2017 A&M-Commerce Lions Football

2017 A&M-COMMERCE LIONS FOOTBALL SUPER REGIONAL SEMIFINAL • at Central Washington • Nov. 25, 2017 • Noon PST No. 8 A&M-Commerce (10-1, 7-1 LSC) LIONS SCHEDULE at Date Opponent Time No. 7 Central Washington (11-0, 8-0 GNAC) S1 (Fr) at No. 6 North Alabama W 8-7 Tomlinson Stadium • Ellensburg, Wash. S9 WILLIAM JEWELL W 59-6 S16 EASTERN N.M. * W 51-22 RADIO: Lion Sports Network S23 at A&M-Kingsville * W 38-7 PxP: Charlie Chitwood • COLOR: Brock Callaway O7 at No. 10 Midwestern St. * L 42-47 LIONS WIN ON THE ROAD, ADVANCE AGAIN WASHINGTON IS FAR AWAY TM O14 WESTERN N.M. * W 52-3 • The Lions’ 20-6 win at Winona State was their first • Travel notes are always fun in the playoffs, and the O21 ANGELO ST. * W 34-20 playoff victory on the road since a 1990 first round Lions got a doozy this week, with the third-longest O28 at West Texas A&M * W 35-16 victory at Grand Valley State. possible road trip in Division II football from Com- N4 UT PERMIAN BASIN * W 52-0 • A&M-Commerce has advanced to the second round merce. of the Division II playoffs for the fourth time in its five • When Portland State was still in Division II, that N11 at Tarleton St. * W 33-21 P appearances in the tournament. playoff game was 2,068 miles away. N18 at No. 12 Winona St. W 20-6 • This marks the seventh time in program history • Using Google Maps, Ellensburg is 2,035 miles from N25 at No. 7 Central Washington P Noon PT that the Lions have won five or more true road games Commerce. That is direct driving with no trip through (non-neutral), including a six-win road season in the SeaTac Airport. 2016. The Lions also had six road wins in 1951, 1953, • The only farther possible trips in Division II football WILDCATS SCHEDULE and 1980. The Lions had five road wins in 1957 and for the Lions would be Simon Fraser (Burnaby, British Date Opponent Time 1990. Columbia - 2,271 miles) and Western Oregon (Mon- • Each of those seasons with the exception of 1951 mouth, Ore. - 2,127 miles). S2 at Texas A&M-Kingsville W 34-10 concluded with a postseason appearance. • A trip to Humboldt State in Arcata, Calif., is some- S9 vs. Western Oregon * W 30-23 how one mile shorter than a trip to Ellensburg. S16 at No. 22 Azusa Pacific * W 17-16 STILL PUSHING #ToTheTop S23 at Dixie St. W 58-40 • The Lions ended the regular season at No. 8 in the Site Years Miles One-Way S30 SIMON FRASER * W 62-0 nation in both the AFCA and D2Football.com polls. Portland, Ore. 1995 (NCAA) 2,068 O7 No. 17 HUMBOLDT ST. * W 55-27 • A&M-Commerce has been ranked in 38 straight Ellensburg, Wash. 2017 (NCAA) 2,035 AFCA polls, dating back to the 2015 preseason poll. Davis, Calif. 1999 1,771 O14 at Western Oregon * W 42-0 • This is A&M-Commerce’s 44th all-time appearance Big Rapids, Mich. 2015 (NCAA) 1,109 O21 NORTH ALABAMA W 17-10 in the AFCA poll since its inception in 2000. Orlando, Fla. 1952, 1953, O28 AZUSA PACIFIC * W 34-23 • Central Washington is the fourth nationally-ranked 1957, 1958 (Tangerine) 1,062 N4 at Simon Fraser * W 51-0 team the Lions have faced this season, all inside the Fargo, N.D. 1997 1,060 N11 at No. 16 Humboldt St. * W 42-28 top 12. Allendale, Mich. 1990, 2016 (NCAA) 1,047 N25 No. 8 A&M-COMMERCE P Noon PT •A&M-Commerce is the fourth nationally-ranked team the Wildcats have faced, none inside the top 15, AGAINST THE GNAC FOLLOW THE LIONS • This will be a short note. The GNAC was initiated in CARTHEL 5TH IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN WINS 2001 and the Lions have never played any present or • Twitter updates will be provided at @Lions_FB. • Head coach Colby Carthel now ranks fifth in past member in football action. • Live video and statistics are available at A&M-Commerce history in coaching wins with 44 • Since rejoining Division II for the 1998 season, the WildcatSports.com wins. Wildcats have played LSC foes seven times, with a 2-5 • All Lion games will be broadcast on the Lion Sports • However, he will be in fifth for a while, as his 44 wins record and a 1-1 playoff mark. Network, with KETR 88.9-FM as the flagship station. are still 19 behind J.V. Sikes’ 63 wins in fourth place. • Live audio will be available at KETR.org. GO WEST, YOUNG MAN • Charlie Chitwood will provide play-by-play for all 1...... Ernest Hawkins...... 1964-85...... 132-92-6 • This will be the Lions’ fourth all-time game against Lion Football games. Color commentary will be provid- 2...... Eddie Vowell...... 1986-98...... 74-71-1 a team from the Pacific time zone. ed by Brock Callaway. 3...... Bob Berry...... 1935-41, 46-50...72-34-8 • The Lions dropped the 1995 playoff game at Port- • Air time for the pre-game show is 12:30 p.m. 4...... J.V. Sikes...... 1954-63...... 63-34-4 land State and went 0-2 in a home-and-home series 5...... Colby Carthel...... 2013-pres...... 44-15 with UC Davis, playing the Aggies in Davis in 1999. 6...... M.A. Smith...... 1951-53...... 30-2-1

23-TIME LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • LION FOOTBALL 1 LION FOOTBALL WHAT’S THIS STUFF? SUPER REGION FOUR HARLON HILL TROPHY NOMINEES • With the proliferation of artificial surfaces at all levels of football, the Lions rare- Player Pos Ht Wt Cl School ly play on a natural surface anymore. Western New Mexico’s Ben Altamirano Field Dennis Gardeck LB 6-0 230 SR Sioux Falls is the only grass surface remaining in the Lone Star Conference, with the opening Ja’Quan Gardner RB 5-7 205 SR Humboldt State of Eastern New Mexico’s Greyhound Stadium in 2016. Chad Hovasse WR 6-1 215 JR Adams State • Central Washington’s Tomlinson Stadium has a natural surface, surrounded by Cameron Mayberry RB 5-11 200 SO Colorado Mines a track. Luis Perez QB 6-3 220 SR A&M-Commerce • The last non-conference game the Lions played on a grass field was the 2011 Layton Rabb QB 6-5 225 JR Midwestern State trip to Upper Iowa to start that season. Somehow, this is the second straight week Paul Revis WR 5-9 175 SR Western Oregon that the Peacocks from Fayette, Iowa, have worked their way into the game notes. Shane Zylstra WR 6-4 215 SO Minnesota State

