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2016 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL STANDINGS SID CONTACTS Big South Overall Big South ...... Mark Simpson [email protected] Team W L PCT PF PA W L PCT PF PA Home Road L10 Streak 704-341-7990 Monmouth 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 1.000 57 41 0-0 2-0 2-0 W4 @BigSouthSID Liberty 0 0 .000 0 0 1 1 .500 68 43 1-0 0-1 1-1 W1 Kennesaw State 0 0 .000 0 0 1 1 .500 66 23 1-1 0-0 1-1 W1 Charleston Southern .....Kevin O’Rourke Gardner-Webb 0 0 .000 0 0 1 1 .500 45 50 0-0 1-1 1-1 L1 [email protected] Charleston Southern 0 0 .000 0 0 1 2 .333 82 83 1-0 0-2 1-2 L1 843-863-7289 Presbyterian College 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 .000 3 83 0-0 0-2 0-2 L2 @CSUFB Gardner-Webb...... Marc Rabb [email protected] PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - SEPT. 12 704-406-4355 @GWUFootball OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK - TODD MACON, LIBERTY, RB, R-JR (ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.) Macon rushed for a career-high 128 yards and a in the Flames’ home-opening victory over Jacksonville. He added three receptions for 49 yards to finish with 177 all-purpose yards on the evening. Macon averaged 8.0 yards per carry and Kennesaw State ...... Mike DeGeorge was responsible for six first downs (five rushing). He gained 44 of Liberty’s 81 yards on the team’s opening touchdown drive, [email protected] and later rushed 49 yards for a score on LU’s penultimate touchdown of the night. 470-578-7589 @KennesawStFB DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK - SOLOMON MCGINTY, LIBERTY, S, JR (NAVASOTA, TEXAS) McGinty tied for the team-high honors with eight tackles (four solo, four assisted) in Liberty’s win over Jacksonville. He added Liberty ...... Todd Wetmore two tackles-for-loss of 14 yards, forced two and recorded an . McGinty’s takeaway stopped a Dolphin [email protected] drive at the Liberty 37-yard line, and the Flames converted the turnover into a touchdown for a 21-0 second quarter lead. 434-582-2292 @LibertyFootball SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK - MIKE BASILE, MONMOUTH, S, JR (BRICK, N.J.) Basile became the sixth Big South player on record to block two kicks in a game, as he kept four points off the scoreboard in Monmouth...... Greg Viscomi Monmouth’s victory at Delaware State. He first blocked a 39-yard field goal attempt in the second quarter to maintain the [email protected] Hawks’ 17-0 advantage entering halftime. Basile later got a hand on an extra point attempt on the Hornets’ second touch- 732-571-4447 down that kept Monmouth ahead by 14. @MUHawksFB

THE CRONS BRAND FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK - KENJI BAHAR, MONMOUTH, QB, R-FR (BALTIMORE, MD.) Presbyterian ...... Davis Simpson Bahar came in on two planned series for Monmouth, leading the Hawks to scoring drives on both opportunities. He caught a [email protected] pass, was 5-of-7 passing for 93 yards and ran for a touchdown on his first career rush. Bahar first caught a 15-yard pass on a 864-833-7095 QB throwback, and later led MU to a field goal and 10-0 lead in the second quarter. His second drive under center covered 99 @BlueHoseFtball yards over 10 plays and culminated with his 8-yard TD run. Follow FCS Football ...... Twitter: WEEK 3 SCHEDULE WEEK 2 RESULTS @NCAA_FCS @ESPNCFB SATURDAY, SEPT, 17 SATURDAY, SEPT, 10 @FCS_Insider MONMOUTH at Kent State...... 3:30pm MONMOUTH 34 ...... at Delaware State 20 @HEROSportsNews (ESPN3) @FCS_STATS #15/15 The Citadel at GARDNER-WEBB ...... 6:00pm at LIBERTY 55 ...... Jacksonville 7 @FCS_Football (BSN) PRESBYTERIAN at Campbell ...... 6:00pm at KENNESAW STATE 49 ...... Point 3 (BSN) ...... Relevant Hashtags: LIBERTY at SMU ...... 7:00pm at Western Carolina 44 ...... GARDNER-WEBB 14 (ESPN3) #FCS at Florida State (#3/3) 52 ...#7/7 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 8 #FearTheFCS (vs. FBS opponent) #12/12 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN, KENNESAW STATE idle #FCSFacts at #6/6 Chattanooga 34 ...... PRESBYTERIAN 0 #SCTop10 #FCSPlayoffs #FCSChamp

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2016 PRESEASON POLL 2016 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL COACHES TELECONFERENCE - EACH TUESDAY For the first time, defending conference Each Tuesday during the 2016 season, the Big South head football coaches will participate in a weekly tele- champion Charleston Southern has been tabbed conference call, beginning at 10:30am ET. Each call will be recorded and available for playback on the Confer- the favorite in the ’s annual ence website Tuesday afternoons. The next call is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 13. THIS CALL IS OPEN TO preseason football poll for the 2016 campaign. MEDIA ONLY. For more information, please contact Mark Simpson at 704-341-7990 or [email protected]. Below are the preseason poll results, with first- place votes in parentheses: THE BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE IN THE NATIONAL TOP 25 POLLS 1. Charleston Southern (16) ...... 106 Week of CSU GWU KSU LU MU PC 2. Liberty (1) ...... 86 Preseason 7/6/7 --/--/-- RV/--/RV RV/RV/RV --/RV/-- --/--/-- 3. Kennesaw State (1) ...... 68 Sept. 5 7/7/8 --/--/-- --/--/-- RV/RV/RV RV/RV/-- --/--/-- 4. Monmouth ...... 47 Sept. 12 12/12/11 --/--/-- --/--/-- RV/RV/-- RV/RV/-- --/--/-- 5. Gardner-Webb ...... 40 Sept. 19 6. Presbyterian College ...... 31 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 2016 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM Oct. 10 Preseason Offensive Player of the Year Oct. 17 DARIUS HAMMOND, Sr., Oct. 24 RB, Charleston Southern Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Nov. 14 ANTHONY ELLIS, Jr., DL, Charleston Southern Nov. 21 Final OFFENSE QB Trey White, R-Sr., Kennesaw State The STATS FCS poll is listed first, followed by the FCS Coaches Poll and the Hero Sports poll RB Darius Hammond, Sr., Charleston Southern RV - Received Votes na - not available RB Darrell Bridges, R-Jr., Presbyterian WR Zac Parker, Sr., Liberty WR Darren Ambush, Sr., Monmouth 2016 BIG SOUTH NATIONAL HONORS & AWARDS WR Justin Sumpter, R-Soph., Kennesaw State STATS FCS National Players of the Week Hero Sports Preseason All-America (2) TE Joseph Purter, Sr., Presbyterian Honorable Mentions Erik Austell, Charleston Southern (2nd Team) OL Erik Austell, R-Sr., Charleston Southern Tyrell Maxwell, Gardner-Webb -- Week 1 Darius Hammond, Charleston Southern (2nd Team) OL Malik Letatau, Sr., Kennesaw State Tonarius Portress, Kennesaw State - Week 1 OL Jackson Williamson, Sr., Charleston So. CFPA National Performer of the Year Watch List (1) OL Alex Thompson, Jr., Monmouth STATS FCS National Offensive Player of the Year Darius Hammond, Charleston Southern OL Caleb Smith, R-Sr., Gardner-Webb Watch List (1) Darius Hammond, Charleston Southern 2017 Senior Bowl Watch List (1) DEFENSE Chad Geter, Gardner-Webb DL Anthony Ellis, Jr., Charleston Southern STATS FCS National Defensive Player of the Year DL Darnell Leslie, Sr., Monmouth Watch List (1) Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® Nominees (1) DL JaRon Greene, Sr., Liberty Anthony Ellis, Charleston Southern Dexter Robbins, Liberty DL Obinna Ntiasagwe, R-Jr., Presbyterian LB Chad Geter, R-Sr., Gardner-Webb STATS FCS Preseason All-America (6) LB Solomon Brown, R-Soph., Charleston So. Erik Austell, Charleston Southern (1st Team) LB Aaron Cook, Sr., Gardner-Webb Anthony Ellis, Charleston Southern (2nd Team) LB Payton Minnich, Sr., Monmouth Mike Basile, Monmouth (2nd Team) DB Mike Basile, Jr., Monmouth Joseph Smith, Charleston Southern (2nd Team) DB Troy McGowens, Sr., Charleston Southern Darius Hammond, Charleston Southern (2nd Team) DB Taylor Henkle, R-Fr., Kennesaw State Chad Geter, Gardner-Webb (3rd Team) DB Chris Turner, R-Soph., Liberty

SPECIAL TEAMS PK Matt White, Jr., Monmouth P Trey Turner, R-Jr., Liberty LS Joseph Smith, R-Sr., Charleston Southern KR Darius Hammond, Sr., Charleston Southern PR Darius Hammond, Sr., Charleston Southern

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2016 BIG SOUTH PLAYERS OF THE WEEK WEEK OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Sept. 5 QB Tyrell Maxwell, Jr., Gardner-Webb DE Tonarius Portress, Jr., Kennesaw State RUSH: 21-154-1 TD (4), 7.3 YPC ... PASS: 12-19, 102 YDS ... 12 First Downs 8 TT (7 S, 1 A), 5.0 TFL (-21 YDS), 1 SK (-11 YDS) Sept. 12 RB Todd Macon, R-Jr., Liberty S Solomon McGinty, Jr., Liberty RUSH: 16-128-1 TD (49), 8.0 YPC ... REC: 3-49, 16.3 YPC ... 6 First Downs 8 TT (4 S, 4 A), 2.0 TFL (-14 YDS), 2 FF, 1 INT (10 YDS) Sept. 19

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2016 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 2016 FRESHMEN OF THE WEEK WEEK SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK WEEK THE CRONS BRAND FRESHMAN PLAYER OF THE WEEK Sept. 5 PR Kelan Fraise, Soph., Charleston Southern Sept. 5 WR Kameron Brown, R-Fr., Charleston Southern 3-126-1 TD (70), 42.0 AVG ... Big South single-game PR yardage record 3-58 (21-21-16), 19.3 AVG ... All 1st Down catches at NDSU Sept. 12 S Mike Basile, Jr., Monmouth Sept. 12 QB Kenji Bahar, R-Fr., Monmouth 2 Blocked kicks -- FG and PAT ... 6th player on record in league history PASS: 5-7, 93 YDS, 13.29 YPA ... RUSH: 1-8-1 TD ... REC: 1-15 Sept. 19 Sept. 19

