college, Parker played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL (1992), the Charlotte Rage (1994), Orlando Predators (1995-98) of the Arena Football League, and the Rhine Fire of the World Football League (1995). In 2008, he was selected to participate in the NCAA’s Coaches Academy, which is designed to identify and nurture minority coaches, in 2008. Parker, a native of Daytona Beach, Fla. earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education and recreation from Bethune-Cookman in 1994. He and his wife, Onya, are the parents of two children daughters, Jai and son Jayce (JD).

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RUSS

ANTONIO

8TH YEAR

3RD YEAR

EHRENFELD OL Russ Ehrenfeld enters the eighth year of his third stint at Tennessee State after spending three seasons at Chattanooga.

BRADFORD TEs Antonio Bradford joined the TSU staff in the fall of 2015 after spending ten seasons as an assistant coach at his Alma Mater, Alabama State University. He will work with the tight ends and tackles with the Big Blue.

Since returning, Ehrenfeld has produced numerous professional linemen, including four NFL draft picks in a two year span. Kadeem Edwards and Demetrius Rhaney were taken in the 2014 draft, while Robert Myers and Anthony Morris were selected in 2015. This marked the first time in TSU history that four lineman were drafted during a two year period.

In 2016, Bradford helped in the training of All-American Jessamen Dunker who went on to sign a free agent contract with the New York Giants.

In 2016, Jessamen Dunker and Kevin Kenton were All-Ohio Valley Conference selections and both earned invites to NFL camps. Dunker earned All-American honors and signed a free agent contract with the New York Giants. Kenton was invited to the New York Jets rookie minicamp

Working with the offensive line, Bradford’s unit opened the hole for the Hornet runners for a SWAC-leading 231.5 yards per game, good enough for 14th among the Football Championship Series (FCS) schools. Throughout his tenure, he also served as video coordinator, assistant recruiting coordinator, assistant head coach and interim head coach for ASU.

Prior to his return, Ehrenfeld helped the Mocs allow only nine sacks in 2009, tied for fewest in the Southern Conference and third lowest in the nation. UTC did not allow a sack for the last four games of the season, including a trip to FBS National Champion Alabama in the season finale.

The former Hornet was a three-year starter at left guard from 2002 to 2004. His teams won back-to-back Eastern Division titles in 2003 and 2004, and won the ASU’s second SWAC football championship in 2004.

In 2010, he turned his attention to the centers and guards, helping T.J. Hurless earn a spot on the All-SoCon second team. Add in Chris Harr and Ehrenfeld has guided two Mocs to all-league honors in his two years at UTC.

Bradford was a member of an offense that was the most prolific in America and featured – among others – former Alabama State standout Tarvaris Jackson, who went on to be drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the second round in 2006, and current member of Super Bowl XLVIII champion Seattle Seahawks.

In 2011, Ehrenfeld coached tight ends, helping the Mocs to a 5-6 overall record, including a 38-17 win at then ranked No. 10 Jacksonville State on Sept. 10. Faysal Shaffat was a 2011 All-Southern Conference freshman tight end for the Mocs.

Bradford, who began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at ASU, holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a master’s degree in general counseling. He and his wife, Faith, have one daughter, Autumn.

In his second stop at TSU, Ehrenfeld’s offensive line set the tone for the No. 1 rushing offense in the Ohio Valley Conference in 2007 and 2008 while allowing just the second fewest number of sacks in the league. All totaled, he has coached more than ten offensive lineman that have gone on to play professionally. Ehrenfeld previously coached the offensive line at TSU for three seasons (1997-99), helping the Tigers capture backto-back OVC championships in 1998 and 1999. Notably, four linemen from the 1999 team went on to play in the NFL. A native of Hillside, N.J., Ehrenfeld played four seasons at Chattanooga, helping the Mocs claim three SoCon titles as a starting offensive guard. He earned his bachelor’s degree in secondary education-history in 1981. Following graduation, Ehrenfeld’s first coaching position was at TMI Academy as the offensive line coach. His first collegiate position was as a graduate assistant at the University of South Carolina, where he had the opportunity to coach the Gamecocks in the 1984 Gator Bowl. Since then, he has also coached at Austin Peay (1985-87, 95-96), Itawamba Community College (1988-89), Southeast Missouri State (1990-92), Eastern Michigan (1993-94), Alabama State (2000) and Bucknell (2001-02).

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KEVIN

CHRIS

3RD YEAR

1ST YEAR

MASHACK RBs

CHESTNUT WRs

Kevin Mashack returned to Tennessee State in the spring of 2015 after spending three years in the player personnel department for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Mashack will work closely with the Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; running backs and will serve as the recruiting coordinator. In his first two seasons with the Tigers, Mashack headed the wide receiving unit which produced a preseason Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year and two All-Americans. Patrick Smith is a two-time All-OVC selection and amassed 1,962 yards on 115 catches in his two seasons. Smith has scored 23 touchdowns in 21 games.

Chris Chestnut enters his second season on the Tennessee State staff in 2017 and first as the wide receivers coach. Chestnut spent the 2016 season at TSU as an offensive quality control coach, working closely with the tight ends. Chestnut arrived at TSU after a coaching stop at Miami (FL) as an offensive assistant, stepping in as interim tight ends coach for the Hurricanes for the 2015 campaign. Prior to that, Chestnut served as the offensive coordinator at Northern Durham High School in North Carolina for the 2013 and 2014 seasons after spending 2012 as a graduate assistant the University of South Florida.

Steven Newbold and Chris Rowland were named HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-American under Mashack. Newbold finished 19th in the nation averaging 19.12 yards per reception while catching 41 passes for 784 yards. Rowland finished third on the team in receptions and earned his honor for his duties a return specialist.

Other previous collegiate coaching experience includes two seasons at Campbell (2010 and 2011) coaching running backs and one year at Ellsworth Community College (2009) working with wide receivers.

Mashack was added to the Jaguars staff as a scouting assistant in May 2013. Mashack is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the player personnel department, watching and grading film and attending pro days to scout and evaluate players prior to the NFL Draft.

Chestnut began his coaching career at Northern Durham High School from 2004-08. He spent five years working in various coaching positions, including passing game coordinator (2006-07), special teams coordinator (2006-08) and strength and conditioning coach (2004-08). Chestnut also worked with the track and field program, who won four straight conference titles while he was coaching.

Mashack served two seasons (2011-12) as the running backs coach and one season with the tight ends (2010) at Tennessee State University, where he previously acted as the video coordinator after beginning as a student assistant in 2003. Mashack acted as the pro liaison, performed daily video responsibilities and was instrumental in recruiting purposes.

The Durham, N.C. native began his collegiate playing career for College of the Canyons in Valencia, Calif. Chestnut led the team in receiving in each of his two years and was named first-team Western State Conference as a sophomore. He then transferred to Western Michigan, where he started all 11 games as a junior. He was a two-year letterwinner at WMU and served as a team captain as a senior. He ended his career with the Broncos with 30 catches for 412 yards.

Mashack is a native of Miami, Florida and graduated from Tennessee State in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts and Science and a Masters in Sports Administration in 2009. He is married to the former Tiffany Gilliam.

Chestnut played professionally in the Arena Football League from 2004-2006. He was in camp with the New York Dragons in 2004 and spent two years playing for the Las Vegas Gladiators (2004-05) and a year for the Georgia Wildcats (2006). Chestnut received his bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Western Michigan in 2008. Chestnut has three children: Jaylon, Carter and Christina. He is married to Maria Chestnut.

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NICK

GERALD

2ND YEAR

1ST YEAR

DAVISON DEs

CHATMAN DEs/OLB

Nick Davison returned to the Tennessee State football coaching staff in the spring of 2015 as the team’s defensive ends coach. After two seasons with the ends, Davison will move inside to run the defensive linemen.

Gerald Chatman enters his first season on Rod Reed’s staff at Tennessee State in 2017, working directly with the defensive ends and outside linebackers.

In his first two seasons with the Tigers, Davison found success with defensive end Ebenezer Ogundeko who earned two consecutive Ohio Valley Conference First Team selections. Ogundeko was named to several Preseason All-American teams in 2016 and 2017, as well as the media’s selection for Preseason Defensive Player of the Year in the OVC in 2016.

Chatman comes to Nashville after serving as the defensive line coach at Elon during the 2016 season. Chatman spent a portion of the 2016 NFL preseason as a defensive coaching intern with the Super Bowl Champion Denver Broncos. During his time with the Broncos he worked with the inside and outside linebackers.

Prior to his arrival on campus, Davison spent 2013 as a graduate assistant on the Tiger staff. While at TSU, Davison helped guide Big Blue to a 10-4 record and top-10 nationally ranked defense.

Chatman spent the 2015 season working with the defensive line at Texas A&M University as a defensive graduate assistant. The Aggies posted an 8-5 record and played in the Music City Bowl. His coaching assisted defensive end Myles Garrett to All-SEC and All-America honors.

Davison coached five All-OVC players on the defensive front, including end Anthony Bass who was named the conference’s Defensive Player of the Year after recording 14.5 sacks. In addition, the Tennessee State defense ranked as one of the best in the country, only allowing 296 total yards per game. The unit also forced 32 turnovers and gave up just 18.1 points per contest.

During the summer of 2015, he worked as a defensive coaching intern with the Green Bay Packers where he assisted with both the defensive line and linebacker units. He was also selected to participate in the NFL-NCAA Coaches Academy.

Prior to arriving at TSU, Davison worked as the defensive tackle coach at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga in 2012 after an accomplished playing career. Davison played his first two years at the University of Alabama-Birmingham where he notched 33 tackles and saw action in all 24 games for the Blazers. He then transferred to UTC and was named Preseason 2nd Team All-SoCon as a senior.

Chatman spent the 2014 campaign as the defensive line coach and assistant recruiting coordinator at Butler University. In part due to his defensive line’s play, Butler led the Pioneer Football League in rushing defense and was second in sacks. Chatman had one player earn all-conference accolades. Chatman worked as a defensive graduate assistant at Ball State University during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. While with the Cardinals, Chatman mentored two high-profile defensive ends. Jonathan Newsome earned first-team All-Mid American Conference honors under the guidance of Chatman. Upon graduation, Newsome was selected in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. The second Cardinal to earn all-conference honors under Chatman was defensive tackle Nathan Ollie. During Chatman’s time at BSU, the program played in consecutive bowl games and posted 19 victories. Chatman got his start in collegiate coaching at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh where he was the defensive line coach from 2010-11. Chatman was a defensive lineman at Wisconsin Oshkosh. He received a bachelor’s degree in educational leadership and human services from Wisconsin Oshkosh. He then earned a master’s degree in adult and community education from Ball State.

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SIDNEY

2ND YEAR

POWELL CBs

GREENSTONE STRENGTH

Sidney Powell joined the Tennessee State staff in the spring of 2016. Powell moved to the defensive side of the ball to work with the cornerbacks after coaching the Tiger running backs for one season. In 2017, Powell also took over the duties as special teams coordinator. Powell came to TSU after spending seven seasons with Ohio Valley Conference opponent Tennessee Tech. Powell joined the Tech coaching staff working with the cornerbacks before coaching the safeties and coordinating the passing game defense.

TJ Greenstone returned to Tennessee State as an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach in 2014 and is currently the programs Interim Director. Greenstone is in charge of program design and implementation for football after serving as the strength coach for Men’s Basketball and Track & Field during is first two seasons.

Prior to TTU, the 20-year collegiate coaching veteran spent three years in a similar position at Ball State University. He also coached at Massachusetts, Sacred Heart and Northeastern, helping win championships at every stop including the 1998 I-AA national championship while at UMass.

Greenstone came to TSU after working at The Georgia Institute of Technology where he assisted with Football and various Olympic sports. Prior to his time at Georgia Tech, Greenstone served as a Volunteer Assistant Strength Coach at The University of Evansville where he headed up training for Softball, Women’s Tennis, and Diving. He also assisted with 10 of their 14 varsity sports.

The Newnan, Ga. native, was a three-year starter as a safety at Morehouse College, receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1997 in health and physical education.

Greenstone first came to TSU serving as an academic internship for Strength and Conditioning in the spring of 2011.

His first coaching position was at UMass, working as a graduate assistant with the Minutemen in 1998 and 1999. He helped take the team from a 2-9 record before his arrival to the national championship and a 12-3 record in 1998. His first full-time post was at Sacred Heart in 2000 and 2001. While there, Sacred Heart won 21 games in his two seasons after winning just four games in the previous two years. In the summer of 2001, Powell participated in the National Football League’s Summer Internship Program as a defensive backfield assistant with the Seattle Seahawks.

A Lawrenceville (GA) native, Greenstone played football at Vanderbilt University, graduating with a degree in Human & Organizational Development with a concentration in Health & Human Services in 2011. He is certified under the CSCCa, NSCA, CPR/AED, and is a National Level Coach through the USA-W.

In 2002, he accepted a post at Northeastern University, helping to win the first league championship in school history. He returned to Massachusetts in 2004 and 2005 and helped lead the team to a winning record both seasons. With Powell directing the secondary, UMass ranked first in the nation in scoring defense in 2005 and led the Atlantic 10 Conference in total defense, pass defense and pass defense efficiency. Powell tutored Shannon James, a first-team all-conference selection and the 2004 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year. Powell spent three years at Ball State where his secondary intercepted 32 passes and led the Mid-American conference. Among his standout players was MVP Erik Keys, a 2007 free agent signee with the Tennessee Titans. In 2008, Powell helped Ball State to a 12-0 regular season record and the GMAC Bowl, finishing the year ranked 23rd nationally. He coached safety Sean Baker who led the MAC in interceptions and was named Freshman All-America as well as the MAC Freshman of the Year. Married to the former Charmer Chadan, the couple has two sons, Brandon and Zachary.

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TREVOR

LaTROY

SEARCY SPORTS MEDICINE

JOHNSON EQUIPMENT

2ND YEAR

1ST YEAR

Trevor Searcy began his service with Tennessee State University in December of 2015. During his time here he has worked with athletes in most every sport, most directly with women’s basketball, football and track. A native of Portland, Tenn., Searcy earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Athletic Training from Middle Tennessee State University in 2006 and is licensed in the state of Tennessee. Searcy joined TSU after nine years of service in the field of sports medicine. During his tenure as an athletic trainer, Searcy has worked with teams from Middle Tennessee State University, Jackson State University, Germantown High School in Mississippi and Portland High School. Searcy has also completed two NFL internships.

LaTroy Johnson was hired as the Head Equipment Manager at Tennessee State University July 2017. Johnson came to Tennessee State from Morgan State where he served as the Director of Equipment Operations for nearly two years. At Morgan State, he handled the day-to-day equipment operations for all of the Division I sports for the Athletic Department. He supervised and help to maintained all equipment budgets while ordering, storing, distribution, collection, and sustaining all equipment. He also managed the student manager program and was the primary contact person between the department and Adidas. With the Bears, Johnson was responsible for implementing new inventory software for the department.

He is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainer’s Association and the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

Prior to his stint at Morgan State, he served as the Head Equipment Manager at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Searcy and his wife Sheena currently reside in Portland. They have one son, Austin Davis. Johnson spent five years as the Head Football Equipment Manager at Middle Tennessee (2007-12) after a two-year stint as the Director of Equipment Operations at South Carolina State University. He got his start in the business as a student equipment manager at Clemson University from 2000-04. A native of Orangeburg, S.C., Johnson is a member of the Athletic Equipment Managers Association, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School Alumni Association. He graduated from Clemson University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management with a concentration in Sports Management. He has one son, Aaron LaTroy.

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2017 ROSTER No. 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 38 39 40 41 42 43 45 47 49 50 51 52 53

Name Ebenezer Ogundeko Steven Newbold Patrick Smith Chris Rowland Nick Harper, Jr. Sabree Curtis, Jr. Terrell Bonds Treon Harris Earl Harrison Ronnie Killings Mahlon Medley Al-Malik Moore Dajour Nesbeth Mazio Rhodes Micheal Hughes Larry Wilhoite DeVon Johnson Ladarious Johnson Kullen Wells Tyler Black Josh Trueheart Reggie Gunn Moris Lugo Austin Rowley Justin North Shakur Jackson Neiman Armstrong Lakhalon Holland Xavier Hurge Trevion Duncan Vincent Sellers Laquarius Cook James Green Shawn McColley Michael Crawford Blair Edwards Tyler Bond Chris Collins Seth Rowland Arkeem Granger Jordan Bell Desmond Johnson Andrew Knox Terence Harris II Thomas Newberg Lane Clark Antowan Malone Mitchell Boudreaux Dell Porter Ahmad Richardson Elijah Walton Joseph Johnson Ian Martin Andrew Cothran Mike Smith

Pos. DE WR WR WR DB RB CB QB RB WR TE WR CB WR QB S WR CB QB RB QB LB LB P LB DB CB CB S SS DB SS LB RB LB LB DB LB RB RB RB DB FB FB LS K LB K DE DB DB LB LB DE OG

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

Wt. 255 170 190 170 175 175 176 195 205 185 225 170 187 180 230 185 175 185 190 180 235 195 210 180 230 170 185 190 206 180 180 190 205 210 210 202 180 230 185 220 200 190 250 242 190 170 225 150 250 180 175 230 245 235 310

Yr. Hometown (Previous School) R-Sr. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Clemson) So. Carol City, Fla. (Miami Carol City HS) R-Sr. Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven HS) So. Nolensville, Tenn. (Ravenwood HS) R-Fr. Brentwood, Tenn. (Ravenwood HS) So. Fairburn, Ga. (Creekside HS) Sr. Miami, Fla. (Miami Central HS) R-Jr. Miami, Fla. (Florida) So. Memphis, Tenn. (Ridgeway HS) So. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Navy) Jr. Charlotte, N.C. (Mallard Creek HS) Fr. Miami, Fla. (Northwestern HS) So. Winter Garden, Fla. (West Orange HS) R-Jr. Nashville, Tenn. (Hunters Lane HS) R-So. Nashville, Tenn. (Hillsboro HS) So. Nashville, Tenn. (Franklin Road Academy) R-Jr. Huntsville, Ala. (Alabama A&M) R-Jr. Nashville, Tenn. (Hillwood HS) R-Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. (Troy) R-So. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Oakland HS) Fr. Nashville, Tenn. (Stratford HS) So. Jacksonville, Fla. (Trinity Christian Academy) Fr. Opa Locka, Fla. (Miami Carol City HS) Jr. San Diego, Calif. (Helix Charter HS) R-Sr. Orlando, Fla. (Freedom HS) R-So. Roswell, Ga. (Roswell HS) So. Dallas, Texas (Cisco College) R-Jr. Jacksonville, Fla (Ribault HS) R-Jr. Coral Springs, Fla. (Florida State) Jr. Houston, Texas (Lamar HS) Fr. Sarasota, Fla. (Riverview HS) R-Jr. Birmingham, Ala. (Wenonah HS) Fr. Orlando, Fla. (Olympia HS) Fr. Chattanooga, Tenn. (McCallie HS) Fr. Lansing, Ill. (Thornton Fractional South HS) Jr. Gadsden, Ala. (Gadsden City HS) R-Fr. Chapel Hill, Tenn. (Chapel Hill HS) Sr. Fairburn, Ga. (Creekside HS) So. Brentwood, Tenn. (Georgia Prep) R-So. Pembroke Pines, Fla. (Flanagan HS) Fr. Antioch, Tenn. (Cane Ridge HS) R-Fr. Huntsville, Ala. (J.O. Johnson HS) R-So. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Siegel HS) R-Sr. Nashville, Tenn. (Montgomery Bell Academy) So. Thompson Station, Tenn. (Independence HS) Sr. Hays, Kan. (Hays HS) Fr. Nashville, Tenn. (Pearl-Cohn HS) R-So. Slidell, La. (Brother Martin HS) R-Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Melrose HS) Fr. Memphis, Tenn. (Cordova HS) Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Siegal HS) Sr. Nashville, Tenn. (Brentwood Academy) R-Fr. Johnson City, Tenn. (David Crockett HS) R-So. Nashville, Tenn. (East HS) R-Jr. Miami, Fla. (USF)

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No. 54 55 56 58 59 60 61 62 64 65 66 67 68 69 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 90 91 92 94 96 97 98 99

Name Dante’ Ferguson, Jr. Anthony Geter Justin Brown Latrelle Lee Timerik Cook Lachavious Simmons Tyrell Doss J.C. Goins III Thomas Burton Ty Allen Bradford Beard Justin Brooks Adrian Sims Penidre Ndiaye Christian Morris Camren Jones Jamahl Jelks Kenkhari Green Chidi Okeke Terrence Summers Keith Thomas Miles Cavitt Justin Hurston Aaron Cauthen Lawrence Segree II DJ Hunter Vincent Thomas Aaron Hudson Jared Simpkins Zarius Gamble Kahlil Jones Marvin Maddox Jason Morrow Jeremy Patterson Coby Weiss Justin Culpepper Jerquez Hughey Michael Perry III

Pos. LB OC LB DE LS OT OG DT OC OL DT OL DT OL OT OG OL OL OL DT OL TE TE TE WR WR WR WR WR WR DT DE DT DT K DT DT DT

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

Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 225 R-So. Lithonia, Ga. (Arabia Mountain HS) 258 Fr. Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven HS) 220 Fr. Smiths Station, Ala. (Smiths Station HS) 240 Sr. Dothan, Ala. (Dothan HS) 215 R-So. Decatur, Ga. (DeKalb HS) 305 R-So. Selma, Ala. (Selma HS) 290 R-So. Dyersburg, Tenn. (Dyersburg HS) 310 Fr. Memphis, Tenn. (Germantown HS) 305 R-Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven HS) 300 Sr. Warner Robins, Ga. (Merced CC) 280 Fr. Lebanon, Tenn. (Wilson Central HS) 300 R-Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Melrose HS) 300 Fr. Brookwood, Ga. (Brookwood HS) 305 R-Fr. Cookeville, Tenn. (Cookeville HS) 320 Gr. Memphis, Tenn. (Ole Miss) 315 R-So. Memphis, Tenn. (Ridgeway HS) 305 So. Gadsden, Ala. (Gadsden City HS) 305 Fr. Plant City, Fla. (Plant City HS) 315 So. Anambra, Nigeria (LSU) 310 R-Sr. Springfield, Tenn. (Hutchinson CC) 315 R-Fr. Chattanooga, Tenn. (Tyner HS) 230 So. Greenfield, Tenn. (Greenfield HS) 240 R-Fr. Stockbridge, Ga. (Georgia) 235 R-Fr. Douglasville, Ga. (Douglas County HS) 175 Fr. La Vergne, Tenn. (Brentwood Academy) 190 Fr. Nashville, Tenn. (Pearl-Cohn HS) 178 Fr. Orlando, Fla. (Jones HS) 185 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. (Grady HS) 175 Fr. Norcross, Ga. (Norcross HS) 170 Fr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Oakland HS) 300 R-Fr. Nashville, Tenn. (Stratford HS) 245 R-Jr. Jacksonville, Fla. (Ribault HS) 285 R-Sr. Nashville, Tenn. (Glencliff HS) 350 R-Jr. Screven, Ga. (Wisconsin) 160 Fr. Gainesville, Fla. (Bucholz HS) 275 So. Lakeland, Fla. (Kathleen HS) 275 R-Fr. Montezuma, Ga. (Air Force Prep) 315 So. Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven HS)

Coaching Staff: Head Coach: Rod Reed (Tennessee State, 1988), Eighth Season Assistant Coaches: Jeff Parker (Bethune-Cookman, 1994), Assistant Head/Offensive Coordinator/QB’s, Eighth Season Garry Fisher (Bowling Green, 2002), Defensive Coordinator/Safeties, First Season Russ Ehrenfeld (Chattanooga, 1981), Offensive Line Coach, Sixth Season Antonio Bradford (Alabama State, 2005), Tight Ends Coach, Third Season Kevin Mashack (Tennessee State, 2007), Running Backs Coach, Third Season Chris Chestnut (Western Michigan, 2008), Wide Receivers Coach, First Season Nick Davison (Chattanooga, 2012), Defensive Line Coach, Second Season Gerald Chatman (Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 2010), Safeties Coach, First Season Sidney Powell (Morehouse 1997), Corners Coach/Special Teams Coordinator, Second Season Jerad Coulter (Tennessee State, 2015), Director of Operations, First Season TJ Greenstone (Vanderbilt, 2011), Director of Strength & Conditioning, Second Season Trevor Searcy (Middle Tennessee, 2006), Head Athletic Trainer, Second Season LaTroy Johnson (Clemson, 2004), Equipment Manager, First Season

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2017 SEASON PREVIEW

The Tennessee State football team has high expectations for the 2017 season as they return a large portion of its squad which finished 7-4 a year ago. The offense, which led the Ohio Valley Conference in scoring and was second in team offense, returns seven starters, while the defense brings back nine full-time players on defense and 15 of the top 19 tacklers from the 2016 squad. The Tigers also return a veteran staff on special teams, as all members from last year returns. Ronald Butler led the offense after stepping in at quarterback during the third game of the season for O’Shay Ackerman-Carter. The senior finished 137-of-234 for 2,014 yards, averaging 251.8 yards per game which would have finished 21st in FCS and second in the OVC. On the season, Butler led all OVC quarterbacks in total touchdowns, 28 (21 passing, six rushing and one receiving). He also led the OVC and was 14th in FCS in Passing Efficiency (147.8) while finishing second, only to Murray State running back Devin Church, in conference games rushing, averaging 5.7 yards per carry; making him the top rushing QB in conference games.

with 87 tackles, including 58 solo’s from his linebacker position. Safety Laquarius Cook followed with 66 tackles, despite sitting out the final two games of the season due to injury. The defense will look for major production from First Team ALL-OVC selection, and HERO Sports All-American, Ebenezer “Ebo” Ogundeko finished fifth on the team with 48 stops in eight games of action. QUARTERBACKS Harris will pilot the Big Blue after sitting out a season. As a sophomore, he started the final eight games of the season, including the 2015 SEC Championship game. As a true freshman, he started the final six games of the year, including an upset win over No. 9 Georgia in his first career start. Harris was named to

With the departure of Butler and Ackerman-Carter, head coach Rod Reed, entering into his eighth season, seemed to answer the question of who will handle the snaps for the upcoming season with the addition of Florida transfer Treon Harris. The incoming redshirt-junior, played in 21 games, starting 15, completing 174of-346 passes for 2,695 yards, 10 interceptions and 18 touchdowns during his two year career with the Gators. Harris was a threat to run as well as he added 570 yards on the ground, carrying 171 times and reached the end zone on three occasions. On defense, the Tigers return Second Team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection Chris Collins who led TSU

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the SEC All-Freshman Team after throwing for 1,019 yards with nine touchdowns. Backing Harris up will be redshirt-sophomore Michael Hughes who has yet to take a snap for the Tigers. Providing depth for TSU will be freshman Josh Truehart and redshirt-freshman transfer William Wells, who comes to TSU after a season at Troy. BACKFIELD The Tigers will look to replace Erick Evans who led the team in rushing with 597 yards and four touchdowns on 127 carries. Coach Reed caught a glimpse of Evans replacement in the final game of the season as Earl Harrison stepped in and ran for 168 yards on 23 touches. Harrison finished with 475 yards on the season and two scores, including a 46-yard touchdown run at

Bethune-Cookman. Sabree Curtis, Jr., who averaged 4.4 yards per carry as a freshman provides back-up to Harrison, as will Chris Rowland who will also spend time at receiver when not return punts and kicks. Andrew Knox and Seth Rowland add depth to the backfield and the Tigers will hope to receive production from Arkeem Granger who sat out last season due to injury.

RECEIVERS The receiving corps is arguably the strongest unit for the Tigers with two-time All-OVC selection Patrick Smith and Freshman All-American Steven Newbold. Smith led the TSU with 61 receptions for 966 yards and 13 touchdowns. Newbold finished 13th in the nation averaging 19.1 yards per reception and finished with 41 catches for 784 yards and six touchdowns. Chris Rowland caught 16 passes as a freshman, while redshirt-sophomore Ronnie Killings looks to improve upon his first campaign with the Tigers. Adding to the depth at wide receiver is redshirt-junior transfer DeVon Johnson who sat out last season after transferring in from Alabama A&M. Mahlon Medley returns for his junior season at tight end after pulling in 13 passes for 186 yards while crossing the end line three times. Medley will get support from redshirt-freshman Aaron Cauthen.

an injured Allen. Jelks would not relinquish the duties once Allen came back, but Allen continued to perform at a high level when returning to the field. Redshirt-junior Justin Brooks returns at right tackle and will be pushed by redshirt-sophomore Lachavious Simmons who spelled Brooks and Dunker at times in 2016. A pair of FBS transfers, Chidi Okeke (LSU) and Christian Morris (Ole Miss) will look to help ease the departure of Dunker and Kenton, as will redshirt-sophomore Camren Jones.

pepper (12 tackles) and Michael Perry III (three tackles). LINEBACKERS Collins will be joined by fellow senior Justin North to run the defensive unit. Collins registered 9.5 tackles for loss, had two interceptions and forced a fumble while leading the team in tackles, while North forced 2.5 tackles for loss and made 25 stops. Reggie Gunn will be asked to step up to replace Antonio Justice after seeing action as a true freshman a year ago. Junior Blair Edwards recorded 20 tackles and recovered a fumble will provide depth to the unit along with senior Joe Johnson, redshirt-sophomore Dante Ferguson, Jr. and highly touted newcomers Moris Lugo and James Green.

DEFENSIVE LINE Ogundeko leads a group of eight returners up front and will pose a threat to opposing quarterbacks after recording 5.5 sacks, five quarterback hurries and 11 tackles for loss in just eight games. The graduate finished fifth on the team in tackles with 48. Dell Porter (three sacks), Marvin Maddox (two quarterback hurries) and Latrelle Lee (2.5 sacks) will be joined by junior college transfer LaRonzo Davis on the ends. Redshirt-senior Jason Morrow (three sacks) will lead an experienced group of youngsters to clog up the middle. Redshirt-junior Terrence Summers (2.5 tackles-for-loss) will be joined by a pair of talented sophomores in Justin Cul-

DEFENSIVE BACKS All-American Ezra Robinson is gone and signed as a free-agent with the Jacksonville Jaguars, leaving senior Terrell Bonds in charge of a young group of corners. Bonds led the defense in pass breakups (9) and had 12

OFFENSIVE LINE The offensive line will have to replace All-American Jessamen Dunker and All-OVC selection Kevin Kenton at left tackle and right guard, respectively. Dunker went on to sign a free-agent contract with the New York Giants while Kenton received an invitation to the New York Jets rookie mini-camp. Redshirt-Junior Thomas Burton will anchor the line at center for the third consecutive year and will sit between sophomore Jamahl Jelks and senior Ty Allen. Jelks proved to be a great addition to the front line last year after filling in for

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ley, who averaged 39.3 yards per punt, enters his third season and will serve as the place holder for the second consecutive year. Sophomore Thomas Newberg will hold the long-snapping duties for his second season.

pass deflections and three interceptions, both were second only to Robinson. Sophomores Dajour Nesbeth (14 tackles) and Larry Wilhoite (33 tackles) both gained plenty of experience playing as true freshmen. Transfer Neiman Armstrong will provide experienced depth to the corners position. Laquarius Cook finished second on the team with 66 tackles and led the Big Blue by forcing three fumbles. Cook looks to get classmate Trevion Duncan back after a season ending injury stopped the junior in the fourth game of the season. In his short amount of time on the field, Duncan made 23 tackles, forced a fumble and made one interception. Lakhalon Holland (31 tackles) stepped up after Duncanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s injury and will look to bring experience to the backfield along with redshirt-freshman Desmond Johnson and true

freshman Vincent Sellers. SPECIAL TEAMS The Tigers return all five members from last yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; specialist teams. Kicker Lane Clark enters his final season after a campaign which saw him convert nine kicks from 44-yards and beyond, including four from 50-plus yards. Clark was named to four All-American teams and was first team All-OVC, as he made more field goals from 44-yards-plus than 120 of the 124 FCS teams even attempted from that distance. Return specialist and Freshman All-American Chris Rowland returns for his sophomore season after leading the nation in combined return yards. Punter Austin Row-

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PROJECTED TWO-DEEP OFFENSE

DEFENSE

LT 74 - Chidi Okeke, 6-6, 315, So. 71 - Christian Morris, 6-6, 320, Gr.

DT 92 - Jason Morrow, 6-2, 285, R-Sr. 97 - Justin Culpepper, 6-1, 275, So.

LG 73 - Jamahl Jelks, 6-5, 305, So. 72 - Camren Jones, 6-3, 315, R-So.

NT 76 - Terrence Summers, 6-2, 310, R-Jr. 99 - Michael Perry III, 6-1, 315, So.

DE 58 - Latrelle Lee, 6-2, 240, Sr. 44 - LaRonzo Davis, 6-5, 220, Jr.

TE 8 - Mahlon Medley, 6-2, 225, Jr. 18 - Aaron Cauthen, 6-5, 235, R-Fr

DE 1 - Ebenezer Ogundeko, 6-3, 255, R-Sr. 45 - Dell Porter, 6-1, 250, R-Jr.

64 - Thomas Burton, 6-2, 305, R-Jr. 65 - Ty Allen, 6-3, 300, Sr.

RG 65 - Ty Allen, 6-3, 290, Sr. 72 - Camren Jones, 6-3, 290, R-So.

SB 16 - Reggie Gunn, 6-1, 195, So. 17 - Moris Lugo, 6-0, 210, Fr.

RT 67 - Justin Brooks, 6-5, 300, R-Jr. 60 - Lachavious Simmons, 6-5, 305, R-So.

MB 32 - Chris Collins, 5-11, 230, Sr. 50 - Joe Johnson, 6-1, 230, Sr.

WR 1 - Steven Newbold, 5-11, 170, So. 13 - DeVon Johnson, 6-1, 175, R-Jr.

WB 19 - Justin North, 6-2, 230, R-Sr. 30 - Blair Edwards, 6-1, 202, Jr.

WR 2 - Patrick Smith, 6-0, 190, R-Sr. 3 - Chris Rowland, 5-8, 170, So.

CB 10 - Dajour Nesbeth, 6-1, 187, So. 12 - Larry Wilhoite, 6-0, 185, So.

QB 5 - Treon Harris, 5-11, 195, R-Jr. 12 - Michael Hughes, 6-2, 230, R-So.

FS 26 - Laquarius Cook, 6-0, 190, R-Jr. 36 - Desmond Johnson, 6-1, 190, R-Fr.

HB 6 - Earl Harrison, 6-1, 205, So. 4 - Sabree Curtis, Jr., 5-10, 175, So.

SS 24 - Trevion Duncan, 5-11, 180, Jr. 22 - Lakhalon Holland, 5-10, 190, R-Jr.

FB 38 - Andrew Knox, 5-11, 250, R-So. 39 - Terrance Harris, Jr., 6-1, 242, R-Sr.

CB 5 - Terrell Bonds, 5-9, 176, Sr. 21 - Neiman Armstrong, 6-1, 185, So.

KICKING GAME

RETURNERS

PK 41 - Lane Clark, 5-11, 170, Sr. 43 - Mitchell Boudreaux, 5-6, 150, R-So.

KR 3 - Chris Rowland, 5-8, 170, So. 13 - DeVon Johnson, 6-1, 175, R-Jr.

LS H

18 - Austin Rowley, 5-11, 165, Jr. 43 - Mitchell Boudreaux, 5-6, 150, R- So.

PR 3 - Chris Rowland, 5-8, 170, So. 13 - DeVon Johnson, 6-1, 175, R-Jr.

89 - Thomas Newberg, 6-4, 190, So. 59 - Timerik Cook, 6-1, 215, R-So. 18 - Austin Rowley, 5-11, 165, Jr. 17 - Patrick Smith, 6-0, 190, R-Sr.

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EBENEZER

OGUNDEKO

in the nation and No. 4 player in New York by 247Sports.com... had 71 tackles and 16 sacks as a senior... had 79 tackles and 12 sacks as a junior... top-300 All-American by PrepStar... coached by Stephen Edwards at Thomas Jefferson High School...

R-Sr. • DE 6-3 • 255

BROOKLYN, N.Y. CLEMSON 2017 Buck Buchanan Award Watch List 2017 STATS FCS Preseason All-American Team 2017 Black College Football Hall of Fame Player of the Year List 2017 BOXTOROW Preseason All-American Team 2017 HBCU Gameday Preseason FCS First Team All-American Team 2017 Preseason All-OVC 2016 HERO Sports FCS Third Team All-American 2016 BOXTOROW Honorable Mention 2016 All-OVC First Team 2016 Preseason All-OVC 2016 STATS FCS Preseason All-American Team 2016 Lindy’s Preseason Second Team All-American 2016 STATS Preseason FCS Defensive Player of the Year Watch List 2016 Black College Football Hall of Fame Player of the Year List 2016 Media Preseason All-OVC 2016 Media Preseason OVC Defensive Player of the Year 2015 All-OVC First Team 2015 OVC All-Newcomer Team 2016 - Redshirt Junior Season Started first four games of the season before injury hampered playing time, finished with eight games played at defensive end… Still managed to finish fifth on the team in tackles (48), while leading in tackles for loss (11.0), sacks (5.5), quarterback hurries (5) and fumble recoveries (2) in limited time… Was on the STATS FCS Buck Buchanon Award Watch List and the inaugural Black College Hall of Fame Player of the Year List… Earned Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors on (9/11) for performance versus Jackson State… Gathered a season high in tackles (11), Tackles for loss (3.0), forced fumbles (1), pass breakups (1) and blocked kicks (1) while registering two sacks and a quarterback hurry… Logged season highs in TFL’s and sacks (2.5) while converting six tackles and a quarterback hurry against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3)… Had two TFL’s and five tackles at Bethune-Cookman (9/17)… Recovered a fumble, had a quarterback hurry, a tackle for loss, eight tackles and a season best seven solos against UT Martin (10/1)… Earned a sack and a QB Hurry at Vanderbilt (10/22)… Recovered a fumble and made eight tackles, one for loss, at Austin Peay (11/5) 2015 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Named to the All-Ohio Valley Conference First Team, as well as All-Newcomer Team… totaled 52 tackles, 31 solos, with 10 tackles-for-loss including five sacks in nine games… named OVC Defensive Player of the Week (11/8) after recording nine tackles, seven solo, 3.5 tacklesfor-loss for 24 yards, three sacks and forcing a fumble against Murray State… recorded a sack for a 12-yard loss, while grabbing five tackles at Tennessee Tech (11/21)… had an eight tackle performance, with five solos and a TFL, against Austin Peay (10/31)… registered a quarter back hurry, a TFL and seven tackles, five solo, at Eastern Kentucky (10/24)… secured his second of three QBH on the year, along with 1.5 TFLs, half a sack and five tackles at Florida A&M (9/26) 2014 - at Clemson Had five tackles in 16 snaps over seven games... played eight snaps against NC State on Oct. 4; it was his first career game ... had four tackles in four snaps against Georgia State on Nov. 22 ... played three snaps against No. 24 Oklahoma in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Dec. 29

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STEVEN

NEWBOLD

So. • WR 5-11 • 170

CAROL CITY, FLA. CAROL CITY HS 2016 HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-American 2016 OVC All-Newcomer Team 2016 - Freshman Season Second on the team in receptions (41), receiving yards (784) and touchdowns caught (6) while playing in 11 games, starting nine, as a true freshman… Placed 11th in the STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award voting, garnering three first place votes… Finished 13th in the nation averaging 19.12 yards per reception… Earned Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week honors for his play at Eastern Illinois (10/8); caught four passes for 121 yards including a 44 yard touchdown… Hauled in two touchdowns, including the 26-yard game winner with less than two seconds on the clock, at Austin Peay (11/5), finishing the night with four catches for 72 yards… Caught five passes for 74 yards in first game as a collegian against Arkansas-Pine Bluff… Recorded first touchdown versus Jackson State (9/10) as one of four catches for 96 yards… Registered season long on a 71 yard touchdown pass from O’Shay Ackerman-Carter at Bethune-Cookman (9/17); finishing with three catches for 104 yards… Matched season high in receptions with five for 62 yards at Vanderbilt (10/22)… Equaled season best, gathering five passes for 59 yards and a touchdown against Tennessee Tech (11/12) Carol City HS Rated a 2-star recruit by Rivals.com and a 3-star prospect by 247Sports… Helped CCHS reach the second round of the Florida Class 6A State Tournament… Ranked as the 10th rated wide receiver in the Miami-Dade area… Played for Harold Barnwell… Had offers from Southern Illinois… Generated interest from LSU, Miami (FL) and Nebraska… Plans to major in HPSS

PATRICK SMITH

R-Sr. • WR 6-0 • 190

MEMPHIS, TENN.

WHITEHAVEN

2017 STATS FCS Preseason All-American Team 2017 Lindy’s OVC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year 2017 OVC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year 2017 Black College Football Hall of Fame Player of the Year List 2017 BOXTOROW Preseason All-American Team 2017 HBCU Gameday Preseason FCS First Team All-American Team 2017 Preseason All-OVC 2016 All-OVC First Team 2016 Black College Football Hall of Fame Player of the Year List 2016 Preseason All-OVC Team 2015 All-OVC Second Team 2015 OVC All-Newcomer Team 2016 - Junior Redshirted Season Led the team in receptions (61), yards (966) and touchdowns (13) while starting all 11 games at wide receiver… Tied for second most touchdowns, was seventh best in receptions and ninth best in yardage in a single season at TSU… Caught a scoring pass in nine of 11 games and had four multi-scoring games… Reeled in a pass in all eleven games, extending his streak to 21 games in his two year career… Named Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Week (10/23) catching seven passes for 170 yards and two touchdowns at Vanderbilt, including a 93 yarder from Ronald Butler for the second longest passing play in school history… Pulled in 11 receptions, tying for most eighth most in a game at TSU, for 166 yards and two touchdowns at Southeast Missouri (11/19)… Went for 160 yards, including a 56 yard scoring play, on seven receptions at Eastern Illinois (10/8)… Kept streak alive for consecutive games with a catch with a 39 yard touchdown reception at Austin Peay (11/5)… Pulled down two touchdowns, finishing with six catches for 74 yards and tossed a two-point conversion to Ronald Butler at Murray State (10/29)… Scored twice against UT Martin (10/1), catching six passes for 57 yards… Collected 128 all-purpose yards against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3) with 100 yards on six receptions and 28 yards on four punt returns… Totaled 45 yards on six returns on the season… Made three tackles on the year 2015 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Named to the All-Ohio Valley Conference First Team, as well as All-Newcomer Team… ranked seventh nationally and led the OVC with 99.6 receiving yards per game… grabbed 54 passes for 996 yards and 10 touchdowns in ten games while amassing 1,121all-purpose yards… finished the season with six plays over 50 yards, five which resulted in touchdowns… ended the season ranked nationally in receiving touch

2013 - at Clemson Redshirted Thomas Jefferson HS Played in the Under Armour All-American game... No. 126 player in the nation and No. 1 defensive end in New York by ESPN... No. 212 player in the nation by Rivals.com... No. 21 strongside defensive end

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downs (13th), receiving yards (16th), yards per reception (17th), punt returns (28th) and receptions per game (40th)… was named OVC Player and Newcomer of the Week (11/8) after registering career highs in receptions (9), yards (248) and touchdowns (2)… ended the game one yard shy of the TSU single game record of 249 yards… entered the end zone in eight, including each of the first five games of his career… snagged seven passes for 63 yards and a touchdown in the final game of the season at Tennessee Tech (11/21)… set a career high for receptions with nine, while going for 119 yards and a touchdown, including a 64-yard scoring play, at Eastern Kentucky (10/24)… hauled in a scoring catch for the fifth consecutive week, finishing with four catches and 70 yards at UT Martin (10/10)… scored a career best two touchdowns at Florida A&M (9/26) as he went for 157 yards on eight snags… caught just one pass at Jacksonville State (9/19) which went for a career long 84 yard touchdown, it also marked the sixth longest pass play in TSU history… was named the Southern Heritage Classic Most Valuable Player after catching four passes for 107 yards, including a 64 yard touchdown play, while amassing 155 all-purpose yards versus Jackson State (9/12)… caught six passes for 64 and recorded his first career touchdown against Alabama State in the John Merritt Classic (9/6)

combined return yards 1,103… Set TSU single season records in kickoff returns (42) and kickoff return yards (965)... Averaged 23.0 yards per kick return, 8.5 yards on punt returns and 124.5 all-purpose yards… Caught 16 passes for 236 yards and ran for 57 yards on 14 carries… Collected 227 all-purpose yards at Murray State (10/29); 142 on five kick returns, 70 yards on a season high five receptions, 10 yards on two punt returns and five yards on two carries… Picked up 65 yards on his longest kick return of the season at Eastern Illinois (10/8)… Caught three passes for 48 yards, had three kick returns for 96 yards and three punt returns for 11 yards as part of 161 total yards versus Jackson State (9/10) Ravenwood HS Hauled in a team-leading 47 receptions for 924 yards and nine touchdowns… On the ground, totaled 744 yards rushing and 10 scores on 98 carries… Averages 49.6 yards per kick return and 18.6 yards on punt returns, converting on five for touchdowns… A member of the 2014 Class 6A State Runner-Up, guided RHS to the 2015 Class 6A State Championship… Played in the Ninth Annual Toyota East vs. West Tennessee All-Star Classic… Played for Will Hester… Had offers from Austin Peay, Tennessee Tech and UT Martin… Son of Ingrid and Tony Rowland

2014 - Redshirt Freshman Season Sat Out

SABREE

CURTIS, JR.

So. • RB 5-10 • 175

FAIRBURN, GA. CREEKSIDE HS 2016 - Freshman Season Played in 10 games at running back as a true freshman… Ran for 169 yards on 38 carries with two touchdowns… Caught seven passes for 68 yards and a touchdown… Returned one kick for 13 yards against Tennessee Tech (11/12)… Scored first collegiate touchdown on season long 25 yard carry against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3); rushed for 48 yards on seven attempts… Rushed for 24 yards on nine carries and a touchdown against Eastern Kentucky (10/15)… Tallied 87 all-purpose yards at Murray State (10/29); rushed for 46 yards on eight attempts and hauled in a 22 yard touchdown pass, finishing with 41 yards on three receptions Creekside HS Played for Will Rodgers at Creekside HS… Rushed for 1,600 yards and 25 touchdowns… Recorded a 74-yard punt return for a score on special teams on his way to being named First Team All-Region… Listed as a 2-star recruit by Rivals.com who has been clocked with a 4.5 40… Led CHS to a 8-3 record and a spot in the Georgia State 5A Playoffs… Had offers from Alcorn State, Colorado State, Georgia State, Kent State and Miami (OH)… Garnered interest from Georgia Southern, Middle Tennessee, Troy and Western Kentucky… Son of Sabree Curtis, Sr. and Sharon Mercer

2013 - Freshman Season Redshirted White Haven HS Smith manned the quarterback position as a junior and had a strong season under center as a senior as the quarterback of the state champions Whitehaven... ranked 25th overall in Tennessee by ESPN ... coached by Rodney Sawsberry

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NICK

HARPER JR.

R-Fr. • S 5-11 • 175

BRENTWOOD, TENN. MISSOURI STATE 2016 - At Missouri State Spent freshman season on the football team at Missouri State University… Redshirt season.

CHRIS

ROWLAND

So. • WR 5-8 • 170

NOLENSVILLE, TENN. RAVENWOOD HS 2017 Preseason All-OVC 2016 HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-American 2016 BOXTOROW Honorable Mention 2016 All-OVC First Team 2016 OVC All-Newcomer Team

CURTIS

Ravenwood High School Was part of back-to-back 14-1 seasons at Ravenwood High School in Brentwood, Tenn., as an honorable mention all-conference cornerback… Coached by Will Hester … Raptors won three straight conference titles during his playing tenure from 2013-15. Personal Born Dec. 10, 1997… Son of Nick and Danielle Harper … Father played cornerback in the NFL for the Colts and Titans … Undecided on a major.

2016 - Freshman Season Played in 11 games, starting three, as a true freshman… Used on special teams, at wide receiver and at running back… Led the nation in

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TERRELL BONDS

Sr. • CB 5-9 • 176

MIAMI, FLA. FLORIDA

MIAMI CENTRAL HS

2015 - Sophomore Season Finished with 28 tackles, 23 solos, an interception, a forced fumble and seven pass breakups, while starting in all ten games... Had a 69 yard return on his lone interception of the season against Eastern Illinois (10/17)… Forced a fumble and recorded a season high six tackles against Alabama State (9/6) in the season opener… Notched five tackles and two pass breakups at Jacksonville State (9/19)… Earned a season high three pass breakups at UT Martin (10/10) 2014 - Freshmen Season Appeared in 11 contests as a true freshman… Tallied 18 tackles (12 solo)… Intercepted two passes… Forced a fumble against Tennessee Tech (Sept. 20)… Picked off the first pass of his career in the homecoming game against Florida A&M (Sept. 27), returning it 43 yards for a touchdown… Broke up a pass versus the Rattlers… Made his second interception against Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 1)… Recorded a career-high five tackles in the season finale at Murray State (Nov. 22)… Helped lead the OVC’s top pass defense (153.3 yards per game)… Miami Central HS Starred at cornerback for Miami Central Sr. High School… Led his team to a 13-1 record as a senior, a No.8 national ranking and a second-place finish in State… Received a two-star grade from Rivals… Garnered interest from Appalachian State, Georgia Tech, NC State and West Virginia… Had an offer from Alabama State… Is the brother of former TSU wide-out Tyrone Butterfield… Intends to major in Communications…

HARRIS

R-Jr. • QB 5-11 • 195

MIAMI, FLA.

2016 - Junior Season Finished ninth on the team in tackles (30) starting all 11 games at cornerback… Led the team with nine pass breakups and was second in passes defended (12), while ranking 43rd in the nation with 1.1 passes defended per game… Picked off two passes and broke up two passes at Bethune-Cookman (9/17)… Had season highs in tackles (7) and solos (5) before recording the game clinching interception against UT Martin (10/1)… Registered a tackle for loss, two breakups and four tackles at Murray State (11/29)… Tallied four tackles with three solos at Vanderbilt (10/22) and against Eastern Kentucky (10/15)

TREON

2014-15 - at Florida Played in 21 games, starting 15, completing 174-of-346 passes for 2,695 yards, 10 interceptions and 18 touchdowns… added 570 yards on the ground, carrying 171 times and reached the end zone on three occasions… As a sophomore, started the final eight games of the season, including the 2015 SEC Championship game… As a true freshman, started the final six games of the season, including an upset win over No. 9 Georgia in his first career start… was named to SEC All-Freshman Team after throwing for 1,019 yards with nine touchdowns… named team’s Offensive Player of the Game against Vanderbilt… led UF to a nine-point comeback win at Tennessee, engineering two scoring drives in the fourth quarter Booker T. Washington HS Guided Tim Harris’ squad to Class 4A state championships in 2012 and 2013 and a runner-up finish in 2011… was selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl… ranked as a 4-Star prospect and the No. 7 Athlete according to ESPN300

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So. • RB 6-1 • 205

MEMPHIS, TENN. RIDGEWAY HS 2016 - Freshman Season Played in eight games, starting one, as a running back… Ran for 475 yards on 73 carries for a 6.5 average per rush and two touchdowns… Recorded season bests in attempts (23), yards (168), receiving yards (14) and posted his longest run for the year (64) in the final game of the season at Southeast Missouri (11/19)… Crossed the goal line for the first time in his career at Bethune-Cookman (9/17), rushing for 113 yards on 13 carries and earning Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week

KILLINGS

So. • WR 6-1 • 185

EARL

HARRISON

RONNIE

MURFREESBORO, TENN.

NAVY

2016 - Freshman Season Played in 10 games, starting three at wide receiver… Pulled in three receptions for 19 yards… Recorded first collegiate catch versus Jackson State (9/10) good for 13 yards… Earned a tackle as a part of special teams at Austin Peay (11/5) Navy Redshirted Blackman HS Caught 27 passes as a senior for a team-high 803 yards and 11 touchdowns, including three on special teams… Collected 52 catches for a school-record 1,225 receiving yards during his career… Played for Philip Shadowens at BHS… Had offers from Air Force and Central Arkansas before choosing Navy

Ridgeway HS A 3-star recruit by 247Sports, ranked as the No. 39 player in Tennessee and No. 114 running back in the nation... 3-star recruit by ESPN, rated as the No. 34 player in Tennessee... Named to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Class 5A All-State Team following his senior season... Topped 1,000 yards for the second straight season in 2014 after rushing for 1,937 yards and 20 touchdowns as junior en route to being named Ridgeway’s Player of the Year... Began career as a fullback and ran for 800 yards and eight touchdowns before making the switch to running back prior to the start of his junior season

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MAHLON MEDLEY

Jr. • TE 6-2 • 225

Miami Dolphins Dade vs. Broward All-Star Game… Been referred to as “Glue Hands” for his catching abilities… Received offers from East Carolina and North Carolina State.

2015 - Freshman Season Played in five games at tight end as a true freshman… Pulled in four receptions for 24 yards… Recorded first collegiate catch at Florida A&M (9/26) which went for 11 yards… Had a season high two catches for 11 yards against Eastern Illinois (10/17)

Major: Biology

NESBETH

So. • CB 6-1 • 187

CHARLOTTE, N.C. MALLARD CREEK HS 2016 - Sophomore Season Started in 10 games, played in 11, at tight end… Scored three touchdowns, caught 13 passes and amassed 186 yards… First catch of the season went for 11 yards at Bethune-Cookman (9/17)… Pulled in a season high three receptions against Eastern Kentucky (10/15), totaled 55 yards… Matched season high in receptions with three at Murray State (10/29)… Equaled season best of three catches, while setting a season high in touchdowns (2) and recorded his longest reception of 38 yards at Southeast Missouri (11/19)… Lone catch at Austin Peay (11/5) was a 27 yard touchdown catch

DAJOUR

Personal: Born on Jan. 28, 1995… Son of Carla Woods and Michael Allen Rhodes

WINTER GARDEN, FLA. WEST ORANGE HS 2016 - Freshman Season Collected 14 tackles while playing in nine games as a true freshman… Notched season high in tackles (4) at Austin Peay (11/5)… Recorded a pass breakup and two tackles at Southeast Missouri (11/19)… Finished with three tackles against Eastern Kentucky (10/15)... Earned first collegiate solo tackle at Bethune-Cookman (9/17) West Orange HS Helped West Orange HS to a 12-2 record and the semifinals of the Florida 8A State Championships… Runs a 4.53 40, bringing size and speed to the defensive backfield… Played for Bob Head… Had offer from Florida A&M… Son of Shelly Scott and Michael Lawrence

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Mallard Creek HS Lined up at tight end for Mallard Creek HS in Charlotte, North Carolina… Led team to a 15-1 record overall and a 7-0 mark in conference… Won the 4AA State Championship as the four seed… Defeated No. 1 seed Wake Forest, 25-14 in the championship game… Caught 49 passes for 538 yards and two touchdowns as a junior… Ran the 40-yard dash in 4.71 seconds… Named 2015 TE MVP by nucsports.com… Rated a three-star prospect by rivals.com… Had offers from Ball State, Hampton and Gardner-Webb… Was also a member of the track and field team… Coached by Michael Palmieri… Son of Devon Medley… Born October 5, 1997... Son of Devon Stokes-Medley and Marvin Medley... Majoring in Business Administration.

MICHAEL HUGHES

R-So. • QB 6-2 • 230

NASHVILLE, TENN. HILLSBORO HS 2016 - Redshirt Freshman Season Did not play 2015 - Freshman Season Redshirted

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MAZIO

RHODES

R-Jr • WR 6-0 • 165

Hillsboro HS Played under center at Hillsboro HS in Nashville… Threw for over 1,300 yards and 14 scores in 2014… Led team to a 14-1 overall record, 7-0 in the district as a senior… Made it to the State Championship Game of Class 5A… Completed 104 passes for 1,694 yards as a junior… Threw 16 touchdowns in 2013… Completed 51 percent of his passes as a junior… Ran for a pair of touchdowns as a junior and two as a sophomore… Completed 63 percent of his passes… Named All-District and All-City in 2014… Selected All-State as well in 2015… Coached by Louis C. Clayton… Born May 8, 1996

GOODLETSVILLE, TENN

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AL-MALIK MOORE

Fr. • WR 6-1 • 170

MIAMI, FLA. NORTHWESTERN HS Northwestern High School Helped Northwestern HS to an 11-2 record and the second round of the Class 6A State Championships as a senior… Invited to play in the

HUNTERS LANE HS 2016 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Caught seven passes for 67 yards in 10 games… Hauled in his first collegiate pass, good for 11 yards, against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3)… Went for 42 yards on a season high three receptions, including his personal best 17 yard catch, at Austin Peay (11/5) 2015 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Injured 2014 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in six games on special teams… Made a tackle at Austin Peay (Nov. 8) 2013 - Freshman Season Redshirted

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LARRY

WILHOITE

KULLEN

WELLS

So. • CB 6-0 • 185

R-Fr. • QB 6-4 • 190

NASHVILLE, TENN.

KNOXVILLE, TENN. TROY

FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY

2016 - Freshman Season Finished seventh in tackles with 33 playing in just nine games, starting seven as a true freshman… Registered first career interception, returning it 46 yards, and added season highs in tackles (6) and solos (4) against Eastern Kentucky (10/15)… Had six tackles and 0.5 for loss at Eastern Illinois (10/8)… Collected five tackles at Vanderbilt (10/22), at Murray State (10/22) and against Tennessee Tech (11/12)… Picked up first collegiate tackle and pass breakup against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3) Franklin Road Academy Had 107 carries in 12 games for 824 yards as a senior… Averaged 7.7 yards per carry with 10 touchdowns… Caught 45 passes for 724 yards, averaging 16.1 yards per catch and scored four touchdowns for his career… On defense, recorded 208 tackles, 117 solo, 9.5 tackles for loss and two interceptions over his career… Helped FRA to the Quarterfinals of the Division II Class A State Tournament and a 11-1 record… Named First Team TSWA and Prep Insider DII-A All-State… Played in the Ninth Annual Toyota East vs. West Tennessee All-Star Classic…

BLACK

2016 – Troy Redshirted Brookwood School Guided Brookwood to an 11-2 record and the second round of the GISA AAA Playoffs… Named Offensive Player of the Year by the Times-Enterprise… Earned All-State and All-Region accolades… Selected to play in the GISA All-Star Game… Passed for 2,198 yards with 25 touchdowns and a 60.3 completion percentage… Also ran for four touchdowns… Began high school career at Alcoa in Tennessee.

TYLER

BLACK

R-So. • WR 5-10 • 180

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

OAKLAND HS

2015 - Freshman Season Redshirted

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DeVON

JOHNSON

R-Jr. • WR 6-1 • 165

HUNTSVILLE, ALA. ALABAMA A&M 2016 – Junior Season Redshirted 2015 – Alabama A&M Played in nine games… finished with 18 receptions for 260 yards… added 52 yards on 11 carries… ran Track for the Bulldogs 2014 – Alabama A&M Played in all 11 games for AAMU… caught 13 passes for 190 yards and two touchdowns… scored twice against Alcorn State (11/8/14) Personal: Prepped at J.O. Johnson HS… son of Danny and Susan Johnson… brother of current Tiger, Desmond Johnson… Birthday: 1/23/96

Oakland HS Played running back, quarterback, wide receiver, safety and cornerback for nearby Oakland HS… Carried the ball 109 times for 736 yards as a senior… Averaged 6.8 yards per rush… Had three games with over 100 yards rushing… Notched 50 (30 solo) tackles in 2014… Had 3.0 tackles for loss… Intercepted six passes in his career, including three as a senior… Broke up a total of nine passes… Recovered a fumble and blocked a field goal in 2014… Caused a fumble as a junior… Scored three touchdowns as a sophomore… Led team to a 14-2 record and a berth into the Final Four of the 6A State Playoffs… Lost to state champions Maryville in the semi-finals… Coached by Thomas McDaniel… Teammate of Jack Jones (Tennessee), Kyle Oliver (Tennessee) and Josh Smith (Vanderbilt)…Rated a two-star prospect by 24/7 Sports and Rivals… Had offers from Eastern Michigan and Austin Peay… Member of Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Men of Distinction and Young Life... Had a 3.5 GPA and was on the Honor Roll… Son of Bridgette Black-Kertchaval and Kenneth Adams… Born Nov. 15, 1996… Majoring in Business Management

JOSH

TRUEHEART

Fr. • QB 6-5 • 235

NASHVILLE, TENN. STRATFORD HS Stratford High School Threw for just under 3,000 yards during his career tossing for 31 touchdowns… on the ground, ran for another 754 yards and 14 scores… started eight games as a senior, leading Stratford to an 8-0 record in those games… completed 65 of 123 passes for 807 yards and 10 touchdowns… rushed for 275 yards and five touchdowns… also played Baseball and Basketball for Stratford HS

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GUNN, Jr.

So. • LB 6-1 • 195

MURFREESBORO, TENN. 2016 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in three games… made two carries against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3)… Earned a tackle at Southeast Missouri (11/19)

REGGIE

TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

2016 - Freshman Season Played in 10 games as a true freshman as a part of special teams, seeing time at linebacker and safety… Finished with three tackles, earning one each against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3), at Bethune-Cookman (9/17) and at Vanderbilt (10/22) Trinity Christian Academy Helped Trinity Christian to a 14-0 record and the Florida 3A State Championship… Paced a defense who allowed just 20 points in four games during the state playoffs… As a senior, played in 14 games recording 53 tackles, 26 solos, 6.0 tackles for loss, one interception and two pass deflections… Totaled 96 tackles, 48 solos, 10 tackles for loss, three interceptions, three pass deflections and a fumble recovery over 29 games during career… Played for Verlon Dorminey… Had offers from Alcorn State, Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M and UMass… Had interest from South Florida… Son of Latoya and Reggie Gunn, Sr.