SENIORS BREAK SCHOOL RECORD • Perez’ passing average has vaulted him to the top of the Division II ranks. He • With the win at Tarleton, the senior class broke the school record for wins in a is one of nine passers in Division II averaging over 300 yards passing per game. four-year period. The previous record stood since the Tangerine Bowl runs of the • He is the only quarterback in the top 10 of this ranking to still be playing in early 1950s. the Division II playoffs after Shepherd and Bowie State were bounced in the first • That record extended with the win at Winona State to 38 games won in a four round. year span. • The next closest in yards per game remaining in the playoffs is Midwestern State’s Layton Rabb in 15th at 284.9 ypg. Years ...... Record 2014-17...... 38-10 Rk Team Cl. Gms A-C-I TD Yds Avg 1 Luis Perez, A&M-Commerce Sr. 11 426-305-6 38 3,737 339.7 1951-54 ...... 36-5-2 2 Connor Jessop, Shepherd Sr. 11 394-249-9 40 3,532 321.1 2013-16...... 35-14 3 Tanner Garry, Slippery Rock Sr. 11 437-268-9 32 3,522 320.2 4 Amir Hall, Bowie St. Jr. 11 381-249-4 41 3,519 319.9 1957-60...... 34-7 5 Grant Russell, Ohio Dominican Sr. 10 305-221-3 30 3,182 318.2 1972-75 ...... 32-13-1 6 Brook Bolles, Central Mo. Jr. 11 396-223-12 21 3,485 316.8 7 Nick Rooney, Adams St. Jr. 10 441-271-10 29 3,153 315.3 1936-39 ...... 31-8 8 Y. Gavalas, LIU Post Sr. 10 363-257-8 37 3,087 308.7 1990-93 ...... 31-16-1 9 Javia Hall, Western N.M. Sr. 10 458-255-12 24 3,006 300.6 10 Chas Stallard, Central Okla. Sr. 11 361-238-6 28 3,209 291.7 THREE-HEADED MONSTER • As you will read below, Luis Perez is very good at throwing the football to his PEREZ GAME-BY-GAME teammates, who in turn, are quite adept at finding the endzone. 2016 • Two Lion receivers tied for third in the Lone Star Conference in terms of receiv- Opponent Cmp Att Int Yds TDs at Delta State 17 23 0 322 2 ing touchdowns, with another in fourth. at Eastern New Mexico 24 31 0 342 5 • Darrion Landry, and Buck Wilson each have nine receiving touchdowns this TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE 10 19 0 133 1 at Panhandle State 34 48 1 396 3 season. D’Arthur Cowan is right behind them with eight. All eight of Cowan’s MIDWESTERN STATE 18 34 0 243 2 touchdown receptions have come in LSC play. at Western New Mexico 22 35 2 319 4 at Angelo State 20 33 0 270 3 WEST TEXAS A&M 17 23 0 230 1 PEREZ’ OUTSTANDING SEASON AND CAREER LEAD TO HARLON HILL NOMINATION at UT Permian Basin 18 25 0 273 5 • Lion quarterback Luis Perez earned his second consecu- TARLETON STATE 22 35 0 274 1 COLORADO MESA P 17 33 0 205 2 tive nomination for the Harlon Hill Trophy on Monday. at Grand Valley State P 25 50 2 319 3 • He was named the Lone Star Conference Offensive Play- 2016 TOTALS 244 389 5 3,326 32 er of the Year. He also earned First Team All-Lone Star Con- 2017 Opponent Cmp Att Int Yds TDs ference honors for the second consecutive season. at North Alabama 23 37 3 179 0 • A Lion quarterback has earned first team all-LSC honors WILLIAM JEWELL 20 29 0 236 4 EASTERN NEW MEXICO 20 24 1 357 5 a total of 17 times since the league’s formation in 1931. at Texas A&M-Kingsville 24 32 0 319 4 • He became the Lions’ fourth quarterback to repeat as a at Midwestern State 43 55 2 437 4 first team all-LSC selection, joining Bobby Bounds (1990- WESTERN NEW MEXICO 23 32 0 358 5 ANGELO STATE 34 46 0 373 4 91), LSC Hall of Honor member Wade Wilson (1979-80), and R.A. Hitt (1933-34), at West Texas A&M 30 46 0 387 3 who was the second-ever all-LSC quarterback. UT PERMIAN BASIN 26 34 0 301 4 at Tarleton State 34 50 0 482 3 at Winona State P 28 41 0 308 2 LION FIRST TEAM ALL-LSC QUARTERBACKS at Central Washington P 2016, 2017 Luis Perez 2017 TOTALS 305 426 6 3,737 38 1996 Cole Cayce CAREER TOTALS 549 815 11 7,063 70 1990, 1991 Bobby Bounds 1982 Kyle Mackey 1979, 1980 Wade Wilson • He did not play high school football, and was a competitive bowler, with 12 per- 1977 Terry Skinner 1972 Will Cureton fect 300 games to his name. 1960 James Williams • He now has 14 games of 300-plus passing yards in his career, including nine 1959 Sam McCord 1954 Bobby Fox straight games. 1953 Jim Gray • He has not thrown an interception in 254 attempts. If the opposition does not 1948 Bobby Griffin 1933, 1934 R.A. Hitt pick him off in his next 26 passes, he will surpass a Division II record that has stood since 1996 by New Haven’s Jesse Showerda (280). 2 23-TIME LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • #TOTHETOP LION FOOTBALL SINGLE SEASON PASSING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS KICKIN’ IT WITH KRISTOV 1. 38 Luis Perez 2017 • Kicker Kristov Martinez was named the Lone Star Con- 2. 32 Luis Perez 2016 ference’s first team All-Conference kicker. 3. 31 Tyrik Rollison 2014 • He became the all-time leading scorer with an LSC 4. 30 Harrison Stewart 2015 Player of the Week effort in the regular season finale at 5. 22 James Gray 1952 Tarleton. • He scored 15 points in that game and has scored 10 • Perez only needs 28 yards passing to become the school’s single season passing points or more in five games this season. The four field yardage leader. goals at Tarleton tied a school single game record. • He has scored 96 points this season. The late Saul Marti- SINGLE SEASON PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS nez scored 134 points in 2014 to set the school single season record. 1. 3,764 Tyrik Rollison 2014 •Martinez was also an LSC All-Academic selection for the second consecutive 2. 3,737 Luis Perez 2017 season. He is majoring in management. 3. 3,326 Luis Perez 2016 4. 3,173 Harrison Stewart 2015 CAREER SCORING LEADERS 5. 2,861 Buster Faulkner 2004 1. 297 Kristov Martinez (162 PAT, 45 FG) 2015-pres. 2. 281 Billy Watkins (134 PAT, 49 FG) 1990-93 • Perez is also the Lion career leader in three major passing categories. 3. 224 David Dell (104 PAT, 40 FG) 1995-98 4. 222 Aundra Thompson (37 TD) 1972-75 CAREER PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS 5. 219 Saul Martinez (126 PAT, 31 FG) 2013-14 1. 7,063 Luis Perez 2016-pres. 2. 5,955 Bob Bounds 1987-91 CAREER PATs MADE LEADERS 3. 5,800 Kyle Mackey 1980-83 1. 162 Kristov Martinez (160-167) 2015-pres. 4. 5,635 Terry Skinner 1973-77 2. 134 Billy Watkins (134-143) 1990-93 5. 5,362 Tyrik Rollison 2013-14 3. 126 Saul Martinez (126-130) 2013-14 4. 121 Leonard Allen (121-134) 1973-76 CAREER PASSING COMPLETION LEADERS 5. 105 Kevin Garman (105-113) 1981-84 1. 549 Luis Perez (549-815-11) 2016-pres. 2. 375 Bob Bounds (375-706-36) 1987-91 CAREER FIELD GOALS MADE LEADERS 3. 372 Kyle Mackey (372-751-44) 1980-83 1. 49 Billy Watkins (49-84) 1990-93 4. 367 Terry Skinner (367-813-45) 1973-77 2. 45 Kristov Martinez (45-61) 2015-pres. 5. 353 Adam Farkes (353-700-30) 2009-10 3. 40 David Dell (40-61) 1995-98 4. 31 Saul Martinez (31-38) 2013-14 CAREER PASSING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS 5. 29 Ha’a Bento (29-44) 2004-05 1. 70 Luis Perez 2016-pres. 29 Leonard Allen (29-52) 1973-76 2. 51 James Gray 1951-53 3. 48 Harrison Stewart 2013-15 FIREWORKS AFTER A SCORE 4. 43 Jim Dietz 1967-70 • The Lions have excelled on kickoffs, both when kicking the ball away, and when 43 Tyrik Rollison 2013-14 receiving the kickoff. • The Lions rank 1st nationally in kickoff return defense, allowing 12.08 yards per return. • He ranks first in Division II and ninth in all of the NCAA in career passing yards • A&M-Commerce is 3rd in the nation in kickoff return average at 27.65 yards per return. per game. WILSON TAKES IT TO THE HOUSE Rk Team Div Cl. Gms A-C-I Yds TD Yds/Gn • Buck Wilson was named the first team all-LSC kick re- 1 Luke Falk , Washington St. FBS Sr. 42 2,000-1,367-36 14,117 118 336.1 2 Mason Rudolph , Oklahoma St. FBS Sr. 40 1,372-863-26 12,829 88 320.7 turn man. He returned a first quarter kickoff for a 100 yard 3 Josh Rosen , UCLA FBS Jr. 29 1,151-698-26 9,100 57 313.8 touchdown against West Texas A&M, earning LSC Special 4 Devlin Hodges , Samford FCS Jr. 32 1,280-883-24 9,905 78 309.5 5 Baker Mayfield , Oklahoma FBS Sr. 45 1,422-974-29 13,796 122 306.6 Teams Player of the Week honors. 6 Gage Gubrud , Eastern Wash. FCS Jr. 28 1,005-654-27 8,568 74 306.0 • He is the fourth Lion on record with a 100-yard touch- 7 Chase Burton , Franklin D-III Sr. 38 1,255-842-20 11,579 121 304.7 8 Riley Ferguson , Memphis FBS Sr. 23 829-519-18 6,899 61 300.0 down. He is the 25th player in LSC history with a 100-yard 9 Luis Perez , A&M-Commerce D-II Sr. 24 815-549-11 7,063 70 294.3 kickoff return. He is the seventh player in Division II this 10 Ryan Sample , Benedictine (IL) D-III Sr. 30 1,133-647-34 8,806 82 293.5 season with a 100-yard kickoff return. Bob Sloan...... vs. Midwestern State, 1950 Marvin Brown...... vs. Midwestern State, 1951 Gary Berry...... vs. Sam Houston State, 1958 Buck Wilson...... at West Texas A&M, 2017 • Wilson averages 31.7 yards per kickoff return on 11 returns. The NCAA requires returners to have 1.2 returns per game to qualify for the statistical rankings. Wil- son averages 1.0 returns per game. • If he met the return quantity qualification, Wilson would rank fourth in the nation in kick return yardage. 23-TIME LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • LION FOOTBALL 3 LION FOOTBALL MACHORRO NAMED O-LINEMAN OF THE YEAR LIONS ALL-TIME IN THE POSTSEASON • All-American tackle Jared Machorro was named the Jan 1, 1953 vs. Tennessee Tech W 33-0 Tangerine Bowl Orlando Lone Star Conference Offensive Lineman of the Year. Jan 1, 1954 vs. Arkansas State T 7-7 Tangerine Bowl Orlando • The senior was named first team all-LSC after leading Jan 1, 1958 vs. Mississippi Southern W 10-9 Tangerine Bowl Orlando the offensive line to a dominant season that saw the Lions Dec 31, 1958 vs. Missouri Valley W 26-7 Tangerine Bowl Orlando qualify for the NCAA Division II playoffs for the third con- Nov 25, 1972 Central State (Okla.) W 54-0 NAIA Semifinal Commerce secutive season. Dec 9, 1972 Carson-Newman W 21-18 NAIA Champion Bowl Commerce • This is the second consective season he has earned first Dec 6, 1980 at Central Arkansas W 27-21 NAIA Quarterfinal Conway, Ark. team all-LSC honors. Dec 13, 1980 Elon L 6-14 NAIA Semifinal Commerce • Machorro is the sixth Lion to win Offensive Lineman of Nov 17, 1990 at Grand Valley State W 20-14 DII First Rd Allendale, Mich. the Year honors since the award was instituted in 1985, and the first A&M-Com- Nov 24, 1990 at Pittsburg State L 28-60 DII Quarterfinal Pittsburg, Kan. merce player to do in a single-division LSC. Nov 23, 1991 Grand Valley State W 36-15 DII First Rd Commerce • He also ranks 11th in the LSC in average punt yardage at 35.5 yards per punt. Nov 30, 1991 at Pittsburg State L 28-38 DII Quarterfinal Pittsburg, Kan. • That’s just awesome. Nov 18, 1995 at Portland State L 35-56 DII First Rd Portland, Ore. • Actual punter Tristan Perry ranks fourth in the conference with a 39.6 yard Dec 13, 2013 vs. Harding L 3-44 Live United Bowl Texarkana, Ark. punting average. He was named all-LSC honorable mention. Dec 6, 2014 vs. East Central W 72-21 Heart of Texas Bowl Copperas Cove Nov 21, 2015 at Ferris State L 30-48 DII Regional Qtr Big Rapids, Mich. HOBBS EARNS TOP HONORS Nov 19, 2016 Colorado Mesa W 34-23 DII Regional Qtr Commerce • Tight end (or A in the Lions’ system) Vincent Hobbs Nov 26, 2016 at Grand Valley State L 32-55 DII Regional Semi Allendale, Mich. caught both important touchdown passes from Luis Pe- Nov 18, 2017 at Winona State W 20-6 DII Regional Qtr Winona, Minn. rez in the first quarter of the first round playoff victory at Nov 25, 2017 at Central Washington - DII Regional Semi Ellensburg, Wash. Winona State. • He was named first team all-Lone Star Conference when BIG MIKE MAKES BIG PLAYS the league honors were released last week. • Defensive end Michael Onuoha caught eyes all season as • He is the first Lion tight end to be named first team a disruptive force in the Lion front. all-conference since Corey Goodall in 2006. • He had 35 tackles with six tackles for loss and two sacks, • The short list of Lion tight ends named first team along with five quarterback hurries. He had a season-high all-conference include Gary Compton (1988 & 1990), Javier Cardenas (1983 & seven tackles at Midwestern State. That included an import- 1984), Dudley Slice (1972), and Tom Black (1967). ant tackle for loss to force a turnover on downs in a comeback effort. ON THE SCOREBOARD • At Winona State, Onuoha was constantly putting pressure • Both of the teams in today’s matchup excel in both scoring offense and scoring on Warrior quarterback Derek Beenken and came away with defense. a strip sack, and two tackles for loss in a four tackle effort while WSU only ran 61 plays. • The Lions rank 8th nationally in scoring defense at 14.1 points per game, and will go up against CWU’s offense ranked 12th nationally at 40.2 points per game. VERSATILE STERLING-LOWE • The Lion offense ranks 20th nationally in scoring at 38.5 points per game, and the • Cornerback Yusef Sterling-Lowe was named first team Wildcat defense allows 16.1 points per game to rank 16th nationally. all-Lone Star Conference after a highly successful season in both run and pass defense. PASS PROTECTION WILL BE KEY • He was named the LSC Defensive Player of the Week with • The CWU defense has been monstrous in getting to the quarterback this season, two interceptions at A&M-Kingsville. earning 58 sacks in 11 games for a 5.27 average - by far the national leader. • He had 27 regular season tackles as a cornerback with a • No other team has 45 total or 4.3 average sacks. season-best eight stops against Eastern New Mexico. • Award winners on the Lion offensive line who will need to be prepared include LSC •At Winona, he had a key pass breakup. Offensive Lineman of the Year and first team all-LSC tackle Jared Machorro, second team all-LSC guard Poet Thomas, and second team all-LSC center Jon Aguilar. ALSO ON THE HONORS LIST • Other players earning all-LSC honors were wide receivers Darrion Landry and Buck ALL-LEAGUE HONORS, THEN A PICK Wilson, defensive tackle D.D. Fletcher, outside linebacker Kieston Carter, safeties • Middle linebacker Brucks Saathoff earned first team all- Chris Smith and Alex Shillow, and long snapper Austin Jordan on the second team. Lone Star Conference honors on Friday after he led the Lions • Earning all-LSC honorable mention were wide receiver D’Arthur Cowan, running in the regular season with 59 stops including three tackles back Carandal Hale, return specialist Shawn Hooks, defensive tackle Peyton Sear- for loss and two sacks. He forced a fumble, had a pass break- cy, inside linebacker Neema Behbahani, outside linebacker Travon Blanchard, cor- up, and five quarterback hurries. nerback Darent White, and punter Tristan Perry. • He had a season-high 12 tackles in the win at West Texas • Garrett Blubaugh joined Martinez on the LSC All-Academic team. A&M, winning LSC Defensive Player of the Week honors. • After earning all-Conference honors, Saathoff was the de- COMMON OPPONENTS fensive leader for the Lions at Winona State with a key goal • The two teams in today’s game share two common opponents, having both played line interception, as well as eight tackles and a tackle for loss. A&M-Kingsville and North Alabama. vs TAMUK vs UNA A&M-Commerce W 38-7 (A, Wk4) W 8-7 (A, Wk1) Central Washington W 34-10 (A, Wk1) W 17-10 (H, Wk8) 4 23-TIME LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • #TOTHETOP LION FOOTBALL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown High School/Previous School No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown High School/Previous School 1 Javon Tillman DB 6-2 180 Jr. Oakland, Calif. San Leandro HS/S’eastern La. 50 Xavier Morris LB 6-1 220 R-Fr. Converse, Texas Judson HS 2 Marquis Wimberly WR 6-2 205 Jr. Upland, Calif. Upland HS/Chaffey College 51 Josh Reynolds DL 6-4 210 Jr. Paris, Texas Paris HS 3 Darrion Landry WR 6-3 200 Jr. Baytown, Texas Lee HS/Blinn College 52 Peyton Searcy DL 6-0 275 Jr. Killeen, Texas Killeen HS 4 Buck Wilson WR 6-0 185 Sr. Commerce, Texas Commerce HS/S’east Mo. 53 Christian Hernandez OL 6-1 265 R-Fr. Frisco, Texas Lone Star HS 5 Shawn Hooks WR 5-8 165 Sr. Daingerfield, Texas Daingerfield HS/Navarro 54 Garrett Blubaugh LB 6-2 230 R-So. Keller, Texas Keller HS 6 Danny Huckaby DB 6-1 180 Jr. Mexia, Texas Mexia HS 55 Pierre Leonard DL 5-10 300 So. Tyler, Texas John Tyler HS 7 D’Arthur Cowan WR 6-3 185 Sr. Olive Branch, Miss. Olive Branch HS/Arkansas 56 Jon Aguilar OL 6-2 295 Sr. Lubbock, Texas Roosevelt HS/Tyler JC 8 Trey Porter DB 5-10 170 Sr. Garland, Texas South Garland HS 57 Brazos Hesskew LB 5-11 200 R-Fr. Canton, Texas Canton HS 9 Brucks Saathoff LB 6-0 215 Jr. San Antonio, Texas Reagan HS 58 Kieston Carter DL 5-11 280 Sr. Mexia, Texas Mexia HS 10 Alex Shillow DB 5-10 185 R-Fr. Pflugerville, Texas Pflugerville HS 59 Jake Viquez K/P 5-10 190 R-Fr. Rockwall, Texas Rockwall HS 11 Chochy Luce WR 6-1 200 Jr. Fairview, Texas Lovejoy HS 61 Andrew Gomez K 6-2 210 Fr. Richardson, Texas Richardson HS 12 Luis Perez QB 6-3 220 Sr. Chula Vista, Calif. Otay Ranch HS/S’western JC 63 Addisson Medigovich LS 6-4 220 Fr. Frisco, Texas Wakeland HS 13 Calvin Jones WR 6-0 185 Sr. Richardson, Texas Berkner HS/Navarro 64 Josh McCullough OL 6-3 275 Jr. Gainesville, Fla. Buchholz HS/Butte JC 14 Sammy Gray DB 5-11 180 Jr. Elk Grove, Calif. Cosumnes Oaks HS/American River JC 65 Jonah Brown OL 6-5 315 R-So. Waco, Texas Connally HS 15 Vincent Hobbs A 6-3 255 Jr. Mesquite, Texas Horn HS/La.-Monroe 66 Ken Holmes OL 6-4 275 R-So. Tyler, Texas John Tyler HS 16 Gabriel Rodriguez QB 5-11 205 Sr. Amarillo, Texas Amarillo HS/McMurry 67 Ty Cole OL 6-2 280 R-Fr. San Antonio, Texas Brennan HS 17 Dominique Ramsey DB 5-9 180 R-Fr. Converse, Texas Judson HS 68 Jackson Webb OL 6-0 270 R-Fr. Elgin, Texas Elgin HS 18 Chase Pemberton QB 6-4 190 Jr. Wills Point, Texas Wills Point HS 69 Kendall Mathis OL 6-3 300 R-Fr. Maud, Texas Maud HS 19 Preston Wheeler QB 6-3 185 R-So. Austin, Texas Bowie HS 70 Abdul Shammaa OL 6-5 310 R-So. San Antonio, Texas Reagan HS 21 Yusef Sterling-Lowe DB 6-2 170 Sr. Oakland, Calif. McClymonds HS/Laney College 71 Malik Ellis OL 6-6 280 Jr. Daingerfield, Texas Daingerfield HS/Cisco 22 Darent White DB 6-1 160 Jr. Houston, Texas Spring Westfield HS 72 Brian Taylor OL 6-3 290 R-So. Lancaster, Texas Lancaster HS 23 Kader Kohou DB 5-9 190 R-Fr. Euless, Texas Trinity HS 73 Ryan Peschka OL 6-2 290 R-So. Arlington, Texas Mansfield Timberview HS 25 Reggie Kincade DB 5-11 170 Jr. Everman, Texas Everman HS 74 Jared Machorro OL 6-7 290 Sr. Coldspring, Texas Coldspring-Oakhurst HS 26 Carandal Hale RB 5-11 190 R-Fr. Greenville, Texas Greenville HS 75 Lane Hasse OL 6-6 315 R-So. Weimar, Texas Weimar HS 27 Jaylon Edwards-Cooper DB 5-11 175 R-So. Spring, Texas Dekaney HS 76 Amon Simon OL 6-5 275 R-Fr. Humble, Texas Atascocita HS 28 Mark Westbrook LB 5-11 195 So. Schertz, Texas Clemens HS 77 Jordan Smith OL 6-4 315 R-So. Mansfield, Texas Summit HS 29 Chris Smith DB 6-1 170 Jr. Mansfield, Texas Mansfield Legacy HS 78 Daronte Shaw OL 6-5 320 Jr. Richmond, Calif. Richmond HS/Sac’to City CC 31 Jay Bias LB 5-9 190 R-Fr. Prosper, Texas Prosper HS 79 Poet Thomas OL 6-6 315 Sr. Beverly Hills, Mich. Country Day HS/Texas Tech 32 Richard Whitaker RB 5-10 180 Sr. Denton, Texas Guyer HS 80 Derique Ryan WR 6-1 195 Fr. Mansfield, Texas Mansfield HS 33 Neema Behbahani LB 6-1 230 R-So. Plano, Texas Plano HS 81 Austin Jordan A 6-5 225 Sr. Rowlett, Texas Rowlett HS 34 Isaiah Fields DB 5-8 170 R-Fr. Cibolo, Texas Steele HS 82 Kareem Adeniyi WR 6-5 215 R-Fr. Mansfield, Texas Mansfield HS 35 Tristan Perry P 6-1 200 Fr. Mineral Wells, Texas Mineral Wells HS 83 Kelan Smith WR 6-1 190 R-Fr. Dallas, Texas First Baptist Acad. 35 Ovie Urevbu RB 5-11 210 Sr. Plano, Texas Legacy Christian Acad./Ouachita Bap. 84 Andre Bonner WR 6-0 195 Jr. Dallas, Texas Molina HS/Navarro College 36 Michael Wallace DL 6-4 220 Jr. Lewisville, Texas Hebron HS 85 Chance Cooper WR 6-3 200 Fr. Leander, Texas Rouse HS 37 Anthony Smith LB 6-2 200 Sr. Long Beach, Calif. Jordan HS/East LA College 86 Kenneth Adams WR 6-3 195 R-Fr. Houston, Texas Davis HS 38 E.J. Thompson RB 5-9 200 Fr. Cypress, Texas Cy-Ranch HS 87 D.K. Ward WR 6-2 190 R-Fr. Caddo Mills, Texas Caddo Mills HS 39 Tristen Slaughter RB 6-2 210 Jr. Richardson, Texas Richardson HS 88 Lorenzo Rosario WR 6-3 200 Jr. Sachse, Texas Sachse HS/N’west Okla. St. 40 Drake Flores A 6-3 240 R-Fr. San Antonio, Texas Johnson HS 89 Kristov Martinez K 5-6 135 Jr. Edinburg, Texas Edinburg HS 41 Rashad Fisher DB 5-10 180 R-Fr. Irving, Texas MacArthur HS 90 Ewing Simmons DL 6-2 265 Jr. Stockton, Calif. St. Mary’s HS/American River JC 42 Kendrick Welsh DB 5-10 160 R-So. Arlington, Texas Mansfield Summit HS 91 Elijah Earls DL 6-0 240 R-Fr. San Antonio, Texas Stevens HS 43 Jaquorious Smith LB 5-9 195 R-Fr. Kilgore, Texas Kilgore HS 92 Jaylon Hodge DL 6-0 275 R-Fr. Houston, Texas Fort Bend Travis HS 44 Dayne Douglass LB 6-2 220 Fr. Canyon, Texas Canyon HS 93 Anthony Ameperosa DL 6-1 300 Sr. San Francisco, Calif. S. San Fran HS/San Mateo JC 45 Corey Smallwood A 6-3 215 R-Fr. Bonham, Texas Bonham HS 94 Norman Moimoi DL 6-2 280 Jr. Seattle, Wash. Palo Alto HS/Mt. San Antonio JC 46 Dorian Andrews LB 6-2 200 Fr. Dallas, Texas Skyline HS 95 Demondre Lauderdale DL 6-2 240 So. Fort Worth, Texas Arlington Heights HS 46 Antonio Lealiiee RB 5-11 210 R-Fr. Copperas Cove, Texas Copperas Cove HS 96 Justin Barlow A 6-7 245 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. Redondo HS/Grossmont JC 47 Brent Walker LB 5-11 165 Jr. Humble, Texas Humble HS 97 Devonta Leary DL 5-11 275 Sr. Red Oak, Texas DeSoto HS 48 Travon Blanchard LB 6-2 205 R-Sr. Orange, Texas West Orange-Stark HS/Baylor 98 Deionte Haywood DL 6-3 225 Jr. Costa Mesa, Calif. Estancia HS/Santa Ana HS 49 D.D. Fletcher DL 6-1 270 R-So. Arlington, Texas Arlington Martin HS 99 Michael Onuoha DL 6-5 255 Jr. Edmond, Okla. Santa Fe HS/Oklahoma