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LOOK WHO’S 2-0! Monmouth is 2-0 for the second time in three seasons as Big South members, as well as the sixth BIG SOUTH VS. DIVISION I OPPONENTS time in the program’s 24-year history. The Hawks will seek their first 3-0 start this Saturday for the vs. FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION first time since 2006 and fifth time overall. It is the 13th consecutive year that at least one Big South (4-4, .500) squad has opened a season 2-0. Colonial ...... 1-0 Elon 1-0 REG-GIE, REG-GIE Monmouth WR REGGIE WHITE JR. recorded career-highs of 11 receptions and 129 yards this past Sat- Mid-Eastern Athletic ...... 1-0 urday at Delaware State. He is the second Monmouth Hawk with a 10-reception game since MU joined Delaware State 1-0 the Big South in 2014, as former wideout and current Jacksonville Jaguar NEAL STERLING hauled in 11 Howard passes at Lehigh on Sept. 27, 2014. Missouri Valley ...... 0-1 KHALIL’S GOT THE WILL North Dakota State 0-1 Gardner-Webb RB KHALIL LEWIS recorded his second consecutive 100-yard rushing game this past Saturday at Western Carolina with a team-high 121 yards. He is the first GWU rusher with back-to-back Northeast ...... 0-0 100-yard rushing games since KENNY LITTLE in 2011. Little gained 153 against Stony Brook on Nov. 12 Duquesne and 142 the following week at VMI. Robert Morris Ohio Valley ...... 0-0 BLOCK PARTY Jacksonville State Monmouth blocked a Big South single-game record four kicks this past Saturday at Delaware State, with MIKE BASILE recording two of the deflections. The Hawks blocked two punts, one field goal and Patriot League ...... 1-0 one PAT attempt to break the old league record of three set by VMI in 2004 and matched by Gardner- Lehigh 1-0 Webb in 2009. Basile was responsible for the FG and PAT blocks, and is the first Big South player with Bucknell two blocked kicks in a game since Liberty’s FRANCIS BAH in 2012. Fordham

RANK AND FILE Pioneer ...... 1-0 With Charleston Southern’s appearance in the national polls this week, the Big South has had a football Jacksonville 1-0 Campbell squad nationally-ranked for 67 consecutive weeks, dating back to Week 9 of the 2011 season (Oct. 24). The Buccaneers are ranked No. 12 in both the FCS Coaches poll and STATS ranking, and No. 11 in the Southern ...... 0-3 Hero Sports Media poll. Chattanooga 0-1 East Tennessee State 0-1 MAXWELL HOUSE Western Carolina 0-1 Gardner-Webb QB TYRELL MAXWELL is now sixth all-time in Big South history among Furman with 1,274 rushing yards. He needs 13 to move past KYLE HUGHES (VMI) for fifth-place. Maxwell is The Citadel also one rushing score shy of becoming the 14th Big South signal-caller with 10 career rushing TDs. Meanwhile, Maxwell rushed for 154 yards and passed for 102 at Elon in Week 1, becoming the first Independents ...... 0-0 in Big South history with three career 100-yard rush / 100-yard pass games. He shared Coastal Carolina the previous record of two such efforts with seven other quarterbacks -- including current Kennesaw State QB TREY WHITE.

MOVING THE CHAINS Monmouth RB LAVON CHANEY is tied for second all-time in Big South history for receptions by a run- ning back with 75 -- just three away from breaking the record of 77 held by DE’ANGELO HENDERSON. Chaney’s 609 career receiving yards out of the backfield are also second-most among Big South run- ning backs, and 122 away from Henderson’s record of 731. Meanwhile, Chaney has thrown for three during his time in the Big South, tied with former Liberty WR ADRIAN HALL for the most TD passes by a non-quarterback. vs. FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION ROAD TRIPPIN’ American Athletic ...... 0-0 Monmouth and Presbyterian are each opening the season with three consecutive road games, mark- SMU ing just the sixth and seventh time overall that a Big South member is opening a campaign with three straight away games. Charleston Southern was the last league team to do so in 2011, as the Bucs Atlantic Coast ...... 0-2 have opened with three straight road games three times (2008, 2009, 2011). Liberty was the first Florida State 0-1 Big South team to open a season with three consecutive road games in 2003, while PC did so in 2010. Virginia Tech 0-1

HOME SWEET HOME Mid-American ...... 0-1 Big South teams are 2-1 in home openers thus far, and Gardner-Webb plays its first home game this Central Michigan 0-1 Saturday against nationally-ranked The Citadel. Monmouth and Presbyterian open their respec- Kent State tive home slates in Week 4. Below is a look at the last home-opening win and current home-opening Ohio streaks for GWU, MU and PC. Southeastern ...... 0-0 Team Last Home Opening Win Home Opening Streak Florida Gardner-Webb 2014 (Virginia-Lynchburg, 34-0) L1 Monmouth 2014 (Delaware State, 52-21) L1 Presbyterian 2015 (Campbell, 23-13) W4

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EXCEPTIONAL ESTES 2016 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL BROADCAST COVERAGE: Gardner-Webb redshirt-senior TE MIKE ESTES is the Big South’s all-time leader for receiving yards by a tight end with 1,118, and is tied for the top spot among tight ends with eight career touchdown recep- ESPN NETWORKS BSN OTHER TV TOTAL tions. His next target is the tight ends’ receptions record of 90, which is held by former teammate 5 4 6 15 SETH CRANFILL (2010-14). Estes is second all-time with 89. SATURDAY, SEPT. 17 Monmouth at Kent State ESPN3 HAMMING IT UP The Citadel at Gardner-Webb BSN Charleston Southern’s DARIUS HAMMOND is second in Big South history with 556 career punt return Presbyterian at Campbell BSN yards, and is 78 away from breaking the league’s all-time record of 633 currently held by Coastal Caro- Liberty at SMU ESPN3 lina’s NICCOLO MASTROMATTEO. Hammond is also on pace to become the Big South’s all-time leader in combined kick return yards. He is currently fourth with 2,209 and is 516 yards away from breaking SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 the record of 2,724 held by Gardner-Webb’s J.J. HUBBARD. Meanwhile, Hammond is 708 yards shy from Charleston Southern at Monmouth * ESPN3 becoming just the eighth player in conference annals with 4,000 career all-purpose yards. Jacksonville State at Liberty BSN, LFSN Florida Tech at Presbyterian BSN 2,000-YARD RUSHING ODYSSEY Kennesaw State at Duquesne ESPN3 Charleston Southern RB MIKE HOLLOWAY is 64 rushing yards away from becoming the 20th player in Big South history with 2,000 career rushing yards. He is the Big South’s active career rushing leader SATURDAY, OCT. 1 Fordham at Monmouth ESPN3 with 1,936, ahead of Monmouth’s LAVON CHANEY (1,806). Presbyterian’s DARRELL BRIDGES is next Kennesaw State at Furman ESPN3 at 1,589. Holloway would become the second Buccaneer on the Big South’s 2,000-yard rushing list, as Benedict at Gardner-Webb BSN would Bridges in regards to Presbyterian. Chaney would be Monmouth’s first entry among the confer- Robert Morris at Liberty BSN, LFSN ence’s career 2,000-yard rushers. SATURDAY, OCT. 8 GEE-WIZ Albany State at Charleston Southern BSN Gardner-Webb LB CHAD GETER, who opened the 2016 season as one of 34 FCS players named to the Missouri S&T at Kennesaw State BSN, PTV 2017 Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List, is 55 tackles away from becoming the 14th player with 300 ca- Presbyterian at Gardner-Webb * ESPN3 reer tackles, and would be the fifth linebacker on the all-time list. Geter has accumulated 148 solo tackles and needs 10 to enter the league’s Top 10 in that category. Meanwhile, Geter has amassed THURSDAY, OCT. 13 Monmouth at Presbyterian * BSN Exclusive 29.5 career tackles-for-loss as well as 10.5 sacks. He needs 8.5 TFL to match the Big South career TFL record among linebackers (38.0 - MARTY PATTERSON, Gardner-Webb), and 3.5 sacks to equal the SATURDAY, OCT. 15 linebacker sack record of 14.0, which is held by MAURICE SIMPKINS (Coastal Carolina, 2003-05). Coastal Carolina at Gardner-Webb BSN Liberty at Kennesaw State ESPN3 THREE’S COMPANY Charleston Southern will have three active players with 1,000 career rushing yards when DARIUS Key: HAMMOND reaches the milestone this season. Hammond needs just seven yards to join MIKE HOL- ASN - American Sports Network LOWAY (1,936) and BEN ROBINSON (1,264) in the club. The three players have rushed for a combined BSN - Big South Network LFSN - Liberty Flames Sports Network 4,193 yards and 41 touchdowns on 660 carries -- a combined average of 6.35 yards per carry. PTV - Peachtree TV (WPCH-TV 17) MAGIC MIKE Monmouth DB MIKE BASILE surpassed 200 career tackles with his nine solo stops at Lehigh in Week 1. He now owns 142 career solo hits and is 16 away from entering the Big South’s Top 10 in that cat- egory. In 2015, Basile became just the third defensive back to lead the Big South in total tackles and tackles per game in a season as he finished with 119 and 10.8 per game, respectively. He joined ROB- ERT MASON (VMI, 2004) and MARIO WILLIAMS (Gardner-Webb, 2002) as the only DBs to pace both categories in the same year.

TOP CHEF Gardner-Webb linebacker AARON COOK eclipsed 200 career tackles this past Saturday at Western Carolina. He owns 8.0 career sacks, and is two away from becoming the fifth linebacker with double- digit sack totals.

WHITE-WASHING Kennesaw State QB TREY WHITE became the ninth quarterback in Big South history to surpass 1,000 career rushing yards, as he eclipsed the milestone against East Tennessee State in Week 1. White sits ninth all-time with 1,032 career yards and needs 151 to move into the eighth spot. White added a rush- ing TD in the opener to become the 13th Big South signal-caller with 10 career rushing touchdowns.

SEA SHELLS Liberty WR DANTE’ SHELLS has 79 career receptions for 1,493 career yards. He is 21 catches away from joining the Big South’s 100-reception club and 507 yards away from 2,000. Shells would become the 13th player with both career milestones once he reaches each total.

TIPPING THE SCALES The Big South is 11-13 all-time in games involving a ranked member against a nationally-ranked non- conference foe -- including 6-8 in the postseason. Of the 13 losses, nine have been by a touchdown- or-less.