GUNN

MORIS LUGO

Fr. • LB 6-0 • 210

OPA LOCKA, FLA. MIAMI CAROL CITY HS Carol City High School Rated as a 2-Star prospect by 247Sports… ranked as the 95th inside linebacker… guided Miami Carol City to an 11-3 record and a Class 6A State Championship… recorded over 60 tackles with six for loss as a senior… was named First Team All-Dade County by the Miami Herald for 8A-6A… as a junior in 2015, collected 100 tackles and five sacks… received offers from Akron, Florida International, Florida Atlantic, Toledo and UAB

AUSTIN ROWLEY

So. • P 6-1 • 165

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. HELIX CHARTER HS 2016 - Sophomore Season Served as punter and place holder on kicks in all 11 games… Punted 36 times for 1,416 yards, averaging 39.3 yards per kick… Averaged a season best 44.2 on five punts for 221 yards, including a season long of 53 yards and another of 51, while placing three inside the 20 and forcing a fair catch at Austin Peay (11/5)… Averaged over 40 yards per punt in six games… rushed one time for 11 yards at Southeast Missouri (11/19)… Picked up tackles at Bethune-Cookman (9/17) and against Tennessee Tech (11/12) 2015 - Freshman Season Saw action in all ten games as the team’s punter… Averaged 38.5 yards per punt, totaling 2,234 yards on 58 attempts… Nailed seven punts of 50 or more yards, placed 13 inside the 20-yard line, forced 15 fair catches and totaled six touchbacks… Booted his season long punt of 57 yards in his best game performance at Florida A&M (9/26) with highs of eight boots for a 42.4 average… Connected for two punts over 50 yards at Eastern Kentucky (10/24) Helix Charter HS Named Ray Guy Second Team All-America as a punter for Helix High School in California… Averaged 40.9 yards per punt for Helix as a senior.

JUSTIN NORTH

SHAKUR JACKSON

R-Sr. • LB 6-1 • 230

R-So. • DB 5-9 • 170

FREEDOM HS

ROSWELL HS

ROSWELL, GA.

ORLANDO, FLA. 2016 - Redshirt Junior Season Played in 11 games, starting 10 at linebacker… Collected 25 tackles, 11 solo and 2.5 for loss… Recorded a season high in tackles (5) and Solo’s (4) at Vanderbilt (10/22)… Matched season high in tackles (5) and TFL’s (1.0) at Southeast Missouri (11/19)… Tallied four tackles at Eastern Illinois (10/8)… Opened the season with two tackles and a TFL against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3)… Fielded a kickoff at Austin Peay (11/5) and returned it three yards 2015 - Junior Season Sat out the majority of the season due to a medical redshirt after sustaining an injury early in the third game of the season… Started the first three games of 2015… Registered a season high nine tackles versus Jackson State at the Southern Heritage Classic (9/12)… Finished the season opener against Alabama State in the John Merritt Classic (9/6) with six tackles… Recorded five stops at Jacksonville State (9/19) before being sidelined for the remainder of the season 2014 - Sophomore Season Saw action in 12 games, making seven starts at linebacker… Tallied 16 stops on the year (eight solo)… Notched one tackle for loss… Recorded a season-high six stops at Austin Peay (Nov. 8)… Contributed to the OVC’s top total defense (303.2 yards per game) and pass defense (153.3 yards per game)...

2015-16 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2016 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in 11 games, totaling five tackles… Tallied two tackles against UT Martin (10/1)… Had quarterback hurry and a tackle versus Jackson State (9/10)… Registered a pass breakup at Austin Peay (11/5) 2015 - Freshman Season Redshirted Roswell HS Played wide receiver and cornerback at Roswell HS in Georgia… Led team to an 8-4 record overall and a 6-2 mark in region as a senior… Played in five games according to Maxpreps and caught15 passes for 109 yards… Scored a touchdown… Named First Team All North Fulton County 6A as a senior… Played in the 2014 Senior Chamber Bowl… Earned his team a playoff berth for the first time since 2010… Had offers from Air Force, Army, Austin Peay and Campbell… Son of Tabitha Hanes

JACKSON

2013 - Freshman Season Played in all 14 games… Made nine tackles, seven solo… Set season-highs with five stops, two tackles for loss and one sack against Central State (9/28)… Freedom HS North is an aggressive, athletic and versatile linebacker … Nationalunderclassmen.com said that he finds himself around the football and the natural athleticism he displayed in both pass coverage and stopping the run. North plays with an aggressive attitude and loves getting physical at the point of attack. He shows great mobility in the open field and has the fluid hips to turn in coverage and help break up passing plays. North could either line up on the inside or play on the outside of any line backing corps. North has good speed and the ability to play sideline to sideline. He takes good angles towards making the tackle and has good instincts when finding the football. … the NUC Florida 5 Star Showcase in Orlando … runs a 4.7, 40 … had offers from Bowling Green, UMass and Memphis

NEIMAN

ARMSTRONG

So. • CB 6-1 • 185

DALLAS, TEXAS CISCO COLLEGE

NORTH

2016 - at Cisco College Played in eight games… recorded 12 tackles in eight games… recorded a fumble recovery and four pass breakups DeSoto HS Ranked a 3-Star by 247Sports and 2-Stars by Rivals… accepted offer from Texas Tech before attending Cisco College… had an offer from Tulsa and drew interest from Texas, TCU and Baylor

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LAKHALON HOLLAND

TREVION

DUNCAN

R-Jr. • CB 5-10 • 175

Jr. •SS 5-11 • 180

RIBAULT HS

2015 - Sophomore Season Redshirted 2014 - Freshmen Season Appeared in nine games as a freshman… Tallied 10 tackles (six solo)… Notched a season-best three stops at Southeast Missouri (Oct. 4)… Contributed to the OVC’s top total defense (303.2 yards per game) and pass defense (153.3 yards per game)… Ribault HS Played running back and defensive back for Ribault Sr. High School in Jacksonville, Fla… Had offers from Jacksonville, Bethune-Cookman and Charleston Southern… Runs the 40-yard dash in 4.4 seconds… Attended the same high school as fellow 2014 recruit Marvin Maddox… Helped lead team to a 7-4 overall record and a 6-1 league mark during his senior season… Was a member of Ribault’s basketball team… Plans to major in Business

2016 - Sophomore Season Started the first four games of the year at safety before suffering a season ending injury… Compiled 23 tackles, 17 solo… Registered season highs in tackles (8), solo’s (7) and pass breakups (1) versus Jackson State (9/10)… Lone interception of the season came on final play of the season after finishing with five tackles against UT Martin (10/1)… Opened the season with four tackles, 1.0 for loss and a forced fumble against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3)… Collected six tackles at Bethune-Cookman (9/17) 2015 - Freshman Season Played in seven games, started one game at safety as a true freshman… gathered a season high six tackles and forced a fumble at Jacksonville State (9/19)… credited for five tackles and half a tacklefor-loss at UT Martin (10/10)… forced a fumble and collected three tackles against Murray State (11/7) Lamar HS Played in the defensive secondary at Lamar HS in Houston, Texas… Recorded four interceptions as a senior… Returned three picks for touchdowns… Recovered a fumble… Ran back the recovery 25 yards for a score… Averaged 31 yards per interception return… Notched 40 stops as a junior… Broke up four passes in 2013… Picked off three passes as a junior… Scored one touchdown in 2013… Led team to a 10-3 overall record and a 7-0 mark district play… Made it to the second round of the 6A State Playoffs in 2014… Ran the 40-yard dash in 4.6 seconds… Can bench press 300lbs… Had offers from Lamar, Incarnate Word and Texas State... Coached by Tom Nolan

DUNCAN

WENONAH HS

2016 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Played in nine games, starting eight at safety… Second on team with 66 tackles, averaging over seven tackles per game… Finished 16th in the nation forcing 0.33 fumbles per game, forced three on the season… Collected 38 solo tackles and six quarterback hurries on the season… Had a season best 2.0 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and nine solo tackles finishing with 10 tackles and a pass breakup at Austin Peay (11/5)… Registered nine tackles at Murray State (10/29)… Amassed a season high 12 tackles at Eastern Illinois (10/8)… Finished with 10 tackles and forced a fumble against UT Martin (10/1)… Had a season best three pass breakups at Bethune-Cookman (9/17) 2015 - Redshirt Freshman Season One of six Tigers to start all 10 games... Second on team in tackles with 58... had seven tackles-for-loss and two pass breakups... Had a season best eight tackles at the Southern Heritage Classic versus Jackson State (9/12)... Recorded seven tackles and a breakup against Austin Peay (10/31)... Registered a season high five solo tackles, seven total, at Eastern Kentucky (10/24)... Finished with seven tackles at UT Martin (10/10) 2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted Wenonah HS Played strong safety at Wenonah High School in Birmingham, Ala... Registered 110 tackles in his four-year career... Picked off seven passes including five during his senior season, returning one for a touchdown... Forced one fumble and recovered three... Tallied one sack... Was coached by Ronald Cheatham... Helped lead team to a 10-2 mark during his junior season... Chosen to the West Sqaud of the Preseason All-Star Team... Received offers from Alabama State, Southern Illinois and Murray State... Plans to major in Engineering or Sports Medicine

XAVIER HURGE

R-Jr. • S 6-1 • 206

CORAL SP,RINGS, FLA. FLORIDA STATE

VINCENT SELLERS

Fr. • S 6-1 • 180

SARASOTA, FLA. RIVERVIEW HS Riverview High School Named Second Team All-State for Class 8A by FloridaHSFootball.com as a senior… Helped lead Riverview to a 9-2 record and the second

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COOK

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

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LAQUARIUS R-Jr. • SS 6-0 • 175

HOUSTON, TEXAS LAMAR HS

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 2016 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Tallied 31 tackles in 11 games… Registered a season high seven tackles at Southeast Missouri (11/19)… Forced a fumble and collected four tackles against Tennessee Tech (11/12)… Earned four tackles, 1.0 for loss and a pass breakup against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3)

round of the Class 8A Regional Semifinals in 2016… Recorded 23 tackles, 16 solo and one interception during senior season.

COOK

JAMES GREEN

Fr. • LB 6-1 • 205

ORLANDO, FLA. OLYMPIA HS Olympia High School Rated as a 3-Star prospect by 247Sports… ranked 97th in the Sentinel’s Florida Top 100… moved to linebacker as a senior after playing safety as a junior… averaged eight tackles per game as a senior and had 11 tackles for loss and two sacks… known as a hard-hitting FBS type player who had committed to Akron… also had offers from Buffalo, Florida International, Florida Atlantic, Georgia State, UMass, Ohio, Old Dominion, South Alabama, Western Michigan, Florida A&M, McNeese State, South Dakota and 2016 FCS champions, James Madison… also garnered interest from Florida State, Kentucky, Michigan State, Purdue and UCF… played at Dr. Phillips HS before transferring to Olympia HS for senior season.

SHAWN

sas-Pine Bluff (9/3)… Had four tackles and half a tackle-for-loss at Vanderbilt (10/22)… Matched a season high with four solo tackles at Southeast Missouri (11/19), equaling number at EIU… Pulled in three tackles against Eastern Kentucky 2015 - Freshman Season Played in all ten games as a true freshman, starting two… Seventh on the team with 33 tackles… Recorded lone sack of the season, matching season high in tackles (13) and recovered a fumble against Murray State (11/7)… Set a season high of 13 tackles and six solos against Austin Peay (10/31) Gadsden City HS Played middle and outside linebacker as well as safety at Gadsden City HS in Alabama… Notched 133 stops… Recovered a pair of fumbles… Scored a touchdown of defense… Had eight tackles for loss… Was honored by the Alabama High School Association for his 16 tackle and two sack performance in the Titans’ 34-28 double overtime win over Auburn… Named Second Team All-State by the Alabama Sports Writers Association as a senior… Led team to a 10-3 overall record and 6-1 region record as a senior… Named Fox 6 2014 7A Defensive Player of the Year… Selected to the Pigskin Roundup All-star Team… Coached by Matt Scott… Son of Freda and Rodney Edwards… Born Jan. 30, 1997… Brother of former Tiger Rodney Edwards.

McCOLLEY

Fr. • RB 5-11 • 210

McCALLIE HS

McCallie High School Secured Division II-AA All-State honors from the Tennessee Sports Writers Association in 2016… Also named All-Region for Division II-AA East/Middle for his play as a senior… Scored 16 rushing touchdowns and finished with 938 rushing yards during senior season… As a junior, recorded 850 rushing yards on 114 rushes for an average of 7.5 yards per carry… Caught 13 passes for 110 yards and scored a total of 11 touchdowns… Led the defense with 67 tackles, two interceptions and a fumble recovery, and compiled 1,002 all-purpose yards for the season.

CRAWFORD

Fr. • LB 6-1 • 210

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THORNTON FRACTIONAL SOUTH HS

BLAIR

EDWARDS

Jr. • LB 6-1 • 195

GADSDEN, ALA. GADSDEN CITY HS 2016 - Sophomore Season Played in 10 games, starting two at linebacker… Notched 20 tackles, 12 solo for the season… Tallied a season high five at Eastern Illinois (10/8)… Recovered a fumble in the season opener against Arkan-

Creekside HS Started at middle linebacker for three seasons at Creekside High School in Fairburn, Ga… Recorded 130 tackles as a senior… Picked off five passes in his career… Tallied seven sacks and 29 tackles for loss during his final two seasons… Bench presses 325 pounds… Squats 455 pounds… Runs the 40-yard dash in 4.6 seconds… Captain of his team during his senior season... Helped his team win the State Championship in Class 5A... Voted Defensive Player of the year for state and region 4 AAAAA... Was an all-region honorable mention as a junior… Selected All-Region and All-State following his senior season… Is a member of the National Honor Society… Plans to major in Business

TYLER BOND

R-Fr. • S 5-9 • 180

LANSING, ILL.

Thornton Fractional South HS Helped TFSHS to a 7-3 record as a senior... Recorded 48 tackles, 31 solo, and had a pair of tackles for loss... Recovered a fumble and caused eight pass breakups... Played wide receiver on offense... Caught nine passes for 239 yards... Scored three touchdowns

2015 - Sophomore Season Started all 10 contests, leading the team with 79 tackles, 38 solos and 41 assists… registered six tackles-for-loss, combining for 17 yards, one sack, an interception, two breakups, three pass deflections, a quarterback hurry, recovered a fumble and recorded the lone safety of the season… notched a career high 13 tackles at top ranked Jacksonville State (9/19)… grabbed first career interceptions while collecting 12 tackles at UT Martin (10/10)… earned first sack of his career versus Jackson State (9/12)… forced a safety at Florida A&M (9/26) and also picked up 11 tackles and a pass breakup… finished with fourth double-digit tackle game against Murray State (11/7) with 11 2014- Freshman Season Saw action in 11 games, starting one at Austin Peay (Nov. 8)… Notched five tackles (four solo)… Tallied a season-high three tackles against Edward Waters (Aug. 30)… Recovered a fumble versus the Tigers…

CHATTANOOGA, TENN.

MICHAEL

(87) and solos (58)… ranked 24th in the nation and first in the Ohio Valley Conference averaging 5.3 solo tackles per game… Finished with 10.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, three quarterback hurries and four pass breakups… Established season highs in tackles (12), solo’s (9) and interceptions (1) at Eastern Illinois (10/8) while recording 1.0 TFL and a PB… Matched season high in solo tackles (9) and gathered 11 tackles, 2.0 TFL’s, a QBH, forced a fumble and hauled in the game saving interception, returned for 11 yards against Eastern Kentucky (10/15)… Secured 11 tackles, two for loss and a QBH in the season finale at Southeast Missouri (11/19)… Tallied nine tackles, six solo and a TFL against Tennessee Tech (11/12)… Registered nine tackles at Murray State (10/29)… Recorded seven solo tackles at Vanderbilt (10/22)… Made eight tackles, six solo and set a season high in tackles for loss (3) against UT Martin (10/1)… Opened the season with five tackles and season highs in sacks (1.0) and pass breakups (2)

CHAPEL HILL, TENN. CHAPEL HILL HS

CHRIS

COLLINS

Sr. • LB 5-11 • 205

FAIRBURN, GA. CREEKSIDE HS

COLLINS

2016 All-OVC Second Team 2016-17 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2015-16 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2014-15 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2016- Junior Season Started all 11 games at middle linebacker… led the team in tackles

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SETH

ROWLAND

JORDAN

BELL

So. • RB 5-6 • 185

Fr. • RB 5-10 • 200

NOLENSVILLE, TENN. GA PREP ACADEMY 2016 - Freshman Season Played on special teams in 10 games… Finished with five tackles on the season… Recorded a season high two tackles at Southeast Missouri (11/19)… Collected first tackle at Eastern Illinois (10/8) Ravenwood HS Ran for 1,243 yards during his senior season leading RHS to a 16-1 record… Averaged 103.6 yards per game while rushing for 16 touchdowns… Spent a season at Georgia Prep Academy… Brother of current Tiger Chris Rowland

ANTIOCH, TENN. CANE RIDGE HS

CANE RIDGE HS Helped lead CRHS to a 12-1 record and the third round of the Class 5A tournament...Named Second Team All-Midstate by The Tennessean as a senior...

DESMOND

JOHNSON

R-Fr. • DB 6-1 • 190

HUNTSVILLE, ALA. J.O. JOHNSON HS

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2016 - Freshman Season Redshirted J.O. Johnson HS Played free safety, wide receiver and quarterback last season for Harold Wells at J.O. Johnson H.S… He recorded 67 tackles and two interceptions… On offense, he had 25 receptions for 432 yards and three scores… Listed as a 2-star recruit by Rivals.com and 247Sports… Was selected to play for the United States Under-19 Select team against Canada… Had offers from Alabama A&M, Army, Campbell, Murray State, Navy, Samford, Southern Illinois, UT Martin, Western Carolina… Had interest from Alabama, Auburn, Cincinnati, Clemson, Duke, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Nebraska, South Carolina, Tennessee, UAB, Utah, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest and Western Kentucky… Son of Susann and Danny Johnson… Plans to major in Sports Management

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ARKEEM

GRANGER

R-Fr. • RB 6-0 • 220

PEMBROKE PINES, FLA.

FLANAGAN HS 2016 - Redshirt-Freshman Season Medical Hardship 2015 - Freshman Season Redshirted Flanagan HS Played running back at Flanagan HS in Pembroke Pines in Florida… Rushed for three touchdowns in a game against West Broward… Had 80 yards on only 6 carries versus Fort Lauderdale… Recorded 392 yards on only 61 carries and five touchdowns in 2013… Ran the 40-yard dash in 4.6 seconds… Can squat 500lbs… Has a 30” vertical… Led team to a 12-1 record overall and a 7-0 district record as a senior… Lost to eventual State Champ Columbus in the semi-final at the 8A State Playoffs…Named to the 2015 Dolphins All-Star Game for Team Broward… Coached by Devin Bush

ANDREW KNOX

R-So. • FB 5-11 • 250

TERENCE HARRIS II

R-Sr. • FB 6-1 • 242

NASHVILLE, TENN. MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY

2016 - Redshirt Junior Season Did not play 2015 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Played in all ten games of the season at fullback, starting seven… had one kickoff return for one yard against Murray State (11/7) 2014 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in one game at Austin Peay (Nov. 8)… 2013 - Freshman Season Redshirted Personal: Born on April 7, 1995… Son of Tina and Terence Harris... Father also played football at TSU... Major: Undecided

MURFREESBORO, TENN.

SIEGEL HS

2016 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in eight games, starting three at fullback… Caught three passes for 24 yards, including a season long 11-yarder against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3)… Rushed three times for three yards and a touchdown against Eastern Kentucky (10/15) 2015 - Freshman Season Redshirted after suffering a season ending injury in the second week of the season… Had one carry for three yards versus Jackson State in the Southern Heritage Classic (9/12) Siegel HS Played fullback and middle linebacker at Siegel HS in Murfreesboro, Tennessee… Scored 12 touchdowns and 74 total points as a senior… Ran the 40-yard dash in 4.57 seconds… Can bench press 325lbs…. Can squat 485lbs…. Has a twin brother, Andre who also played for Siegel HS and is a current Tiger… Played for the East Team in the eighth annual Toyota East vs. West Tennessee All-Star Classic… Ran for 106 yards against Blackman as a junior… Coached by Greg Wyant… Son of Andrea and Earl Knox… Majoring in Business... Born on September 28, 1996

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HARRIS

THOMAS

NEWBERG

So. • LS 6-4 • 190

FRANKLIN, TENN. INDEPENDENCE HS 2016 - Freshman Season Played in all 11 games as team’s long snapper… Collected first collegiate tackle at Eastern Illinois (10/8)… Earned second tackle at Murray State (10/29) Personal: Son of John and Karen Newberg... born in Kennesaw, Ga.... has one brother, McCoy... Birthday: 9/20/97

NEWBERG

Had four of the five longest distances in the FCS… Set the school record for longest field goal twice on the same day… Hit from 54 yards to break a 17-year-old record against UT Martin (10/1), only to reset the record to 57 yards two quarters later… Added four extra points to end the day with 10 points scored… The kick from 57 out was the longest in OVC play in 15 years… Was named the FCS STATS National Specialist of the Week and OVC Special Teams Player of the Week… Became the first kicker to be named the Boxtorow HBCU Player of the Week… Recorded five of the Top 10 kicks in school history this season alone, including the top three, the fifth and the eighth… Named OVC Specialist of the Week for performance at Southeast Missouri (11/19), finishing eight points, including field goals from 46 and 49 yards… Notched 10 points against Tennessee Tech (11/12) with kicks from 55, 47 and 25… Matched a season high of five extra points at Austin Peay (11/5), which had been set against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3) and against Eastern Kentucky (10/15)… Equaled output of field goals made (3) at Murray State (10/29) and versus UAPB… Scored a season high 14 points against UAPB hitting on three field goals (47, 23 and 38)… The point amount is good for third best single game performance at TSU… Converted a 52 yard field goal at Eastern Illinois (10/8)… Recorded a 44 yarder at Bethune-Cookman (9/17)… Averaged 57.1 yards per kickoff, while booting 19 touchbacks… Registered solo tackles at Southeast Missouri (11/19) and versus Jackson State (9/10) 2015 - Sophomore Season Finished second on the team in scoring with 50 points… Converted on 26-of-29 extra points and 8-of-14 on field goals… Is one of 16 returning kickers in the country who converted on a field goal of 50 yards or more in 2015… Split the uprights for a season long of 50 yards at Nissan Stadium against Eastern Illinois (10/17) as one of a 3-for-3 performance… Strung 22 consecutive made extra points which ended on second attempt in ninth game of the season… Was 2-for-2 against Austin Peay (10/31) including a 47-yarder… Averaged 57.3 yards on 47 kickoffs for 2,692 yards including 14 touchbacks… Had one punt for 43 yards, while recording a tackle and a fumble recovery at UT Martin (10/10)

LANE

CLARK

Sr. • K 5-11 • 155 HAYS, KAN.

HAYS HS

2017 STATS FCS Preseason All-American Team 2017 Athlon Sports Preseason All-America 2017 BOXTOROW Preseason All-American Team 2017 HBCU Gameday Preseason FCS First Team All-American Team 2017 Preseason All-OVC 2016-17 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2016 Associated Press Second Team All-American 2016 HERO Sports FCS Second Team All-American 2016 STATS FCS Third Team All-American 2016 BOXTOROW First Team All-American 2016 All-OVC First Team 2015-16 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2014-15 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2016 - Junior Season Made 17-of-25 field goals (68.0%) and 38-of-42 extra points… Led the OVC in scoring with 89 points (second best in a single season at TSU) and 8.1 points per game… One of three players in the four levels of NCAA to kick at least four field goals of over 50 yards… Added five field goals ranging from 40–49 yards… Connected on more field goals (9) from 40-plus yards than 120 of the other 124 FCS teams attempted from same distance… North Dakota matched by attempting nine… The nine field goals from 40-plus yards were tops in FCS play, two better than three programs which tied for second (Mercer, Texas Southern and Wofford)…

2014 - Freshman Season Kicked in 12 games… Was 8-of-15 on field goals… Made 26-of-28 extra points… Led team with 50 points… Kicked off 62 times for 3,342 yards, a 53.9 average… Booted 12 kicks out of the end zone for touchbacks… Notched a career-long 46-yard field goal against Jacksonville State (Oct. 11)

ANTOWAN

MALONE

Fr. • LB 5-11 • 225

NASHVILLE, TENN. PEARL-COHN HS Pearl-Cohn High School Sat out his senior season due to injury… as a junior, was named the 2015 Region 5-4A Defensive MVP after registering 84 tackles, 12 for loss, eight sacks, one interception and a fumble recovery as PCHS finished as the Class 4A runner-up

MITCHELL

BOUDREAUX

R-Fr. • K 5-5 • 150

SLIDELL, LA.

BROTHER MARTIN HS

2015-16 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2016 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in the opening game of the season against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3)… Had two kickoffs for 98 yards… Converted a pooch kick recovered for an onside kick 2015 - Freshman Season Redshirted Brother Martin HS Finished his career with 33 extra points in his final three years

Hays HS Attended the Winter 2013 College-Prep Showcase... Was MVP of the KCKicking Camp... Won the Last Man Standing Competition, Punt Championship and Kick-Off Championship... During Clark’s junior season he made 33 of 38 PATs and was 4-4 on field goals hitting from 27 yards twice, 33 yards and 37 yards...His senior year Clark missed just one PAT making 30 of 31 and was 7-9 of FG. He converted from 28, 29, 31, 36, 37, 38, and 48 yards. His only misses in two years were from 47 and 50 yards. Clark also played wide receiver and defensive back during his senior season. Personal: Born Dec. 26, 1995… Son of Dina and Wes Clark Major: Biology

BOUDREAUX

CLARK #BigBlueRising

DELL

PORTER

ELIJAH WOOD

R-Jr. • LB 6-1 • 235

Fr. • CB 5-9 • 175

MELROSE HS

SIEGEL HS

MEMPHIS, TENN. 2016 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Played in eight games, starting four, including the final two games of the season… Collected 12 tackles, four for loss and three sacks… Concluded the season with a sack in each of the last three games… Picked up a season high in tackles (5), solo’s (3) and TFL’s (2.5) at Austin Peay (11/5)… Tallied four tackles and 1.5 for loss at Southeast Missouri (11/19) 2015 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in nine games and earning a start in the final game of the season… Finished with 16 tackles, nine solo and one for-loss… Collected a season high five tackles against Eastern Illinois (10/17)… Registered his first tackle in a three grab performance at Jacksonville State (9/19)… Totaled three tackles at Eastern Kentucky (10/24) 2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted Melrose HS Started at linebacker for Melrose High School in Memphis, Tenn… Tallied 59 tackles during his senior year… Recorded six sacks in 2013… Forced three fumbles and recovered four others… Selected defensive MVP of his high school following his last two seasons… Ran the 800 meter dash for his high school track team… Helped lead his team to an 8-4 record during his senior season… Played on the same team as fellow TSU commit Justin Brooks… Named Second Team All-District as a defensive end / outside linebacker…Coached by Eddie Woods… Plans to major in Criminal Justice or Business… Son of Tamara Porter… Born April 29, 1996

PORTER

JOSEPH

JOHNSON

Sr. • LB 6-1 • 205

NASHVILLE, TENN. BRENTWOOD ACADEMY

JOHNSON CITY, TENN. DAVID CROCKETT HS 2016 - Freshman Season Redshirted David Crockett HS Registered 52 tackles over his last two seasons at DCHS... Recorded five sacks during same time span... Was a two-sport athlete playing basketball and football Personal: Son of Daniele and Issac Martin... has one brother, Levan... born in Johnson City, Tenn.... Birthday: 3/11/98

2016 - Junior Season Played in seven games, mainly at middle linebacker… Finished with eight tackles, four solo and 1.5 for loss… Notched a season high three tackles at Southeast Missouri (11/19) and added a half a tackle for loss… Earned a TFL at the goal line against Eastern Kentucky (10/15)… Picked up two tackles in the season opener against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3) 2015 - Sophomore Season Played in six games… Registered a tackle against Murray State (11/7) 2014 - Freshmen Season Played in four games… Did not accumulate any stats…

MARTIN

R-Fr. • LB 6-2 • 245

MURFREESBORO, TENN. Siegel HS Earned First Team All-Area for Track and Field by the Daily News Journal with the 4x100m relay team after taking fourth in the Class AAA State Meet and First at the County Championships

IAN

ANDREW COTHRAN

R-So. • DE 5-11 • 235

NASHVILLE, TENN. EAST HS 2016 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in nine games, mainly as a part of special teams… Finished with four tackles… Collected a season high two solo tackles at Bethune-Cookman (9/17)… Assisted on tackles against UT Martin (10/1) and at Eastern Illinois (10/8)

Brentwood Academy Led his team to the semi-finals of the State Championship Personal: Born Sept. 5, 1996… Son of Vanessa and Cordell Johnson... Major: Finance

JOHNSON

COTHRAN 47

AHMED

SMITH Jr.

R-Jr. • OG 6-3 • 310

RICHARDSON

Fr. • CB 5-11 • 180

MIAMI, FLA. USF

MEMPHIS, TENN. CORDOVA HS

at USF Saw action in one game as the team’s backup left guard

CORDOVA HS Four-year starter in the secondary for Cordova High School… Helped lead Cordova to an 8-3 record as a junior

MICHAEL

Miami Central HS Played for Roland Smith… previously coached by Telly Lockette at

#BigBlueRising

Central… named a second team Class 6A all-state selection… No. 34 on the 2014 Miami-Dade Top 50 list… helped lead Miami Central to a 13-1 record and second consecutive state championship as well as a No. 3 national ranking by USA Today in 2013… rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.com… rated the 47th best guard nationally by ESPN. com… played for one of the most successful programs in Florida as Miami Central won its second-straight state championship in 2013 and third in the past four years while advancing to four consecutive state finals…also had an offer from Arkansas among others

DANTE’

FERGUSON

R-So. • LB 6-2 • 220

LITHONIA, GA.

ARABIA MOUNTAIN HS

2016 - Redshirted Freshman Season Played in all 11 games, mainly as a part of special teams 2015 - Freshman Season Redshirted Arabia Mountain HS Teamed with former Tiger Demetro Stephens, Jr. at AMHS...

ANTHONY

son highs in tackles for loss (1.5) and sacks (1.0)… Collected three tackles and 0.5 sacks at Southeast Missouri (11/19)… Recorded three tackles with a half a sack and another half a tackle for loss at Murray State (10/29) 2015 - Sophomore Season Started and played in nine games at defensive end… Finished with 29 tackles, 6.5 tackles-for-loss, 4.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and a quarterback hurry… Registered season highs of 2.5 tackles-for-loss and two sacks against Murray State (11/7) while making four stops… Had a season high five tackles versus Jackson State (9/12) at the Southern Heritage Classic… Opened the season with two tackles-for-loss against Alabama State (9/6) in the John Merritt Classic 2014 - Freshmen Season Played in seven contests… Made five tackles on the year (four solo)… Notched a career-high two stops in the season opener against Edward Waters (Aug. 30)… Dothan HS Started at defensive end for Dothan High School… Made 87 stops and 16 tackles for loss during his senior year… Recorded 13 sacks in his career… Tallied 93 wrap-ups as a junior… Named team Most Valuable Defensive Lineman in 2013… Had an offer from Alabama State… Can bench press 315 pounds and squat 405… Ran the 40yard dash in 4.7 seconds… Led his team to a 6-4 record as a senior… Attended the same high school as fellow 2014 recruit Josh Bighems… Son of Nichelle Lee… Majoring in Criminal Justice... Born September 15, 1995.

Whitehaven HS Played on the offensive and defensive lines for Whitehaven High School… Mainly played tackle on the offensive line… Named Class 6A First Team All-State for Tennessee as an offensive lineman by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association… Helped Whitehaven claim the Class 6A State Championship

R-Fr. • OT 6-5 • 290

SELMA, ALA. SELMA HS

2015 - Freshman Season Redshirted

JUSTIN BROWN

LEE

Fr. • LB 6-2 • 220

Smith Stations, Ala. WESTERN KENTUCKY Smith Stations HS Played football and basketball at SSHS... Recorded 28 tackles, eight solo, two sacks, 12 quarterback hurries and forced a fumble

LATRELLE LEE

Jr. • DE 6-2 • 225

DOTHAN, ALA. DOTHAN HS 2016-17 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll

LACHAVIOUS SIMMONS

2016 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in all 11 games predominantly at right tackle, started at left tackle against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3)… a part of the line for the top scoring team in the OVC, averaging 32.3 points per game… Helped offense generate 415.1 yards per game and topped the OVC at 6.6 yards per play… The line allowed an OVC low, 14 sacks

MEMPHIS, TENN. WHITEHAVEN HS

GETER

Fr. • OL 5-11 • 258

COOK

TIMERIK

Slema HS: Played on both sides of the line at Selma HS in Alabama… Also had offers from Jacksonville State, Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Samford and Savannah State… Led team to a 6-4 record as a senior… Coached by Leroy Miles… Son of Quincella Simmons and Eric Young… Born Sept. 12, 1996… Majoring in Human Performance and Sport Sciences.

SIMMONS

COOK

R-Fr. • LS 6-1 • 215

DECATUR, GA. DeKALB HS

2016-17 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2016 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played on special teams in lone action of season at Murray State (10/29) Personal: Son of Patrick Cook and Vickie Hayes-Cook... has one brother, Isaiah, and one sister, Ashley... Born 9/25/96... Major: Psychology

2016 - Junior Season Played in 11 games, starting six at defensive end… Registered 25 tackles, 11 solo, 4.5 for loss and 2.5 sacks… Reeled in a season high five tackles at Eastern Illinois (10/8)… Earned four tackles with sea-

#BigBlueRising

TYRELL

BRADFORD

DOSS

BEARD

Fr. • DT 6-1 • 280

R-So. • OL 6-2 • 290

LEBANON, TENN. WILSON CENTRAL HS

DYERSBURG, TENN.

DYERSBURG HS

Wilson Central HS Helped WCHS to an 8-3 record

2016 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Lone action came at Vanderbilt (10/22)… Served as center in his lone play of the season… The play produced the second longest pass play in TSU history, a 93-yard touchdown from Ronald Butler to Patrick Smith 2015 - Redshirt Freshman Season Did not play

Personal: Born on Dec. 11, 1995… Son of Latania and Wallace Doss... Major: Agricultural Business

GERMANTOWN HS

Germantown HS A Scouts 2-Star defensive tackle prospect from GHS

THOMAS BURTON

R-Jr. • OL 6-2 • 290

MEMPHIS, TENN. WHITEHAVEN HS

ALLEN

Sr. • OL 6-3 • 300

GOINS III

GERMANTOWN, TENN.

J.C.

Fr. • DT 6-0 • 310

BROOKS

R-Jr. • OL 6-5 • 270

BURTON

2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted Dyersburg HS First Team All-Region… Preseason All-State… Played in the All-Star Game

JUSTIN

WARNER ROBBINS, GA.

MERCED CC

2016 - Junior Season Played in 10 games at right guard, starting five… a part of the line for the top scoring team in the OVC, averaging 32.3 points per game… Helped offense generate 415.1 yards per game and topped the OVC at 6.6 yards per play… The line allowed an OVC low, 14 sacks at Merced CC Played in all contests in 2015 for Bob Casey at Merced CC… Had offers from Arkansas State, Middle Tennessee, North Carolina A&T and Northwestern State… Generated interset from Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Colorado State, Fresno State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Kentucky, New Mexico State, Oklahoma and UNLV

MEMPHIS, TENN. MELROSE HS 2016 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Played in all 11 games, starting ten at right tackle… Helped offensive line to become top scoring team in the OVC, averaging 32.3 points per game… Helped offense generate 415.1 yards per game and topped the OVC at 6.6 yards per play… The line allowed an OVC low, 14 sacks 2015 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in seven contests, starting against Austin Peay (10/31)… Was a member of an offense who amassed over 3,000 total yards on the year 2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted Melrose HS Played on the offensive line at Melrose HS in Memphis… Helped lead Melrose to an 8-4 record as a senior... Born on December 5, 1995... Son of Shequendolyn Williams and Todd Carter... Majoring in Criminal Justice

Northside HS Played for Kevin Kinsler at Northside HS… Son of Darlena and Mark Allen... Born on April 22, 1996... Majoring in Sports Medicine.

2017 HBCU Gameday Preseason FCS 2nd Team All-American Team 2017 Preseason All-OVC 2016 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Started all 11 games at center… Helped offensive line to become top scoring team in the OVC, averaging 32.3 points per game… Helped offense generate 415.1 yards per game and topped the OVC at 6.6 yards per play… The line allowed an OVC low, 14 sacks 2015 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in nine games, starting the final six games at center… Anchored an offense who totaled over 2,100 yards during his six starts 2014 - Freshman Season Redshirted Whitehaven HS Played on the offensive line for Whitehaven High School… Led the Tigers to a 9-3 record and a 5-1 mark in the region…Received an offer from UT Martin… Selected Offensive Player of the Game following a win against Mitchell on Aug. 24, 2013… Named to the 16-AAA All-Region Team as a senior… Was chosen as a team-captain as a senior… Intends on majoring in Engineering… Son of Sherman and Toleda Brown…

BROOKS 68

ALLEN

ADRIAN SIMS

Fr. • DT 6-0 • 300

BROOKWOOD, GA. BROOKWOOD HS Brokwood HS Helped BHS to an 8-4 record

#BigBlueRising

PENIDRE NDIAYE

Fr. • OL 6-3 • 305

CHRISTIAN MORRIS

R-Jr. • OL 6-6 • 320

MEMPHIS, TENN. RIDGEWAY HS 2016 – at Ole Miss Did not play 2015 – at Ole Miss Appeared in five games for the Rebels before suffering a season-ending injury

played seven offensive snaps in wins over Missouri and Southern Miss and tallied five plays vs. Arkansas… had two knockdowns versus Jacksonville State

So. • OL 6-5 • 305

2015 - at LSU Redshirted as a freshman

JELKS

GADSDEN, ALA. GADSDEN CITY HS

COOKEVILLE, TENN. COOKEVILLE HS Cookeville HS Prepped at CHS

JAMAHL

2016 - Freshman Season Played in all 11 games, starting six… Took over at left guard in the fifth game; did not start final game due to injury… Helped offensive line to become top scoring team in the OVC, averaging 32.3 points per game… Helped offense generate 415.1 yards per game and topped the OVC at 6.6 yards per play… The line allowed an OVC low, 14 sacks Gadsden City HS Is versatile on the front line as a tackle and a center… Selected to play in the 2015 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game… Named to the Alabama 100, an independent of Scout.com’s… Ranked as the No. 8 offensive lineman in Alabama… Earned a spot on the 2015 Alabama Sports Writers Association 7A All-State First Team… Honored as part of the TV24 Pigskin All-Star Football Team… Played for Matt Scott… Had offers from Jacksonville State, Southern Miss, Tennessee Tech and UAB… Received interest from Auburn, Middle Tennessee and Troy… Son of Sabrina Reid… Plans to major in Business

2014 – at Ole Miss Played in three games as an offensive tackle… made collegiate debut versus UL-Lafayette (9/13/14)… Enrolled at Ole Miss in January of 2014 2013 Signed with UCLA out of high school but did not enroll. Memphis East High School A U.S. Army All-America selection ... Rated a 4-star prospect by Rivals.com and Scout.com ... Listed as the No. 10 offensive tackle in the nation and No. 128 overall recruit by Rivals.com ... Pegged as the 20th-best OT in the country by Scout.com ... The third-best player in Tennessee according to Rivals. com ... A first team Class 5A All-State pick by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association and an All-District 16-AAA selection ... Played in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl All-Star Game and the City of Memphis All-Star Game following his senior year ... A top-five OL performer at the 2012 Nike football combine “The Opening” ... Also played basketball, helping East to the 2012 state title ... Honor roll student ... Coached in high school by Marcus Wimberly Personal Son of LaKesha Shaw and Francois Morris Sr. ... Born: Dec. 27, 1994 ... Graduated from Ole Miss and is enrolled at TSU as a graduate student

CAMREN

2015 - Freshman Season Redshirted Ridgeway HS Played on the offensive line, specifically at tackle for Ridgeway HS in Memphis… Led team to a 12-2 overall record and a 6-0 mark in the district as a senior… Helped his team reach the semi-finals of the Division I Class 5A State Championship… Fell to eventual State Champ Hillsborough in the Final Four… Named First-Team 15-AAA All-District… Can bench press 395lbs…. Can squat 500 lbs…. Had offers from Southeast Missouri, Eastern Kentucky and Alcorn State... Played for Duron Sutton… Son of Vaniessa and Charlie Jones

TERRENCE SUMMERS

R-So. • DT 6-2 • 310

SPRINGFIELD, TENN.

HUTCHINSON CC

2016 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Started all 11 games in the middle of the defensive line… Tallied 22 tackles, seven solo, 2.5 for loss… Had a season high five tackles against Eastern Kentucky (10/15)… Credited with a pass breakup at Southeast Missouri (11/19), forcing a field goal with less than three minutes on the clock, allowing the offense to score in the final seconds for a come from behind win… Registered four tackles at Austin Peay (11/5) and versus Jackson State (9/10)… Earned half a sack against UT Martin (10/1)… Picked up first tackle for loss against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3)

Springfield HS Was listed as a 2-Star athlete by Rivals.com… Played for Dustin Wilson at Springfield HS

JELKS 74

JONES

2016 - Redshirt Freshman Season Played in three games at right guard

Hutchinson CC Played the 2015 season with Hutchinson CC after redshirting freshman season… Recorded 39 tackles this past season including 7.5 for loss… Collected 3.5 sacks, recovered a fumble and forced a fumble… Played for Rion Rhoades

KENKHARI GREEN

Fr. • OL 6-3 • 305

R-So. • G 6-3 • 290

MEMPHIS, TENN. RIDGEWAY HS

High School Played at Champagnat Catholic in Palm Bay, Fla., before transferring to Faith Baptist in Georgia as a senior… rated as a five-star prospect by 247 Sports while ESPN and Scout give him four stars... ranked as high as the No. 2 offensive tackle nationally and the No. 22 overall prospect regardless of position by 247 Sports... participated in the US Army All-American Game... coached by Larry Wiley… didn’t play football until her arrived in the United States in 2013

PLANT CITY, FLA. PLANT CITY HS Personal: Prepped at Plant City HS

CHIDI OKEKE

R-SO. • OL 6-6 • 315

SUMMERS

ANAMBRA, NIGERIA

LSU

2016 - at LSU Played in 11 games, seeing most of his action on special teams… played a career-high nine snaps in win over Jacksonville State…

#BigBlueRising

KEITH

THOMAS

Fr. • WR 6-0 • 175

TYNER HS

BRENTWOOD ACADEMY

Tyner HS Recorded 38 tackles at THS, 21 solo... Had two tackles for loss and one sack

MILES

CAVITT

Fr. • TE 6-3 • 230

GREENFIELD, TENN. GREENFIELD HS

LA VERGNE, TENN.

Brentwood Academy Named a 2-Star prospect by 247Sports… helped BA to back-to-back Division II Class AA State Championships... as a senior, caught five passes for 76 yards in the title game, scoring two touchdowns including a 49-yarder and a six yard score just before halftime… was a member of the Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association All-Star – West Squad… was on the receiving end of a Hail-Mary batted 57-yard touchdown versus Montgomery Bell Academy which was #1 on Sportscenter’s Top 10

JUSTIN

HURSTON

R-Fr. • TE 6-4 • 240

STOCKBRIDGE, GA. GEORGIA

Personal Father, Joseph, and mother, Kristi, both played basketball at the University of Alabama-Huntsville ... intended major: Business Management.

AARON

CAUTHEN

Pearl-Cohn HS Helped P-CHS to a 12-2 record... Tallied 22 touchdowns during his career... Caught 74 passes for 1,540 yards... Had 18 carries for 155 yards and crossed the end line five times... Ranked as the 18th wide receiver in Tennessee by MaxPreps

Douglass County HS Played quarterback as a sophomore, completing 10-of-25 for 132 yards and rushing for 74 yards on 19 carries… As a tight end in his senior season, caught 16 passes for 202 yards with two touchdowns… Was selected All-Region 3-AAAAAA First Team… Played for John Respert… Had an offer from Furman… Son of Arthur and Toni Cauthen… Born on Dec. 31, 1997... Majoring in Sports Management with a minor in Mass Communications

THOMAS

ORLANDO, FLA. JONES HS Jones High School Helped lead Jones HS to an 11-2 mark as a senior and a spot in the Class 4A Regional finals… as a senior, Thomas hauled in 50 passes for 1,029 yards and 13 touchdowns… Named Class 4A First Team All-State by FloridaHSFootball.com.

GRADY HS

Grady HS Tallied 53 receptions for 675 yards... Averaged 12.7 yards per catch... Hauled in seven touchdowns... Helped GHS to a 10-2 record as a senior

JARED

SIMPKINS

Fr. • WR 5-9 • 175

NORCROSS, GA. NORCROSS HS

#BigBlueRising

GAMBLE

MURFREESBORO, TENN.

OAKLAND HS

Oakland High School Named First Team All-Area by the Daily New Journal as a senior… Earned All-Region 2-6A accolades from The Tennessean for his play as a senior… Recorded 24 receptions for 586 yards and eight TDs in 2016… Returned two kicks for touchdowns… Also started at cornerback for Oakland

KHALIL JONES

R-Fr. • DT 6-1 • 310

NASHVILLE, TENN. STRATFORD HS 2016 - Freshman Season Redshirt Year Stratford HS Spent his senior year at Stratford HS after transferring from Augustus Hawkins HS, Los Angeles, Calif… Played in 12 games, recorded 131 tackles, 71 solo, 29 tackles for loss… Picked up 8.5 sacks, nine hurries, two pass deflections and two fumble recoveries… Guided SHS to the second round of the Tennessee Division I Class 3A State Championships… Was named All-Region 5-3A… Played for Maurice Fitzgerald… Had interest from Arizona, California, Colorado, Fresno State, San Jose State and UCLA… Son of Gabriella and Pharoah Jones… Plans to major in Business

MARVIN MADDOX

R-Jr. • DE 6-3 • 245

HUDSON

ATLANTA, GA.

ZARIUS Fr. • WR 5-9 • 170

AARON Fr. • WR 6-0 • 185

DOUGLASVILLE, GA. 2016 - Freshman Season Redshirted

VINCENT Fr. • WR 6-0 • 178

R-Fr. • TE 6-5 • 235

DOUGLAS COUNTY HS

HUNTER

NASHVILLE, TENN. PEARL-COHN HS

2016 - at Georgia Member of the football team at Southeastern Conference program Georgia… Redshirt season. Woodland High School Coached by Steve Davenport ... Atlanta Journal-Constitution All-Region 3-AAAA Subregion B first-team offense as a senior ... GHSF Daily All-Academic Team 2015 ... also participated in basketball and golf.

Fr. • WR 5-11 • 190

Greenfield HS Selected to play in the 2013 SportsPlus West Tennessee All-Star Game

SEGREE II

R-Fr. • OL 6-3 • 315

CHATTANOOGA, TENN.

LAWRENCE

Norcross High School Capped senior season with 329 receiving yards on 21 receptions for two touchdowns… Also had a pair of touchdowns on the ground… Utilized as a weapon in the return game as well… Rated as a threestar recruit by scout.com and a two-star recruit according to Rivals.com

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

RIBAULT HS

2016 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Started in the final four games of the season, while playing in all 11 contests… Collected six tackles, five solos and 1.0 for loss… Recovered a fumble in the final game of the season at Southeast Missouri (11/19)… Registered two quarterback hurries in the season opener against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3)… Had a season high two solo tackles at Austin Peay (11/5)… Secured a TFL as his lone tackle of the game versus Jackson State (9/10) 2015 - Redshirt Freshmen Season Played in nine games, starting four at defensive end… Had five tackles on the season… Recorded season high two stops versus Jackson State in the Southern Heritage Classic (9/12) 2014 - Freshmen Season Redshirted Ribault HS Played defensive end at Jean Ribault High School in Jacksonville, Fla… Tallied 41 tackles in 2013… Recorded 14 sacks as a senior… Helped lead team

to a 7-4 overall record and a 6-1 league mark during his senior season… Can bench press 325 pounds… Runs the 40-yard dash in 4.7 seconds… Showed interest in Iowa State, North Carolina, Charleston Southern and Savannah State… Attended camp at Louisville and Vanderbilt… Named to the All-First Coast Football Third Team by the Florida Times-Union… Selected to the Miami Herald Watch List… Plans to major in Business

MORROW

MADDOX

Kathleen HS Listed as a 3-star recruit by Rivals.com and 247Sports… Recorded 53 tackles, 37 solo, with 11 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, nine quarterback hurries and one pass breakup… Was named 2015 All-County First Team for his efforts… Played for Irving Sterling and helped Kathleen HS to an appearance in the Florida 7A State playoffs… Had offers from Kentucky, Louisville, Marshall, UMass, South Alabama, South Florida, UCF and Virginia Tech… Generated interest from Florida State and Georgia… Son of Stacy Andrews, Toby Culpepper

2015 Season - at Wisconsin Earned first letter, playing in two games ... made Badgers debut vs. Iowa on Oct. 3 … saw action vs. Rutgers on Oct. 31 2014 Season - at Wisconsin Redshirt season

JASON

MORROW

R-Sr. • DE 6-2 • 285

NASHVILLE, TENN. GLENCLIFF HS 2016 - Redshirt Junior Season Played in all 11 games, starting four… Finished with 16 tackles, seven solo, and 6.0 for loss… Earned 3.0 sacks, while breaking up one pass… Recorded a season best three tackles, which included a half a sack against Eastern Kentucky (10/15)… Earned half a sack at Murray State (10/29), at Eastern Illinois (10/8) and against UT Martin (10/1)… Lone tackle at Bethune-Cookman (9/17) went for loss… Notched half a sack and a pass breakup versus Jackson State (9/10)… Both tackles went for loss, including one sack, against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3) 2015 - Redshirt Sophomore Season Played in nine games, starting one game at Eastern Kentucky (10/24)… Tallied 12 stops, four tackles-for-loss, a sack and two quarterback hurries… Recorded two tackles on five separate occasions… Earned a sack at Florida A&M (9/26) 2014 - Redshirt Freshmen Season Saw action in six contests… Notched three tackles (two solos)… Had an assist in the season opener against Edward Waters (Aug. 30)… Tallied a pair of stops in the finale at Murray State (Nov. 22)… Personal: Son of Darlene and Jason Morrow Sr…. Born Dec. 14, 1994 Major: Psychology

JEREMY

PATTERSON

R-Jr. • DL 6-3 • 350

SCREVEN, GA. WISCONSIN 2016 - at Wisconsin Earned second letter, appearing in two games ... made season debut vs. Illinois on Nov. 12 ... saw action at Purdue on Nov. 19

Wayne County High School Three-star recruit by ESPN.com, Rivals, Scout and 247 Sports ... finished career with 118 tackles, 33 TFLs, 23 sacks, 14 pass breakups and 11 fumble recoveries ... all-state selection by Atlanta Journal Constitution and Associated Press as a senior ... selected to play in Georgia Sports Alliance East/West All-Star Game as a senior ... recorded 53 tackles, 18 TFLs and 14 sacks as a senior ... two-time all-region pick in track and field ... also lettered in basketball ... high school coach was Jody Grooms

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WEISS

Fr. • K 5-9 • 160

GAINESVILLE, FLA. BUCHOLZ HS Personal: Prepped at Ensworth HS... played football and soccer... son of Casey Green and April Green.. born in Nashville, Tenn... Birthday 6/20/96.

JUSTIN

CULPEPPER

So. • DT 6-1 • 255

LAKELAND, FLA. KATHLENN HS 2016 - Freshman Season Played in 11 games, starting the final three of the season… Registered 12 tackles on the season, including seven solo… Recorded half a sack for a four yard loss against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/3) and half a sack for a five yard loss at Murray State (10/29)… Collected a season high four tackles at Austin Peay (11/5)… Earned two solo tackles at Murray State (10/29)

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HUGHEY

R-Fr. • DL 6-4 • 275

MONTEZUMA, GA. AIR FORCE

Personal Has an older brother, Jarod Patterson ... undecided on a major

COBY

JERQUEZ

2015 - Air Force Played one season for the Prep School Personal: Committed to the Air Force Academy in 2015... received offers from Middle Tennessee and Wake Forest... son of Latonya Hughey and Ventson Smith... born in Thomaston, Ga... Birthday: 11/9/96

MICHAEL PERRY

So. • DT 6-1 • 330

MEMPHIS, TENN. WHITEHAVEN HS 2016 - Freshman Season Played in the final seven games of the season after missing the first four due to injury… Finished with three tackles on the year… Registered his first collegiate tackle and solo tackle, while earning two tackles at Austin Peay (11/5)… Added a tackle at Southeast Missouri (11/19) Whitehaven HS A 3-star recruit from Rivals.com and 247Sports… Finished with 20 tackles in seven games, 10 solos, 9.0 tackles for loss and six sacks in 2015… Guided team to the semifinals of the Tennessee Class 6A Playoffs… Selected for the AutoZone Liberty Bowl high school all-star football game… Played for Rodney Saulsberry… Had offers from Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Central Arkansas, Eastern Michigan, Georgia Southern, Howard, Indiana, Jacksonville State, Memphis, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri State, Southeastern Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas-San Antonio… Received interest from Missouri... Born on Feb. 26, 1998... Son of Michael Perry, Sr. & Robin Gray...

Game 1 • Tennessee State 44, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0

Quotes and Notes TSU Wide Receiver Patrick Smith “It’s a statement game. It lets every team know that we’re coming. This year’s Tennessee State program is going to score a lot of points, and we’re going to shut people out. We’re prepared for anyone.” - On scoring 44 points “In the beginning, some of the things we usually run, we were a little bit slow on them. Our run game has gotten better and passing-wise, I feel like we can be a really big threat in this conference, against anybody we play.” - On what worked for the offense Defensive MVP Ebo Ogundeko “It was a great game. The whole camp, we worked hard just to do this. It’s not really about the defense, it’s more about the whole team. We complimented each other well. The coaches, they prepared us for this. This is a totally different team from last year, and we’re just ready to move on to next game.” - On getting a shutout

Game 1 • Sept. 3, 2016

Box Score (Final) NissanArkansas-Pine Stadium (15,078) • Nashville , Tenn Bluff vs. Tennessee State (Sep 03, 2016 at Nashville, Tenn.) 1 2 3 4 Final Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0 0 0 0 0 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0 0 0 0 0 Tennessee 3 7 44 TennesseeState State 3 17 17 1717 7 44 Qtr Time 1st 02:33 2nd 09:59 08:10 00:31 3rd 07:17 02:18 00:42 4th 13:21

Scoring play TSU - CLARK, Lane 47 yd field goal TSU - CLARK, Lane 23 yd field goal TSU - BUTLER, Ronald 44 yd pass from ACKERMAN-CARTER (CLARK, Lane kick) TSU - EVANS, Erick 2 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick) TSU - SMITH, Patrick 30 yd pass from ACKERMAN-CARTER (CLARK, Lane kick) TSU - CURTIS, Sabree 25 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick) TSU - CLARK, Lane 38 yd field goal TSU - BUTLER, Ronald 10 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick)

FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

UAPB 8 23-49 119 34-19-0 57-168 0-0 2-7 8-132 1-0 10-40.3 2-1 14-110 27:13 2 of 14 1 of 2 0-1 0-0

TSU 23 38-202 259 34-18-1 72-461 0-0 6-64 1-29 0-0 3-40.7 0-0 6-45 32:47 8 of 16 1 of 1 3-4 3-19

RUSHING: Arkansas-Pine Bluff-Brandon Duncan 15-35; Dante McDonald 6-14; Terry Montgomer 1-1; KeShawn William 1-minus 1. Tennessee State-EVANS, Erick 13-67; CURTIS, Sabree 7-48; DEANES, Marcus 4-29; BUTLER, Ronald 3-27; HARRISON, Earl 4-19; ACKERMAN-CARTER 3-11; ROWLAND, Chris 2-3; BLACK, Tyler 2-minus 2. PASSING: Arkansas-Pine Bluff-Brandon Duncan 19-34-0-119. Tennessee State-ACKERMAN-CARTER 18-32-1-259; BUTLER, Ronald 0-2-0-0. RECEIVING: Arkansas-Pine Bluff-Cody Swain 5-32; Willie Young 3-31; John Hawkins 3-11; Dante McDonald 2-13; Terry Montgomer 2-3; Cameron William 1-10; Paris Mack 1-9; KeShawn William 1-6; Patrick Rowland 1-4. Tennessee State-SMITH, Patrick 6-100; NEWBOLD, Steven 5-74; KNOX, Andrew 3-24; BUTLER, Ronald 1-44; RHODES, Mazio 1-11; EVANS, Erick 1-7; CURTIS, Sabree 1-minus 1. INTERCEPTIONS: Arkansas-Pine Bluff-David White 1-0. Tennessee State-None. FUMBLES: Arkansas-Pine Bluff-George Monson 1-1; Brandon Duncan 1-0. Tennessee State-None. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (0-1) vs. Tennessee State (1-0) Date: Sep 03, 2016 • Site: Nashville, Tenn. • Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 15078 Kickoff time: 6 p.m. • End of Game: 9:10 PM • Total elapsed time: 3:10 Officials: Referee: M. Sweatman; Umpire: Steve Lewis; Linesman: Neil Hughes; Line judge: Phillip Dewitt; Back judge: Tom Hahs; Field judge: Pat Pownall; Side judge: Greg Koerner; Temperature: 82 deg • Wind: 8 mph • Weather: Cloudy 2016 John Merritt Classic

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Offensive Coordinator Jeff Parker “Our main focus was we wanted to come out and try to run the ball. It just so happened that they came down and tried to stop the run. We were able to get some over-the-top throws. The offense played well tonight.” - On scoring 44 points “With the run game working, they had to come down to stop the run. That really opened up the passing game for us, and O’Shay (Ackerman-Carter) does a great job of finding the open receivers.” - On what worked offensively GAME NOTES: TSU won the coin toss and chose to receive the opening kickoff… TSU’s captains for the game were Lane Clark, O’Shay Ackerman-Carter, Thomas Burton and Chris Collins… Weather was sunny and 84 degrees at time of kickoff… Official kickoff was 6:02 p.m. … The official attendance for the game was 15,078… Offensive MVP: O’Shay Ackerman-Carter… Defensive MVP: Ebo Ogundeko… TSU’s defense recorded the first shutout in the history of the John Merritt Classic… TSU improves to 13-5 in all-time John Merritt Classic games… TSU’s last shutout was a 31-0 win over Butler in the first round of the FCS Playoffs on Nov. 30, 2013… Senior Ronald Butler’s first collegiate catch was a 44-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter. Butler spent his first three seasons as a quarterback for TSU… Lane Clark’s 47-yard field goal in the first quarter tied for the third longest in his collegiate career… Patrick Smith recorded 100 yards receiving for the fifth time in his career.

Game 2 • Tennessee State 40, Jackson State 26

Quotes and Notes Running Back Erick Evans “I want to thank my offensive line, first of all, and second my coaches. We strain every day. We drew it up and we executed.” - On the running game “I love that we responded well to adversity tonight. We were down early, and we showed what type of team we have. That was the main thing I got out of this game.” - On coming back after falling behind early Defensive End Ebo Ogundeko “The resilience of the defense starts with Chris Collins, Trevion Duncan and me as well. This was the first real test that we faced as a defense, and we did a good job showing the maturity of the defense.” - On the resiliency of the defense

Game 2 • Sept. 10, 2016

Box Score (Final)

Liberty BowlJackson (46,263 ) • State Memphis,vs TennTennessee . State (Sep 10, 2016 at Memphis, Tenn.) 1 2 3 4 Final Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total Jackson State 13 10 3 0 26 Jackson State 13 10 3 0 26 Tennessee State 13 6 14 7 40 Tennessee State 13 6 14 7 40 Qtr 1st

Time 12:30 09:46 06:23 00:57 2nd 06:56 02:36 00:08 3rd 09:13 04:23 04:15 4th 14:12

Scoring play JACKST - Josh Miller 40 yd blocked punt return (Ch. Jacquemin kick) JACKST - Dan Williams 30 yd pass from LaMontiez Ivy (Ch. Jacquemin kick blockd), 2-38 1:00 TSU - EVANS, Erick 5 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick failed), 7-81 3:22 TSU - NEWBOLD, Steven 13 yd pass from ACKERMAN-CARTER (CLARK, Lane kick), 3-69 1:29 JACKST - Ben Thomas 0 yd blocked punt return (Ch. Jacquemin kick) TSU - EVANS, Erick 2 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick blockd), 7-72 4:07 JACKST - Ch. Jacquemin 38 yd field goal, 12-54 2:28 JACKST - Ch. Jacquemin 37 yd field goal, 13-55 5:47 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 3 yd pass from ACKERMAN-CARTER (CLARK, Lane kick), 8-73 4:44 TSU - ROBINSON, Ezra 25 yd interception return (CLARK, Lane kick) TSU - ACKERMAN-CARTER 1 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 5-45 1:58

JACKST 17 31-60 167 41-19-1 72-227 0-0 3-74 3-35 0-0 5-33.0 1-0 11-92 29:40 8 of 20 1 of 2 1-1 0-0

TSU 22 30-121 273 25-18-0 55-394 0-0 3-11 3-96 1-25 6-22.3 1-0 18-147 30:20 2 of 8 0 of 0 5-5 3-19

RUSHING: Jackson State-LaMontiez Ivy 16-32; Joshua Bates 14-28; Jordan Johnson 1-0. Tennessee State-EVANS, Erick 21-109; ACKERMAN-CARTER 2-6; ROWLAND, Chris 1-6; CURTIS, Sabree 1-5; HARRISON, Earl 1-1; BUTLER, Ronald 1-minus 2; TEAM 2-minus 2; DEANES, Marcus 1-minus 2. PASSING: Jackson State-LaMontiez Ivy 19-40-1-167; Brent Lyles 0-1-0-0. Tennessee State-ACKERMAN-CARTER 14-18-0-227; BUTLER, Ronald 4-7-0-46. RECEIVING: Jackson State-Dan Williams 8-78; Benjy Parrish 2-24; Miquel James 2-24; Jairus Moll 2-19; Shaquil Ward 2-12; Tevin Garrett 1-5; Jevon Floyd 1-5; DeSean McKenzie 1-0. Tennessee State-NEWBOLD, Steven 4-96; SMITH, Patrick 4-39; ROWLAND, Chris 3-48; CURTIS, Sabree 1-21; SANDERS-McCOLLU 1-18; EVANS, Erick 1-16; COUSIN, Q. 1-13; KILLINGS, R. 1-13; O'NEAL, D. 1-6; RHODES, Mazio 1-3.

