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2015 Albany State Golden Rams Football º Official Game Notes º Game 1 vs. Valdosta State º Sept. 5 º 7:00 p.m. º Albany, GA Albany State Football ASU Sports Information Stan McCormick, Sports Information Director 504 College Drive Office: (229) 420-7013 Albany, GA 31705 Fax: (229) 434-7049 Website: www.asugoldenrams.com Facebook: ASU Ram Nation Twitter: @ASUGoldenRams 2015 Albany State Schedule 2015 ASU Football: Game 1 vs Valdosta State Date Opponent Time/Result Sept. 5 Valdosta State 7 p.m. Albany State will kick off its 2015 season when it faces an old state rival. The Golden Rams will host the Valdosta State Blazers at Sept. 12 Tuskegee Univ. 5 p.m. Albany State University Coliseum at 7 p.m. This will be the 17 Sept. 19 Stillman College 7 p.m. meeting between the two programs. The Blazers hold a 15-1 series Sept. 26 at Delta State Univ. 2 p.m. (CT) edge. The Golden Rams lost to VSU 38-10 in the season opener of Oct. 3 at Miles College 4 p.m. (CT) the 2014 season. Oct. 10 Open Albany State returns a bevy of veteran players on both offense Oct. 17 Morehouse College 2 p.m. and defense. The Gold Rush Offense will be led by junior running Oct. 24 at Clark Atlanta Univ. 2 p.m. back, Jarvis Small, who had a breakout season during his sopho- Oct. 31 Benedict College 2 p.m. more campaign. Small rushed for 1.169 yards and 13 touchdowns, Nov. 7 Fort Valley State 2 p.m. and garnered the 2014 SIAC Offensive Player of the Year Award. All-conference offensive lineman Javoris Wilburn also returns, along with fellow starting lineman Tedrick Coffield and Kenneth Averhart. Junior Caleb Edmonds will take over the reigns at the 2015 Valdosta State Schedule quarterback position. Top wide receivers Devonta Osborne and Sept. 5 at Albany State 7:00 p.m. Quadrey Simmons are also back. The Golden Rams also return Sept. 12 vs. Winston-Salem St. 6:00 p.m. their two kickers in Zachary Gayden-Holley and Stefan Whitehead. On defense, All-SIAC linebacker Tavarius Washington will lead Sept. 26 Cumberland 4:00 p.m. the perennially sound ASU defense. He led the team in total tackles Oct. 3 North Alabama 2:00 p.m. with 93 and was also named to the Daktronics Super Region Two Oct. 10 at West Georgia 2:00 p.m. Defensive Team. Returning starters Grover Stewart and Ricky Oct. 17 Mississippi College 2:00 p.m. Blackmon will anchor the Golden Rams’ defensive line. Defensive Oct. 22 at Shorter 7:30 p.m. backs Nick Scott, Cedric Ashe and Ryan Selby return to the ASU Oct. 31 West Alabama 2:00 p.m. secondary. Nov. 7 at Delta State 5:00 p.m. Valdosta State returns 14 starters from their 2014 team that tal- Nov. 14 Florida Tech 3:00 p.m. lied a 10-3 record and advanced to the third round of postseason play. The Blazer offense will be led by three-time All-Gulf South Conference running back Cedric O’Neal, who has rushed for 3,046 yards, the third-highest total in school history, over the course of the How Can I Stay Connected? last three years. RADIO: KISS FM 98.1 ASU Golden Rams VSU Blazers Internet: http://kissalbany.iheart.com/main.html 2014 Record: 7-3 (7-0 SIAC) 2014 Record: Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/albanystate/ Coach: Dan Land Coach: David Dean football/ Career Record: 0-0 (1st Season) Career Record: 70-24 (7th Season) Facebook: ASU Ram Nation Record: 0-0, 0-0 SIAC Record: 0-0, 0-0 GSC Twitter: @ASUGoldenRams Ranking: Receiving Ranking: #16 THE HEAD COACHES Dan Land is no stranger to ASU athletics, as he enters his first year as the Interim Head Football coach. Overall, Land is entering his 15th season as a Golden Rams coach. Land joined the ASU Golden Rams football squad as a running back in 1983 and enjoyed a stellar football career. Land earned honors in high school, collegiate and professional ath- letics. In 1984, he was part of the first S.I.A.C Football Championship team at Albany State College. Land's interest in football sparked when he joined the 1979 Seminole County High School Indians football team, where he was a four-year letterman and all-star running and defensive back. As an Albany State Golden Ram, Land was a two-time All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) team member. He led the Rams in rushing as a junior with 1,299 yards and 1,396 yards as a senior. He also led the team and the SIAC in rushing Dan Land touchdowns. Albany State His collegiate success led him to the National Football League (NFL). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted him as a running back in 1987, and he later played with the Oakland Raiders as a defensive back. Land, who earned his graduate and undergraduate degrees from ASU, served as director of athletics at Albany State from November 1998 until June 2001. Land is also an instructor in ASU's Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. In 2005, Land was inducted into the Albany State University’s Sports Hall of Fame. He is also a member of Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church of Albany, Ga. where he serves as a member of the Deacon Board. Land and his wife, former ASU cheerleader Theresa Spurlin, are the parents of two daughters, Dannisha and Mimeaux, and one son Dan Land, Jr. and a grandson named Lathan. Dannisha is also an ASU graduate. His daughter Mimeaux attends Clemson University where she is a member of the Lady Tigers' track & field team. Dan Land, Jr. is a sophomore at Westover Comprehensive High School where he also plays on the Patriots football team. Entering his ninth season as the Valdosta State head coach, David Dean has proven his name belongs among the top in the nation when discussing the best coaches in the NCAA Division II’s ranks. After all, Dean has twice led his team to the pinnacle of the NCAA Division II football world as his squad won national championships in both 2007 and 2012. Additionally, he has led his squad to two more appearances in the NCAA Playoffs and tallied a career record of 70 wins against just 24 losses, a winning percentage of .744. Twice Dean has been named the American Football Coaches Association Division II Coach of the Year, having accomplished the feat in both 2007 and 2012 and received the organization’s Super Region II Coach of the Year honor in 2010. The individual accolades have not been reserved just for Dean during his tenure, as he has had a player receive All- America recognition on 21 occasions while a Blazer has been named All-Gulf South Con- David Dean ference 59 times under his tutelage. Additionally, 10 Valdosta State Blazers that have played Valdosta State for Dean have gone on to the NFL. Albany State University Golden Rams 2015 Football Roster NO. NAME POS HGT WGT CL HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Leonard Walker TE 6-1 225 JR Belle Glade, FL/Glade Central HS 2 Jarvis Small RB 5-7 206 JR Brunswick, GA/Brunswick HS 3 Kelderion Miller DB 6-2 180 SO Albany, GA/Westover HS 4 Jessie Atkins WR 5-10 180 SR Camilla, GA/Mitchell County HS 5 Nick Scott DB 6-0 205 SO Ellabell, GA/Bryan County HS 6 Marquez Hodo DB 5-11 160 JR Rex, GA/Charleston Southern Univ./Stockbridge HS 7 Zavondric Shingleton LB 6-4 210 JR Millen, GA/Jenkins County High School 10 Charod Williams QB 5-10 176 JR East Point, GA/Carver Atlanta HS 11 Rodricous Gates QB 6-2 205 FR Jonesboro, GA/Mundy’s Mill HS 12 DeVonte Haley RB 5-6 155 FR Jonesboro, GA/Mundy’s Mill HS 13 Quincy Fortson DB 5-10 167 SR Bainbridge, GA/Bainbridge HS 14 Devonta Osborne WR 5-8 175 SR Waynesboro, GA/Burke County HS 15 Tony Jackson, II TE 6-6 245 JR San Diego, CA/Southwestern College/Monte Vista HS 16 Caleb Edmonds QB 6-3 220 JR Atlanta, GA/Hargrave Military Academy 17 Ta’Keevian Harris QB 6-0 175 SO Albany, GA/Westover HS 18 Malik Dungee WR 5-11 162 FR Albany, GA/Albany HS 19 Quadrey Simmons WR 6-2 187 SO Cope, SC/Edisto HS 20 Aaron Davis DB 5-9 180 FR Jonesboro/Lovejoy HS 21 Stefan Whitehead K/P 5-11 165 SO Fairburn, GA/Langston Hughes HS 22 Thomas Smith WR 6-3 230 SO Williamsburg, VA/Louisburg College/Lafayette HS 23 Dalviness Greene RB 6-0 180 JR Albany, GA/Westover HS 24 David Tyson DB 6-0 195 FR Americus, GA/Americus-Sumter HS 25 Dimario Jones DB 5-9 175 SR Decatur, GA/Concordia College/Columbia HS 26 Ryan Selby DB 6-2 205 JR Atlanta, GA/North Atlanta HS 27 Terry Wiley P 6-0 165 SO Douglas, GA/Paine College/Bacon County HS 28 Oumar Kourouma DB 6-1 175 SR Columbus, GA/Jones County JC/Jordan HS 29 D’Vautrey Love DB 6-0 170 FR Decatur, GA/Columbia HS 30 Jalliane Coverson DB 5-9 195 FR Pine Mountain, GA/Harris County HS 31 Shiquez Underwood RB 5-8 180 SO Irwinton, GA/Wilkinson County HS 32 Jaborie Hills FB 5-8 240 SO Savannah, GA/Sol C. Johnson HS 34 Yusuf Muhammad FB 5-7 240 SO Ashburn, GA/Turner County HS 35 Mack Green RB 5-7 155 JR Albany, GA/Olivet Nazerence College/Sherwood Christian Acad.