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PORTRESS OF SOLITUDE Kennesaw State DE TONARIUS PORTRESS tied the Big South single-game record for tackles-for-loss MISCELLEANOUS STATISTICS when he registered 5.0 stops behind the line of scrimmage against East Tennessee State in Week 1. 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES The previous player with this distinction was Presbyterian’s UGONNA AKOH vs. Gardner-Webb on Nov. 2 Khalil Lewis, Gardner-Webb 23, 2013. Portress is now the seventh player in Big South history with 5.0 TFL in a game -- but just the 1 Mike Holloway, Charleston Southern second to achieve the feat in a season opener. 1 Alan Barnwell, Charleston Southern 1 Lavon Chaney, Monmouth 1 Tyrell Maxwell, Gardner-Webb GOOD WORK YOUNG MAN 1 Chandler Burks, Kennesaw State The Big South Conference is once again represented among the national candidates for the Allstate 1 Todd Macon, Liberty AFCA Good Works Team®, as Liberty’s DEXTER ROBBINS is among the 165 candidates from every sub- 1 Frankie Hickson, Liberty division and classification. Gardner-Webb LB CHAD GETER was a 2015 nominee. The Big South has had one honoree named to the team -- Charleston Southern’s JORDAN LANCASTER in 2010. 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES 1 Reggie White Jr., Monmouth POINT OF ORDER Liberty owns the Big South record for most consecutive games with a point scored at 124, while the 10-RECEPTION GAMES second-longest active streak belongs to Charleston Southern at 49. In addition, Liberty is the Big 1 Reggie White Jr., Monmouth South’s record holder for most consecutive games scoring in double figures at 68. Meanwhile, Liberty has scored a point in all 68 of its Big South games, the longest such streak in league annals. Of those MULTI-TOUCHDOWN GAMES Player 2 3 4 5 Total 68 games, the last 56 have been in double digits. Charleston Southern’s current streak of 42 confer- Mike Holloway, CSU 2 2 ence games with a point scored is third-longest all-time, just ahead of PC’s active streak of 40 games. Khalil Lewis, GWU 1 1 Lavon Chaney, MU 1 1 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN PICKED TO WIN IT ALL IN 2016 Ed Royds, MU 1 1 For the first time, defending conference champion Charleston Southern University has been tabbed Justin Sumpter, KSU 1 1 the favorite in the Big South Conference’s annual preseason football poll for the 2016 campaign, as Frankie Hickson, LU 1 1 voted by the league’s head coaches and media panel. The Buccaneers won their first outright title last Dante’ Shells, LU 1 1 season and were co-champs in 2005. MULTI-TOUCHDOWN PASS GAMES BIG SOUTH OFF TO ANOTHER SOLID START AGAINST NON-CONFERENCE FCS FOES Player 2 3 4 5 Total Stephon Masha, LU 1 1 While the Big South is 4-4 after eight games against non-conference FCS opponents, two losses were Chandler Burks, KSU 1 1 both in overtime and by seven points or less. Since the start of the 2013 campaign, the Big South is 56-26 ( =68.3 winning percentage) in regular-season competition and 61-31 ( =66.3) when including GAMES WITH RUSHING TD & PASSING TD postseason games in that span. The Big South has posted at least a 60.0 winning clip in each of the 1 Shane Bucenell, Charleston Southern previous three seasons. 1 Chandler Burks, Kennesaw State

CSU’S PUNT RETURN GAME SETS GOLD STANDARD 10-POINT KICKING GAMES Charleston Southern returned seven punts for a Big South single-game record 248 yards against Ken- 1 Matt White, Monmouth tucky State. The Bucs shattered the old mark of 159 punt return yards set by Coastal Carolina against 1 Alex Probert, Liberty CSU in 2010. In fact, Charleston Southern’s punt return yardage from that game would rank as the 17th-most IN A SEASON in league annals. CSU averaged a league-record 35.4 yards per punt return against Kentucky State, and became the first team in conference history to have TWO players with 100 punt return yards in the same game -- KELAN FRAISE (Big South-record 126 yards) and DARIUS HAMMOND (122).

LIBERTY ON CUSP OF 50 BIG SOUTH VICTORIES Liberty has won a league-high 49 Big South games since the conference started football in 2002. Gardner-Webb is third with 31 Big South wins, followed by Charleston Southern (30).

SIXTH SENSE The Big South had six players named preseason All-American by STATS LLC, just one shy of the league record. Charleston Southern led the conference with four honorees -- First-Teamer ERIK AUSTELL and Second-Team selections ANTHONY ELLIS, JOSEPH SMITH and DARIUS HAMMOND. Monmouth’s MIKE BASILE was a Second-Team honoree, while Gardner-Webb linebacker CHAD GETER was named to the Third-Team.

HAMMOND NAMED CANDIDATE FOR NATIONAL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD For the sixth consecutive year, a Big South player opened the season as an official candidate for the FCS National Offensive Player of the Year Award, as Charleston Southern RB DARIUS HAMMOND is among the initial 22 candidates for the top individual award in FCS. He is the first Charleston Southern player to earn this distinction.

ELLIS NAMED CANDIDATE FOR NATIONAL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD For the third straight season, a Big South player opened the campaign as an official candidate for the FCS National Defensive Player of the Award, as Charleston Southern DL ANTHONY ELLIS is on this year’s initial watch list. He is the first Charleston Southern player to earn this distinction.

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#12/12 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN BUCCANEERS (1-2, 0-0 Big South) Head Coach: Jamey Chadwell (4th year) CSU Record: 29-12 (12-4 Big South) Overall Record: 54-34

* Charleston Southern is idle this week and returns * Over its last six games dating back to last season, 2016 SCHEDULE to action Sept. 24 in its Big South opener at Mon- the Bucs have played the 2015 FBS National Cham- DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME mouth. CSU will look for its second consecutive pion (Alabama), the 2015 FCS Runner-Up (Jackson- Aug. 27 at #1/1 North Dakota State (OT) L, 17-24 win in West Long Branch. ville State), the 2015 FCS National Champion (North Sept. 3 KENTUCKY STATE W, 57-7 Dakota State) and a Florida State team ranked third Sept. 10 at Florida State (#3/3) L, 8-52 * The Buccaneers are 5-9 all-time in Big South nationally. Sept. 24 at Monmouth * 1:00pm openers, but just 1-7 when starting league play on Oct. 1 at Coastal Carolina 6:00pm the road. * RB CHANIN HAMILTON started for the first time Oct. 8 ALBANY STATE 11:45am and tallied a team-high 53 yards on nine carries at Oct. 22 PRESBYTERIAN * 6:00pm * The Florida State game marked the third straight Florida State. Oct. 29 BUCKNELL 11:45am year and fifth time overall CSU has played against Nov. 5 GARDNER-WEBB * 12:00pm a Top-10 FBS opponent. It was the 18th game in * LONDON JOHNSON made his first career start at Nov. 12 at Liberty * 3:30pm school history against an FBS member. quarterback in Tallahassee, and ROBERT MITCH- Nov. 19 KENNESAW STATE * 11:45am ELL made his CSU debut as well, playing most of the * CSU outgained FSU, 92-60, in the 4th quarter. game in relief. Mitchell completed 7-of-20 passes The Bucs were nearly even with the Seminoles in for 142 yards and a TD while running 16 times for 23 * - Big South Conference game total yardage in the second half (166-184). yards. HOME GAME IN BOLD CAPS

GARDNER-WEBB RUNNIN’ BULLDOGS (1-1, 0-0 Big South) Head Coach: Carroll McCray (4th year) GWU Record: 16-21 (4-12 Big South) Overall Record: 32-60

* Gardner-Webb meets The Citadel for the second * GWU’s back-to-back 200+ yard rushing games as 2016 SCHEDULE time on Saturday. GWU dropped the first meeting, a team are its first since doing so vs. Virginia State DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME 37-14, in 2014. (11/3) and Stony Brook (11/12) in 2011. Sept. 3 at Elon W, 31-6 Sept. 10 at Western Carolina L, 14-44 * GWU is 11-3 in home openers since Big South foot- * LB AARON COOK notched a 31-yard interception Sept. 17 #15/15 THE CITADEL 6:00pm ball began in 2002, and has won nine of its last 11 return to set up a touchdown, and blocked a PAT in Sept. 24 at Ohio TBA home openers. This is the latest the Runnin’ Bull- the game. Oct. 1 BENEDICT 6:00pm dogs are playing their first home game since 2004 Oct. 8 PRESBYTERIAN * 6:00pm (Sept. 18 vs. Furman). * The Runnin’ Bulldogs are playing a nationally- Oct. 15 COASTAL CAROLINA 1:30pm ranked non-conference opponent for the fourth Oct. 22 KENNESAW STATE * 12:00pm * The 690 yards allowed by GWU at Western Caro- time in five seasons. Oct. 29 at Liberty * 3:30pm lina on Saturday were its most ever since moving Nov. 5 at Charleston Southern * 12:00pm to Division I football in 2000 (17 seasons). * GWU is opening its home schedule against a na- Nov. 19 MONMOUTH * 1:30pm tionally-ranked opponent for the first time since * GWU had allowed 600+ yards just three times to 2012 (No. 10/13 Wofford). Gardner-Webb opened its FCS teams in that span -- Georgia Southern (2002), 2004 home slate against No. 4 Furman. * - Big South Conference game Furman (2005) and Coastal Carolina (2006). HOME GAME IN BOLD CAPS

KENNESAW STATE OWLS (1-1, 0-0 Big South) Head Coach: Brian Bohannon (2nd year) KSU Record: 7-6 (2-4 Big South) Overall Record: 7-6

* Kennesaw State meets Duquesne for the first * Sumpter hauled in a career-high two TD passes 2016 SCHEDULE time on Saturday. It is the first of three-straight this past Saturday, marking his sixth career game DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME first-time opponents for the Owls this season. (out of 13) with a touchdown. He also totaled at Sept. 3 EAST TENNESSEE STATE (2OT) L, 17-20 least five catches in a game for the third time in his Sept. 10 POINT W, 49-3 * The Owls are looking to snap a four-game road career. Sept. 24 at Duquesne 1:00pm losing streak on Saturday. Oct. 1 at Furman 3:00pm * Kennesaw State totaled 201 rushing yards in the Oct. 8 MISSOURI S&T 1:00pm * For the second consecutive game, QB CHANDLER first half against Point -- the Owls surpassed 200 or Oct. 15 LIBERTY * 7:00pm BURKS found WR JUSTIN SUMPTER in the end more yards in the first half three times in 2015. Sat- Oct. 22 at Gardner-Webb * 12:00pm zone, but this time on two straight possessions in urday’s 10.57 average per rush also marked a school Oct. 29 at Monmouth * 1:00pm the first quarter. The two have now connected for record through 30 minutes of action. Nov. 5 CLARK-ATLANTA 1:00pm three touchdown passes this season. Nov. 12 PRESBYTERIAN * 12:00pm * Three Owls scored their first collegiate touch- Nov. 19 at Charleston Southern * 11:45am * In his first collegiate start, Burks collected a downs Saturday -- RB MICAH REED (rushing), RB career-high 138 rushing yards on nine carries (15.3 CHASTON BENNETT (receiving) and RB JONAH HUFF yards per rush.) He also completed 9-of-13 passes (rushing). * - Big South Conference game for 82 yards for 220 total yards of offense. HOME GAME IN BOLD CAPS

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LIBERTY FLAMES (1-1, 0-0 Big South) Head Coach: (5th year) LU Record: 30-20 (16-6 Big South) Overall Record: 55-69