23-TIME LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • LION FOOTBALL 5 LION FOOTBALL OFFENSE Pos. No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown Previous School XWR 7 D’Arthur Cowan 6-3 185 Sr. Olive Branch, Miss. Olive Branch HS/Arkansas 2 Marquis Wimberly 6-2 205 Jr. Upland, Calif. Upland HS/Chaffey College HWR 4 Buck Wilson 6-0 185 Sr. Commerce, Texas Commerce HS/S’east Mo. 5 Shawn Hooks 5-8 165 Sr. Daingerfield, Texas Daingerfield HS/Navarro Coll. LT 74 Jared Machorro 6-7 290 Sr. Coldspring, Texas Coldspring-Oakhurst HS 76 Amon Simon 6-5 275 R-Fr. Humble, Texas Atascocita HS LG 77 Jordan Smith 6-4 315 R-So. Mansfield, Texas Summit HS 72 Brian Taylor 6-3 290 R-So. Lancaster, Texas Lancaster HS C 56 Jon Aguilar 6-2 295 Sr. Lubbock, Texas Roosevelt HS/Tyler JC 53 Christian Hernandez 6-1 265 R-Fr. Frisco, Texas Lone Star HS RG 78 Daronte Shaw 6-5 320 Jr. Richmond, Calif. Richmond HS/Sac’to City CC 64 Josh McCullough 6-3 275 Jr. Gainesville, Fla. Buchholz HS/Butte JC RT 79 Poet Thomas 6-6 315 Sr. Beverly Hills, Mich. Country Day HS/Texas Tech 71 Malik Ellis 6-6 280 Jr. Daingerfield, Texas Daingerfield HS/Cisco College A 15 Vincent Hobbs 6-3 255 Jr. Mesquite, Texas Horn HS/La.-Monroe 45 Corey Smallwood 6-3 215 R-Fr. Bonham, Texas Bonham HS ZWR 3 Darrion Landry 6-3 200 Jr. Baytown, Texas Lee HS/Blinn College 11 Chochy Luce 6-1 200 Jr. Fairview, Texas Lovejoy HS RB 26 Carandal Hale 5-11 190 R-Fr. Greenville, Texas Greenville HS 38 E.J. Thompson 5-9 200 Fr. Cypress, Texas Cy-Ranch HS QB 12 Luis Perez 6-3 220 Sr. San Diego, Calif. Otay Ranch HS/Southwestern JC 16 Gabe Rodriguez 5-11 205 Sr. Amarillo, Texas Amarillo HS/McMurry DEFENSE Pos. No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown Previous School DE 99 Michael Onuoha 6-5 255 Jr. Edmond, Okla. Santa Fe HS/Oklahoma 95 Kade Satterwhite 6-4 250 So. Panhandle, Texas Canyon Randall HS NT 49 D.D. Fletcher 6-1 270 R-So. Arlington, Texas Arlington Martin HS 55 Pierre Leonard 5-10 300 So. Tyler, Texas John Tyler HS DT 52 Peyton Searcy 6-0 275 Jr. Killeen, Texas Killeen HS 97 Devonta Leary 5-11 275 Sr. Red Oak, Texas DeSoto HS WLB 58 Kieston Carter 5-11 280 Sr. Mexia, Texas Mexia HS 62 Deionte Haywood 6-3 225 Jr. Costa Mesa, Calif. Estancia HS/Santa Ana HC MLB 9 Brucks Saathoff 6-0 215 Jr. San Antonio, Texas Reagan HS 33 Neema Behbahani 6-1 230 R-So. Plano, Texas Plano HS MLB 54 Garrett Blubaugh 6-2 230 R-So. Keller, Texas Keller HS 50 Xavier Morris 6-1 220 R-Fr. Converse, Texas Judson HS SLB 48 Travon Blanchard 6-2 205 R-Sr. Orange, Texas West Orange-Stark HS/Baylor 28 Mark Westbrook 5-11 195 So. Schertz, Texas Clemens HS CB 22 Darent White 6-1 160 Jr. Houston, Texas Spring Westfield HS 14 Sammy Gray 5-11 180 Jr. Elk Grove, Calif. Cosumnes Oaks HS/Amer. Riv. JC FS 10 Alex Shillow 5-10 185 R-Fr. Pflugerville, Texas Pflugerville HS 1 Javon Tillman 6-2 180 Jr. Oakland, Calif. San Leandro HS/S’eastern La. SS 29 Chris Smith 6-1 170 Jr. Mansfield, Texas Mansfield Legacy HS 17 Dominique Ramsey 5-9 180 R-Fr. Converse, Texas Judson HS CB 21 Yusef Sterling-Lowe 6-2 170 Sr. Oakland, Calif. McClymonds HS/Laney College 27 Jaylon Edwards-Cooper 5-11 175 R-So. Spring, Texas Dekaney HS SPECIAL TEAMS Pos. No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown Previous School K 89 Kristov Martinez 5-6 135 Jr. Edinburg, Texas Edinburg HS P 35 Tristan Perry 6-1 200 Fr. Mineral Wells, Texas Mineral Wells HS LS 81 Austin Jordan 6-5 225 Sr. Rowlett, Texas Rowlett HS Ret 4 Buck Wilson 6-0 185 Sr. Commerce, Texas Commerce HS/S’east Mo. 5 Shawn Hooks 5-8 165 Sr. Daingerfield, Texas Daingerfield HS/Navarro

6 23-TIME LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • #TOTHETOP LION FOOTBALL

2017 NCAA Division II Football Championship

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals **Semifinals Championship November 18 November 25 December 2 December 9 December 16

*1 Indiana (PA) (11-0)

*4 Shippensburg (10-1) West Chester (27-6) 5 West Chester (8-3) Super Regional One *2 Shepherd (10-0) Findlay (29-17) 7 Findlay (9-2) 1 *3 Assumption (9-1) *Assumption (40-31) 6 California (PA) (9-2) Live on ESPN3

*1 West Ala. (9-1)

*4 Bowie St. (9-1) 4 Delta St. (45-35) 5 Delta St. (8-3) Super Regional Two *2 Virginia St. (9-0) *West Ga. (35-9) 7 West Ga. (8-3)

*3 Wingate (9-1) West Florida (31-0) 6 West Florida (7-3) **Seed List Kansas City 1. Live on ESPN2/WatchESPN *1 Fort Hays St. (11-0) 2. 6 p.m. ET NATIONAL 3. CHAMPION 4. *4 Ferris St. (9-1) Ferris St. (24-19) 5 Ouachita Baptist (9-2) Super Regional Three *2 UIndy (11-0) Harding (27-24) 7 Harding (8-3) 2 *3 Ashland (10-1) *Ashland (21-18) 6 Northwest Mo. St. (9-2)

Live on ESPN3 *1 Central Wash. (11-0)

*4 Winona St. (10-1) 3 Tex. A&M-Commerce (20-6) 5 Tex. A&M-Commerce (9-1) Super Regional Four *2 Minnesota St. (11-0) *Minnesota ST. (16-13 OT) 7 Colorado St.-Pueblo (9-2)

*3 Midwestern St. (9-0) Midwestern St. (24-20) 6 Sioux Falls (9-2)

* Host Institution All times are Eastern time. Information subject to change. **The Division II Football Committee will seed the final four teams following completion of the quarterfinal games.

© 2017 National Collegiate Athletic Association. No commercial use without the NCAA's written permission. The NCAA opposes all forms of sports wagering. ON THIS DAY... : NOVEMBER 25 .. in Texas A&M-Commerce/East Texas State Football (2-1) : ... in world history : • 1920 - The Lions drop their season finale at Sam Houston St. 12-7. • 885 – Siege of Paris: Viking forces sail the Seine River with a fleet of 300 longships and lay • 1954 - ET takes down Sul Ross 27-6 at home to claim the Lions’ fourth siege to Paris. This sounds amazing. consecutive LSC title in J.V. Sikes’ first season. • 1783 – American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three • 1972 - The Lions roll top-ranked Central State (Okla.) 54-0 in the NAIA Na- months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. tional Semifinal in Commerce. ET collected 519 yards of total offense in a • 1963 – President Kennedy is buried in Washington D.C., and Lee Harvey Oswald is buried game that saw ieight NAIA playoff records broken or tied. Lion tailback Ken- in Fort Worth. neth Parks scored three touchdowns and rushed for 246 yards on 31 carries. • 1984 – Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid’s “Do ... in college football history : November 25, 1898:Pat O’Dea of They Know It’s Christmas?” in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. Wisconsin dropkicked a 62-yard field goal against Northwestern. O’Dea, nicknamed “Kangaroo Kicker,” was inducted into the College Football Hall ... in birthdays: of Fame in 1962. • 1891 – Onishiki Uichiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (d. 1941) November 25, 1920:Texas 7, Texas A&M 3. First game broadcast on the ra- • 1914 – Joe DiMaggio, baseball player - this seems like an understatement, Wikipedia... (d. 1999) dio. WTAW, College Station, Tex., carried the game. • 1940 – Percy Sledge, “When A Man Loves A Woman” (d. 2015) • also Joe Gibbs... okay. November 25, 1971:Nebraska 35, Oklahoma 31. The game decided the na- • FOOTBALL GUYS: 1963 - Chip Kelly, 1963 - Bernie Kozar, 1965 - Cris Carter, 1976 - Donovan tional championship. In a poll it was voted the game of the century. McNabb.

23-TIME LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • LION FOOTBALL 7 LION FOOTBALL 2017 LONE STAR 2017 LONE STAR CONFERENCE STANDINGS CONFERENCE Pl Team LSC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak PRESEASON POLL 1 Midwestern State 8-0 1.000 10-0 1.000 W10 2 A&M-Commerce 7-1 .875 10-1 .909 W6 Rk School Pts 1st 3 Eastern New Mexico 6-2 .750 8-2 .800 L1 4 Angelo State 4-4 .500 6-4 .600 W3 1 A&M-COMMERCE 21 229 Tarleton State 4-4 .500 6-5 .545 L2 2 Midwestern State 2 192 5 Western New Mexico 3-5 .375 4-7 .364 W2 6 Texas A&M-Kingsville 2-6 .250 4-7 .364 W1 3 Texas A&M-Kingsville 1 177 7 West Texas A&M 1-7 .125 3-8 .273 L4 UT Permian Basin 1-7 .125 2-9 .182 L3 4 Eastern New Mexico 136 Last Week POSTSEASON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Noon...... Tarleton St. vs. Central Oklahoma 5 Tarleton State 1 135 Western N.M. 21, at West Texas A&M 17 * A&M-Commerce 20, at Winona St. 6 ...... Corsicana Bowl A&M-Commerce 33, at Tarleton St. 21 * at Midwestern St. 24, Sioux Falls 20 6 p.m...... Washburn vs. Angelo St. 6 Angelo State 114 Angelo St. 74, at UT Permian Basin 24 * ...... Heart of Texas Bowl at A&M-Kingsville 38, William Jewell 34 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Midwestern St. 56, at Eastern N.M. 43 * Noon...... Midwestern St. at Minnesota St. 7 West Texas A&M 97 2 p.m...... A&M-Commerce at C. Washington

8 Western New Mexico 45

UT Permian Basin 1 45

AFCA POLL D2FOOTBALL.COM POLL OTHER GAMES NOVEMBER 13 NOVEMBER 14 OF NOTE TODAY Rk School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Pv Rk School Rec. Pv 1. Minnesota St. (22) 11-0 834 1 1 Indiana (Pa.) 11-0 1 SUPER REGION ONE 2. Shepherd (W.Va.) (7) 10-0 800 2 2 Minnesota State 11-0 2 5 West Chester at 1 Indiana (Pa.)...... 11 a.m. 3. Indiana (Pa.) (2) 11-0 778 3 3 Ashland 10-1 3 7 Findlay at 3 Assumption...... Noon 4. Fort Hays St. (Kan.) (3) 11-0 730 5 4 Shepherd 10-0 4 5. Midwestern St. (Texas) 9-0 720 4 5 Midwestern State 9-0 5 6. Indianapolis (Ind.) 11-0 672 6 6 Ferris State 9-1 6 SUPER REGION TWO 7. Central Washington 11-0 661 7 7 Fort Hays State 11-0 7 5 Delta State at 1 West Alabama...... Noon 8. A&M-COMMERCE 9-1 602 8t 8 A&M-COMMERCE 9-1 8 6 West Florida at 7 West Georgia...... Noon 9. Ashland (Ohio) 10-1 584 10 9 Indianapolis 11-0 9 10. Ferris St. (Mich.) 9-1 542 11 10 Central Washington 11-0 10 11. Virginia St. 10-0 514 15 11 Winona State 10-1 14 SUPER REGION THREE 12. Winona St. (Minn.) 10-1 471 17 12 Northwest Missouri State 9-2 15 4 Ferris State at 1 Fort Hays State...... 1 p.m. 13. Northwest Missouri St. 9-2 359 18 13 Virginia State 10-0 16 7 Harding at 3 Ashland...... 11 a.m. 14. Bowie St. (Md.) 9-1 353 19 14 Sioux Falls 9-2 11 15. Assumption (Mass.) 9-1 333 8t 15 Assumption 9-1 12 16. Wingate (N.C.) 9-1 285 12 16 Colorado State-Pueblo 9-2 20 SUPER REGION FOUR 17. West Alabama 9-2 272 22 17 West Alabama 9-2 21 5 A&M-Commerce at 1 Central Washington...... 2 p.m. 18. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 9-2 268 13 18 Wingate 9-1 13 3 Midwestern State at 2 Minnesota State...... Noon 19. Shippensburg (Pa.) 10-1 261 25 19 Bowie State 9-1 NR 20. Colorado St.-Pueblo 9-2 223 23 20 Minnesota-Duluth 9-2 22 OTHERS 21. Humboldt St. (Calif.) 8-2 174 16 21 Shippensburg 10-1 NR Tulane at SMU...... 11 a.m. 22. Colorado Mesa 9-2 147 14 22 California (Pa.) 9-2 23 Linfield at Mary Hardin-Baylor...... Noon 23. Minnesota-Duluth 9-2 108 NR 23 Grand Valley State 8-3 25 North Texas at Rice...... Noon UTEP at UAB...... Noon 24. Eastern New Mexico 8-2 90 20 24 Ouachita Baptist 9-2 NR Texas A&M at LSU...... 6:30 p.m. 25. Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 9-2 72 NR 25 West Georgia 8-3 18 UT San Antonio at Louisiana Tech...... 6:30 p.m. Dropped Out: Findlay (Ohio) (21), West Georgia (24)

Others Receiving Votes: Findlay (Ohio), 49; California (Pa.), 40; Catawba (N.C.), 35; Grand Valley St. (Mich.), 18; Delta St. (Miss.), 12; West Georgia, 10; Azusa Pacific (Calif.), 9; Harding (Ark.), 9; Slippery Rock (Pa.), 4; West Florida, 4; Central Missouri, 3; Kutz- town (Pa.), 1; LIU-Post (N.Y.), 1; Ohio Dominican, 1; Tuskegee (Ala.), 1.