Cornerback Ezra Robinson “We just told everybody not to keep their heads down. We told everybody to keep fighting and that’s what we did tonight. We just kept fighting and pressing against adversity.” - On overcoming adversity “They ran that play earlier, and I was sitting on it. When I saw the formation come back again I recognized it. I was able to jump the route, and I just did what I could with the ball.” - On his interception for a touchdown Wide Receiver Steven Newbold “It was a big game for us. This is a rivalry game. Everybody just came in and stepped up when it was time to step up.” - On the offense “It’s just a mindset. When we went into the locker room, we came together as a team and had to make it happen as one.” - On coming back from a first-half deficit GAME NOTES: TSU won the coin toss and chose to receive the opening kickoff… Kickoff was at 6:05 p.m… Weather at time of kickoff was 86 degrees and partly cloudy… TSU captains were O’Shay Ackerman-Carter, Patrick Smith, Chris Collins and Thomas Burton… Southern Heritage Classic Player of the Game: O’Shay Ackerman-Carter… The official attendance was 46,263… Defensive End Ebo Ogundeko recorded 11 tackles, marking his first game with double-digit tackles… Quarterback O’Shay Ackerman-Carter recorded his first rushing touchdown… Running back Erick Evans went over the 100-yard rushing mark for the second time in his career… Tennessee State moves to 2-0 for the second year in a row and the third time under seventh-year Head Coach Rod Reed… TSU improves to 28-21-2 in the all-time series versus Jackson State... TSU is now 16-11 in the Southern Heritage Classic… TSU has won five in a row against Jackson State... Tennessee State moves to 10-3 versus SWAC teams under Head Coach Rod Reed.

INTERCEPTIONS: Jackson State-None. Tennessee State-ROBINSON, Ezra 1-25. FUMBLES: Jackson State-LaMontiez Ivy 1-0. Tennessee State-ROWLAND, Chris 1-0. Jackson State (0-2) vs. Tennessee State (2-0) Date: Sep 10, 2016 • Site: Memphis, Tenn. • Stadium: Liberty Bowl Attendance: 46263 Kickoff time: 6:05 pm • End of Game: 9:45 pm • Total elapsed time: 3:40 Officials: Referee: John Allmond; Umpire: Michael Prowell; Linesman: Mark Bailey; Line judge: Clifton Eley; Back judge: James Boyd; Field judge: Curtis Lowe; Side judge: Anthony Scanga; Temperature: 87 deg • Wind: NNW 15 • Weather: Mostly Cloudy 2016 Southern Heritage Classic

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Game 3 • Tennessee State 31, Bethune-Cookman 24

Quotes and Notes TSU Quarterback Ronald Butler “I had to do what I had to do to step up and help my team win today.” - On Stepping in at the Quarterback Position “I definitely need to represent for the hometown, but it’s not about that. We’re here on a business trip. We’re here to get his ‘W’ and stay undefeated and keep it going.” - On Playing in Florida TSU Cornerback Terrell Bonds “We started off slow. They played us tough, but we came back in the second half and made plays, and that’s what it took to win.” - On the win tonight “I prayed for it. That’s my first game in my career with two picks but I’m just happy we came through. We fought tough, battled back and got a win.” - On two interceptions

Game 3 • Sept. 17, 2016

Municipal Stadium ( 9,385) • Daytona Beach, Fla. Box Score (Final) (Sep 17, 2016 at Daytona Beach, Fla.) Tennessee State 1 vs Bethune-Cookman 2 3 4 Final Score by State Quarters 3 1 2 3 7 4 Total Tennessee 14 7 31 Tennessee State 3 14 7 0 7 31 Bethune-Cookman 7 10 7 24 Bethune-Cookman

Qtr 1st

Time 08:40 04:47 2nd 14:47 10:10 08:43 01:14 3rd 04:10 4th 14:16 03:55

Scoring play TSU - CLARK, Lane 44 yd field goal, 7-50 3:38 BCU - Cameron Rigby 1 yd run (Uriel Hernandez kick), 4-25 0:52 TSU - NEWBOLD, Steven 71 yd pass from ACKERMAN-CARTER (CLARK, Lane kick), 8-82 4:41 BCU - Frank Brown 21 yd pass from Larry Brihm (Uriel Hernandez kick), 4-65 1:19 TSU - HARRISON, Earl 46 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 3-59 1:20 BCU - Uriel Hernandez 26 yd field goal, 9-67 2:56 TSU - SANDERS-McCOLLU 6 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 2-30 0:50 BCU - J. Thompkins 20 yd run (Uriel Hernandez kick), 5-78 1:42 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 7 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 9-38 5:48

TSU 18 44-210 184 20-10-2 64-394 0-0 4-23 5-122 2-17 5-32.8 5-1 15-160 37:40 6 of 13 1 of 1 2-4 1-1

BCU 20 30-190 119 28-12-2 58-309 0-0 2-28 4-52 2-9 5-40.8 1-1 10-90 22:20 1 of 9 0 of 1 3-3 0-0

“It’s really good. We haven’t been 3-0 since I’ve been here, so that’s a good accomplishment, but we have a lot of work to do. It’s on to the next one.” - On improving to 3-0 TSU Running Back Earl Harrison “I had to wait my turn, but thank God I was waiting patiently. I got in and I was ready.” - On his performance “That was my second time getting in. I was nervous, but I told myself, ‘it’s no time to be nervous.’ It’s my turn and it’s my chance, and thank God it worked out.” - On his first career touchdown

RUSHING: Tennessee State-HARRISON, Earl 13-113; EVANS, Erick 12-39; ACKERMAN-CARTER 5-22; ROWLAND, Chris 3-21; BUTLER, Ronald 9-8; CURTIS, Sabree 2-7. Bethune-Cookman-Anthony Cruz 11-81; J. Thompkins 7-57; Cameron Rigby 5-38; Larry Brihm 5-16; A. Williams 2-minus 2. PASSING: Tennessee State-BUTLER, Ronald 7-13-1-72; ACKERMAN-CARTER 3-7-1-112. Bethune-Cookman-Anthony Cruz 4-13-1-45; Larry Brihm 8-13-0-74; A. Williams 0-2-1-0. RECEIVING: Tennessee State-SMITH, Patrick 4-50; NEWBOLD, Steven 3-104; SANDERS-McCOLLU 2-19; MEDLEY, Mahlon 1-11. Bethune-Cookman-Frank Brown 3-43; Cameron Rigby 3-0; J. Carter 1-23; Jawill Davis 1-17; J. Thompkins 1-15; Keavon Mitchell 1-15; Jaime Wilson 1-4; Michael Boland 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS: Tennessee State-BONDS, Terrell 2-17. Bethune-Cookman-Jamaal Burgess 1-9; Arthur Williams 1-0. FUMBLES: Tennessee State-ROWLAND, Chris 3-0; BUTLER, Ronald 2-1. Bethune-Cookman-Michael Boland 1-1. Tennessee State (3-0) vs. Bethune-Cookman (0-2) Date: Sep 17, 2016 • Site: Daytona Beach, Fla. • Stadium: Municipal Stadium Attendance: 9385 Kickoff time: 4 p.m. • End of Game: 7:22 pm • Total elapsed time: 3:22 Officials: Referee: Robert Frazier; Umpire: Keith Anders II; Linesman: Mike Williams; Line judge: Matt Loughran; Back judge: Raymond Tate; Field judge: Sean Petty; Side judge: Jay Gates; Center judge: Clem Quinones; Temperature: 86 deg. • Wind: NE 12mph • Weather: Fair; 71% hum. 2016 Bethune-Cookman Hall of Fame Game

TSU Linebacker Chris Collins “Any win is a good win. We just feel like we have a lot of work to put in. We’ve got the off week and we need the time to get healthy and come out strong for conference play.” - On the win

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GAME NOTES: Captains for TSU were Jessamen Dunker, Chris Collins, Kevin Kenton, O’Shay Ackerman-Carter… TSU won the coin toss and elected to receive the opening kickoff… Time of the opening kickoff was 3:59 p.m. (EST)… Weather at the time of kickoff was 86 degrees and sunny… The halftime score was tied for the first time this season… TSU running back Earl Harrison scored his first career touchdown… Wide Receiver Chris Sanders-McCollum registered his seventh career receiving touchdown… TSU moves to 3-0 for the first time since 2012 and the second time overall under Head Coach Rod Reed… TSU improves to 8-1 versus MEAC teams under Rod Reed… The Tigers are now 7-2 all-time versus Bethune-Cookman.

Game 4 • Tennessee State 34, UT Martin 30

Quotes & Notes TSU Kicker Lane Clark “We work on special teams every day. Kickoff, punt, everything. We put a lot of time and energy into it and tonight it showed.” - On Special Teams Making an Impact “I was nervous. It was my first time taking a big kick like that. We practice it every day. I can’t say that it felt just like practice because it was in a game, but I knew I had it in me. I knew the big guys up front were going to protect me and protect the holder and it just worked out.” - On hitting two field goals of 50-plus yards TSU Defensive End Ebo Ogundeko “The coaches continue to prepare us throughout the week. We got off to a slow start and that’s happened for the last two or three weeks, and we just have to learn how to come out strong. We believe that we’re a strong team, and we just have to take it one game at a time.” - On the win “It was a physical game. We both understood that whoever was more physical in the trenches was going to win, and we just tried to be our best.” - On the physicality

Game 4 • Oct. 1, 2016

William J. Hale Stadium (10,001 ) • Nashville, Tenn. Box Score (Final) UT Martin vs Tennessee State (Oct 01, 2016 at Nashville, Tenn.) 1 2 3 4 Final 1 0 2 3 4 14 30 Total UTScore Martin by Quarters16 0 UT Martin 16 0 0 14 30 Tennessee State 0 10 7 17 34 Tennessee State

Qtr 1st

Time 09:44 09:29 06:42 2nd 14:54 09:32 3rd 12:59 4th 13:48 10:08 07:27 02:00 00:18

Scoring play UTM - BOWE 18 yd pass from COOK (MERSMAN kick), 11-69 5:16 UTM - TEAM safety UTM - WEATHERS 4 yd pass from COOK (MERSMAN kick), 6-37 2:37 TSU - EVANS, Erick 9 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 12-65 6:48 TSU - CLARK, Lane 54 yd field goal, 7-17 3:40 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 1 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 4-66 1:56 UTM - AXLINE 7 yd pass from COOK (MERSMAN kick), 6-70 2:46 TSU - SANDERS-McCOLLU 3 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 9-64 3:32 TSU - CLARK, Lane 57 yd field goal, 4-5 1:44 UTM - LEE 20 yd pass from COOK (MERSMAN kick), 11-75 5:27 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 9 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 7-74 1:36

UTM 22 26-49 321 40-28-3 66-370 0-0 0-0 6-113 0-0 0-0.0 2-2 5-44 30:06 10 of 12 1 of 2 4-4 2-5

TSU 21 37-141 223 24-17-0 61-364 0-0 0-0 4-108 3-15 1-23.0 1-0 9-97 29:54 5 of 9 0 of 0 4-4 2-12

RUSHING: UT Martin-FAIR 8-28; BOWE 10-14; RAY 3-10; COOK 4-2; HOLCOMBE 1-minus 5. Tennessee State-EVANS, Erick 15-56; HARRISON, Earl 11-54; BUTLER, Ronald 10-32; TEAM 1-minus 1. PASSING: UT Martin-COOK 27-39-3-318; HOLCOMBE 1-1-0-3. Tennessee State-BUTLER, Ronald 17-24-0-223.

TSU Wide Receiver Chris Sanders-McCollum “We just worked hard the whole game and never lost faith. It was a good team win. Everyone was all in. We got down but we didn’t look down. We just kept moving.” - On the win TSU Running Back Erick Evans “It means a lot. It means they believe in me, believed in the offensive line and believed in the philosophy. We got the job done and we got the score when we needed to. It meant a lot.” - On running the ball with a 16-0 deficit “It’s a great 1-2 punch. I love Earl (Harrison). I love the rotation that we’ve got. When he’s in, I have total faith in what he can do to move the ball and move the offense. - On freshman running back Earl Harrison GAME NOTES: Official start time was 2:06 p.m…. Official attendance for the game was 10,001… Captains for TSU were Ronald Butler, Lane Clark, Chris Collins, Ebo Ogundeko, Thomas Burton… TSU won the coin toss and deferred to the second half… During the game, Lane Clark had the two longest field goals in TSU history. He hit a 57-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, which was the longest in Division I this season. He also hit a 54-yard field goal in the second quarter. The previous school record was 53 yards set by Seth Goodowens versus Jackson State in 1999… Gabe Scott, Trevion Duncan and Terrell Bonds secured interceptions in the game, marking the second game in a row TSU has had multiple picks… TSU held UT Martin scoreless during the second and third quarters. TSU has shut out its opponent in eight quarters through four games this season… TSU has scored 30 in more points in all four games this season… TSU leads the all-time series with UT Martin, 16-10.

RECEIVING: UT Martin-WEATHERS 7-88; LEE 7-86; BOWE 3-35; AXLINE 3-35; KERRICK 3-24; McKILLION 2-8; McELRATH 1-20; FAIR 1-19; RAY 1-6. Tennessee State-SMITH, Patrick 6-57; NEWBOLD, Steven 3-63; ROWLAND, Chris 2-36; MORRIS, Rodney 1-43; O'NEAL, D. 1-13; KILLINGS, R. 1-4; SANDERS-McCOLLU 1-3; EVANS, Erick 1-3; RHODES, Mazio 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS: UT Martin-None. Tennessee State-SCOTT, Gabe 1-10; BONDS, Terrell 1-5; DUNCAN, Trevion 1-0. FUMBLES: UT Martin-RAY 1-1; COOK 1-1. Tennessee State-ROWLAND, Chris 1-0. UT Martin (2-3,1-1) vs. Tennessee State (4-0,1-0) Date: Oct 01, 2016 • Site: Nashville, Tenn. • Stadium: Hale Stadium Attendance: 10001 Kickoff time: 2 p.m. • End of Game: 5:35 pm • Total elapsed time: 3:35 Officials: Referee: David Seewer; Umpire: Bill Ballard; Linesman: Mike Freeman; Line judge: Craig Dunn; Back judge: W. Kirk Walker; Field judge: Randy Jackson; Side judge: Troy McMaken; Temperature: 68 deg • Wind: 7 mph • Weather: Partly Cloudy

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Game 5 • Eastern Illinois 35, Tennessee State 34

Quotes & Notes TSU Linebacker Chris Collins “I think we played ok but we have a lot of work to do. I feel like we beat ourselves on a lot of play. That wasn’t our kind of football to let them score as much as they did. We have a lot of work to do and we need to get back to the drawing board.” - On the play of the defense “I think it’s humbling for us as a team. It shows us that we can be beat and that we have a lot of work to still put in. It’s going to be a test every week.” - On what the team can take away from the game TSU Wide Receiver Patrick Smith “Us being down, it wasn’t anything that we’re not used to. We’ve been going through it all year. It just took us believing in each other to get back into the game. We just came up just short. We just have to go back to the drawing board, start fresh with EKU and try to go 1-0.” - On the toughness to come back from an early deficit

Game 5 • Oct. 8, 2016

Box Score (Final) #25 ,Tennessee State vs #19 Eastern Illinois O'Brien Field (4,319 ) • Charleston Ill. (Oct 08, 2016 at Charleston, Ill.)

Score by State Quarters Tennessee Tennessee State Eastern EasternIllinois Illinois Qtr 1st

Time 13:30 08:28 06:05 2nd 11:19 06:11 00:00 3rd 06:03 04:26 03:13 4th 14:48 09:00

1 2 3 4 Final 1 2 3 4 Total 3 10 14 7 34 3 10 14 7 34 14 7 7 7 35 14 7 7 7 35

Scoring play EIU - KIMBLE, Mitch 9 yd run (BRUNO, Nick kick), 4-24 1:30 EIU - CHURCH, Devin 1 yd run (BRUNO, Nick kick), 8-55 2:31 TSU - CLARK, Lane 37 yd field goal, 7-10 2:11 TSU - BUTLER, Ronald 6 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 5-58 1:57 EIU - CHURCH, Devin 2 yd pass from KIMBLE, Mitch (BRUNO, Nick kick), 10-83 5:01 TSU - CLARK, Lane 52 yd field goal, 1-5 0:03 TSU - HARRISON, Earl 3 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 8-90 5:02 EIU - MARSHALL, K 5 yd run (BRUNO, Nick kick), 6-49 1:37 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 56 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 3-60 1:04 TSU - NEWBOLD, Steven 44 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 3-58 1:26 EIU - CHURCH, Devin 4 yd pass from KIMBLE, Mitch (BRUNO, Nick kick), 10-80 2:58

TSU 15 35-76 303 28-15-1 63-379 0-0 1-0 5-113 2-33 5-39.0 4-1 4-34 31:35 7 of 15 0 of 0 3-3 1-3

TSU Linebacker Antonio Justice “It being our first cold game, I feel like guys stepped up a lot. We could have folded because we aren’t used to the weather, but we stuck together. From defense to offense to special teams, everybody did their part. I feel like we need to come out faster and that’s all.” - On the team’s performance TSU Center Thomas Burton “I thought we played pretty well. There’s always room for improvement, always stuff we can fix in the long run, but overall I thought we played pretty well.” - On the play of the offensive line

EIU 20 40-221 180 31-19-2 71-401 0-0 1-5 5-105 1-4 6-38.7 0-0 10-64 28:25 4 of 13 2 of 2 5-5 2-11

“We had some fans, so we didn’t have to do it ourselves, but it was tough.” - On playing in a tough environment

RUSHING: Tennessee State-HARRISON, Earl 13-47; EVANS, Erick 8-17; BUTLER, Ronald 14-12. Eastern Illinois-CHURCH, Devin 20-94; MARSHALL, K 11-66; KIMBLE, Mitch 7-34; GOOCH, Aaron 1-17; GOSSAGE, Paul 1-10. PASSING: Tennessee State-BUTLER, Ronald 15-27-1-303; SMITH, Patrick 0-1-0-0. Eastern Illinois-KIMBLE, Mitch 19-31-2-180. RECEIVING: Tennessee State-SMITH, Patrick 7-160; NEWBOLD, Steven 4-121; SANDERS-McCOLLU 2-11; ROWLAND, Chris 1-6; EVANS, Erick 1-5. Eastern Illinois-CHURCH, Devin 7-37; MITCHELL, Shawn 3-40; TAYLOR, Anthony 2-51; BOUNDS, Addison 2-17; TURNER, Dennis 2-15; MARSHALL, K 1-10; SHEEHAN, James 1-6; GOOCH, Aaron 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS: Tennessee State-ROBINSON, Ezra 1-33; COLLINS, Chris 1-0. Eastern Illinois-SPELLER, Vince 1-4. FUMBLES: Tennessee State-BUTLER, Ronald 4-1. Eastern Illinois-None. Tennessee State (4-1,1-1) vs. Eastern Illinois (4-2,2-1) Date: Oct 08, 2016 • Site: Charleston, Ill. • Stadium: O'Brien Field Attendance: 4319 Kickoff time: 6 pm • End of Game: 9:09 pm • Total elapsed time: 3:09 Officials: Referee: Matt Young; Umpire: Thomas Floyd; Linesman: Jeff Irwin; Line judge: D. Crosthwaite; Back judge: Jimmy Colwell; Field judge: Brandon Harris; Side judge: Jim Toth; Temperature: 67 • Wind: NNE 4mph • Weather: Clear, calm & cool Ohio Valley Conference contest ... 'Hall of Fame' game ... 20th meeting between Panthers & Tigers ... EIU now leads all-time series over TSU, 13-7

“The run game was there, obviously. We made a few mistakes in the passing game that we can fix, but other than that, everything that we game planned was there. It’s just on us to capitalize.” - On the play of the offense

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GAME NOTES: Opening kickoff was at 6:04 p.m. … Captains for TSU were Ronald Butler, Lane Clark, Thomas Burton and Chris Collins… Weather at the time of the game was 64 degrees and clear… EIU won the coin toss and elected to receive the opening kickoff… TSU has scored 31 or more points in every game this season… Senior quarterback Ronald Butler recorded a career-high 303 passing yards… Junior wide receiver Patrick Smith has caught at least one touchdown in every game this season… Lane Clark connected on a 52-yard field goal at the end of the first half. It was the third longest in his career… TSU is now 8-12 in the all-time series versus Eastern Illinois… The Tigers have gone 2-8 in games at O’Brien Field.

Game 6 • Tennessee State 35, Eastern Kentucky 28

Quotes & Notes TSU Cornerback Ezra Robinson “I felt like the first half was great for us. I felt in the second half we came out kind of slow, but all in all, we got the ‘W’ and we played a pretty good game overall.” - On how the defense played “On the first interception, I was baiting him to throw the out route and he threw the out route straight to me. I just did what I could to make a play on it. On the second interception, it was the same route. He threw the out route again and the receiver tipped it and I took advantage of my opportunity.” - On his two interceptions “I feel like every time I touch the ball I’m going to score to be honest with you. An interception to me is a touchdown when I touch it.” - On scoring on his first interception TSU Safety Larry Wilhoite “Coaches have been talking about all week about how every game we’ve played this year we haven’t come out that fast. Today we had to come out and set the tempo for the rest of the game. We just executed what they’ve been preaching all week.” - On setting the tone with an early interception

Game 6 • Oct. 15, 2016

Nissan Stadium (21,053 ) • Nashville, Tenn. Box Score (Final) Eastern Kentucky vs 2 Tennessee (Oct 15, 2016 Fat 1 3 State 4 inalNashville, Tenn.) Eastern Kentucky 15 28 Score by Quarters 0 3 10 1 2 3 4 Total Eastern Kentucky 0 3 10 15 28 Tennessee State 14 21 0 0 35 Tennessee State 14 21 0 0 35 Qtr 1st

Time Scoring play 11:41 TSU - BUTLER, Ronald 20 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 4-32 1:17 02:01 TSU - KNOX, Andrew 3 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 12-66 6:24 2nd 12:15 TSU - ROBINSON, Ezra 93 yd interception return (CLARK, Lane kick) 08:25 TSU - BUTLER, Ronald 61 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 4-95 2:38 04:47 EKU - WILLIAMS, Lucas 25 yd field goal, 11-67 3:38 00:00 TSU - CURTIS, Sabree 8 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 8-57 4:41 3rd 12:14 EKU - HOPKINS, K. 3 yd run (WILLIAMS, Lucas kick), 9-75 2:46 04:08 EKU - WILLIAMS, Lucas 31 yd field goal, 15-79 4:44 4th 14:55 EKU - ENYENIHI, Henry 1 yd run (CRIMMINS, Dan pass from CONEY, Bennie), 5-32 1:09 05:46 EKU - McCLESKEY, D. 3 yd run (WILLIAMS, Lucas kick), 7-54 1:35 FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

EKU 31 40-234 350 45-29-4 85-584 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-38 1-48.0 3-1 12-89 25:58 7 of 16 4 of 4 5-8 0-0

“We were in cover two, so I had the overtop (route). The corners and nickels had their guys covered up, and it was an easy play for me. They did a great job, so that made it easy for me.” - On his interception TSU Linebacker Antonio Justice, Jr. “I think we came out fast in the first half and did everything we could. We didn’t give up any big plays. I think in the second half we came out lax, but we picked it up at the end. We made a couple of big plays.” - On how the defense played “It means a lot. Our confidence is back up. We needed this win big time. To be 2-1 in the conference, that’s all we can ask for at this point.” - On responding from last week’s loss to Eastern Illinois TSU Linebacker Chris Collins “We’ve been pressing it all week. In practice, we’ve been focused on starting fast from the stretch line also with starting off practice with high-tempo things. Defense versus offense, ones versus ones, so that helped out a lot.” - On starting fast

TSU 21 40-200 181 24-13-1 64-381 0-0 0-0 3-78 4-151 3-40.3 2-0 10-78 34:02 4 of 11 1 of 1 3-3 0-0

“I prayed about it, so when it happened, I just broke on the ball. I thought about the timing of the quarterback. He had to dump it down, so I thought about the timing and broke on it.” - On his interception to seal the win

RUSHING: Eastern Kentucky-McCLESKEY, D. 8-68; THOMAS, Ethan 9-45; ENYENIHI, Henry 10-45; CONEY, Bennie 4-30; SANDERS, Jared 5-25; SMITH, James 2-15; HOPKINS, K. 2-6. Tennessee State-EVANS, Erick 19-83; BUTLER, Ronald 5-81; CURTIS, Sabree 9-34; ROWLAND, Chris 2-7; KNOX, Andrew 3-3; TEAM 2-minus 8. PASSING: Eastern Kentucky-CONEY, Bennie 29-45-4-350. Tennessee State-BUTLER, Ronald 13-24-1-181. RECEIVING: Eastern Kentucky-BORDERS, Devin 6-60; CRIMMINS, Dan 5-89; McCLESKEY, D. 4-54; CREAMER, Neiko 3-9; MARKUSH, Ryan 2-67; FOGLE, Cameron 2-20; HOPKINS, K. 2-2; FLOYD, Jon 1-14; SMITH, James 1-12; THOMAS, Ethan 1-10; ENYENIHI, Henry 1-9; SCHMERBER, C. 1-4. Tennessee State-SMITH, Patrick 4-46; MEDLEY, Mahlon 3-55; SANDERS-McCOLLU 3-39; NEWBOLD, Steven 1-30; EVANS, Erick 1-10; ROWLAND, Chris 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS: Eastern Kentucky-GLASS, Corey 1-38. Tennessee State-ROBINSON, Ezra 2-94; WILLHOITE, L. 1-46; COLLINS, Chris 1-11. FUMBLES: Eastern Kentucky-ENYENIHI, Henry 1-1; McCLESKEY, D. 1-0; THOMAS, Ethan 1-0. Tennessee State-TEAM 1-0; KNOX, Andrew 1-0. Eastern Kentucky (2-4,1-2) vs. Tennessee State (5-1,2-1) Date: Oct 15, 2016 • Site: Nashville, Tenn. • Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 21053 Kickoff time: 6 p.m. • End of Game: 9:42 pm • Total elapsed time: 3:42 Officials: Referee: Drew Myers; Umpire: John Graham; Linesman: Steve Horn; Line judge: John Smoot; Back judge: P.J. Doyen; Field judge: Al Studstill; Side judge: Greg Eddy; Temperature: 83 deg • Wind: W 7mph • Weather: Partly Cloudy 2016 Tennessee State Homecoming

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TSU Tight End Mahlon Medley “We game planned for this all week. They did what we expected them to do. They made some adjustments and it kind of messed up our game plan, but we got it going again.” - On the play of the offense “The whole season, we haven’t started fast. We’ve been talking about it all week after that loss to EIU. We just harped on it all week, and we executed tonight.” - On starting fast NOTES: Kickoff was a 6:07 p.m. … Official attendance was 21,053… TSU’s captains were Patrick Smith, Chris Collins, Lane Clark, Ronald Butler and Thomas Burton… Eastern Kentucky won the coin toss and chose to defer… Weather at kickoff was 79 degrees and partly sunny… Redshirt-freshman fullback Andrew Knox recorded his first career touchdown on a three-yard rush in the first quarter... Freshman safety Larry Wilhoite picked up his first career interception in the first quarter… Ezra Robinson’s 93-yard interception return for a touchdown was tied for the second-longest in TSU history. The school record was a 97-yard interception return by Dave Coleman in 1997. It was Robinson’s fifth career interception… TSU held a 35-3 halftime lead on Saturday. It was the Tigers’ biggest halftime lead over an OVC opponent since Oct. 8, 2011 when TSU had a 41-0 halftime lead over Southeast Missouri… TSU’s record in the all-time series with EKU is now 23-6.

Game 7 • Vanderbilt 35, Tennessee State 17

Quotes & Notes TSU Defensive Back David Kamara “I thought we played well. We should have stopped the run a little better, but for the most part, we did our job.” - On how the defense played. “It just shows that we can compete with anybody. We can play with anybody if we put our minds to it and we believe we can do it.” - On what it means to compete with Vanderbilt “It’s a big confidence booster. That’s the toughest conferences, the SEC. That’s one of the toughest conferences in college football. We showed we can compete with them, so that’s going to help us moving on to the OVC.” - On how the performance helps moving forward TSU Offensive Lineman Thomas Burton “We came out and started fast. Running and pass-wise, everything was clicking for us and we just had to keep that up. We should have kept that up.” - On the play of the offense “It was fun. It was a lot more fun than I thought it was going to be. It was electrifying to see the fans, for us to make big plays, it was great.” - On the environment

Game 7 • Oct. 22, 2016

Box Score (Final) Vanderbilt Stadium ( 31,084) • Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee (Oct 22, 2016Final at Nashville, Tenn.) 1 State2 vs Vanderbilt 3 4 Tennessee 17 Score byState Quarters 14 1 3 0 0 2 3 4 Total Tennessee State 14 14 3 0 0 7 35 17 Vanderbilt 7 7 Vanderbilt

Qtr 1st

Time 13:56 11:08 05:03 2nd 08:01 04:37 01:46 3rd 12:54 4th 06:08

Scoring play TSU - SMITH, Patrick 93 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 2-94 1:04 VANDY - K. Blasingame 1 yd run (Tommy Openshaw kick), 5-73 2:48 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 2 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 11-75 6:00 VANDY - Jared Pinkney 21 yd pass from Kyle Shurmur (Tommy Openshaw kick), 11-92 5:45 TSU - CLARK, Lane 37 yd field goal, 7-45 3:24 VANDY - K. Blasingame 3 yd run (Tommy Openshaw kick), 5-78 2:51 VANDY - K. Blasingame 4 yd run (Tommy Openshaw kick), 4-73 2:00 VANDY - Trent Sherfield 14 yd run (Tommy Openshaw kick), 12-70 6:19

TSU 19 23-125 285 30-19-1 53-410 0-0 0-0 4-59 0-0 3-39.3 3-1 9-63 26:55 2 of 7 0 of 1 2-2 1-5

VANDY 28 42-358 143 24-15-0 66-501 0-0 0-0 2-34 1-0 2-38.0 0-0 5-63 33:05 4 of 9 1 of 1 4-4 3-8

RUSHING: Tennessee State-EVANS, Erick 9-69; BUTLER, Ronald 8-40; CURTIS, Sabree 6-16. Vanderbilt-Ralph Webb 9-125; K. Blasingame 14-100; Darrius Sims 5-50; Josh Crawford 6-49; Trent Sherfield 1-14; D. Tennyson 1-13; Dallas Rivers 4-9; Kyle Shurmur 2-minus 2. PASSING: Tennessee State-BUTLER, Ronald 19-30-1-285. Vanderbilt-Kyle Shurmur 15-23-0-143; TEAM 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING: Tennessee State-SMITH, Patrick 7-170; NEWBOLD, Steven 5-62; EVANS, Erick 2-29; MEDLEY, Mahlon 2-16; MORRIS, Rodney 2-5; ROWLAND, Chris 1-3. Vanderbilt-Jared Pinkney 4-50; C.J. Duncan 4-33; Trent Sherfield 3-15; Kalija Lipscomb 2-26; Ralph Webb 1-15; Darrius Sims 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS: Tennessee State-None. Vanderbilt-Torren McGaster 1-0. FUMBLES: Tennessee State-BUTLER, Ronald 1-1; ROWLAND, Chris 1-0; EVANS, Erick 1-0. Vanderbilt-None. Tennessee State (5-2,2-1) vs. Vanderbilt (4-4,1-3) Date: Oct 22, 2016 • Site: Nashville, Tenn. • Stadium: Vanderbilt Stadium Attendance: 31084 Kickoff time: 6:32 pm • End of Game: 9:45 • Total elapsed time: 3:12 Officials: Referee: Brad Rogers; Umpire: Rick Lowe; Linesman: Chad Green; Line judge: Chuck Rice; Back judge: Martin Hankins; Field judge: P. Davenport; Side judge: Chad Hill; Center judge: Kevin Vicknair; Temperature: 61 • Wind: CALM • Weather: FAIR

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TSU Linebacker Justin North “The defense played pretty well. Coming in playing a big opponent in the SEC, that’s what we want. I think we did a pretty good job. If we would have minimized the mistakes, we could have come out on top.” - On how the defense played “We expected to win. We didn’t come into the game thinking we were going to lose because of the brand and the name they carry. I feel like we did a pretty good job, better than what most people expected.” - On playing an SEC opponent GAME NOTES: TSU is now 0-2 in the all-time series versus Vanderbilt… TSU’s streak of six-consecutive games to open the season with 31 games to an end on Saturday… This was TSU’s first game versus an FBS opponent since falling to Air Force by a 63-24 margin in 2011… Vanderbilt and TSU Law Enforcement took part in the Anchor Down ceremony prior to kickoff… Captains for TSU are Lane Clark, Ronald Butler, Patrick Smith and Chris Collins… TSU won the coin toss and elected to receive the opening kickoff… The official attendance was 31,084… OVC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year (Media) Ebenezer Ogundeko returned to the field after missing the previous two games with an injury… TSU scored first for the fourth time this season… TSU held a 14-7 lead after the first quarter. The Tigers fell to 23-8 in the Rod Reed era when leading after the first quarter… Patrick Smith’s 93-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter was tied for the longest touchdown reception in TSU history. It ties the 93-yard touchdown on a pass from Joe Gilliam, Jr. to Joe Sweet versus Bishop in 1969… Patrick Smith finished with 170 yards on the day, marking his third 100-yard receiving game of the season… With Smith’s two touchdown catches on Saturday, the redshirt junior now has 18 touchdown receptions in 17 career games.

Game 8 • Murray State 38, Tennessee State 31

Quotes & Notes TSU Quarterback Ronald Butler “The offense played well. We shot ourselves in the foot a couple of times with a couple pre-snap penalties and things like that. I feel like we did a good job driving the ball down the field and put ourselves in position to score some points. We just need to capitalize on every drive.” - On the play of the offense “We fought. Week in and week out, we’ve got a group of guys who fight really hard. My O-Line, I’m proud of those guys. They fight every play, every drive. They give it their all.” - On positives from the game TSU Tight End Mahlon Medley “We started fast, but just like the last two games after the second half, we have to finish strong. The defense has been getting stops and we need to capitalize on the opportunities.” - On how the offense played “We’ve proven that we can do it in the first half of the season. We played great second halves during the first half of the season. I think it’s just a thing where we need to focus.” - On the second half performance

Game 8 • Oct. 29, 2016

Stewart Stadium ( 8,605) • Murray, Ky. Box Score (Final) #25 Tennessee (Oct 29, 2016 1 2 State vs 3 Murray St. 4 Final at Murray, Ky.) Tennessee 31 Score State by Quarters3 17 0 11 1 2 3 4 Total Tennessee 3 17 0 11 31 Murray State State 14 3 14 7 38 Murray St.

Qtr 1st

Time 08:09 04:08 00:04 2nd 12:31 10:13 06:11 00:00 3rd 12:33 07:42 4th 09:09 08:56 07:23

Scoring play TSU - CLARK, Lane 31 yd field goal, 14-64 6:51 MUR - GRAY, Tyre 25 yd pass from HUMPHRIES, KD (MITCHELL, Conno kick), 5-56 1:08 MUR - JOHNSON, Demetr 52 yd pass from HUMPHRIES, KD (MITCHELL, Conno kick), 3-58 1:08 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 20 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 6-64 2:33 MUR - MITCHELL, Conno 40 yd field goal, 7-43 2:18 TSU - CURTIS, Sabree 16 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 8-91 3:54 TSU - CLARK, Lane 25 yd field goal, 8-73 0:49 MUR - JOHNSON, Demetr 39 yd pass from HUMPHRIES, KD (MITCHELL, Conno kick), 8-71 2:27 MUR - GOLSON, Malik 6 yd pass from HUMPHRIES, KD (MITCHELL, Conno kick), 5-50 1:52 TSU - CLARK, Lane 20 yd field goal, 6-43 1:38 MUR - GANDY, Jordon 75 yd pass from HUMPHRIES, KD (MITCHELL, Conno kick), 1-75 0:13 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 13 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (BUTLER, Ronald pass from SMITH, Patrick), 5

TSU 32 39-226 329 42-27-2 81-555 0-0 2-10 5-142 0-0 2-43.5 0-0 14-105 36:39 4 of 13 1 of 2 6-8 2-14

MUR 21 28-59 398 35-27-0 63-457 0-0 1-9 2-26 2-7 5-34.2 1-0 4-51 23:21 7 of 14 0 of 0 1-2 2-15

TSU Defensive End Latrelle Lee “We didn’t play up to our standards tonight. We let them score 38 points. That’s not acceptable for this defense. I feel like we’ve got a lot of talent on this defense and we didn’t play up to our abilities.” - On the play of the defense “That wasn’t really a factor tonight. I think it was more their big plays that hurt us. Big chunk plays and stuff like that. I don’t think tempo was a factor.” - On Murray State’s up-tempo offense TSU Defensive Back Terrell Bonds “We didn’t play to the level that we wanted to play. We gave up too many points. We gave up points fast, but the offense kept us in the game because they kept scoring. We had a chance to win it at the end and we just didn’t come through. I would put this game on the defense.” - On the defense “Their offense has always been like that. They were snapping the ball like every 15 seconds. We had trouble getting lined up and they exploited the defense. They made big plays and that’s on us. We have to come back next week stronger.” - On Murray’s State’s up-tempo offense

RUSHING: Tennessee State-BUTLER, Ronald 13-109; EVANS, Erick 16-66; CURTIS, Sabree 8-46; ROWLAND, Chris 2-5. Murray St.-MCGRAW, Mareio 9-32; JOHNSON, Demetr 8-19; HUMPHRIES, KD 9-12; TEAM 2-minus 4. PASSING: Tennessee State-BUTLER, Ronald 27-41-2-329; TEAM 0-1-0-0. Murray St.-HUMPHRIES, KD 27-35-0-398. RECEIVING: Tennessee State-SMITH, Patrick 6-74; ROWLAND, Chris 5-70; NEWBOLD, Steven 4-57; CURTIS, Sabree 3-41; MEDLEY, Mahlon 3-24; EVANS, Erick 2-33; MORRIS, Rodney 2-18; RHODES, Mazio 1-10; KILLINGS, R. 1-2. Murray St.-BLACKBURN, Jess 8-132; GANDY, Jordon 4-90; FEGGINS, Jensen 4-6; MCGRAW, Mareio 3-27; JOHNSON, Demetr 2-91; GOLSON, Malik 2-9; GRAY, Tyre 1-25; MOSS, Jonathan 1-9; STULTS, Mitch 1-6; GAINEY, L.J. 1-3.

GAME NOTES: TSU’s captains versus Murray State are Chris Collins, Lane Clark, Thomas Burton, Ronald Butler … TSU won the coin toss and elected to receive the opening kickoff… Patrick Smith caught two touchdowns on the night. He now has 20 career touchdowns in 18 career games. His 20 receiving touchdowns are tied for sixth on TSU’s all-time list. … TSU scored first for the fifth time this season… Tennessee State entered the game ranked 25th in the STATS Top 25 and the HERO Sports Top 25… Murray State’s lead in the all-time series is now 15-13… TSU has gone 7-10 in games in Murray, Ky… Lane Clark made three field goals to bring his career total to 28, tying him for second on TSU’s all-time list with Eric Benson. Jamin Godfrey holds the record with 59… Ronald Butler moved to 10th on TSU’s career completions list with 339 for his four-year career… Butler also jumped to a tie for eighth place on TSU’s career passing touchdowns.

INTERCEPTIONS: Tennessee State-None. Murray St.-SHIPLEY, Zach 1-5; WALTON, Nigel 1-2. FUMBLES: Tennessee State-None. Murray St.-HUMPHRIES, KD 1-0. Tennessee State (5-3,2-2) vs. Murray St. (3-5,3-2) Date: Oct 29, 2016 • Site: Murray, Ky. • Stadium: Roy Stewart Stadium Attendance: 8605 Kickoff time: 3:00 PM • End of Game: 6:15 pm • Total elapsed time: 3:15 Officials: Referee: David Seewer; Umpire: Bill Ballard; Linesman: Mike Freeman; Line judge: Craig Dunn; Back judge: W. Kirk Walker; Field judge: Randy Jackson; Side judge: Troy McMaken; Temperature: 82 F • Wind: 16 ENE • Weather: Sunny & Warm

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Game 9 • Tennessee State 41, Austin Peay 40

Quotes & Notes Quarterback Ronald Butler “Only God. He brought me through it and only He can bring you through it in every aspect of the way. All I can say is, I love this team. We fought together and stuck together.” - On the feeling of winning “I knew that we had to take care of the ball. We’ve still got a lot of guys outside who can make plays. The way their defense set up, I saw pre-snap reads that we could make plays. Those guys did a great job. On the last play, give credit to Steven Newbold just making a play.” - On the last drive Wide Receiver Steven Newbold “Honestly, the confidence is always there. We know the offense has a lot of talent. On the final drive, we just executed. The coaches made some good calls on the final drive, and everything came together.” - On the confidence of the offense with the game on the line “On the last play, all credit to Ronald Butler. He made a good play and put it up there for me to go up and get it.” - On the last play

Game 9 • Nov. 5, 2016

Fortera Stadium (6,041 ) • Clarksville, Tenn. Box Score (Final) Tennessee 05, 2016 Fat 1 State 2 vs Austin 3 Peay (Nov 4 inalClarksville, Tenn.) Tennessee 13 7 14 7 41 Score State by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total Tennessee 13 7 14 7 41 Austin Peay State 9 10 7 14 40 Austin Peay

Qtr 1st

Time 10:18 04:00 04:00 01:31 2nd 10:40 02:01 00:00 3rd 13:36 04:49 00:25 4th 06:05 01:05 00:02

Scoring play APSU - COLEMAN, James 6 yd pass from CRAIG, Javaughn (GAUNA, Nick kick), 9-81 4:42 TSU - NEWBOLD, Steven 20 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane rush fumbld), 4-36 1:46 APSU - ALLEN, Demarion PAT return TSU - MEDLEY, Mahlon 27 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 2-39 0:43 TSU - BUTLER, Ronald 13 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 9-92 4:05 APSU - BEARD, Jared 34 yd pass from CRAIG, Javaughn (GAUNA, Nick kick), 6-71 2:33 APSU - GAUNA, Nick 36 yd field goal, 5-38 1:06 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 39 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 3-65 1:19 TSU - BUTLER, Ronald 84 yd run (CLARK, Lane kick), 1-84 0:15 APSU - COLEMAN, James 5 yd pass from CRAIG, Javaughn (GAUNA, Nick kick), 8-81 4:18 APSU - BEARD, Jared 6 yd pass from CRAIG, Javaughn (BEARD, Jared pass failed), 15-89 7:58 APSU - BEARD, Jared 40 yd pass from CRAIG, Javaughn (CRAIG, Javaughn rush), 8-89 2:53 TSU - NEWBOLD, Steven 21 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 6-81 1:00

TSU 18 24-246 212 23-12-1 47-458 0-0 1-14 6-86 0-0 5-44.2 1-0 3-20 20:37 4 of 9 0 of 0 2-2 2-13

APSU 27 55-322 322 26-17-0 81-644 0-0 2-1 5-74 1-23 5-28.2 5-2 12-113 39:23 5 of 13 1 of 1 4-5 1-9

“After Austin Peay’s last drive, Steven (Newbold) said ‘Ebo, big bro, I’ve got you.’ I didn’t really take it into consideration about what he said until after he scored the touchdown. We didn’t have much time on the clock, but I had a lot of confidence in our offense. That was just unbelievable.” - On the offense’s last drive Defensive End Dell Porter “For us, we’re getting back on track. We hate to lose, but we love to win. We’re getting back on track and we’re winning. We just have to make it consistent and keep doing it.” - On getting back to winning “To be honest, with all my heart, I have all the confidence in the world that our offense is going to do what they have to do. I haven’t seen an offensive player give up yet this season, so I feel 100 percent sure that Butler and the wide receivers and the offensive line would do great.” - On the play of the offense

RUSHING: Tennessee State-BUTLER, Ronald 10-130; HARRISON, Earl 6-67; EVANS, Erick 5-44; DEANES, Marcus 1-3; CURTIS, Sabree 1-1; DUNCAN, Trevion 1-1. Austin Peay-CRAIG, Javaughn 20-144; WILLIAMS, Kente 18-89; MOORE, Kyran 7-61; ALEXANDER, Josh 3-24; COLEMAN, Rashaa 2-10; MOMODU, Prince 3-4; MORRIS, Kendall 1-2; Team 1-minus 12. PASSING: Tennessee State-BUTLER, Ronald 12-23-1-212. Austin Peay-CRAIG, Javaughn 17-25-0-322; MOORE, Kyran 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING: Tennessee State-NEWBOLD, Steven 4-72; RHODES, Mazio 3-42; CURTIS, Sabree 2-7; SMITH, Patrick 1-39; MEDLEY, Mahlon 1-27; ROWLAND, Chris 1-25. Austin Peay-BEARD, Jared 8-146; WILLIAMS, Kente 3-84; COLEMAN, James 3-16; MOMODU, Prince 1-39; MOORE, Kyran 1-32; COLEMAN, Rashaa 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS: Tennessee State-None. Austin Peay-MOORE, Kyran 1-23. FUMBLES: Tennessee State-NORTH, Justin 1-0. Austin Peay-BEARD, Jared 1-0; CRAIG, Javaughn 1-1; ALEXANDER, Josh 1-1; WILLIAMS, Kente 1-0; Team 1-0. Tennessee State (6-3,3-2) vs. Austin Peay (0-9,0-7) Date: Nov 05, 2016 • Site: Clarksville, Tenn. • Stadium: Fortera Stadium Attendance: 6041 Kickoff time: 4:00 pm • End of Game: 7:05 • Total elapsed time: 3:05 Officials: Temperature: 65 • Wind: N8 • Weather: Overcast

Defensive End Ebo Ogundeko “It’s just us growing up as a team. We did it together as a family and us playing our roles as a family. We continued to focus on what we had to do. Coach Reed talks about it all the time, and it starts the beginning of the week until game day.” - On getting back to winning

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GAME NOTES: TSU captains were Ebo Ogundeko, Thomas Burton, Chris Collins and Ronald Butler… TSU won the coin toss and chose to kick off to start the game… Opening kickoff was at 3:59 p.m. … Official attendance was 6,041… TSU leads the all-time series with Austin Peay, 13-6… TSU is 2-0 in Sergeant York Trophy games this season… Freshman Steven Newbold picked up his first multi-touchdown game… Redshirt junior Patrick Smith registered his 21st career touchdown reception… Sophomore tight end Mahlon Medley caught his first career touchdown… Ronald Butler’s 84 yard touchdown rush was the longest of his career. Butler rushed for a career-high 130 rushing yards… Austin Rowley recorded a season-long 53 yard punt in the third quarter. His previous best this season was a 49 yarder… Saturday’s victory was the first for TSU in a road Ohio Valley Conference game since Nov. 22, 2014 at Murray State.

Game 10 • Tennessee Tech 44, Tennessee State 16

Quotes & Notes Redshirt Junior Running Back, Erick EvansOn his play – "Once I slowed the game down I was able to read the defense and make the right cuts. It was a tough loss and we have to just keep working." On what improvements offense needs to make --"We have to come together, there were times we were up and down. We just have to stick together no matter what. We will be ready for next weekend’s game."

Redshirt Junior Linebacker, Justin NorthDefenses Play --"We were amped up all week in practice but Tech came out ready to play and they capitalized on our mistakes." Feelings about last game --"I am looking forward to just playing football. We have to come to practice ready to work to end our season on a good note."

Game 10 • Nov. 12, 2016

William J. Hale Stadium ( 8,981) • Nashville, Tenn. Box Score (Final) Tennessee State (Nov 12, 2016 1 Tech vs 2 Tennessee 3 4 Final at Nashville, TN) Tennessee Tech 44 Score by Quarters7 20 3 14 1 2 3 4 Total Tennessee Tech 7 20 3 14 44 Tennessee State 3 0 6 7 16 Tennessee State

Qtr 1st

Time 10:13 01:41 2nd 14:52 13:16 10:21 00:56 3rd 11:16 06:02 01:39 4th 11:34 08:08 03:06

Scoring play TTU - Thaenrat, Yeede 2 yd run (Madonia, Nick kick), 10-75 4:47 TSU - CLARK, Lane 55 yd field goal, 8-35 3:39 TTU - Leifheit, Matth 3 yd pass from Birdsong, Micha (Madonia, Nick kick), 4-75 1:49 TTU - Madonia, Nick 57 yd field goal, 4-0 1:33 TTU - Byrd, Dontez 6 yd run (Madonia, Nick kick), 2-35 0:49 TTU - Madonia, Nick 39 yd field goal, 9-27 3:14 TSU - CLARK, Lane 47 yd field goal, 7-35 3:40 TTU - Madonia, Nick 33 yd field goal, 9-50 5:07 TSU - CLARK, Lane 25 yd field goal, 11-57 4:23 TTU - Byrd, Dontez 30 yd pass from Birdsong, Micha (Madonia, Nick kick), 4-78 1:45 TSU - NEWBOLD, Steven 22 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 6-75 3:26 TTU - Birdsong, Micha 14 yd run (Madonia, Nick kick), 8-53 5:00

TTU 22 40-295 168 22-14-0 62-463 0-0 2-52 1-34 1-13 1-42.0 1-1 7-75 32:06 3 of 9 2 of 2 5-6 4-23

TSU 18 28-93 202 31-16-1 59-295 0-0 1-17 4-93 0-0 3-41.3 1-1 7-60 27:54 2 of 12 1 of 2 2-2 1-0

Redshirt Sophomore Wide Receiver, Larry Haralson II – On his first two receptions this season "I felt pretty good. You just have to wait your turn and capitalize when you have the opportunity to make plays and I did that today." Offensive adjustments for next week --"Today we played really flat. Sometimes you just have those days. I have confidence we will bounce back next week."

Sophomore Corenerback, Gabe ScottDefensive Adjustments --"We have to be more physical than we have been. Everybody has to do their own job and be one eleventh of the defense. We do that and we will be fine." What it will take to win next week --"We have to get our swag back that we had at the beginning of the season. We have been flat lately and a couple of losses have affected us. We need to get our enthusiasm back."

RUSHING: Tennessee Tech-Thaenrat, Yeede 19-164; Birdsong, Micha 6-77; Carter, Dorian 8-29; Hall, Maleek 1-16; Byrd, Dontez 1-6; Goldsmith, Andr 3-5; TEAM 2-minus 2. Tennessee State-EVANS, Erick 9-47; BUTLER, Ronald 12-31; HARRISON, Earl 2-6; ROWLAND, Chris 2-4; JUNIOR, EJ 2-3; CURTIS, Sabree 1-2. PASSING: Tennessee Tech-Birdsong, Micha 14-22-0-168. Tennessee State-BUTLER, Ronald 16-31-1-202.

NOTES: Nine seniors were honored before the game along with senior cheerleaders Chris Brown and Tonisha Lewis… Ronald Butler, Jessamen Dunker, EJ Junior IV, Antonio Justice, Jr., David Kamara, Kevin Kenton, Dantwaun O’Neal, Ezra Robinson and Chris Sanders-McCollum all served as captains… Butler, Dunker, Kenton and Robinson participated in coin toss… Tennessee State won the toss and chose to defer to the second half… Official start time is 3:06 p.m.… Sunny and 59 at kickoff… Lane Clark connected on a 54yard field goal, his fourth of 50-plus yards this season.

RECEIVING: Tennessee Tech-Byrd, Dontez 9-112; Carter, Dorian 2-13; Thaenrat, Yeede 1-29; Cates, Krys 1-11; Leifheit, Matth 1-3. Tennessee State-SMITH, Patrick 5-65; NEWBOLD, Steven 5-59; ROWLAND, Chris 2-47; HARALSON, Larry 2-25; EVANS, Erick 1-6; HARRISON, Earl 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS: Tennessee Tech-Flemister, A.J. 1-13. Tennessee State-None. FUMBLES: Tennessee Tech-Hall, Maleek 1-1. Tennessee State-BUTLER, Ronald 1-1. Tennessee Tech (4-6,4-2) vs. Tennessee State (6-4,3-4) Date: Nov 12, 2016 • Site: Nashville, TN • Stadium: Hale Stadium Attendance: 8981 Kickoff time: 3:06pm • End of Game: 6:36pm • Total elapsed time: 3:30 Officials: Referee: Stephen Hazle; Umpire: Stephen Marshal; Linesman: Chris Barney; Line judge: Brian Hewitt; Back judge: Gregory Laurent; Field judge: Burney Jenkins; Side judge: Rod Whittier; Temperature: 59 deg • Wind: 7mph N • Weather: Sunny

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Game 11 • Tennessee State 32, Southeast Missouri 31

Pregame Press Ronald Butler found Patrick Smith for a 14-yard touchdown pass with 16 seconds remaining in regulation to give Tennessee State a 32-31 come from behind victory at Southeast Missouri State on Saturday afternoon. SEMO used a 26 yard field goal from Ryan McCrum to extend its lead to 31-25 with 2:48 left on the clock. The Redhawks then pinned the Tigers at the 12 yard line on the ensuing kickoff. Butler opened the drive with a 23 yard strike to Smith for some breathing room as the junior receiver stepped out of bounds at the 35. Two plays later the duo teamed up again, this time for 28 yards moving TSU to the SEMO 32. After a pair of running plays, Butler found Steven Newbold for 13 yards on a third-and-five, which put TSU at the 14 yard line. Two plays later Butler connected with Smith to even the score at 31-31. Lane Clark added the extra point giving TSU the one point advantage. Smith finished the game with a career high 11 catches as he went for 166 yards and two touchdowns. Butler closed out his career completing 18-of-34 passes for 279 yards and four touchdowns. Senior Ezra Robinson pulled down his fifth interception of the season to secure the win on the final play of the game.

Game 11 • Nov. 19, 2016

Box Score (Final) Houck Stadium (3,117 ) • Cape Girardeau, Mo. Tennessee State (11-19-16 at 1 vs Southeast 2 3 Missouri 4 FinalCape Girardeau, Mo.) Tennessee State 32 Score by Quarters 10 3 1 2 36 13 4 Total Tennessee State 10 3 6 13 11 32 Southeast Missouri 7 3 10 31 Southeast Missouri

Qtr 1st

Time 12:23 06:57 00:34 2nd 03:11 01:00 3rd 11:08 07:26 02:52 4th 13:37 07:13 02:48 00:16

Scoring play SEMO - YOUNG, Will 33 yd run (McCRUM, Ryan kick), 5-49 2:37 TSU - MEDLEY, Mahlon 1 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 6-24 3:11 TSU - CLARK, Lane 46 yd field goal, 10-61 4:39 SEMO - McCRUM, Ryan 20 yd field goal, 10-70 4:53 TSU - CLARK, Lane 49 yd field goal, 8-43 2:11 SEMO - McCRUM, Ryan 47 yd field goal, 7-27 2:13 TSU - MEDLEY, Mahlon 38 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick blockd), 7-75 3:42 SEMO - HOSKET, Jesse 35 yd run (McCRUM, Ryan kick), 3-45 1:04 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 1 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (BUTLER, Ronald pass failed), 8-67 4:09 SEMO - YOUNG, Will 4 yd run (DUNN, Stephen pass from HOSKET, Jesse), 4-16 1:38 SEMO - McCRUM, Ryan 26 yd field goal, 7-24 3:24 TSU - SMITH, Patrick 14 yd pass from BUTLER, Ronald (CLARK, Lane kick), 9-88 2:27

TSU 23 40-196 279 34-18-1 74-475 0-0 2-17 5-93 1--3 3-35.7 2-1 6-60 32:23 6 of 14 0 of 2 3-4 3-26

The Tigers earned their first lead of the game as Clark converted on a 46 yard field goal for a 10-7 lead just before the end of the first quarter. SEMO used the first of three field goals from McCrum to knot things up at 10-10, 3:11 before half time. The Tigers moved quickly down the field, keyed by a 20 yard pass from Butler to Newbold, giving the offense a chance to put more points on the board. The drive would stall setting up a Clark 49 yard attempt into the wind. The Hays, Kan. native drilled a low kick over the cross bar with room to spare as TSU jumped in front 13-10. Tied 13-13, the Tigers regained its lead in the third quarter as Butler once again found Medley in the middle of the field for a 38 yard scoring play. The touchdown was the second on the day for Medley and third of the season. The sophomore tight end caught three balls for 58 yards. The point after was blocked, leaving the score at 19-13. The Redhawks stormed back to take a 20-19 advantage heading into the final stanza. TSU needed just over a minute in the final quarter to move back on top as Butler and Smith got together for a one yard touchdown pass in the back corner of the end zone. The two-point attempt failed leaving the Tigers ahead, 25-20.

SEMO 16 37-134 129 25-9-1 62-263 0-0 1-0 6-80 1-27 6-41.8 2-1 4-30 27:37 6 of 15 0 of 0 3-3 0-0

The Redhawks took advantage of a pair of miscues and converted two field goals to take a 31-25 advantage before the Tigers final drive. Defensively, the Tigers were led by Chris Collins who finished with 10 tackles and assisted on a pair of tackles for loss. David Kamara added nine tackles, three for loss.

RUSHING: Tennessee State-HARRISON, Earl 23-168; ROWLAND, Chris 2-11; ROWLEY, Austin 1-11; CURTIS, Sabree 3-10; BUTLER, Ronald 7-8; DEANES, Marcus 2-4; TEAM 2-minus 16. Southeast Missouri-YOUNG, Will 20-89; SANDERS, C. 6-21; McCULLOUGH, T. 7-14; HOSKET, Jesse 4-10. PASSING: Tennessee State-BUTLER, Ronald 18-34-1-279. Southeast Missouri-HOSKET, Jesse 9-25-1-129. RECEIVING: Tennessee State-SMITH, Patrick 11-166; MEDLEY, Mahlon 3-53; NEWBOLD, Steven 3-46; HARRISON, Earl 1-14. Southeast Missouri-WILKERSON, K. 3-51; CURRY, C.J. 2-37; YOUNG, Will 2-15; McCULLOUGH, T. 1-16; DARDEN-BOX, D. 1-10. INTERCEPTIONS: Tennessee State-ROBINSON, Ezra 1-minus 3. Southeast Missouri-DIVENS, Taron 1-27. FUMBLES: Tennessee State-DEANES, Marcus 1-1; BUTLER, Ronald 1-0. Southeast Missouri-McCULLOUGH, T. 1-1; HOSKET, Jesse 1-0. Tennessee State (7-4,4-3) vs. Southeast Missouri (3-8,3-5) Date: 11-19-16 • Site: Cape Girardeau, Mo. • Stadium: Houck Stadium Attendance: 3117 Kickoff time: 1 p.m. • End of Game: 4:10 • Total elapsed time: 3:10 Officials: Referee: David Seewer; Umpire: Bill Ballard; Linesman: Mike Freeman; Line judge: Travis Muhammad; Back judge: Kirk Walker; Field judge: Randy Jackson; Side judge: Troy McMaken; Temperature: 41 F • Wind: WNW13mph • Weather: Sunny

SEMO jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead with a score on the opening drive of the game. The Tigers needed to wait a couple series before pulling even when Butler found Mahlon Medley from a yard out.