* Liberty meets SMU for the first time on Saturday, * Liberty had a pair of running backs rush for 100 2016 SCHEDULE the third of three consecutive first-time oppo- yards in the same game for the 13th time in program DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME nents for the Flames. history (TODD MACON -- 128 yards; FRANKIE HICK- Sept. 3 at Virginia Tech L, 13-36 SON – 116 yards) this past Saturday. Sept. 10 JACKSONVILLE W, 55-7 * Saturday’s contest is Liberty’s second FBS Sept. 17 at SMU 7:00pm match-up in three weeks. The Flames have played * RB CARRINGTON MOSLEY finished the game with Sept. 24 JACKSONVILLE STATE 7:00pm multiple FBS foes in a season four straight years. a career-high 17 carries for 87 yards and recorded Oct. 1 ROBERT MORRIS 7:00pm his first career rushing touchdown. Oct. 15 at Kennesaw State * 7:00pm * The Jacksonville game marked Head Coach Oct. 22 MONMOUTH * 3:30pm TURNER GILL’s 50th game at the helm of Liberty’s * QB STEPHON MASHA was 13-of-19 passing for Oct. 29 GARDNER-WEBB * 3:30pm football program. It was also the eighth time in 181 yards and three touchdowns, his second career Nov. 5 at Presbyterian * 2:00pm five seasons under Gill that the Flames scored 50 games with at least 3 TD passes. Nov. 12 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * 3:30pm points in a game. Nov. 17 at Coastal Carolina 7:00pm * Macon has scored almost half of his 13 career * Liberty averaged 6.3 yards per carry and scored rushing touchdowns against FBS opponents (six). four of its seven offensive touchdowns via the * - Big South Conference game ground game in the win over the Dolphins. HOME GAME IN BOLD CAPS

MONMOUTH HAWKS (2-0, 0-0 Big South) Head Coach: Kevin Callahan (24th year) MU Record: 133-108 (4-7 Big South) Overall Record: 133-108

* Monmouth meets Kent State for the first time * R-Freshman QB KENJI BAHAR was 5-of-7 passing 2016 SCHEDULE on Saturday. It is the Hawks’ second-ever game for 93 yards, and caught a pass before he threw one DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME against an FBS opponent -- both from the MAC. -- a 15-yard grab from MATT CHOI. Bahar scored his Sept. 3 at Lehigh W, 23-21 first career TD on an 8-yard run in the 2nd quarter. Sept. 10 at Delaware State W, 34-20 * This is the first time in the programs 24-year his- Sept. 17 at Kent State 3:30pm tory that the Hawks opened a season with three * Freshmen DEs KENEEK TOMLINSON and LOWELL Sept. 24 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN * 1:00pm straight road games. KELLY-GAMBLE recorded their first career sacks Oct. 1 FORDHAM 1:00pm against the Hornets. Oct. 8 at Howard 1:00pm * The Hawks dominated time of possession at Del- Oct. 13 at Presbyterian * 7:00pm aware State, 41:37 to 18:23, and ran 88 plays with * DARNELL LESLIE recovered a and KAMAU Oct. 22 at Liberty * 3:30pm an average of 5.0 yards per play. DUMAS snagged his first career interception in the Oct. 29 KENNESAW STATE * 1:00pm win. Dumas also had a season-long 46-yard kickoff Nov. 5 at Coastal Carolina 2:00pm * Monmouth’s defense has not allowed a point in return in the 3rd quarter. Nov. 19 at Gardner-Webb * 1:30pm the first half all season. Meanwhile, the Hawks have held each of their first two opponents to * RB LAVON CHANEY stands at 2,707 career all-pur- less than 300 yards, extending their streak to four pose yards, and is 293 yards away from becoming * - Big South Conference game games dating back to last season. the 19th player in Big South history with 3,000. HOME GAME IN BOLD CAPS

PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE BLUE HOSE (0-2, 0-0 Big South) Head Coach: Harold Nichols (8th year) PC Record: 17-62 (8-32 Big South) Overall Record: 17-62

* Presbyterian meets Campbell for the second * Bridges has proved versatile through two games 2016 SCHEDULE time on Saturday. The Blue Hose won the first with a team-high six receptions for 18 yards on the DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME meeting last year, a 23-13 home victory on Sept. year and three kickoff returns for 66 yards. Sept. 1 at Central Michigan L, 3-49 19. Sept. 10 at #6/6 Chattanooga L, 0-34 * Rosier now has 8.0 sacks and 18.5 tackles for loss Sept. 17 at Campbell 6:00pm * PC held Chattanooga without a 3rd-down conver- in his career. Sept. 24 FLORIDA TECH 7:00pm sion last week, as the Mocs went 0-for-9 on third Oct. 8 at Gardner-Webb * 6:00pm downs. * The Presbyterian defense has looked strong on Oct. 13 MONMOUTH * 7:00pm third downs through two games, holding opponents Oct. 22 at Charleston Southern * 6:00pm • RB DARRELL BRIDGES rushed 18 times for 89 to 3-of-18 on 3rd-down conversions on the young Oct. 29 COASTAL CAROLINA 2:00pm yards to lead the PC offense against his home- season. Nov. 5 LIBERTY * 2:00pm town team. The added 10 receiving Nov. 12 at Kennesaw State * 12:00pm yards and 66 kickoff return yards in the game to * PC is second in the Big South in quarterback sacks Nov. 19 at Florida TBA finish with 165 all-purpose yards. with seven. The Blue Hose tallied four in the open- er at Central Michigan and added three this past * DL KHARI ROSIER recorded a career-high eight weekk at Chattanooga. * - Big South Conference game tackles, including 1.5 sacks and 2.5 TFL at UTC. HOME GAME IN BOLD CAPS

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TOP 10 CAREER RUSHING LEADERS TOP 10 CAREER PASSING LEADERS TOP 10 CAREER RECEIVING LEADERS RUSHING YARDS PASSING YARDS RECEPTIONS 4,725 Miguel Maysonet, Stony Brook 10,266 Josh Woodrum, Liberty 223 James Perry III, Gardner-Webb 3,633 Rashad Jennings, Liberty 9,918 Alex Ross, Coastal Carolina 215 Darrin Peterson, Liberty 3,479 De’Angelo Henderson, Coastal Carolina 9,768 Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern 202 Maurice Price, Charleston Southern 3,409 Dre Barnes, Liberty 8,175 Lucas Beatty, Gardner-Webb 188 Duvaughn Flagler, Gardner-Webb 3,223 Sean Mizzer, VMI 7,036 Brock Smith, Liberty 188 Chris Summers, Liberty 2,860 Howard Abegesah, VMI 6,690 Nick Roberts, Gardner-Webb 188 Kenny Cook, Gardner-Webb 2,631 Lance Byrd, Presbyterian 6,598 Tyler Thigpen, Coastal Carolina 183 Matt Hazel, Coastal Carolina 2,479 Zach Terrell, Liberty 6,360 Zach MacDowall, Coastal Carolina 166 Gerald Stevenson, Charleston Southern 2,456 Tim Maypray, VMI 6,142 Eric Kordenbrock, VMI 162 Pat Kelly, Liberty 2,447 Brock Jackolski, Stony Brook 6,072 Mike Brown, Liberty 161 , Coastal Carolina

ATTEMPTS TOUCHDOWN PASSES RECEIVING YARDS 695 Miguel Maysonet, Stony Brook 73 Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern 3,170 Darrin Peterson, Liberty 647 Sean Mizzer, VMI 72 Alex Ross, Coastal Carolina 2,720 Jerome Simpson, Coastal Carolina 633 Rashad Jennings, Liberty 61 Josh Woodrum, Liberty 2,712 Chris Summers, Liberty 630 Juanne Blount, Gardner-Web 53 Tyler Thigpen, Coastal Carolina 2,673 James Perry III, Gardner-Webb 563 Dre Barnes, Liberty 50 Brock Smith, Liberty 2,553 Matt Hazel, Coastal Carolina 538 De’Angelo Henderson, Coastal Carolina 48 Nick Roberts, Gardner-Webb 2,552 Duvaughn Flagler, Gardner-Webb 517 Lance Byrd, Presbyterian 45 Zach MacDowall, Coastal Carolina 2,432 Kenny Cook, Gardner-Webb 512 Howard Abegesah, VMI 45 Mike Brown, Liberty 2,429 Maurice Price, Charleston Southern 504 Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern 43 Kyle Essington, Stony Brook 2,140 Gerald Stevenson, Charleston Southern 473 Zach Terrell, Liberty 42 Lucas Beatty, Gardner-Webb 2,107 Pat Kelly, Liberty