8 23-TIME LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • #TOTHETOP LION FOOTBALL Head Coach Colby Carthel A&M-Commerce Fast Facts Colby Carthel was hired as the 19th head coach in A&M-Com- merce history on January 23, 2013 and guided the Lions to three Overall Record ...... 528-427-31 (.551) straight Lone Star Conference Championships in 2014, 2015, and Total Games Played...... 986 2016. To say Coach Carthel has turned around Lion football would Texas A&M-Commerce Overall Home Record ...... (492 games) 292-173-19 (.612) be a vast understatement, Carthel has resurrected the sleep- Ernest Hawkins Field (Nov. 4, 2017-present)...... (1 game) 1-0 (1.000) ing beast that has now accounted for 23 Lone Star Conference Championships – the second-most in league history. Memorial Stadium (1950-present)...... (346 games) 218-120-11 (.646) The Lions have also had 128 all-LSC honorees in Carthel’s five seasons. College Field (1919-1949)...... (132 games) 71-50-11 (.580) The 2016 season saw the Lions achieve new heights with their Commerce City Park (1914-1917) ...... (13 games) 7-5-1 (.577) third straight LSC Championship and the first NCAA Division II Playoff win in 25 years. The Lions hosted their first postseason Road Overall Record...... (470 games) 210-249-11 (.459) game since 1991 and defeated Colorado Mesa, 34-23, in the opening round of the playoffs. Neutral Overall Record...... 18-9-1 (.661) A&M-Commerce went 11-2 with an 8-1 LSC record. The Lions Cotton Bowl Overall Record...... 7-2-0 (.778) re-set the school record with 29 all-Lone Star Conference honors, including Defensive Back of the Year Uriah Harris. Running back Season Openers Overall Record...... 53-44-2 (.565) Richard Cooper and wide receiver Lance Evans repeated as first Homecoming Overall Record...... 47-33-1 (.586) team all-LSC honorees. In his third season of 2015, Carthel led the Lions to their second Postseason Record...... 11-7-1 (.583) straight and 22nd overall Lone Star Conference regular season title. A&M-Commerce went 8-4 on the year and earned the sev- Live United Bowl...... 0-1 (.000) enth seed in the NCAA Division II Playoffs, advancing to the NCAA Heart of Texas Bowl...... 1-0 (1.000) postseason for the first time since 1995. The Lions dropped their first round game at second-seeded Ferris State, 48-30. Tangerine Bowl Appearances...... 3-0-1 (.875) With an undefeated LSC regular season, the Lions clinched their second consecutive conference title on October 24 with NAIA Playoffs...... 3-1 (.750) a win over Midwestern State. Postseason honors were many, as NCAA Division II Playoffs...... 4-5 (.444) A&M-Commerce earned a school-record 27 all-LSC honors. The Lions also collected three All-American awards. Richard Cooper National Championships...... One (1972 - NAIA) was named the LSC Offensive Back of the Year. Lone Star Conference Overall Record...... 304-210-12 (.589) In Carthel’s second season of 2014, the Lions saw 26 players earn All-Lone Star Conference – a school record at the time – and Total Lone Star Conference Games Played...... 526 saw six Lions earn NFL preseason roster spots. The 2014 unit went 9-3 overall and 6-1 in the Lone Star Confer- Lone Star Conference Championships...... 23 ence to earn the team’s 21st LSC title and first since 1990. The ...... 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, team earned its second straight postseason appearance with a trip to the C.H.A.M.P.S Heart of Texas Bowl, a 72-21 rout of East ...... 1959, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1983, 1990, 2014, 2015, 2016 Central. The trip was the first time since 1990-1991 that the Lions made consecutive postseason trips. Lone Star Conference Runner-Up Finishes...... 14 Carthel led the Lions to a 7-5 record in his first season at the Lone Star Conference Third-Place Finishes ...... 7 helm in 2013, a far cry from the combined 5-26 record the team put up in the three seasons prior to his arrival. That turnaround, one that included wins over nationally-ranked Delta State and First Game...... 9/26/1914 (A&M-Commerce 12, Commerce H.S. 0) Tarleton State, earned the Lions a postseason berth in the Live United Texarkana Bowl – the program’s first postseason berth Memorial Stadium Dedication...... 9/23/1950 (North Texas 42, A&M-Commerce 20) since qualifying for the national playoffs in 1995. Carthel came to Commerce with strong ties to the Lone Star Ernest Hawkins Field Dedication ...... 11/4/2017 (A&M-Commerce 52, UT Permian Basin 0) Conference, spending the seven previous seasons as the defen- First Night Game...... 10/17/1930 (West Texas 14, A&M-Commerce 0) sive coordinator at West Texas A&M and playing a key role in es- tablishing the Buffs as one of the top teams in the region. First Home Night Game...... 10/2/1931 (A&M-Commerce 6, Trinity 0) During his seven years at West Texas A&M, the Buffs captured four Lone Star Conference championships while making an ap- First Homecoming Game...... 10/27/1928 (A&M-Commerce 13, North Texas 12) pearance in the postseason each year including a trip to the NCAA Largest Margin of Victory...... 80 points (10/31/1953) semifinals. All told, Carthel has now made 12 consecutive trips to the post- ...... A&M-Commerce 80, Northwestern Oklahoma State 0 season as a Division II coach, both as an assistant coach and a Largest Margin of Defeat ...... 78 points (10/1927) head coach. Carthel, an Angelo State graduate, his wife Sarah, and son Ma- ...... Sam Houston State 78, A&M-Commerce 0 jor live in Commerce. Most Points Scored in a Quarter...... 32 vs. Angelo State - 2nd qtr. (11/2/1991) Tale of the Tape Most Points Allowed in a Quarter...... 42 vs. Arkansas State - 2nd qtr. (9/26/1987) Personal Most Points Scored in a Half...... 57 vs. East Texas Baptist - 1st half (9/4/2014) Born...... August 29, 1976 Hometown...... Friona, Texas Most Points Scored in a Game ...... 98 vs. East Texas Baptist - (9/4/2014) High School...... Friona High School, 1996 Most Points Allowed in a Half...... 49 vs. Arkansas State - 1st half (9/26/1987) College...... Angelo State University, 2000 Most Consecutive Shutout Quarters...... 39 quarters Coaching Experience ...... First quarter vs. North Texas (1933) through fourth quarter vs. Southwest Texas (1934) 2000-05...... Abilene Christian (Defensive Line) Longest Winning Streak...... 29 games (1951-1953) 2006-12...... West Texas A&M (Defensive Coordinator) 2013-Present...... Texas A&M-Commerce (Head Coach) ...... Fifth-longest streak in NCAA Division II history Longest Unbeaten Streak...... 30 games (1951-1953) Year-by-Year Year...... School...... Overall...... LSC Longest Home Winning Streak...... 14 games (1957-1960) 2013...... A&M-Commerce...... 7-5...... 2-4 Longest Losing Streak...... 13 games (1925-1926) 2014...... A&M-Commerce...... 9-3...... 6-1 ^ Longest Non-Shutout Streak...... 76 games (1978-1986) 2015...... A&M-Commerce...... 8-4...... 6-0 ^ 2016...... A&M-Commerce...... 10-2...... 7-1 ^ Consecutive Opponent Shutouts...... Nine games (1933-1934) 2017...... A&M-Commerce...... 10-1...... 7-1 Total Number of Shutouts...... 143 games ...... Fifth Season...... 44-15 28-7 ^ LSC Championship

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2017 A&M-Commerce Football A&M-Commerce Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 22, 2017) All games

Team Statistics TAMUC OPP SCORING 424 155 Points Per Game 38.5 14.1 Points Off Turnovers 41 34 FIRST DOWNS 250 182 R u s h in g 57 60 P a s s in g 165 96 P e n a lt y 28 26 RUSHING YARDAGE 1087 1154 Yards gained rushing 1326 1519 Yards lost rushing 239 365 Rushing Attempts 287 415 Average Per Rush 3.8 2.8 Average Per Game 98.8 104.9 TDs Rushing 12 7 PASSING YARDAGE 3966 1947 C o m p - A t t - I n t 327-471-6 190-367-15 Average Per Pass 8.4 5.3 Average Per Catch 12.1 10.2 Average Per Game 360.5 177.0 TDs Passing 39 10 TOTAL OFFENSE 5053 3101 Total Plays 758 782 Average Per Play 6.7 4.0 Average Per Game 459.4 281.9 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 23-636 26-314 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 28-249 14-99 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 15-141 6-17 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 27.7 12.1 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 8.9 7.1 INT RETURN AVERAGE 9.4 2.8 FUMBLES-LOST 18-6 20-5 PENALTIES-Yards 111-1034 84-685 Average Per Game 94.0 62.3 PUNTS-Yards 51-1949 75-2653 Average Per Punt 38.2 35.4 Net punt average 34.7 31.8 KICKOFFS-Yards 75-4313 35-2097 Average Per Kick 57.5 59.9 Net kick average 40.3 32.5 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 9 : 1 7 3 0 : 4 3 3RD-DOWN Conversions 55/147 53/182 3rd-Down Pct 37% 29% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 6/16 14/31 4th-Down Pct 38% 45% SACKS BY-Yards 32-184 21-154 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 54 19 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 15-19 9-14 ON-SIDE KICKS 2-5 0-4 RED-ZONE SCORES (47-55) 85% (15-25) 60% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (34-55) 62% (9-25) 36% PAT-ATTEMPTS (51-52) 98% (14-17) 82% ATTENDANCE 41362 30168 Games/Avg Per Game 5/8272 6/5028 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total A&M-Commerce 145 100 96 83 0 424 Opponents 29 49 51 26 0 155

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2017 A&M-Commerce Football A&M-Commerce Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Nov 22, 2017) All games

SEASON CAREER

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Carandal Hale 11 130 661 22 639 4.9 3 33 58.1 11 130 661 22 639 4.9 3 33 58.1 E.J. Thompson 11 49 238 5 233 4.8 2 20 21.2 11 49 238 5 233 4.8 2 20 21.2 Richard Whitaker 10 21 108 7 101 4.8 1 19 10.1 17 42 217 12 205 4.9 2 19 12.1 Darrius Webb 4 13 100 3 97 7.5 0 27 24.2 4 13 100 3 97 7.5 0 27 24.2 Gabriel Rodriguez 10 19 78 13 65 3.4 4 15 6.5 31 54 137 24 113 2.1 12 15 3.6 Tristen Slaughter 3 2 13 0 13 6.5 0 10 4.3 22 35 156 12 144 4.1 2 41 6.5 Corey Smallwood 11 2 9 0 9 4.5 0 6 0.8 11 2 9 0 9 4.5 0 6 0.8 Kristov Martinez 11 0 8 0 8 0.0 0 0 0.7 35 0 8 0 8 0.0 0 0 0.2 Shawn Hooks 9 3 10 3 7 2.3 0 5 0.8 43 10 83 4 79 7.9 0 33 1.8 Antonio Lealiiee 1 1 7 0 7 7.0 0 7 7.0 1 1 7 0 7 7.0 0 7 7.0 Vincent Hobbs 11 1 5 0 5 5.0 1 8 0.5 19 1 5 0 5 5.0 1 8 0.3 Kaylon Watson 1 3 4 0 4 1.3 0 2 4.0 3 3 4 0 4 1.3 0 2 1.3 Preston Wheeler 9 2 0 9 -9 -4.5 0 0 -1.0 9 2 0 9 -9 -4.5 0 0 -1.0 Team 7 9 0 33 -33 -3.7 0 0 -4.7 Luis Perez 11 32 85 144 -59 -1.8 1 17 -5.4 23 47 122 189 -67 -1.4 1 17 -2.9 Total 11 287 1326 239 1087 3.8 12 33 98.8 Opponents 11 415 1519 365 1154 2.8 7 69 104.9

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Luis Perez 11 171.90 305-426-6 71.6 3737 38 74 339.7 23 165.80 549-815-11 67.4 7063 70 74 307.1 Gabriel Rodriguez 10 111.94 16-29-0 55.2 196 0 31 19.6 31 141.63 34-60-3 56.7 364 8 48 11.7 Preston Wheeler 9 53.63 4-12-0 33.3 29 0 24 3.2 9 53.63 4-12-0 33.3 29 0 24 3.2 Corey Smallwood 11 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 11 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Jacob Norton 1 446.80 1-1-0 100.0 2 1 2 2.0 2 446.80 1-1-0 100.0 2 1 2 1.0 Tristan Perry 10 116.80 1-1-0 100.0 2 0 2 0.2 10 116.80 1-1-0 100.0 2 0 2 0.2 Buck Wilson 11 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 34 167.73 1-3-0 33.3 48 0 48 1.4 Total 11 164.94 327-471-6 69.4 3966 39 74 360.5 Opponents 11 97.15 190-367-15 51.8 1947 10 60 177.0

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Buck Wilson 11 50 779 15.6 9 61 70.8 34 73 1155 15.8 14 68 34.0 D'Arthur Cowan 11 45 571 12.7 8 54 51.9 23 94 1147 12.2 12 54 49.9 Darrion Landry 11 41 598 14.6 9 70 54.4 11 41 598 14.6 9 70 54.4 Vincent Hobbs 11 41 544 13.3 5 74 49.5 19 55 772 14.0 9 74 40.6 Marquis Wimberly 11 41 509 12.4 4 51 46.3 11 41 509 12.4 4 51 46.3 Carandal Hale 11 39 256 6.6 0 31 23.3 11 39 256 6.6 0 31 23.3 Shawn Hooks 9 25 303 12.1 3 39 33.7 43 37 478 12.9 3 50 11.1 Chochy Luce 11 8 73 9.1 0 20 6.6 34 37 429 11.6 4 54 12.6 E.J. Thompson 11 8 70 8.8 0 19 6.4 11 8 70 8.8 0 19 6.4 Darrius Webb 4 8 65 8.1 0 14 16.2 4 8 65 8.1 0 14 16.2 Corey Smallwood 11 6 73 12.2 0 17 6.6 11 6 73 12.2 0 17 6.6 Derique Ryan 5 5 53 10.6 0 34 10.6 5 5 53 10.6 0 34 10.6 Richard Whitaker 10 4 31 7.8 0 13 3.1 17 7 58 8.3 0 20 3.4 Austin Jordan 11 2 25 12.5 1 24 2.3 31 2 25 12.5 1 24 0.8 Kelan Smith 4 2 12 6.0 0 7 3.0 4 2 12 6.0 0 7 3.0 Chance Cooper 5 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.4 5 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.4 Calvin Jones 5 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.4 5 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.4 Total 11 327 3966 12.1 39 74 360.5 Opponents 11 190 1947 10.2 10 60 177.0

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2017 A&M-Commerce Football A&M-Commerce Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Nov 22, 2017) All games

