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FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 2 - 8, 2017 2 0 1 7 B L A C K C O L L E G E B A S E B A L L (Results, Standings and Weekly Honors) CENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE MID EASTERN SOUTHERN INTERCOLLIGIATE SOUTHWESTERN CIAA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SIAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SWAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FINAL CONF ALL CONF ALL FINAL CONF ALL DIV ALL W L W L NORTHERN W L W L EAST W L W L EASTERN W L W L Winston-Salem State 14 2 31 16 Norfolk State 15 5 22 17 Albany State 15 6 17 28 Jackson State 17 4 32 14 Chowan 13 3 25 23 Delaware State 12 9 17 21 Benedict 14 7 25 14 Alabama State 15 6 23 22 Virginia State 6 10 19 24 Coppin State 7 12 10 27 Paine 12 8 20 20 Alabama A&M 9 12 12 37 ™ St. Augustine's 5 11 18 32 Maryland-E. Shore 6 14 10 33 Claflin 9 11 15 31 Alcorn State 7 14 11 28 Lincoln 2 14 6 33 SOUTHERN Clark Atlanta 7 13 13 25 Miss. Valley State 6 18 7 31 Florida A&M 11 7 23 19 Morehouse 5 13 8 29 WESTERN NC A&T 11 7 21 21 WEST Texas Southern 14 9 16 27 Bethune-Cookman 12 8 25 20 Spring HIll 17 4 29 20 Grambling State 12 9 19 26 NC Central 10 10 20 26 Miles 15 5 27 18 Prairie View 11 10 18 29 Savannah State 3 15 12 31 Kentucky State 12 9 17 32 Arkansas Pine Bluff 9 12 14 28 Tuskegee 8 13 23 24 Southern 7 13 13 23 LeMoyne-Owen 4 11 6 22 Lane 3 16 9 29 Grambling Media Bureau DRAFT LEADER: Happy Grambling wide receiver THE PICKS Chad Williams after being chosen by Arizona in the third ARE IN! round of the NFL Draft. Quartet goes off NFL draft boards NFL DRAFTEES & FREE AGENTS; RESULTS, SCHEDULES LUT WILLIAMS scatback came to Chicago. "He always wants to IN SPRING SPORTS; CLARK ATLANTA HOOPS COACH BCSP Editor BLACK COLLEGE PLAYERS prove people wrong. He has a confidence to him. The prospect of as many as ten former black IN 2017 NFL DRAFT "When we get these guys in the building, a lot college standouts finding their way into the 2017 of time is spent with our coaches, really gathering NFL Draft did not materialize last week as only ARIZONA their football intelligence. He (Cohen) has a really HBCU NFL UNDRAFTED four names went off the boards when the league Chad Williams high football IQ, which is important for that posi- ROOKE FREE AGENTS held its annual 7-round confab last week in Phila- 6-1, 204, Wide Receiver tion because you're going to be moving him around delphia. Grambling State a lot and doing a lot of different things with him. I JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS Somewhat surprisingly, Grambling State 3rd Round - 34th pick think the thing that stood out was the energy that he Exra Robinson, CB, Tennessee State wide receiver Chad Williams was the first HBCU 98th overall has and he has a chip on his shoulder and I really product selected as the Arizona Cardinals took like that about him." ARIZONA CARDINALS him with the 34th pick in Friday's third round. He CHICAGO Cohen, at his draft celebration on the A&T Javancy Jones, LB, Jackson State was the 98th overall selection. Tarik Cohen campus Saturday, said, "I'm ready to make plays. 5-6, 179, Running Back DETROIT LIONS Diminutive record-setting North Carolina I'm ready to play." Brandon Barnes, TE, Alabama State A&T running back Tarik Cohen was next, going North Carolina A&T Stewart said coming from NCAA Div. II Al- early Saturday to the Chicago Bears with the 13th 4th Round - 13th pick bany State will not be a problem as he steps up to NEW YORK GIANTS pick of the fourth round and 119th overall. 119th overall face NFL competition. "I don't see any difference Jessamen Dunker, OL, Tennessee State Later in the same round, Albany State de- between it. I'm going to play like I play, and domi- fensive tackle Grover Stewart was taken by the INDIANAPOLIS nate like I always do," he said. NEW YORK JETS Indianapolis Colts with the 38th pick, 144th over- Grover Stewart At 6-5, Stewart grew from 295 to 334 while Javarius Leamon, OT, South Carolina State all. 6-5, 334, Defensive Tackle at Albany State with no dropoff in production. No more HBCU players came off the boards Albany State He was an all-SIAC selection in all four years he TENNESSEE TITANS Roderick Henderson, DT, Alabama State until Alabama State offensive tackle Jylan Ware 4th Round - 38th pick played. was selected by the Oakland (soon to