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS COMPLETIONS TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS 48 Miguel Maysonet, Stony Brook 833 Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern 44 Jerome Simpson, Coastal Carolina 46 Aundres Perkins, Coastal Carolina 832 Josh Woodrum, Liberty 31 Duvaughn Flagler, Gardner-Webb 42 Rashad Jennings, Liberty 760 Alex Ross, Coastal Carolina 28 Matt Hazel, Coastal Carolina 42 De’Angelo Henderson, Coastal Carolina 737 Lucas Beatty, Gardner-Webb 27 Darrin Peterson, Liberty 32 Lorenzo Taliaferro, Coastal Carolina 597 Nick Roberts, Gardner-Webb 26 Chris Summers, Liberty 29 Zach Terrell, Liberty 567 Eric Kordenbrock, VMI 21 William Andrews Jr., Gardner-Webb 29 Mike Brown, Liberty 506 Stan Doolittle, Gardner-Webb 21 Kenny Cook, Gardner-Webb 28 SirChauncey Holloway, Liberty 494 Zach MacDowall, Coastal Carolina 20 Kevin Norrell, Stony Brook 27 Patrick Hall, Gardner-Webb 486 Tyler Thigpen, Coastal Carolina 20 Jordan Gush, Stony Brook 27 Aldreakis Allen, Liberty 484 Brock Smith, Liberty 19 Maurice Price, Charleston Southern 27 Desmond Rice, Liberty ATTEMPTS RECEPTIONS – TIGHT ENDS 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES 1,344 Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern 90 Seth Cranfill, Gardner-Webb 22 Rashad Jennings, Liberty 1,304 Josh Woodrum, Liberty 89 MIKE ESTES, Gardner-Webb 21 Miguel Maysonet, Stony Brook 1,209 Lucas Beatty, Gardner-Webb 65 David Duran, Coastal Carolina 18 De’Angelo Henderson, Coastal Carolina 1,174 Alex Ross, Coastal Carolina 59 Josh Miller, Gardner-Webb 17 Dre Barnes, Liberty 1,052 Eric Kordenbrock, VMI 47 Mario Thompson, VMI 15 Sean Mizzer, VMI 1,007 Nick Roberts, Gardner-Webb 46 Chris Luck, Liberty 13 Howard Abegesah, VMI 879 Tyler Thigpen, Coastal Carolina 42 Joey Gilkey, Presbyterian 12 Brock Jackolski, Stony Brook 832 Zach MacDowall, Coastal Carolina 40 Hakeem Valles, Monmouth 10 Edwin Gowins, Stony Brook 821 Stan Doolittle, Gardner-Webb 36 Dexter Herman, Liberty 9 Chris Foster, Gardner-Webb 806 Brock Smith, Liberty 35 Nathan Prater, Charleston Southern 9 Lorenzo Taliaferro, Coastal Carolina 9 Christian Reyes, Charleston Southern 3-TOUCHDOWN PASSING GAMES TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS – TIGHT ENDS 12 Alex Ross, Coastal Carolina 8 Brandon Apon, Liberty RUSHING YARDS, QUARTERBACK 9 Nick Roberts, Gardner-Webb 8 MIKE ESTES, Gardner-Webb 1,785 Tim Maypray, VMI 9 Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern 6 Bryan Meers, Charleston Southern 1,638 Tyler Thigpen, Coastal Carolina 8 Tyler Thigpen, Coastal Carolina 6 Clayton Coffman, Charleston Southern 1,564 Alex Ross, Coastal Carolina 8 Kyle Essington, Stony Brook 6 Joey Gilkey, Presbyterian 1,379 Mike Brown, Liberty 8 Josh Woodrum, Liberty 6 Nathan Prater, Charleston Southern 1,286 Kyle Hughes, VMI 7 Brock Smith, Liberty 6 Thomas Pauciello, Coastal Carolina 1,274 TYRELL MAXWELL, Gardner-Webb 7 Zach MacDowall, Coastal Carolina 1,262 Malcolm Dixon, Charleston Southern 6 Aramis Hillary, Coastal Carolina RECEPTIONS – RUNNING BACK 1,182 Nick Roberts, Gardner-Webb 5 Mike Brown, Liberty 77 De’Angelo Henderson, Coastal Carolina 1,032 TREY WHITE, Kennesaw State 75 David Montgomery, Gardner-Webb 859 Aramis Hillary, Coastal Carolina 300-YARD PASSING GAMES 75 LAVON CHANEY, Monmouth 9 Josh Woodrum, Liberty 70 Eric O’Neal, Coastal Carolina RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS, QUARTERBACK 7 Lucas Beatty, Gardner-Webb 68 Jermaine Boston, Gardner-Webb 19 Nick Roberts, Gardner-Webb 7 Alex Ross, Coastal Carolina 66 Aldreakis Allen, Liberty 19 Mike Brown, Liberty 6 Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern 64 Sean Mizzer, VMI 19 Alex Ross, Coastal Carolina 5 Tyler Thigpen, Coastal Carolina 58 Juanne Blount, Gardner-Webb 18 Tim Maypray, VMI 5 Zach MacDowall, Coastal Carolina 54 Jeremy Height, Coastal Carolina 17 Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern 5 Mike Brown, Liberty 53 Lance Byrd, Presbyterian 4 Eric Kordenbrock, VMI 3 Devin Campbell, Gardner-Webb TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS - RUNNING BACK 3 Brandon Miley, Presbyterian 6 Sam Gado, Liberty 3 Brandon Hill, Monmouth 5 Brock Jackolski, Stony Brook 4 four players tied with

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TOP 10 CAREER TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS TOP 10 CAREER SCORING LEADERS TOP 10 CAREER LEADERS TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED TOTAL TACKLES 11,482 Alex Ross, Coastal Carolina 53 Miguel Maysonet, Stony Brook 454 Jada Ross, Charleston Southern 10,690 Josh Woodrum, Liberty 47 Aundres Perkins, Coastal Carolina 441 Quinn Backus, Coastal Carolina 10,571 Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern 46 Rashad Jennings, Liberty 402 Donelle Williams, Presbyterian 8,236 Tyler Thigpen, Coastal Carolina 46 De’Angelo Henderson, Coastal Carolina 364 Jamar Leath, Coastal Carolina 7,947 Mike Brown, Liberty 44 Jerome Simpson, Coastal Carolina 353 A.J. Gross, VMI 7,897 Lucas Beatty, Gardner-Webb 38 Tim Maypray, VMI 348 Manny Rojas, Liberty 7,872 Nick Roberts, Gardner-Webb 34 Lorenzo Taliaferro, Coastal Carolina 345 Jeffery Williams, Gardner-Webb 7,189 Brock Smith, Liberty 32 Duvaughn Flagler, Gardner-Webb 324 Tanner Burch, Gardner-Webb 7,139 Zach MacDowall, Coastal Carolina 32 Mike Brown, Liberty 323 Marty Patterson, Gardner-Webb 5,720 Eric Kordenbrock, VMI 32 Brock Jackolski, Stony Brook 313 Mario Brown, Gardner-Webb

TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS OVERALL SCORING TACKLES-FOR-LOSS 1,848 Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern 318 Miguel Maysonet, Stony Brook 53.5 Brian Johnston, Gardner-Webb 1,565 Alex Ross, Coastal Carolina 316 Wesley Skiffington, Stony Brook 46.5 Preston Pemasa, Gardner-Webb 1,532 Josh Woodrum, Liberty 309 Matt Bevins, Liberty 44.0 Chima Uzowihe, Liberty 1,454 Lucas Beatty, Gardner-Webb 297 Josh Hoke, Coastal Carolina 38.0 Marty Patterson, Gardner-Webb 1,361 Nick Roberts, Gardner-Webb 294 John Lunsford, Liberty 36.0 A.J. Gross, VMI 1,224 Tyler Thigpen, Coastal Carolina 286 Aundres Perkins, Coastal Carolina 35.5 Jonna Lee, Charleston Southern 1,138 Eric Kordenbrock, VMI 278 Rashad Jennings, Liberty 34.5 Adrain Grady, Coastal Carolina 1,104 Mike Brown, Liberty 278 De’Angelo Henderson, Coastal Carolina 34.5 O.J. Mau, Gardner-Webb 1,085 Zach MacDowall, Coastal Carolina 264 Jerome Simpson, Coastal Carolina 34.0 Maurice Simpkins, Coastal Carolina 1,076 Stan Doolittle, Gardner-Webb 260 Alex Catron, Coastal Carolina 32.5 Jada Ross, Charleston Southern

300-YARD TOTAL OFFENSE GAMES KICK SCORING QUARTERBACK SACKS 16 Alex Ross, Coastal Carolina 316 Wesley Skiffington, Stony Brook 25.0 Chima Uzowihe, Liberty 15 Mike Brown, Liberty 309 Matt Bevins, Liberty 20.5 Brian Johnston, Gardner-Webb 11 Collin Drafts, Charleston Southern 297 Josh Hoke, Coastal Carolina 17.0 Adrain Grady, Coastal Carolina 10 Tyler Thigpen, Coastal Carolina 294 John Lunsford, Liberty 16.5 Phillip Oboh, Coastal Carolina 8 Josh Woodrum, Liberty 260 Alex Catron, Coastal Carolina 16.5 Preston Pemasa, Gardner-Webb 7 Zach MacDowall, Coastal Carolina 240 Justin Durham, Coastal Carolina 15.0 Jordan Woods, Gardner-Webb 6 Nick Roberts, Gardner-Webb 228 Hunter Smith, Gardner-Webb 14.5 Damiso Alexander, VMI 6 Aramis Hillary, Coastal Carolina 214 Nick Ellis, Charleston Southern 14.0 Aaron DeBerry, Liberty 5 Lucas Beatty, Gardner-Webb 198 Ryan Gates, Gardner-Webb 14.0 Maurice Simpkins, Coastal Carolina 4 Devin Campbell, Gardner-Webb 143 John Paglia, Charleston Southern 14.0 Toby Onyechi, Liberty 4 Eric Kordenbrock, VMI 14.0 Roderick Holder, Coastal Carolina

TOP 10 CAREER PUNT RETURN LEADERS TOP 10 CAREER KICKOFF RETURN LEADERS TOP 10 CAREER ALL-PURPOSE LEADERS PUNT RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS ALL-PURPOSE YARDS 78 Niccolo Mastromatteo, Coastal Carolina 109 J.J. Hubbard, Gardner-Webb 6,129 Tim Maypray, VMI 49 Jordan Gush, Stony Brook 102 Gerald Stevenson, Charleston Southern 5,684 Gerald Stevenson, Charleston Southern 43 Wynton Jackson, Liberty 98 Tim Maypray, VMI 5,331 Miguel Maysonet, Stony Brook 42 David Parker, Coastal Carolina 97 Michael Ruff, Presbyterian 4,621 Sean Mizzer, VMI 41 J.J. Hubbard, Gardner-Webb 80 Tyson Petty, Gardner-Webb 4,407 Brock Jackolski, Stony Brook 36 Kory Alston, Gardner-Webb 74 Devin Brown, Coastal Carolina 4,210 De’Angelo Henderson, Coastal Carolina 35 DARIUS HAMMOND, Charleston So. 71 DARIUS HAMMOND, Charleston So. 4,155 Rashad Jennings, Liberty 34 Adrian Hall, Liberty 60 Adrian Hall, Liberty 3,782 Dre Barnes, Liberty 34 Charles James, Charleston Southern 59 Brock Jackolski, Stony Brook 3,614 Duvaughn Flagler, Gardner-Webb 34 Cedric Byrd, Presbyterian 59 Tre Henderson, Coastal Carolina 3,600 Michael Ruff, Presbyterian

PUNT RETURN YARDS KICKOFF RETURN YARDS 200-YARD ALL-PURPOSE GAMES 633 Niccolo Mastromatteo, Coastal Carolina 2,449 Gerald Stevenson, Charleston Southern 10 Tim Maypray, VMI 556 DARIUS HAMMOND, Charleston So. 2,422 J.J. Hubbard, Gardner-Webb 7 Brock Jackolski, Stony Brook 525 Wynton Jackson, Liberty 2,181 Tim Maypray, VMI 6 Rashad Jennings, Liberty 484 Kory Alston, Gardner-Webb 1,983 Devin Brown, Coastal Carolina 6 Gerald Stevenson, Charleston Southern 345 David Parker, Coastal Carolina 1,971 Michael Ruff, Presbyterian 6 Miguel Maysonet, Stony Brook 330 Charles James, Charleston Southern 1,653 DARIUS HAMMOND, Charleston So. 5 Dre Barnes, Liberty 313 Tim Maypray, VMI 1,642 Brock Jackolski, Stony Brook 3 DARIUS HAMMOND, Charleston So. 311 Jordan Gush, Stony Brook 1,604 Tyson Petty, Gardner-Webb 3 LAVON CHANEY, Monmouth 308 Dominic Bolden, Liberty 1,409 Dominic Bolden, Liberty 2 12 players tied with 302 J.J. Hubbard, Gardner-Webb 1,392 Kevin Fogg, Liberty

PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWNS KICKOFF RETURN TOUCHDOWNS 3 Kory Alston, Gardner-Webb 5 Devin Brown, Coastal Carolina 2 four players tied with 3 four players tied with

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2016 Big South Conference Football Individual Statistics (ALL GAMES) To be ranked in per game averages, a player must appear in at least 75.0% of their team’s games.