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Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/g Luis Perez 11 458 -59 3737 3678 334.4 23 862 -67 7063 6996 304.2 Carandal Hale 11 130 639 0 639 58.1 11 130 639 0 639 58.1 Gabriel Rodriguez 10 48 65 196 261 26.1 31 114 113 364 477 15.4 E.J. Thompson 11 49 233 0 233 21.2 11 49 233 0 233 21.2 Richard Whitaker 10 21 101 0 101 10.1 17 42 205 0 205 12.1 Darrius Webb 4 13 97 0 97 24.2 4 13 97 0 97 24.2 Preston Wheeler 9 14 -9 29 20 2.2 9 14 -9 29 20 2.2 Tristen Slaughter 3 2 13 0 13 4.3 22 35 144 0 144 6.5 Corey Smallwood 11 3 9 0 9 0.8 11 3 9 0 9 0.8 Kristov Martinez 11 0 8 0 8 0.7 35 0 8 0 8 0.2 Shawn Hooks 9 3 7 0 7 0.8 43 10 79 0 79 1.8 Antonio Lealiiee 1 1 7 0 7 7.0 1 1 7 0 7 7.0 Vincent Hobbs 11 1 5 0 5 0.5 19 1 5 0 5 0.3 Kaylon Watson 1 3 4 0 4 4.0 3 3 4 0 4 1.3 Tristan Perry 10 1 0 2 2 0.2 10 1 0 2 2 0.2 Jacob Norton 1 1 0 2 2 2.0 2 1 0 2 2 1.0 Team 7 9 -33 0 -33 -4.7 Total 11 758 1087 3966 5053 459.4 Opponents 11 782 1154 1947 3101 281.9

PAT PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Kristov Martinez - 15-19 51-52 - - - - - 96 - 45-62 162-169 - - - - - 297 Buck Wilson 10 ------60 17 - - - 1 - - - 104 Darrion Landry 9 ------54 9 ------54 D'Arthur Cowan 8 ------48 12 ------72 Vincent Hobbs 6 - - - 1 - - - 38 10 - - - 1 - - - 62 Gabriel Rodriguez 4 ------24 12 ------72 Marquis Wimberly 4 ------24 4 ------24 Carandal Hale 3 ------18 3 ------18 Shawn Hooks 3 ------18 6 ------36 E.J. Thompson 2 ------12 2 ------12 Jay Bias 1 ------6 1 ------6 Richard Whitaker 1 ------6 2 ------12 Luis Perez 1 - - - - 1-2 - - 6 1 - - - - 2-4 - - 6 Austin Jordan 1 ------6 1 ------6 Garrett Blubaugh 1 ------6 1 ------6 Chris Smith ------1 2 ------1 2 Total 54 15-19 51-52 - 1 1-2 - 1 424 Opponents 19 9-14 14-17 - - 0-1 - - 155

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Shawn Hooks 15 197 13.1 0 37 70 853 12.2 3 79 Dominique Ramsey 8 32 4.0 0 11 8 32 4.0 0 11 Marquis Wimberly 2 -11 -5.5 0 0 2 -11 -5.5 0 0 Richard Whitaker 1 -5 -5.0 0 0 1 -5 -5.0 0 0 Reggie Kincade 1 4 4.0 0 0 1 19 19.0 1 15 Jaquorious Smith 1 27 27.0 0 0 1 27 27.0 0 0 Jay Bias 0 5 0.0 1 5 0 5 0.0 1 5 Total 28 249 8.9 1 37 Opponents 14 99 7.1 0 21

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Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Buck Wilson 11 349 31.7 1 100 70 1933 27.6 1 100 Darrius Webb 3 110 36.7 0 55 3 110 36.7 0 55 Corey Smallwood 2 25 12.5 0 15 2 25 12.5 0 15 Shawn Hooks 2 48 24.0 0 29 17 385 22.6 0 45 Reggie Kincade 2 64 32.0 0 36 3 80 26.7 0 36 Dominique Ramsey 1 11 11.0 0 11 1 11 11.0 0 11 Calvin Jones 1 9 9.0 0 9 1 9 9.0 0 9 Marquis Wimberly 1 20 20.0 0 20 1 20 20.0 0 20 Total 23 636 27.7 1 100 Opponents 26 314 12.1 0 23

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Dominique Ramsey 3 35 11.7 0 25 3 35 11.7 0 25 Alex Shillow 3 25 8.3 0 25 3 25 8.3 0 25 Yusef Sterling-Lowe 2 33 16.5 0 22 6 206 34.3 2 97 Reggie Kincade 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 Danny Huckaby 1 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 D.J. White 1 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 Travon Blanchard 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 Pierre Leonard 1 13 13.0 0 13 2 20 10.0 0 13 Brucks Saathoff 1 25 25.0 0 25 4 31 7.8 0 25 Garrett Blubaugh 1 11 11.0 1 11 2 11 5.5 1 11 Total 15 141 9.4 1 25 Opponents 6 17 2.8 1 11

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Dominique Ramsey 1 15 15.0 0 15 1 15 15.0 0 15 Alex Shillow 1 11 11.0 0 11 1 11 11.0 0 11 Total 2 26 13.0 0 15 Opponents 2 54 27.0 1 54

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All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Buck Wilson 11 0 779 0 349 0 1128 102.5 34 9 1155 0 1933 0 3097 91.1 Carandal Hale 11 639 256 0 0 0 895 81.4 11 639 256 0 0 0 895 81.4 Darrion Landry 11 0 598 0 0 0 598 54.4 11 0 598 0 0 0 598 54.4 D'Arthur Cowan 11 0 571 0 0 0 571 51.9 23 0 1147 0 0 0 1147 49.9 Shawn Hooks 9 7 303 197 48 0 555 61.7 43 79 478 853 385 0 1795 41.7 Vincent Hobbs 11 5 544 0 0 0 549 49.9 19 5 772 0 49 0 826 43.5 Marquis Wimberl 11 0 509 -11 20 0 518 47.1 11 0 509 -11 20 0 518 47.1 E.J. Thompson 11 233 70 0 0 0 303 27.5 11 233 70 0 0 0 303 27.5 Darrius Webb 4 97 65 0 110 0 272 68.0 4 97 65 0 110 0 272 68.0 Richard Whitaker 10 101 31 -5 0 0 127 12.7 17 205 58 -5 0 0 258 15.2 Corey Smallwood 11 9 73 0 25 0 107 9.7 11 9 73 0 25 0 107 9.7 Dominique Rams 11 0 0 32 11 35 78 7.1 11 0 0 32 11 35 78 7.1 Chochy Luce 11 0 73 0 0 0 73 6.6 34 0 429 0 12 0 441 13.0 Reggie Kincade 11 0 0 4 64 0 68 6.2 23 0 0 19 80 0 99 4.3 Gabriel Rodrigue 10 65 0 0 0 0 65 6.5 31 113 0 0 0 0 113 3.6 Derique Ryan 5 0 53 0 0 0 53 10.6 5 0 53 0 0 0 53 10.6 Yusef Sterling-Lo 11 0 0 0 0 33 33 3.0 23 0 0 0 0 206 206 9.0 Jaquorious Smith 6 0 0 27 0 0 27 4.5 6 0 0 27 0 0 27 4.5 Alex Shillow 11 0 0 0 0 25 25 2.3 11 0 0 0 0 25 25 2.3 Austin Jordan 11 0 25 0 0 0 25 2.3 31 0 25 0 0 0 25 0.8 Brucks Saathoff 11 0 0 0 0 25 25 2.3 35 0 0 0 0 31 31 0.9 Pierre Leonard 10 0 0 0 0 13 13 1.3 21 0 0 0 0 20 20 1.0 Tristen Slaughter 3 13 0 0 0 0 13 4.3 22 144 29 11 0 0 184 8.4 Kelan Smith 4 0 12 0 0 0 12 3.0 4 0 12 0 0 0 12 3.0 Calvin Jones 5 0 2 0 9 0 11 2.2 5 0 2 0 9 0 11 2.2 Garrett Blubaugh 11 0 0 0 0 11 11 1.0 23 0 0 0 0 11 11 0.5 Kristov Martinez 11 8 0 0 0 0 8 0.7 35 8 0 0 0 0 8 0.2 Antonio Lealiiee 1 7 0 0 0 0 7 7.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 7 7.0 Jay Bias 7 0 0 5 0 0 5 0.7 7 0 0 5 0 0 5 0.7 Kaylon Watson 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 4.0 3 4 0 0 0 0 4 1.3 Chance Cooper 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.4 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.4 Travon Blanchar 11 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -0.1 11 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -0.1 Preston Wheeler 9 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -1.0 9 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -1.0 Team 7 -33 0 0 0 0 -33 -4.7 Luis Perez 11 -59 0 0 0 0 -59 -5.4 23 -67 0 0 0 0 -67 -2.9 Total 11 1087 3966 249 636 141 6079 552.6 Opponents 11 1154 1947 99 314 17 3531 321.0

Field Goals att good long blkd att good long blkd Kristov Martinez 19 15 46 0 62 45 46 0 Total 19 15 46 0 Opponents 14 9 48 1

Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blk Tristan Perry 37 1464 39.6 76 0 37 1464 39.6 76 0 Jake Viquez 12 414 34.5 55 0 12 414 34.5 55 0 Jared Machorro 2 71 35.5 41 0 2 71 35.5 41 0 Total 51 1949 38.2 76 0 Opponents 75 2653 35.4 69 2

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb ob Kristov Martinez 75 4313 57.5 39 2 165 9322 56.5 59 4 Total 75 4313 57.5 39 2 Opponents 35 2097 59.9 13 0

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## Defensive Leaders gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk 9 Brucks Saathoff 11 3 5 3 1 6 6 3.0 2 . 0 1 1 . 1 . 35 9 4 8 1 1 7 5 10.5 2 . 0 4 3 . 1 . 54 Garrett Blubaugh 11 2 8 1 9 4 7 2.0 0 . 5 1 . . . . 23 5 5 5 1 1 0 6 7.5 0 . 5 2 2 . 3 . 33 Neema Behbahani 11 2 8 1 8 4 6 6.5 1 . 0 . 2 1 . . 23 5 5 4 1 9 6 7.5 1 . 0 1 3 1 . . 10 Alex Shillow 11 2 9 1 6 4 5 0.0 . 3 8 1 1 . 11 2 9 1 6 4 5 0.0 . 3 8 1 1 . 99 Michael Onuoha 11 2 1 1 8 3 9 8.0 3 . 0 . . . 1 . 22 3 8 3 5 7 3 13.5 5 . 5 . 1 . 1 . 48 Travon Blanchard 11 2 2 1 3 3 5 8.0 3 . 0 1 4 . 1 1 11 2 2 1 3 3 5 8.0 3 . 0 1 4 . 1 1 58 Kieston Carter 11 2 1 1 3 3 4 14.5 4 . 0 . . . 1 . 37 5 1 4 8 9 9 26.5 9 . 0 . . 5 1 . 28 Mark Westbrook 10 2 0 1 3 3 3 1.0 . . 2 . . . 21 3 8 1 7 5 5 2.0 . . 2 . . . 24 Chris Smith 11 2 4 7 3 1 2.0 . . 2 . . . 35 6 2 2 2 8 4 6.0 . 5 5 . . . 21 Yusef Sterling-Lowe 11 2 2 6 2 8 4.5 0 . 5 2 5 . . . 23 6 3 2 4 8 7 10.0 0 . 5 6 9 . 2 . 52 Peyton Searcy 10 1 3 1 5 2 8 7.0 1 . 5 . . . . . 33 2 7 3 8 6 5 11.0 3 . 5 . . . . . 17 Dominique Ramsey 11 1 7 9 2 6 0.0 . 3 5 1 1 . 11 1 7 9 2 6 0.0 . 3 5 1 1 . 22 D.J. White 11 1 2 7 1 9 0.5 . 1 4 . . . 23 3 0 2 1 5 1 4.0 . 2 6 . 1 . 97 Devonta Leary 11 1 1 7 1 8 4.5 1 . 5 . 2 . . . 32 2 5 2 1 4 6 14.5 3 . 5 . 2 1 . . 49 D.D. Fletcher 11 7 1 1 1 8 4.5 2 . 0 . . 1 . . 23 2 0 3 1 5 1 8.5 4 . 0 . . 1 . . 6 Danny Huckaby 11 1 2 5 1 7 2.5 . 1 3 . . . 34 3 2 1 5 4 7 5.0 . 2 7 2 1 . 1 Javon Tillman 5 1 2 4 1 6 0.0 . . 2 . 2 . 5 1 2 4 1 6 0.0 . . 2 . 2 . 47 Brent Walker 9 1 2 3 1 5 2.0 . . 1 . 1 . 31 3 6 2 3 5 9 3.0 . 3 1 . 3 . 94 Norman Moimoi 9 9 5 1 4 8.0 5 . 5 . . . . . 9 9 5 1 4 8.0 5 . 5 . . . . . 27 Jaylon EdwardsCooper 10 1 0 4 1 4 4.0 1 . 0 . 2 . 1 . 17 1 2 5 1 7 4.0 1 . 0 1 2 . 1 . 25 Reggie Kincade 11 1 0 3 1 3 0.0 . 1 6 . 1 1 23 1 3 6 1 9 0.0 . 1 6 3 1 1 44 Dayne Douglass 10 8 5 1 3 1.0 . . 1 . 1 . 10 8 5 1 3 1.0 . . 1 . 1 . 91 Elijah Earls 8 9 3 1 2 1.5 1 . 5 . . . 1 . 8 9 3 1 2 1.5 1 . 5 . . . 1 . 23 Kader Kohou 9 8 4 1 2 1.0 . . 5 . . 1 9 8 4 1 2 1.0 . . 5 . . 1 8 Trey Porter 10 1 1 1 1 2 1.0 . . 1 . . . 42 5 6 2 5 8 1 1.5 . 2 1 1 2 1 98 Deionte Haywood 9 7 4 1 1 2.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 9 7 4 1 1 2.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 55 Pierre Leonard 10 6 5 1 1 1.5 . 1 . . . . 21 1 4 1 5 2 9 3.5 . 2 1 . . . 36 Michael Wallace 9 6 4 1 0 3.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 20 1 0 1 4 2 4 4.0 1 . 0 1 1 . . . 50 Xavier Morris 6 6 3 9 1.5 1 . 0 . . . . . 6 6 3 9 1.5 1 . 0 . . . . . 11 Chochy Luce 11 6 1 7 0.0 ...... 34 1 4 1 1 2 5 0.0 . . . 1 . . 90 Ewing Simmons 8 2 3 5 0.5 ...... 8 2 3 5 0.5 ...... 42 Kendrick Welsh 6 3 2 5 0.5 . . 1 . . . 9 4 2 6 0.5 . . 1 . . . 31 Jay Bias 7 2 2 4 1.0 1 . 0 . . . . 1 7 2 2 4 1.0 1 . 0 . . . . 1 93 Anthony Ameperosa 6 3 1 4 2.5 1 . 0 . . . . . 6 3 1 4 2.5 1 . 0 . . . . . 43 Jaquorious Smith 6 2 1 3 0.0 . . . . . 1 6 2 1 3 0.0 . . . . . 1 37 Anthony Smith 3 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 13 1 3 6 1 9 0.0 . 1 1 . 1 . 51 Josh Reynolds 8 2 . 2 1.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 22 9 8 1 7 3.5 3 . 0 . . . . . 95 Demondre Lauderdale 5 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 7 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 59 Jake Viquez 6 . 1 1 0.5 ...... 6 . 1 1 0.5 ...... 81 Austin Jordan 11 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 31 3 1 4 0.0 ...... 14 Sammy Gray 6 1 . 1 0.0 . . 1 1 . . 6 1 . 1 0.0 . . 1 1 . . 45 Corey Smallwood 11 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 11 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 38 E.J. Thompson 11 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 11 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 92 Jaylon Hodge 9 . 1 1 0.0 . . 2 . . . 9 . 1 1 0.0 . . 2 . . . 57 Brazos Hesskew 1 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 1 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 9S Kade Satterwhite 3 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 7 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 34 Isaiah Fields 3 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 3 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 13 Calvin Jones 5 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 5 1 . 1 0.0 ...... Total 11 4 6 4 2 7 2 7 3 6 101 32 15 6 0 5 1 3 5 Opponents 11 4 9 2 2 0 3 6 9 5 54 21 6 3 7 6 8 1