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TSU received a big rushing performance from freshman Earl Harrison. The running back recorded career highs with 23 attempts and 168 yards. The Memphis, Tenn. native busted through the middle for an apparent 68 yard scoring run, but was negated by a penalty which was assessed at the two yard line. The 66 yard run is the longest for any TSU running back this season. NOTES: Sunny and 47 degrees with winds at six mph at kickoff… Captains: Thomas Burton, Ronald Butler, Lane Clark and Chris Collins… Tennessee State won the toss and deferred to the second half; Southeast Missouri chose to receive… official kickoff time is 1:01 p.m…. Butler passed Gilbert Renfroe (1982-85) in completions (370) and James Wade (1989-92) in scoring passes (41) at TSU… the win was the first for the Tigers after trailing after three quarters (1-4); the Big Blue finished a perfect 6-0 on the season when bring a lead into the final quarter

2016 TOTAL TEAM STATS Tennessee State Overall Team Statistics (as of Jan 10, 2017) All games

Team Statistics

TSU

SCORING Points Per Game Points Off Turnovers FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average KICKOFFS-Yards Average Per Kick Net kick average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games Score by Quarters Tennessee State Opponents

355 32.3 64 230 84 117 29 1836 2049 213 378 4.9 166.9 16 2730 183-315-11 8.7 14.9 248.2 26 4566 693 6.6 415.1 45-991 20-156 13-238 22.0 7.8 18.3 20-5 101-869 79.0 39-1416 36.3 29.2 67-3798 56.7 39.4 30:58 50/127 39% 5/10 50% 21-124 0 44 17-25 1-3 (35-41) 85% (28-41) 68% (38-42) 90% 55113 4/13778 1st

2nd

79 108 94 80

3rd

85 61

4th

83 96

0 0

Total 355 331

OPP

331 30.1 50 232 107 103 22 1956 2195 239 390 5.0 177.8 18 2431 210-353-13 6.9 11.6 221.0 21 4387 743 5.9 398.8 42-685 14-176 11-121 16.3 12.6 11.0 18-9 94-821 74.6 46-1733 37.7 33.4 63-3432 54.5 36.8 29:01 57/144 40% 13/17 76% 16-73 5 41 13-18 1-1 (35-42) 83% (27-42) 64% (36-37) 97% 62551 6/10425 1/46263

2016 OVC TEAM STATS Tennessee State Overall Team Statistics (as of Jan 10, 2017) Conference games

Team Statistics

TSU

Score by Quarters Tennessee State Opponents

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223 31.9 44 148 51 78 19 1178 1329 151 243 4.8 168.3 9 1729 118-206-7 8.4 14.7 247.0 17 2907 449 6.5 415.3 32-685 7-58 10-196 21.4 8.3 19.6 11-3 53-454 64.9 22-878 39.9 35.0 43-2420 56.3 37.5 30:26 32/83 39% 3/7 43% 11-68 0 27 12-18 0-1 (23-26) 88% (18-26) 69% (23-25) 92% 40035 3/13345 1st

46 67

2nd

68 46

3rd

47 51

4th

62 82

0 0

OPP

246 35.1 33 159 72 76 11 1299 1445 146 264 4.9 185.6 12 1883 145-226-10 8.3 13.0 269.0 18 3182 490 6.5 454.6 25-432 7-67 7-112 17.3 9.6 16.0 14-7 54-466 66.6 24-885 36.9 33.6 45-2428 54.0 36.0 29:34 42/92 46% 10/11 91% 13-65 5 30 10-13 1-1 (27-33) 82% (21-33) 64% (26-26) 100% 22082 4/5520 0/0

Total 223 246

2016 TEAM GAME-BY-GAME Tennessee State Team Game-by-Game (as of Jan 10, 2017) All games

TEAM STATISTICS Date

Opponent

no.

Sep 03 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF Sep 10 vs Jackson State Sep 17 at Bethune-Cookman Oct 01 UT MARTIN Oct 08 at Eastern Illinois Oct 15 EASTERN KENTUCKY Oct 22 at Vanderbilt Oct 29 at Murray St. Nov 05 at Austin Peay Nov 12 TENNESSEE TECH 11-19-16 at Southeast Missouri Tennessee State Opponents

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg

38 202 3 30 121 3 44 210 1 37 141 1 35 76 2 40 200 4 23 125 0 39 226 0 24 246 2 28 93 0 40 196 0 378 1836 16 390 1956 18

25 20 46 18 17 61 23 26 84 18 64 84 61

18 259 2 18 273 2 10 184 3 17 223 3 15 303 2 13 181 0 19 285 2 27 329 3 12 212 4 16 202 1 18 279 4 183 2730 26 210 2431 21

44 18-34-1 259 49 18-25-0 273 71 10-20-2 184 43 17-24-0 223 56 15-28-1 303 30 13-24-1 181 93 19-30-1 285 39 27-42-2 329 39 12-23-1 212 41 16-31-1 202 38 18-34-1 279 93 183-315-11 2730 75 210-353-13 2431

2 2 3 3 2 0 2 3 4 1 4 26 21

44 1 29 49 3 96 71 5 122 43 4 80 56 5 113 30 3 78 93 4 59 39 5 142 39 6 86 41 4 93 38 5 93 93 45 991 75 42 685

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

29 6 64 46 3 11 45 4 23 36 0 0 65 1 0 35 0 0 20 0 0 35 2 10 30 1 14 32 1 17 33 2 17 65 20 156 66 14 176

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

tot off

20 461 12 394 13 394 0 364 0 379 0 381 0 410 11 555 14 458 17 295 17 475 20 4566 51 4387

Games: 11 • Avg/rush: 4.9 • Avg/catch: 14.9 • Pass effic: 151.15 • KR avg: 22.0 • PR avg: 7.8 • All purpose avg/game: 541.0 • Total offense avg/gm: 415.1 Date

Opponent

Tackles a total

tfl-yds

Sacks no-yds

Fumble ff fr-yds

Pass Defense blkd int-yds qbh brup kick

PAT Attempts kick rush rcv saf

Sep 03 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUF 40 12 52 11.0-39 5.0-31 1 1-0 0-0 3 6 0 5-5 Sep 10 vs Jackson State 41 20 61 7.0-40 3.0-21 1 0-0 1-25 3 10 1 4-6 Sep 17 at Bethune-Cookman 30 22 52 5.0-17 1.0-1 1 1-0 2-17 0 6 0 4-4 Opponent Game-by-Game Oct 01 UT MARTIN 43 Tennessee 20 63State7.0-28 2.0-12 2 2-0 (as 3-15of Jan 2 10,12017) 0 4-4 Oct 08 at Eastern Illinois 37 38 75 4.0-6 1.0-3 0 0-0 2-33 0 4 0 4-4 All games Oct 15 EASTERN KENTUCKY 50 24 74 7.0-14 0.0-0 2 1-0 4-151 3 3 0 5-5 Oct 22 at Vanderbilt 41 24 65 2.0-6 OPPONENT 1.0-5 STATISTICS 0 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 2-2 Oct 29 at Murray St. 26 48 74 6.0-20 2.0-14 0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 2-2 Nov 05 at Austin Peay 50 40 Rushing 90 7.0-24 Receiving 2.0-13 3 2-0 Passing 0-0 2 2 Kick0 Returns 5-6 Nov 12 TENNESSEE TECH 37 16 53 2.0-2 1.0-0 1 1-0 0-0 1 2 0 1-1 Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td 11-19-1 Missouri BLUFF 27 23 42 4969 0 19 9.0-3619 119 3.0-26 0 262 1-0 Sep 03 at Southeast ARKANSAS-PINE 19-34-0 1--3 119 30 26 4 8 0132 2-3 0 422 306 728 67.0-232 21.0-126 13 9-0 13-238 Tennessee State Sep 10 vs Jackson State 31 60 0 13 19 167 1 30 19-41-1 167 191 3045 3 1 3538-42 0 Opponents 668 2 45.0-152 5-0 Sep 17 at Bethune-Cookman 393 275 30 190 23 12 16.0-73 119 1 237 12-28-211-121 119 221 2334 4 6 5236-37 0

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off t/o

0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Punt 0 Returns 0 7 0 0 0 0 lg no. yds td lg 0 0 0 7 23 2 7 0 11 23 0 3 1 740 26440 19 1 2 2 281 05024

pts

44 40 31 34 34 35 17 31 41tot 16off 32168 355227 331309

Oct 01 UT MARTIN 26 49 0 8 28 321 4 39 28-40-3 321 4 39 6 113 0 30 0 0 0 0 370 Oct 08 at Eastern Illinois 40 221 3 21 Punting 19 180 2 40 19-31-2 180 2Field 40 Goals 5 105 0 66 Kickoffs 1 5 0 5 401 Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds Oct 15 EASTERN KENTUCKY 38 219 3 42 31 365 0 57 31-47-4 365 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 avg 0 0 tb0 ob584 Sep 03 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUF 3 122 40.7 48 0 0 0 0 1 3-4 47 0 8 475 59.4 Oct 22 at Vanderbilt 42 358 4 49 15 143 1 21 15-24-0 143 1 21 2 34 0 27 0 0 0 00 0501 Sep 10 vs Jackson State 6 134 22.3 44 2 1 0 0 2 5 0-0 Oct 29 at Murray St. 28 59 0 12 27 398 5 75 27-35-0 398 75 20 260 0 617 3491 58.2 9 0 39 0457 Sep 17 at Bethune-Cookman 5 164 32.8 49 1 1 0 0 0 1-2 44 0 6 367 61.2 Nov 05 at Austin Peay 55 322 0 42 17 322 5 40 17-26-0 322 5 40 5 74 0 23 2 1 0 11 1644 Oct 01 UT MARTIN 1 23 23.0 23 0 0 0 0 0 2 2-3 57.8 0 51 2 0463 Nov 12 TENNESSEE TECH 40 295 3 61 14 168 2 30 14-22-0 168 30 57 1 340 0 834 4622 52 Oct 08 at Eastern Illinois 5 195 39.0 49 0 1 0 0 1 2-3 52 0 6 323 53.8 11-19-16 at Southeast Missouri 37 134 3 35 9 129 0 25 9-25-1 129 0 25 6 80 0 51 1 0 0 00 0263 Oct 15 EASTERN KENTUCKY 3 121 40.3 43 0 0 2 0 2 0-2 0 0 5 325 65.0 5 0 390 1956 18 61 210 2431 21 75 210-353-13 2431 21 75 42 685 0 66 14 176 2 51 4387 Opponents Oct 22 at Vanderbilt 3 118 39.3 46 0 1 1 0 1 1-1 37 0 4 187 46.8 0 0 Tennessee State 378 1836 16 84 183 2730 26 93 183-315-11 2730 26 93 45 991 0 65 20 156 0 20 4566 Oct 29 at Murray St. 2 87 43.5 49 0 0 0 0 0 3-5 31 1 6 306 51.0 2 0 Nov 05 at Austin Peay 5 221 44.2 53 0 0 1 2 3 0-0 0 0 7 429 61.3 2 0 Games: 11 • Avg/rush: 5.0 • Avg/catch: 11.6 • Pass effic: 129.60 • KR avg: 16.3 • PR avg: 12.6 • All purpose avg/game: 488.1 • Total offense avg/gm: 398.8 Nov 12 TENNESSEE TECH 3 124 41.3 43 0 0 0 0 0 3-3 55 0 4 260 65.0 3 0 11-19-1 at Southeast Missouri 3 107 35.7 41 0 1 1 0 0 2-2 49 0 7 315 45.0 1 0 Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off 39 1416 36.3 53 3 5 5 2 10 17-25 57 1 67 3798 56.7 19 1 Tennessee State Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Opponents 46 1733 37.7 55 0 2 4 3 13 13-18 57 0 63 3432 54.5 5 6 Sep 03 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUF 43 17 60 3.0-5 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-0 0 5 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 10 vs Jackson State 41 8 49 4.0-13 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 2-3 0 0 0 0 26 Sep 17 at Bethune-Cookman 36 40 76 5.0-13 0.0-0 1 1-0 2-9 1 4 1 3-3 0 0 0 10 24 Oct 01 UT MARTIN 41 22 63 6.0-14 2.0-5 1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 4-4 0 0 1 0 30 Oct 08 at Eastern Illinois 29 38 67 3.0-12 2.0-11 1 1-0 1-4 4 3 0 5-5 0 0 0 0 35 Oct 15 EASTERN KENTUCKY 41 12 53 4.0-6 2.0-2 0 0-0 1-38 1 3 0 2-2 0 1 0 8 28 Oct 22 at Vanderbilt 28 24 52 5.0-11 3.0-8 2 1-0 1-0 1 3 0 5-5 0 0 0 7 35

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Tennessee State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Jan 10, 2017) 2016 INDIVIDUAL All games STATISTICS Rushing

EVANS, Erick BUTLER, Ronald HARRISON, Earl CURTIS, Sabree ROWLAND, Chris ACKERMAN-CARTER DEANES, Marcus ROWLEY, Austin JUNIOR, EJ KNOX, Andrew DUNCAN, Trevion BLACK, Tyler TEAM Total Opponents Passing

BUTLER, Ronald ACKERMAN-CARTER SMITH, Patrick TEAM Total Opponents Receiving

SMITH, Patrick NEWBOLD, Steven ROWLAND, Chris MEDLEY, Mahlon EVANS, Erick SANDERS-McCOLLU CURTIS, Sabree RHODES, Mazio MORRIS, Rodney KNOX, Andrew KILLINGS, R. HARALSON, Larry O'NEAL, D. HARRISON, Earl BUTLER, Ronald COUSIN, Q. Total Opponents

att

gain loss

net avg td

10 127 629 32 597 4.7 4 11 92 611 135 476 5.2 6 8 73 480 5 475 6.5 2 10 38 172 3 169 4.4 2 11 14 63 6 57 4.1 0 3 10 39 0 39 3.9 1 11 8 36 2 34 4.2 0 11 1 11 0 11 11.0 0 10 2 3 0 3 1.5 0 9 3 4 1 3 1.0 1 5 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 3 2 0 2 -2 -1.0 0 7 7 0 27 -27 -3.9 0 11 378 2049 213 1836 4.9 16 11 390 2195 239 1956 5.0 18 gp

11 3 11 7 11 11 gp

effic comp-att-int

147.81 148-256-9 171.46 35-57-2 0.00 0-1-0 0.00 0-1-0 151.15 183-315-11 129.60 210-353-13 no.

yds

11 61 966 11 41 784 11 16 236 11 13 186 10 10 109 11 9 90 10 7 68 10 7 67 8 5 66 9 3 24 10 3 19 10 2 25 4 2 19 8 2 14 11 1 44 3 1 13 11 183 2730 11 210 2431

avg

15.8 19.1 14.8 14.3 10.9 10.0 9.7 9.6 13.2 8.0 6.3 12.5 9.5 7.0 44.0 13.0 14.9 11.6

pct

lg avg/g

23 84 64 25 24 9 17 11 3 3 1 0 0 84 61

yds td

57.8 2132 21 61.4 598 5 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 58.1 2730 26 59.5 2431 21 td

13 6 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 26 21

59.7 43.3 59.4 16.9 5.2 13.0 3.1 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.7 -3.9 166.9 177.8 lg avg/g

93 71 0 0 93 75

193.8 199.3 0.0 0.0 248.2 221.0

lg avg/g

93 71 39 38 19 22 22 17 43 11 13 18 13 14 44 13 93 75

87.8 71.3 21.5 16.9 10.9 8.2 6.8 6.7 8.2 2.7 1.9 2.5 4.8 1.8 4.0 4.3 248.2 221.0

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Punt Returns

no.

Interceptions

no.

Kick Returns

no.

42 1 1 1 45 42

965 13 3 10 991 685

0 0 0 0 0 0

65 13 0 10 65 66

Fumble Returns

no.

yds avg td

ROWLAND, Chris SMITH, Patrick DEANES, Marcus Total Opponents ROBINSON, Ezra BONDS, Terrell COLLINS, Chris WILLHOITE, L. DUNCAN, Trevion SCOTT, Gabe Total Opponents ROWLAND, Chris CURTIS, Sabree NORTH, Justin DEANES, Marcus Total Opponents Total Opponents

13 6 1 20 14 5 3 2 1 1 1 13 11

0 0

yds avg td

111 45 0 156 176

8.5 7.5 0.0 7.8 12.6

0 0 0 0 2

yds avg td

149 22 11 46 0 10 238 121

29.8 7.3 5.5 46.0 0.0 10.0 18.3 11.0

2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

yds avg td

23.0 13.0 3.0 10.0 22.0 16.3

0 0.0 0 0.0

0 0

20 14 0 20 51 lg

93 17 11 46 0 10 93 38 lg

0 0

2016 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Tennessee State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Jan 10, 2017) All games

Scoring

CLARK, Lane SMITH, Patrick BUTLER, Ronald NEWBOLD, Steven EVANS, Erick MEDLEY, Mahlon CURTIS, Sabree SANDERS-McCOLLU HARRISON, Earl ROBINSON, Ezra ACKERMAN-CARTER KNOX, Andrew Total Opponents

Field Goals

kick

- 17-25 38-42 13 7 6 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 44 17-25 38-42 41 13-18 36-37

1-1

1 1 2

1-1 0-1 1-2 2-3

17-25 68.0 0-0

FG Sequence

Tennessee State

(47),(23),(38),43 (44),49 (54),47,(57) (37),(52),46 52,45 (37) (31),(25),37,(20),42 (55),(47),(25) (46),(49)

4-4

4-5

5-11

Opponents

4-5

48,(38),(37) (26) 46 (25),(31) 48 (40),35 (36) 45,(57),(39),(33) (20),(47),(26)

pts

Total Offense

- 89 - 78 - 44 - 36 - 24 - 18 - 18 - 12 - 12 - 12 6 6 - 355 1 331

pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99

CLARK, Lane Arkansas-Pine Bluff Jackson State Bethune-Cookman UT Martin Eastern Illinois Eastern Kentucky Vanderbilt Murray St. Austin Peay Tennessee Tech Southeast Missouri

PAT rush rcv pass dxp saf

lg blk

rush pass

total avg/g

11 3 10 8 10 11 11 11 9 10 5 3 7 11 11

Punting

no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk

Kickoffs

no. yds avg tb ob retn

ROWLEY, Austin TEAM Total Opponents CLARK, Lane BOUDREAUX, M. ROWLEY, Austin Total Opponents

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

g plays

BUTLER, Ronald ACKERMAN-CARTER EVANS, Erick HARRISON, Earl CURTIS, Sabree ROWLAND, Chris DEANES, Marcus ROWLEY, Austin KNOX, Andrew JUNIOR, EJ DUNCAN, Trevion BLACK, Tyler TEAM Total Opponents

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348 476 2132 2608 237.1 67 39 598 637 212.3 127 597 0 597 59.7 73 475 0 475 59.4 38 169 0 169 16.9 14 57 0 57 5.2 8 34 0 34 3.1 1 11 0 11 1.0 3 3 0 3 0.3 2 3 0 3 0.3 1 1 0 1 0.2 2 -2 0 -2 -0.7 8 -27 0 -27 -3.9 693 1836 2730 4566 415.1 743 1956 2431 4387 398.8

36 1416 3 0 39 1416 46 1733

64 3653 2 98 1 47 67 3798 63 3432

39.3 53 0.0 0 36.3 53 37.7 55

57.1 19 49.0 0 47.0 0 56.7 19 54.5 5

5 0 5 2

5 10 0 0 5 10 4 13

2 0 2 3

3 0 3 0

net ydln

1 0 0 1 16.3 39.4 6 22.0 36.8

25 28

Tennessee State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Jan 10, 2017) 2016 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS All games ## 32 26 14 3 1 21 12 22 5 19 53 58 24 76 30 92 10 56 97 45 94 50 84 91 33 20 37 52 17 28 16 93 89 18 41 73 23 46 7 67 66 60 8 25 15 3A

Defensive Leaders

COLLINS, Chris COOK, Laquarius JUSTICE, A. KAMARA, David OGUNDEKO, Ebo ROBINSON, Ezra WILLHOITE, L. HOLLAND, L. BONDS, Terrell SCOTT, Gabe NORTH, Justin LEE, Latrelle DUNCAN, Trevion SUMMERS, T. EDWARDS, Blair MORROW, Jason NESBETH, Dejour HAMMOND, Sidney CULPEPPER, J. PORTER, Dell NESBITT, Roc-M JOHNSON, Joseph HARALSON, Larry MADDOX, Marvin ROWLAND, Seth JACKSON, Shakur REID, Tyric COTHRAN, Andrew SMITH, Patrick DEANES, Marcus GUNN, Reggie PERRY, Michael NEWBERG, Thomas ROWLEY, Austin CLARK, Lane JELKS, Jamahl JOHNSON, L. JUNIOR, EJ KILLINGS, R. BROOKS, Justin DUNKER, J. SIMMONS, L. MEDLEY, Mahlon CURTIS, Sabree BLACK, Tyler ROWLAND, Chris Total Opponents

11 9 11 11 8 11 9 11 11 11 11 11 5 11 11 11 9 10 11 8 11 7 10 11 10 11 10 9 11 11 10 7 11 11 11 11 1 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 3 11 11 11

58 38 35 28 25 31 18 17 22 16 11 11 17 7 12 7 13 7 7 6 3 4 2 5 . 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 . 2 2 . 1 . . 1 . . 1 1 . 1 422 393

29 28 18 24 23 11 15 14 8 11 14 14 6 15 8 9 1 5 5 6 7 4 4 1 5 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 . . 2 . 1 1 . 1 1 . . 1 . 306 275

Tackles tot

87 66 53 52 48 42 33 31 30 27 25 25 23 22 20 16 14 12 12 12 10 8 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 728 668

tfl/yds

9.5-27 2.0-5 3.0-8 9.0-23 11.0-58 0.5-0 0.5-0 1.0-2 1.0-1 1.0-2 2.5-4 4.5-15 1.0-1 2.5-7 0.5-1 6.0-22 . 2.5-19 1.0-9 4.0-19 1.5-4 1.5-1 . 1.0-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-232 45-152

Sacks no-yds

1.5-12 . 1.0-6 2.0-12 5.5-33 . . . . . . 2.5-9 . 0.5-2 . 3.0-17 . 1.0-12 1.0-9 3.0-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-124 16-73

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Pass defense int-yds brup

2-11 . . . . 5-149 1-46 . 3-22 1-10 . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-238 11-121

4 6 3 4 1 8 1 1 9 3 . . 1 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 34

qbh

3 . 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 2 . . 2 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 22

Fumbles rcv-yds

. . 1-0 . 2-0 1-0 1-0 . . 1-0 . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-0 5-0

1 3 1 2 1 . . 1 1 1 . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7

blkd kick

. . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6

saf

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RECORDS - PASSING

Single Game Passing Yards 1. Leon Murray at Murray State (11/14/98) 2. Gilbert Renfroe vs. District of Columbia (11/5/83) 3. James Wade at Southeast Missouri (10/19/91) 4. Michael German at Murray State (11/22/14) 5. Kenton Evans at Murray State (11/11/00) 6. Leon Murray at Middle Tennessee State (9/5/98) 7. Riley Walker vs. Eastern Illinois (11/2/02) 8. Shannon Harris at Eastern Illinois (10/27/01) 9. Chris Perkins at Southeast Missouri (11/20/99) 10. Joe Adams vs. Alabama State (10/18/80)

Single Season Touchdowns

491 484 467 463 451 445 435 417 413 412

1. 2. 4. 7. 8.

Single Season Passing Yards 1. Brian Ransom, 1981 2. Shannon Harris, 2001 3. Leon Murray, 1998 4. Joe Adams, 1980 5. Michael German, 2014 6. Michael German, 2012 7. James Wade, 1992 8. Gilbert Renfroe, 1985 9. Joe Adams, 1979 10. Joe Adams, 1978

30 26 26 25 25 25 24 22 22 22 22

Career Passing Touchdowns

3,182 3,008 3,002 2,848 2,846 2,751 2,541 2,492 2,476 2,328

75 In Brian Ransom’s 1981 season, he set the school 67 record for yards (3,182), completions (221) and com65 pletions in a game (36, at UT-Chattnooga). 57 56 50 43 41 34 33

1. Joe Adams, 1977-80 2. Eldridge Dickey, 1964-67 3. Michael German, 2011-14 4. Kenneth Biggles, 1982-84 5. Leon Murray, 1997-99 6. Joe Gilliam Jr., 1969-71 7. Ronald Butler, 2013-16 8. James Wade, 1989-92 9. Antonio Heffner, 2006-08 10. Daryl Williams, 1993-95

Career Passing Yards 1. Michael German, 2011-2014 2. Joe Adams, 1977-80 3. Leon Murray, 1997-99 4. James Wade, 1989-92 5. Eldridge Dickey, 1964-67 6. Kenneth Biggles, 1981-84 7. Gilbert Renfroe, 1982-85 8. Antonio Heffner, 2006-08 9. Joe Gilliam, Jr., 1969-71 10. Daryl Williams, 1993-95

Joe Adams, 1980 Shannon Harris, 2001 Joe Adams, 1979 Kenneth Pettiford, 1973 Joe Gilliam, Jr., 1971 Eldridge Dickey, 1966 Kenneth Biggles, 1984 Leon Murray, 1998 Brian Ransom, 1981 Kenneth Pettiford, 1972 Michael German, 2014

Single Game Completions 8,664 8,653 7,207 6,613 6,523 5,993 5,556 5,393 5,213 4,785

Single Game Touchdowns 1. Shannon Harris vs. Jackson State (11/22/01) 2. Michael German at Murray State (11/22/14) Kenneth Biggles vs. Miss. Valley State (11/13/82) 4. Shannon Harris at Eastern Illinois (10/27/01) Leon Murray at UT Martin (10/16/99) Leon Murray vs. Alabama A&M (10/3/98) Stacy Grear at Morgan State (1986) 8. Ronald Butler at Southeast Missouri (11/19/16) Ronald Butler at Austin Peay (11/5/16) O’Shay Ackerman-Carter vs. Murray State (11/7/15) Michael German at Austin Peay (11/8/14) Michael German vs Eastern Kentucky (11/1/14) Antonio Heffner vs. Eastern Illinois (11/8/08) Kenton Evans vs. Southeast Missouri (11/18/00) Kenton Evans at Murray State (11/11/00) Kenton Evans vs. Jackson State (9/16/00)

7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

1. 2. 4. 6. 8. 9.

Brian Ransom at UT-Chattanooga (11/14/81) Chris Perkins at Southeast Missouri (11/20/99) Michael German at Southeast Mo. (10/4/14) James Wade at Southeast Missouri (10/19/91) Michael German vs Jacksonville State (10/11/14) Leon Murray at Middle Tennessee State (9/5/98) Michael German at Austin Peay (11/8/14) Shannon Harris at Eastern Illinois (10/27/01) Michael German at UT Martin (11/17/12) Leon Murray vs. Murray State (11/14//98) Todd Valentine at Tennessee Tech (11/9/96) Michael German at Murray State (11/22/14)

36 34 34 32 32 30 30 Joe Adams is TSU’s leader in career passing touch29 downs (75) and second in career passing yards 28 (8,653) and career completions (604). 28 28 28

Single Season Completions 1. Brian Ransom, 1981 2. Michael German, 2014 3. Michael German, 2012 4. Shannon Harris, 2001 5. Joe Adams, 1980 6. Gilbert Renfroe, 1985 7. Leon Murray, 1998 8. Joe Adams, 1979 9. James Wade, 1992 10. Todd Valentine, 1996

221 216 215 211 200 188 183 178 163 160 Leon Murray is the only Tiger to throw for over 400 yards more than once. He tossed a school record 491 yards against Murray State on November 14th, 1998.

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RECORDS - PASSING CONT. Career Completions

Single Season Interceptions

1. Michael German, 2011-14 2. Joe Adams, 1977-80 3. Leon Murray, 1997-99 4. Eldridge Dickey, 1964-67 5. James Wade, 1989-92 6. Kenneth Biggles, 1981-84 7. Daryl Williams, 1993-95 8. Ronald Butler, 2013-16 9. Gilbert Renfroe, 1982-85 10. Antonio Heffner, 2006-08

615 604 460 430 420 408 393 385 370 354

Single Game Attempts 1. Michael German at Alabama State (9/6/14)

61 59 55 4. Leon Murray vs. Murray State (11/14//98) 54 5. Chris Perkins at Southeast Missouri (11/20/99) 51 6. Michael German vs. Jacksonville State (10/11/14) 50 7. Leon Murray at Middle Tennessee State (9/5/98) 49 8. Shannon Harris at Eastern Kentucky (11/17/01) 48 Michael German at Murray State (11/22/14) 48 10. James Wade at Southeast Missouri (10/19/91) 47

Single Season Attempts 1. Michael German, 2014 2. Gilbert Renfroe, 1985 3. Shannon Harris, 2001 4. Brian Ransom, 1981 5. Michael German, 2012 6. Leon Murray, 1998 7. Joe Adams, 1979 8. Joe Adams, 1980 Eldridge Dickey became the first African-American 9. Todd Valentine, 1996 quarterback to ever get drafted. The Oakland Raiders 10. James Wade, 1992

1. Joe Adams, 1977-80 2. Eldridge Dickey, 1964-67 3. Ken Pettiford, 1970-73 4. Daryl Williams, 1993-95 5. James Wade, 1990-92 6. Joe Gilliam, Jr., 1968-71 7. Antonio Heffner 2006-08 Austin Thompson, 1975-76 Michael German, 2011-14 10. Kenneth Biggles, 1982-84

66 59 40 37 35 33 32 32 32 30

1. Kenneth Biggles, 1984 2. Leon Murray, 1999 3. Joe Adams, 1980 Michael German, 2012 Michael German, 2013 6. Antonio Heffner, 2008 7. Brian Ransom, 1981 8. Ronald Butler, 2013 9. Ronald Butler, 2016 10. Daryl Williams, 1993

60.9 60.3 60.0 60.0 60.0 59.8 59.1 58.7 57.8 57.4

Longest Passing Play

Career Attempts 1,145 1,100 841 805 714 682 678 619 522 521

Single Game Interceptions A four-year starter, Michael German finished his ca1. Eldridge Dickey vs. Florida A&M (10/22/66) reer as TSU’s leader in passing yards (8,664), attempts 2. Michael German vs. Jacksonville State (10/11/14) (397) and completions (655). 3. Six Tied

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22 21 20 19 18 18 17 17 16 16 16

Single Season Completion Percentage 397 395 382 374 358 353 343 333 316 308

used their first round pick on Dickey in 1968.

Eldridge Dickey, 1965 Joe Adams, 1980 Kenneth Pettiford, 1972 Kenneth Pettiford, 1973 Brian Ransom, 1981 Eldridge Dickey, 1966 Joe Adams, 1979 Austin Thompson, 1976 Chauncey Hines, 1989 Joe Adams, 1978 Lonnie Stewart, 1974

Career Interceptions

In 1985, Gilbert Renfroe attempted the second-most 2. Michael German at Southeast Mo. (10/4/14) passes in TSU history (395). He also sits at sixth on the 3. Brian Ransom at UT-Chattanooga (11/14/81) single season completions list (188).

1. Michael German, 2011-14 2. Joe Adams, 1977-80 3. Leon Murray, 1997-99 4. Eldridge Dickey, 1964-67 5. Ken Biggles, 1982-84 6. Joe Gilliam, Jr., 1969-71 7. Ronald Butler, 2013-16 8. Antonio Heffner, 2006-08 9. Shannon Harris, 2000-01 10. Ken Pettiford, 1970-73

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 9.

5 4 3

1. Riley Walker to Fred Burnette at Jacksonville State (10/6/04, TD) 2. Ronald Butler to Patrick Smith at Vanderbilt (10/22/16, TD) Joe Gilliam, Jr. to Joe Sweet vs. Bishop (11/22/69, TD) 4. Jeremy Perry to Calvin McNairl at Eastern Kentucky (10/22/11, TD) 5. Joe Gilliam to David Davis vs. Grambling (10/10/70, TD) 6. Leon Murray to Corey Sullivan vs. Florida A&M (9/26/98, TD) 7. Ronald Butler to Patrick Smith at Jacksonville State (9/19/15, TD) 8. Riley Walker to Carlos Wright UT Martin (9/27/03) 9. O’Shay Ackerman-Carter to Patrick Smith vs. Murray State (11/7/15, TD) 10. James Wade to Patrick Robinson vs. Tennessee Tech (11/9/91, TD)

99 93 93 89 88 85 84 82 81 80

RECORDS - RUSHING

Single Game Rushing Yards 1. Charles Anthony vs. Samford (10/23/04) 2. Trabis Ward at Southeast Missouri (10/13/12) 3. Charles Anthony vs. Southeast Mo. (11/6/04) 4. Preston Brown vs. Florida A&M (9/25/10) Darron Davis at Austin Peay (10/16/93) 6. Lee Derrick vs. Bluefield State (11/25/54) 7. Javarris Williams vs. Florida A&M (9/30/06) 8. Preston Brown vs. Jackson State (9/11/10) 9. Amariah Robb (11/10/99) 10. Charles Middlebrooks (11/5/77)

285 267 248 233 233 230 229 218 213 203

Single Season Rushing Yards 1. Charles Anthony 2004 2. Charles Anthony, 2003 3. Trabis Ward, 2012 4. Javarris Williams 2006 5. Javarris Williams, 2007 6. Tim Broughton, 2013 7. Darron Davis, 1994 8. Javarris Williams, 2008 9. Trabis Ward, 2011 10. Charles Anthony, 2002

1,739 1,708 1,422 1,233 1,187 1,146 1,101 1,037 978 882

Career Rushing Yards 1. Charles Anthony, 2001-04 2. Javarris Williams, 2005-08 3. Darron Davis, 1991-94 4. Trabis Ward, 2009-12 5. Dante Thomas, 2008-11 6. Telvin Hooks, 2012-15 7. Larry Kinnebrew, 1978-82 8. Eugene Bowen, 1963-66 9. Nathaniel Simpson, 1973-76 10. Lee Derricks, 1953-55

5,057 4,329 2,844 2,582 2,149 1,736 1,673 1,667 1,655 1,641

Single Game Touchdowns 1. 2. 5.

Charles Thomas vs. Central State (11/20/71) Tom Smith vs. Edward Waters (8/30/14) Trabis Ward at Southeast Missouri (10/13/12) Javarris Williams vs. Tennessee Martin (11/17/07) Trabis Ward vs. Jackson State (9/8/12) Javarris Williams vs. Austin Peay (10/18/08) Javarris Williams vs. Murray State (11/3/07) Antonio Heffner vs. Samford (10/28/06) Javarris Williams vs. Jackson State (9/16/06)

5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3

Single Season Touchdowns 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8.

Fay Mitchell, 1956 Javarris Williams, 2008 Trabis Ward, 2012 Charles Anthony, 2004 Charles Anthony, 2003 Donnell Brantley, 1999 Javarris Williams, 2007 Trabis Ward, 2011

17 16 15 14 13 12 12 11

Javarris Williams, 2006 Larry Kinnebrew, 1982 Alfred Reese, 1972

11 11 11

Career Rushing Touchdowns 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9.

Javarris Williams, 2005-08 Charles Anthony, 2001-04 Trabis Ward, 2009-12 Fay Mitchell, 1955-57 Darron Davis, 1991-94 Alfred Reese, 1970-72 Larry Kinnebrew, 1978-82 Henry Arnold, 1959-61 Dante Thomas, 2008-11 Marlon Johnson, 1982-85

42 41 29 28 25 24 24 22 17 17 Charles Anthony rushed for a school record 5,057 yards from 2001-2004. He also set the record for most yards in a game with 285 vs. Samford (10/23/04)

Single Game Attempts 1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9.

Trabis Ward at Southeast Missouri (10/13/12) 43 Charles Anthony at Murray State (11/22/03) 38 Darron Davis vs. Austin Peay (10/16/93) 38 Trabis Ward at Murray State (11/3/12) 37 Javarris Williams vs. Samford (10/28/06) 35 Preston Brown vs. Jackson State (9/11/10) 33 Javarris Williams vs. Florida A&M (9/30/06) 33 Javarris Williams at Tennessee Tech (10/13/05) 31 Javarris Williams vs. Austin Peay (10/18/08) 30 Javarris Williams at Southeast Missouri (10/11/08) 30

Single Season Attempts 1. Charles Anthony, 2003 2. Trabis Ward, 2012 3. Charles Anthony, 2004 4. Javarris Williams, 2006 5. Tim Broughton, 2013 6. Darron Davis, 1994 7. Javarris Williams, 2008 8. Javarris Williams, 2005 9. Javarris Williams, 2007 10. Trabis Ward, 2011

322 309 306 245 Nobody has more rushing touchdowns in TSU history 237 than Javarris Williams. Over his four year career, 234 Williams found the endzone 42 times. 207 202 195 193

Career Rushing Attempts 1. Charles Anthony, 2001-04 2. Javarris Williams, 2005-08 3. Darron Davis, 1991-94 4. Trabis Ward, 2009-12 5. Dante Thomas, 2008-11 6. Telvin Hooks, 2012-15 7. Steve Griffin, 1983-86 8. Melvin Waters, 1987-90 9. Antonio Heffner, 2006-08 10. Preston Brown, 2008-10

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910 849 600 564 466 396 297 294 289 285

At Southeast Missouri State on Oct. 13th, 2012, Trabis Ward ran for 267 yards and four touchdowns while carrying the ball a school record 43 times.

RECORDS - RECEIVING Single Game Receiving Yards

1. Tyrone Butterfield at Murray State, (11/14/98) 2. Patrick Smith vs. Murray State (11/7/15) 3. C.J. Johnson, vs. Eastern Illinois, (11/2/02) 4. Golden Tate at Florida A&M, (9/24/83) 5. Tyrone Butterfield at Southeast Mo. (11/22/97) 6. C.J. Johnson at Tennessee Tech (11/2/00) Ryan Mitchell at Murray State (11/22/14) 8. Corey Sullivan vs. Florida A&M (9/26/98) 9. Golden Tate at Southern (10/29/83) 10. C.J. Johnson, Eastern Kentucky (11/15/03)

249 248 245 242 240 231 231 213 206 204

Single Season Receiving Yards Golden Tate had the most prolific season by any receiver in TSU history in 1983, tallying 1,307 yards. That campaign put him third in career yards (3,100).

1. Golden Tate, 1983 2. Tyrone Butterfield, 1998 3. C. J. Johnson, 2003 4. Tyrone Butterfield, 1997 5. C.J. Johnson, 2002 6. Juan Hall, 1996 7. Patrick Smith, 2015 8. Mike Jones, 1982 9. Patrick Smith, 2016 10. Mike Jones, 1980

1,307 1,129 1,106 1,053 1,034 1,021 996 979 966 934

Career Receiving Yards 1. C.J. Johnson, 2000-03 2. Mike Jones, 1979-82 3. Golden Tate, 1980-83 4. Corey Sullivan, 1996-99 5. Patrick Robinson, 1989-92 6. Tyrone Butterfield, 1997-98 7. Chris Johnson, 2004-08 8. Lawrence Segree, 1992-95 9. Patrick Smith, 2015-Present 10. Johnnie Robinson, 1964-65 Tyrone Butterfield finished sixth all-time with 2,182 yards and seventh with 131 receptions. He also set a school record with 249 yards at Murray State .

3,903 3,571 3,100 2,487 2,439 2,182 2,155 2,102 1,962 1,702

Single Game Receptions 1. 2. 8.

Tyrone Butterfield at Southeast Missouri (1/22/97) 13 Tyrone Butterfield at Middle Tennessee (9/5/08) 12 Lawrence Segree vs. South Carolina State (9/30/95) 12 Lawrence Segree vs. Southeast Missouri (11/19/94) 12 Frank Pillow vs. Central State (10/3/87) 12 Golden Tate at Florida A&M (9/24/83) 12 Mike Jones vs. UT-Chattanooga (11/14/81) 12 Patrick Smith at Southeast Missouri (11/19/16) 11 JaJuan Spillman at Murray State (11/22/08) 11 Clarence Jones at Tennessee Tech (11/5/94) 11

Single Season Receptions

C.J. Johnson leads all TSU receivers with 3,903 yards from 2000-2003. He has two of the six 1,000 yard receiving season in schools history.

1. Tyrone Butterfield, 1998 Juan Hall, 1996 3. Corey Sullivan, 1999 4. Lawrence Segree, 1993 5. Golden Tate, 1983 6. Corey Sullivan, 1999 7. Patrick Smith, 2016 8. Tyrone Butterfield, 1997 Barry Collins, 1984 10. Weldon Garlington, 2014

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72 72 66 65 63 62 61 59 59 58

Career Receptions 1. Mike Jones, 1979-82 2. C.J. Johnson, 2000-03 3. Golden Tate, 1980-83 4. Lawrence Segree, 1992-95 5. Corey Sullivan, 1996-99 6. Patrick Robinson, 1989-92 7. Tyrone Butterfield, 1997-98 8. Chris Johnson, 2004-08 9. Travis James, 2009-12 10. Patrick Smith, 2015-Present

197 194 162 160 145 140 131 127 119 115

Single Game Touchdowns 1. Golden Tate vs. North Carolina A&T (11/19/83) Mike Jones vs. Mississippi Valley State (11/13/82) Mike Jones vs. North Carolina A&T (11/15/80)

4 4 4

Single Season Touchdowns 1. Mike Jones, 1982 2. Patrick Smith, 2016 Golden Tate, 1980 Golden Tate, 1983 5. Barry Collins, 1984 6. C.J. Johnson, 2003 Tyrone Butterfield, 1998 John Holland, 1973 9. Patrick Smith, 2015 10. C.J. Johnson, 2002 Leon Jamison, 1954

15 13 13 13 12 11 11 11 10 9 9

Career Touchdowns 1. Mike Jones, 1979-82 2. C.J. Johnson, 2000-03 3. Golden Tate, 1980-83 4. Larry Dorsey, 1972-75 5. Patrick Smith, 2015-Present 6. John Holland, 1970-73 7. Johnnie Robinson, 1964-66 8. Patrick Robinson, 1989-92 9. Tyrone Butterfield, 1997-98 10. Leon Jamison, 1954-57 James Thaxton, 1969-72 Corey Sullivan, 1996-99

42 32 27 26 23 22 20 19 18 17 17 17

RECORDS - SCORING & KICKING

Single Game Points 1. 2. 7.

Single Season Touchdowns

Charles Thomas vs. Central State (11/20/71) Trabis Ward at Southeast Mo. (10/13/12) Javarris Williams vs. Tenn.-Martin (11/17/07) Golden Tate vs. North Carolina A&T (11/19/83) Mike Jones vs. Mississippi Valley State (11/13/82) Mike Jones vs. North Carolina A&T (11/15/80) Trabis Ward vs. Jackson State (9/8/12) Brandon Belvin vs. Eastern Illinois (11/08/08) Javarris Williams vs. Austin Peay (10/18/08) Javarris Williams vs. Murray State (11/03/07) Antonio Heffner vs. Samford (10/28/06) Javarris Williams vs. Jackson State (9/16/06) C.J. Johnson at Samford (10/25/03) Charles Anthony vs. UT-Martin (9/27/03) Charles Anthony vs. S.C. State (8/30/03) Marvin Jones vs. Jackson State (11/22/01) KaRon Key vs. UT Martin (10/20/01)

30 24 24 24 24 24 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Single Season Points 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9.

Alfred Reese, 1972 Alfred Reese, 1970 Fay Mitchell, 1966 Javarris Williams, 2008 Jamin Godfrey, 2013 Charles Anthony, 2004 Javarris Williams, 2008 Charles Anthony, 2003 Mike Jones, 1982 Trabis Ward, 2012

112 112 102 98 97 96 96 92 90 90

Career Points 1. Jamin Godfrey 2010-13 2. Alfred Reese, 1969-72 3. Javarris Williams 2005-08 4. Mike Jones, 1979-82 5. Charles Anthony, 2001-04 6. Eric Benson, 2005-08 7. Larry Watkins, 1978-81 8. C.J. Johnson, 2000-03 9. Lane Clark, 2014-Present 10. Carlos Jones, 1982-84

311 306 264 258 252 232 198 192 189 172

Single Game Touchdowns 1. 2.

Charles Thomas vs. Central State (11/20/71) Trabis Ward at Southeast Missouri (10/13/12) Javarris Williams vs. Tennessee Martin (11/17/07) Golden Tate vs. North Carolina A&T (11/19/83) Mike Jones vs. Mississippi Valley State (11/13/82) Mike Jones vs. North Carolina A&T (11/15/80)

5 4 4 4 4 4

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 9.

Fay Mitchell, 1966 Javarris Williams, 2008 Trabis Ward, 2012 Charles Anthony, 2004 Patrick Smith, 2016 Charles Anthony, 2003 Javarris Williams, 2007 Donnell Brantley, 1999 Trabis Ward, 2011 Javarris Williams, 2006 Larry Kinnebrew, 1982 Alfred Reese, 1972

Career Touchdowns 1. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8.

Javarris Williams, 2005-08 Mike Jones, 1979-82 Charles Anthony, 2001-04 C.J. Johnson, 2000-03 Larry Dorsey, 1972-75 Fay Mitchell, 1955-57 Golden Tate, 1980-83 Trabis Ward, 2009-12 Larry Dorsey, 1972-75 Larry Kinnebrew, 1978-82

17 16 15 14 13 13 12 12 11 11 11 11

Jamin Godfrey set the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time scoring mark in 2014. He also sits atop the single-game scoring for 42 kickers and career field goals made.

42 41 32 28 28 27 26 26 26

Single Game Scoring Kicking 1. 3. 4. 6.

Jamin Godfrey vs. Tennessee Tech (10/27/12) Joey Hudak vs. Jackson State, (11/22/01) Lane Clark vs. UAPB (9/3/16) Jamin Godfrey vs. Southeast Missouri (10/8/11) Eric Benson vs. Austin Peay, (10/18/08) Lane Clark at Murray State (10/29/16) Jamin Godfrey vs. Florida A&M (10/25/10) Eric Benson vs. Jackson State, (09/13/08)

16 16 14 13 13 11 Mike Jones holds the Tennessee State record for 11 receiving touchdows in a season (15) and career (42). 11 His 197 catches also ranks first all-time for the Tigers.

Single Season Scoring Kicking 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Jamin Godfrey (43 PAT, 18 FG), 2013 Lane Clark (38 PAT, 17 FG), 2016 Eric Benson (45 PAT, 14 FG), 2008 Jamin Godfrey, (37 PAT, 16 FG), 2011 Jamin Godfrey, (PAT 33, FG 16), 2012

97 89 87 85 81

Career Scoring Kicking 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Jamin Godfrey (134 PAT, 59 FG), 2010-13 Eric Benson, (118 PAT, 38 FG), 2005-08 Larry Watkins, 1978-81 Lane Clark, (90 PAT, 33 FG) 2014-Present Carlos Jones, 1982-1984 Joey Hudak, (105 PAT, 20 FG), 2001-04 Seth Goodowens, (60 PAT, 20 FG), 1999-00

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311 232 198 189 172 150 All-purpose specialist Alfred Reese was the Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ca120 reer leader in points (306) for 41 years until 2013. He has the best two scoring years in TSU history (112).

RECORDS - SCORING & KICKING CONT. Single Game PAT Attempts

1. 2. 4.

Roy Meneese vs. Kentucky State (11/24/66) Joey Hudak vs. Jackson State (11/22/01) Jamin Godfrey vs Central State (9/28/13) Joey Hudak, Tenn.-Martin (10/20/01) Jamin Godfrey, Southeast Missouri (10/08/11)

Single Season FG Attempts

11 8 8 7 7

1. 2. 3. 5.

Single Season PAT Attempts 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. On Nov. 24 1966 versus Kentucky State, Roy Meneese 8. 9. attempted a TSU football record, 11 PATs in the Tigers’ 83-0 victory, capping off a perfect season

Carlos Jones, 1984 Joey Hudak, 2001 Carlos Jones, 1983 Eric Benson, 2008 Seth Goodowens, 1999 Jamin Godfrey, 2013 Lane Clark, 2016 Buck Billings, 1998 Jamin Godfrey, 2011

53 48 47 46 46 45 42 40 39

Larry Watkins, 1978-81 Carlos Jones, 1982-84 Jamin Godfrey, 2010-13 Eric Benson, 2005-08 Joey Hudak, 2001-04

151 150 144 128 121

Single Game PAT’s Made 1. 2. 3. 4.

Roy Meneese vs. Kentucky State (11/24/66) Jamin Godfrey vs Central State (9/28/13) Jamin Godfrey vs. Southeast Missouri (10/08/11) Joey Hudak, vs. Jackson State (11/22/01) (8 times)

9 8 7 7 6

Single Season PAT’s Made In 1999 against Jackson State, Seth Goodwens booted the longest field goal in TSU history, at 53 yards. He also attempted a school-record 24 FGs that year.

1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7.

Carlos Jones, 1984 Eric Benson, 2008 Jamin Godfrey, 2013 Joey Hudak, 2001 Carlos Jones, 1983 Lane Clark, 2016 Jamin Godfrey, 2011

50 45 43 42 42 38 37

Career PAT’s Made 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Carlos Jones, 1982-84 Jamin Godfrey, 2010-13 Larry Watkins, 1978-81 Eric Benson, 2005-08 Joey Hudak, 2001-04 Lane Clark, 2014-Present James Matthews, 1971-74

136 134 123 118 105 90 87

Single Game FG Attempts Eric Benson trails only Jamin Godfrey in the career field goals made category (38) and his 232 total points are sixth-most in school history.

1. 3. 4.

Lane Clark at Murray State (10/29/16) Jamin Godfrey vs. Tennessee Tech (10/27/12) Jamin Godfrey vs. Jackson State (9/14/13) Flournoy at Austin Peay (10/06/90) (9 times)

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29 25 24 24 19

Career FG Attempts

Career PAT Attempts 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Jamin Godfrey, 2013 Lane Clark, 2016 Jamin Godfrey, 2011 Seth Goodowens, 1999 Eric Benson, 2008

5 5 5 4 3

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Jamin Godfrey, 2010-2013 Lane Clark, 2014-Present Eric Benson, 2005-08 Joey Hudak, 2001-04 Seth Goodowens,1999-00

91 54 52 49 39

Single Game FG’s Made 1. 2. 6.

Jamin Godfrey vs. Tennessee Tech (10/27/12) Jamin Godfrey at Eastern Kentucky (10/22/11) Jamin Godfrey vs. Southern (09/03/11) J.J. Flournoy at Austin Peay (10/06/90) Jamin Godfrey vs. Jackson State (9/14/13) Lane Clark vs Tennessee Tech (11/12/16) Lane Clark at Murray State (10/29/16) Lane Clark vs. UAPB (9/3/16) Eric Benson, Austin Peay (10/18/08) Joey Hudak, vs. Jackson State (11/22/01) Jamin Godfrey vs. Bethune-Cookman (9/1/13) Lane Clark vs. Eastern Illinois (10/17/15)

5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Single Season FG’s Made 1. 2. 3. 5.

Jamin Godfrey, 2013 Lane Clark, 2016 Jamin Godfrey, 2012 Jamin Godfrey, 2011 Eric Benson, 2008

18 17 16 16 14

Career FG’s Made 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Jamin Godfrey, 2010-2013 Lane Clark, 2014-Present Eric Benson, 2005-08 Joey Hudak, 2001-04 Larry Watkins, 1978-81

59 33 28 26 25

Longest FG Made 1. Lane Clark vs. UT Martin (10/1/16) 2. Lane Clark vs. Tennessee Tech (11/12/16) 3. Lane Clark vs. UT Martin (10/1/16) 4. Seth Goodowens vs. Jackson State, 1999 5. Lane Clark at Eastern Illinois (10/8/16) 6. Jamin Godfrey at Eastern Illinois (11/05/11) 7. Jamin Godfrey at Jacksonville State (10/12/13) Lane Clark vs. Eastern Illinois (10/17/15) 9. Lane Clark at Southeast Missouri (11/9/16) 10. Jamin Godfrey at Eastern Kentucky (10/22/11)

57 55 54 53 52 51 50 50 49 48

RECORDS - PUNTING & RETURNS

Most Punts in a Game 1. 2.

Joey Hudak, Eastern Kentucky (11/15/03) Taylor Cisneros at Eastern Kentucky (10/20/07) Matt Moseley, at Murray State (09/17/11) Leon Holderhead at Eastern Kentucky (11/02/13) Leon Holderhead vs Tennessee Tech (9/20/14)

10 9 9 9 9

Most Punts in a Season 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Terence Harris, 1987 Taylor Cisneros, 2009 Joey Hudak, 2004 Leon Holderhead, 2013 Van Overton, 1988 Leon Holderhead, 2014 Colin Godfrey, 1991 David Hood, 1985 Clifford Green, 1994 Joey Hudak, 2003

80 76 73 73 69 65 63 62 59 59

Taylor Cisneros, 2007-2010 Joey Hudak, 2001-04 Clifford Green, 1993-96 Colin Godfrey, 1989-1992 Ashley Johnson, 1997-2000 Greg Swinney, 1976-79 Leon Holderhead, 2013-14 Thomas Headen, 1979-82

230 225 215 213 184 144 138 131

Longest Punt 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 8.

Ashley Johnson vs. Tennessee Tech (11/8/97) Matt Moseley at Eastern Kentucky (10/22/11) Ashley Johnson at Western Kentucky (10/23/99) Matt Moseley at Murray State (09/17/11) Colin Godfrey vs. Tennessee Tech (11/3/90) Clifford Green at Austin Peay (10/21/95) Van Overton (1988) Taylor Cisneros, Eastern Illinois (11/08/08) Taylor Cisneros, at UT Martin (10/04/08) Matt Moseley, at Eastern Illinois (11/05/11) Taylor Cisneros vs. Eastern Illinois (11/8/08) Taylor Cisneros at UT Martin (10/4/08)

74 73 70 69 69 66 66 62 62 62 62 62

Highest Punting Average in a Game 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Leon Holderhead vs. Southeast Mo. (10/05/13) Matt Moseley, at Eastern Kentucky (10/22/11) Leon Holderhead vs. Jax State (10/11/14) Taylor Cisneros at Southeast Mo. (10/9/10) Joey Hudak, at Samford (10/25/03) Taylor Cisneros at Southern (9/19/09) Joey Hudak at Murray State (11/22/03) Joey Hudak, Jacksonville State (10/18/03)

1. 2. 3. 4.

Colin Godfrey, 1989-92 Taylor Cisneros, 2007-10 Clifford Green, 1993-96 Ashley Johnson, 1997-2000

9,012 8,776 7,772 7,145

Most Kickoff Returns in a Game 1. Carlos Wright, at Tenn. Tech (11/10/01) Maurice Young vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) Travis James vs. Tennessee Tech (10/15/11)

6 6 6

Most Kickoff Returns in a Season 1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Chris Rowland, 2016 Patrick Jenkins, 2002 Craig Hodge, 1987 Anthony Owens, 1990 Marcus Dowdell, 1991 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 2007 Herman Hunter, 1983

52.3 50.8 47.7 46.0 45.7 44.8 44.7 44.5

1. Herman Hunter, 1981-84 2. Carlos Wright, (72-1501), 2000-03 3. Patrick Jenkins (65-1359), 1999-02

42 38 38 36 35 33 29

99 72 65

Most Kickoff Returns Yards in a Game 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Herman Hunter vs. Mississippi Valley St. (11/13/82) 262 Darion Hall vs Eastern Kentucky (11/1/14) 174 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie vs. UT Martin (11/17/07) 171 JaJuan Spillman at Alabama A&M (08/03/08) 144 Chris Rowland at Murray State (10/29/16) 142

Most Kickoff Returns Yards in a Season 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Chris Rowland, 2016 Avion Black, 1999 Marcus Dowdell, 1991 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 2007 Patrick Jenkins, 2002 Craig Hodge, 1987 Anthony Owens, 1990 Herman Hunter, 1983

1. 2. 3. 4.

Darrell Williams, 1994 Deâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ante Saunders, 2013 Jarrick Hillery, 1998 Herman Hunter, 1984

40 33 32 31

Most Punt Return Yards in a Season

Most Kickoff Returns in a Career

Most Punts in a Career 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Most Punt Returns in a Season

Most Punting Yards in a Career

965 958 915 806 797 750 717 703

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Noland Smith, 1966 Darrell Williams, 1994 Craig Hodge, 1987 Jarrick Hillery, 1998 Patrick Jenkins, 1999 Ben Robinson, 1986 Herman Hunter, 1983 Herman Hunter, 1984 Chris Johnson, 2007

572 445 398 382 311 285 275 258 240

Most Punt Return Yards in a Career 1. Noland Smith, 1963-66 2. Carlos Wright (67-767), 2000-03 3. Patrick Jenkins (80-688), 1999-02

1,933 767 688

Longest Punt Return in a Game 1. Crow Carter vs. West Virginia State, 1951 94 2. Weldon Garlington vs. Southeast Missouri St. (10/08/11) 91 3. Chris Johnson vs. Murray State (11/03/07) 77

Punt Return Average in a Career 1. Noland Smith, 1963-66

19.3

Punt Return Touchdowns in a Season 1. Noland Smith, 1966

Punt Return Touchdowns in a Career 1. Noland Smith, 1963-66

Most Kickoff Returns Yards in a Career 1. Herman Hunter, 1981-84 2. Carlos Wright, 2000-03

2,285 1,501

Highest Kickoff Return Average in a Career

1. Tyrone Butterfield, 1997-98 2. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 2004-07 3. Julius Hull, 1999-00

26.5 24.3 21.29

Longest Kickoff Return in a Game

At Southeast Missouri State on Oct. 13th, 2012, Trabis Ward ran for 267 yards and four touchdowns while carrying the ball a school record 43 times.

T1. 100, Five Players ( Avion Black had two in 1999) Last, Darion Hall vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/1/14)

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RECORDS - DEFENSE Interceptions in a Game

Single Season Interception Return Yards

1. Donald Pinson, vs. Southwestern La. (11/12/70) 5 2. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie vs. Murray State (9/6/06) 3 Justin Williams vs. Eastern Kentucky (11/19/05) 3

Interceptions in a Season 1. 2. 5. Dominique-Rodgers Cromartie starred at both foot9. ball and track while at TSU, and his athleticism helped him pick off 11 passes, which stands third all-time.

Craig Gilliam, 1966 Daniel Fitzpatrick, 2013 Brent Alexander, 1993 Roger Robinson, 1984 Steven Godbolt III, 2012 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 2006 Roger Holmes, 1985 Carl McAfee, 1984 Ezra Robinson, 2016 De’Ante Saunders, 2014 Justin Williams, 2005 Deon Giddens, 2002 Darrell Hinton, 1996 Randy Fuller, 1990

14 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5

Interceptions in a Career 1. 2. 3. 6. 8. Current head football coach Rod Reed is also TSU’s career leader in tackles with an astounding 406 from 1985-88.

Granville Lyons, 1971-74 Craig Gilliam, 1966 Daniel Fitzpatrick, 2011-14 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 2004-07 Roger Robinson, 1983-1984 Justin Williams, 2002-05 Darrell Hinton, 1995-1998 Deon Giddens, 2002-2003 Roger Holmes, 1985-1987 Steven Godbolt III, 2011-2013

19 14 11 11 11 10 10 9 9 9

Longest Interception Returns 1. 2. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Dave Coleman vs. Grambling State (11/6/79) 97 Ezra Robinson vs. Eastern Kentucky (10/15/16) 93 Garr Holland (1999) 93 Sidney Tarver, Tennessee Tech (10/13/09) 89 Danny Taylor at Grambling State (10/11/86) 89 Ahmed Safeullah vs. Prairie View A&M (9/7/02) 85 Marquez Hall, Eastern Illinois, (10/27/07) 78 Ezra Robinson at Jacksonville State (9/19/16) 72 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Murray State, (11/03/07) 71 De’Ante Saunders vs. Jackson State (9/14/2013) 71

Interception Return Yards in a Game

A recent graduate in 2011, Rico Council manned the middle linebacker spot for four seasons, placing him third in school history with 296 stops.

1. Justin Williams, Eastern Kentucky, (11/19/05) 2. Dave Coleman vs. Grambling State (11/6/79) 3. James Johnson vs. Alabama A&M (9/15/73) Fay Mitchell vs. Prairie View State (10/56) 5. Ezra Robinson vs. Eastern Kentucky (10/15/16) 6. Garr Holland (1999) 7. Sidney Tarver, Tennessee Tech (10/13/09) Danny Taylor at Grambling State (10/11/86) 9. Ahmed Safeullah vs. Prairie View A&M (9/7/02) 10. Marquez Hall, Eastern Illinois, (10/27/07)

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98 97 95 95 94 93 89 89 85 78

1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7.

Roger Robinson, 1984 Justin Williams, 2005 Ezra Robinson, 2016 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 2007 Daniel Fitzpatrick, 2013 Mark McCutcheon, 1990 Brent Alexander, 1993

176 165 149 140 140 139 121

Career Interception Return Yards 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 2004-07 Justin Williams, 2002-05 Ezra Robinson, 2014-16 Roger Robinson, 1984 Ahmed Safeullah, 2002-03 Daniel Fitzpatrick, 2011-14 Mark McCutcheon, 1990 Brent Alexander, 1993

281 250 221 176 145 140 139 121

Tackles in a Game 1. Kalvin Baker vs. UT Martin, (11/17/07) 2. Nick Thrasher vs Eastern Kentucky (11/1/14) Wesley Holmes at UT Martin, (09/17/05) James Dumervill, at Samford (10/25/03) Jermaine Beale (11/9/02) Jermaine Beale (11/27/99) 7. Nick Thrasher at Southeast Mo. (10/4/14) Nick Thrasher at Jacksonville State (10/20/12) Kalvin Baker vs. Eastern Illinois (10/27/07) 10. Rico Council at Southeast Missouri State (10/9/10)

18 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 15

Tackles in a Season 1. Rod Reed, 1987 2. Michael Hegman, 1974 3. Elliot Pilton, 1991 4. Simon Shanks, 1989 5. Fred Robinson, 1987 6. Nick Thrasher, 2014 7. James Derico, 1984 8. Ryan Falker, 1995 9. Rod Reed, 1986 10. Jermaine Beale, 2002 Lee Smith Jr., 1987 Nick Thrasher, 2013

197 158 152 141 132 128 115 113 111 110 110 110

Tackles in a Career 1. Roderick Reed, 1985-88 2. Nick Thrasher, 2011-14 3. Randy Fuller, 1990-93 4. Rico Council, 2008-11 5. Brent Alexander, 1991-93 6. Jermaine Beale, 1999-02 7. Daniel Fitzpatrick, 2011-14 8. Simon Shanks, 1989-90 9. Elliot Pilton, 1990-91 10. Lee Smith, 1987-90

406 358 308 293 283 271 261 246 210 206

RECORDS DEFENSE CONT. Solo Tackles in a Season Sacks in a Season 1. Elliot Pilton, 1991 2. Simon Shanks, 1989 3 Ryan Falker, 1995 Simon Shanks, 1990 5. Sheldrick Hawkins, 1991 6. Darrell Williams, 1994 Rod Reed, 1987 8. Randy Fuller, 1991 9. Chuck Price, 1989 10. Rod Reed, 1988 Nick Thrasher 2013

119 107 82 82 78 77 77 71 70 69 69

1. Joe “Turkey” Jones, 1968 2. Richard Dent, 1982 3. Mike Robinson, 1985 4. Paul Thomas, 2003 Lamar Carter, 1996 Anthony Pleasant, 1988 Onzy Elam, 1986 Ed “Too Tall” Jones, 1978 9. Gabe Terry, 2014 10. Alex Carter, 1984

19.0 14.0 13.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 11.5 10.0

Sacks in a Career Tackles For Loss in a Game 1. 2. 3.