RUSHING AVG/GAME Team Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Long Yds/G Team Cl G Int Yds TD ------1. LEWIS, Khalil...... GWU SO 2 42 230 5.5 4 23 115.0 1. COOK, Aaron...... GWU SR 2 1 31 0 2. MAXWELL, Tyrell..... GWU JR 2 38 225 5.9 2 34 112.5 MCGOWENS, Troy...... CSU SR 3 1 30 0 3. CHANEY, Lavon...... MU SR 2 34 165 4.9 2 18 82.5 DUNBAR, Kenyatta.... GWU JR 2 1 15 0 4. MACON, Todd...... LIBE JR 2 28 162 5.8 2 49 81.0 MCGINTY, Solomon.... LIBE JR 2 1 10 0 5. REED, Micah...... KSU SR 2 27 145 5.4 1 33 72.5 BEIDEL, Grant...... PC JR 2 1 4 0 6. MOSLEY, Carrington.. LIBE JR 2 26 134 5.2 1 12 67.0 HARRELSON, Seth..... CSU SR 3 1 4 0 7. BRIDGES, Darrell.... PC JR 2 39 128 3.3 0 13 64.0 LESLIE, Marcus...... MU JR 2 1 1 0 8. BURKS, Chandler..... KSU SO 2 10 127 12.7 1 51 63.5 CARTER, Duronte..... KSU JR 1 1 1 0 9. HICKSON, Frankie.... LIBE FR 2 17 125 7.4 2 19 62.5 HAVIRD, Spencer..... GWU JR 2 1 0 0 10.WELCH, Zach...... MU SR 2 24 109 4.5 1 15 54.5 DUMAS, Kamau...... MU SR 2 1 0 0

PASSING AVG/GAME Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Avg/G PASS EFFIC. (15 ATT/G) Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Eff. ------1. WILLIAMS, Cody...... MU SO 2 48 31 1 64.6 325 1 162.5 1. WILLIAMS, Cody...... MU SO 2 48 31 1 64.6 325 1 124.2 2. MASHA, Stephon...... LIBE JR 2 44 22 3 50.0 251 3 125.5 2. MASHA, Stephon...... LIBE JR 2 44 22 3 50.0 251 3 106.8 3. MAXWELL, Tyrell..... GWU JR 2 44 23 1 52.3 188 0 94.0 3. MAXWELL, Tyrell..... GWU JR 2 44 23 1 52.3 188 0 83.6 4. BURKS, Chandler..... KSU SO 2 22 15 0 68.2 172 3 86.0 4. CHEEK, Ben...... PC SO 2 39 20 2 51.3 134 0 69.9 5. CHEEK, Ben...... PC SO 2 39 20 2 51.3 134 0 67.0 6. BAHAR, Kenji...... MU FR 2 7 5 0 71.4 93 0 46.5 7. CALVERT, Stephen.... LIBE FR 2 12 7 1 58.3 69 0 34.5

TOTAL OFFENSE/GAME Team Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G PUNT RETURN AVG (1.2 pg)Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Long Avg ------1. MAXWELL, Tyrell..... GWU JR 2 225 188 82 413 206.5 1. HENKLE, Taylor...... KSU SO 2 4 40 0 22 10.0 2. WILLIAMS, Cody...... MU SO 2 7 325 56 332 166.0 KING, Damian...... LIBE SO 2 4 40 0 17 10.0 3. BURKS, Chandler..... KSU SO 2 127 172 32 299 149.5 3. DAVIS, DaShawn...... PC SO 2 4 5 0 11 1.2 4. MASHA, Stephon...... LIBE JR 2 16 251 54 267 133.5 5. LEWIS, Khalil...... GWU SO 2 230 0 42 230 115.0 6. CHANEY, Lavon...... MU SR 2 165 0 34 165 82.5 7. MACON, Todd...... LIBE JR 2 162 0 28 162 81.0 8. REED, Micah...... KSU SR 2 145 0 27 145 72.5 9. MOSLEY, Carrington.. LIBE JR 2 134 0 26 134 67.0 10.BRIDGES, Darrell.... PC JR 2 128 0 39 128 64.0

RECEPTIONS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Long Avg/C Rec/G KICK RETURN AVG (1.2 pg)Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Long Avg ------1. WHITE JR., Reggie... MU SO 2 14 147 0 28 10.5 7.00 1. BENNETT, Chaston.... KSU SR 2 3 100 0 55 33.3 2. SUMPTER, Justin..... KSU SO 2 11 134 3 31 12.2 5.50 2. ROLLINS, Brody...... GWU SO 2 6 178 0 44 29.7 3. AMBUSH, Darren...... MU SR 2 9 97 0 27 10.8 4.50 3. BRIDGES, Darrell.... PC JR 2 3 66 0 23 22.0 4. ESTES, Mike...... GWU SR 2 8 79 0 17 9.9 4.00 4. DAVIS, DaShawn...... PC SO 2 5 89 0 24 17.8 5. FARROW, B.J...... LIBE SO 2 6 54 1 14 9.0 3.00 BRIDGES, Darrell.... PC JR 2 6 18 0 9 3.0 3.00 7. DAVIS, DaShawn...... PC SO 2 5 46 0 27 9.2 2.50 8. WILSON, Daryl...... PC SR 2 4 33 0 19 8.2 2.00 CHOI, Matt...... MU SR 2 4 32 0 15 8.0 2.00 PARKER, Zac...... LIBE SR 2 4 31 0 10 7.8 2.00

RECEIVE YDS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Long Avg/C Yds/G PUNTING (3.6 per game) Team Cl G Punts Yds Long Avg ------1. WHITE JR., Reggie... MU SO 2 14 147 0 28 10.5 73.5 1. NORTON, Brett...... PC SO 2 23 971 64 42.2 2. SUMPTER, Justin..... KSU SO 2 11 134 3 31 12.2 67.0 2. KOMORNIK, Andrew.... GWU JR 2 10 413 52 41.3 3. AMBUSH, Darren...... MU SR 2 9 97 0 27 10.8 48.5 3. BURNS, Truett...... CSU SR 3 16 634 54 39.6 4. BROWN, Kameron...... CSU FR 3 5 138 1 57 27.6 46.0 4. TURNER, Trey...... LIBE JR 2 11 434 54 39.5 5. SHELLS, Dante’...... LIBE SR 2 3 87 2 37 29.0 43.5 6. SCOTLAND, Jared..... CSU JR 3 5 119 1 84 23.8 39.7 7. ESTES, Mike...... GWU SR 2 8 79 0 17 9.9 39.5 8. CHANEY, Lavon...... MU SR 2 3 74 0 52 24.7 37.0 9. FARROW, B.J...... LIBE SO 2 6 54 1 14 9.0 27.0 10.HARPER, Xavier...... KSU SO 2 3 52 0 31 17.3 26.0

ALL PURPOSE PER GAME Team Cl G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G SCORING/GAME Team Cl G TD XPT FG 2XP Pts Pts/G ------1. CHANEY, Lavon...... MU SR 2 165 74 0 0 239 119.5 1. LEWIS, Khalil...... GWU SO 2 4 0 0 0 24 12.0 2. LEWIS, Khalil...... GWU SO 2 230 0 0 0 230 115.0 2. SUMPTER, Justin..... KSU SO 2 3 0 0 0 18 9.0 3. MAXWELL, Tyrell..... GWU JR 2 225 0 0 0 225 112.5 3. WHITE, Matt...... MU JR 2 0 6 3 0 15 7.5 4. BRIDGES, Darrell.... PC JR 2 128 18 0 66 212 106.0 4. PROBERT, Alex...... LIBE FR 2 0 8 2 0 14 7.0 5. MACON, Todd...... LIBE JR 2 162 49 0 0 211 105.5 5. CHANEY, Lavon...... MU SR 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.0 6. ROLLINS, Brody...... GWU SO 2 12 0 0 178 190 95.0 MACON, Todd...... LIBE JR 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.0 7. HICKSON, Frankie.... LIBE FR 2 125 13 0 45 183 91.5 SHELLS, Dante’...... LIBE SR 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.0 8. BENNETT, Chaston.... KSU SR 2 24 33 0 100 157 78.5 HICKSON, Frankie.... LIBE FR 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.0 9. WHITE JR., Reggie... MU SO 2 0 147 0 0 147 73.5 MAXWELL, Tyrell..... GWU JR 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.0 DAVIS, DaShawn...... PC SO 2 7 46 5 89 147 73.5 ROYDS, Ed...... MU SR 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.0

SCORING (KICK) Team Cl G PATs FGs Pts Pts/G FIELD GOAL PCT Team Cl G FG FGA Long Pct. ------1. WHITE, Matt...... MU JR 2 6-7 3-5 15 7.5 1. PROBERT, Alex...... LIBE FR 2 2 2 44 100.0 2. PROBERT, Alex...... LIBE FR 2 8-9 2-2 14 7.0 2. WHITE, Matt...... MU JR 2 3 5 46 60.0 3. GENOVESE, Jordan.... KSU SO 2 8-8 1-2 11 5.5 3. GENOVESE, Jordan.... KSU SO 2 1 2 41 50.0 4. SCHUMACHER, Paul.... GWU JR 2 6-6 1-1 9 4.5 4. SMOAK, Jacob...... CSU FR 3 1 3 46 33.3 5. TEKAC, Tyler...... CSU SO 3 7-8 0-1 7 2.3 6. SMOAK, Jacob...... CSU FR 3 2-2 1-3 5 1.7 7. NORTON, Brett...... PC SO 2 0-0 1-1 3 1.5

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2016 Big South Conference Football Individual Statistics (ALL GAMES)

SCORING (TDs) PER GAME Team Cl G TD Rush Pass Ret PAT Pts Pts/G FIELD GOALS/GAME Team Cl G FG FGA Pct. FG/G ------1. LEWIS, Khalil...... GWU SO 2 4 4 0 0 0 24 12.0 1. WHITE, Matt...... MU JR 2 3 5 60.0 1.50 2. SUMPTER, Justin..... KSU SO 2 3 0 3 0 0 18 9.0 2. PROBERT, Alex...... LIBE FR 2 2 2 100.0 1.00 3. MAXWELL, Tyrell..... GWU JR 2 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.0 3. NORTON, Brett...... PC SO 2 1 1 100.0 0.50 ROYDS, Ed...... MU SR 2 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.0 SCHUMACHER, Paul.... GWU JR 2 1 1 100.0 0.50 MACON, Todd...... LIBE JR 2 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.0 GENOVESE, Jordan.... KSU SO 2 1 2 50.0 0.50 SHELLS, Dante’...... LIBE SR 2 2 0 2 0 0 12 6.0 6. SMOAK, Jacob...... CSU FR 3 1 3 33.3 0.33 HICKSON, Frankie.... LIBE FR 2 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.0 CHANEY, Lavon...... MU SR 2 2 2 0 0 0 12 6.0 9. BENNETT, Chaston.... KSU SR 2 1 0 1 0 0 6 3.0 REED, Micah...... KSU SR 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 3.0

PAT KICKING PCT Team Cl G Made Att Pct. ------1. GENOVESE, Jordan.... KSU SO 2 8 8 100.0 SCHUMACHER, Paul.... GWU JR 2 6 6 100.0 3. PROBERT, Alex...... LIBE FR 2 8 9 88.9 4. TEKAC, Tyler...... CSU SO 3 7 8 87.5 5. WHITE, Matt...... MU JR 2 6 7 85.7