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2017 A&M-Commerce Football A&M-Commerce - Long Plays 25-YARD PLUS PLAYS LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERS Yds Type Player(s) Opponent Long Plays By Yards No. TD 100* KR Buck Wilson West Texas A&M 100+ 1 1 76 KR Buck Wilson Eastern N.M. 90-99 0 0 74* Pass Vincent Hobbs from Luis Perez UT Permian Basin 80-89 0 0 70 Pass Darrion Landry from Luis Perez West Texas A&M 70-79 3 1 64* Pass Darrion Landry from Luis Perez Eastern N.M. 60-69 2 2 61* Pass Buck Wilson from Luis Perez Tarleton State 50-59 8 4 56* Pass Vincent Hobbs from Luis Perez Eastern N.M. 40-49 5 3 55 KR Darrius Webb Midwestern State 30-39 22 4 55* Pass Darrion Landry from Luis Perez Tex. A&M-Kingsville 20-29 54 8 55 KR Darrius Webb Midwestern State 54* Pass D'Arthur Cowan from Luis Perez Eastern N.M. Long Plays By Type No. TD 51 Pass Marquis Wimberly from Luis Perez Angelo State Rushing 7 0 51* Pass D'Arthur Cowan from Luis Perez Tex. A&M-Kingsville Passing 61 22 51 Pass Marquis Wimberly from Luis Perez Western N.M. Punt returns 5 0 49* Pass Darrion Landry from Luis Perez Angelo State Kick returns 18 1 48* Pass Buck Wilson from Luis Perez Western N.M. Interceptions 4 0 42 Pass Marquis Wimberly from Luis Perez Tarleton State Fumble returns 0 0 41* Pass D'Arthur Cowan from Luis Perez Western N.M. Other 0 0 40 Pass Buck Wilson from Luis Perez Eastern N.M. TOTAL 95 23 39* Pass Shawn Hooks from Luis Perez William Jewell 39 Pass Buck Wilson from Luis Perez Winona State 25-YARD PLUS BY PLAYER 38 Pass Buck Wilson from Luis Perez Tarleton State Player No. TD R P KR PR IR FR 38 Pass Buck Wilson from Luis Perez Winona State 37 PR Shawn Hooks Tex. A&M-Kingsville Buck Wilson 23 8 0 16 7 0 0 0 36 KR Reggie Kincade Winona State Shawn Hooks 11 2 0 5 1 5 0 0 36 Pass Buck Wilson from Luis Perez Tarleton State Vincent Hobbs 10 3 0 10 0 0 0 0 35 Pass Vincent Hobbs from Luis Perez Midwestern State Marquis Wimberly 10 1 0 8 2 0 0 0 35 Pass Vincent Hobbs from Luis Perez Midwestern State Darrion Landry 9 6 0 9 0 0 0 0 34 Pass Derique Ryan from Luis Perez West Texas A&M D'Arthur Cowan 9 3 0 9 0 0 0 0 33 KR Darrius Webb Midwestern State Darrius Webb 7 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 33 KR Darrius Webb Midwestern State Carandal Hale 6 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 33 Rush Carandal Hale Winona State Reggie Kincade 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 33* Pass Darrion Landry from Luis Perez Angelo State Chochy Luce 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 32* Pass Marquis Wimberly from Luis Perez Tarleton State E.J. Thompson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 Pass Carandal Hale from Luis Perez West Texas A&M Yusef Sterling-Lowe 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 Rush Carandal Hale UT Permian Basin Austin Jordan 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 31 PR Shawn Hooks William Jewell Dominique Ramsey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 Pass Marquis Wimberly from Luis Perez Winona State Alex Shillow 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 Pass Shawn Hooks from Gabriel Rodriguez Western N.M. Brucks Saathoff 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 Pass D'Arthur Cowan from Luis Perez North Alabama Derique Ryan 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 30* Pass Vincent Hobbs from Luis Perez UT Permian Basin TOTAL 95 23 7 61 18 5 4 0 29 KR Shawn Hooks North Alabama 28 Pass D'Arthur Cowan from Luis Perez Western N.M. LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR 28* Pass Buck Wilson from Luis Perez Western N.M. Rushing 28 KR Reggie Kincade Winona State 33 Carandal Hale vs Winona State (11/18/2017) 28 Pass Vincent Hobbs from Luis Perez Midwestern State Rushing Touchdown 28 Pass Vincent Hobbs from Luis Perez Midwestern State 17 E.J. Thompson vs William Jewell (9/9/2017) 27 Rush Darrius Webb Western N.M. 27 KR Buck Wilson North Alabama Passing 27 Pass D'Arthur Cowan from Gabriel Rodriguez UT Permian Basin 74 Vincent Hobbs from Luis Perez 26 Pass D'Arthur Cowan from Luis Perez Tarleton State vs UT Permian Basin (11/4/2017) 26* Pass Buck Wilson from Luis Perez Midwestern State Passing Touchdown 26* Pass Buck Wilson from Luis Perez Midwestern State 74 Vincent Hobbs from Luis Perez 26 Pass Darrion Landry from Luis Perez Tex. A&M-Kingsville vs UT Permian Basin (11/4/2017) 25 Pass Marquis Wimberly from Luis Perez Eastern N.M. 25 INT Brucks Saathoff Winona State Punt Return 25 KR Buck Wilson Angelo State 37 Shawn Hooks vs Tex. A&M-Kingsville (9/23/2017) 25 Rush Carandal Hale Angelo State Kick Return 25 INT Alex Shillow Western N.M. 100 Buck Wilson vs West Texas A&M (10/28/2017) 25 INT Dominique Ramsey Angelo State Interception Return 25 Dominique Ramsey vs Angelo State (10/21/2017) * touchdown scored on play 25 Alex Shillow vs Western N.M. (10/14/2017) 25 Brucks Saathoff vs Winona State (11/18/2017) Fumble Return 15 Dominique Ramsey vs William Jewell (9/9/2017) Punt 76 Tristan Perry vs Western N.M. (10/14/2017) Field Goal 46 Kristov Martinez vs Winona State (11/18/2017)

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Rushes 23 Carandal Hale at Tarleton State (Nov 11, 2017) 23 Carandal Hale at Winona State (Nov 18, 2017) Yards Rushing 106 Carandal Hale at Winona State (Nov 18, 2017) TD Rushes 1 Carandal Hale vs William Jewell (Sep 09, 2017) 1 E.J. Thompson vs William Jewell (Sep 09, 2017) 1 Gabriel Rodriguez vs William Jewell (Sep 09, 2017) 1 Carandal Hale vs Eastern N.M. (Sep 16, 2017) 1 Luis Perez vs Eastern N.M. (Sep 16, 2017) 1 Gabriel Rodriguez at Tex. A&M-Kingsville (Sep 23, 2017) 1 Carandal Hale at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) 1 E.J. Thompson at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) 1 Gabriel Rodriguez vs Western N.M. (Oct 14, 2017) 1 Vincent Hobbs at West Texas A&M (Oct 28, 2017) 1 Gabriel Rodriguez vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) 1 Richard Whitaker vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) Long Rush 33 Carandal Hale at Winona State (Nov 18, 2017) Pass attempts 55 Luis Perez at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) Pass completions 43 Luis Perez at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) Yards Passing 482 Luis Perez at Tarleton State (Nov 11, 2017) TD Passes 5 Luis Perez vs Eastern N.M. (Sep 16, 2017) 5 Luis Perez vs Western N.M. (Oct 14, 2017) Long Pass 74 Luis Perez vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) Receptions 9 D'Arthur Cowan at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) Yards Receiving 193 Buck Wilson at Tarleton State (Nov 11, 2017) TD Receptions 2 Buck Wilson vs William Jewell (Sep 09, 2017) 2 Darrion Landry vs Eastern N.M. (Sep 16, 2017) 2 D'Arthur Cowan at Tex. A&M-Kingsville (Sep 23, 2017) 2 Buck Wilson at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) 2 Buck Wilson vs Western N.M. (Oct 14, 2017) 2 Marquis Wimberly vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) 2 Darrion Landry vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) 2 D'Arthur Cowan at West Texas A&M (Oct 28, 2017) 2 Vincent Hobbs vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) 2 Vincent Hobbs at Winona State (Nov 18, 2017) Long Reception 74 Vincent Hobbs vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) Field Goals 4 Kristov Martinez at Tarleton State (Nov 11, 2017) Long Field Goal 46 Kristov Martinez at Winona State (Nov 18, 2017) Punts 7 Tristan Perry vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) Punting Avg 59.5 Tristan Perry vs Western N.M. (Oct 14, 2017) Long Punt 76 Tristan Perry vs Western N.M. (Oct 14, 2017) Punts inside 20 4 Tristan Perry at Tarleton State (Nov 11, 2017) Long Punt Return 37 Shawn Hooks at Tex. A&M-Kingsville (Sep 23, 2017) Long Kickoff Return 100 Buck Wilson at West Texas A&M (Oct 28, 2017) Tackles 12 Brucks Saathoff at West Texas A&M (Oct 28, 2017) Sacks 1.5 Brucks Saathoff at North Alabama (Sep 01, 2017) 1.5 Kieston Carter vs Western N.M. (Oct 14, 2017) 1.5 Travon Blanchard at West Texas A&M (Oct 28, 2017) 1.5 Norman Moimoi vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) Tackles For Loss 3.0 Kieston Carter at West Texas A&M (Oct 28, 2017) 3.0 Travon Blanchard vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) 3.0 Kieston Carter vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) Interceptions 2 Yusef Sterling-Lowe at Tex. A&M-Kingsville (Sep 23, 2017) 23-TIME LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • LION FOOTBALL 17 LION FOOTBALL

2017 A&M-Commerce Football A&M-Commerce Game Superlatives (as of Nov 22, 2017) All games

TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 36 vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) Yards Rushing 202 vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) Yards Per Rush 7.8 vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) TD Rushes 3 vs William Jewell (Sep 09, 2017) Pass attempts 57 at West Texas A&M (Oct 28, 2017) Pass completions 43 at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) Yards Passing 482 at Tarleton State (Nov 11, 2017) Yards Per Pass 13.3 vs Eastern N.M. (Sep 16, 2017) TD Passes 5 vs Eastern N.M. (Sep 16, 2017) 5 vs Western N.M. (Oct 14, 2017) 5 vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) Total Plays 82 vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) Total Offense 583 vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) Yards Per Play 9.3 vs Eastern N.M. (Sep 16, 2017) Points 59 vs William Jewell (Sep 09, 2017) Sacks By 6 at North Alabama (Sep 01, 2017) First Downs 33 vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) Penalties 14 vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) Penalty Yards 124 vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) Turnovers 3 at North Alabama (Sep 01, 2017) 3 at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) Interceptions By 3 vs William Jewell (Sep 09, 2017) 3 at Tex. A&M-Kingsville (Sep 23, 2017) 3 at Winona State (Nov 18, 2017) Punts 8 at North Alabama (Sep 01, 2017) Punting Avg 44.7 vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) Long Punt 76 vs Western N.M. (Oct 14, 2017) Punts inside 20 4 at Tarleton State (Nov 11, 2017) Long Punt Return 37 at Tex. A&M-Kingsville (Sep 23, 2017)

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OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 31 W. Witherspoon, at West Texas A&M (Oct 28, 2017) Yards Rushing 133 Vincent Johnson, at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) TD Rushes 3 Vincent Johnson, at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) Long Rush 69 Adam Berryman, at Tarleton State (Nov 11, 2017) Pass attempts 50 C. Rotherham, vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) Pass completions 28 Strauss, Brad, vs William Jewell (Sep 09, 2017) Yards Passing 294 C. Rotherham, vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) TD Passes 3 Layton Rabb, at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) Long Pass 60 J. Houghtaling, at West Texas A&M (Oct 28, 2017) Receptions 13 D. Thompson, vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) Yards Receiving 170 D. Thompson, vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) TD Receptions 1 Dre Hall, at North Alabama (Sep 01, 2017) 1 Fisher, Nick, vs William Jewell (Sep 09, 2017) 1 Nico Brown, at Tex. A&M-Kingsville (Sep 23, 2017) 1 DeAndre Black, at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) 1 Tyrique Edwards, at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) 1 Xavier Land, at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) 1 Wesley Lewis, vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) 1 Junior Pome'e, at West Texas A&M (Oct 28, 2017) 1 Jeff Thomas, at Tarleton State (Nov 11, 2017) 1 Adam Berryman, at Tarleton State (Nov 11, 2017) Long Reception 60 Avery Lewis, at West Texas A&M (Oct 28, 2017) Field Goals 3 Alex Schrag, at West Texas A&M (Oct 28, 2017) Long Field Goal 48 Bailey Hale, vs Eastern N.M. (Sep 16, 2017) Punts 10 B. Giffen, vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) Punting Avg 48.0 John Cummings, at West Texas A&M (Oct 28, 2017) Long Punt 69 Ron Reid, at Tarleton State (Nov 11, 2017) Punts inside 20 2 Joe Gurley, at North Alabama (Sep 01, 2017) 2 B. Giffen, vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) 2 Ron Reid, at Tarleton State (Nov 11, 2017) Long Punt Return 21 Balliu, Jake, at Winona State (Nov 18, 2017) Long Kickoff Return 23 Brandon Sampson, at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) 23 Savon Rollison, at Tarleton State (Nov 11, 2017) Tackles 12 Justin Jackson, vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) Sacks 2.0 Dominic Barry, vs Western N.M. (Oct 14, 2017) Tackles For Loss 3.0 Markus Jones, vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) Interceptions 2 Chris Johnson, at North Alabama (Sep 01, 2017)

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OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 64 vs Eastern N.M. (Sep 16, 2017) Yards Rushing 274 at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) Yards Per Rush 6.4 at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) TD Rushes 3 at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) Pass attempts 50 vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) Pass completions 28 vs William Jewell (Sep 09, 2017) 28 at Tex. A&M-Kingsville (Sep 23, 2017) Yards Passing 294 vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) Yards Per Pass 9.5 at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) TD Passes 3 at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) Total Plays 86 vs Angelo State (Oct 21, 2017) Total Offense 539 at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) Yards Per Play 7.6 at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) Points 47 at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) Sacks By 5 at Tex. A&M-Kingsville (Sep 23, 2017) First Downs 25 at Midwestern State (Oct 07, 2017) Penalties 12 vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) Penalty Yards 110 at Tarleton State (Nov 11, 2017) Turnovers 4 vs William Jewell (Sep 09, 2017) 4 vs Western N.M. (Oct 14, 2017) Interceptions By 3 at North Alabama (Sep 01, 2017) Punts 11 vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) Punting Avg 48.0 at West Texas A&M (Oct 28, 2017) Long Punt 69 at Tarleton State (Nov 11, 2017) Punts inside 20 2 at North Alabama (Sep 01, 2017) 2 vs UT Permian Basin (Nov 04, 2017) 2 at Tarleton State (Nov 11, 2017) Long Punt Return 21 at Winona State (Nov 18, 2017)

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2017 A&M-Commerce Football A&M-Commerce By-Quarter Statistics (as of Nov 22, 2017) All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 01, 2017 at North Alabama W 8-7 4-14 28.6 0-4 0.0 0-3 0.0 2-3 66.7 2-4 50.0 Sep 09, 2017 WILLIAM JEWELL W 59-6 6-13 46.2 1-4 25.0 5-6 83.3 0-1 0.0 0-2 0.0 Sep 16, 2017 EASTERN N.M. W 51-22 3-7 42.9 0-0 0.0 2-2 100.0 0-1 0.0 1-4 25.0 Sep 23, 2017 at Tex. A&M-Kingsville W 38-7 6-15 40.0 3-5 60.0 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3 Oct 07, 2017 at Midwestern State L 42-47 4-12 33.3 0-4 0.0 2-3 66.7 1-4 25.0 1-1 100.0 Oct 14, 2017 WESTERN N.M. W 52-3 3-12 25.0 0-2 0.0 0-3 0.0 1-3 33.3 2-4 50.0 Oct 21, 2017 ANGELO STATE W 34-20 9-19 47.4 2-5 40.0 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 5-7 71.4 Oct 28, 2017 at West Texas A&M W 35-16 4-11 36.4 1-1 100.0 1-3 33.3 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 Nov 04, 2017 UT PERMIAN BASIN W 52-0 2-9 22.2 0-0 0.0 1-4 25.0 1-2 50.0 0-3 0.0 Nov 11, 2017 at Tarleton State W 33-21 7-19 36.8 2-4 50.0 1-5 20.0 2-5 40.0 2-5 40.0 Nov 18, 2017 at Winona State W 20-6 7-16 43.8 2-4 50.0 2-5 40.0 1-3 33.3 2-4 50.0 A&M-Commerce 55-147 37.4 11-33 33.3 16-42 38.1 11-32 34.4 17-40 42.5 0-0 0.0 Opponents 53-182 29.1 8-42 19.0 17-48 35.4 15-45 33.3 13-47 27.7 0-0 0.0