Eric Joyce, vs. Florida A&M, (09/22/01) Jermaine Beale, Alabama A&M (09/01/01) Larry Williford at Murray State (11/22/08) Shaun Richardson at Austin Peay (9/15/07)

5.0 4.5 4.0 4.0

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Richard Dent, 1979-82 Cleveland Elam, 1971-74 Lamar Carter, 1996-99 Ed “Too Tall” Jones, 1970-73 Claude Humphrey, 1964-67 Joe “Turkey” Jones, 1967-69

45 Also the first TSU football player enshrined in the NFL 42 Hall of Fame, Richard Dent is the Tigers’ all-time sack 40.5 leader with 45 from 1979-82. 40 39 38

Tackles For Loss in a Season 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8.

Jermaine Beale, 2001 Lamar Carter, 1996 Paul Thompson, 2003 Jermaine Beale, 2002 Lamar Carter, 1999 Larry Floyd, 1999 Michael Holcey, 1994 Shaun Richardson, 2007 Brent Sterling, 1999 Anthony Bass, 2013

22.0 21.0 20.0 18.0 18.0 16.5 16.0 14.5 14.5 14.5

Tackles For Loss in a Career 1. Jermaine Beale, 1999-02 2. Danny Roberson,1999-01 3. Paul Thomas, 2003-04

One of the most iconic TSU football players of alltime, Ed “Too Tall” Jones recorded an even 40 sacks which puts him fourth in the record book.

50 37.5 34

Sacks in a Game 1. 2. 3. 4.

Joe “Turkey” Jones, vs. Kentucky State (09/03/68) Walter Reese, vs. Howard, (10/06/01) Lamar Carter, vs. Eastern Kentucky (10/30/99) Ebenezer Ogondeko vs. Murray State (11/17/15) Gabe Terry at Murray State (11/22/15) Detorrius Shipley at Murray State (11/22/15) Gabe Terry vs. Florida A&M (9/27/15) Kellen Woodard, vs. Florida A&M, (09/27/08) Maurice Davis vs. SE Missouri State (11/11/06)

7.0 4.0 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0

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RECORDS - TEAM

1998 Ohio Valley Conference Champions Total Offense - Game

Most Yards Gained: 780, vs. District of Columbia (11/5/83) Most Yards Gained: Both Teams, 1,182 vs. Eastern Illinois (11/2/2002); 1,153 vs. Mississippi Valley State (11/13/82)

Passes Defended

Fewest Passes Completed: 0, vs. Morris Brown (10/3/64)

Rushing

Lowest Percentage Completed (Min. 10 atts.): 14.3%, (2-14), vs. Middle Tennessee State (9/3/88)

Passing

Fewest Yards: 0, vs. Morris Brown (10/3/64)

Most Yards: 410, vs. UT Martin (11/5/77)

Most Yards Gained: 517, at Murray State (11/14/98) Most Passes Intercepted: 7, at Grambling State (10/11/80) Most Yards Gained, Both Teams: 911, at Murray State (11/14/80) Touchdown Passes: 8, vs. Kentucky State (11/24/66); vs. Kentucky State (10/20/84)

Scoring

Most Points: 98, vs. Mississippi Industrial, 1935 Most Points, Both Teams: 104, TSU 63 vs. Mississippi Valley State 41 (11/13/82) Greatest Margin of Victory: 98, vs. Mississippi Industrial, 1935

Greatest Margin of Defeat: 50, at Tennessee Tech, (11/10/2001)

Most Passes Intercepted: 8, vs. Southwestern Louisiana (12/12/70)

First Downs

Fewest First Downs: 0, vs. Morris Brown (10/3/64) Fewest Rushing First Downs: 0, vs. Morris Brown (10/3/64) Fewest Passing First Downs: 0, several times, last vs. Southern (11/12/88)

Fumbles

Most Fumbles: 9, vs. Parsons (11/21/70) Most Fumbles Lost: 6, vs. Parsons (11/21/70)

Total Offense - Season

Most Yards Per Game: 467.2 (1998) Highest Average Per Play: 6.71 (1956) Most Yards: 5,139 (1998)

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Most Touchdowns: 63 (1984) Fewest Yards Per Game: 222.8 (1952) Lowest Average Per Play: 3.97 (1975) Fewest Yards: 2,067 (1957) Fewest Touchdowns: 13 (1962)

Rushing Offense

Most Yards: 2,698 (1956) Most Yards Per Game: 269.8 (1956) Highest Average Per Carry: 6.27 (1956) Most Touchdowns: 29 (1964) Fewest Yards: 707 (1991) Fewest Yards Per Game: 64.3 (1991) Lowest Average Per Carry: 2.2 (1991) Most Rushing Plays: 528 (1986) Fewest Rushing Plays: 288 (1964)

Passing Offense

Most Passes Attempted: 475 (2014) Most Passes Completed: 257 (2014) Most Yards: 3,765 (1984) Most Yards Per Game: 342.2 (1984) Highest Completion Percentage: 61.6% (175 of 284) 2008 Most Touchdown Passes: 42 (1984) Fewest Passes Attempted: 70 (1957) Fewest Passes Completed: 28 (1957) Fewest Yards: 505 (1962) Fewest Yards Per Game: 56.1 (1962) Lowest Completion Percentage: 29.9% (43 of 143) 1953 Most Interceptions: 25 (1972) Fewest Interceptions: 4 (2013)

RECORDS - TEAM Scoring

Kickoff Returns

First Downs (Since 1971) Most First Downs: 270 (2001) Most Rushing First Downs: 105 (1994) Most Passing First Downs: 169 (1984) Most Penalty First Downs: 31 (2001) Fewest First Downs: 111 (1975) Fewest Rushing First Downs: 40 (1971) Fewest Passing First Downs: 56 (1975) Fewest Penalty First Downs: 9 (1991)

Fumbles

Most Points: 450 (1984) Most Points Per Game: 40.9 (1984) Most Touchdowns: 63 (1984) Most PAT Made: 53 (1984) Most Field Goals Made: 18 (2003)

Punting

Most Punts: 82 (1986) Fewest Punts: 20 (1964) Highest Average Per Punt: 45.1 (1990)

Most Kickoff Returns: 65 (2011) Fewest Kickoff Returns: 16 (1974) Most Yards: 1,256 (1999) Fewest Yards: 305 (1974)

Most Fumbles: 44 (1978) Most Fumbles Lost: 25 (1978) Fewest Fumbles: 10 (1987) Fewest Fumbles Lost: 2 (1987)

Penalties (Since 1977)

Most Penalties: 162 (1981) Most Yards Penalized: 1,536 (1981) Fewest Penalties: 73 (1987) Fewest Yards Penalized: 587 (2011)

Rushing Defense

Total Defense Fewest Yards: 1,046 (1957) Fewest Touchdowns: 6 (1957) Most Yards: 4,870 (2011)

Fewest Yards: 302 (1954) Fewest Yards Per Game: -12.3 (1965) Lowest Average Per Play: -0.37 (1965) Fewest Touchdowns: 2 (1954) Most Yards: 2,508 (1992) Most Yards Per Game: 228.0 (1992) Highest Average Per Play: 5.2 (1992)

Punt Returns

Passing Defense

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Most Punt Returns: 43 (1986) Fewest Punt Returns: 10 (2011) Most Yards: 568 (1973) Fewest Yards: 83 (1988)

Fewest Yards: 333 (1957-6 games); 565 (1963-9 games) Fewest Yards Per Game: 55.5 (1957) Fewest Yards Per Attempt: 3.92 (1977) Fewest Yds Per Completion: 10.74 (1970)

Lowest Completion Percentage: 27.5% (1955) Fewest Touchdowns: 1 (1956) Most Interceptions By: 28 (1984) Most Yards on Interceptions: 426 (1984) Most TDs on Interceptions: 5 (1971, 1986) Highest Completion Percentage: 59.5% (2016) Most Yards: 2,904 (2011) Most Yards Per Attempt: 7.8 (1995) Most Yards Per Completion: 21.05 (1953)

Scoring

Fewest Points: 40 (1957) Fewest Points Per Game: 6.4 (1956) Most Points: 331 (2016) Most Points Per Game: 30.1 (2016)

First Downs (Since 1971)

Fewest First Downs: 132 (1978) Fewest Rushing First Downs: 60 (1984) Fewest Passing First Downs: 52 (1984) Fewest Penalty First Downs: 9 (1996) Most First Downs: 232 (2016) Most Rushing First Downs: 134 (1991) Most Passing First Downs: 103 (2016) Most Penalty First Downs: 36 (1986)

Fumbles (Since 1977)

Most Fumbles Caused: 41 (1983) Most Fumbles Recovered: 22 (1977) Fewest Fumbles Caused: 10 (2014) Fewest Fumbles Recovered: 9, 3x (2016)

The 1957 Tigers with six games played are statistically known as the best defense in TSU history. The team gave up the fewest total yards (1,046), touchdowns (6) and passing yards in a season

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YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS TOTAL OFFENSE Year Name 1952 Roy Kimble (HB) 1953 Fred Valentine (QB) 1954 Fred Valentine (QB) 1955 Robert Crawford (QB) 1956 Jesse Wilburn (HB) 1957 Jesse Wilburn (HB) 1958 Wilbur Suesberry (QB) 1959 Henry Arnold (HB) 1960 Henry Arnold (HB) 1961 Henry Arnold (HB) 1962 Charlie Powell (QB) Stanley Randle (RB) 1963 David Boone (QB) 1964 Eldridge Dickey (QB) 1965 Eldridge Dickey (QB) 1966 Eldridge Dickey (QB) 1967 Eldridge Dickey (QB) 1968 Bob Shannon (QB) 1969 Joe Gilliam, Jr. (QB) 1970 Joe Gilliam, Jr. (QB) 1971 Joe Gilliam, Jr. (QB) 1972 Kenneth Pettiford (QB) 1973 Kenneth Pettiford (QB) 1974 Lonnie Stewart (QB) 1975 Austin Thompson (QB) 1976 Austin Thompson (QB) 1977 Joe Adams (QB) 1978 Joe Adams (QB) 1979 Joe Adams (QB) 1980 Joe Adams (QB) 1981 Brian Ransom (QB) 1982 Kenneth Biggles (QB) 1983 Kenneth Biggles (QB) 1984 Kenneth Biggles (QB) 1985 Gilbert Renfroe (QB) 1986 Stacy Grear (QB) 1987 Stacy Grear (QB) 1988 Chauncey Hines (QB) 1989 Chauncey Hines (QB) 1990 James Wade (QB) 1991 James Wade (QB) 1992 James Wade (QB) 1993 Daryl Williams (QB) 1994 Daryl Williams (QB) 1995 Daryl Williams (QB) 1996 Todd Valentine (QB) 1997 Leon Murray (QB) 1998 Leon Murray (QB) 1999 Leon Murray (QB) 2000 Kenton Evans (QB) 2001 Shannon Harris (QB) 2002 Dwayne Buchanan (QB) 2003 Charles Anthony (RB) 2004 Charles Anthony (RB) 2005 Richard Hartman (QB) 2006 Antonio Heffner (QB) 2007 Antonio Heffner (QB) 2008 Antonio Heffner (QB) 2009 Calvin McNairl (QB)

Plays 51 70 143 65 110 67 123 130 89 71 55 64 274 105 239 146 292 230 153 235 331 281 308 229 124 275 178 334 382 362 426 278 274 296 466 365 249 302 303 337 243 424 338 353 285 390 331 411 249 300 445 187 324 306 247 278 265 365 272

Rush. Pass. Total Yds. Yds. Yds. 361 145 606 15 575 590 30 1,279 1,309 0 410 410 688 193 881 421 45 466 -8 777 769 696 0 696 477 0 477 421 0 421 123 127 250 250 0 250 199 1,226 1,425 181 1,133 1,238 61 1,837 1,899 46 1,812 1,858 68 1,654 1,722 -25 1,284 1,259 -31 1,220 1,189 -96 1,530 1,434 34 2,116 2,150 -86 1,748 1,662 -138 1,762 1,624 -162 1,377 1,215 -109 649 540 -66 1,729 1,663 -113 1,001 888 -230 2,328 2,098 -238 2,476 2,238 -96 2,848 2,752 -209 3,182 2,973 25 2,001 2,026 -29 1,798 1,769 -1 2,242 2,241 36 2,492 2,528 -58 1,925 1,867 -88 1,316 1,228 279 1,096 1,375 202 1,301 1,503 -99 2,052 1,953 -110 2,020 1,910 60 2,541 2,601 319 1,813 2,132 214 1,531 1,745 8 1,441 1,449 -94 2,080 1,986 -67 2,207 2,140 54 3,002 3,056 64 1,998 2,062 -36 1,952 1,916 129 3,008 3,137 73 842 915 1,708 0 1,708 1,739 0 1,739 -116 1293 1,177 172 1668 1,840 337 1486 1,823 503 2239 2,742 628 920 1,548

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Jeremy Perry (QB) Michael German (QB) Michael German (QB) Ronald Butler (QB) Michael German (QB) O’Shay Ackerman-Carter (QB) Ronald Butler (QB)

RUSHING Year Name 1952 Willie Carter 1953 Roy Kimble 1954 Lee Derrick 1955 Jesse Wilburn 1956 Jesse Wilburn 1957 Jesse Wilburn 1958 Andrew Earthman 1959 Henry Arnold 1960 Henry Arnold 1961 Henry Arnold 1962 Stanley Randle 1963 Eugene Bowen 1964 Eugene Bowen 1965 Bill Tucker 1966 Eugene Bowen 1967 Wayne Reese 1968 Wayne Reese 1969 Wayne Reese 1970 Alfred Reese 1971 Fred Lane 1972 Alfred Reese 1973 Nathaniel Jackson 1974 Nathaniel Simpson 1975 Nathaniel Simpson 1976 Lawrence Barnes 1977 Ralph Carnahan 1978 Larry Kinnebrew 1979 Aaron Jones 1980 Henry Foster 1981 Morris Harris 1982 Larry Kinnebrew 1983 Mickey Avery 1984 Marlon Johnson 1985 Marlon Johnson 1986 Steve Griffin 1987 Melvin Waters 1988 Melvin Waters 1989 Tim Cross 1990 Tim Cross 1991 Chad McCollam 1992 Darron Davis 1993 Darron Davis 1994 Darron Davis 1995 Jarrick Hillery 1996 Lamarr Wallace 1997 Calvin Davenport 1998 DeJuan Marshall 1999 Amariah Robb 2000 Amariah Robb 2001 Charles Anthony 2002 Charles Anthony

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280 276 404 291 422 216 348

19 71 40 103 1 23 476

1,469 1,899 2,751 1,405 2,846 1,279 2,132

Carries Yards Avg. 71 462 6.5 59 510 8.6 96 827 8.6 57 347 6.1 101 688 6.8 61 421 6.9 59 215 3.6 129 696 5.4 89 477 5.4 71 421 5.9 64 250 3.9 67 316 4.7 83 398 4.8 130 536 4.1 107 443 4.1 127 507 4.0 106 420 4.0 113 549 4.9 64 340 5.3 80 493 6.2 143 802 5.6 144 652 4.5 111 549 4.9 115 495 4.3 129 596 4.6 69 384 5.6 83 529 6.4 122 539 4.4 95 437 4.6 121 644 5.3 159 619 3.9 85 479 5.6 109 536 4.9 123 543 4.4 115 437 3.8 54 278 5.1 109 465 4.3 84 423 5.0 85 364 4.3 93 328 3.5 184 839 4.6 142 772 5.4 234 1,101 4.7 163 644 4.0 62 400 6.5 151 793 5.3 113 691 6.1 117 701 6.0 97 447 4.6 132 812 5.5 150 882 5.9

1,488 1,970 2,791 1,508 2,847 1,302 2,608 TD — 9 7 4 8 4 4 9 8 5 — 3 8 — 2 7 4 8 8 4 11 3 2 5 5 1 3 3 1 3 11 8 7 3 2 1 6 0 1 2 9 7 7 5 5 8 2 2 3 4 10

YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Charles Anthony Charles Anthony Javarris Williams Javarris Williams Javarris Williams Javarris Williams Calvin McNairl Dante’ Thomas Trabis Ward Travis Ward Tim Broughton Tom Smith Telvin Hooks Erick Evans

PASSING Year Name 1952 Clarence Thomas Bush 1953 Fred Valentine 1954 Fred Valentine 1955 Robert Crawford 1956 Robert Crawford 1957 Wilbur Suesberry 1958 Wilbur Suesberry 1959 Gloria Gardner 1960 Eugene Stewart 1961 Eugene Stewart 1962 Charles Powell 1963 David Boone 1964 Eldridge Dickey 1965 Eldridge Dickey 1966 Eldridge Dickey 1967 Eldridge Dickey 1968 Bob Shannon 1969 Joe Gilliam, Jr. 1970 Joe Gilliam, Jr. 1971 Joe Gilliam, Jr. 1972 Kenneth Pettiford 1973 Kenneth Pettiford 1974 Lonnie Stewart 1975 Austin Thompson 1976 Austin Thompson 1977 Joe Adams 1978 Joe Adams 1979 Joe Adams 1980 Joe Adams 1981 Brian Ransom 1982 Kenneth Biggles 1983 Kenneth Biggles 1984 Kenneth Biggles 1985 Gilbert Renfroe 1986 Stacy Grear 1987 Stacy Grear 1988 Chauncey Hines 1989 Chauncey Hines 1990 James Wade 1991 James Wade 1992 James Wade 1993 Daryl Williams 1994 Daryl Williams 1995 Daryl Williams

322 306 202 245 195 207 125 155 193 309 237 86 109 127

1,708 1,739 872 1233 1187 1037 628 793 978 1,422 1,234 385 424 597

Att. Cmp. 94 47 50 26 132 59 63 26 101 45 29 13 92 45 82 36 85 38 30 15 11 6 184 83 160 79 217 121 210 106 193 109 230 97 136 60 206 88 282 143 236 117 259 146 189 102 107 51 226 121 146 74 278 152 343 178 333 200 374 221 235 122 221 121 258 157 395 188 290 149 206 102 208 75 205 78 247 126 243 132 308 163 249 143 251 122 237 128

4.7 5.7 4.3 5.0 6.1 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.8 4.5 3.9 4.7

13 14 4 11 12 15 6 6 11 15 8 6 4 4

Int. Pct. Yards TD 5 50.0 608 5 6 52.0 575 8 8 43.9 1,279 14 6 41.9 410 8 9 44.6 709 10 3 44.8 282 2 9 48.9 777 6 3 43.9 570 4 6 44.7 534 6 2 50.0 247 2 3 54.5 138 1 14 45.1 1,226 5 8 49.4 1,133 12 22 55.8 1,837 18 18 50.5 1,812 25 11 56.5 1,741 12 15 42.2 1,284 11 7 44.1 1,220 10 13 42.7 1,530 15 13 50.7 2,116 25 20 49.6 1,748 22 19 56.4 1,762 25 15 54.0 1,377 17 15 47.7 649 5 17 53.5 1,729 12 12 50.7 1,001 6 16 54.7 2,328 13 17 51.9 2,476 26 21 60.1 2,848 30 18 59.1 3,182 22 13 51.9 2,001 20 10 54.8 1,798 13 7 60.9 2,242 24 12 47.6 2,492 15 13 51.4 1,925 19 11 49.5 1,316 10 6 37.0 1,096 4 16 38.0 1,301 9 12 51.0 2,052 16 11 54.3 2,020 15 12 52.9 2,541 10 13 57.4 1,813 14 13 48.6 1,531 10 11 54.0 1,441 9

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Todd Valentine Leon Murray Leon Murray Leon Murray Kenton Evans Shannon Harris Riley Walker Bryson Rosser Bryson Rosser Richard Hartman Antonio Heffner Antonio Heffner Antonio Heffner Calvin McNairl Jeremy Perry Michael German Michael German Ronald Butler Michael German O’Shay Ackerman-Carter Ronald Butler

RECEPTIONS Year Name 1952 Floyd Johnson 1953 William Reed 1954 Leon Jamison 1955 Napoleon Holmes 1956 Donald Taylor 1957 Leon Jamison 1958 Donald Taylor 1959 Aubrey Winston 1960 Charles Ferguson 1961 Edmond Francois 1962 Maurice McDonald 1963 Willie Mitchell 1964 Johnnie Robinson 1965 Johnnie Robinson 1966 Johnnie Robinson 1967 Leo Johnson 1968 Joe Cooper 1969 Joe Scales 1970 David Davis 1971 James Thaxton 1972 John Holland Ollie Smith 1973 John Holland 1974 James Matthews 1975 Loaird McCreary 1976 Jerrold McRae 1977 Jerrold McRae 1978 John Smith 1979 Mike Jones 1980 Mike Jones 1981 Mike Jones 1982 Mike Jones 1983 Golden Tate 1984 Barry Collins 1985 Quinton Johnson 1986 Steve Holloway 1987 Frank Pillow

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316 269 353 219 255 382 89 194 209 204 199 171 249 147 244 250 358 230 397 190 148

160 144 183 132 125 211 45 97 101 117 109 96 149 78 131 140 215 135 216 110 256

No. 25 18 24 13 18 8 18 17 14 7 6 28 23 32 40 51 41 21 35 37 26 26 53 31 27 30 29 45 46 55 49 47 63 59 22 32 37

11 14 12 3 12 6 5 6 6 8 11 9 12 8 6 7 10 4 15 5 9

50.6 53.5 51.8 60.3 49.0 55.2 50.6 50.0 48.3 57.4 54.8 56.1 59.8 53.1 53.7 56.0 60.1 58.7 54.4 57.9 57.8

Yards 285 284 580 177 460 188 343 222 223 115 90 478 432 630 640 716 579 366 767 641 419 446 739 490 400 432 485 770 786 934 872 979 1,307 908 329 400 597

2,080 2,207 3,002 1,998 1,952 3,008 899 1,458 1,219 1,293 1,668 1,486 2,239 920 1,469 1,899 2,751 1,405 2,846 1,279 2,132

Avg. 11.4 15.8 22.3 13.6 25.6 23.5 19.1 13.1 15.9 16.4 15.0 17.1 18.8 19.7 16.0 14.0 14.1 17.4 21.9 17.3 16.1 17.2 13.9 15.8 14.8 14.4 16.7 17.1 17.0 17.0 17.8 20.8 20.7 15.4 15.0 12.5 16.1

17 16 22 18 19 26 6 18 10 4 9 10 15 8 9 12 15 13 22 11 21 TD 1 5 9 2 2 2 1 2 4 1 0 1 4 8 6 3 5 1 8 7 5 4 11 4 4 4 7 4 8 13 6 15 13 12 4 4 4

YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS RECEPTIONS - CONTINUED Year Name 1988 Alvin Griffin 1989 Anthony Owens 1990 Patrick Robinson 1991 Patrick Robinson 1992 Charles Hunter 1993 Lawrence Segree 1994 Clarence Jones Lawrence Segree 1995 Jerome Hurd, II 1996 Juan Hall 1997 Tyrone Butterfield 1998 Tyrone Butterfield 1999 Corey Sullivan 2000 C.J. Johnson 2001 C.J. Johnson 2002 C.J. Johnson 2003 C.J. Johnson 2004 Charles Anthony 2005 Gerald Morrow 2006 Mike Mason 2007 Chris Johnson 2008 Chris Johnson Brandon Belvin 2009 Joseph Hills 2010 Joseph Hills 2011 Devin Wilson 2012 Travis James 2013 Ryan Mitchell 2014 Weldon Garlington 2015 Patrick Smith 2016 Patrick Smith RECEIVING YARDS Year Name 1952 Floyd Johnson 1953 William Reed 1954 Leon Jamison 1955 Donald Taylor 1956 Donald Taylor 1957 Leon Jamison 1958 Donald Taylor 1959 Aubrey Winston 1960 Charles Ferguson 1961 Edmond Francois 1962 Maurice McDonald 1963 Willie Mitchell 1964 Johnnie Robinson 1965 Johnnie Robinson 1966 John Robinson 1967 Leo Johnson 1968 Joe Cooper 1969 Joe Scales 1970 David Davis 1971 James Thaxton 1972 Ollie Smith 1973 John Holland 1974 James Matthews 1975 Loaird McCreary 1976 Rodney Parker

No. 17 22 39 49 54 65 54 54 53 72 59 72 62 42 50 45 57 39 40 31 41 44 44 39 40 48 55 35 58 54 61 No. 25 18 26 9 18 8 18 17 14 7 6 28 23 32 40 51 40 21 35 37 26 53 31 27 25

Yards 251 457 714 782 855 870 752 707 644 1,021 1,053 1,129 853 853 910 1,034 1,106 318 482 322 740 779 684 538 462 586 730 632 879 996 966

Avg. 14.8 20.8 18.3 16.0 15.8 13.4 13.9 13.1 12.2 14.2 17.8 15.7 13.8 20.3 18.2 23.0 19.4 8.2 12.1 10.4 18.0 17.7 15.5 13.8 11.6 12.2 13.3 18.1 15.2 18.4 15.8

TD 0 6 8 6 3 5 7 7 6 5 7 11 6 7 5 9 11 4 1 0 4 3 8 3 4 2 3 7 7 10 13

Yards 285 284 580 203 460 188 343 222 223 115 90 478 432 630 640 716 569 366 767 641 446 739 490 400 552

Avg. 11.4 15.8 22.3 22.6 25.6 23.5 19.1 13.1 15.9 16.4 15.0 17.1 18.8 19.7 16.0 14.0 14.2 17.4 21.9 17.3 17.2 13.9 15.8 14.8 22.1

TD 1 5 9 2 2 2 1 2 4 1 0 1 4 8 6 3 5 1 8 7 4 11 4 4 5

RECEIVING YARDS - CONTINUED Year Name 1977 Jerrold McRae 1978 John Smith 1979 Mike Jones 1980 Mike Jones 1981 Mike Jones 1982 Mike Jones 1983 Golden Tate 1984 Barry Collins 1985 Quinton Johnson 1986 Bart Evans 1987 Frank Pillow 1988 Alvin Griffin 1989 Anthony Owens 1990 Patrick Robinson 1991 Patrick Robinson 1992 Charles Hunter 1993 Lawrence Segree 1994 Clarence Jones 1995 Jerome Hurd, II 1996 Juan Hall 1997 Tyrone Butterfield 1998 Tyrone Butterfield 1999 Avion Black 2000 C.J. Johnson 2001 C.J. Johnson 2002 C.J. Johnson 2003 CJ. Johnson 2004 Fred Burnette 2005 Fred Burnette 2006 Chris Johnson 2007 Chris Johnson 2008 Chris Johnson 2009 Joseph Hills 2010 Joseph Hills 2011 Calvin McNairl 2012 A.C. Leonard 2013 Ryan Mitchell 2014 Weldon Garlington 2015 Patrick Smith 2016 Patrick Smith

No. 29 45 46 55 49 47 63 59 22 30 37 17 22 39 49 54 65 54 53 72 59 72 47 42 50 45 57 37 39 20 41 44 39 40 41 51 35 58 54 61

Yards 485 770 786 934 872 979 1,307 908 329 406 597 251 457 714 782 855 870 752 644 1,021 1,053 1,129 894 853 910 1,034 1,106 624 503 410 740 779 538 462 735 733 632 879 996 966

Avg. 16.7 17.1 17.0 17.0 17.8 20.8 20.7 15.4 15.0 13.5 16.1 14.8 20.8 18.3 16.0 15.8 13.4 13.9 12.2 14.2 17.8 15.7 19.0 20.3 18.2 23.0 19.4 16.9 12.9 20.5 18.0 17.7 13.8 11.6 17.9 14.4 18.1 15.2 18.4 15.8

TD 7 4 8 13 6 15 13 12 4 2 4 0 6 8 6 3 5 7 6 5 7 11 8 7 5 9 11 6 3 4 4 3 3 4 7 6 7 7 10 13

SCORING Year Name TD PAT CV FG PTS 1952 Roy Kimble 5 30 Matthew Maiden 5 30 1953 Roy Kimble 9 54 1954 Leon Jamison 9 54 1955 Fay Mitchell 7 42 1956 Fay Mitchell 17 102 1957 Wilbur Suesberry 4 7/15 31 1958 Wilbur Suesberry 4 6/7 30 1959 Henry Arnold 9 54 1960 Henry Arnold 8 48 1961 Henry Arnold 5 30 1962 John Kenney 2 2 16 1963 Charlie Powell 5 30 1964 Eugene Bowens 8 2 52 1965 Johnnie Robinson 8 1 50 1966 Nolan Smith 12 72

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YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS SCORING - CONTINUED Year Name TD PAT CV FG PTS 1967 Wayne Reese 10 60 1968 Albert Davis 6 36 1969 Jacob Mayes 13 78 1970 Alfred Reese 9 40/48 6/9 112 1971 Alfred Reese 7 17/24 0/1 59 1972 Alfred Reese 11 34/38 4/7 112 1973 Larry Dorsey 13 78 1974 James Matthews 4 31/34 7/9 76 1975 Nathaniel Simpson 5 30 1976 Nathaniel Simpson 6 36 1977 Jerrold McRae 7 42 1978 Larry Watkins 21/28 8/10 45 1979 Larry Watkins 34/40 13/18 73 1980 Mike Jones 13 78 1981 Jackie Coffee 9 54 1982 Mike Jones 15 90 1983 Herman Hunter 13 78 Golden Tate 13 78 1984 Barry Collins 12 1 74 1985 David Hood 20/- 8/- 44 1986 Quinton Crawford 6 1 34 1987 André Sherrill 22/24 6/8 40 1988 Melvin Waters 6 36 1989 Anthony Owens 6 42 1990 J.J. Flournoy 30/32 10/11 60 1991 Patrick Robinson 6 36 1992 Darron Davis 9 1 56 1993 Darron Davis 7 42 1994 Darron Davis 8 48 1995 Jerome Hurd 6 36 1996 Lamarr Wallace 7 42 1997 Calvin Davenport 9 54 1998 Tyrone Butterfield 11 66 1999 Donell Brantley 13 78 2000 Julius Hull 8 48 2001 Joey Hudak 42/48 10/15 72 2002 Charles Anthony 11 2/2 70 2003 Charles Anthony 15 1/2 92 2004 Charles Anthony 16 0-1 96 2005 Eric Benson 12/13 6/8 30 2006 Javarris Williams 12 72 2007 Javarris Williams 12 72 2008 Javarris Williams 16 96 2009 Calvin McNairl 6 36 2010 Jamin Godfrey 21/24 9/18 48 2011 Jamin Godfrey 37/39 16/24 85 2012 Trabis Ward 15 90 2013 Jamin Godfrey 43/45 18/29 97 2014 Lane Clark 26/28 8/15 50 2015 Patrick Smith 10 60 2016 Lane Clark 38/42 17/25 89 PUNT RETURN Year Name 1966 Noland Smith 1999 Avion Black 2000 Carlos Wright 2002 Patrick Jenkins 2003 Jarrett Morrow

TD 4 0 1 0 0

AVG 19 12.1 13.8 13.8 19.4

ATT 27 9 16 5 5

YDS 513 109 220 69 97

PUNT RETURN - CONTINUED Year Name 2004 Jarrett Morrow 2005 Gerald Morrow 2006 Jarrett Morrow 2007 Chris Johnson 2008 Chris Johnson 2009 Eugene Clifford 2010 Ryan Berry 2011 Weldon Garlington 2012 Weldon Garlington 2013 De’Ante Saunders 2014 De’Ante Saunders 2015 Patrick Smith 2016 Chris Rowland

TD 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

AVG ATT YDS 8.8 25 219 7.8 15 177 7.6 11 84 12.0 20 240 13.3 7 93 5.8 13 75 9.2 14 129 19.4 9 175 5.5 13 71 5.8 33 190 7.6 24 183 8.4 15 126 8.5 13 111

KICK RETURN Year Name 1999 Avion Black 2000 Carlos Wright 2001 Patrick Jenkins 2003 Carlos Wright 2004 Gerald Morrow 2005 Denard Cox 2006 Jarrett Morrow 2007 D. Rodgers-Cromartie 2008 JaJuan Spillman 2009 Travis James 2010 Julian Mallory 2011 Weldon Garlington 2012 Weldon Garlington 2013 Martine Stevenson 2014 Darion Hall 2015 Gabe Scott 2016 Chris Rowland

TD 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

AVG ATT YDS 36.9 26 958 21.4 20 427 22.0 24 527 21.2 16 338 21.7 19 412 22.8 11 244 20.1 15 301 24.4 33 806 24.9 28 697 21.6 15 324 20.9 15 315 20.9 26 544 18.8 21 395 23.2 18 419 28.4 16 455 16.7 18 301 23.0 42 965

INTERCEPTIONS Year Name INT YDS TD 1966 Craig Gilliam 16 1983 Ronald Howard 4 1985 Roger Holmes 6 16 1986 Ronald Johnson 3 18 0 1987 Leon Garlington 2 41 0 Ben Robinson 2 0 0 Tony Stargell 2 9 0 Albert Thomas 2 0 0 1988 Roger Jones 2 40 0 1989 Joe Stone 4 56 1 1990 Randy Fuller 5 81 0 1991 Lamont Wortham 3 13 0 1993 Brent Alexander 8 121 0 1994 Cedric Davis 4 50 0 1995 Benny Gaston 4 34 1 1996 Darrell Hinton 5 50 0 1997 Jarrick Hillery 3 49 0 Darrell Hinton 3 41 0 1998 Jarrick Hillery 4 35 0 1999 Bennie Zeigler 3 59 0 2000 Chane Price 3 46 1 2001 Ahmed Safeeullah 4 76 0 Marquis Stephens 4 36 0 2002 Deon Giddens 5 3 0

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YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS INTERCEPTIONS - CONTINUED Year Name INT YDS TD 2003 Deon Giddens 4 6 0 2004 Justin Williams 5 85 1 2005 Justin Williams 5 165 1 2006 D. Rodgers-Cromartie 6 37 0 2007 D. Rodgers-Cromartie 2 140 2 2008 Eugene Clifford 3 81 1 Larry Williford 3 32 0 Anthony Levine 3 29 0 2009 Eugene Clifford 2 69 1 Ty’Ron Johnson 2 14 1 Anthony Levine 2 70 0 2010 Eugene Clifford 4 47 0 2011 Steven Godbolt 2 0 0 2012 Steven Godbolt 6 67 0 2013 Daniel Fitzpatrick 8 140 3 2014 De’Ante Saunders 5 49 1 2015 Javon Brandon 2 34 0 Ezra Robinson 2 72 0 2016 Ezra Robinson 5 149 2 TACKLES Year Name 1978 Aaron Joseph 1983 Ronald Howard 1984 James Derico 1985 James Derico 1986 Rod Reed 1987 Rod Reed 1988 Rod Reed 1989 Simon Shanks 1990 Simon Shanks 1991 Elliot Pilton 1993 Brent Alexander 1994 Darrell Williams 1995 Ryan Falker 1996 T.J. Smith 1997 Brent Sterling 1998 Brent Sterling 1999 Brent Sterling 2000 Marquis Stephens 2001 Walter Reese 2002 Jermaine Beale 2003 James Dumervil 2004 Paul Thomas 2005 Jamar Landrom 2006 Daniel Williams 2007 Ramond Willis 2008 Rico Council 2009 John Jones, Jr. 2010 Eugene Clifford 2011 Rico Council 2012 Nick Thrasher 2013 Nick Thrasher 2014 Nick Thrasher 2015 Chris Collins 2016 Chris Collins

TOT 67 72 115 87 111 197 100 141 105 152 113 100 113 81 86 81 92 71 83 110 91 59 91 65 84 67 70 83 87 105 110 128 79 87

56 76 51 60 77 69 107 82 119 81 77 82 51 47 46 48 50 51 64 45 35 61 35 50 40 41 44 49 68 69 69 38 58

16 39 36 51 120 31 34 23 33 32 23 31 30 39 35 44 21 32 46 46 24 30 30 34 27 29 39 38 37 41 59 41 29

TACKLES FOR LOSS Year Name 1988 Anthony Pleasant 1989 Chuck Price 1990 Elliot Pilton Lee Smith Bernard Wilson 1991 Elliot Pilton Bernard Wilson 1993 Gerome Gardner 1994 Michael Holcey 1995 Ryan Falker 1996 Lamar Carter 1997 Brent Sterling 1998 Lamar Carter 1999 Lamar Carter 2000 Desmond Scantling Walter Reese 2001 Jermaine Beale 2002 Jermaine Beale 2003 Paul Thomas 2004 Paul Thomas 2005 Jamar Landrom 2006 Shaun Richardson 2007 Shaun Richardson 2008 Maurice Davis 2009 John Jones, Jr. Kellen Woodard 2010 Marcus Broxie 2011 Antonio Harper 2012 Nick Thrasher 2013 Anthony Bass 2014 Anthony Bass Samquan Evans 2015 Ebenezer Ogundeko Rodney Edwatds 2016 Ebenezer Ogundeko

TOT YDS 14 71 10 40 10 51 10 55 10 60 6 18 6 8 13 52 16 77 11.5 39 21 126 12 26 13 80 17.5 84 13 66 13 87 21 68 18 42 20 98 14 47 12.5 52 8 40 14.5 82 11.5 46 8.5 18 8.5 32 10.5 34 9.0 34 9.0 27 14.5 79 12.5 56 12.5 47 10.0 52 10.0 34 11.0 58

SACKS Year Name TOT 1983 Charles Buchanan 8 1984 Alex Carter 10 1985 Mike Robinson 13 1986 Onzy Elam 12 1987 Bryan Williams 5.5 1988 Anthony Pleasant 14 1989 Anthony Pleasant 7 1990 Lee Smith 7 1991 Elliot Pilwon 7.5 1993 Gerome Gardner 6 Robert Hillman 6 1994 Michael Holcey 8 1995 Benny Gaston 3.5 1996 Lamar Carter 12 1997 Lamar Carter 8 1998 Lamar Carter 9.5 1999 Lamar Carter 12 2000 Desmond Scantling 8 2001 Walter Reese 8 2002 Keith Rogers 3 2003 Paul Thomas 12

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YDS

49 54 38 48 53 22 95 57 73 73 50 42 26 72

YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS SACKS -CONTINUED Year Name 2004 Jonathan Edwards 2005 Jamar Landrom Courtney Richardson 2006 Maurice Davis Jonathan Edwards 2007 Shaun Richardson 2008 Marcus Broxie Rodney Fritz 2009 Kellen Woodard 2010 Rico Council 2011 Antonio Harper 2012 Anthony Bass Antonio Harper 2013 Anthony Bass 2014 Gabe Terry 2015 Ebenezer Ogundeko 2016 Ebenezer Ogundeko

TOT YDS 3 19 4 26 4 14 3 19 3 16 7 61 6 27 5 30 5 17 4 18 6.5 31 4 31 4 18 10 47 11.5 95 5 40 5.5 33

FORCED FUMBLES Year Name 1993 Randy Fuller Jim Lackey 1994 Michael Holcey 1995 Richard Freeman Benny Gaston Jim Lackey Eric McCray 1996 Brian Hubbard 1997 Lamar Carter 1998 Lamar Carter Brent Sterling 1999 Danny Roberson 2000 Desmond Scantling 2001 B. McCartherenes 2003 Wesley Holmes 2004 Paul Thomas 2005 Jamar Landrom 2006 Nikkieda Rutland 2007 Shaun Richardson 2008 Larry Williford 2009 (10 players) 2010 Eugene Clifford 2011 John Jones Antonio Harper Andrew Taylor 2012 Daniel Fitzpatrick Stephen Godbolt III 2013 Nick Thasher 2014 Daniel Fitzpatrick Samquan Evans Gabe Terry 2015 Javon Brandon Latrelle Lee Trevion Duncan 2016 Laquarius Cook FUMBLES RECOVERED Year Name 1988 Rod Reed

TOT 4

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TOT 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 5 2 4 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3

FUMBLES RECOVERED - CONTINUED Year Name TOT RET YDS TD 1989 Kenny Jones 4 1990 Elliot Pilton 3 1991 William Tucker 3 1993 Richard Freeman 2 Gerome Gardner 2 Thomas Jackson 2 William Tucker 2 Nate Wellington 2 1994 Michael Holcey 3 1 34 1995 Clifford Green 2 2 96 2 1996 Lamar Carter 2 Kato Smith 2 1997 Jon Mitchell 3 1998 Ligarius Jennings 3 1999 Brent Sterling 3 2000 Chane Price 4 2 18 1 2001 Curley Grayson 3 2002 Isa Rahman 2 2003 Justin Williams 2 2004 D. Rodgers-Cromartie 2 1 2 1 2005 9 Players 1 2006 7 Players 1 2007 D. Rodgers-Cromartie 2 2008 Eugene Clifford 2 Remond Willis 2 2009 Eugene Clifford 2 1 78 1 2010 Brandon Bather 2 2 2011 3 players 2 2012 7 players 1 2013 Nick Thrasher 3 2014 9 players 1 2015 Rodney Edwards 2 2016 Ebenezer Ogundeko 2 PASS BREAK-UPS Year Name TOT 1988 Roger Jones 7 1989 Tony Stargell 11 1990 Roger Jones 20 1991 Randy Fuller 11 1993 Brent Alexander 7 Randy Fuller 7 1994 Cedric Davis 10 1995 Clifford Green 11 1996 Clifford Green 17 1997 Eric Joyce 10 1998 Ligarius Jennings 11 1999 Ligarius Jennings 14 2000 Ligarius Jennings 12 2001 Dion Giddens 8 2002 Scott Cunningham 19 2003 Deon Giddens 6 2004 Paul Thomas 5 2005 Jamal Landrom 4 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie 4 2006 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie 7 2007 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie 11 2008 Rico Council 4 2009 Marquez Hall 9

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YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Eugene Clifford Stephen Godbolt Andrew Taylor Daniel Fitzpatrick De’Ante Saunders De’Ante Saunders Bernell Brooks Ezra Robinson Terrell Bonds Terrell Bonds

10 7 7 8 9 6 6 7 7 12

BLOCKED KICKS Year Name TOT 1993 Brent Alexander 2 1994 David Bell (PAT) 1 Cedric Davis (Punt) 1 Darrell Williams (FG) 1 1995 Lamar Barker (Punt) 1 Benny Gaston (FG) 1 1996 Lamar Carter (Punt) 1 Brian Hubbard (PAT) 1 1997 Jarrick Hillery (FG) 1 1998 Donell Brantley (Punt) 1 Jarrick Hillery (FG) 1 KaRon Key (Punt) 1 1999 Ed Sanders (FG) 2 2000 (3 players) 1 2001 Dion Giddens 2 Marquis Stephens 2 2002 Steve Farmer 3 2003 Paul Thomas 2 2004 Paul Thomas 5 2005 Frantzy Dorlean 1 Almonte Duncan 1 Dom. Rodgers-Cromartie 1 Daniel Williams 1 2006 Jonathan Edwards 2 2007 Dom. Rodgers-Cromartie 4 2008 Kellen Woodard 1 2009 Rodney Fritz 1 2010 Lamar Wallace 2 2011 Donte’e Nicholls 1 2012 3 Players 1 2013 6 Players 1 2014 Samquan Evans (PAT, PAT) 2 2015 David Kamara (Punt) 1 Ty Law (Punt) 1 2016 Ebenezer Ogundeko (PAT) 1

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OUTSTANDING SINGLE GAME PERFORMANCES 200 - Yard Rushing Games

285 - Charles Anthony vs. Samford 267 - Trabis Ward at Southeast Missouri 248 - Charles Anthony vs. Southeast Missouri 233 - Darron Davis at Austin Peay State 233 - Preston Brown vs. Florida A&M 230 - Lee Derrick vs. Bluefield State 229 - Javarris Williams vs. Florida A&M 218 - Preston Brown vs. Jackson State 213 - Amariah Robb vs. Tennessee Tech 203 - Charles Middlebrooks vs. UT-Martin 202 - Charles Anthony vs. Alabama A&M

100 - Yard Rushing Games

10/23/04 10/13/12 11/06/04 10/16/93 9/25/10 11/25/54 9/30/06 9/11/10 11/06/99 11/05/77 9/04/04

195 Javarris Williams vs. Tennessee Tech 10/14/06 195 Javarris Williams vs. Austin Peay 10/18/08 194 Charles Anthony at Murray State 11/22/03 194 Tim Cross vs. Austin Peay 11/04/89 192 Charles Anthony vs. Eastern Illinois 11/02/02 190 Javarris Williams vs Tennessee Tech 10/15/05 190 Tim Broughton at Jacksonville State 10/12/13 187 Charles Anthony vs. Eastern Kentucky 11/22/03 186 Dante Thomas vs. North Carolina A&T 10/2/10 180 Trabis Ward vs. UT Martin 11/12/11 175 Darron Davis at Morehead State 9/17/94 171 DeJuan Marshall at Eastern Illinois 10/31/98 171 Charles Anthony vs. Jackson State 9/18/04 169 Charles Anthony at UT-Martin 9/27/03 168 Earl Harrison at Southeast Missouri 11/19/16 168 Trabis Ward at Jacksonville State 10/20/12 168 Larry Kinnebrew vs. UT-Chattanooga 10/16/82 164 Alfred Reese vs. Norfolk State 9/09/72 163 Javarris Williams at UT -Martin 10/04/08 163 Jarrick Hillery vs. Morehead State 10/07/95 162 Jackie Coffee at North Carolina A&T 11/21/81 162 Javarris Williams vs. Samford 10/28/06 161 Charles Anthony at UT-Martin 9/9/04 161 Henry Arnold at Central State 10/22/60 160 DeJuan Marshall vs. UT-Martin 10/24/98 159 Tevin Hooks vs. Southeast Missouri State 10/05/13 158 Charles Anthony at Eastern Kentucky 11/13/04 158 Nate Simpson vs. Central State 11/01/75 157 Charles Anthony at Southeast Missouri State 11/08/03 157 Melvin Waters at Morehead State 10/22/88 156 Charles Anthony at Alabama A&M 9/06/03 156 Jackie Coffee at Southern 10/31/81 155 Charles Anthony vs. Florida A&M 9/20/03 155 Charles Anthony vs. Florida A&M 9/25/04 154 Trabis Ward at Bethune-Cookman 9/22/12 154 Charles Anthony at Samford 10/25/03 154 Charles Anthony vs. Mississippi Valley 10/13/01 152 Steve Griffin at Jackson State 10/20/84 151 Tom Smith vs. Edward Waters 8/30/14 151 Gene Bowens at North Carolina A&T 9/24/66 150 Charles Anthony at Tennessee Tech 10/11/03

150 Darron Davis vs. UT-Martin 147 Mickey Avery at North Carolina A&T 146 Herman Hunter vs. Mississippi Valley State 146 Charles Anthony vs. UT-Martin 145 Preston Brown vs. North Carolina A&T 144 Jesse Wilburn vs. Paul Quinn 142 Trabis Ward at Eastern Illinois 141 Trabis Ward vs. Southern 139 Tyrone Cook vs. Texas Southern 136 Alfred Reese vs. Florida A&M 136 Lawrence Barnes at UT-Martin 135 Morris Harris at Southern Illinois 135 Terrence Wright vs. Eastern Illinois 135 Trabis Ward vs. Southeast Missouri 134 Vincent Thomas vs. Grambling State 134 Darron Davis at Morehead State 134 Darron Davis vs. Jackson State 134 Javarris Williams vs. Jacksonville State 133 Fred Lane vs. Drake 133 Darron Davis vs. Southeast Missouri 133 Charles Anthony vs. Florida A&M 133 Terrance Wright at Murray State 132 Jarrick Hillery vs. Jackson State 131 Charles Anthony at Jacksonville State 131 Wayne Reese at Southern 131 Morris Harris at Nicholls State 130 Ronald Butler at Austin Peay 130 Gene Bowens at North Carolina A&T 129 Tevin Hooks vs. Murray State 129-Trabis Ward vs. Tennessee Tech 127 Darron Davis at Eastern Kentucky 126 Jake Mayes v vs. Bishop 126 Javarris Williams vs. Southeast Missouri 125 Javarris Williams at Southeast Missouri 125 Javarris Williams vs. Tennessee Tech 124 Trabis Ward vs. Florida A&M 124 Tim Broughton at Florida A&M 123 Aaron Jones vs. Florida A&M 123 Javarris Williams vs. Murray State 122 Ralph Carnahan vs. UT-Martin 122 Calvin Davenport vs. South Carolina State 122 Calvin McNairl vs. Southeast Missouri State 121 Wayne Reese vs. Bishop 121 Javarris Williams vs. Alabama A&M 120 Paul McNeal vs. Lincoln 120 Darron Davis vs. UT-Martin 120 Calvin Davenport vs. Jackson State 119 Darron Davis vs. Tennessee Tech 118 Nate Jackson vs. Alabama State 118 Craig Lewis at Austin Peay 118 Dante Thomas at Southeast Missouri State 117-Javarris Williams vs. Eastern Kentucky 117 Charles Anthony vs. South Carolina State 117 Jesse Wilburn vs. Central State 116 Preston Brown vs. Austin Peay

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10/17/92 11/19/83 11/13/82 10/26/02 10/2/10 10/15/55 11/5/11 9/3/11 9/30/72 10/23/71 11/06/76 9/19/81 11/6/10 10/8/11 10/08/77 10/10/92 9/10/94 10/22/05 12/09/72 11/21/92 9/22/01 11/20/10 9/09/95 10/16/04 11/01/69 10/25/80 11/5/16 9/26/64 11/16/13 10/27/12 10/08/94 11/22/69 11/12/05 10/25/08 11/01/08 9/01/12 9/07/13 10/20/79 9/09/06 11/05/77 9/27/97 10/03/09 11/22/69 9/02/06 11/12/60 10/22/94 9/12/98 11/6/93 11/17/73 11/05/88 10/9/10 9/20/08 8/30/03 10/26/57 9/18/10

OUTSTANDING SINGLE GAME PERFORMANCES 100 - Yard Rushing Games - Continued 115 Darron Davis 115 Steve Griffin 115 Tom McClain 114 Trabis Ward 114 Charlie Thomas 113 Earl Harrison 113 Trabis Ward 113 Carlos Wright 113 Charles Anthony 113 Donell Brantley 112 Clarence Love 112 Darron Davis 111 Erick Evans 111 Trabis Ward 111 Javarris Williams 111 DeJuan Marshall 110 Charles Anthony 110 Melvin Waters 110 Darron Davis 109 Ronald Butler 109 Erick Evans 109 Wayne Reese 108 Tim Broughton 108 Telvin Hooks 108 Lawrence Barnes 108 Larry Kinnebrew 106 Trabis Ward 106 Lee Derrick 105 Sugar Sanders 105 Bill Tucker 105 Alfred Reese 105 Alfred Reese 104 Ronald Butler 104 Herman Hunter 104 Charles Anthony 103 Charles Anthony 103 Morris Harris 102 Herman Hunter 102 Lamarr Wallace 101 Al Davis 101 Lawrence Barnes 101 Jarrick Hillery 101 Calvin McNairl 101 Trabis Ward 100 Darron Davis 100 Charles Anthony

vs. South Carolina State 9/24/94 at Louisville 11/10/84 at North Carolina A&T 9/27/58 vs. Jackson State 9/08/12 vs. Central State 11/20/71 at Bethune-Cookman 9/17/16 vs. Eastern Kentucky 10/6/12 vs. Jackson State 9/13/03 vs. Jackson State 9/14/02 vs. Alabama A&M 10/03/98 vs. Texas Southern 10/03/70 at Tennessee Tech 11/05/94 at Tennessee Tech 11/21/15 at Murray State 11/3/12 vs. Jackson State 9/16/06 at Eastern Kentucky 10/10/98 vs. Jackson State` 9/13/03 vs. Morgan State 10/24/87 vs. Austin Peay 10/24/92 at Murray State 10/29/16 vs. Jackson State 9/10/16 at Southern 10/28/67 vs. Central State 9/29/13 at Murray State 9/29/12 at Grambling State 10/09/76 at Central State 9/18/72 at UT-Martin 11/17/12 vs. North Carolina Central 10/30/54 vs. Prairie View A&M 9/07/02 vs. Central State 11/25/65 vs. Southern 10/28/72 vs. Drake 12/09/72 vs. Eastern Illinois 10/17/15 vs. Grambling State 10/08/83 vs. Murray Sate 11/20/04 vs. Grambling 9/21/02 vs. North Carolina Central 11/04/78 vs. Southern 10/30/82 vs. Morehead State 10/07/95 vs. Albany State 9/26/70 at Southern 10/27/73 vs. Lane 10/05/96 vs. Jackson State 9/12/09 at Austin Peay 10/1/11 vs. Murray State 11/13/93 vs. Murray State 11/03/01

400 - Yard Passing Games 491 Leon Murray 484 Gilbert Renfroe 467 James Wade 463 Michael German 445 Leon Murray 435 Riley Walker

at Murray State 11/14/98 vs. District of Columbia 11/05/83 at Southeast Missouri State 10/19/91 at Murray State 11/22/14 at Middle Tennessee State 9/05/98 vs. Eastern Illinois 11/02/02

413 Chris Perkins 412 Joe Adams 407 Kenneth Biggles 400 Brian Ransom

at Southeast Missouri vs. Alabama State at Alabama A&M at UT-Chattanooga

300 - Yard Passing Games 399 James Wade 395 Michael German 389 Joe Adams 384 Joe Gilliam 381 Riley Walker 382 Shannon Harris 369 James Wade 365 Riley Walker 364 Michael German 363 Leon Murray 362 Michael German 362 Brian Ransom 360 Shannon Harris 357 Leon Murray 355 Michael German 353 Gilbert Renfroe 350 Gilbert Renfroe 349 Joe Adams 344 Shannon Harris 343 Eldridge Dickey 342 Joe Adams 341 James Wade 341 James Wade 340 Michael German 339 Joe Adams 339 Leon Murray 338 Joe Adams 338 Brian Ransom 333 Kenneth Biggles 332 James Wade 329 Ronald Butler 329 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Shay Ackerman-Carter 328 Gilbert Renfroe 327 Daryl Williams 326 Michael German 325 Joe Adams 324 Shannon Harris 325 James Wade 325 Shannon Harris 318 Michael German 317 Kenneth Biggles 316 Eldridge Dickey 315 Antonio Heffner 315 Joe Adams 314 Michael German 314 Antonio Heffner 313 Leon Murray 311 Michael German 311 Daryl Williams

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11/20/99 10/18/80 9/17/83 11/14/81

vs. Jackson State 9/12/92 at Austin Peay 11/08/14 vs. UT-Chattanooga 11/18/78 vs. Grambling State 10/09/71 at Jacksonville State 10/16/04 at Eastern Illinois 10/27/01 at Austin Peay 10/06/90 vs. South Carolina State 8/30/03 vs. Jacksonville State 10/11/14 vs. Middle Tennessee State 9/06/97 at Southeast Missouri 10/04/14 at Louisville 10/17/81 vs. Jackson State 11/22/01 vs. North Carolina A&T 10/04/97 at UT-Martin 11/17/12 at Jackson State 9/04/85 vs. Mississippi Valley State 10/05/85 vs. Kentucky State 11/22/80 vs. Southeast Missouri State 9/29/01 at Grambling State 10/08/66 vs. Florida A&M 10/22/77 at Austin Peay 10/26/91 at Southern 11/16/92 at Alabama State 9/06/14 vs. Central State 11/08/80 at Southeast Missouri State 11/22/97 vs. Southern 11/01/80 vs. Nicholls State 10/24/81 vs. Mississippi Valley State 11/13/82 at Eastern Kentucky 10/31/92 at Murray State 10/29/16 vs. Murray State 11/7/15 at Southern 10/29/83 at Southeast Missouri 11/20/93 vs. Eastern Kentucky 11/01/14 at Nevada-Las Vegas 11/09/79 vs. Murray State 11/3/01 vs. Austin Peay 10/24/92 vs. UT-Martin 10/20/01 vs. Austin Peay 9/15/12 at Florida A&M 9/24/83 vs. Muskingum 12/10/66 vs. Southern 9/6/08 vs. Southern Illinois 9/15/79 vs. UT Martin 10/18/14 vs. Eastern Kentucky 9/20/08 vs. Florida A&M 9/26/98 at Jacksonville State 10/20/12 vs. Tennessee Tech 11/6/93

OUTSTANDING SINGLE GAME PERFORMANCES 309 Shannon Harris 306 Eldridge Dickey 304 Eldridge Dickey 304 Brian Ransom 304 Michael German 303 Ronald Butler 303 James Wade 302 Eldridge Dickey 302 Eldridge Dickey 301 Todd Valentine

at Eastern Kentucky at Florida A&M vs. Southern vs. Central State at Austin Peay at Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri vs. Florida A&M vs. Kentucky State vs. Florida A&M

11/17/01 10/22/66 10/31/64 11/7/81 10/1/11 10/8/16 11/21/92 10/21/67 11/24/66 8/31/96

200 - Yard Receiving Games 249 Tyrone Butterfield 248 Patrick Smith 245 C.J. Johnson 242 Golden Tate 240 Tyrone Butterfield 231 C.J. Johnson 231 Ryan Mitchell 213 Corey Sullivan 206 Golden Tate 204 C.J. Johnson 203 Frank Pillow

at Murray State vs. Murray State vs. Eastern Illinois at Florida A&M at Southeast Missouri at Tennessee Tech at Murray State vs. Florida A&M at Southern vs. Eastern Kentucky vs. Central State

100 - Yard Receiving Games 193 John Robinson 193 Marcus Dowdell 188 Mike Jones 188 Quinton Crawford 186 Charles Hunter 185 Fred Burnette 183 McDonald Oden 182 Patrick Robinson 179 Weldon Garlington 175 C.J. Johnson 172 Dave Davis 172 Tyrone Butterfield 171 Tyrone Butterfield 170 Patrick Smith 166 Patrick Smith 163 Corey Sullivan 163 Corey Sullivan 162 C.J. Johnson 160 Patrick Smith 160 Ollie Smith 159 C.J. Johnson 158 Mike Jones 158 Mike Jones 158 Chris Johnson 157 Patrick Smith 156 Jerrold McRae 156 Golden Tate 156 Juan Hall 156 Chris Johnson

11/14/98 11/7/15 11/2/02 9/24/83 11/22/97 11/2/00 11/22/14 9/26/98 10/29/83 11/15/03 10/3/87

vs. Muskingum at Austin Peay at Louisville vs. Mississippi Valley State vs. Southeast Missouri at Jacksonville State vs. UT-Chattanooga vs. Jackson State vs. Jacksonville State at Tennessee Tech vs. Parsons at UT-Martin at Middle Tennessee State at Vanderbilt at Southeast Missouri at UT-Martin vs. Eastern Kentucky vs. Murray State at Eastern Illinois vs. McNeese State at Samford at UNLV at UNLV vs. Southern at Florida A&M at Central State at Alabama A&M vs. Lane at Jacksonville State

12/10/66 10/6/90 10/17/81 10/5/85 11/21/92 10/16/04 11/18/78 9/19/72 10/11/14 10/11/03 11/21/70 10/25/97 9/5/98 10/22/16 11/19/16 10/25/97 10/30/99 11/11/00 10/8/16 12/11/71 10/25/03 11/9/79 11/9/79 9/6/08 9/26/15 10/2/76 9/17/83 10/5/96 10/21/06

156 Ryan Mitchell 155 Golden Tate 154 Mike Jones 152 Herman Hunter 152 Travis James 151 Patrick Robinson 149 Patrick Robinson 149 Lawrence Segree 147 Mike Jones 147 C.J. Johnson 146 Albert Thomas 146 Calvin McNairl 144 Patrick Robinson 143 Weldon Garlington 140 Tyrone Butterfield 139 Travis James 139 Mike Jones 138 John Holland 137 Rodney Parker 137 John Frierson 135 Clarence Jones 135 Tyrone Butterfield 134 Weldon Garlington 134 John Frierson 134 Lawrence Segree 134 Juan Hall 133 Mike Jones 132 C.J. Johnson 131 Mike Jones 131 Calvin McNairl 130 Clarence Jones 129 Quentin Johnson 129 Patrick Robinson 129 Avion Black 128 Mike Jones 128 Joseph Hills 127 Chris Johnson 127 Tyrone Butterfield 125 Marcus Dowdell 125 Patrick Robinson 124 Marcus Dowdell 123 Patrick Robinson 123 Juan Hall 122 AC Leonard 122 Ryan Mitchell 122 Lawrence Segree 121 Steven Newbold 121 Jeremy Pryor 120 Brandon Belvin 120 Tyrone Watson 119 Patrick Smith 119 C.J. Johnson 119 Barry Collins 119 Kevin Jackson 119 Tyrone Butterfield

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vs. UT Martin 10/18/14 at North Carolina A&T 11/19/83 at UT-Chattanooga 11/14/81 vs. Southern 10/27/84 vs. UT Martin 11/12/11 at Grambling State 9/15/90 at Austin Peay 10/26/91 vs. Southeast Missouri State 11/19/94 vs. Central State 11/7/81 at Eastern Illinois 10/27/01 vs. Tennessee Tech 10/29/88 at Eastern Kentucky 10/22/11 vs. Tennessee Tech 11/9/91 at Austin Peay 11/08/14 at Florida A&M 8/30/97 at UT-Martin 11/17/12 vs. California Poly-Pomona 11/22/79 vs. Central State 11/10/73 vs. Middle Tennessee State 9/4/76 at Morehead State 10/10/92 at Tennessee Tech 11/5/94 vs. UT-Martin 10/24/98 at Alabama State 9/06/14 at Southern 11/16/91 at Murray State 11/12/94 vs. Middle Tennessee State 9/7/96 vs. Alabama State 10/18/80 vs. Florida A&M 9/27/02 vs. North Carolina A&T 11/20/82 vs. Tennessee Tech 10/23/10 vs. Eastern Kentucky 10/9/93 at Grambling State 10/6/84 vs. Murray State 11/13/93 at Appalachian State 11/28/98 at Nicholls State 10/25/80 at Murray State 11/20/10 at Alabama A&M 8/30/08 vs. North Carolina A&T 10/4/97 vs. Central State 9/29/90 at Southern 11/16/91 at Southeast Missouri 10/19/91 vs. Florida A&M 9/26/92 vs. Southeast Missouri 11/23/96 at Tennessee Tech 9/21/13 vs. Southeast Missouri 10/05/13 vs South Carolina State 9/30/95 at Eastern Illinois 10/8/16 vs. Eastern Illinois 11/6/10 vs. Eastern Kentucky 9/20/08 at Jackson State 9/9/89 at Eastern Kentucky 10/24/15 vs. South Carolina State 8/30/03 vs. North Carolina A&T 11/17/84 vs. Tennessee Tech 11/8/97 vs. Alabama A&M 10/3/98

OUTSTANDING SINGLE GAME PERFORMANCES 119 Ryan Mitchell 118 John Frierson 117 Mike Jones 117 Juan Hall 116 Carlos Wright 116 Terence Harris 116 Tyrone Butterfield 116 Calvin McNairl 116 Calvin McNairl 115 A.C. Leonard 115 Rodney Parker 115 Lee Haynes 115 Barry Collins 115 Bart Evans 115 Charles Hunter 115 Gerald Morrow 115 Travis James 115 Lawrence Segree 114 Lee Haynes 114 Golden Tate 114 John Frierson 114 Juan Hall 113 Kenneth Gardner 113 Mike Jones 113 Patrick Robinson 113 Lawrence Segree 113 Clarence Jones 112 Chris Johnson 112 Charles Wade 112 Barry Collins 112 Golden Tate 112 Calvin Davenport 111 Marcus Dowdell 111 Jerome Hurd, II 110 Lee Haynes 110 Lawrence Segree 110 Juan Hall 109 Travis James

vs. Eastern Kentucky 11/01/14 vs. Jackson State 9/12/92 vs. Southern Illinois 9/15/79 at Eastern Kentucky 11/2/96 at Southeast Missouri 10/5/02 vs. Central State 10/3/87 vs. South Carolina State 9/27/97 at Murray State 11/20/10 vs. Southeast Missouri 10/8/11 at Murray State 11/3/12 at Grambling State 10/9/76 at Nicholls State 10/25/80 at North Carolina A&T 11/20/82 at Jackson State 9/14/86 at Grambling State 9/19/92 vs. Southeast Missouri 11/12/05 vs. Jackson State 9/10/11 vs. Grambling State 9/18/93 at Central State 11/8/80 at Jackson State 9/10/83 at Grambling State 9/19/92 vs. Middle Tennessee State 9/6/97 at Southern 10/31/81 vs. Jackson State 9/11/82 at Southeast Missouri 10/19/91 at Eastern Kentucky 10/31/92 at Morehead State 9/17/94 vs. Eastern Kentucky 9/20/08 at Prairie View 10/16/71 at Hampton 9/1/84 vs. Bethune-Cookman 10/23/82 vs. Murray State 11/11/95 vs. Florida A&M 9/22/90 at UT Martin 10/14/95 at North Carolina A&T 11/3/79 vs. Jackson State 9/11/93 vs. UT Martin 10/19/96 vs. Austin Peay 9/15/12

108 Jerrold McRae vs. Texas Southern 9/24/77 108 Sylvester Lawson vs. Florida A&M 10/22/77 108 Lee Haynes vs. Grambling State 10/6/79 108 Leon Floyd vs. Grambling State 10/8/83 108 Fred Burnette vs. Samford 10/23/04 107 Patrick Smith at Jacksonville State 9/19/15 107 Devin Wilson at Austin Peay 10/8/11 106 McDonald Oden vs. Cameron State 11/11/78 106 Lawrence Segree vs. Middle Tennessee State 10/3/93 106 Tyrone Butterfield at Eastern Kentucky 10/10/98 106 Corey Sullivan at Tennessee Tech 11/7/98 105 Brandon Belvin vs. Florida A&M 9/27/08 105 Golden Tate at Southern Illinois 9/19/81 105 Clarence Jones at Southeast Missouri 11/20/93 105 Jerome Hurd, II vs. South Carolina State 9/24/94 105 Brandon Belvin vs Florida A&M 9/2//08 104 Steven Newbold at Bethune-Cookman 9/17/16 104 Chris Sanders-McCollum vs. Southeast Mo. 10/04/14 104 JaJuan Spillman at Jacksonville State 11/15/08 104 C.J. Johnson vs. Tennessee Tech 11/2/02 104 John Holland vs. Wisconsin State-Superior 11/13/71 104 Alvin Griffin vs. Jackson State 9/10/88 104 Patrick Robinson vs. Middle Tennessee State 9/5/92 103 Corey Sullivan vs. Alabama A&M 10/3/98 103 Juan Hall vs. North Carolina A&T 10/4/97 103 Patrick Robinson vs. Tennessee Tech 11/3/90 103 Maceo Coleman at Texas Southern 10/4/69 102 Chris Sanders-McCollum vs. Jackson State 9/13/14 102 A.C. Leonard vs. Tennessee Tech 10/27/12 102 Arcentae Broome at Murray State 11/14/98 102 Clarence Jones at Murray State 11/12/94 102 Jerrold McRae vs. Florida A&M 10/22/77 101 A.C. Leonard vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 9/22/12 101 John Frierson vs. Middle Tennessee State 9/7/91 101 John Holland at Virginia State 10/13/73 100 Patrick Smith vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 9/3/16 100 Julian Sample vs. UT Martin 11/7/09 100 Ron Jackson vs. UT Martin 10/20/01 100 Corey Sullivan at Eastern Kentucky 10/10/98

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SINGLE SEASON TEAM HIGHS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

1. 2. 4. 5. 8. 9.