TACKLES PER GAME (All positions) SACKS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G Player Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G Sack ------1. TAYLOR, Mike...... CSU SO 3 DL 2 1 12 2.5 0.83 1. GETER, Chad...... GWU SR 2 LB 12 6 18 9.0 1.0 2. MACK, Kamren...... PC SR 2 DL 2 0 6 2.0 1.00 2. BASILE, Mike...... MU JR 2 DB 13 4 17 8.5 0.0 3. CURL, D.J...... CSU SR 3 DB 1 1 16 1.5 0.50 3. WELLS, Juwan...... LIBE SO 2 DE 5 11 16 8.0 0.5 4. ROSIER, Khari...... PC SR 2 DL 1 1 14 1.5 0.75 4. MCGINTY, Solomon.... LIBE JR 2 P 7 6 13 6.5 0.0 5. PORTRESS, Tonarius.. KSU JR 2 DL 1 0 11 1.0 0.50 5. LINDSAY, Jaylen..... PC SO 2 DB 8 4 12 6.0 1.0 BEIDEL, Grant...... PC JR 2 LB 1 0 11 1.0 0.50 PEGUES, Jeffrey..... GWU JR 2 LB 5 7 12 6.0 0.0 7. MCGOWENS, Troy...... CSU SR 3 DB 1 0 8 1.0 0.33 ROBBINS, Dexter..... LIBE SR 2 LB 7 5 12 6.0 0.0 8. GETER, Chad...... GWU SR 2 LB 1 0 8 1.0 0.50 COOK, Aaron...... GWU SR 2 LB 7 5 12 6.0 0.0 TOMLINSON, Keneek... MU FR 2 DL 1 0 4 1.0 0.50 DUNBAR, Kenyatta.... GWU JR 2 LB 8 4 12 6.0 0.0 TALLEY, Zach...... MU SO 2 DL 1 0 3 1.0 0.50 MINNICH, Payton..... MU SR 2 LB 6 6 12 6.0 0.0 PORTRESS, Tonarius.. KSU JR 2 DL 11 1 12 6.0 1.0 TACKLES FOR LOSS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G 12.COLEMAN, Kenneth.... PC SO 2 DB 10 1 11 5.5 0.0 ------NEWMAN, Nick...... LIBE SR 2 LB 3 8 11 5.5 0.0 1. PORTRESS, Tonarius.. KSU JR 2 DL 5 0 21 5.0 2.50 TILLMON, Brandon.... LIBE FR 2 P 7 4 11 5.5 0.0 2. TAYLOR, Mike...... CSU SO 3 DL 3 1 17 3.5 1.17 CARTER, Josh...... GWU SO 2 CB 8 3 11 5.5 0.0 3. ROSIER, Khari...... PC SR 2 DL 2 1 16 2.5 1.25 ROSIER, Khari...... PC SR 2 DL 8 3 11 5.5 1.5 4. GETER, Chad...... GWU SR 2 LB 2 0 12 2.0 1.00 MARTINEZ, Teddie.... MU SR 2 DB 9 2 11 5.5 0.0 TILLMON, Brandon.... LIBE FR 2 P 2 0 3 2.0 1.00 SAM, Izzy...... KSU JR 2 LB 11 0 11 5.5 0.0 SAM, Izzy...... KSU JR 2 LB 2 0 3 2.0 1.00 19.CURL, D.J...... CSU SR 3 DB 10 6 16 5.3 1.5 MCGINTY, Solomon.... LIBE JR 2 P 2 0 14 2.0 1.00 CRUZ, Zane...... CSU JR 3 LB 7 9 16 5.3 0.0 MACK, Kamren...... PC SR 2 DL 2 0 6 2.0 1.00 21.DESSOURCES, Erwin... LIBE SR 2 DE 3 7 10 5.0 0.0 9. GREENE, JaRon...... LIBE SR 2 DT 1 1 7 1.5 0.75 GORE, Anthony...... KSU SO 2 LB 10 0 10 5.0 0.0 TALLEY, Zach...... MU SO 2 DL 1 1 4 1.5 0.75 23.HOPKINS, Shadarius.. CSU SO 3 DB 7 7 14 4.7 0.0 24.LESLIE, Darnell..... MU SR 2 DL 4 5 9 4.5 1.0 FUMBLES FORCED Team Cl G Num Avg/G YOUNG, Braylon...... KSU SO 2 DL 9 0 9 4.5 0.0 ------TURNER, Chris...... LIBE SO 2 CB 6 3 9 4.5 0.0 1. MCGINTY, Solomon.... LIBE JR 2 2 1.00 JALLOH, Alpha...... LIBE SR 2 P 3 6 9 4.5 0.0 WELLS, Juwan...... LIBE SO 2 2 1.00 GUZMAN, Angel...... GWU JR 2 DB 9 0 9 4.5 0.0 3. DUNBAR, Kenyatta.... GWU JR 2 1 0.50 29.OSONDU, Steve...... PC JR 2 LB 7 1 8 4.0 0.0 HOLLOWAY, Tyrin..... LIBE JR 2 1 0.50 HAVIRD, Spencer..... GWU JR 2 DB 5 3 8 4.0 0.0 DESSOURCES, Erwin... LIBE SR 2 1 0.50 DOZIER, Triston..... GWU SO 2 CB 7 1 8 4.0 0.0 6. CURL, D.J...... CSU SR 3 1 0.33 FARROW, Derrick..... KSU SR 2 DB 7 1 8 4.0 0.0 TAYLOR, Mike...... CSU SO 3 1 0.33 BEIDEL, Grant...... PC JR 2 LB 4 4 8 4.0 1.0 RALLS, Akebren...... KSU SO 2 DB 8 0 8 4.0 0.0 FUMBLES RCVD Team Cl G Num Avg/G SMITH, Dimitriu..... MU SR 2 DL 5 3 8 4.0 0.0 ------36.LESLIE, Marcus...... MU JR 2 DB 6 1 7 3.5 0.0 1. JALLOH, Alpha...... LIBE SR 2 2 1.00 GREENE, JaRon...... LIBE SR 2 DT 2 5 7 3.5 0.5 2. LESLIE, Darnell..... MU SR 2 1 0.50 RAMSEUR, Josh...... GWU SO 2 NG 1 6 7 3.5 0.0 NEWMAN, Nick...... LIBE SR 2 1 0.50 GREEN, Kevin...... PC SR 2 DB 7 0 7 3.5 0.0 CARTER, Josh...... GWU SO 2 1 0.50 HOLLOWAY, Tyrin..... LIBE JR 2 CB 5 2 7 3.5 0.0 AVERY, Tolen...... LIBE SO 2 1 0.50 MACK, Kamren...... PC SR 2 DL 7 0 7 3.5 2.0 DESSOURCES, Erwin... LIBE SR 2 1 0.50 42.TAYLOR, Mike...... CSU SO 3 DL 5 5 10 3.3 2.5 7. CRUZ, Zane...... CSU JR 3 1 0.33 43.SAYEGH, Landon...... CSU SO 3 LB 6 3 9 3.0 0.0 HENKLE, Taylor...... KSU SO 2 DB 6 0 6 3.0 0.0 PASSES DEFENDED Team Cl G Brup Int Total Avg/G FUIMAONO, P.J...... GWU JR 2 DE 2 4 6 3.0 0.0 ------DAVIS, Rion...... LIBE FR 2 P 2 4 6 3.0 0.0 1. TURNER, Chris...... LIBE SO 2 3 0 3 1.50 MCKINNEY, Jaylyn.... LIBE FR 2 LB 3 3 6 3.0 0.0 YA-SIN, Rock...... PC SO 2 3 0 3 1.50 CLABOUGH, Dustin.... KSU FR 2 DB 5 1 6 3.0 0.0 3. DUNBAR, Kenyatta.... GWU JR 2 1 1 2 1.00 49.HARRELSON, Seth..... CSU SR 3 LB 5 3 8 2.7 0.0 HOLLOWAY, Tyrin..... LIBE JR 2 1 1 2 1.00 MCGOWENS, Troy...... CSU SR 3 DB 3 5 8 2.7 1.0 COLEMAN, Kenneth.... PC SO 2 2 0 2 1.00 LINDSAY, Jaylen..... PC SO 2 1 1 2 1.00 RALLS, Akebren...... KSU SO 2 2 0 2 1.00 DUMAS, Kamau...... MU SR 2 1 1 2 1.00 LESLIE, Marcus...... MU JR 2 1 1 2 1.00 10.HOPKINS, Shadarius.. CSU SO 3 2 0 2 0.67

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2016 Big South Conference Football Team Statistics (ALL GAMES)

SCORING OFFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G ------1. Liberty...... 2 9 8 0 0 2 0 68 34.0 1. Gardner-Webb...... 2 106 598 5.6 6 299.0 2. Kennesaw State...... 2 9 9 0 0 1 0 66 33.0 2. Kennesaw State...... 2 105 578 5.5 5 289.0 3. Monmouth...... 2 7 6 0 0 3 0 57 28.5 3. Charleston Southern. 3 120 726 6.1 8 242.0 4. Charleston Southern. 3 11 9 1 0 1 1 82 27.3 4. Monmouth...... 2 107 421 3.9 6 210.5 5. Gardner-Webb...... 2 6 6 0 0 1 0 45 22.5 5. Liberty...... 2 86 409 4.8 5 204.5 6. Presbyterian...... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.5 6. Presbyterian...... 2 74 130 1.8 0 65.0

SCORING DEFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg RUSHING DEFENSE G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G ------1. Kennesaw State...... 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 23 11.5 1. Kennesaw State...... 2 79 200 2.5 2 100.0 2. Monmouth...... 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 41 20.5 2. Monmouth...... 2 55 204 3.7 3 102.0 3. Liberty...... 2 5 5 0 0 2 1 43 21.5 3. Charleston Southern. 3 115 468 4.1 5 156.0 4. Gardner-Webb...... 2 6 5 0 0 3 0 50 25.0 4. Gardner-Webb...... 2 60 322 5.4 1 161.0 5. Charleston Southern. 3 11 11 0 0 2 0 83 27.7 5. Liberty...... 2 87 379 4.4 1 189.5 6. Presbyterian...... 2 12 11 0 0 0 0 83 41.5 6. Presbyterian...... 2 75 472 6.3 6 236.0

PASS OFFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G ------1. Monmouth...... 2 56 37 1 66.1 433 7.7 1 216.5 1. Kennesaw State...... 2 578 315 140 893 6.4 9 446.5 2. Liberty...... 2 56 29 4 51.8 320 5.7 3 160.0 2. Monmouth...... 2 421 433 163 854 5.2 7 427.0 3. Kennesaw State...... 2 35 24 0 68.6 315 9.0 4 157.5 3. Gardner-Webb...... 2 598 195 151 793 5.3 6 396.5 4. Charleston Southern. 3 49 20 1 40.8 358 7.3 2 119.3 4. Liberty...... 2 409 320 142 729 5.1 8 364.5 5. Gardner-Webb...... 2 45 24 1 53.3 195 4.3 0 97.5 5. Charleston Southern. 3 726 358 169 1084 6.4 10 361.3 6. Presbyterian...... 2 45 24 2 53.3 192 4.3 0 96.0 6. Presbyterian...... 2 130 192 119 322 2.7 0 161.0