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 01, 2017 at North Alabama W 8-7 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Sep 09, 2017 WILLIAM JEWELL W 59-6 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 Sep 16, 2017 EASTERN N.M. W 51-22 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 Sep 23, 2017 at Tex. A&M-Kingsville W 38-7 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 07, 2017 at Midwestern State L 42-47 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 14, 2017 WESTERN N.M. W 52-3 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 21, 2017 ANGELO STATE W 34-20 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 28, 2017 at West Texas A&M W 35-16 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 Nov 04, 2017 UT PERMIAN BASIN W 52-0 0-3 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 Nov 11, 2017 at Tarleton State W 33-21 1-3 33.3 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-2 0.0 1-1 100.0 Nov 18, 2017 at Winona State W 20-6 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 A&M-Commerce 6-16 37.5 3-5 60.0 0-4 0.0 1-4 25.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 0.0 Opponents 14-31 45.2 2-4 50.0 2-6 33.3 4-8 50.0 6-13 46.2 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 01, 2017 at North Alabama W 8-7 31:05 6:09 6:34 8:38 9:44 Sep 09, 2017 WILLIAM JEWELL W 59-6 23:48 7:20 7:24 3:50 5:14 Sep 16, 2017 EASTERN N.M. W 51-22 20:46 4:24 4:58 3:01 8:23 Sep 23, 2017 at Tex. A&M-Kingsville W 38-7 29:50 8:55 6:48 8:15 5:52 Oct 07, 2017 at Midwestern State L 42-47 29:12 6:33 7:02 9:18 6:19 Oct 14, 2017 WESTERN N.M. W 52-3 25:09 5:38 7:00 6:16 6:15 Oct 21, 2017 ANGELO STATE W 34-20 35:46 9:13 9:37 6:24 10:32 Oct 28, 2017 at West Texas A&M W 35-16 27:53 5:59 7:58 4:52 9:04 Nov 04, 2017 UT PERMIAN BASIN W 52-0 28:39 6:35 9:34 7:39 4:51 Nov 11, 2017 at Tarleton State W 33-21 35:15 7:53 10:05 10:06 7:11 Nov 18, 2017 at Winona State W 20-6 34:47 8:59 8:15 7:49 9:44 A&M-Commerce Total 322:10 77:38 85:15 76:08 83:09 0:00 Avg. 29:17 7:03 7:45 6:55 7:33 0:00 Opponents Total 337:50 87:22 79:45 88:52 81:51 0:00 Avg. 30:42 7:56 7:15 8:04 7:26 0:00

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2017 A&M-Commerce Football A&M-Commerce Red-Zone Results (as of Nov 22, 2017) All games

A&M-Commerce Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Sep 01, 2017 at North Alabama W 8-7 3 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Sep 09, 2017 WILLIAM JEWELL W 59-6 8 7 45 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Sep 16, 2017 EASTERN N.M. W 51-22 4 4 24 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 23, 2017 at Tex. A&M-Kingsville W 38-7 4 4 24 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 07, 2017 at Midwestern State L 42-47 6 5 35 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Oct 14, 2017 WESTERN N.M. W 52-3 4 4 24 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 21, 2017 ANGELO STATE W 34-20 5 4 20 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oct 28, 2017 at West Texas A&M W 35-16 5 4 28 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 04, 2017 UT PERMIAN BASIN W 52-0 7 6 38 5 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Nov 11, 2017 at Tarleton State W 33-21 4 4 16 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 18, 2017 at Winona State W 20-6 5 3 17 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 55 47 277 34 12 22 13 2 2 2 2 0 0 47 of 55 (85.5%)

Opponents Inside A&M-Commerce Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Sep 01, 2017 at North Alabama W 8-7 3 1 7 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 09, 2017 WILLIAM JEWELL W 59-6 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 16, 2017 EASTERN N.M. W 51-22 3 2 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Sep 23, 2017 at Tex. A&M-Kingsville W 38-7 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 07, 2017 at Midwestern State L 42-47 2 2 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 14, 2017 WESTERN N.M. W 52-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oct 21, 2017 ANGELO STATE W 34-20 3 3 13 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 28, 2017 at West Texas A&M W 35-16 5 3 13 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 Nov 04, 2017 UT PERMIAN BASIN W 52-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Nov 11, 2017 at Tarleton State W 33-21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 18, 2017 at Winona State W 20-6 4 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 25 15 78 9 5 4 6 2 5 2 1 0 0 15 of 25 (60.0%)

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NCAA Statistics

Tex. A&M-Commerce - 2017-18 Football Ranking Summary thru games 11/18/2017

National Conference Conference Statistic Rank Rank Value National Leader Value Leader Value

3rd Down Conversion Pct (168 ranked) 86 4 0.374 LIU Post 0.581 Angelo St. 0.466

3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (168 ranked) 10 1 0.291 Northwest Mo. St. 0.199 Tex. A&M-Commerce 0.291

4th Down Conversion Pct (168 ranked) 121 6 0.375 Stonehill 0.800 Tarleton St. 0.600

4th Down Conversion Pct Defense (168 ranked) 79 7 0.452 Grand Valley St. 0.174 Eastern N.M. 0.286

Blocked Kicks (126 ranked) 19 1 5 Mary 10 Tex. Permian Basin 5 Tex. A&M-Commerce 5 Tarleton St. 5

Blocked Kicks Allowed (167 ranked) 20 2 1 19 teams tied 0 West Tex. A&M 0

Blocked Punts (53 ranked) 20 2 2 Northwest Mo. St. 7 Tarleton St. 3

Blocked Punts Allowed (168 ranked) 1 1 0 69 teams tied 0 4 teams tied 0

Completion Percentage (168 ranked) 3 1 0.694 Ohio Dominican 0.720 Tex. A&M-Commerce 0.694

Defensive TDs (32 ranked) McKendree 8 Tarleton St. 4

Fewest Penalties (168 ranked) 163 9 111 Bentley 33 Angelo St. 57

Fewest Penalties Per Game (168 ranked) 162 9 10.09 Bentley 3.30 West Tex. A&M 5.27

Fewest Penalty Yards (168 ranked) 162 8 1,034 Michigan Tech 277 Angelo St. 465

Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (168 ranked) 159 8 94.00 Michigan Tech 25.18 Angelo St. 46.50

First Downs Defense (168 ranked) 36 3 182 Minn. Duluth 134 Eastern N.M. 174

First Downs Offense (168 ranked) 25 2 250 Findlay 332 Angelo St. 261

Fumbles Lost (168 ranked) 32 3 6 6 teams tied 3 Midwestern St. 4

Fumbles Recovered (168 ranked) 142 8 5 Minn. Duluth 24 Tex. Permian Basin 12 Midwestern St. 12

Kickoff Return Defense (168 ranked) 1 1 12.08 Tex. A&M-Commerce 12.08 Tex. A&M-Commerce 12.08

Kickoff Returns (168 ranked) 3 1 27.65 Northwood 30.09 Tex. A&M-Commerce 27.65

Net Punting (168 ranked) 58 6 34.71 Emporia St. 40.89 West Tex. A&M 39.61

Passes Had Intercepted (167 ranked) 19 3 6 Eastern N.M. 2 Eastern N.M. 2

Passes Intercepted (167 ranked) 18 1 15 Wayne St. (NE) 24 Tex. A&M-Commerce 15 Winona St. 24

Passing Offense (168 ranked) 1 1 360.5 Tex. A&M-Commerce 360.5 Tex. A&M-Commerce 360.5

Passing Yards Allowed (168 ranked) 28 1 177.0 Grand Valley St. 127.5 Tex. A&M-Commerce 177.0

Passing Yards per Completion (168 ranked) 98 6 12.13 Harding 19.86 Eastern N.M. 15.75

Punt Return Defense (168 ranked) 55 3 7.07 Findlay -3.20 West Tex. A&M 3.18

Punt Returns (168 ranked) 71 2 8.89 Assumption 24.18 Tex. Permian Basin 9.39

Red Zone Defense (168 ranked) 3 1 0.600 Shippensburg 0.556 Tex. A&M-Commerce 0.600

Red Zone Offense (168 ranked) 33 2 0.855 West Virginia St. 0.979 Midwestern St. 0.952

Rushing Defense (168 ranked) 19 2 104.9 Central Wash. 45.5 Eastern N.M. 80.8

Rushing Offense (168 ranked) 155 8 98.8 Harding 355.8 Eastern N.M. 352.7

Sacks Allowed (168 ranked) 69 4 1.91 UIndy 0.50 Midwestern St. 0.70

Scoring Defense (168 ranked) 8 1 14.1 Northwest Mo. St. 9.3 Tex. A&M-Commerce 14.1

Scoring Offense (168 ranked) 20 3 38.5 Bowie St. 54.5 Midwestern St. 44.7

Tackles for Loss Allowed (168 ranked) 32 2 4.91 Midwestern St. 2.90 Midwestern St. 2.90

Team Passing Efficiency (168 ranked) 10 1 164.94 Ohio Dominican 190.91 Tex. A&M-Commerce 164.94

Team Passing Efficiency Defense (168 ranked) 11 1 97.15 Bowie St. 87.41 Tex. A&M-Commerce 97.15

Team Sacks (168 ranked) 22 2 2.91 Central Wash. 5.27 Tex. A&M-Kingsville 3.73

Team Tackles for Loss (168 ranked) 6 2 9.2 Morehouse 11.3 Angelo St. 9.5

Time of Possession (168 ranked) 109 6 29:17 Eastern N.M. 36:40 Eastern N.M. 36:40

Total Defense (168 ranked) 16 1 281.9 Northwest Mo. St. 212.8 Tex. A&M-Commerce 281.9

Total Offense (168 ranked) 22 3 459.4 Bowie St. 566.3 Midwestern St. 503.1

Turnover Margin (168 ranked) 34 2 0.73 Assumption 1.55 Midwestern St. 1.50 Minn. Duluth 1.55

Turnovers Gained (168 ranked) 71 3 20 Winona St. 37 Tarleton St. 23 Minn. Duluth 37 Midwestern St. 23

Turnovers Lost (168 ranked) 12 2 12 Ohio Dominican 7 Midwestern St. 8

Winning Percentage (162 ranked) 8 2 0.909 5 teams tied 1.000 Midwestern St. 1.000

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National Conference Conference Statistic Player Rank Rank Value National Leader Value Leader Value

All Purpose (200 ranked) Buck Wilson 113 4 102.55 Trenton Cannon, Virginia St. 244.18 Kamal Cass, Eastern N.M. 178.00

Blocked Kicks (15 ranked) 5 players tied 4 John O'Kelley, Tex. Permian Basin 4

Combined Kick Returns (200 ranked) Buck Wilson 144 7 349 Brandon Smith, Fayetteville St. 1,269 Ben Galaviz, Tex. Permian Basin 693

Completion Percentage (134 ranked) Luis Perez 2 1 0.716 Grant Russell, Ohio Dominican 0.725 Luis Perez, Tex. A&M-Commerce 0.716

Completions Per Game (150 ranked) Luis Perez 1 1 27.73 Luis Perez, Tex. A&M-Commerce 27.73 Luis Perez, Tex. A&M-Commerce 27.73

Field Goal Percentage (103 ranked) Kristov Martinez 20 2 0.789 Casey Bednarski, Minnesota St. 0.955 Connor Flanigan, Angelo St. 0.800

Field Goals Per Game (146 ranked) Kristov Martinez 13 2 1.36 Cole Tracy, Assumption 2.09 Connor Flanigan, Angelo St. 1.60

Forced Fumbles (81 ranked) Bill Inge III, East Stroudsburg 0.67 Markus Jones, Angelo St. 0.40

Fumbles Recovered (41 ranked) KJ Reid, Arkansas Tech 5 Ryan Baker, Tex. Permian Basin 3

Interceptions Per Game (117 ranked) Dominique Ramsey 117 5 0.3 Zuril Hendrick, Edinboro 0.8 Kevon Thomas, West Tex. A&M 0.4 Alex Shillow 117 5 0.3

Kickoff Return TDs (12 ranked) Buck Wilson 12 2 1 Virnal Moon, Colorado Mesa 3 Daniel McCants, Tarleton St. 2

Kickoff Returns (125 ranked) Trenton Cannon, Virginia St. 33.7 Daniel McCants, Tarleton St. 29.7

Passes Defended (85 ranked) Alex Shillow 85 7 1.0 JR Stevens, Indiana (PA) 2.0 Damarcus Wilson, Midwestern St. 1.6

Passing Efficiency (134 ranked) Luis Perez 5 1 171.9 Grant Russell, Ohio Dominican 190.6 Luis Perez, Tex. A&M-Commerce 171.9

Passing TDs (196 ranked) Luis Perez 3 1 38 Amir Hall, Bowie St. 41 Luis Perez, Tex. A&M-Commerce 38

Passing Yards (200 ranked) Luis Perez 1 1 3,737 Luis Perez, Tex. A&M-Commerce 3,737 Luis Perez, Tex. A&M-Commerce 3,737

Passing Yards Per Game (200 ranked) Luis Perez 1 1 339.7 Luis Perez, Tex. A&M-Commerce 339.7 Luis Perez, Tex. A&M-Commerce 339.7 Gabriel Rodriguez 178 11 19.6

Passing Yards per Completion (134 ranked) Luis Perez 69 5 12.25 Eystin Salum, Colorado Mesa 17.99 Justin Houghtaling, West Tex. A&M 13.65

Points Responsible For (197 ranked) Luis Perez 3 1 236 Amir Hall, Bowie St. 294 Luis Perez, Tex. A&M-Commerce 236 Kristov Martinez 113 7 96

Points Responsible For Per Game (192 ranked) Luis Perez 5 1 21.5 Amir Hall, Bowie St. 26.7 Luis Perez, Tex. A&M-Commerce 21.5 Kristov Martinez 124 8 8.7

Punt Return TDs (12 ranked) Jay Bias 12 1 1 Deonte Harris, Assumption 5 Jay Bias, Tex. A&M-Commerce 1 Ian Davis, Western N.M. 1

Punt Returns (86 ranked) Shawn Hooks 17 1 13.1 Deonte Harris, Assumption 26.3 Shawn Hooks, Tex. A&M-Commerce 13.1

Punting (133 ranked) Tristan Perry 45 4 39.6 Justin Marcha', Emporia St. 45.0 John Cummings, West Tex. A&M 43.6

Receiving TDs (192 ranked) Darrion Landry 33 3 9 Austin Ryan, Bentley 16 Jordan Thomas, Tex. A&M-Kingsville 13 Buck Wilson 33 3 9 Jalen Tolliver, Ark.-Monticello 16 D'Arthur Cowan 50 5 8 Vincent Hobbs 128 11 5 Marquis Wimberly 192 15 4

Receiving Yards (200 ranked) Buck Wilson 64 4 779 J.T. Luper, Central Okla. 1,544 Jordan Thomas, Tex. A&M-Kingsville 1,073 Darrion Landry 118 10 598 D'Arthur Cowan 136 13 571 Vincent Hobbs 151 14 544 Marquis Wimberly 171 15 509

Receiving Yards Per Game (200 ranked) Buck Wilson 64 4 70.8 J.T. Luper, Central Okla. 140.4 D'Angelo Bowie, Western N.M. 98.1 Darrion Landry 128 12 54.4 D'Arthur Cowan 148 14 51.9 Vincent Hobbs 166 15 49.5 Marquis Wimberly 188 16 46.3