1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 8. 9.

Points Scored

450 in 1984 430 in 1998 426 in 1999 416 in 1999 402 in 1972 394 in 1956 393 in 1983 389 in 2001 381 in 2013 377 in 1971

Touchdowns Scored

63 in 1984 61 in 1998 59 in 1956 58 in 1999 56 in 1972 54 in 1971 53 in 1983 52 in 2001 51 in 1970 51 in 1982

Rushing Touchdowns

29 in 1964 28 in 1969 28 in 1972 27 in 1965 26 in 1970 26 in 2007 26 in 2008 25 in 1983 24 in 1959 24 in 1971 24 in 1998

Passing Touchdowns

42 in 1984 31 in 1999 30 in 1980 30 in 2001 29 in 1982 28 in 1973 28 in 1983 27 in 1998 26 in 2016 26 in 2013

1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

1. 2. 3. 5. 8. 9. 10.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 8. 10.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8.

Field Goals Made 18 in 2013 17 in 2016 16 in 2012 16 in 2011 14 in 2008 13 in 1979 12 in 1999 11 in 2002 10 in 1990 10 in 1985 10 in 2001 10 in 2006

Field Goals Attempted

29 in 2013 25 in 2016 24 in 1999 24 in 2011 20 in 2014 20 in 2012 20 in 1985 19 in 2008 18 in 1979 17 in 1997

XP Kicks Attempted

59 in 1956 57 in 1984 53 in 1972 52 in 1998 50 in 1971 50 in 1982 50 in 2001 49 in 1965 49 in 1954 48 in 1970

XP Kicks Made 53 in 1984 51 in 1996 48 in 1972 45 in 2008 44 in 1982 43 in 2001 43 in 2001 42 in 1971 42 in 1983 42 in 2001

Total Plays

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

943 in 2013 884 in 2014 854 in 2001 845 in 1981 825 in 2003 821 in 2008 819 in 1996 818 in 2012 817 in 1986 803 in 1985

Total Offense

5,139 in 1998 5,112 in 2001 5,095 in 1984 5,031 in 1981 5,017 in 1999 4,872 in 2013 4,829 in 2014 4,825 in 2008 4,813 in 1983 4,688 in 2012

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Rushing Yds. Per Game

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269.8 in 1956 246.8 in 1957 224.9 in 1955 221.5 in 1961 210.8 in 2007 203.7 in 1959 197.1 in 1962 195.8 in 2008 190.3 in 1954 175.7 in 2012

3,765 in 1984 3,501 in 1999 3,336 in 1998 3,327 in 1983 3,326 in 1981 3,324 in 2001 3,268 in 2014 2,962 in 1992 2,917 in 1997 2.896 in 1980

Yards Passing Per Game

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Yards Rushing

2,698 in 1956 2,350 in 2008 2,319 in 2007 2,293 in 2013 2,037 in 1959 2,024 in 1955 1,933 in 2012 1,903 in 1954 1,836 in 2016 1,826 in 2003

Yards Passing

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10.

342.2 in 1984 303.3 in 1998 302.2 in 2001 302.0 in 1983 291.8 in 1999 289.6 in 1980 277.1 in 1981 272.3 in 2014 269.3 in 1992 265.2 in 1997

Pass Attempts

475 in 2014 428 in 1999 426 in 1984 424 in 2001 415 in 1985 407 in 1996 406 in 2000 398 in 1998 398 in 1999 391 in 1981

Pass Completions

257 in 2014 253 in 1984 248 in 1999 235 in 1999 233 in 1981 233 in 2001 220in 1981 216 in 2012 212 in 1998 203 in 1980

SINGLE SEASON TEAM HIGHS

6.27 in 1956 5.26 in 1954 5.20 in 1955 4.90 in 2016 4.89 in 1952 4.87 in 1964 4.83 in 1961 4.78 in 1982 4.76 in 1998 4.73 in 1957

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

467.2 in 1998 464.7 in 2001 463.1 in 1984 432.1 in 1999 437.5 in 1983 426.2 in 2012 419.2 in 1981 414.3 in 1956 414.2 in 1980 416.0 in 2011

1, 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

61.6% in 2008 59.6% in 1981 59.4% in 1984 59.3% in 2012 59.1% in 2013 58.7% in 1980 58.1% in 2016 57.9% in 1999 56.2% in 2015 56.0% in 2006

1. 3. 5. 6. 8. 9.

Rushing Yards Per Play

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Total Offense Per Game

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Highest Completion Pct.

Interceptions Thrown 25 in 1972 25 in 1965 24 in 1975 24 in 1980 23 in 1994 22 in 1991 22 in 2002 21 in 1993 20 in 1973 20 in 1979 20 in 1981 20 in 2000

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Rushing Plays

571 in 2013 537 in 2008 528 in 1986 518 in 1959 503 in 2007 479 in 1953 478 in 1988 467 in 1972 454 in 2012 454 in 1981

First Downs (since 1971) 270 in 2001 263 in 1984 253 in 2008 253 in 2013 248 in 1999 246 in 2014 243 in 2012 239 in 1983 238 in 1981 233 in 1998

First Downs - Passing (since 1971)

169 in 1984 152 in 2014 145 in 1983 143 in 1999 139 in 1981 139 in 1998 135 in 2001 128 in 1992 124 in 1980 123 in 1979

First Downs - Rushing (since 1971)

133 in 2008 118 in 2007 114 in 2013 105 in 1994 104 in 2012 104 in 2001 100 in 2003 99 in 2011 95 in 1985 90 in 2006

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First Downs - Penalties

1. 2. 4. 5. 9. 10.

31 in 2001 29 in 2016 29 in 2015 24 in 1987 23 in 1986 23 in 2003 23 in 2004 23 in 2013 22 in 2014 21 in 1980 21 in 1982 21 in 1999

1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 10.

82 in 1986 81 in 1987 75 in 2013 73 in 1988 73 in 2004 69 in 2003 66 in 1985 66 in 2014 66 in 2002 65 in 1989

1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

1. 2. 3. 5. 10.

Punts

Highest Punting Average 45.1 in 1990 41.6 in 1985 41.4 in 1991 41.4 in 1992 41.3 in 1986 41.0 in 1982 39.9 in 1999 39.8 in 1974 39.7 in 1969 39.7 in 2004

Passes Intercepted (Def.) 28 in 1984 22 in 1985 21 in 1954 21 in 2013 20 in 1955 20 in 1956 20 in 1971 20 in 1972 20 in 1990 19 in 1970 19 in 1974 19 in 2001

PRESEASON ALL-OVC SELECTIONS

1989 DL – Anthony Pleasant DB – Joe Stone DB – Tony Stargell 1990 WR – Anthony Owens DL – Arbutus Price LB - Simon Shanks 1991 QB – James Wade WR – Marcus Dowdell P – Colin Godfrey 1992 OT – Robert Moorman QB – James Wade WR – Patrick Robinson P – Colin Godfrey HM: Randy Fuller, DB; Brent Alexander, DB

1993 C – Marshun Middleton G – Royce McGowan DL – Jim Lackey LB – Thomas Jackson DB – Brent Alexander DB – Randy Fuller 1994 WR – Lawrence Segree DL – Jim Lackey HM: Clarence Jones, WR Thomas Jackson, LB Cedric Davis, DB 1995 QB – Daryl Williams WR – Lawrence Segree T – Royce MGowan DL – Jim Lackey DB – Darrell Williams HM: Dan Pride, OT; Michael Holcey, LB 1996 WR – Jereme Hurd HM: Jarrick Hillery, RB Ryan Falker, LB

1999 QB – Leon Murray WR – Corey Sullivan OG – Bennie Anderson OT – Michael Thompson DL – Lamar Carter LB – LaBrent Sterling HM: Avion Black, Jr. WR; Ike Boone, C; Ligarius Jennings, DB

2009 DB - Eugene Clifford 2010 DB - Eugene Clifford DL- Donte’e Nicholls

2011 LB - Rico Council (Co-Defensive Player of the Year) RB - Dante’ Thomas OL - Kadeem Edwards

2000 RB – Amariah Robb WR – Julius Hull OL – Lawrence Smith DL – Danny Robertson DB Ligarius Jennings HM: Ed Sanders, DB; Orlando Dotson, DL

2012 OL - Kadeem Edwards DL - Antonio Harper RS - Weldon Garlington 2013 OL - Demetrius Rhaney OL - Kadeem Edwards TE - A.C. Leonard DE - Antonio Harper LB - Nick Thrasher DB - Daniel Fitzpatrick DB - Stephen Godbolt III (Defensive Player of the Year)

2001 WR - C.J. Johnson OL - Lawrence Smith OL - Benedict Ibisi RET - Carlos Wright DL - Curley Grayson LB - Walter Reese HM: Marquis Stephens, DB

Anthony Pleasant highlights the list becoming the first preseason and post season All-OVC pick for the Tigers.

2014 OL - Robert Myers QB - Mike German DE - Anthony Bass (Defensive Player of the Year) LB - Nick Thrasher DB - Daniel Fitzpatrick DB - D’Ante Saunders

2002 WR - C.J. Johnson TE - Steve Farmer DL - Desmond Scantling LB - Jermaine Beale DB - Dion Giddens HM: Charles Anthony, RB 2003 WR - C.J. Johnson PK - Joey Hudak DB - Scott Cunningham DB - Deon Giddens

DE– Gabe Terry

2015

2016 DE – Ebenezer Ogundeko OL - Jessaman Dunker WR - Patrick Smith

2004 RB - Charles Anthony DL - Paul Thomas LB - James Dumervil 2005 DL - Almonte Duncan

1997 WR – Juan Hall OG – Shawn Thompson DL – Lamar Carter DB – Darrell Hinton HM: Todd Valentine, QB Bennie Anderson, OT

2006 DB – Aaron Strong 2007 QB - Antonio Heffner RB - Javarris Williams DL - Shaun Richardson DB - Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie

1998 QB – Leon Murray WR – Tyrone Butterfield OG – Deshawn Thompson LB – Armand Williams P – Ashley Johnson HM: Bennie Anderson, OG

2008 RB - Javarris Williams WR - Chris Johnson OT - Cornelius Lewis LB - Remond Willis

Brent Alexander carried the torch and was named to the preseason team in 1992.

2017 WR-Patrick Smith (Offensive Player of the Year) DE - Ebenezer Ogundeko K-Lane Clark KR-Chris Rowland C-Thomas Burton

Jim Lackey was the first Tiger selected to three preseason squads while gaining post season honors twice.

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POSTSEASON ALL-OVC SELECTIONS 1988 DL - Anthony Pleasant DB - Ben Robinson 1989 FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL - Anthony Pleasant LB - Simon Shanks DB - Tony Stargell DB - Joe Stone SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OT - Gerald Hall OG - Michael Tharpe TE - Al Griffin WR - Anthony Owens SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DL - Arbutus Price 1990 OFFENSE TE - Anthony Owens WR - Marcus Dowdell K - J.J. Flournoy 1991 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE C - John Macon QB - James Wade FIRST TEAM DEFENSE LB - Elliot Pilton P - Colin Godfrey SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OT - Larry Tharpe WR - Patrick Robinson WR - Marcus Dowdell SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DB - Sheldrick Hawkins 1992 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE WR - Patrick Robinson FIRST TEAM DEFENSE P - Colin Godfrey SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OT - Robert Moorman OG - Gerod Duff TE - Charles Hunter QB - James Wade SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DB - Brent Alexander DB - Randy Fuller 1993 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE WR - Lawrence Segree FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL - Gerome Gardner DB - Brent Alexander DB - Randy Fuller SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OT - Royce McGowan QB - Daryl Williams WR - Clarence Jones

1994 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE WR - Lawrence Segree FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DE - David Bell DB - Cedric Davis DB - Darrell Williams SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OG - Royce McGowan RB - Darron Davis WR - Clarence Jones SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DL - Jim Lackey 1995 SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OT - Royce McGowan WR - Jerome Hurd SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DL - Jim Lackey LB - Ryan Falker DB - Victor Bonds 1996 FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL - Lamar Carter DB - Clifford Green OG - Shawn Thompson WR - Juan Hall SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DB - Darrell Hinton 1997 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE WR - Tyrone Butterfield RET - Tyrone Butterfield SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OT - Bennie Anderson OG - Shawn Thompson SECOND TEAM DEFENSE LB - Armand Williams DB - Darrell Hinton P - Ashley Johnson 1998 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE OT - Bennie Anderson WR - Tyrone Butterfield FIRST TEAM DEFENSE LB - Lamar Carter DB - Jarrick Hillery SECOND TEAM OFFENSE RB - DeJuan Marshall WR - Corey Sullivan RET - Avion Black SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DB - Darrell Hinton 1999 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE OT - Michael Thompson OG - Bennie Anderson WR - Corey Sullivan RS - Avion Black FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL - Lamar Carter SECOND TEAM OFFENSE C - Ike Boone QB - Leon Murray

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RB - Amariah Robb WR - Avion Black SECOND TEAM DEFENSE LB - Brent Sterling DB - Ligarius Jennings DB - Ed Sanders

2000 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE RS - Carlos Wright FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL - Walter Reese SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OT - Lawrence Smith SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DL - Curley Grayson DB - Ligarius Jennings 2001 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE TE - Steve Farmer WR - C.J. Johnson FIRST TEAM DEFENSE LB - Walter Reese DB - Marquis Stephens SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OG - Lawrence Smith WR - Patrick Jenkin SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DL - Desmond Scantling LB - Jermaine Beale DB - Eric Joyce 2002 FIRST TEAM DEFENSE LB - Jermaine Beale DB - Scott Cunningham DB - Deon Giddens SECOND TEAM OFFENSE TE - Steve Farmer WR - C.J. Johnson K - Joey Hudak RS - Carlos Wright 2003 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE RB - Charles Anthony WR - C.J. Johnson FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL - Paul Thomas DB - Scott Cunningham LB - James Dumervil DB - Deon Giddens DB - Ahmed Safeullah 2004 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE RB - Charles Anthony FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL - Paul Thomas SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DL - Almonte Duncan 2005 FIRST TEAM DEFENSE LB - Wesley Holmes DB - Jamar Landrom SECOND TEAM OFFENSE RB - Javarris Williams SECOND TEAM DEFENSE

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DL - Ernest Jones ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM RB - Javarris Williams

2006 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE QB - Antonio Heffner FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL - Leonard Davis DB - D. Rodgers-Cromartie DB - Nikkieda Rutland SECOND TEAM OFFENSE RB - Javarris Williams OG - Cecil Newton SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DB - Aaron Strong ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM QB - Antonio Heffner DL - Shaun Richardson 2007 FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL - Shaun Richardson DB - D. Rodgers-Cromartie SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OT - Cornelius Lewis 2008 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE RB - Javarris Williams C - Cecil Newton OT - Cornelius Lewis SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OT - Dumaka Atkins SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DL - Maurice Davis DB - Eugene Clifford DB - Larry Williford ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM DL - Marcus Broxie DB - Eugene Clifford LB - Rico Council WR/KR - JaJuan Spillman 2009 FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DB - Eugene Clifford SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DL - Kellen Woodard, LB - John Jones, Jr. DB - Anthony Levine ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM LB - John Jones, Jr. 2010 FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DB - Eugene Clifford SECOND TEAM OFFENSE RB - Preston Brown OL - Alex Davis OL - Gershom Jordan SECOND TEAM DEFENSE LB - Rico Council ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM LB - Wilson Robinson

2011 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE WR - Calvin McNairl FIRST TEAM DEFENSE LB - Rico Council DB - Joseph Wylie SECOND TEAM OFFENSE C - Sherman Carter OG - Kadeem Edwards OT - Rogers Gaines SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DL - Antonio Harper ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM QB - Michael German DB - Stephen Godbolt 2012 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE RB - Trabis Ward TE - A.C. Leonard C - Sherman Carter G - Kadeem Edwards T - Rogers Gaines FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DB - Stephen Godbolt III SECOND TEAM OFFENSE K - Jamin Godfrey SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DL - Antonio Harper LB - Nick Thrasher DB - Daniel Fitzpatrick ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM TE - A.C. Leonard TE - Joe Bowens 2013 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE G - Kadeem Edwards FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL - Anthony Bass DL - Antonio Harper LB - Nick Thrasher DB - Daniel Fitzpatrick SECOND TEAM OFFENSE QB - Ronald Butler RB - Tim Broughton TE - AC Leonard OL - Robert Myers K - Jamin Godfrey SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DB - David Van Dyke ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM QB - Ronald Butler DB - D’Ante Saunders

2015 FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL - Ebenezer Ogundeko SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OL - Jessaman Dunker WR - Patrick Smith ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM DL - Ebenezer Ogundeko WR - Patrick Smith QB - O’Shay Ackerman-Carter 2016 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE OL - Jessaman Dunker WR - Patrick Smith FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL - Ebenezer Ogundeko CB - Ezra Robinson FIRST TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS K - Lane Clark RS - Chris Rowland SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OL - Kevin Kenton SECOND TEAM DEFENSE LB - Chris Collins ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM WR - Steven Newbold RS/WR - Chris Rowland

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie made the OVC First Team Defense in 2006 and 2007.

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS PLAYER OF THE YEAR WR - Tyrone Butterfield (1997)* QB - Leon Murray (1998) DE - Lamar Carter (1999) WR - Charles Anthony (2004) RB - Javarris Williams (2008) LB - Rico Council (2011) DE - Anthony Bass (2013) FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR RB - Javarris Williams (2005) QB - Michael German (2011) COACH OF THE YEAR Joe Gilliam, Sr. (1990)* L.C. Cole (1998) L.C. Cole (1999)

In 1990, Joe Gilliam Sr. became the first TSU head coach to be named OVC Coach of the Year.

*- shared the award

2014 FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DL - Anthony Bass DL - Samquan Evans LB - Nick Thrasher DB - De’Ante Saunders SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OL - Robert Myers SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DB - Daniel Fitzpatrick DL - Gabe Terry ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM DL - Gabe Terry

Sherman Carter was one of three TSU offensive lineman to make the All-OVC Team in 2012.

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TSU AND THE NFL DRAFT

In 1952, Hal Turner became the first TSU Tiger selected in the NFL Draft . He was selected with the 333rd pick in the 28th round by the Detroit Lions.

Player (Pos.) Hal Turner (DE) Jim Caldwell (T) George Balthazar (T) George Balthazar (T) Izzy Lang (RB) Robert Reed (G) Roosevelt Davis (T) Robert Reed (G) John Robinson (E) Willie Walker (FL) Franklin McRae (DT) Jim Carer (G) Bill Tucker (HB) Alvin Coleman (DB) Noland Smith (KR/WR) Eugene Bowens (HB) Leon Moore (DB) John Robinson (FL) Howard Finley (DB) Claude Humphrey (DE) Eldridge Dickey (QB) John Robinson (FL) Tommy Davis (G) Lee Johnson (WR) Jim Marsalis (DB) Elbert Drungo (T) King Dunlap (DT) Joe Cooper (FL) Harold Rice (LB) Bob Shannon (DB) Harry Carpenter (T) Joe Jones (DE) Claude Brumfield (G) Charles Williams (G) Vernon Holland (T) Larry Woods (DT) Jacob Mayes (RB) Dave Davis (WR) Fred Herring (CB) Bill West (DB) Albert “Sonny” Davis (RB) Don Pinson (DB) Joe Sweet (WR) Clifford Brooks (DB) Robert Stevenson (LB) Joe Gilliam, Jr. (QB) Robert Woods (T) James Thaxton (TE) Ollie Smith (WR) Charles McTorry William Wynn (DE) Larry Pettus (T) Alfred Reese (RB) Charlie Wade (WR) Ed Jones (DE) Waymond Bryant (LB) John Holland (WR) Greg Kindle (T) Carl Wafer (DT) Ed Gatewood (LB)

Year 1952 1963 1961 1961 1964 1965 1965 1965 1966 1966 1966 1966 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1970 1970 1970 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1971 1972 1972 1972 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974

RD. (Selection #) Team 28-333 Detroit 28-329 Chicago 8-103 Pittsburgh 16-122 Boston 18-240 Philadelphia 16-217 Washington 8-112 Baltimore 12-90 Houston 7-102 Buffalo 4-59 Detroit 6-92 Chicago 12-185 Baltimore 3-65 San Francisco 4-87 Minnesota 6-156 Kansas City 10-260 Dallas 10-252 L.A. Rams 12-315 New Orleans 13-318 Buffalo 1-3 Atlanta 1-25 Oakland 4-108 Green Bay 8-216 Baltimore 6-141 San Francisco 1-23 Kansas City 3-65 Houston 5-129 Baltimore 8-186 Pittsburgh 11-284 Oakland 12-295 Washington 13-313 Atlanta 2-36 Cleveland 5-117 N.Y. Giants 16-393 Miami 1-15 Cincinnati 4-100 Detroit 6-143 San Diego 7-168 Green Bay 8-197 Cincinnati 10-238 Oakland 11-264 Philadelphia 11-273 San Diego 17-435 L.A. Rams 2-45 Cleveland 11-258 N.Y. Jets 11-273 Pittsburgh 2-38 N.Y. Jets 4-84 San Diego 4-85 Baltimore 5-113 Denver 7-159 Philadelphia 12-305 San Francisco 13-318 San Diego 17-442 Miami 1-1 Dallas 1-4 Chicago 2-29 Minnesota 2-33 St. Louis 2-42 Denver 13-331 Buffalo

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Claude Humphrey was the first Tennessee State alum to be taken the First Round of the NFL Draft. It was well warranted, he entered the HOF in 2014.

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On January 30, 1968, Dickey was drafted with the 25th pick of the first round by the Oakland Raiders becoming the first HBCU player to be drafted as a quarterback.

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TSU AND THE NFL DRAFT Player (Pos.) Cleveland Elam (DE) Mike Hegman (LB) James Johnson (DB) James Lewis (DB) Loaird McCreary (WR) Larry Dorsey (WR) Melvin Mitchell (G) John Owens (DE) Melvin Shy (DB) Oliver Davis (DB) Nate Simpson (RB) Kevin Russell (DB) Larry Barnes (RB) Johnny Jackson (NT) Nate Jackson (RB) Sylvester Hicks (DE) Stan Johnson (DT) Danny Johnson (LB) Dwight Wheeler (T) Homer Elias (G) Jerrold McRae (WR) Rodney Parker (WR) John Smith (WR) Billy McBride (DB) Jesse Deramus (DT) Joe Adams (QB) Malcolm Taylor (DE) Bryan Howard (DB) Donald Laster (T) Steve Moore (G) Mike Jones (WR) Larry Kinnebrew (RB) Richard Dent (DE) Walter Tate (C) Golden Tate (WR) Herman Hunter (RB) Onzy Elam (LB) Charles Buchanan (DE) Frank Pillow (WR) Tony Stargell (CB) Anthony Pleasant (DE) Anthony Shelton (DB) Tyrone Watson (WR) Larry Tharpe (OT) Marcus Dowdell (WR) Patrick Robinson (WR) Randy Fuller (DB) Cedric Davis (DB) Clarence Jones (WR) Darrell Williams (DB) Avion Black (WR) Michael Thompson (T) Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (DB) Javarris Williams (RB) Kadeem Edwards (OT) Demetrius Rhaney (C) Robert Myers (OG) Anthony Morris (OT)

Year 1975 1975 1975 1975 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1977 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1979 1979 1979 1981 1982 1982 1982 1983 1983 1983 1983 1983 1984 1985 1987 1987 1988 1990 1990 1990 1990 1992 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1996 2000 2000 2008 2009 2014 2014 2015 2015

RD. (Selection #) Team 4-85 San Francisco 7-173 Dallas 9-218 San Francisco 14-338 Miami 2-49 Miami 3-64 San Diego 4-96 Miami 7-200 Miami 14-385 Philadelphia 4-102 Cleveland 5-122 Green Bay 6-145 Philadelphia 6-151 San Diego 9-243 St. Louis 11-282 Buffalo 2-29 Kansas City 2-46 L.A. Rams 4-85 Kansas City 4-102 New England 4-107 Detroit 5-112 Kansas City 6-152 Atlanta 10-261 Cleveland 11-276 San Francisco 11-301 L. A. Rams 12-322 San Francisco 5-121 Houston 9-233 Minnesota 12-309 Washington 3-80 New England 6-159 Minnesota 6-165 Cincinnati 8-203 Chicago 10-266 Minnesota 5-120 Indianapolis 11-289 Philadelphia 3-75 N.Y. Jets 8-205 Pittsburgh 11-279 Tampa Bay 3-56 New York Jets 3-73 Cleveland 11-289 San Francisco 11-300 Philadelphia 6-146 Detroit 10-276 New Orleans 7-187 Houston 4-123 Denver 5-150 Arizona 7-227 Jacksonville 7-245 Kansas City 5-181 Buffalo 4-100 Atlanta 1-16 Arizona 7-212 Kansas City 4-143 Tampa Bay 7-250 St . Louis 5-176 Baltimore 7-218 Oakland

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Ed “Too Tall” Jones was selected No.1 in 1974 and is currently the only HBCU player to be picked first overall in the NFL Draft.

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While Ed Jones was taken No. 1 overall in 1974, Waymond Bryant was selected with fourth overall pick by the Chicago Bears.

TSU IN THE NFL DRAFT BY THE NUMBERS 49ers................................... 8 Bears................................... 4 Bengals.............................. 3 Bills...................................... 6 Broncos............................. 2 Browns............................... 5 Buccaneers........................ 2 Cardinals........................... 5 Chargers............................ 6 Chiefs................................. 8 Colts................................... 6 Cowboys........................... 3 Dolphins........................... 6 Eagles................................. 7 Falcons............................... 3 Giants................................. 1 Jaguars.............................. 1 Jets...................................... 4 Lions................................... 6 Oilers.................................. 4

Packers.............................. 3 Patriots.............................. 3 Raiders............................... 4 Rams................................... 6 Ravens............................... 1 Redskins............................ 3 Saints................................. 2 Steelers.............................. 4 Vikings............................... 5 Total Picks.............. 121

TIGERS IN THE NFL 72 Charles Buchannan 71 Homer Elias

52 Onzy Elam

84 Marcus Dowdell

72 Cleveland Elam 75 Elbert Drungo

58 Mike Hegman

95 Richard Dent 89 Avion Black

21 Oliver Davis

Benny Anderson, OL Baltimore Ravens, 2001-04 Buffalo Bills, 2005 Brent Alexander, DB Arizona Cardinals, 1994-97 Carolina Panthers, 1998-99 Pittsburgh Steelers, 2000-2003 New York Giants, 2004-05 Larry Barnes, RB San Diego Chargers, 1977-78 St. Louis Cardinals, 1978 Philadelphia Eagles, 1978-79 Avion Black, WR Buffalo Bills, 2000-01 Houston Texans, 2002 Clifford Brooks, CB Cleveland Browns, 1972-74 Philadelphia Eagles, 1975-76 New York Jets, 1976 Buffalo Bills, 1976 Ben Brown, QB Phiadelphia Eagles, 1990-91 Claude Brumfield, OG New York Giants, 1970 Waymond Bryant, LB Chicago Bears, 1974-77

17 Joe Gilliam, Jr.

Willie Carter, HB Chicago Cardinals, 1953 Alvin Coleman, DB Minnesota Vikings, 1967 Cincinnati Bengals, 1969-71 Philadelphia Eagles, 1972 Rico Council, LB Tennessee Titans, 2012 Al Davis, RB Philadelphia Eagles, 1971-72 Cedric Davis, CB Arizona Cardinals, 1995 Dave Davis, WR Green Bay Packers, 1971-72 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1973 New Orleans Saints, 1974 Oliver Davis, DB Cleveland Browns,1977-80 Cincinnati Bengals, 1981-82 Roosevelt Davis, DE New York Giants, 1965-67 Tommy Davis, OT Baltimore Colts, 1968

Darryl Caldwell, OT Buffalo Bills, 1983

Richard Dent, DE **2011 NFL Hall of Fame** Chicago Bears, 1983-93 San Francisco 49ers, 1994 Chicago Bears, 1995 Indianapolis Colts, 1996 Philadelphia Eagles, 1997

Alex Carter, DE Cleveland Browns, 1987

Eldridge Dickey, QB, WR Oakland Raiders, 1968, 1971

Charles Buchannan, DE Cleveland Browns, 1988

James Carter, DE Pittsburgh Steelers, 1966

11 Ben Brown

23 Clifford Brooks

80 John Holland

29 Randy Fuller 96 Lamar Divens

Lamar Divens, DT San Diego Chargers, 2011 Baltimore Ravens, 2008-2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2011 Tennessee Titans, 2012 San Francisco 49ers, 2013 Larry Dorsey, WR San Diego Chargers, 1976-77 Kansas City Chiefs, 1978 Marcus Dowdell, WR/KR New Orleans Saints, 1992-93 Arizona Cardinals, 1995-96 Elbert Drungo, T Houston Oilers, 1969-71 Houston Oilers, 1973-77 Buffalo Bills, 1978 Jessamen Dunker, OL New York Giants, 2017-Present King Dunlap, DT Baltimore Colts, 1969 Cid Edwards, RB St. Louis Cardinals, 1968-71 San Diego Chargers, 1972-74 Chicago Bears, 1975 Kadeem Edwards, T Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2014-15 Jacksonville Jaguars, 2015-16 Dallas Cowboys, 2017 Cleveland Elam, DE San Francisco 49ers, 1975-78 Detroit Lions, 1979 Onzy Elam, LB New York Jets, 1987-88 Washington Redskins, 1989 Homer Elias, OG Detroit Lions, 1978-84

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38 Larry Barnes 37 Cid Edwards

46 Brent Alexander

66 Bennie Anderson

Charley Ferguson, SE-TE Cleveland Browns, 1961 Minnesota Vikings, 1962 Buffalo Bills 1963, 65-66, 69 Randy Fuller, DB Denver Broncos, 1994 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1995-97 Atlanta Falcons, 1998-2000 Rogers Gains, DE Denver Broncos, 2013 New York Giants 2014 Chuck Gavin, DE Denver Broncos, 1960-63 George Gilchrist, OT Chicago Cardinals, 1953 Joe Gilliam, Jr., QB Pittsburgh Steelers, 1972-75 Steve Griffin, RB Kansas City Chiefs, 1987 Michael Hegmen, LB Dallas Cowboys, 1976-88 Fred Herring, DB Cincinnati Bengals, 1971 Sylvester Hicks, DT Kansas City Chiefs, 1978-81 John Holland, WR Minnesota Vikings, 1974 Buffalo Bills, 1975-77 Vernon Holland, OT Cincinnati Bengals, 1971-79 Detroit Lions, 1980 New York Giants, 1980 Steve Holloway, WR Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1987 Bryan Howard, S Minnesota Vikings, 1982

TIGERS IN THE NFL 70 Larry Woods

23 Anthony Shelton

81 Patrick Robinson

71 William Wynn

Claude Humphrey, DE ** 2014 NFL Hall of Fame ** Atlanta Falcons, 1968-74, 1976-78 Philadelphia Eagles, 1979-81 Herman Hunter, RB-KR Philadelphia Eagles, 1985 Nathaniel Jackson, FB Buffalo Bills, 1977 Ligarius Jennings, DB Cincinnati Bengals, 2001-02 Danny Johnson, LB Green Bay Packers, 1978 Leo Johnson, WR San Francisco 49ers, 1969-70 James “Monk” Johnson, WR San Francisco 49ers, 1974-76 Stan Johnson, DT Kansas City Chiefs, 1978 Clarence Jones, WR Jacksonville Jaguars, 1996 Ed “Too Tall” Jones, DE Dallas Cowboys, 1974-78 Dallas Cowboys, 1980-89 Joe “Turkey” Jones, DE Cleveland Browns, 1970-71, Cleveland Browns, 1973, 75-78 Philadelphia Eagles, 1974-75 Washington Redskins, 1979-80 Mike Jones, WR Minnesota Vikings, 1983-85 New Orleans Saints, 1986-87 New England Patriots, 1989 Roger Jones, CB Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1991-93 Cincinnati Bengals, 1994-96 Tennessee Oilers, 1997

72 Robert Woods

1 Noland Smith

40 Javarris Williams

66 Michael Thompson

94 Benard Wilson

72 Lawrence Smith

71 Larry Tharpe

83 Charley Wade

62 Dwight Wheeler

45 Tony Stargell

96 Malcolm Taylor

Eric Joyce, DB Chicago Bears, 2002 Arizona Cardinals, 2004

Loaird McCreary, TE Miami Dolphins, 1976-78 New York Giants, 1979

Jim Kelly, TE Chicago Bears, 1974

Franklin McRae, DT Chicago Bears, 1967

Anthony Pleasant, DE Cleveland Browns, 1990-95 Baltimore Ravens, 1996 Atlanta Falcons, 1997 New York Jets, 1998-2000 New England Patriots, 2001-2003

Jerrold McRae, WR Kansas City Chiefs, 1978 Philadelphia Eagles, 1979

David Pool, DB San Diego Chargers, 1990 (9)

Greg Kindle, T-G St. Louis Cardinals, 1974-75 Atlanta Falcons, 1976 Larry Kinnebrew, FB Cincinnati Bengals, 1983-87 Buffalo Bills, 1989

Melvin Mitchell, G-C Miami Dolphins, 1976-78 Detroit Lions, 1977 Minnesota Vikings, 1980

Mack Lamb, CB Miami Dolphins, 1967-68

Willie Mitchell, DB Kansas City Chiefs, 1964-71

Izzy Lang, FB Philadelphia Eagles, 1964-68 Los Angeles Rams, 1969 Donald Laster, T Washington Redskins, 1982 Detroit Lions, 1984 AC Leonard, TE Minnesota Vikings, 2014

Leon Moore, DB Los Angeles Rams, 1967-69 Washington Redskins, 1970 Steve Moore, G-T New England Patriots, 1983-87 Anthony Morris, T Oakland Raiders, 2015

Dan Pride, LB Chicago Bears, 1968 (3) Brian Ransom, QB Houston Oilers, 1983-85 Robert Reed, G Washington Redskins, 1965 Alfred Reeves, HB San Diego Chargers, 1973 Demetrius Rhaney, C St. Louis/ Los Angeles Rams, 2014-16 Jacksonville Jaguars, 2017

Robert Myers, G Baltimore Ravens, 2015 Indianapolis Colts, 2015 Denver Broncos, 2015-16 Seattle Seahawks, 2016-Present

Harold Rice, DE Oakland Raiders, 1971

James Lewis, DB Miami Dolphins, 1975

Cecil Newton, Jr., C Jacksonville Jaguars, 2009-2011 Dallas Cowboys, 2012

Johnnie Robinson, DB Detroit Lions, 1966-67

Jao Makor, K Philadelphia Eagles, 1989

McDonald Oden, TE Cleveland Browns, 1980-82

Patrick Robinson, WR/KR Cincinnati Bengals,1993 Arizona Cardinals, 1994

Anthony Levine, DB Green Bay Packers, 2011-2012 Baltimore Ravens, 2012-Present

Larry Mallory, S New York Giants, 1976-78 Jim Marsalis, CB Kansas City Chiefs, 1969-75 New Orleans Saints, 1977

John Owens, DE Miami Dolphins, 1976 Rodney Parker, WR Philadelphia Eagles, 1980-81 Frank Pillow, WR Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1988-90

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Ezra Robinson, CB Jacksonville Jaguars

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, DB Arizona Cardinals, 2008-10 Philadelphia Eagles, 2011-12 Denver Broncos, 2013 New York Giants, 2014 - Present

TIGERS IN THE NFL Anthony Shelton, CB San Diego Chargers, 1990-93 Nate Simpson, RB Green Bay Packers, 1977-79 Fletcher Smith, DB Kansas City Chiefs, 1966-67 Cincinnati Bengals, 1968-71 John Smith, WR Cleveland Browns, 1979 Lawrence Smith, OL Baltimore Ravens, 2003-03 Buffalo Bills, 2004-05 Nate Simpson, RB Green Bay Packers, 1977-79 Fletcher Smith, DB Kansas City Chiefs, 1966-67 Cincinnati Bengals, 1968-71 John Smith, WR Cleveland Browns, 1979 Lawrence Smith, OL Baltimore Ravens, 2003-03 Buffalo Bills, 2004-05 Noland Smith, KR-WR Kansas City Chiefs, 1967-69 San Francisco 49ers, 1969 Ollie Smith, WR Baltimore Colts, 1973-74 Green Bay Packers, 1976-77 Tony Stargell, CB New York Jets, 1990-91 Indianapolis Colts, 1992-93 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1994-95 Kansas City Chiefs, 1996 Chicago Bears, 1997

Larry Tharpe, OT Detroit Lions, 1992-94 Arizona Cardinals, 1995 New England Patriots, 1996 Detroit Lions, 1997-98 James Thaxton, TE San Diego Chargers, 1973-74 Cleveland Browns, 1974 New Orleans Saints, 1976-77 St. Louis Cardinals, 1978 Charlie Thomas, RB Kansas City Chiefs, 1975 Michael Thompson, OL Atlanta Falcons, 2000-02 Bill Tucker, RB San Francisco 49ers, 1967-70 Chicago Bears, 1971

Javarris Williams, RB Kansas City Chiefs, 2009-11 Houston Texans, 2011 Larry Woods, T Detroit Lions, 1971-72 Miami Dolphins, 1973 New York Jets, 1974-75 Seattle Seahawks, 1976 Robert Woods, T New York Jets, 1973-77 New Orleans Saints, 1977-80 Washington Redskins, 1981 William Wynn, DE Philadelphia Eagles, 1973-76 Washington Redskins, 1977

Hal Turner, DE Detroit Lions, 1954 David Van Dyke, S Kansas City Chiefs, 2014 Charley Wade, WR Chicago Bears, 1974 Green Bay Packers, 1975 Kansas City Chiefs, 1977 Carl Wafer, DE-DT Green Bay Packers, 1974 New York Giants, 1974 Willie Walker, FL Detroit Lions, 1966

Former TSU Facilities Manager Jerrold McRae played two seasons in the league for a pair of teams.

Riley Walton, TE Kansas City Chiefs, 1987 Bill West, DB Oakland Raiders, 1971

Joe Sweet, WR Los Angeles Rams, 1972-73 New England Patriots, 1974

Dwight Wheeler, T-C New England Patriots, 1978-83 Los Angeles Raiders, 1984-88

Malcolm Taylor, DE Houston Oilers, 1982-83 Los Angeles Raiders, 1986-88 Atlanta Falcons, 1989

Bernard Wilson, NT Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1993 Arizona Cardinals, 1994-97 Joe “Turkey” Jones played for nearly a decade in the NFL from 1970-80 for four different teams.

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TIGERS IN THE SUPER BOWL Tennessee State has been well represented on the rosters of 23 teams in 20 Super Bowls. Out of the 20 players who made Super Bowl appearances, nine have won a championship with their respective teams. Former Tigers Willie Mitchell and Fletcher Smith were on the Kansas City Chiefs in the first ever Super Bowl in 1967. Bennie Anderson was the last former Tiger to win a Super Bowl ring, playing offensive guard on the world champion, Baltimore Ravens, in 2001. Anthony Pleasant (New England Patriots), Joe Gilliam, Jr. (Pittsburgh Steelers), Ed “Too Tall” Jones (Dallas Cowboys), Mike Hegman (Dallas Cowboys) and Randy Fuller played in more than one Super Bowl. Fuller is the only Tiger to make appearances with two different teams playing with the Pittsburg Steelers and Atlanta Falcons while Hegman and Jones were teammates in Super Bowl XII and XIII. Thus far, Jones has tallied the most apperances with three. In Super Bowl XV, Claude Humphrey and Rodney Parker became another TSU pair to play for the NFL Championship with the Philadelphia Eagles. TSU great Richard Dent is the only alum to be named game MVP , helping to lead the Chicago Bears over New England to conclude the 1985 season in Super Bowl XX. in his rookie season, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie helped the Arizona Cardinals to their first NFL Championship in 2009 appearing in Super Bowl XLIII. This past season, Robert Myers suited up for the Broncos in Super Bowl 50. TSU has had four former players compete in five of the last six Super Bowls.

In his rookie season, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie became the 17th TSU football alum to play for a NFL Championship, helping the Arizona Cardinals to Super Bowl XLIII in 2009.

Willie Mitchell, DB Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl I

Donald Laster, OG Washington Redskins Super Bowl XVII

Fletcher Smith, DB Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl I

Richard Dent, DE Chicago Bears Super Bowl XX MVP

Jim Marsalis, DB Kansas City Chief Super Bowl IV

Randy Fuller, DB Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XXX Atlanta Falcons Super Bowl XXXIII

Nolan Smith, KR Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl IV Larry Woods, OT Miami Dolphins Super Bowl VIII Joe Gilliam, Jr. QB Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowls IX, X John Holland, FL Minnesota Vikings Super Bowl IX Ed “Too Tall” Jones, DE Dallas Cowboys Super Bowls X, XII, XIII Mike Hegman, LB Dallas Cowboys Super Bowls XII, XIII Claude Humphrey, DE Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl XV

Richard Dent played for the 1986 NFL Champions, Chicago Bears, and was named Super Bowl XX MVP.

Rodney Parker, WR Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl XV

Bennie Anderson, OG Baltimore Ravens Super Bowls XXXV Anthony Pleasant, DE New England Patriots Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, DB Arizona Cardinals Super Bowl XLIII Denver Broncos Super Bowl XLVIII Anthony Levine, DB Green Bay Packers Super Bowl XLV Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl XLVII Lamar Divens, DL San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XLVII Robert Myers, OL Denver Broncos Super Bowl 50

Oliver Davis, DB Cincinnati Bengals Super Bowl XVI

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ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS Abernathy, Mingo, 1997 Ackerman-Carter, Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Shay, 2015Adams, Joe, 1977- 80 Adams, Roderick, 1982-85 Adams, Zenoch, 1946-47 Ages, Lamel, 2004 Adeboyejo, Qudus 2004-07 Alexander, Avern 2004-07 Alexander, Brent, 1990-93 Alexander, Hubbard, 1958-61 Alexander, Patrick, 2002 Allen, Donnell, 1980-81 Allen, Donnie, 1958-60 Allen, Lytle, 1957-60 Allen, Robert, 1976 Allen, Ty, 2016Alvarez, Juan, 1999 Alyaseen, Bader, 2008 Ammons, Ilya, 1988 Anderson, Allen, 1947 Anderson, Bennie, 1996-99 Anderson, Brock, 2003 Anderson, Joseph, 1962 Anderson, Kevin, 2003 Anderson, Nathaniel, 1956-59 Anderson, Paul, 1949-52 Andrews, James, 2007-09 Anthony, Charles, 2001-04 Anthony, Shaq, 2014-15 Applewhite, Louis, 2001-03 Arkle, Jerome, 1951 Armstrong, Curtis, 1959-60 Armstrong, Denzel, 2012 Armstrong, Mike, 1984-85 Arnold, Henry, 1958-61 Arrington, Dan, 1953 Atkins, Dumaka, 2008-09 Avery, Mickey, 1980-83 Ayoola, Dare, 2011

Bailey, Kevin, 1990 Bailey, Robert, 2014 Baker, Kalvin, 2006-09 Baker, Phillip 2005 Balthazer, George, 1957-60 Banks, Eugene 2005,06 Baptiste,Crosby 2006 Barbee, Ronald, 1959-62 Barkan, Scott, 1990-91 Barker, Lamar, 1992-93; 95 Barksdale, Gregory, 2012-13 Barnes, Lawrence, 1973-76 Bass, Anthony, 2011-14 Bass, William, 1944-45 Batson, John, 1951-52 Bather, Andrew, 2012-15

Bather, Brandon, 2007-10 Bather, Justin, 2009-2012 Beachman, Booker, 1977-80 Beachum, Kent, 1986 Beale, Jermaine, 1999-2002 Beamon, Michael, 1987-88 Beavers, Oscar, 1951-52 Becker,Michael, 2008-09 Bell, David, 1994 Belvin,Brandon 2006 -08 Benson, Eric 2005-08 Bentley ,Billie Berry, Ryan, 2009-2012 Berry, Dexter, 1978-80 Bethea, Jimmy, 1990-92 Biggles, Kenneth, 1981-84 Bigham, Nahshon 2005-08 Billings, Buck, 1997-98 Bills, Darmont, 1980 Black, Avion, 1997-99 Black, DeVaughn, 1995 Black, Tyler, 2016Blackmon, Brandon, 2007-08 Bledsoe,Kelvin, 2006 -08 Blue, Willie, 1976-79 Bobo, Odgra, 1949-50 Bobo, Primes, 1979-82 Bolden, Eddie, 1964-67 Bolden, John, 1915-17 Bond, Kevin, 1992 Bond, Lucius, 1943-44 Bonds, Victor, 1992-95 Bonds, Terrell, 2014 Bonner, Charles, 1987 Booker, Lionel, 1980-81 Boone, David, 1961-62 Boone, Ike, 1996-99 Bossie, Elijah, 1965 Boudreaux, Mitchell, 2016Bowen, Eugene, 1963-66 Bowen, Samuel, 1957-58 Bowens, Corey, 1998 Bowens, Joe, 2012-15 Bowers, Danny, 1988 Boyd, Robert, 1981-82 Bradford, Jimmy, 1969 Brady, Ken, 1965 Bread, Anthony, 2001 Brandon, Javon, 2014-15 Brandon, Phillip, 2008 Brannon, Robert, 1984-86 Brantley, Donell, 1997- 2000 Brantley, Otis, 1955-56 Brewer, Coleridge, 1944 Brewer, Darian, 2012 Bride, Larry, 1993-94 Bridges, Marvin, 1948 Bright, Ronald, 2009-10 Broadway, Jeremy, 2009

Broner, Jerome, 1986 Brooks, Bernell, 2012-15 Brooks, Cliff, 1968-71 Brooks, Darrell, 1989-91 Brooks, Darrell, 1984 Brooks, Germaine, 2000 Brooks, Justin, 2015Brooks, Sidney, 1988 Brooks, Stephen, 2010-11 Broome, Arcentae, 1995-98 Broughton, Tim, 2012-13 Broussard, Herbert, 1960 Brown, Allen, 2000-01 Brown, Alton, 1979-80 Brown, Anthony, 2001-03 Brown, Ben, 1987-89 Brown, Carl, 1991; 1993-94 Brown, George, 1947-48 Brown, Jimmy, 1972 Brown, John, 1927-30 Brown, Jonathan, 1999 Brown, Jonathan, 2008-09 Brown, Nathaniel, 1969-71 Brown, Preston, 2008-10 Brown, Robert, 2002-03 Brown, Roscoe, 1944-46 Brown, Samuel, 1965-68 Brown, Van, 1995 Brown, Willie Bo, 1964-65 Brownley, Clarence, 1951-54 Broxie, Marcus, 2008-10 Brumfield, Claude, 1968-69 Bryant, Waymond, 1970-73 Buchanan, Charles, 1983-86 Buchanan, Dwayne, 2001-03 Buchanan, Singer, 1944 Buchanan, Wilkie, 1961 Buford, Carl, 2005-08 Buford, James, 1953-56 Bullard, Fred, 1944 Bumgardner, Jody, 1990 Burley, Ivan, 2003-04 Burnette, Fred, 2003-05 Burris, Brian, 1987 Burton, Myron, 1996 Burton, Thomas, 2014 Bush, Clarence, 1950-52 Butler, John, 1971-74 Butler, Ronald, 2013-16 Butterfield, Tyrone, 1997-98 Butts, Johnny, 2008 Byrd, Clinton, 1951 Byrd, DeShawn, 2012-13 Byrdsell, Paul, 1962

Caldwell, Darryl, 1981-82 Caldwell, James, 1950-52 Campbell, Albert, 1958

#BigBlueRising

Campbell, Levell, 1959 Campbell, Lee, 1995-96 Cannon, Pierre, 2003 Cansler, Bud, 1929-30 Canty,Jarvis, 2007-08 Carnahan, Ralph, 1975-76 Carpenter, Harry, 1965-68 Carter, Alex, 1983-84 Carter, Cameron, 2014 Carter, Carl, 1946-49 Carter, George, 1965 Carter, James, 1965 Carter, Jimmy Paul, 1975-78 Carter, Lamar, 1996-99 Carter, McArthur, 1962 Carter, Sherman, 2009-12 Carter, Terry, 1996 Carter, Willie, 1950-52 Caruthers, James, 1975-76 Cato, Issac H., 1929-30 Cephas, Anthony, 2000 Champine, Daniel, 1954-57 Chatman, Jeff, 1983-85 Chatman, Karl, 1987-89 Cheeseborough, Clarence, 1944 Cisneros, Taylor, 2007-10 Claiborne, Holt, 2012-13 Clark, David, 1998- 2001 Clark, Dorian, 1992-95 Clark, Lane, 2014Clark, Major, 1950-51 Clark, Willie, 1988 Clay, Benny, 1956-59 Clay, Evan, 2014-15 Clay, George Clay, Marshall, 1944 Clay, Roy, 1960-61-62 Clayborne, Edward, 1948-51 Clemmons, Modell, 2003 Clifford, Eugene, 2008-10 Cochran, Daron, 1997 Coffee, Jackie, 1980-81 Coffey, Jeremy, 2011-12 Coleman, Alvin, 1963-66 Coleman, Cornelius, 2009-10 Coleman, Dave, 1976-79 Coleman, Fonzy, 1962 Coleman, Frank, 1952 Coleman, Jamal, 2008-10 Coleman, Maceo, 1967-71 Coleman, Sam, 1975-76 Coleman, St. Clair, 1974 Collins, Abe, 1979-80 Collins, Barry, 1981-84 Collins, Chris, 2008-09 Collins, Chris, 2014Collins, Dale, 1979 Collins, Keith, 1992-95 Collins, Robert, 1951

ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS Cook, Jerald, 2005-06 Cook, Laquarius, 2015Cook, Latwaun, 1995-96 Cook, Stanley, 1994-97 Cook, Timerik, 2016Cooks, Tyrone, 1971-74 Cooley, Willie, 1954-57 Cooper, Juandale, 2000-03 Cooper, Joe, 1965-68 Cooper, Mark, 1990 Cooper, William, 2015 Copeland, George, 1991-93 Cork, Kippie, 1997-98 Cornelius, Joe, 1965-68 Cothran, Andrew, 2016Council, Rico, 2007-11 Coure, Eric, 1996 Cousin, Quindell, 2014Cox, Denard, 2004-06 Cox, William, 1934-35 Crawford, Fred, 1955 Crawford, George, 1970-71 Crawford, James, 1958 Crawford, Malcolm, 2008-10 Crawford, Quinton, 1985-87 Crawford, Robert, 1954-57 Crawford, Robert, 2015Crockett, Ryan, 1988-90 Crooks, Anthony, 1984 Cross, Tim, 1987-90 Crowe, John, 1992 Crum, Paul, 1946-49 Culbreath, Anthony, 1990 Culpepper, Justin, 2016Cummings, R., 1946-47 Cummings, Sidney, 1953-56 Cunningham, Scott, 2000-03 Cunningham, Sean, 2008-09 Curtis, Sabree, 2016Cyrus, Warren, 1946

Dale, Andrew, 2012-15 Dance, Wayne, 1951-53 Dandridge, Tony, 1988 Daniels, David, 1980-84 Davenport, Adam, 2013 Davenport, Calvin, 1995-98 Davis, Al, 1998 Davis, Albert, 1967-70 Davis, Andre, 2004-05 Davis, Alex, 2007-10 Davis, Brent, 2009-11 Davis, Cedric, 1991-94 Davis, Darron, 1991-94 Davis, Gary, 1979-82 Davis, Grannison, 1946-49 Davis, Leonard, 2003-06 Davis, Levi, 1954-55

Davis, London 2010-12 Davis, Maurice 2005-08 Davis, Oliver, 1973-76 Davis, Robert, 1999- 2001 Davis, Tommy, 1965 Davis, Walter S., 1929-30 Dawson, Lewis, 2009 Dean, Byron, 1980-81 Dean, Criven, 1959-60 Dean, Demardre, 2009-11 Dean, Marlon, 1984; 1986 Deanes, Marcus, 2014Delaney, George, 1962 Deloney, Chris, 2010-11 DeLong, Gabe, *1998-99 Dennard, Archie, 2014-15 Dent, Richard, 1979-82 Deramus, Jesse, 1976-78 Derico, James, 1982-85 Derrick, Lee, 1953-56 DeWalt, Kevin, 2016Dickens, John, 1978 Dickey, Eldridge, 1964-67 Dillard, Marcus, 1988 Dixon, Billy, 1945-48 Dixon, Harvey, 1965 Dixon, Terrance, 1994, 96-97 Dobbins,Neon 2006 Dodd, Maurice, 1995-96 Dollar, Luther, 1998- 2000 Donaldson, Shannon, 2003 Dorlean, Frantzy, 2004-05 Dorsey, Larry, 1972-75 Doss, Nate, 1997 Doss, Tyrell, 2016Dotson, Orlando, 1998-2001 Doughty, Willie, 1978-81 Dove, Aliff, 1986 Dowdell, Marcus, 1988-91 Dowdell, Steve, 1984-86 Downs, Olten, 2003-05 Drummond, Amos, 1983 Drummond, Robert, 1944-47 Drungo, Elbert, 1965-68 Dumervil, James, 2003-04 Duff, Gerod, 1990-92 Duncan, Almonte, 2003-06 Duncan, Trevion, 2015Dunham, Maurice, 1992-95 Dunker, Jessaman, 2013-16 Dunlap, King, 1965-68 Durden, Michael, 1997- 2000 Durojaiye, Ande, 2000-03

Eady, Saul, 1989-90 Earthman, Andrew, 1956-59 Easterly, Daniel, 2014 Edmondson, Alton, 1982-84

Edwards, Blair, 2015Edwards, Jonathon, 2003-06 Edwards, Kadeem, 2009-13 Edwards, Rodney, 2013Eggleston, Leo, 1991 Ehret, Tim 2006 Elam, Cleveland, 1971-74 Elam, Onzy, 1983-86 Elder, John, 1986 Elias, Homer, 1975-76 Ellington, Thomas, 1995 Ellis, Stephen, 1975-76;78 Esaw, Charles, 1965-68 Eskew, Robert, 1965-68 Etheredge, Carlos, 1961-62 Evans, Bart, 1983-84; 86 Evans, Erick, 2015-16 Evans, Kenton, 2000 Evans, Ronald, 2007-08 Evans, Samquan, 2011Ezelle, Willie, 1994-95