PASS DEFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds/G ------1. Monmouth...... 2 40 24 2 60.0 256 6.4 2 128.0 1. Monmouth...... 2 204 256 95 460 4.8 5 230.0 2. Kennesaw State...... 2 51 31 1 60.8 356 7.0 0 178.0 2. Kennesaw State...... 2 200 356 130 556 4.3 2 278.0 3. Charleston Southern. 3 80 52 2 65.0 535 6.7 5 178.3 3. Charleston Southern. 3 468 535 195 1003 5.1 10 334.3 4. Liberty...... 2 60 36 2 60.0 378 6.3 4 189.0 4. Liberty...... 2 379 378 147 757 5.1 5 378.5 5. Presbyterian...... 2 42 27 2 64.3 516 12.3 5 258.0 5. Gardner-Webb...... 2 322 639 143 961 6.7 6 480.5 6. Gardner-Webb...... 2 83 61 3 73.5 639 7.7 5 319.5 6. Presbyterian...... 2 472 516 117 988 8.4 11 494.0

KICKOFF RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg PUNT RETURN AVG G Ret Yds TD Avg ------1. Kennesaw State...... 2 5 125 0 25.0 1. Charleston Southern. 3 9 238 1 26.4 2. Gardner-Webb...... 2 9 219 0 24.3 2. Liberty...... 2 5 57 0 11.4 3. Liberty...... 2 2 45 0 22.5 3. Kennesaw State...... 2 4 40 0 10.0 4. Charleston Southern. 3 8 173 0 21.6 4. Monmouth...... 2 4 30 0 7.5 5. Monmouth...... 2 5 98 0 19.6 5. Presbyterian...... 2 4 5 0 1.2 6. Presbyterian...... 2 11 198 0 18.0 6. Gardner-Webb...... 2 1 0 0 0.0

PUNTING G No. Yards Avg/P PR Avg TB Net/P PASS EFFICIENCY G Att Cmp Pct Int Yds TD Effi c ------1. Kennesaw State...... 2 7 277 39.6 -4 -0.6 0 40.1 1. Kennesaw State...... 2 35 24 68.6 0 315 4 181.9 2. Presbyterian...... 2 23 971 42.2 39 1.7 1 39.7 2. Monmouth...... 2 56 37 66.1 1 433 1 133.3 3. Liberty...... 2 11 434 39.5 16 1.5 0 38.0 3. Charleston Southern. 3 49 20 40.8 1 358 2 111.6 4. Gardner-Webb...... 2 10 413 41.3 22 2.2 1 37.1 4. Liberty...... 2 56 29 51.8 4 320 3 103.2 5. Charleston Southern. 3 16 634 39.6 102 6.4 0 33.2 5. Gardner-Webb...... 2 45 24 53.3 1 195 0 85.3 6. Monmouth...... 2 5 156 31.2 43 8.6 0 22.6 6. Presbyterian...... 2 45 24 53.3 2 192 0 80.3

|--Gained--||---Lost---| PASS DEF EFFICIENCY G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Effi c TURNOVER MARGIN G Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Mar Per/G ------1. Kennesaw State...... 2 51 31 1 60.8 356 0 115.5 1. Liberty...... 2 6 2 8 1 4 5 +3 1.50 2. Monmouth...... 2 40 24 2 60.0 256 2 120.3 2. Monmouth...... 2 1 2 3 0 1 1 +2 1.00 3. Liberty...... 2 60 36 2 60.0 378 4 128.3 3. Gardner-Webb...... 2 1 3 4 3 1 4 +0 0.00 4. Charleston Southern. 3 80 52 2 65.0 535 5 136.8 4. Kennesaw State...... 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 -1 -0.50 5. Gardner-Webb...... 2 83 61 3 73.5 639 5 150.8 5. Charleston Southern. 3 2 2 4 5 1 6 -2 -0.67 6. Presbyterian...... 2 42 27 2 64.3 516 5 197.2 6. Presbyterian...... 2 0 2 2 2 2 4 -2 -1.00

FIRST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total 3RD-DN CONVERSIONS G Conv Att Pct ------1. Gardner-Webb...... 2 31 13 3 47 1. Gardner-Webb...... 2 15 31 48.4 2. Monmouth...... 2 22 19 5 46 2. Kennesaw State...... 2 11 23 47.8 3. Kennesaw State...... 2 28 12 5 45 3. Monmouth...... 2 14 34 41.2 4. Charleston Southern. 3 30 11 3 44 4. Liberty...... 2 11 30 36.7 5. Liberty...... 2 19 15 5 39 5. Charleston Southern. 3 8 31 25.8 6. Presbyterian...... 2 7 10 1 18 6. Presbyterian...... 2 5 32 15.6

OPPONENT 1ST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total OPP 3RD-DN CONVERT G Conv Att Pct ------1. Monmouth...... 2 11 12 1 25 1. Presbyterian...... 2 3 18 16.7 2. Kennesaw State...... 2 13 18 4 35 2. Kennesaw State...... 2 10 29 34.5 3. Liberty...... 2 17 21 1 39 3. Gardner-Webb...... 2 10 26 38.5 Presbyterian...... 2 20 14 5 39 4. Charleston Southern. 3 16 40 40.0 5. Gardner-Webb...... 2 14 34 0 48 5. Monmouth...... 2 9 21 42.9 6. Charleston Southern. 3 27 24 5 56 6. Liberty...... 2 13 30 43.3

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2016 Big South Conference Football Team Statistics (ALL GAMES)

SACKS BY G Sacks Yards SACKS AGAINST G Sacks Yards ------1. Charleston Southern. 3 12 93 1. Liberty...... 2 1 6 2. Presbyterian...... 2 7 38 Monmouth...... 2 1 3 3. Monmouth...... 2 4 14 3. Kennesaw State...... 2 2 12 4. Kennesaw State...... 2 3 30 4. Gardner-Webb...... 2 4 28 5. Liberty...... 2 1 11 5. Presbyterian...... 2 6 46 Gardner-Webb...... 2 1 8 6. Charleston Southern. 3 8 64

PENALTIES G No Yds Avg/G FIELD GOALS G Made Att Pct ------1. Gardner-Webb...... 2 9 66 33.0 1. Liberty...... 2 2 2 1.000 2. Presbyterian...... 2 9 92 46.0 Gardner-Webb...... 2 1 1 1.000 3. Liberty...... 2 18 115 57.5 Presbyterian...... 2 1 1 1.000 4. Charleston Southern. 3 24 191 63.7 4. Monmouth...... 2 3 5 .600 5. Kennesaw State...... 2 17 168 84.0 5. Kennesaw State...... 2 1 2 .500 Monmouth...... 2 19 168 84.0 6. Charleston Southern. 3 1 4 .250

OPPONENT PENALTIES G No Yds Avg/G PAT KICKING G Made Att Pct ------1. Kennesaw State...... 2 22 186 93.0 1. Kennesaw State...... 2 9 9 1.000 2. Gardner-Webb...... 2 20 142 71.0 Gardner-Webb...... 2 6 6 1.000 3. Charleston Southern. 3 18 190 63.3 3. Charleston Southern. 3 9 10 .900 4. Presbyterian...... 2 11 101 50.5 4. Liberty...... 2 8 9 .889 5. Monmouth...... 2 11 97 48.5 5. Monmouth...... 2 6 7 .857 6. Liberty...... 2 11 83 41.5 6. Presbyterian...... 2 0 0 .000

4TH-DN CONVERSIONS G Conv Att Pct TIME OF POSSESSION G Total Time Avg/G ------1. Gardner-Webb...... 2 3 4 75.0 1. Monmouth...... 2 79:15 39:37 2. Liberty...... 2 2 3 66.7 2. Gardner-Webb...... 2 69:51 34:55 3. Monmouth...... 2 5 8 62.5 3. Presbyterian...... 2 60:32 30:16 4. Kennesaw State...... 2 1 2 50.0 4. Kennesaw State...... 2 58:35 29:17 5. Charleston Southern. 3 1 3 33.3 5. Charleston Southern. 3 86:49 28:56 6. Presbyterian...... 2 0 1 0.0 6. Liberty...... 2 56:06 28:03

OPP 4TH-DN CONVERT G Conv Att Pct KICKOFF COVERAGE G No. Yards Avg Retn TB NetAvg ------1. Presbyterian...... 2 0 0 0.0 1. Kennesaw State...... 2 11 687 62.5 155 1 46.1 Charleston Southern. 3 0 1 0.0 2. Presbyterian...... 2 3 195 65.0 11 2 44.7 3. Monmouth...... 2 1 3 33.3 3. Liberty...... 2 13 817 62.8 112 6 42.7 4. Liberty...... 2 1 2 50.0 4. Monmouth...... 2 12 692 57.7 114 3 41.9 Kennesaw State...... 2 1 2 50.0 5. Gardner-Webb...... 2 9 539 59.9 68 4 41.2 6. Gardner-Webb...... 2 1 1 100.0 6. Charleston Southern. 3 15 852 56.8 262 1 37.7

RED ZONE OFFENSE G RedZone Percent TDs R/P FG-AT Fumb/Int/Downs/Other ------1. Gardner-Webb...... 2 7-8 87.5 6 6/0 1-1 1/ 0/ 0/ 0 2. Liberty...... 2 6-7 85.7 5 4/1 1-1 0/ 1/ 0/ 0 3. Kennesaw State...... 2 8-10 80.0 7 4/3 1-2 0/ 0/ 1/ 0 4. Monmouth...... 2 9-12 75.0 7 6/1 2-4 0/ 0/ 1/ 0 5. Charleston Southern. 3 5-9 55.6 5 5/0 0-1 2/ 0/ 1/ 0 6. Presbyterian...... 2 1-3 33.3 0 0/0 1-1 2/ 0/ 0/ 0

RED ZONE DEFENSE G RedZone Percent TDs R/P FG-AT Fumb/Int/Downs/Other ------1. Presbyterian...... 2 4-6 66.7 4 4/0 0-1 0/ 0/ 1/ 0 2. Gardner-Webb...... 2 7-10 70.0 5 0/5 2-3 1/ 1/ 0/ 0 3. Charleston Southern. 3 3-4 75.0 3 2/1 0-1 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 4. Liberty...... 2 6-7 85.7 4 1/3 2-2 1/ 0/ 0/ 0 5. Monmouth...... 2 2-2 100.0 2 2/0 0-0 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 Kennesaw State...... 2 5-5 100.0 2 2/0 3-3 0/ 0/ 0/ 0

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