Receptions Per Game (200 ranked) Buck Wilson 81 5 4.5 J.T. Luper, Central Okla. 9.2 D'Angelo Bowie, Western N.M. 7.6 D'Arthur Cowan 117 9 4.1 Vincent Hobbs 153 12 3.7 Darrion Landry 153 12 3.7 Marquis Wimberly 153 12 3.7 Carandal Hale 178 16 3.5

Rush Yards Per Carry (30 ranked) Marc Jones, Gannon 8.09 Adrian Seales, Midwestern St. 7.22

Rushing TDs (176 ranked) Marc Jones, Gannon 29 Vincent Johnson, Midwestern St. 16

Rushing Yards (200 ranked) Carandal Hale 142 11 639 Marc Jones, Gannon 2,176 Kamal Cass, Eastern N.M. 1,443

Rushing Yards Per Game (200 ranked) Carandal Hale 146 11 58.1 Marc Jones, Gannon 197.8 Kamal Cass, Eastern N.M. 144.3

Sacks (101 ranked) Norman Moimoi 63 4 0.61 Marcus Martin, Slippery Rock 1.41 Markus Jones, Angelo St. 1.05

Scoring (198 ranked) Kristov Martinez 31 3 8.7 Marc Jones, Gannon 16.9 Kamal Cass, Eastern N.M. 9.6 Buck Wilson 169 13 5.5 Vincent Johnson, Midwestern St. 9.6

Solo Tackles (200 ranked) Garrett Jackson, Adams St. 8.8 Basil Jackson, Tarleton St. 6.1

Tackles For Loss (147 ranked) Kieston Carter 55 5 1.3 Marcus Martin, Slippery Rock 2.4 Markus Jones, Angelo St. 1.8

Total Offense (200 ranked) Luis Perez 5 1 334.4 Brook Bolles, Central Mo. 359.9 Luis Perez, Tex. A&M-Commerce 334.4

Total Points Scored (143 ranked) Kristov Martinez 31 1 96 Marc Jones, Gannon 186 Kamal Cass, Eastern N.M. 96 Buck Wilson 143 11 60 Vincent Johnson, Midwestern St. 96 Kristov Martinez, Tex. A&M-Commerce 96

Total Tackles (199 ranked) Ryan Weber, Malone 14.8 Basil Jackson, Tarleton St. 11.9

Total Touchdowns (141 ranked) Buck Wilson 80 6 10 Marc Jones, Gannon 31 Kamal Cass, Eastern N.M. 16 Darrion Landry 107 8 9 Vincent Johnson, Midwestern St. 16 D'Arthur Cowan 141 10 8

Yards per Pass Attempt (30 ranked) Luis Perez 15 1 8.77 Robert Webber, Humboldt St. 10.60 Luis Perez, Tex. A&M-Commerce 8.77

Yards per Reception (30 ranked) Virnal Moon, Colorado Mesa 27.52 Deandre Black, Midwestern St. 18.77

24 23-TIME LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • #TOTHETOP LION FOOTBALL A&M-Commerce Passing Records A&M-Commerce Rushing Records A&M-Commerce Scoring Records Individual Records Individual Records Individual Records Attempts Attempts Points Game ...... 63 - Royce Slechta (11 comp.) Game ...... 49 - Kenneth Parks Game ...... 30 - Marvin Brown ...... vs. Angelo State, 1986 ...... vs. Carson-Newman, 1972 ...... vs. Sam Houston State, 1952 Season...... 426 - Luis Perez - 2017 Season...... 299 - Arthur James (1,334 yds.), 1969 ...... 30 - Donald Lee Career...... 816 - Terry Skinner (367 comp.), 1974-77 Career...... 884 - Arthur James (4,285 yds.), 1966-69 ...... vs. Eastern New Mexico, 1985 ...... 815 - Luis Perez - 2016-pres ...... 30 - Deric Davis Total Yards ...... vs. McMurry, 2013 Completions Game ...... 323 - Arthur James (36 attempts) Season...... 126 - Aundra Thompson, 1975 Game...... 43 - Luis Perez (55 att.) ...... vs. Abilene Christian, 1968 Career...... 281 - Billy Watkins, 1990-93 ...... at Midwestern State, 10/7/2017 Season. . . . . 1,796 - Aundra Thompson (248 att.), 1975 Season ...... 305 - Luis Perez - 2017 Career...... 4,285 - Arthur James (884 att.); 1966-69 Kicking Points Career. . . . . 549 - Luis Perez (549-815), 2016-pres Game ...... 20- Saul Martinez Yards Per Carry ...... (3 FG, 11 PATs) vs. East Texas Baptist, 2014 Passing Yards (Minimum 5.0 attempts per game) Season. . . . . 134 - Saul Martinez (20 FG, 74 PAT), 2014 Game ...... 546 - Tyrik Rollison (25 of 32) Game ...... 10.3 -Joe Bergeron (13 att.-134 yds.) Career. . . . 281 - Billy Watkins (49 FG, 134 PAT), 1990-93 ...... vs. East Texas Baptist, 2014 ...... vs. East Texas Baptist, 2014 Season...... 3,764 - Tyrik Rollison, 2014 Season...... 10.04 - Joe Harbour (50-504), 1958 Touchdowns Career...... 7,063 - Luis Perez, 2016-pres Career. . . . .6.52 - Aundra Thompson (576-3,757), 972-75 Game ...... 5 - Marvin Brown ...... vs. Sam Houston State, 1952 Touchdown Passes Yards per game ...... 5 - Donald Lee Game ...... 6 - James Gray (4 consecutive) Season...... 160.8 - Aundra Thompson, 1975 ...... vs. Eastern New Mexico, 1985 ...... vs. Austin College, 1952 Career...... 112.7 - Arthur James, 1966-69 ...... 5 - Deric Davis ...... 6 - Tyrik Rollison ...... vs. McMurry, 2013 ...... vs. East Texas Baptist, 2014 Team Records Season...... 21 - Aundra Thompson, 1975 Season ...... 38 - Luis Perez, 2017 Attempts Career...... 37 - Aundra Thompson, 1972-75 Career...... 70 - Luis Perez, 2016-pres Game ...... 84 (411 yds.) vs. Tarleton State - 1970 Season...... 585 (2,495 yds.) - 1968 PATs Made Yards per attempt Game ...... 13 - Saul Martinez, vs. McMurry, 2014# Season...... 10.6 - Tyrik Rollison, 2014 Total Yards Career...... 9.7 - Tyrik Rollison, 2013-14 Game ...... 464 vs. Southwest Texas - 1952 PATs Attempted Season...... 2,938 (609 att.) - 1974 Game ...... 13 - Saul Martinez, vs. McMurry, 2014# Yards per game Season...... 342.2 - Tyrik Rollison, 2014 Yards per carry Team Records Career...... 315.4 - Tyrik Rollison, 2013-14 Game ...... 10.1 vs. Northwestern Oklahoma - 1953 Touchdowns Season...... 5.9 - 1952 Game ...... 13 vs. McMurry - 2014 Completion Pecentage Season...... 84 - 2014 (Minimum 10 passes attempted per game) A&M-Commerce Receiving Records Season...... 662 - James Batchelor, 1946 Individual Records PATs made Career...... 624 - Tyrik Rollison, 2013-14 Game ...... 13, vs. McMurry- 2014# Receptions Season...... 76 - 2014 (Game). . . . . 15 - Cory Sims vs. Midwestern State, 2002 Fewest INTs (Season)...... 77 - Vernon Johnson, 2014 (Minimum 10 passes attempted per game) PATs attempted Season...... 3 - Charles Cox, 1965 Game ...... 13 vs. McMurry - 2014# Yards ...... 3 - Terry Skinner, 1976 Season...... 80 - 2014 (Game). . 266 - Willie Thornton vs. Eastern New Mexico, 2008 ...... 3 - Cole Cayce, 1995 Career...... 14 - Tyrik Rollison, 2013-14 Field Goals made Touchdowns Game...... 4 - Eight times Game ...... 4 - James Epps vs. Eastern New Mexico, 1996 Team Records ...... last at Tarleton, 2017 ...... 4 - Willie Thornton vs. Eastern New Mexico, 2008 Attempts Season...... 21 - 2014 Season...... 14 - Ricky Collins, 2014 Game ...... 66 (25 comp.) vs. Angelo State - 1986 Career...... 30 - Gary Compton, 1987-90 Season...... 481 (268 comp.) - 2013 Field Goals attempted Game ...... 6 vs. Southwest Texas - 1952 Completions A&M-Commerce Total Offense Records Season...... 26 (15 made) - 1992 Game ...... 36 (59 att.) at Abilene Christian - 2011 Team Records ...... 26 (17 made) - 1995 Season...... 283 (436 att.) - 2014 Game ...... 986 - vs. East Texas Baptist, 2014#! ...... 26 (18 made) - 2004

Total Yards Points Game . . . . . 590 (28 of 36) vs. East Texas Baptist - 2014 Game ...... 98 vs. East Texas Baptist - 2014 Season...... 4,495 (283-of-436) - 2014 Season...... 649 - 2014#

Yards per attempt Points per game Season...... 10.3 - 2014 Season...... 54.1- 2014# # - Denotes LSC Record ! - Denotes NCAA Record 23-TIME LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • LION FOOTBALL 25 LION FOOTBALL A&M-Commerce Defensive Records A&M-Commerce Defensive Records A&M-Commerce Longest Plays Individual Records Teams Records Individual Records Tackles (since 1999) Fewest yards allowed Passing yards Game ...... 21 - Antonio Wilson Game ...... 37 vs. Northwest Missouri State - 1994 99 yards • Matt Morris to Casey Cowan . . . vs. MSU, 1997 ...... vs. Northeastern State, 1999 ...... (-35 rush, 72 pass) Season...... 133 - J.D. Hearn, 2005 Season...... 1,546 (926 rush, 620 pass) -1959 Rushing Career...... 297 - Jesse Brooks, 1999-2002 91 yards • Roger Daley. . . . vs. Northeastern State, 2005 Fewest rushing yards Tackles for loss (since 1999) Game ...... -48 vs. Angelo State - 1992 Punting Game ...... 5.5 - Tevin Moore Season...... 485 - 1952 84 yards • Guy Stevens ...... vs. Trinity, 1932 ...... vs. Delta State, 2013 84 yards • Barry Gillingwater. . vs. Abilene Christian, 1992 ...... 5.5 Tre’von Taylor Fewest completions allowed ...... vs. McMurry, 2014* Game ...... 0 vs. Sam Houston State - 1946 Punt return Season...... 25.0 - Charlie Tuaau, 2013 ...... 0 vs. Angelo State - 1971 89 yards • Ron Trammell...... vs. Angelo State, 1982 Career...... 55.0 - Tevin Moore, 2010-13 ...... 0 vs. Henderson State - 1993 Season...... 52 (130 att.) - 1961 Kickoff return Sacks (since 1999) ...... 52 (117 att.) - 1962 100 yards • Bob Sloan. . . . . vs. Midwestern State, 1950 Game ...... 4.5 - Tre’von Taylor ...... vs. McMurry, 2014* Fewest passing yards 100 yards • Marvin Brown. . . .vs. Midwestern State, 1951 Season...... 12.5 - Tevin Moore, 2013 Game ...... 0 vs. Sam Houston State - 1946 100 yards • Gary Berry . . . .vs. Sam Houston State, 1958 ...... Charlie Tuaau, 2013 ...... 0 vs. Angelo State - 1971 Career...... 18.0 - Tevin Moore, 2010-13 ...... 0 vs. Henderson State - 1993 100 yards • Buck Wilson. . . at West Texas A&M, 2017 Season...... 636 (61 of 142) - 1965 Interceptions Field goal Game ...... 4 - R.C. Moore Defensive passing efficiency 59 yards • Randy Jones. . . . .vs. Abilene Christian, 1982 ...... vs. Sam Houston State, 1952 Season...... 39.85 - 1974 ...... 4 - Ronnie Humphrey Interception return ...... vs. Southwest Texas State, 1968 Opponent turnovers 100 yards • Cory Whitfield . . at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 2011 Season...... 13 - Pat Williams, 1992 Season...... 52 (21 FR, 31 INT) - 1990 Career...... 30 - Autry Beamon, 1971-74 Per Game...... 4.7 (52 in 11 games) - 1990

Interception return yards Interceptions Game ...... 122 - Autry Beamon (3 INT) Game ...... 7 vs. Stephen F. Austin - 1971 ...... vs. East Central, 1972 ...... 7 vs. Abilene Christian - 1980 Season...... 318 - Autry Beamon, 1972 ...... 7 vs. Sam Houston State - 1981 Career...... 535 - Autry Beamon, 1971-74 Season...... 31 - 1990

Yards returns on interceptions Game ...... 142 vs. Austin College - 1950 Season...... 408 - 1977

26 23-TIME LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS • #TOTHETOP LION FOOTBALL LAST TIME OUT No. 8 A&M-Commerce 20, No. 12 Winona State 6 November 18, 2017 • WInona, Minn.

Quickie Statistics (Final) #8 A&M-Commerce vs #12 Winona State (Nov 18, 2017 at Winona, Minn.)

TAMUC WSU Score 20 6 FIRST DOWNS 24 16 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 34-148 26-60 PASSING YDS (NET) 308 167 Passes Att-Comp-Int 41-28-0 35-13-3 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 75-456 61-227 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-2 2-23 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-64 3-32 Interception Returns-Yards 3-37 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-32.2 5-38.8 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0 Penalties-Yards 13-107 3-17 Possession Time 34:47 25:13 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 16 2 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-5 2-4

A&M-Commerce Winona State Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Carandal Hale 23 110 4 106 0 33 4.6 Birth, Eric 9 61 1 60 0 13 6.7 Luis Perez 4 31 8 23 0 17 5.8 Roebuck, Javian 11 21 1 20 0 4 1.8 E.J. Thompson 5 20 0 20 0 11 4.0 Moore, Devon 1 3 0 3 0 3 3.0 Gabriel Rodriguez 1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0 Balliu, Jake 1 0 2 -2 0 0 -2.0

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Luis Perez 28-41-0 308 2 39 1 Beenken, Darren 13-35-3 167 0 33 3

Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Marquis Wimberly 7 65 0 31 Frandsen, I. 4 71 0 28 Vincent Hobbs 5 57 2 20 Balliu, Jake 3 34 0 13 Buck Wilson 4 95 0 39 Iverson, Dustin 1 33 0 33 Darrion Landry 4 51 0 22 Gran, Tanner 1 17 0 17

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Tristan Perry 4 129 32.2 37 1 0 Russell, M. 5 194 38.8 49 1 0

Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Dominique Ramsey 1 2 0 2 Balliu, Jake 2 23 0 21

Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Reggie Kincade 2 64 0 36 Balliu, Jake 1 18 0 18 Hall, Isaiah 1 14 0 14

Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Brucks Saathoff 5-2 7 0.0 0.0 Teague, Luke 6-3 9 0.0 1.5 Garrett Blubaugh 5-1 6 0.0 0.0 Pridgeon, Nick 6-2 8 0.0 0.0 Kieston Carter 1-4 5 0.5 1.5 Spencer, Andrew 6-1 7 0.0 0.0 Chris Smith 3-1 4 0.0 0.0 Duxbury, Carter 5-2 7 1.0 1.5

Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 07:20 TAMUC - Vincent Hobbs 9 yd pass from Luis Perez (Kristov Martinez kick), 6-60 2:30 7 - 0 02:26 TAMUC - Vincent Hobbs 4 yd pass from Luis Perez (Kristov Martinez kick), 9-61 3:58 14 - 0 2nd 06:45 WSU - McCauley, C. 27 yd field goal, 8-57 4:06 14 - 3 3rd 11:47 TAMUC - Kristov Martinez 46 yd field goal, 9-34 3:06 17 - 3 00:38 WSU - McCauley, C. 26 yd field goal, 8-40 4:08 17 - 6 4th 07:25 TAMUC - Kristov Martinez 22 yd field goal, 9-85 4:52 20 - 6

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