Falker, Quincy, 1997-98 Falker, Ryan, 1993; 95-97 Farmer, Steve, 2001-02 Farrell, Carl, 1961 Ferguson, Charles, 1957-60 Ferguson, Danteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 2016Ferguson, Kenneth, 1999 Finley, Howard, 1965 Finch, James, 2008 Fite, Ray, 1969-70 Fitzgerald, Maurice, 1975-78 Fitzpatrick, Daniel, 2011-14 Fitzpatrick, Robert, 1987 Fleetwood, Ronald, 1979-81 Fleming, Derek, 1996 Flemming, Joe, 1983 Flemming, Marvin, 1979; 81-82 Flemming, Nathaniel, 1958 Fletcher, B.J., 2000-02 Flournoy, J.J., 1989-90 Floyd, Larry, 1996-99 Floyd, Leon, 1982-83 Foggy, Joe, 1952 Folkes, William, 1946-49 Ford, Aaron, 1977-80 Foreman, Hezekiah, 1945-46 Ford, Lamont, 1997 Forge, Ronald, 1976-79 Foster, Henry, 1978-80 Francis, Charles, 1949-52 Francis, Eric, 2004 Francois, Edmond, 1958-61 Franklin, Glasco, 1949-50 Fraser, Frank, 1955 Freeman, Arthur, 1965 Freeman, Chuck, 1995 Freeman, Isaiah, 2014-15 Freeman, Richard, 1992-95 Freeman, Rodney, 1978-80 Freeman, Terryl, 1989

#BigBlueRising

Frett, Vernon, 2011-13 Frierson, John, 1990-92 Fritz, Rodney, 2008-09 Fuller, Randy, 1990-93

Gaines, Clarence, 1950-52 Gaines, Rogers, 2009-12 Gardner, Gerome, 1990-93 Gardner, Gloria, 1957-60 Gardner, Kenneth, 1979-82 Garlington, Leon, 1986-87 Garlington, Weldon, 2011-14 Garrett, James, 1957-59 Gaston, Benny, 1994-95 Gatewood, Eddie, 1972-73 Gavin, Charles, 1954-57 Gay, Melvin, 1951 Gayle, Richard, 2005 -06 German, Michael, 2011-14 Germany, Chad, 1990-93 Gholston, Calvin, 1975-78 Gibbs, Ricki, 2001 Giddens, Deon, 2000-03 Gilbert, James, 1944 Gilchrist, George, 1946-49 Gillespie, Walter, 1948-51 Gilliam, Craig, 1963-66 Gilliam, Jr., Joe, 1968-71 Gillis, James, 1962-64 Gleaves, Johntae, 2009-12 Glover, Ashberry, 1969-71 Glover, Lorenzo, 1984-85 Godbolt III, Stephen, 2011-13 Godfrey, Colin, 1989-92 Godfrey, Jamin 2010-13 Golden, Ricky, 1977-80 Goodloe, Marcel, 2001 Goodowens, Seth, 1998-2001 Gordon, Rosmond, 1979-80 Gore, Timothy, 1973-74 Graddick, Sherard, 2005-08 Graham, Antonio, 2005-08 Graham, Jamil, 1997 Graham, Thomas, 1996-99 Grant, Michael, 1973-74 Gray, Billy, 1950-51-52 Gray, Chris, 2008 Gray, Clinton, III ,2005 Gray, Eric, 1985-86-87 Grayson, Curley, 1998- 2000 Grear, Stacy, 1984-88 Green, Clifford, 1993-96 Green, Dez, 2006 Green, Ervin, 1960-61-62 Green, James, 1951-54 Green, Lendyburgh, 1984 Green, Marquel, 2007-08 Greene, Corey, 2000

ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS Greer, James, 1965-68 Gregory, Joshua, 2008-09 Griffin, Alvin, 1987-89 Griffin, Richard, 1960 Griffin, Steve, 1983-86 Griffin, William, 1954-57 Grooms, Dominic, 2008-10 Gunn, Jerrold, 2007-08 Gunn, Reggie, 2016Guthrie, Jarron, 2009-12 Guydon, Joe, 1986-88 Guyton, Terrence, 1997-2000

Haigler, Allen, 1972-74 Hairston, Perry, 1953 Hairston, Richard, 1950-52 Hall, Darion, 2012-14 Hall, Gerald, 1988-90 Hall, Juan, 1994-97 Hall, Marquez, 2007-10 Hall, Miguel 2005-09 Hall, Perry, 1989-92 Hall, Rayburn, 1996-97 Hall, Robert, 1984-86 Ham, Chris 2002-05 Hamilton, Charles, 1946-49 Hammock, Courtney, 1991-94 Hammond, Sydney, 2016Hammonds, Philip, 1995-96 Hancock, George, 1974 Hancock, James, 1973-74; 76 Hanna, Darien, 2012 Haralson, Larry, 2015Harper, Antonio 2010-13 Hardin, Brandon, 2008-09 Harrell, Ozzie, 2007-09 Harrell, Charles, 1969 Harris, Aaron, 2002 Harris, Artrell, 1990 Harris, Brian, 2001-03 Harris, Charlie, 1959-62 Harris, Louis, 1977-80 Harris, Morris, 1978-81 Harris, Patrick, 1986 Harris, Rod, 1992 Harris, Shannon, 2001 Harris, Terence, 1984-85; 87 Harris, Terence, 2013Harris, Vincent, 1979-80 Harrison, Earl, 2016Hartman, Richard, 2003-06 Haskin, Brandon, 2011-12 Haskin, John, 1996-97 Hawkins, Sheldrick, 1990-91 Hawkins, Virgil, 1987-88 Hayes, Barry, 2003 Hayes, Chris, 1988 Hayes, Robert, 1991

Hayes, Samuel, 1959 Haynes, DeAndre, 2014-15 Haynes, Emmett, 1976-79 Haynes, Lee, 1977-80 Headen, Thomas, 1979-82 Hector, Anton, 1998-99 Heffner, Antonio 2006-08 Hegman, Michael, 1972-74 Henderson, John, 1948-50 Henderson, Larry, 1999- 2000 Henderson, Vynell, 1979-82 Hendricks, George, 1974-75 Henson, Mike, 1998 Herndon, Joseph, 1948-51 Herrera, Desi, 1992 Herring, Freddie, 1968-69 Hester, Ernest, 1996 Hester, Solomon 1928-30 Heyward, Isiah, 1997- 2000 Hicks, Sylvester, 1974-76 High, Walter, 1968-69 Hill, Earnest, 1979-82 Hill, Enoch, 2007-09 Hill, Jaccari, 2003 Hillery, Jarrick, 1995-98 Hillman, Robert, 1991-93 Hills, Joseph, 2009-10 Hines, Andre, 1988-89 Hines, Chauncey, 1986-89 Hines, Percy, 1954-57 Hinton, Darrell, 1995-98 Hockett, Gary, 1985-88 Hodge, Craig, 1984-87 Holbert, Henry, 1936 Holcey, Michael, 1993-96 Holderhead, Leon, 2013-14 Holiday, George, 1949-51 Holiday, Herman, 1936 Holland, Garr, 1997- 2000 Holland, Jacob, 1976 Holland, John, 1971-73 Holland, LaKhalon, 2014Holland, Ronald, 1978-81 Holland, Vernon, 1968-69 Hollie, Alex, 1968; 1970 Hollis, Kevin, 2001-04 Holliman, Ulysses, 1951 Holloman, Byron, 1996-99 Holloway , Steve, 1983-86 Holman, Arthur, 1959-62 Holmes, Napolean, 1953-56 Holmes, Roger, 1985-87 Holmes, Welsey, 2003-05 Holt, James, 1944 Hood, David, 1985-86 Hooks, Telvin, 2012-15 Horton, Willie, 1981-84 Horne, Hilton, 2000-03 House, Howard, 1994 Hopkins, Stephen, 2014

Howard, Bryan, 1979-81 Howard, Camron, 1997 Howard, Clarence, 1954-55 Howard, Hunter, 2009-12 Howard, John, 1991-92 Howard, Riley 2006-08 Howard, Ronald, 1982-84 Howard, Thaddeus, 1986-87 Howard, Walter, 1946-48 Howse, Larry, 1971-74 Hubbard, Brian, 1996-98 Hubbard, Brandon 2004-05 Hudak, Joey, 2001-04 Hull, Julius, 1999, 2000 Humphrey, Claude, 1964-67 Hugh, James, 1995-96 Hunt, Johnny, 1962-63 Hunter, Charles, 1991-92 Hunter, Herman, 1981-84 Hurd, Clinton, 1996 Hurd, Jerome, 1994-96 Husband, Gregory, 1974-76

Ibisi, Benedict, 1998-2001 Ingram, Charles, 1997-2000 Irby, Kenny, 2001-02 Isabell, Billy, 1962

Jackson, Brandon 2006-08 Jackson, Dennis, 1971-72 Jackson, Dinsdale, 2012-15 Jackson, Greg, 1978 Jackson, Javier, 2008-09 Jackson, Kevin, 1996-97 Jackson, Kevin, 1998-99 Jackson, Leslie, 1947 Jackson, Marquaveus, 2012-13 Jackson, Michael, 1987-88 Jackson, Nathaniel, 1973-76 Jackson, Orlandis, 2008 Jackson, Orsorio, 1987-89 Jackson, Ron, 2000-03 Jackson, Shakur, 2016Jackson, Thomas, 1992-93-94; 96 Jamerson, Najee, 2013 James, Detoy, 1997 James, Jesse, 1968; 70-72 James, Travis, 2008-12 Jamison, Leon, 1954-57 Jamison, Morris, 1991-94 Jarrett, Sylvester, 1978-80 Jelks, Jamahl, 2016Jenkins, Anthony, 1954-57 Jenkins, Justin, 2007-10 Jenkins, Patrick, 1999- 2002 Jenkins, William, 1993 Jennings, Ligarius, 1997- 2000

#BigBlueRising

Johnson, Ashley, 1997- 2000 Johnson, Aurther, 1992; 94 Johnson, Avery, 1991-94 Johnson, Brandon, 1999 Johnson, C.J., 2000-03 Johnson, Chris 2005-08 Johnson, Danny, 1974-76 Johnson, Floyd, 1951-52 Johnson, George S., 1974 Johnson, Henry, 1953-56 Johnson, James, 1971-74 Johnson, James, 1993-96 Johnson, Joe, 2012 Johnson, John, 1980-83 Johnson, Joseph, 2015Johnson, Kelcey, 1994 Johnson, Kevin, 1999-2000 Johnson, Ladarius, 2015Johnson, Leo, 1965 Johnson, Marlon, 1982-85 Johnson, Quentin, 1984-85 Johnson, Robert, 1976 Johnson, Ronald, 1985-86 Johnson, Stan, 1976 Johnson, Ty’Ron, 2007-09 Johnson, Val Gene, 1954-55 Johnson, Waymon, 1947 Johnson, William, 1944-47 Johnson, Willie, 1968 Jolly, Mike, 1978-79-80 Joiner, Reuben, 2001 Jones, Aaron, 1976-79 Jones, Antonio, 1997- 2000 Jones, Aubrey, 1979-80 Jones, Barion, 2002-04 Jones, Camren, 2016Jones, Carlos, 1982-84 Jones, Clarence, 1992-94 Jones, Cornelius, 1944-45 Jones, David, 1998-99 Jones, Douglas, 1952 Jones, Ed “Too Tall”,1970-74 Jones, Ernest, 2004-05 Jones, Carlos, 2004-06 Jones, Germain, 1995-96 Jones, Gino, 1999 Jones, Israel, 1945 Jones, Joe, 1968-69 Jones, John Jr., 2009, 11 Jones Jeremy, 2010 Jones, Kazuo “Carlos”, 1983-84 Jones, Kenny, 1987-90 Jones, Leon, 1960 Jones, Marvin, 1998- 2001 Jones, Mike, 1979-82 Jones, Nate, 1981-82 Jones, Paul, 1952-53 Jones, Paul, 1988-90 Jones, Raymond, 1994-97 Jones, Roger, 1988-90

ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS Jones, Sam, 1927-30 Jordan, Clarence, 2012 Jordan, Fred, 1929-30 Jordan, Gershom, 2008-10 Joseph, Aaron, 1978-79 Joseph, Jesse, 1946-49 Joyce, Eric, 1997-99, 2001 Junior, E.J., 2015-16 Justice Jr., Antonio 2013-16

Kamara, David, 2015-16 Kellione, Jordan, 2012 Kelly, James, 1971-73 Kelly, Lavatiae, 2013 Kemp, Tyson, 2009 Kenney, John, 1960-62 Kenton, Kevin, 2014-16 Kertcheval, Sebastian, 2015 Key, KaRon, 1998- 20001 Key, Michael, 1962 Key, Timothy, 1999 Killen, Josh, 2008 Killins, Henry, 1962 Kilgore, Deonte, 2008-09 Killings, Ronnie, 2016Kimble, Roy, 1951-1954 Kincaide, Clyde, 1929-32 Kindle, Gregory, 1970-73 King, Jonathan, 1997 King, Russell, 1949 Kinnebrew, Larry, 1978; 1980-82 Kirk, Kello. 2003 Knight, Rashad, 2012 Knight, Stevie, 1991 Knox, Andrew, 2015-

Lacey, Lafayette, 1948-51 Lacey, Mike, 1994-96 Lackey, Jimmy, 1992-95 Lamb, Mack, 1962 Lambert, Eddie, 1968-69 Landrom, Jamar, 2004-05 Lane, Fred, 1970-71 Larkins, Glenn, 1969 Laster, Donald, 1978-81 Lassiter, Mieco, 1999 Law, Ty, 2014-15 Laws, Bryan, 1987 Lawson, Sylvester, 1975-76 Leaks, Michael, 1988 Lee, Burrell, 1956 Lee, Cain, 1929-30-31 Lee, Charles, 1965 Lee, Dorian, 1983 Lee, Latrelle, 2014Lee, Travis, 2004-05 Leeper, Louis, 1984-86 Leonard, A.C., 2012-13

Leveque, Sterlin, 2014-15 Levine, Anthony 2006 -09 Lewis, Cornelius, 2007-08 Lewis, Craig, 1988 Lewis, Donald, 1985-86-87 Lewis, James, 1971,73-74 Lewis, James, 2013-15 Lewis, Norris, 1958-59 Lewis, Zachary, 1988 Lewter, James, 2009 Lightfoot, Shannon, 2003-05 Ligon, Lemual, 1995-96 Little, Shannon D., 1944 Lloyd, Tim, 1983-84-85 Lockett, Albert, 1965 Logan, Kikko, 2008 Long, George, 1978-79 Lopez, John, 2008-10 Lorthridge, El, 1996 Love, Clarence, 1967-70 Love, Jhaquelle, 2012-14 Lucas, Michael, 1984, 86 Luckey, Aaron, 1990 Lusk Tyler, 2009-11 Lyons, Granville, 1971-74 Lyons, Marshall, 1996

Mable, Thomas, 1953, 55-56 Mackey, Curtis, 1984-85 Macon, John, 1989-91 Maddox, Marvin, 2015Major, DeCarlos, 1995-97 Makor, Jao’s1982-85 Mallory, Julian 2010-11 Mallory, Larry, 1972-74 Malone, Roosevelt, 1958 Malone, Shawn, 1988 Marable, Trevelle, 1992; 94 Mars, Aaron, 2003-06 Marsalis, James, 1965-68 Marsalis, Romannie, 1988 Marsh, John, 1995-96 Marshall, DeJuan, 1998 Marshall, Kendrick, 1946-49 Marshall, Willie, 1965 Martin, Claude, 1953-54 Martin, Dion, 1985-88 Martin, Lannie, 1976-79 Martin, Nigel 2006 Martin, Tyler, 2003 Martinez, Leo, 2003 Mason, Mike 2006 Massengale, Lendell, 1952-55 Massey, Harry, 1962 Massie, John, 1990 Matthews, James, 1972-74 Maul, James, 1949 May, Joey, 1996 Mayes, Ernie, 1956

Mayes, Jacob, 1968-70 McAfee, Carl, 1983-86 McAllister, Jason, 1998-2000 McAllister, Xzavier, 2016McBride, Billy, 1976 McCartherenes, Brian, 1999- 2000 McCellion, D.J., 2010-11 McClain, Thomas, 1956-57 McClanahan, James, 1952-55 McClean, Stuart, 2007-09 McCollam, Chad, 1991-92 McCord, Deerwood, 1965 McCord, Donnie, 1975-76 McCord, Thomas, 1965-68 McCoy, Clinton, 1946 McCoy, Vincent, 1974 McCray, Eric, 1995-98 McCreary, Loaird, 1972-75 McCrumbly, Donald, 1972-74 McCurdy, Willie, 1981, 83-84 McCutcheon, Mark, 1988-90 McDaniels, Levertis, 1985 McDonald, Maurice, 1961-62 McFall, Patrick, 1995-96 McFarland, Errick, 1999-2000 McGee, Wendell, 1990 McGill, Nate, 2015 McGowan, Royce, 1992-95 McKelpin, Chris, 1979 McKinney, George, 1988 McMillion, Mike, 1978-80 McNairl,Calvin 2007-11 McNairy, Tim, 1993 McNeal, George, 1960-63 McNeal, Paul, 1959-62 McNutt, Antoine, 1998-99 McPherson, Joseph, 1952-53 McPherson, Michael, 1999 McPherson, Ulyesses,1944-47 McRae, Franklin, 1965 McRae, Jerrold, 1974-77 McTorry, Charles, 1970-72 McWilliams, John, 1969-72 Medley, Mahlon, 2015Meneese, Roy, 1964-66 Merritt, Don, 1965 Metcalf, Fred, 1956-59 Middlebrooks, Charles,1977-78 Middleton, Brent, 1979-82 Middleton, Marshun, 1990-93 Miles, Harold, 1984-86 Milian, Nicholas, 2002-05 Miller, Darrell, 1988-90 Miller, Jeremy 2006 Mims, Lawrence, 1984-86 Mitchell, Curtis, 1978-81 Mitchell, Fay, 1954-57 Mitchell, Jon, 1996-97 Mitchell, Melvin, 1973-75 Mitchell, Ryan, 2011-14

#BigBlueRising

Mitchell, Willie, 1960-62 Monroe, Anthony, 1988-89 Moore, Charles, 1958-61 Moore, Derrick 2005-06 Moore, Duane, 1993-96 Moore, Greg, 1990 Moore, Jonathan, 2007-09 Moore, Kelton, 1999 Moore, Leon, 1963-66 Moore, Reginald 2005-08 Moore, Riley, 1970 Moore, Scott, 1988 Moore, Steve, 1979-82 Moore, Terrance, 1993-94; 96 Moorman, Robert, 1990-92 Morgan, Mike, 1976-78 Morgan, Robert, 1973-76 Morgan, Toriano, 1998- 2000 Morgan, Willie, 1984 Morigney, Brian, 1984-85 Morris, Anthony, 2011-14 Morris, Rodney, 2015Morris, Roger, 2008-09 Morris, Theodore, 1962 Morrow, Gerald, 2003-06 Morrow, Jarrett, 2003-06 Morrow, Jason, 2015Morse, Jack, 1990-91 Morton, Edgar, 1944 Moseley, Matt, 2011 Motley, Zachary, 2008 Moye, Marcus, 1991-93 Muhammad, Hamid 1991 Murray, Leon, 1997-98-99 Murphy, Machellas, 2003-04 Murphy, Michael, 2009-13 Murphy, Robert, 1979-80 Myers, Carnell, 2000-02 Myers, Darius, 2009 Myers, Robert, 2011-14

Nails, Clarence, 1946-49 Ndem, Jack, 2012-13 Nesbeth, Dajour, 2016Nesbitt, Roc-M, 2014Nevels,Robert 2006 Newberg, Thomas, 2016Newbold, Steven, 2016Newton, Cecil 2005-08 Nicholas, Everett, 2014 Nicholls, Donte’e, 2009-11 Nixon, Barry, 1987-89 North, Justin, 2013Nunnally, Hoyt, 1968-71

O’Neal, Dantwaun, 2013-16 Odell, Richard, 1978-79

ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS Oden, McDonald, 1976-79 Ogundeko, Ebenezer, 2015Oliver, Harold, 1978-79 Oliver, Kevin, 2013-14 Overton, Van, 1988 Owens, Anthony, 1987-90 Owens, Johnny, 1972-75 Owens, Vincal, 1993

Pannell, Darrell, 1988-89 Parker, Jeffrey, 1988 Parker, Hakeem, 2011; 2014-15 Parker, Rodney, 1975-76 Parks, Jerry, 1961 Parks, Samuel, 1954-57 Patana, Clint, 1989,1991 Patrick, Kwane, 2009 Patrick, Rodney, 1984-85 Patterson, Wendall, 2008 Patton, Charles, 1952 Patton, William, 1952-54 Payne, Elbert, 1981 Payne, Eric, 1999 Pearson, Kaylen, 2012 Pelote, Shawn, 1988 Perkins, Calvin, 1978 Perkins, Chris, 1998-99 Perkins, Tommy, 1981-84 Perry, Gerald, 1977-80 Perry, Jeremy, 2008-11 Perry, John, 1976 Perry, Luke, 1959-60 Perry, Michael, 2016Perry, Mose, 1979 Peterson, Lawrence 2010-11 Pettiford, Kenneth, 1972-73 Pettus, James, 1971,73-74 Pettus, Larry, 1969,71-72 Phillips, Al, 1997 Phillips, Donnie, 1987 Phillips, Michael, 1979-81 Phillips, Russell, 1981-83 Pinson, Charles, 2001 Pillow Jr., Frank, 1984-87 Pilton, Elliot, 1990-91 Pinson, Donald, 1969-70 Pitts, Damion, 2003-06 Platt, Gregory, 1980 Player, James, 1952-55 Pleasant, Anthony, 1987-89 Pollard, Richard, 1950 Poole, Johnnie, 2009-10 Pope, Rodney, 1979-82 Porter, Dell, 2014Porter, Frederick, 1962 Powell, Charlie, 1961-62 Powell, Howard, 1950 Presley, Earl, 1990

Preston, Frederick, 1953 Price, Arbutus, 1987-90 Price, Chane, 1997- 2000 Price, Lamar, 2000-01 Price, Robert, 1944 Pride, Dan, 1992-95 Pride, Danny, 1965 Pruitt, Brian, 1992-95 Pruitt, Sam, 1992-93 Pruitt, Tim 2010 Pryor, Jeremy, 2009-12 Puckett, Sam, 1979 Pulley, George, 2009 Pulley, Ralph, Pulliam, Charles,

Quarles, Derek, 1996 Quarles, George, 1950 Quarles, John, 1962

Rahman, Isa, 2001-02 Ramsey, Jamal, 2011 Rand, Larry, 1965 Randle, Stanley, 1959-62 Randolph, Tracey, 1984 Ransom, Brian, 1979-82 Ratliff, Preston, 1997- 2000 Ratliff, Tim, 1995-97 Ray, Darnell, 2004-05 Reaves, Priestly, 1986 Reed, Robert, 1962-64 Reed, Roderick, 1985-88 Reed, William, 1951-54 Reese, Alfred, 1970-72 Reese, James, 1988-90 Reese, Walter, 1997- 2001 Reese, Wayne, 1967-69 Reeves, Charles, 1982-83 Reid, Lonnie, 1960 Reid, Tyric, 2016Releford, James, 1952-55 Renfroe, Gilbert, 1982-85 Repress, Mike, 1984-85 Revere, Arthur, 1980-81 Rhaney, Demetrius, 2012-13 Rhoden, John, 2004-05 Rhodes, John, 1946-49 Rhodes, Mazio, 2014Rice, Bryan, 1994-96 Rice, Harold, 1965-68 Richardson, Chris, 2001 Richardson, Courtney 2005 -06 Richardson, Shaun 2006 Rickman, Arthur, 1950 Ridgeway, Justin, 2007-11 Robb, Amariah, 1998- 2000 Roberson, Danny, 1998- 2001 Roberson, Kevin, 2002-03 Roberts, Calvin, 2009

Roberts, DeWayne, 1981-82 Robertson, Darnell, 1984 Robertson, Nathan, 1988-90 Robinett, Cedrick, 1991, 1993 Robinson, Allen, 1963-64 Robinson, Arthur Lee, 1933-36 Robinson, Ben, 1985-88 Robinson, Chris, 2012 Robinson, Ezra, 2014-16 Robinson, Fred, 1987-88 Robinson, John, 1966-68 Robinson, Johnnie, 1965-66 Robinson, Julian, 2015 Robinson, Mike, 1982-85 Robinson, Pat, 1988 Robinson, Patrick, 1989-92 Robinson, Preston, 1948-49 Robinson, Ricky, 1977-80 Robinson, Roger, 1981-84 Robinson, William, 1984-87 Robinson, Wilson 2010-13 Robles, Manny, 1999- 2003 Rogers, Brandon, 2011 Rodgers-Cromartie, Dominique, 2004-07 Rogers, Darryle, 1992-94 Rogers, Keith, 2002-04 Ross, Clyde, 1949 Rosser, Bryson, 2002-03-05 Roux, Abdul, 1997 Rowe, Algene, 1950 Rowland, Chris, 2016Rowland, Seth, 2016Rowley, Austin, 2015Rowser, Roshaun, 2003-06 Royster, Maurice, 2007-08 Rudolph, LaDarian, 2003 Rugley, Josiah, 1999 Rutland, Nikkeda 2004-06 Russell, Kevin, 1975-76

Sadler, David, 1988-89 Safeullah, Ahmed, 2000-03 Salters, John, 1948-49 Sample, Julian 2007-09 Samuels, Wesley 2010-13 Sanders, Ed, 1997-98-99 Sanders, Shelton, 1974 Sanders, Sugar, 2002 Sanders, Willie, 1965 Sanders-McCollum, Chris, 2013-16 Sanford, George, 1950-52 Sarieh, Adi, 1991-92 Saunders, John, 1946-49 Saunders, De’Ante, 2013-14 Savage, Willie, 1947-48 Scales, Joseph, 1969-70 Scantling, Desmond, 2000-01 Scott, Gabe, 2015Scott, Mario, 1998 Scott, Ricky, 1981-82 Scott, William, 1946

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Seabrooks, Glenn, 1968-69 Sears, JeMarc, 2011-14 Sears, Tim, 1979-80 Seay, Reggie, 1981-84 Segree, Lawrence, 1992-95 Sellars, Lorenzo, 1975-76 Sellars, William, 1992 Shanks, Simon, 1989-90 Shannon, Robert, 1965-68 Sharpe, Alvin, 1948-51 Sharpe, John, 1948-51 Shaw, Rashad, 2000-03 Shelton, Anthony, 1988-89 Shelton, Steven, 2008-09 Shepard, Allen 2006 Sherrill, Andre’, 1987 Shipley, Detorrius, 2011-14 Shoats, Gary, 1983-84 Shockley, Jeff, 1979 Shy, Melvin, 1974-75 Sibley, Derek, 2011-14 Simmons, Arthur, 1936-38 Simmons, Jimmy, 2004 Simmons, Joseph, 1950-51 Simmons, Kelvin, 1997-99 Simmons, Lachavious, 2016Simmons, Lawrence, 1936-37 Simmons, Marvin, 1971-72 Simmons, Patrick, 1959 Simpson, Nathaniel, 1973-75 Sims, Chris, 1985-87 Sims, Dorsey, 1952-55 Sims, Rodger, 1968-70 Sims, Tracy, 2008-09 Singleton, Allen, 1992 Singleton, Armond, 1991 Singleton, Harold, 1958-61 Sippial, Fred, 1999 Sleigh, Charles, 1928-30 Smith, Ahmaad, 2002-05 Smith, Amzie, 1987-88 Smith, Avis, 1981-82 Smith, Blake, 2009-10 Smith, Brice, 2001 Smith, Dave, 1954-55 Smith, Elgin, 2000-01 Smith, Fletcher, 1962-65 Smith, Jermaine, 1999- 2000 Smith, Joe C., 1965 Smith, John, 1976-78 Smith, Jonathan, 1995 Smith, Kato, 1994-96 Smith, Kevin, 1988 Smith, Lawrence, 1998-2001 Smith, Jr., Lee, 1987-88; 90 Smith, Milton, 1947-48 Smith, Noland, 1963-66 Smith, Patrick, 2015Smith, Sam, 1965-66

ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS Smith, T. J., 1995-97 Smith, Tom, 2014-15 Smith,Troy 2006 Smith, Wilbur, 1979-82 Smith, William, 1948-51 Smith, William P., 1944-47 Snow, Marcus, 2009-10 Sorrells, Calvin, 1955-58 Sparkman, Charles, 2007-10 Spears, Eric, 1983-85 Spells, Tevin, 2013-14 Spillman, JuJuan, 2008 Spivey, Samuel, 1965 Springfield, James, 2007-08 St. Clair, Reggie, 1999 St. Fleur,Renaloski, 2007-09 St. Louis, Sadrack 2005-06 St. Pierre, Mario, 1996 Stampley, Clay, 1952 Stargell, Sabastian1984-86 Stargell, Tony, 1986-89 Steadham, William, 1961 Steel, Charles, 1956 Steele, Ashmal, 1999 Stephens, Jeremy 2004-06 Sterling, Brent, 1996-99 Stephens, Demetro, 2015-16 Stephens, Marquis, 1999-2001 Stevens, Billy, 1962 Stevens, Willie, 1952-53 Stevenson, Martine, 2011-14 Stevenson, Robert, 1968-71 Stewart, Eugene, 1959-60 Stewart, Lonnie, 1973-74 Stewart, Michael, 1962 Stith, Richard, 1950 Stith, Robert, 1951 Stokes, Jeremy 2006 Stokes, Theodore, 1949-52 Stone, Andre, 2001 Stone, Joe, 1987-89 Strange, Forrest, 1933-35 Street, Alvin, 1984-86 Street, Harold, 1947 Streiff, Micah, 2005-06 Strickland, Wade, 1985-86 Stroe, Matt, 1998 Strong, Aaron, 2003-06 Stubblefield, Travis, 2007-08 Studdard, Steve, 1986-88 Suesberry, Wilbur, 1955-58 Sullivan, Corey, 1996-99 Summers, Terrance, 2016Sumrall, Fred, 1965-68 Sweet, Joe, 1968-70 Swift, Odell, 1962 Swinney, Gregory, 1976-79

Tahir, Henry, 2003 Tahir, Vejin, 2009 Taliaferro, Claude, 1954-57 Tanner, James, 1948-49 Tanner, Willie, 1948-51

Tarver, Keith, 1985 Tarver, Sidney 2007-10 Tate, Golden, 1980-83 Tate, Walter, 1979 Taylor, Andrew 2010-13 Taylor, Brian, 2001 Taylor, Danny, 1984-87 Taylor, Darryl, 1980-82 Taylor, Donald, 1955-58 Taylor, James, 1978-79 Taylor, Malcolm, 1980-81 Taylor, Nathaniel, 1945-48 Tepper, Terrell, 2001-04 Tepper, Tewann, 2002-04 Terry, Gabe, 2014-15 Terry, Ryan, 1990 Thalmadge, Vick, 1951 Tharpe, Larry, 1989-91 Thaxton, Frank, 1975-76 Thaxton, James, 1970-72 Thomas, Albert, 1985-88 Thomas, Carlo, 1997- 2000 Thomas, Charles, 1968, 71-72 Thomas, Danteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2008-11 Thomas, Eddie, 1952-53 Thomas, Mike, 1976-79 Thomas, Paul, 2003-04 Thomas, Vincent, 1975-76 Thomas, William, 1945-48 Thomas, William, 1967-70 Thomas, Woodrow, 1955-58 Thompson, Al, 1988 Thompson, Austin, 1974-76 Thompson, Michael, 1995-96, 99 Thompson, Ralph, 1994 Thompson, Reno, 2005-08 Thompson, Shawn, 1995-98 Thompson, Tim, 1985 Thrasher, Nick, 2011-14 Tiddle, Milton, 1952-53 Tippens, Eric, 1996-97 Toomer, JaMar, 1997 Trotter, Jesse, 1977-80 Troutman, Jeff, 1985-86 Townsend, Jason, 2008-09 Townson, Jason, 2009 Tuck, William, 1992 Tucker, Mike, 1985 Tucker, William, 1991-93 Tucker, William, 1965 Turks, Harold, 1983-86 Turnage III, Ryan, 2012 Turner, Harold, 1948-51 Turner, Steve, 1979-82 Turner, Warren, 1981 Tyus, Andre, 2001

Ulmer, David, 1943-46 Umphrey, Albert, 1935-38

Valentine, Fred, 1953-54

Valentine, Todd, 1996-97 Van Dyke, David 2010-13 Vasser, Rommie, 1992-95 Vil, Eluzeis, 2011 Vinson, Ronnie, 2012-14 Vipond, Robert, 2009 Veach, Stanley, 1927-30

Wade, Charles, 1970-72 Wade, James, 1989-92 Wade, Issac, 1981-83 Wafer, Carl, 1970-73 Walker, Alfred, 2001-05 Walker, Bruce, 1978-80 Walker, Charles, 1956-59 Walker, James, 1968-69 Walker, Kenny, 1979-80 Walker, Riley, 2001-03 Walker, Willie, 1965 Wallace, Chris, 2015-16 Wallace, Jason, 2010 Wallace, Lamar, 2009-12 Wallace, Lamarr, 1993-96 Walton, Charles, 1980 Walton, Riley, 1983-85 Ward, Clyde, 1980-83 Ward, Trabis, 2009-12 Washington, Marshall, 1954 Washington, William,1945-48 Waters, Melvin, 1987-90 Watkins, Jamie, 1999 Watkins, Larry, 1978-81 Watson, Harold, 2011-13 Watson, Tyrone, 1988-89 Weatherspoon, Johnny, 1985-87 Weatherspoon, Rashawn, 2008-11 Weldon, Batavia, 2000-01 Weaver, Mardae, 2001-03 Welch, Terry, 1985-86 Wellington, Nate, 1991-93 Wells, Kevin, 1996 West, Bill, 1968, 1970 West, Mike, 2011-14 West, Loranzo, 1995-96 Whatley, Amos, 1980-81 Wheeler, Dwight, 1975-77 Whitaker, Michael, 2012 Whitaker, Selmon, 1965-66 White, Greg, 2014 White, James, 1965-66 White, John, 1955 White, Willie, 1946-48 Whitmon, Cecil, 1951-53 Whitmon, David, 1944-45 Whitmon, Raymond, 1944-47 Whitrow, Thomas, 1930 Wilburn, Jesse, 1954-57 Wilcox, Paris, 2015 Wiley, Leonard, 1944-45 Wilhoite, Larry, 2016Wilkerson, Al, 1978-79 Wilkerson, James, 1988 Wilkins, Marques, 2009-10

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Williams, Armand, 1997-98 Williams, Brandon, 2005-06 Williams, Bryan, 1984-87 Williams, C., 1946 Williams, Chadwick, 2013-14 Williams, Charles, 1968-69 Wiliams, Daniel, 2003-05 Williams, Darrell, 1992-94 Williams, Daryl, 1993-95 Williams, Duaron, 2015 Williams, Fred, 1991-94 Williams, James, 1965 Williams, Javarris, 2005-08 Williams III, John, 2009-12 Williams, Justin, 2002-05 Williams, Leroy, 1960 Williams, Marcell, 1978-80 Williams, Robey, 1994-96 Williams, Ronald, 1965 Williams, Roy, 1952-53 Williams, Vantavious, 2014-15 Williams, Wendall, 1999-2000 Williamson, Randolph, 1975-76 Williford, Larry 2005-08 Willis, Jeffrey, 2005 Willis, Remond, 2007-08 Wilson, Bernard, 1988-91 Wilson, Bryce, 2011 Wilson, Devin, 2009-13 Wilson, George, 1960 Winfrey, Victor, 1987-89 Winston, Aubrey, 1957-59 Wisdom, Erik, 2008 Womble, Doug, 1988 Wright, Carlos, 2000-01 Wood, Marshall, 1951-53 Woods, Aaron, 2012-15 Woods, Anthony, 2009-12 Woods, Eddie, 2004-05 Woods, Jeremy, 2005-06 Woods, Larry, 1968-70 Woods, Robert, 1970-72 Woodard, Kellen 2006-09 Woodson, Ronnie, 1984 Wortham, Lamont, 1991-92 Wright, Carlos, 2000-03 Wright, Terrence 2006-07; 09-10 Wylie, Joseph, 2009-11 Wynn, Earl, 1944-47 Wynn, Franklyn, 1960-62 Wynn, Raleigh, 1946-49 Wynn, Shawney, 1970-73 Wynn, William, 1969-72

Yette, Emmett, 1951-52 Young,Duval 2006-08 Young, Maurice 2004-05 Zeigler, Bennie, 1996-99 *-medical redshirt, lettered.

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TSU ALL-AMERICANS 1934 Forrest Strange, C (CD, PC) 1935 William Cox, HB (CD, PC) 1936 Albert Umphrey, HB (CD, PC) 1937 Albert Umphrey, HB (CD, PC) Jimmie Harris, G (CD, PC) William Braudnex, E (CD, PC) 1944 William Bass, HB (CD, PC) 1945 William Bass, HB (CD, PC) Robert Drummond, T (CD, PC)

Forrest Strange made history becoming TSU’s First All-American in 1934.

1946

Robert Drummond, T (CD, PC) Nathaniel Taylor, QB (CD, PC) William Washington, E (CD, PC) Raymond Whitmon, HB (CD, PC)

1947

Robert Drummond, T (CD, PC) Nathaniel Taylor, QB (CD, PC) William Washington, E (CD, PC) Raymond Whitmon, HB (CD, PC) Raleigh Wynn, T (CD, PC)

1949 George Gilchrist, T (CD, PC) Grannison Davis, HB (CD, PC) 1950 Harold Turner, E (CD, PC) Walter Gillespie, C (CD, PC) Willie Tanner, T (CD, PC) 1951 Harold Turner, E (CD, PC) James Caldwell, E (CD, PC)

Robert Drummond (40), Raymond Whitmon (12), William Washington (17) and Nathaniel Taylor (14) were named All-Americans in 1946 before repeating in 1947. Drummond became the first Tiger to recieve All-America honors in three seasons from 1945-47.

1952 Matthew Maiden, FB (CD, PC) James Caldwell, T (CD, PC) 1953 Perry Hairston, E (CD, PC) Roy Kimble, HB (CD, PC) 1955 Charles Patton, G (CD, PC) 1956 James Buford, G (CD, PC) Charles Gavin, T (CD, PC) Fay Mitchell, HB (CD, PC) 1957 Leon Jamison, E (CD, PC) Charles Gavin, T (CD, PC) 1959 Charles Walker, E (CD, PC) Fred Metcalf, T (PC) 1960 George Balthazar, T (CD, PC) 1963 Robert Reed, G (PC) 1964 Robert Reed, G (PC) 1965 James Carter, G (PC) Johnnie Robinson, FL (PC) Eldridge Dickey, QB (PC)

(Key: A-Athlon, ADW-Atlanta Daily World, AFCA-American Football Coaches, AP-Associated Press, BM-Black Mutual, CD-Chicago Defender, CDS-Consensus Draft Services, CSN-College Sporting News, E-Ebony Scoreboard, FG-Don Hansen’s Football Gazette, HERO-HERO Sports, J-Jet Magazine, K-Kodak, ND-NFLDraft Report, 100%-100% Wrong Club, PC-Pittsburgh Courier, PF-Pro Football Magazine, SC-Small College, SH-Sheridan Poll, SBN-Sheridan Black College Network, SN-Sporting News, SPN-Sports Network, T-Time Magazine, UPI-United Press International, WC-Walter Camp, HM-Honorable Mention, BTR-BoxToRow. com/BASN, PS-Phil Steele, DC-Dr. Cavil’s HBCU Black College Football, CSJ-College Sports Journal All-Freshman, HSRN- Heritage Sports Radio Network, CSM-College Sports Mdaness

1966

William Tucker, HB (PC) Eldridge Dickey, QB (PC, E) Claude Humphrey, T (PC, E) Tommie Davis, T (SC) Harvey Dixon, G (E) Leo Johnson, WR (E)

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1967 Eldridge Dickey, QB (PC) Claude Humphrey, T (PC, SN, T, AP) 1968 James Marsalis, DB (AP, SN, PC) Elbert Drungo, T (PC) 1969

Claude Brumfield, T (PC) Joe Jones, E (PC, AP, SC) Vernon Holland, T (PC) Wayne Reese, HB (PC)

1970

David Davis, WR (PC) Joe Gilliam, Jr., QB (PC) Vernon Holland, T (AP, T, K, SN, PC) Asberry Glover, T (PC) Freddie Herring, DB (PC) Rodger Sims, LB (PC)

1971

Joe Gilliam, Jr., QB (K, AP, PC) Clifford Brooks, DB (AP, PC) Waymond Bryant, LB (PC) Nathaniel Brown, T (PC) Asberry Glover, T (PC) Charles McTorry, DB (PC) James Thaxton, TE (PC)

1972

Robert Woods, T (PC, AP, BM) Ed “Too Tall” Jones, E (PC, AP, BM) Ollie Smith, WR (PC) Waymond Bryant, LB (PC, AP) James Thaxton, TE (PC, BM) Charles McTorry, DB (PC)

1973

Ed “Too Tall” Jones, DE (SN, T, AP, PC, K, FA) Waymond Bryant, LB (SN, T, AP, PC, K) John Holland, WR (T, AP, PC) Gregory Kindle, G (AP, PC) Kenneth Pettiford, QB (BM)

1974

Cleveland Elam, DE (PC, AP, NB) Granville Lyons, DB (AP) Allen Haigler, T (AP, PC) John Butler, C (PC) Larry Dorsey, WR (PC) James Johnson, DB (PC)

1975

Larry Dorsey, WR (PC, AP, UPI, SN, T) Loaird McCreary, TE (PC) Melvin Mitchell, G (PC)

1976 Oliver Davis, DB (PC) Sylvester Hicks, DT (PC) Jerrold McRae, WR (PC) 1977

Jerrold McRae, WR (PF, PC, J, BM) Sylvester Hicks, DT (PF, PC, J, ADW, BM) Joe Adams, QB (PF) Stanley G. Johnson, DT (PC) Danny Johnson, DE (PC) Homer Elias, OG (ADW, PC) Dwight Wheeler, OT (PC) Sylvester Lawson, TE (ADW)

1978

John Smith, WR (PC, BM) Jimmy Carter, OG (E) Joe Adams, QB (AP, SN, PC, BM) Maurice Fitzgerald, DE (E)

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1979

Joe Adams, QB (AP, SN, PC, BM) McDonald Oden, TE (PC, BM, SH) Aaron Jones, HB (SH, ADW, BM) Lannie Martin (ADW) Mike Jones (SN)

1980

Joe Adams, QB (SH, AP, ADW, J, 100%) Richard Dent, DE (ADW) Aaron Ford, LB (ADW) James Taylor, OC (ADW)

1981

Mike Jones, WR (K, SN, AFCA, SH) Brian Ransom, QB (SH, SN) Malcolm Taylor, DT (K, AFCA) Donald Lester, OT (SH) Malcolm Taylor, DE (SH)

2004 Charles Anthony, RB (AFCA, AP, SBN, I-AA.org, FG, SH)

1982

Golden Tate, WR (SN, AFCA, SH) Roger Robinson, DB (SN, SH) Walter Tate, OC (AP, SH, K) Steve Moore, OT (SH) Richard Dent, DE (SH) Kenneth Biggles, QB (SH) Vynell Henderson, LB (SH)

2008

Cornelius Lewis,OT (AP, CSN, SBN) Cecil Newton, C (CSN) Javarris Williams, RB (AFCA, CSN-HM,SBN) JuJuan Spillman, KR/PR (CDS-HBCU) Eugene Clifford, DB (CDS-FCS/HBCU) Rico Council, LB (CDS-HBCU) Brandon Jackson, FB (CDS-HBCU) Marcus Broxie, DE (CDS-HBCU) Roger Morris, DT (CDS-HBCU)

2009

Eugene Clifford, DB (BTR/CDS-FCS/HBCU) Rico Council, LB (CDS-HBCU) Marcus Broxie, DE (CDS-HBCU) John Jones, Jr., LB (CDS-HBCU)

1983 Golden Tate, WR (SH, SN) 1984

Carl McAfee, DB (SN) Barry Collins, TE (SH) Herman Hunter, RB (SH) James Derico, LB (SH) Roger Robinson, DB (SH)

1985 Carl McAfee, DB 1986

Onzy Elam, LB (K, 100%, SH, E) Charles Buchanan, DE (SH) Carl McAfee, DB (SH, E) Steve Holloway, TE (SH) Wade Strickland, OT (SH, E) David Hood, P (E) Alvin Street, OC (E)

1988 Roderick Reed, LB (SH) 1989 Anthony Pleasant, DE (SH, ND, AP, FG) Simon Shanks, LB (E) 1990

Colin Godfrey, P (E, SH, AP, FG, WC, SPN) Simon Shanks, LB (SH) Anthony Owens, TE (SPN)

1991 Colin Godfrey, P (SH) Elliot Pilton, DE (SPN, ND) 1992 Colin Godfrey, P (SH) Perry Hall, LB (SH) 1993 Brent Alexander, FS (AP, NFL, SH, SPN) Randy Fuller, CB (NFL) 1994 Cedric Davis (SH, NFL) 1999

Lamar Carter, DE (SPN) Leon Murray, QB (SPN) Bennie Anderson (SBN) Avion Black (Team Link) Michael Thompson (SBN)

2000 Walter Reese, LB (FG) Carlos Wright, KR (FG) 2001

Steve Farmer, TE (HM) Walter Reese, LB (HM) Marquis Stephens, DB (HM) C. J. Johnson, WR (HM)

2003 Charles Anthony, RB (AFCA, AP, SPN, SH, FG) C.J. Johnson, WR (SBN)

2007 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie,DB (SBN, AP, TSN,)

2010 Eugene Clifford, DB (AP/BTR/WC/CSN-FCS/SBN/SN/PS-FCS) 2011

Rico Council, LB (BTR/SPN) Stephen Godbolt III, DB (CSJ - Freshman All-American) Joseph Wylie, DB (DC, BTR - Honorable Mention)

2012

Joe Bowens, TE (CSJ - Freshman All-American) Sherman Carter, C, (SBN) Kadeem Edwards, OG, (BT - HM) Rigers Gaines, OT, (AP, TSN, HBCU, BT) Stephen Godbolt III, DB (AP, TSN, CSN, SBN, HBCU, BT - HM) Jamin Godfrey, K, (HBCU) A.C. Leonard, TE (AP, TSN, CSN, SBN, HBCU, CFPA - Player of the Year, BT) Trabis Ward, RB, (SBN, HBCU, BT)

2013

Anthony Bass, DE (SN, AP, BTR, HSRN, HBCU) Kadeem Edwards, OT (BTR, SN, AP, HSRN, HBCU) Antonio Harper (BTR) Nick Thrasher (HBCU, BTR) Daniel Fitzpatrick (HBCU, BTR, SN, AP, CFPA, HSRN, ADA) AC Leonard (HBCU, BTR, AP, HSRN)

2014

Anthony Bass, DE (BTR, HBCU) Robert Myers, OG (PS) De’Ante Saunders (AFCA, SN, AP) Nick Thrasher (AFCA, PS, AP)

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2016

Jessamen Dunker, OL (AP/HERO/A/BTR/SBN/ STATS/ CSM) Lane Clark (AP, HERO, STATS, BTR) Ezra Robinson (STATS, BTR, SBN) Steven Newbold (HERO) Chris Rowland (HERO)

TOTAL ALL-AMERICANS........................................... 356 MOST ALL-AMERICANS NAMED................................ PC

NUMBER OF ALL-AMERICANS BY MEDIA OUTLET AFCA..........................3 AP.............................31 CD.............................37 PC.............................95 E...............................13 SC...............................2 T.................................4 AD............................26 SN.............................17 BM............................11 K.................................7 FA...............................1 NB...............................1 SBN..........................12 PF...............................3 ADW...........................8 SH.............................34 AFCA..........................8 CDS-FCS.....................2

CDS-HBCU...............15 FG...............................6 ND..............................2 WC..............................2 SPN.............................7 NFL.............................3 HM..............................5 I-AA.ORG...................1 TSN.............................4 CSN............................6 BTR...........................11 CSJ..............................2 DC...............................1 PS...............................3 CFPA...........................2 HERO..........................4 A.................................1 STATS.........................3 CSM............................1

MWC CHAMPIONS 1946 • 1947 • 1954 • 1956 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1963 1964 • 1965 • 1966 OVC CHAMPIONS 1998 • 1999 BLACK COLLEGE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1946 • 1947 • 1954 • 1956 1965 • 1966 • 1970 • 1971 1973 • 1979 • 1981 • 1982 • 2013 GRANTLAND RICE BOWL NCAA MID-EAST REGION CHAMPIONS 1965 (Co-Champs) 1966 • 1970 • 1971 NCAA DIVISION I-AA PLAYOFFS 1981 • 1982 • 1998 1986 • 1999 • 2013

The Tennessee State Tigers play two home games in one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest sports venues in Nissan Stadium, sharing the facility for home games with the National Football Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tennessee Titans. The state-of-the-art facility has served as home of the Tigers and the Titans since the 1999 season. Nissan Stadium is located on the east bank of the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville. Nissan Stadium, which seats approximately 69,143 fans, boasts incredible amenities, ranging from spacious and tastefully appointed locker rooms to massive scoreboards. The natural grass field was rated as the fourth best

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playing surface in the NFL in a poll conducted among league players in 2001. Nissan Stadium has 144 luxury suites and 9,600 club seats with access to the stadium club and club lounges. There are also approximately 7,500 parking spaces on the site. Nissan Stadium grounds are also designed to help create a park-like setting along the Cumberland River, not just a showplace for bland concrete and asphalt. More than 205 trees have been planted on the 105-acre campus. Tiger fans gather early and stay late to enjoy tailgating on Nissan Stadium grounds. In

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addition to games featuring the Tigers and Titans. Nissan Stadium also hosts college footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Music City Bowl in late December. Nissan Stadium hosts concerts and other special events during the course of a year. In 2016, the Tigers will play their 18th season at Nissan Stadium. Since beginning play in the state-of-the-art NFL facility in 1999, the Tigers have posted a 39-29 record in games played at Nissan Stadium.

• Nissan Stadium was built with the Tigers very own locker room • Former names include Adelphia Coliseum (1999–2002), The Coliseum (2002–2006) and LP Field (2006-2015) • TSU posts a 40-30 record at Nissan Stadium moving into their 18th season at the stadium • 144 luxury suites and 9,600 club seats • 60 concession stands throughout stadium • Two scoreboards with video screens located on north and south ends of stadium • Four suite elevators • 7,500 parking spaces available with more than 20,000 existing parking spaces nearby • New high-definition video screens and LED ribbon boards • A distributed sound system for Nissan Stadium will employ 600 speakers strategically placed in proximity to each seating area throughout the stadium • Fan-friendly dining and entertainment zones out on the east and west sides of Nissan Stadium gatherings • Tifsport Bermuda sod, which grew for a year before being laid down. Each roll of sod weighed 2,000 pounds and was cut into 108-foot long, 42-inch wide strips that were 1.5 inches thick

TSU opened play at Nissan Stadium, then called Adelphia Coliseum, with a 41-8 win over Alabama State in the first ever John Merritt Classic.

TOP ATTENDANCES AT NISSAN STADIUM TEAM RESULT DATE ATT. 1. Tennessee Tech* W 25-19 11/6/99 41,132 2. Arkansas-Pine Bluff* W 40-13 9/29/12 31,765 3. Alabama State W 41-8 9/3/15 31,119 4. Southern W 34-32 9/6/08 28,830 5. Alabama A&M L 14-27 9/3/05 25,342 6. Southern W 33-7 10/3/11 25,209 7. Alabama A&M W 42-7 9/4/04 25,117 8. Eastern Illinois* W 24-14 11/1/03 25,037 9. Murray State* W 42-28 11/3/07 24,878 10. Tennessee Tech* W 41-14 11/1/08 24,361 11. Alabama A&M L 7-24 9/5/09 23,871 12. Southeast Missouri* W 38-36 11/6/04 23,421 13. Eastern Illinois* L 3-27 11/5/05 23,481 14. Alabama A&M L 23-49 9/1/07 23,440 15. UT Martin* W 26-8 10/26/02 22,438 16. Alabama A&M W 27-14 9/4/10 22,607 17. Alabama State W 24-14 9/6/15 22,455 18. Eastern Illinois* L 22-25 OT 10/17/15 22,144 19. UT Martin* L 7-28 11/7/09 22,092 * Denotes Homecoming Games

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WILLIAM JASPER HALE

Hale Stadium is a 15,000-seat outdoor stadium located on the campus of Tennessee State University. Built in 1953 and affectionately nicknamed “The Hole”, the stadium hosted TSU Tigers football games until 1999, home games were then moved to LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans. The facility was named for William J. Hale, who served as TSU’s first president. It remains in use as the site of TSU’s annual spring football game, as well as hosting Homecoming festivities. The stadium hosted a second-round NCAA Division I-AA playoff game in 1982, with the Tigers defeating Eastern Illinois University 20-19 in front of a crowd of 8,000. During their years at Hale, TSU Football went undefeated ten times, won ten championships in the now-defunct Midwestern Conference and claimed the Ohio Valley Conference championship in 1998, its final season in the stadium. In the last game at Hale Stadium, Tennessee State won 28-14 over Texas Southern University on November 21, 1998. In 2012, the Tigers returned to ‘The Hole’ . TSU hosted three games starting with Austin Peay on Sept. 15, 2012. The Tigers will continue to play some home contests in Hale Stadium moving forward.

Individual Records Most Rushing Yards: Most Passing Yards: Most Receiving Yards: Most Receptions: Most Rushing Touchdowns: Most Receiving Touchdowns: Most Points: Most Rushes: Most PAT Attempted: Most PAT Made: Longest FG Made:

William Jasper Hale Stadium 230 484 248 12 5 4 30 36 11 9 57

Team Records Most Rushing Yards: 410 Most Passing Yards: 484 Total Yards: 780 Most Points: 83 Fewest Passing Yards Allowed: 0 Fewest Completions Allowed: 0 Fewest First Downs Allowed: 0 Most Touchdown Passes: 8

Lee Derrick Gilbert Renfroe Patrick Smith Lawrence Segree Charles Thomas Mike Jones Charles Thomas Darron Davis Roy Meneese Roy Meneese Lane Clark

vs. Bluefield State vs. District of Columbia vs. Murray State vs. Southeast Missouri vs. Central State vs. North Carolina A&T vs. Central State vs. UT Martin vs. Kentucky State vs. Kentucky State vs. UT Martin

vs. UT Martin vs. District of Columbia vs. District of Columbia vs. Kentucky State vs. Morris Brown vs. Morris Brown vs. Morris Brown vs. Kentucky State

Opponents – Individual Most Rushing Yards: 221 Markus Thomas Eastern Kentucky Longest Rush: 90 James Jackson Kentucky State Longest Kickoff Return: 100 Larry Douglas Southern Longest Interception Return: 92 Collier Florida A&M Longest Punt Return: 85 Donald Davis Grambling State Longest Pass Play: 96 Matthew Reed to Lee Fobbs Grambling State Longest FG Made: 57 Nick Mardonia Tennessee Tech

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11/25/54 11/5/83 11/7/15 11/19/94 11/20/71 11/15/80 11/20/71 11/17/92 11/24/66 11/24/66 10/1/16 11/5/77 11/5/83 11/5/83 11/24/66 10/3/64 10/3/64 10/3/64 11/24/66 11/2/91 1964 10/28/78 10/21/67 10/9/71 10/9/71 11/12/16

Hale Stadium Records by Decades 1950s 23-2-1 1960s 35-8-2 1970s 34-2-1 1980s 20-4-1 1990s 23-11-0 2010s 7-4-0

TOTAL 141-31-5 TOP ATTENDANCE AT HALE STADIUM TEAM RESULT DATE ATT. 1. UT Martin W 76-0 *10/24/98 22,046 2. UT Martin W 37-14 *10/19/96 21,331 3. Florida A&M W 33-20 10/25/69 20,000 4. Jackson State T 26-26 09/10/88 18,954 5. Austin Peay W 35-14 *10/24/92 18,341 6. UT-Chattanooga W 27-21 10/16/82 18,200 7. Eastern Kentucky L 20-27 *11/2/91 18,150 8. Jackson State W 23-20 09/11/76 18,106 9. Grambling State W 41-35 10/9/71 18,000 10. Tennessee Tech W 28-21 *11/8/97 17,255 11. Grambling State L 25-28 10/11/75 17,000 12. Texas Southern W 48-25 09/26/81 16,300 13. Grambling W 24-13 10/16/79 16,200 14. Tennessee Tech L 24-28 *11/4/95 16,128 15. Texas Southern W 28-14 11/21/98 16,091 16. Texas Southern W 38-15 09/30/72 16,000 17. Grambling W 19-13 10/6/73 16,000 18. Jackson State W 20-10 09/14/86 16,000 19. Middle Tennessee W 24-14 09/7/96 15,761 20. Middle Tennessee L 10-45 09/3/94 15,511 21. Austin Peay W 34-14 09/15/12 14,264 22. Hampton Institute W 20-14 09/3/83 13,500 23. North Carolina A&T W 31-15 08/31/85 13,500 * Denotes Homecoming Games TSU Football bid farewell to home games played inside Hale Stadium with 28-14 win over Texas Southern on November 21, 1998. Tyrone Butterfield catches a touchdown pass in front of a crowd of more than 16, 000 fans.