be Las Ve- 144th overall And dominate is just what he did registering Washington REDSKINS gas) Raiders with the 13th pick of the seventh and 27 sacks and 48.5 tackles for losses while starting Verlan Hunter, WR, Grambling State final round. Ware was the 231st overall selection. OAKLAND all four years. The Colts and others liked his power The four selections continues a trend that has Jylan Ware and explosiveness, footwork and ability to collapse – TRYOUTS – not seen HBCU products reach double-digits in 6-8, 295, Offfensive Tackle the pocket. He was on the radar for a lot of teams the draft since 2000. Another ten HBCU products, Alabama State and was one of the fastest movers up the draft MINNESOTA VIKINGS many considered draftable, were quickly gobbled 7th Round - 13th pick boards. "I can play anywhere from nose (tackle) to Derrick Griffin, WR, Texas Southern up by teams with free agent contracts (see list 231st overall three-technique," he said online at coltswire.usato- elsewhere on the BCSP). day. BALTIMORE RAVENS Ware is about as tall, at 6-7, 317, as Stew- Xavian Bingham, DB, Jackson State THE PICKS Grambling with 210 receptions for 3,062 yards art is wide. The Raiders liked his long arms and NEW YORK JETS The selection of Williams (6-1, 204), the top and 29 TDs, is the type of big-bodied receiver NFL frame. Because of those attributes, Ware also Kevin Kinton, OL, Tennessee State black college receiver last year with 90 recep- that Cardinals' head coach Bruce Arians covets. moved steadily up the draft boards late. tions for 1,337 yards and 11 TDs for the HBCU According to the Arizona website, Arians has Online at raiderswire.usatoday.com, Spencer national champion Tigers, was not a surprise in been fantastic at identifying impact pass-catch- Hall of CBS Sports said of Ware that he, "pos- the sense that most had projected him to be taken. ers in the third round, helping nab NFL standouts sesses superb run blocking abilities and this likely UNDER THE BANNER The surprise was that he went first. Mike Wallace, Emmanuel Sanders, T.Y. Hilton enticed Raiders general manager Reggie McKen- He was suspended for Grambling's season and John Brown over the past nine years. Wil- zie as the team has brought in former Seahawks WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS opener after his arrest for a series of charges last liams hopes to be the next one. running back Marshawn Lynch." Moore to lead Clark Atlanta women's hoops: year. The charges were later dropped but the ar- "I'm just going to come in and be me, and I Seven players signed free agent contracts and rest, with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's know for a fact I can live up to that third-round three others were given tryouts. Among the latter ATLANTA, Ga. - Clark Atlanta has named two- recent focus on players' off-field issues, prevent- hype," Williams said. group was former Texas Southern basketball and time WNBA champion Yolanda ed him from participating in the Combine. And, Cohen, who finished his A&T career with football standout Derrick Griffin who was grant- Moore as the next head coach for he was a late addition to the Senior Bowl after an MEAC-record 5,619 rushing yards, is seen ed a tryout by Minnesota. "All I've asked for is a women's basketball. Moore had a turning heads with an outstanding showing at the as a 'change of pace' back by the Bears. He had chance to prove myself," Griffin said. standout career at Ole Miss before NFLPA all-star game in California. nine touchdowns on runs of over 70 yards in There's a modest amount of guaranteed mon- playing professionally. But his personal interviews, the 4.43 40-time his career and is expected to be used also as a ey invested in an undrafted free agent, while a Moore spent one season at LSU at his Pro Day and what some considered a domi- receiver out of the backfield like Philadelphia's tryout player isn't guaranteed anything, one agent Eunice (NJCAA) and led the Lady nating performance against Div. I corners at Se- Darren Sproles. Six-foot, 222-pound rookie run- explained. "The main difference is if you're an un- Bengals to a 26-4 mark - includ- nior Bowl practices convinced the Cardinals that ning back Jordan Howard out of Indiana was the drafted free agent, you sign your contract immedi- ing winning 16 straight - after the he was worth the pick. Bears' feature back in 2016 running for 1,313 ately.