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TSU PLAYS THE CLASSICS Overall Record in Classics: 69-45-3 Overtime Record: 2-1 Largest Classic Crowd: 67, 712 - 9/25/04 - Atlanta Football Classic Longest Winning / Losing Streak: 21 / 11 Largest Win Margin: 71 points - 10/20/84 - W 71-0 Kentucky State, Louisville, KY Smallest Win Margin: 1 point (twice vs. Jackson State) 9/18/04 - W31-30 OT 9/16/06 - W21-20 Largest Loss Margin: 39 points - 10/9/93 - L13-52 Eastern Kentucky Smallest Loss Margin: 1 point (twice) 9/29/07 - L17-18 Florida A&M 9/28/96 - L18-19 Southern

vs. Alabama A&M: 3-2 vs. Alabama State: 4-0 vs. Alcorn State: 4-0 vs. Arkansas State: 1-0 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1-0 vs. Bethune-Cookman: 0-1 vs. Bishop: 1-0 vs. Central State: 3-2 vs. Howard: 1-0 vs. Eastern Kentucky: 0-1

DATE W-L SCORE —/—/46 L 6-14 —/—/47 W 26-0 —/—/47 W 27-12 —/—/48 W 30-26 —/—/49 W 49-13 —/—/50 W 20-0 ONLY APPEARANCES —/—/50 W 28-13 —/—/51 W 26-21 COSBY FOOTBALL CLASSIC: MOTOR CITY CLASSIC: —/—/51 W 25-0 9/15/89 - W14-13 vs. Central State 11/2/85 - L10-13 vs. Southern —/—/52 L 12-20 —/—/53 T 19-19 GATEWAY CLASSIC: RIVER FRONT CLASSIC: 9/4/93 - L15-23 vs. Florida A&M 9/9/00 - L14-16 vs. North Carolina A&T 9/25/54 W 33-13 9/17/55 W 7-0 LIL’ BROWN JUG CLASSIC: ORANGE BLOSSOM CLASSIC: 11/10/56 W 52-6 10/20/84 - W71-0 vs. Kentucky State 12/1/56 - W41-39 vs. Florida A&M —/—/56 W 6-0 12/1/56 W 41-39 11/13/65 W 31-6 ATLANTA FOOTBALL CLASSIC 11/12/66 W 28-6 First Appearance: *9/15/72 11/22/69 W 49-14 W14-0 vs. Morgan State 9/12/70 W 24-14 Last Appearance: 9/25/10 9/19/70 W 62-7 W29-18 vs. Florida A&M 11/21/70 W 21-3 vs. Florida A&M: 5-12* *AEC Record: 2-1 9/25/71 W 18-7 vs. Morgan State: 1-0* AFC Record: 6-14 9/9/72 W 55-6 vs. South Carolina State: 3-1 *1972-89 held different names in- 9/15/72 W 14-0 vs. Southern: 0-1 cluding Atlanta Ebony Classic 9/23/72 W 40-13 9/13/74 W 44-12 BLUFF CITY CLASSIC 10/23/76 W 21-3 First Appearance: —/—/47 11/4/78 W 41-7 W26-0 vs. Arkansas State 09/22/79 W 21-3 Last Appearance: 9/17/88 10/12/80 W 35-17 W13-6 vs. Mississippi Valley State 10/3/81 W 21-20 vs. Alcorn State: 1-0 vs. Mississippi Valley State: 2-1 11/13/82 W 63-41 vs. Arkansas State: 1-0 vs. Norfolk State: 1-0 11/12/83 L 38-51 vs. Jackson State: 1-0-1 vs. Southern: 1-0 9/8/84 W 34-14 vs. Kentucky State: 1-0 vs. Texas Southern: 1-0 10/20/84 W 71-0 vs. Lincoln (Mo.): 4-1-1 Overall Record: 13-2-2 10/5/85 L 13-28 11/2/85 L 10-13 CAPITOL CLASSIC 11/1/86 T 17-17 First Appearance: --/--/46 09/12/87 T 17-17 L6-14 vs. North Carolina State 10/3/87 L 28-31 Last Appearance: 11/04/78 09/17/88 W 13-6 W41-7 vs. North Carolina Central 09/15/89 W 14-13 09/23/89 L 9-21 vs. Maryland State: 1-0 vs. West Virginia State: 1-0 09/8/90 W 23-14 vs. North Carolina A&T: 1-0 vs. Wilberforce: 1-0 09/22/90 W 20-16 vs. North Carolina State: 0-1 Overall Record: 4-1 09/29/90 L 14-35 8/31/91 L 7-10 CHICAGO FOOTBALL CLASSIC 9/14/91 L 19-41 First Appearance: 9/23/72 9/28/91 L 7-43 W40-13 vs. Alcorn State 9/12/92 L 18-38 Last Appearance: 9/11/93 9/26/92 L 12-20 L18-24 vs. Jackson State 9/4/93 L 15-23 vs. Alcorn State:1-0 vs. Jackson State: 0-1 9/11/93 L 18-24 vs. Central State: 1-0 Overall Record: 2-1 9/18/93 L 28-33 10/9/93 L 13-52 9/10/94 L 12-31

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vs. Florida A&M: 7-14 vs. Grambling State: 0-2 vs. Jackson State: 16-10-1 vs. Kentucky State: 2-0 vs. Lincoln (Mo.): 6-1-1 vs. Mississippi Valley State: 2-3 vs. Morgan State: 1-0 vs. Norfolk State: 1-0 vs. North Carolina A&T: 2-3 vs. North Carolina Central: 1-0

vs. North Carolina State: 0-1 vs. Maryland State: 1-0 vs. Parsons: 1-0 vs. Prarie View A&M: 1-0 vs. South Carolina State: 3-2 vs. Southern: 1-2-1 vs. Texas Southern: 1-0 vs. West Virginia State: 1-0 vs. Wilberforce: 1-0

OPPONENT LOCATION ATT. North Carolina State Washington D.C. ——— Arkansas A&M Memphis, Tenn. ——— West Virginia State Washington D.C. ——— Wilberforce Washington D.C. ——— Jackson State Jackson, Miss. ——— Lincoln Memphis, Tenn. ——— North Carolina A&T Washington D.C. ——— Lincoln Memphis, Tenn. ——— Jackson State Jackson, Miss. ——— Lincoln Memphis, Tenn. ——— Lincoln Memphis, Tenn. ——— Lincoln Memphis, Tenn. ——— Lincoln Memphis, Tenn. ——— Alcorn State Memphis, Tenn. ——— Maryland State Washington D.C. ——— Florida A&M Miami, Fla. (Orange Bowl) 41,808 Lincoln St. Louis, Mo. (Busch Stadium) ——— Lincoln St. Louis, Mo. (Busch Stadium) 3,500 Bishop Dallas, Texas (Cotton Bowl) 12,000 Alcorn State Los Angeles, Ca. (LA Coliseum) ——— Kentucky State Memphis, Tenn. (Crump Stadium) 15,000 Parsons St. Louis, Mo. (Busch Stadium) ——— Alcorn State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 17,006 Norfolk State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) ——— Morgan State Atlanta, Ga. (Atlanta-Fulton Co.) 10,093 Alcorn State Chicago, Ill. (Soldier Field) 40,000 Central State Chicago, Ill. (Soldier Field) ——— Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Doak Campbell Stadium) ——— North Carolina Central Washington, D.C. (RFK Stadium) ——— Texas Southern Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 32,000 Alabama State Birmingham, Ala. (Legion Field) ——— Alabama State Birmingham, Ala. (Legion Field) 18,233 Mississippi Valley State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 16,000 Mississippi Valley State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 25,000 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 34,500 Kentucky State Louisville, Ky. (Cardinal Stadium) 9,200 Mississippi Valley State Indianapolis, Ind. (Hoosier Dome) 40,000 Southern Detroit, Mich. (Tiger Stadium) 23,000 Southern Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 25,000 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 26,853 Central State Indianapolis, Ind. (Hoosier Dome) 47,417 Mississippi Valley State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 15,232 Central State Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland Stadium) 8,078 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Bobby Dodd Stadium) 47,373 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 39,579 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Bobby Dodd Stadium) 46,024 Central State Louisville, Ky. (Cardinal Stadium) 28,842 Mississippi Valley State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 25,891 Jackson State Birmingham, Ala. (Legion Field) 17,581 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Atlanta-Fulton Co.) 49,767 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 37,437 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Atlanta-Fulton Co.) 43,211 Florida A&M Jacksonville, Fla. (Gator Bowl) 30,097 Jackson State Chicago, Ill. (Soldier Field) 43,800 Grambling State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 41,669 Eastern Kentucky Louisville, Ky. (Cardinal Stadium) 21,863 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 50,047

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9/24/94 W 32-28 9/9/95 L 19-24 9/23/95 L 7-24 9/30/95 W 15-14 9/14/96 L 14-21 9/28/96 L 18-19 9/13/97 L 28-31 9/27/97 L 28-34 10/4/97 L 37-49 10/18/97 L 7-28 9/12/98 W 33-21 9/26/98 L 23-31 9/5/99 W 41-8 9/10/99 W 48-33 9/18/99 W 42-25 9/2/00 W 39-13 9/9/00 L 14-16 9/16/00 L 39-42 9/23/00 L 6-31 9/1/01 W 27-6 9/22/01 W 27-7 10/6/01 W 45-0 11/22/01 W 64-33 9/7/02 W 41-8 9/14/02 L 28-31 9/21/02 L 14-49 9/28/02 L 24-37 8/30/03 W 37-20 9/13.03 W 44-14 9/20/03 L 7-10 9/4/04 W 42-7 9/18/04 W 21-20 9/25/04 L 15-21 10/2/04 L 13-30 9/3/05 L 14-27 9/10/05 W 20-14 OT 9/24/05 L 7-12 10/1/05 L 3-16 9/2/06 L 20-27 9/16/06 W 31-30 OT 9/30/06 L 22-25 OT 9/8/07 W 16-13 9/1/07 L 23-49 9/29/07 L 17-18 9/6/08 W 34-32 9/13/08 W 41-18 9/27/08 L 21-28 9/5/09 L 24-7 9/12/09 W 14-7 9/26/09 L 31-12 9/4/10 W 27-14 9/11/10 L 26-33 9/25/10 W 29-18 10/2/10 W 37-7 9/3/11 W 33-7 9/10/11 L 29-35 9/1/12 W 17-14 9/8/12 W 38-12 9/1/13 L 12-9 9/14/13 W 26-16 9/28/13 W 73-6 8/30/14 W 58-6 9/13/14 W 35-7 9/6/15 W 24-14 9/12/15 W 35-25 9/3/16 W 44-0 9/10/16 W 40-26

South Carolina State Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 58,131 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 48,533 Florida A&M Orlando, Fla. (Citrus Bowl) 20,079 South Carolina State Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 52,387 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 55,212 Southern Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 45,894 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 61,171 South Carolina State Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 41,293 North Carolina A&T Indianapolis, Ind. (RCA Dome) 59,011 UT-Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tenn. (Finley Stadium) 20,000 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 55,545 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 28,987 Alabama State Nashville, Tenn. (The Coliseum) 31,119 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 50,723 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 43,800 Alabama State Nashville, Tenn. (The Coliseum) 20,463 North Carolina A&T Cincinnati, Ohio (Cinergy Field) 30,300 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 52,173 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 62,455 Alabama A&M Nashville, Tenn. (The Coliseum) 22,000 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 61,052 Howard Indianapolis, Ind. (RCA Dome) 28,960 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 28,960 Prairie View A&M Nashville, Tenn. (The Coliseum) 18,652 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 38,496 Grambling State Las Vegas, Nev. (Boyd Stadium) 22,537 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 67,167 South Carolina State Nashville, Tenn. (The Coliseum) 18,124 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 52,603 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 70,185 Alabama A&M Nashville, Tenn. (The Coliseum) 25,117 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 55,015 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 67,712 South Carolina State Indianapolis, Ind. (RCA Dome) 51,082 Alabama A&M Nashville, Tenn. (The Coliseum) 25,342 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 48,300 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 56,297 North Carolina A&T Indianapolis, Ind. (RCA Dome) 42,310 Alabama A&M Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field) 19,487 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 53,441 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 57,885 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 50,879 Alabama A&M Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field) 23,440 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 56,990 Southern Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field) 28,830 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn.(Liberty Bowl) 50,794 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 50,428 Alabama A&M Nashville, Tenn.(LP Field) 23,871 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 43,306 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 51,950 Alabama A&M Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field) 22,607 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 44,688 Florida A&M Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome) 54,202 North Carolina A&T Indianapolis, Ind. (RCA Dome) 35,217 Southern Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field) 25,209 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 43,532 Florida A&M Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field) 15,562 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 42,257 Bethune-Cookman Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field) 16,108 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 42,400 Central State St. Louis, Mo. (Edward Jones Dome) 22,000 Edward Waters Nashville, Tenn. (LP Field) 10,541 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 46,914 Alabama State Nashville, Tenn. (Nissan Stadium) 22,455 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 48,385 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Nashville, Tenn. (Nissan Stadium) 15,078 Jackson State Memphis, Tenn. (Liberty Bowl) 46,263

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CIRCLE CITY CLASSIC First Appearance: 10/5/85 L, 13-28 VS. Mississippi Valley State Last Appearance: 10/2/10 W, 37-7 VS. North Carolina A&T vs. Central State: 0-1 vs. Howard: 1-0 vs. Jackson State: 0-1 vs. Mississippi Valley State: 0-1

vs. North Carolina A&T: 1-2 vs. South Carolina State: 0-1 Overall Record: 2-5

DALLAS LONESTAR CLASSIC First Appearance: 11/22/69 W, 49-14 vs. Bishop Last Appearance: 11/22/69 W, 49-14 vs. Bishop GATEWAY CLASSIC First Appearance: 11/13/65 W, 31-6 vs. Lincoln Last Appearance: 9/28/13 W, 73-6 vs. Central State vs. Lincoln: 2-0 vs. Parsons: 1-0

vs. Central State: 1-0 Overall Record: 4-0 JOHN MERRITT CLASSIC First Appearance: 9/5/99 W, 41-8 vs. Alabama State Last Appearance: 9/3/16

W, 44-0 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Alabama A&M: 3-4 vs. Alabama State: 3-0 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 1-0 vs. Edward Waters: 1-0 vs. Florida A&M: 1-0

vs. Bethune Cookman: 0-1 vs. Prarie View: 1-0 vs. South Carolina State: 1-0 vs. Southern: 2-0 Overall Record: 13-5

MAGIC CITY CLASSIC First Appearance: 10/12/80 W, 35-17 vs. Alabama State Last Appearance: 9/14/91 L, 19-41 vs. Jackson State vs. Alabama State: 2-0 Overall Record: 2-1 vs. Jackson State: 0-1 MAGNOLIA CLASSIC First Appearance: —/—/49 W49-13 vs. Jackson State Last Appearance: —/—/51 W25-0 vs. Jackson State

Overall Record: 2-0

RIVER CITY CLASSIC First Appearance: 9/29/90 L, 14-35 vs. Central State Last Appearance: 10/18/97 L, 28-7 vs. UT-Chattanooga vs. Central State: 0-1 vs. Eastern Kentucky: 0-1

Overall Record: 0-3

SILVER DOLLAR CLASSIC First Appearance: 9/21/02 L, 14-49 VS. Grambling State Last Appearance: 9/21/02 L, 14-49 vs. Grambling State SOUTHERN HERITAGE CLASSIC First Appearance: 9/8/90 W, 23-14 vs. Jackson State Last Appearance: 9/10/16 W, 40-26 vs. Jackson State vs. Grambling State: 0-1 vs. Jackson State: 16-10

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vs. Mississippi Valley State: 0-1 Overall Record: 16-12

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THE BROWN JUG AND JOHN MERRITT CLASSIC Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Home (RES) TSU - 41 (W) TSU - 39 (W) TSU - 27 (W) TSU - 41 (W) TSU - 37 (W) TSU - 42 (W) TSU - 14 (L) TSU - 20 (L) TSU - 23 (L) TSU - 34 (W) TSU - 7 (L) TSU - 27 (W) TSU - 33 (W) TSU - 17 (W) TSU - 9 (L) TSU - 58 (W) TSU - 24 (W) TSU - 44 (W)

Visitor Alabama State - 8 Alabama State - 13 Alabama A&M - 6 Prairie View A&M - 8 South Carolina ST. - 20 Alabama A&M - 7 Alabama A&M - 27 Alabama A&M - 27 Alabmaa A&M - 49 Southern - 32 Alabama A&M - 24 Alabama A&M - 14 Southern - 7 Florida A&M - 14 Bethune-Cookman - 12 Edward Waters - 6 Alabama State - 14 Arkansas-Pine Bluff - 0

The John Merritt Classic, first played in 1999, honors John A. Merritt, the legendary TSU football coach who led the Tigers from 1963-1983. During 21 seasons, “Big John” won four undisputed national championships among historically black colleges ranked by the Sheridan Poll, while compiling a lifetime record of 172-33-1. The JMC, one of only two football Classics solely hosted by a single NCAA FCS institution, is intended to allow Tennessee State to raise funds for scholarships and other related needs for TSU students.

The 1950 TSU Football Team holding “The Little Brown Jug”, the symbol of victory between Tennessee State and Kentucky State.

TSU players pose to promote the Lil’ Brown Jug Classic. Val Gene Johnson, Lee Derrick, Lindale Massengale and Charles Patton.

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The Lil’ Brown Jug now sits in the TSU athletic director’s office.

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THE SGT. YORK TROPHY In July 2007, the Nashville Sports Council and the Ohio Valley Conference announced the creation of the Sergeant York Trophy which goes to the winner of the quadrangular season football series between the four Ohio Valley Conference schools located in the state of Tennessee – Austin Peay State University, University of Tennessee at Martin, Tennessee State University and Tennessee Technological University. The award is only the second traveling trophy that involves more than two teams in college sports; the other is the Commander in Chief’s Trophy which has been contested between Air Force, Army and Navy annually since 1972. In a close race, Tennessee State and Austin Peay shared the inaugural award, finishing with identical 2-1 records in 2007. Tennessee State took the trophy home thanks to a one-point victory in overtime over the Governors; that game was decided by a block extra point by NFL First Round Draft Pick Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. The Tigers repeated as champions in 2008, winning all three of its Sgt. York games. The award is named in honor of Alvin C. York, the most noted Soldier of World War I. As a corporal in the 2nd battalion, 328th Infantry, in the Battle of the Meuse River-Argonne (Oct. 8, 1918), York and seven other soldiers captured 132 prisoners, was promoted to sergeant and received the Distinguished Service Cross, the French Croix de Guerre, the French Legion of Honor, the Croce di Guerra of Italy and the War Medal of Montenegro. Upon his return to the United States in 1919, he was bestowed the Congressional Medal of Honor. Following the war, York returned his home in Pall Mall, Tenn. (located in north central Tennessee, 55 miles northeast of Cookeville) where he dedicated his life to improving education and facilitating educational opportunities for children in the state of Tennessee. In 1927, he established the Alvin C. York Institute after spending several years raising money for the school which opened as a private institution. That school was established, in part, to provide educational opportunities denied to the boys and girls of Fentress Country. In 1937, the Institute became a state special school after an appeal to the Tennessee State Legislature. The school, located in Jamestown, Tenn., is still in operation today. York died on Sept. 2, 1964 and the foundation which he helped establish in 1920 – The Sergeant York Patriotic Foundation – was dormant for many years. The Foundation was re-established by Lipscomb Davis, Jr. in 1992 and is currently run by Sgt. York’s grandson Gerald (U.S. Army Colonel, Retired). York’s papers are archived by Michael E. Birdwell, Ph.D., who is an associate professor of history at Tennessee Technological University, one of the four institutions that will compete for the yearly honor. After the completion of the football season, the Sergeant York Trophy is awarded to the institution with the best head-to-head record in the match-ups with their fellow Tennessee schools. In the event of a tie, the award is shared; however, the previous winner will retain the trophy if they are part of the tie. If the tie is between two other institutions, the trophy will go to the institution that has gone the most seasons without winning the trophy. The award is presented to the winning institution annually at the Pepsi Celebration of Champions which is hosted each spring by the Nashville Sports Council. The event was created in 1999 and salutes amateur and professional sports in Tennessee.

Members of the York Family with former OVC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher (back row, far left), OVC head football coaches and Gary Alexander of the Nashville Sports Council (back row, far right) at the 2007 OVC Football Media Day, when the announcement of the trophy was first made.

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THE SGT. YORK TROPHY

All-Time Sgt. York Trophy Winners 2007 - Tennessee State*, Austin Peay 2008 - Tennessee State 2009 - Tennessee Tech 2010 - UT Martin 2011 - Tennessee State*, Tennessee Tech 2012 - Tennessee State*, UT Martin 2013 - Tennessee State 2014 - UT Martin 2015 - UT Martin 2016 - UT Martin*, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech

2010 Sept. 18 Sept. 30 Oct. 9 Oct. 23 Nov. 6 Nov. 13

Austin Peay 26, @Tennessee State 23 UT Martin 27, @Tennessee Tech 24 Tennessee Tech 34, @Austin Peay 21 Tennessee Tech 21, @Tennessee State 10 UT Martin 28, @Austin Peay 12 @UT Martin 37, Tennessee State 0

2015 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 31 Nov. 14 Nov. 21

UT Martin 31, @ Tennessee Tech 17 @ UT Martin 28, Tennessee State 14 UT Martin 44, @ Austin Peay 14 @ Tennessee State 20, Austin Peay 6 @ Tennessee Tech 42, Austin Peay 24 @ Tennessee Tech 30, Tennessee State 24

2011 Oct. 1 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Nov. 12 Nov. 19

@Austin Peay 37, Tennessee State 34 Tennessee Tech 34, @UT Martin 31 @UT Martin 61, Austin Peay 23 Tennessee State 42, @Tennessee Tech 40 @Tennessee State 35, UT Martin 30 @Tennessee Tech 49, Austin Peay 7

2016 Sept. 10 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Nov. 5 Nov. 12

Tennessee Tech 41, @ Austin Peay 7 @ UT Martin 44, Tennessee Tech 23 @ Tennessee State 34, UT Martin 30 @ UT Martin 45, Austin Peay 31 Tennessee State 41, @ Austin Peay 40 Tennessee Tech 44, @Tennessee State 16

Tennessee State 33, @Austin Peay 32 (OT) @ Austin Peay 17, UT Martin 14 Tennessee Tech 13, @UT Martin 10 Austin Peay 30, @Tennessee Tech 27 Tennessee State 45, @Tennessee Tech 28 UT Martin 43, @Tennessee State 38

2012 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Oct. 27 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 17

@Tennessee State 34, Austin Peay 14 UT Martin 31, @Austin Peay 6 @Tenessee State 22, Tennessee Tech 21 @Tennessee Tech 45, UT Martin 44 @UT Martin 35, Tennessee State 26 @Austin Peay 38, Tennessee Tech 31

2008 Sept. 20 Oct. 4 Oct. 16 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1

UT Martin 31, @Austin Peay 17 Tennessee State 30, @UT Martin 27 (OT) UT Martin 35, @Tennessee Tech 7 @Tennessee State 37, Austin Peay 34 @Austin Peay 31, Tennessee Tech 28 @Tennessee State 41, Tennessee Tech 14

2013 Sept. 21 Oct. 10 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 9 Nov. 23

Tennessee State 41, @Tennessee Tech 21 UT Martin 28, @Tennessee Tech 17 Tennessee State 29, @UT Martin 15 UT Martin 38, @Austin Peay 14 @Tennessee State 31, Austin Peay 6 @Tennessee Tech 34, Austin Peay 0

2009 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21

@Tennessee Tech 31, Austin Peay 23 Tennessee Tech 35, @UT Martin 28 @Tennessee Tech 20, Tennessee State 13 UT Martin 28, @Tennessee State 7 @Austin Peay 24, Tennessee State 21 @UT Martin 48, Austin Peay 38

2014 Sept. 20 Oct. 9 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 8 Nov. 22

@ Tennessee State 10, Tennessee Tech 7 @ UT Martin 17, Tennessee Tech 10 UT Martin 21, @ Tennessee State 16 @ UT Martin 37, Austin Peay 7 Tennessee State 31, @ Austin Peay 27 Tennessee Tech 41, @ Austin Peay 15

*Took home the trophy due to winning the tiebreaker

2007 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 27 Oct. 6 Oct. 11 Nov. 17

All-Time Sgt. York Trophy Game Results

SGT. YORK GAME RECORDS

Team Points: Total Offensive Yards: First Downs:

61 - UT Martin vs. Austin Peay (10/8/11) 644 - Austin Peay vs. Tennessee State (11/5/16) 36 - Tennessee Tech vs. Tennessee State (10/15/11)

Rushing Yards: Rushing Attempts: Rushing Touchdowns:

377 - Tennessee State vs. Austin Peay (10/18/08) 63 - Tennessee State vs. Austin Peay (9/15/07) 5 - Tennessee Tech vs. Austin Peay (11/19/11)

Passing Yards: Passing Attempts: Passing Touchdowns: Completions:

387 - UT Martin vs. Austin Peay (10/8/11) 58 - Tennessee Tech vs. Tennessee State (10/15/11) 6 - UT Martin vs. Austin Peay (10/8/11) 34 - Tennessee Tech vs. Tennessee State (10/15/11)

Interceptions: INT Return Yards:

3 - Done Seven Times 92 - Tennessee State vs. Tennessee Tech (10/31/09)

Fumbles Lost: Fumble Recoveries: Sacks: Turnovers Committed: Penalites: Penalty Yards:

3 - Done Five Times 3 - Done Five Times 8 - UT Martin vs. Tennessee Tech (10/3/15) 5 - Done Three Times 15 - Tennessee State vs. Austin Peay (10/18/08) 164 - UT Martin vs. Tennessee Tech (10/10/09)

Individual

Rushing Yards: Rushing Attempts: Rushing Touchdowns: Longest Rush:

195 - Javarris Williams, TSU vs. APSU (10/18/08) 35 - Don Chapman, UTM vs. TSU (11/17/07) 4 - Javarris Williams, TSU vs. UTM (11/17/07) 84 - Ronald Butler, TSU vs. APSU (11/5/16)

Passing Yards: Passing Attempts: Completions:â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Passing Touchdowns: Longest Pass: Most Interceptions:

387 - Derek Carr, UTM vs. APSU (10/8/11) 58 - Tre Lamb, TTU vs. TSU (10/15/11) 34 - Tre Lamb, TTU vs. TSU (10/15/11) 6 - Derek Carr, UTM vs. APSU (10/8/11) 84 - Jeremy Perry, TSU vs. TTU (10/23/10) 3 - Done Three Times

Receiving Yards: Receptions: Receiving Touchdowns: Longest Reception: Field Goals Made: Longest Field Goal: Punts: Longest Punt: Punt Return Yards: Longest Punt Return: Kick Return Yards: Longest Kick Return: All-Purpose Yards: Interceptions: Tackles: Sacks:

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198 - Ben Axline, UTM vs. APSU (10/8/16) 11 - Quentin Sims, UTM vs. TSU (11/12/11) 3 - Darryl Miller, APSU vs. TTU (10/25/08) 84 - Calvin McNairl, TSU vs. TTU (10/23/10) 4 - Done Three Times 57 - Lane Clark, TSU vs. UTM (10/1/16) 57 - Nick Madonia, TTU vs. TSU (11/12/16) 10 - Jonathan King, TTU vs. UTM (10/3/15) 66 - Devin Stuart, APSU vs. TTU (9/10/16) 107 - CJ Estelle, UTM vs. APSU (11/6/10) 76 - CJ Estelle, UTM vs. APSU (10/8/11) 243 - Terrence Holt, APSU vs. UTM (11/21/09) 100 - Weldon Garlington, TSU vs. APSU (10/1/11) 312 - Terrence Holt, APSU vs. UTM (11/21/09) 2 - Done Six Times 20 - Corey Reed, TTU vs. UTM (10/16/08) 2.5 - Antonio Harper, TSU vs. TTU (10/15/11)

HOMECOMING RECORDS 1926 TENNESSEE STATE 1927 TENNESSEE STATE 1928 Fisk 1929 Fisk 1930 Fisk 1931 TENNESSEE STATE 1932 TENNESSEE STATE 1933 TENNESSEE STATE 1934 TENNESSEE STATE 1935 Kentucky State 1936 TENNESSEE STATE 1937 TENNESSEE STATE 1938 TENNESSEE STATE 1939 TENNESSEE STATE 1944 TENNESSEE STATE 1945 TENNESSEE STATE 1946 TENNESSEE STATE 1947 TENNESSEE STATE 1948 TENNESSEE STATE 1949 TENNESSEE STATE 1950 TENNESSEE STATE 1951 TENNESSEE STATE 1952 TENNESSEE STATE 1953 TENNESSEE STATE 11/25/54 TENNESSEE STATE 11/24/55 TENNESSEE STATE 11/22/56 TENNESSEE STATE 11/28/57 TENNESSEE STATE 11/27/58 TENNESSEE STATE 11/26/59 TENNESSEE STATE 11/24/60 TENNESSEE STATE 11/23/61 Jackson State 11/22/62 TENNESSEE STATE 11/28/63 TENNESSEE STATE 11/26/64 TENNESSEE STATE 11/25/65 TENNESSEE STATE 11/24/66 TENNESSEE STATE 11/23/67 TENNESSEE STATE 11/28/68 TENNESSEE STATE 11/27/69 TENNESSEE STATE 11/26/70 TENNESSEE STATE 10/23/71 TENNESSEE STATE 11/4/72 TENNESSEE STATE 11/10/73 TENNESSEE STATE 11/2/74 TENNESSEE STATE 11/1/75 TENNESSEE STATE 11/13/76 TENNESSEE STATE 11/5/77 TENNESSEE STATE 10/28/78 TENNESSEE STATE 10/20/79 TENNESSEE STATE 11/1/80 TENNESSEE STATE 10/30/82 TENNESSEE STATE 10/08/83 TENNESSEE STATE 10/27/84 TENNESSEE STATE 10/26/85 TENNESSEE STATE 10/18/86 TENNESSEE STATE 10/10/87 Grambling 11/12/88 Southern

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Fisk Fisk TENNESSEE STATE TENNESSEE STATE TENNESSEE STATE Louisville-Munic. Alabama A&M Lane Rust TENNESSEE STATE Kentucky St. Louisville-Munic. Lane Lincoln Wilberforce Kentucky State Knoxville Lincoln Louisville-Munic. Louisville-Munic. Grambling Kentucky State Kentucky State Kentucky State Bluefield State Kentucky State Lincoln Kentucky State Kentucky State Jackson State Kentucky State TENNESSEE STATE Kentucky State Langston Kentucky State Central State Kentucky State Allen Bishop College Parsons Bishop Florida A&M Morris Brown Central State UT-Chattanooga Central State UT-Chattanooga Tennessee-Martin Southern Florida A&M Southern Southern Grambling Southern Morgan State Western Kentucky TENNESSEE STATE TENNESSEE STATE

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10/7/89 TENNESSEE STATE 11/10/90 TENNESSEE STATE 11/2/91 Eastern Kentucky 10/24/92 TENNESSEE STATE 10/30/93 TENNESSEE STATE 10/1/94 Florida A&M 11/4/95 Tennessee Tech 10/19/96 TENNESSEE STATE 11/08/97 TENNESSEE STATE 10/24/98 TENNESSEE STATE 11/06/99 TENNESSEE STATE 10/14/00 TENNESSEE STATE 10/13/01 TENNESSEE STATE 10/26/02 TENNESSEE STATE 11/1/03 TENNESSEE STATE 11/1/04 TENNESSEE STATE 11/5/05 Eastern Illinois 10/28/06 TENNESSEE STATE 11/3/07 TENNESSEE STATE 11/1/08 TENNESSEE STATE 11/7/09 Tennessee-Martin 11/7/09 Tennessee-Martin 11/06/10 Eastern Illinois 11/12/11 TENNESSEE STATE 9/29/12 TENNESSEE STATE 10/26/13 Eastern Illinois 9/27/14 TENNESSEE STATE 10/17/15 Eastern Illinois 10/15/16 TENNESSEE STATE

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS Note: Although the records from 1912-1932 are incomplete, the following games have been verified. 1912 Coach H.N. Robinson Won 3 Lost 1 Tied 1913 Coach H.N. Robinson Won 6 Lost 0 Tied 1916 Coach Buck Hunt Won Lost Tied 1 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 1921 Coach Joe Scruggs Won Lost Tied Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1922 Coach Joe Scruggs Won 1 Lost 1 Tied Fisk University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 1923 Coach Joe Scruggs Won 2 Lost 1 Tied Walden University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 19-14 Atlanta University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 12-0 Simmons College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roger Williams College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 13-0 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas-Pine Bluff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1924 Coach Joe Scruggs Won 4 Lost 1 Tied 1 Walden University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 60-0 Rust College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 40-0 Knoxville College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 13-6 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 10-0 Simmons University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Morehouse College(forfeit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 1925 Coach George Davenport Won 4 Lost 1 Tied 1 Walden University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 60-0 Rust College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 61-0 Knoxville College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 13-6 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 10-0 Simmons University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Fisk University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 0-6 1926 Coach George Davenport Won 1 Lost 2 Tied 2 Rust College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 21-13 Knoxville College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-21 Fisk University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 13-13 Morris Brown College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 0-6 Morehouse College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0

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1927 Coach Felton Gale Won 1 Lost 2 Tied 3 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-18 Knoxville College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Fisk University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Morehouse College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 20-13 Morris Brown College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-18 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . ?-? 1928 Coach Harry Long Won Lost 4 Tied 1 Knoxville College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-13 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 0-6 Fisk University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-12 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-10 Miles College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 1929 Coach Alton Jackson Won 4 Lost 1 Tied 1 Miles Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 25-0 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . 7-0 Morristown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 14-0 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Mississippi Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 46-0 Fisk University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-20 1930 Coach T. D. Upshaw Won 3 Lost 3 Tied Morristown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 12-0 West Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 6-0 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 18-6 Kentucky State College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 6-18 Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 45-0 Fisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-13 1931 Coach T. D. Upshaw Won 1 Lost 1 Tied Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-18 Lemoyne-Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 13-12 West Kentucky Industrial College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1933 Coach Walter S. Davis Won 4 Lost 1 Tied 1 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-20 West Kentucky Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 58-0 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 37-6 Mississippi Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 56-0 Louisville Municipal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . 7-0 Clark College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

1934 Coach Walter S. Davis Won 6 Lost 1 Tied 0 Miles College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 0-7 West Kentucky Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 48-0 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 42-6 Clark College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 13-6 Rust College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 91-0 Louisville Municipal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 19-6

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1935 Coach Walter S. Davis Won 4 Lost 2 Tied 1 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-25 Kentucky State College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-13 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Clark College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . 6-0 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 14-0 Mississippi Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 98-0 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . 6-0 1936 Coach Walter S. Davis Won 3 Lost 3 Tied 2 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 12-0 Mississippi Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 56-0 Clark College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 14-0 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 0-6 Louisville Municipal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 0-6 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-13 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 13-13 1937 Coach Reubin Mundy Won 3 Lost 1 Tied 1 Mississippi Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 38-0 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Louisville Municipal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 29-0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 0-7 1938 Coach Lawrence Simmons Won 6 Lost 1 Tied 0 Mississippi Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 27-0 J. C. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . 9-0 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 13-0 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 26-0 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 13-2 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 0-7 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 1939 Coach Lawrence Simmons Won 3 Lost 3 Tied 1 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 14-13 J. C. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-20 Mississippi Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 72-0 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 34-12 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-18 Lemoyne-Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 1944 Coach Henry Kean Won 8 Lost 2 Tied 1 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 33-7 Clark College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 14-6 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-13 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 19-7 Clark College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 31-13 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 12-0 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 19-18 Arkansas State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 50-20 Tuskegee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 13-0

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1945 Coach Henry Kean Won 8 Lost 2 Tied 0 Fort Benning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 32-0 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-13 Philander Smith College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 87-0 Clark College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 21-0 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 21-0 Florida A&M College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 18-20 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 33-0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 36-6 Kentucky State College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . 9-0 Texas College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 33-6 1946 Coach Henry Kean Won 10 Lost 1 Tied 0 Texas College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 20-13 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 27-0 Clark College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 26-0 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 25-7 North Carolina College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 6-14 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 21-20 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 12-0 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 19-0 Knoxville College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 33-0 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 27-7 Louisville Municipal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 32-0 1947 Coach Henry Kean Won 10 Lost 0 Tied 0 Arkansas State College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 26-0 Texas College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 34-6 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 33-0 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 26-0 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 27-12 Wilberforce University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 14-7 North Carolina St. College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 26-7 Alcorn State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 66-7 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 26-7 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 20-13 1948 Coach Henry Kean Won 5 Lost 3 Tied 1 Alcorn State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 47-0 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 45-0 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 27-2 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Wilberforce State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-26 North Carolina St. College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 32-0 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-19 Louisville Municipal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 34-7 1949 Coach Henry Kean Won 9 Lost 1 Tied 0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 19-6 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 10-0 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 56-0 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 21-25 Wilberforce State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 28-7 North Carolina St. College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. . . . . . . . . . 19-18 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 20-14 Louisville Municipal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 53-0 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 28-0 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 49-13

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1947 Tigers - Black College National Champions 1950 Coach Henry Kean Won 9 Lost 2 Tied 0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 20-0 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 6-13 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 26-6 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 13-2 Wilberforce State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 0-6 North Carolina St. College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 27-20 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 28-13 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 14-0 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 45-13 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 55-7 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 34-0 1951 Coach Henry Kean Won 8 Lost 2 Tied 0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 26-21 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 28-2 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 32-0 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 23-13 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-13 North Carolina College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 13-12 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 30-13 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 13-7 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 25-0

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1952 Coach Henry Kean Won 8 Lost 2 Tied 0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 12-20 Virginia State College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 0-6 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 34-0 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 41-6 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 22-7 Central State College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 35-0 North Carolina College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 28-26 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 26-0 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 13-0 Virginia Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 44-12 1953 Coach Henry Kean Won 8 Lost 0 Tied 1 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 19-19 Virginia State College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 25-7 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 44-0 West Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 13-8 Central State College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 31-6 North Carolina St. College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 19-0 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 27-7 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 34-13

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1954 Coach Henry Kean Won 10 Lost 0 Tied 0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 33-13 Virginia State College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 18-0 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 14-0 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 21-2 Paul Quinn College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 74-6 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 40-0 North Carolina St. College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 13-3 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 18-15 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 34-12 Bluefield State Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 59-0 1955 Coach Howard Gentry Won 7 Lost 2 Tied 0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . 7-0 Virginia State College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 12-7 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3 Grambling College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-12 Paul Quinn College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 85-0 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 52-12 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 38-14 Alcorn College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 26-18 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 25-18 1956 Coach Howard Gentry Won 10 Lost 0 Tied 0 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 46-7 Grambling College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 33-0 Prairie View A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 45-6 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 32-6 Maryland State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . 6-0 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 52-6 Alcorn State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 52-6 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 40-0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 47-0 (Orange Blossom Classic) Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 41-39 1957 Coach Howard Gentry Won 5 Lost 0 Tied 1 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 45-7 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 33-14 Prairie View A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 32-7 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 26-6 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 38-0 1958 Coach Howard Gentry Won 4 Lost 4 Tied 0 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 23-6 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 32-6 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 20-6 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 14-23 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 12-24 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 13-18 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 19-6

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1956 Tigers - Black College National Champions 1959 Coach Howard Gentry Won 9 Lost 1 Tied 0 Youngstown State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 12-13 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 26-24 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 14-12 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 26-21 South Carolina State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 47-8 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 14-0 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 17-13 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 27-0 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 19-8 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 26-6

1963 Coach John Merritt Won 6 Lost 3 Tied 0 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 14-7 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 18-20 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 14-26 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 16-7 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 14-12 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 9-21 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 14-10 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 26-14 Langston University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 36-8

1960 Coach Howard Gentry Won 7 Lost 3 Tied 0 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 13-12 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 21-12 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 6-20 South Carolina State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 60-0 Central State College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 28-12 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 38-8 Prairie View A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-21 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 34-12 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 25-22

1964 Coach John Merritt Won 8 Lost 2 Tied 0 Fort Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 32-26 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 60-6 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 35-0 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 18-20 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 61-8 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 20-22 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 32-21 Fort Knox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 58-7 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 31-13 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 31-30

1961 Coach Lawrence Simmons Won 4 Lost 4 Tied 1 Prairie View A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 21-21 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 37-21 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 8-25 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 8-28 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 28-13 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 0-7 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 29-20 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 14-10 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 6-12

1965 Coach John Merritt Won 9 Lost 0 Tied 1 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 42-12 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 32-7 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 40-7 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 45-6 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 40-36 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 24-0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 31-6 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 19-8 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 46-12 (Grantland Rice Bowl) Ball State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 14-14

1962 Coach Lawrence Simmons Won 1 Lost 7 Tied 1 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 13-16 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 8-13 Grambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 6-26 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 6-26 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-20 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-13 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 16-16 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 33-10 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 6-36

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1966 Coach John Merritt Won 10 Lost 0 Tied 0 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 55-0 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 52-0 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 31-23 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 29-0 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 31-9 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 28-0 Lincoln University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 28-6 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 39-6 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 83-0 (Grantland Rice Bowl) Muskingum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 34-7 1967 Coach John Merritt Won 6 Lost 3 Tied 0 San Diego State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 8-13 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 35-0 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 10-14 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 24-26 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 32-8 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 27-16 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 34-0 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 13-0 Allen University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 67-0 1968 Coach John Merritt Won 6 Lost 2 Tied 1 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 40-7 Parsons College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 21-12 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 11-10 Grambling College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 21-30 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 13-32 Southern Unversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 16-0 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 58-6 San Diego State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 13-13 Bishop College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 48-12 1969 Coach John Merritt Won 7 Lost 1 Tied 1 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 40-0 Albany State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 42-7 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 26-26 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 34-20 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 33-20 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 22-30 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 48-17 Bishop College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 49-14 Parsons College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 41-13 1970 Coach John Merritt Won 11 Lost 0 Tied 0 Alcorn State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 24-14 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 62-7 Albany State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 54-7 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 41-9 Grambling College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 34-27 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 21-10 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 38-7 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 36-14 Parsons College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 21-3 Bishop College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 39-21 (Grantland Rice Bowl) Southwestern Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 26-25

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1970 Tigers - Black College National Champions 1971 Coach John Merritt Won 9 Lost 1 Tied 0 Alcorn State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 18-7 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 23-28 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 41-35 Prairie View A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 42-20 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 50-8 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 27-16 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 61-7 Wisconsin State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 54-7 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 61-0 (Grantland Rice Bowl) McNeese State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 26-23 1972 Coach John Merritt Won 11 Lost 1 Tied 0 Norfolk State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 56-6 Morgan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 14-0 Alcorn State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 40-13 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 38-15 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 18-27 Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 49-0 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 44-25 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 35-0 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 24-14 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 41-0 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 43-0 (Pioneer Bowl) Drake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 29-7

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1973 Coach John Merritt Won 10 Lost 0 Tied 0 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 23-0 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 54-21 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 23-20 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 19-13 Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 21-6 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 45-0 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 21-6 UT-Chattanooga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 44-7 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 45-7 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 35-7 1974 Coach John Merritt Won 8 Lost 2 Tied 0 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 10-20 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 44-12 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 36-0 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 27-6 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-21 Virginia Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 10-0 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 17-14 UT-Chattanooga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 17-0 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 56-0 Virginia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 41-0

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1973 Tigers - Black College National Champions

1979 Tigers - Black College National Champions 1980 Coach John Merritt Won 9 Lost 1 Tied 0 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 20-0 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 13-3 Long Beach State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 35-18 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 27-52 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 35-17 Nicholls State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 40-15 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 49-9 Central State University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 30-8 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 25-16 Kentucky State University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 38-13 1981 Coach John Merritt Won 9 Lost 2 Tied 0 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 23-31 Southern Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 17-14 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 48-25 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 21-20 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 14-10 Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 42-30 Nicholls State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 49-11 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 28-18 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 43-0 UT-Chattanooga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 9-28 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 27-18 (Division I-AA Playoffs) *South Carolina State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 25-26 *-denotes later voided

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1982 Coach John Merritt Won 9 Lost 0 Tied 1 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 21-0 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 34-0 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 20-20 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 42-0 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 22-8 UT-Chattanooga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 27-21 Bethune-Cookman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 41-11 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 28-21 Mississippi Valley State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 63-41 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 34-6 (Division I-AA Playoffs) #Eastern Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 20-19 #Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-13 #-denotes later voided 1983 Coach John Merritt Won 8 Lost 2 Tied 1 Hampton Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 20-14 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 31-35 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 40-28 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 23-13 Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 52-19 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7 Bethune-Cookman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 21-19 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 49-24 Univ. District of Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 55-6 Mississippi Valley State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 38-51 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 57-0

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1984 Coach William Thomas Won 11 Lost 0 Tied 0 Hampton Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 44-0 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 34-14 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 42-21 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 41-20 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 34-24 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 33-3 Kentucky State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 71-0 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 42-7 Bethune-Cookman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 41-8 Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 24-15 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 44-14 1985 Coach William Thomas Won 7 Lost 4 Tied 0 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 31-15 Western Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 17-22 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 44-31 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 12-0 Mississippi Valley State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 13-28 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 24-31 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 26-13 Morgan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 21-0 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 10-13 Bethune-Cookman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 24-17 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 24-14 1986 Coach William Thomas Won 10 Lost 2 Tied 1 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 27-0 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 20-10 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 34-12 East Texas State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 15-6 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 21-10 Western Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 25-3 Morgan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 52-10 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 17-17 Bethune-Cookman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 13-10 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 (Division I-AA Playoffs) Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 32-23 Nevada-Reno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 6-33 1987 Coach William Thomas Won 3 Lost 7 Tied 1 Middle Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 19-55 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 17-17 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 21-16 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 28-31 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 9-51 Morris Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 17-7 Morgan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 37-17 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-14 Bethune-Cookman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 13-16 Texas Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 21-30 Alabama A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 9-27

1988 Coach William Thomas Overall: Won 3 Lost 7 Tied 1 OVC: Won 2 Lost 4 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-14 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . 26-26 Mississippi Valley State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 13-6 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 6-23 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 0-10 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 33-35 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-22 Morehead State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 29-14 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 27-23 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 12-16 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-10 1989 Coach Joe Gilliam, Sr. Overall: Won 5 Lost 5 Tied 1 . . . . . . . . . OVC: Won 3 Loss 3 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-36 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-33 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 14-13 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 9-21 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 9-21 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 15-14 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 24-27 Morehead State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 23-14 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 21-19 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 38-10 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

1990 Coach Joe Gilliam, Sr. Overall: Won 7 Lost 4 OVC: Won 4 Lost 2 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 6-38 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 23-14 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 20-37 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 20-16 Central State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 14-35 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 33-7 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 17-55 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 23-17 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 36-14 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 31-21 Mississippi Valley State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 45-7

1991 Coach Joe Gilliam, Sr. Overall: Won 3 Lost 8 OVC: Won 2 Lost 5 Mississippi Valley State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-10 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 6-42 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 19-41 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 21-24 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-43 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 28-7 Southeast Missouri State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 34-37 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 17-31 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 20-27 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 14-10 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 33-14

1981 Tigers - Black College National Champions

1982 Tigers - Black College National Champions

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1992 Coach Joe Gilliam, Sr. Overall: Won 5 Lost 6 OVC: Won 5 Lost 3 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 31-35 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 18-38 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 28-38 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 12-20 Morehead State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 24-14 Tennessee-Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 23-15 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 35-14 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 28-49 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 15-26 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 19-10 Southeast Missouri State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 37-27

1996 Coach L.C. Cole Overall: Won 4 Lost 7 OVC: Won 3 Lost 5 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 20-35 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 24-14 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 14-21 Southern University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 18-19 Lane College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 43-26 Tennessee-Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 37-14 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 38-14 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 10-30 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 19-21 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 14-50 Southeast Missouri State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 21-24

1993 Coach Bill Davis Overall: Won 4 Lost 7 OVC: Won 4 Lost 4 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 15-23 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 18-24 Grambling State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 28-33 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 34-33 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 13-52 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 21-16 Tennessee-Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 14-21 Morehead State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . . 15-0 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 21-24 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 26-13 Southeast Missouri State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 13-14

Overall: Won 4 Lost 7 OVC: Won 4 Lost 3 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 28-43 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 25-16 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 28-31 South Carolina State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 28-34 North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 37-49 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-49 Tennessee-Chattanooga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-28 Tennessee-Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 27-20 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 28-21 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-13 Southeast Missouri State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 32-27

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1998 Coach L.C. Cole

Overall: Won 5 Lost 6 Sept. 3 Middle Tennessee Sept. 10 Jackson State Sept. 17 Morehead State Sept. 24 South Carolina State Oct. 1 Florida A&M Oct. 8 Eastern Kentucky Oct. 15 Austin Peay State Oct. 22 Tennessee-Martin Nov. 5 Tennessee Tech Nov. 12 Murray State Nov. 19 Southeast Missouri

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OVC: Won 4 Lost 4 10-45 15,511 12-31 50,047 48-10 3,000 32-28 58,131 10-14 39,543 17-28 15,200 26-22 3,930 20-3 3,000 20-28 3,320 24-21 5,138 12-17 4,712

1995 Coach Bill Davis Overall: Won 2 Lost 9 OVC: Won 1 Lost 7 Middle Tennessee State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-11 Jackson State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 19-24 Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-24 South Carolina State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 15-14 Morehead State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . . . . . . . . . 45-14 Tennessee-Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 7-28 Austin Peay State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . . 6-28 Eastern Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 20-56 Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 24-28 Murray State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 19-24 Southeast Missouri State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 24-41

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Overall: Won 9 Lost 3 OVC: Won 6 Lost 1 Sept. 5 at Middle Tennessee State L 28-27 Sept. 12 vs. Jackson State W 33-21 Sept. 26 vs. Florida A&M L 23-31 Oct. 3 Alabama A&M W 59-24 Oct. 10 at Eastern Kentucky W 31-21 Oct. 17 at Southeast Missouri W 38-7 Oct. 24 UT-Martin W 76-0 Oct. 31 at Eastern Illinois W 27-21 Nov. 7 at Tennessee Tech W 42-21 Nov. 14 at Murray State W 46-44 Nov. 21 Texas Southern W 28-14 (Division I-AA Playoffs) Nov. 28 Appalachian State L 31-45 1999 Coach L.C. Cole Overall: Won 11 Lost 1 OVC: Won 7 Lost 0 Sept. 3 Alabama State W 41-8 31,119 Sept. 10 vs. Jackson State W 48-33 50,723 Sept. 18 vs. Florida A&M W 42-25 43,800 Oct. 2 at Alabama A&M W 36-15 18,339 Oct. 9 Eastern Illinois W 19-33 4,185 Oct. 16 at UT-Martin W 43-7 6,148 Oct. 23 Western Kentucky W 28-21 13,100 Oct. 30 Eastern Kentucky W 33-28 10,017 Nov. 6 Tennessee Tech W 25-19 41,132 Nov. 13 Murray State W 42-4 11,135 Nov. 20 at Southeast Missouri W 35-28 6,850 (Division I-AA Playoffs) Nov. 27 North Carolina A&T L 10-24 10,736

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2000 Coach James Reese Overall: Won 3 Lost 8 OVC: Won 2 Lost 5 Sept. 2 Alabama State W 39-8 20,463 Sept. 9 vs. North Carolina A&T L 14-16 30,300 Sept. 16 vs. Jackson State L 39-42 52,173 Sept. 23 vs. Florida A&M L 6-31 62,455 Oct. 7 at Eastern Illinois L 19-33 8,164 Oct. 14 UT-Martin W 33-6 26,708 Oct. 21 Western Kentucky L 14-52 6,932 Oct. 26 at Eastern Kentucky L 0-28 7,345 Nov. 2 at Tennessee Tech L 23-56 6,845 Nov. 11 at Murray State L 40-62 4,257 Nov. 18 Southeast Missouri W 51-33 1,845 2001 Coach James Reese Overall: Won 8 Lost 3 OVC: Won 3 Lost 3 Sept. 1 Alabama A&M W 27-6 Sept. 8 Florida A&M W 27-7 Sept. 15 Southeast Missouri W 20-14 Sept. 22 Howard University W 45-0 Sept. 29 Mississippi Valley St. W 41-3 Oct. 6 UT Martin W 55-7 Oct. 13 Eastern Illinois L 49-52 Oct. 27 Murray State W 38-25 Nov. 3 Tennessee Tech L 13-63 Nov. 10 Eastern Kentucky L 10-13 Nov. 17 Jackson State W 64-33 2002 Coach James Reese Overall: Won 2 Lost 10 OVC: Won 1 Lost 5 Aug. 31 at South Carolina State L 20-26 8,741 Sept. 7 vs. Prairie View A&M W 41-8 18,652 Sept. 14 vs. Jackson State L 28-31 38,496 Sept. 21 vs. Grambling State L 14-49 22,537 Sept. 27 vs. Florida A&M L 24-37 67,167 Oct. 5 at Southeast Missouri L 25-49 8,135 Oct. 12 at Alabama A&M L 21-25 16,162 Oct. 26 UT-Martin W 26-8 22,438 Nov. 2 Eastern Illinois L 48-54 7,216 Nov. 9 at Murray State L 27-51 3,774 Nov. 16 Tennessee Tech L 4-20 4,217 Nov. 21 Murray State L 20-45 2,329 2003 Coach James Reese Overall: Won 7 Lost 5 OVC: Won 5 Lost 3 Aug. 30 South Carolina State W 37-20 18,124 Sept. 6 at Alabama A&M L 31-24 18,085 Sept. 13 vs. Jackson State W 44-14 52,603 Sept. 20 vs. Florida A&M L 10-7 70,185 Sept. 27 UT Martin W 41-10 8,434 Oct. 11 at Tennessee Tech W 27-23 8,127 Oct. 18 Jacksonville State L 34-7 8,023 Oct. 25 at Samford W 29-24 10,360 Nov. 1 Eastern Illinois W 24-14 25,037 Nov. 8 at Southeast Missouri L 35-52 5,375 Nov. 15 Eastern Kentucky L 38-43 3,875 Nov. 22 at Murray State W 35-10 2, 814

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2008 Coach James Webster Overall: Won 8 Lost 4 OVC: Won 5 Lost 3 Aug. 30 at Alabama A&M W 34-13 10,072 Sept. 6 Southern W 34-32 28,830 Sept. 13 vs. Jackson State W 41-18 50,794 Sept. 20 Eastern Kentucky W 34-20 8,276 Sept. 27 vs. Florida A&M L 21-28 50,428 Oct. 4 at UT Martin W 30-27 7,549 Oct. 18 Austin Peay W 37-34 9,358 Oct. 25 at Southeast Missouri L 20-27(OT) 9,750 Nov. 1 Tennessee Tech W 41-14 24,361 Nov. 8 Eastern Illinois W 45-24 6,393 Nov. 15 at Jacksonville State L 21-26 7,956 Nov. 22 at Murray State L 17-24 2,292 2009 Coach James Webster Overall: Won 4 Lost 7 OVC: Won 3 Lost 4 Sept. 5 Alabama A&M L 7-24 23,871 Sept. 12 vs. Jackson State W 14-7 43,257 Sept. 19 at Southern L 17-24 12,247 Sept. 26 at Florida A&M L 12-31 51,950 Oct. 3 Southeast Missouri W 23-17 6,314 Oct. 10 at #16 Eastern Kentucky W 20-17 7,100 Oct. 17 Murray State L 6-9 5,572 Oct. 31 at Tennessee Tech L 13-20 7,999 Nov. 7 UT Martin L 7-28 22,092 Nov. 14 at Austin Peay L 21-24 6,968 Nov. 19 at #13 Eastern Illinois W 21-10 3,509

1998 Ohio Valley Conference Champions 2004 Coach James Reese Overall: Won 4 Lost 7 OVC: Won 2 Lost 5 Sept. 4 Alabama A&M W 42-7 Sept. 9 at UT-Martin W 27-13 Sept. 18 vs. Jackson State W 21-20 Sept. 25 vs. Florida A&M L 15-21 Oct. 2 vs. South Carolina State L 13-30 Oct. 16 at Jacksonville State L 35-49 Oct. 23 Samford L 36-42 Oct. 30 at Eastern Illinois L 24-34 Nov. 6 Southeast Missouri W 38-36 Nov. 13 at Eastern Kentucky L 14-29 Nov. 20 Murray State L 13-30 2005 Coach James Webster Overall: Won 2 Lost 9 OVC: Won 1 Lost 6 Sept. 3 Alabama A&M L 14-27 Sept. 10 vs. Jackson State W 20-14 Sept. 17 at UT-Martin L 20-42 Sept. 24 vs. Florida A&M L 7-12 Oct. 1 vs. North Carolina A&T L 3-16 Oct. 13 at Tennessee Tech W 31-20 Oct. 22 Jacksonville State L 3-33 Oct. 29 at Samford L 11-31 Nov. 5 Eastern Illinois L 3-27 Nov. 12 at Southeast Missouri L 24-32 Nov. 19 Eastern Kentucky L 0-49

25,117 7,019 55,015 67,712 51,082 14,722 5,041 5,422 23,421 7,100 4,864

2006 Coach James Webster Overall: Won 6 Lost 5 OVC: Won 5 Lost 2 Sept. 2 Alabama A&M L 20-27 19,487 Sept. 9 Murray State W 25-15 10,613 Sept. 16 vs. Jackson State W 31-30 53,441 Sept. 23 at Vanderbilt L 9-38 27,460 Sept. 30 vs. Florida A&M L 22-25 57,885 Oct. 14 Tennessee Tech W 30-20 9,720 Oct. 21 at Jacksonville State W 38-31 11,800 Oct. 28 Samford W 29-7 18,758 Nov. 4 at Eastern Illinois L 3-29 5,912 Nov. 11 Southeast Missouri W 31-0 4,271 Nov. 18 at Eastern Kentucky L 3-20 5,500

25,342 48,300 5,263 56,297 42,310 10,226 6,490 8,278 23,481 2,512 4,779

2007 Coach James Webster Overall: Won 5 Lost 6 OVC: Won 4 Lost 3 Alabama A&M L 23-49 23,440 vs. Jackson State W 16-13 50,879 at Austin Peay W 33-32(OT) 8,359 at Southern L 34-41 15,371 vs. Florida A&M L 17-18 56,990 at Tennessee Tech W 45-28 9,369 at #21 Eastern Kentucky L 7-49 11,500 #25 Eastern Illinois L 35-38 8,935 Murray State W 42-28 24,878 at Samford W 38-28 4,193 UT Martin L 38-43 7,859

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2010 Coach Rod Reed Overall: Won 3 Lost 8 OVC: Won 0 Lost 7 Sept. 4 Alabama A&M W 27-14 22,607 Sept. 11 vs. Jackson State L 26-33 44,688 Sept. 18 Austin Peay L 23-26 8,502 Sept. 25 at Florida A&M W 29-18 54,202 Oct. 2 at North Carolina A&T W 37-7 35,217 Oct. 9 at #25 Southeast Missouri L 17-19 10,316 Oct. 16 at #3 Jacksonville State L 0-24 15,218 Oct. 23 Tennessee Tech L 10-21 6,739 Nov. 6 Eastern Illinois L 28-31(OT) 2 1,596 Nov. 13 at UT Martin L 0-37 3,141 Nov. 20 at Murray State L 23-28 2,904 2011 Coach Rod Reed Overall: Won 5 Lost 6 OVC: Won 4 Lost 4 Sept. 3 Southern W 23-7 25,209 Sept. 10 vs. Jackson State L 15-29 43,532 Sept. 17 at Murray State L 27-58 10,031 Sept. 24 at Air Force L 24-63 33,487 Oct. 1 at Austin Peay L 34-37 8,614 Oct. 8 Southeast Missouri W 55-3 6,234 Oct. 15 at #19 Tennessee Tech W 42-40 8,676 Oct. 22 at Eastern Kentucky L 22-33 10,800 Nov. 5 at Eastern Illinois W 18-17 6,774 Nov. 12 UT Martin W 35-30 19,537 Nov. 19 Jacksonville State L 16-38 6,137

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 2012 Coach Rod Reed Overall: Won 8 Lost 3 OVC: Won 4 Lost 3 Sept. 1 Florida A&M W 17-14 15,652 Sept. 8 vs. Jackson State W 38-12 42,257 Sept. 15 Austin Peay W 34-14 14,264 Sept. 22 at Bethune-Cookman W 21-14 9,461 Sept. 29 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W 40-13 31,765 Oct. 6 #16 Eastern Kentucky W 23-20 9,878 Oct. 13 Southeast Missouri W 40-28 4,800 Oct. 20 at Jacksonville State L 28-31(OT) 14,867 Oct. 27 Tennessee Tech W 22-21 11,373 Nov. 3 at Murray State L 28-49 3,112 Nov. 17 at UT Martin L 26-35 6,322 2013 Coach Rod Reed Overall: Won 10 Lost 4 OVC: Won 6 Lost 2 Sept. 1 Bethune-Cookman L 9-12 16,108 Sept. 7 at Florida A&M W 27-7 14,237 Sept. 14 vs. Jackson State W 26-16 42,400 Sept. 21 at Tennessee Tech W 41-21 10,044 Sept. 28 vs. Central State W 73-6 22,000 Oct. 5 Sotheast Missouri W 40-16 7,374 Oct. 12 at Jacksonville State W 31-15 19,092 Oct. 19 at UT Martin W 29-15 14,867 Oct. 26 Eastern Illinois L 16-34 22,157 Nov. 2 at Eastern Kentucky L 0-44 5,700 Nov. 9 Austin Peay W 31-6 5,258 Nov. 16 Murray State W 17-10 6,412 FCS Playoffs Nov. 30 at Butler W 31-0 1,982 Dec. 7 at Eastern Illinois L 10-51 4,825 2014 Coach Rod Reed Overall: Won 6 Lost 6 OVC: Won 3 Lost 5 Aug. 30 Edward Waters W 58-6 10,541 Sept. 6 at Alabama State L 21-27 15,725 Sept. 13 vs. Jackson State W 35-7 46,914 Sept. 20 Tennessee Tech W 10-7 9,217 Sept. 27 Florida A&M W 27-7 29,225 Oct. 4 at Sotheast Missouri L 21-28 8,089 Oct. 11 Jacksonville State L 20-27 5,849 Oct. 18 UT Martin L 16-21 6,738 Oct. 25 at Eastern Illinois L 3-28 8,289 Nov. 1 Eastern Kentucky L 42-56 5,052 Nov. 8 at Austin Peay W 31-27 6,143 Nov. 22 at Murray State W 48-33 1,962

ALL TIME COACHING RECORDS COACH.............................................SEASONS........... YEARS......RECORD.....PCT. H.N. ROBINSON.......................................... 1912-13...................... 2.................9-1-0*......... .900 BUCK HUNT.....................................................1916......................... 1.................0-0-1*......... .000 JOE SCRUGGS............................................. 1921-24...................... 4.................7-3-1*......... .636 GEORGE DAVENPORT.............................. 1925-26...................... 2.................5-3-3*......... .454 FELTON GALE..................................................1927......................... 1.................1-2-3*......... .166 HARRY LONG...................................................1928......................... 1.................0-4-1*......... .000 ALTON JACKSON............................................1929......................... 1.................4-1-1*......... .667 T. D. UPSHAW.............................................. 1930-31...................... 2..................4-4-0.......... .500 WALTER S. DAVIS........................................ 1934-36...................... 3.................11-5-4......... .550 REUBIN MUNDY..............................................1937......................... 1..................3-1-1.......... .600 LAWRENCE SIMMONS#................. 1938-39 / 1961-62............ 4............... 14-15-3....... .438 HENRY KEAN............................................... 1944-54.....................10............. 93-15-3....... .838 HOWARD GENTRY, SR............................... 1956-60...................... 5............... 42-10-1....... .792 JOHN MERRITT........................................... 1963-83.....................20............ 174-35-7...... .806 WILLIAM THOMAS..................................... 1984-88...................... 5............... 34-20-3....... .507 JOE GILLIAM, SR......................................... 1989-92...................... 4............... 20-23-1....... .455 BILL DAVIS.................................................... 1993-95...................... 3............... 11-22-0....... .333 L. C. COLE...................................................... 1996-99...................... 4............... 28-18-0....... .609 JAMES REESE............................................... 2000-04...................... 5................. 24-33......... .421 JAMES WEBSTER........................................ 2005-09...................... 5................. 25-31......... .446 ROD REED................................................ 2010-Present................. 7................. 43-37......... .538 * - FROM 1912-1932 SOME RECORDS ARE INCOMPLETE BUT THE LISTED HAVE BEEN VERIFIED # - SERVED TWO SEPERATE COACHING TERMS

2016 Coach Rod Reed Overall: Won 7 Lost 4 OVC: Won 4 Lost 3 Sept. 3 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W 44-0 15,078 Sept. 10 vs. Jackson State W 40-26 46,263 Sept. 17 at Bethune-Cookman W 31-24 9,385 Oct. 1 UT Martin W 34-30 10,001 Oct. 8 at Eastern Illinois L 34-35 4.319 Oct. 15 Eastern Kentucky W 35-28 21,053 Oct. 22 at Vanderbilt L 17-35 31,084 Oct. 29 at Murray State L 31-38 8,605 Nov. 5 at Austin Peay W 41-40 6,041 Nov. 12 Tennessee Tech L 16-44 8,891 Nov. 19 at Southeast Missouri W 32-31 3,117

2015 Coach Rod Reed Overall: Won 4 Lost 6 OVC: Won 1 Lost 6 Sept. 6 Alabama State W 24-14 22,455 Sept. 12 vs. Jackson State W 35-25 48,385 Sept. 19 at Jacksonville State L 13-48 23,413 Sept. 26 at Florida A&M W 30-14 18,020 Oct. 10 at UT-Martin L 14-28 7,123 Oct. 17 Eastern Illinois L 22-25 (ot) 22,144 Oct. 24 at Eastern Kentucky L 21-45 9,400 Oct. 31 Austin Peay W 20-6 5,985 Nov. 7 Murray State L 43-46 (ot) 7,897 Nov. 21 at Tennessee Tech L 24-30 3,924

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