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SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 2019 SWAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK 2101 6th Avenue North, Suite 700 Birmingham, Alabama 35203 205. 251.7573 // www.swac.org WEEK TWO Games played through Sept. 7 Andrew Roberts // Football Contact Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations Offensive [email protected] Alabama State 19 - Michael Jefferson (6-3, WR, 194, @theswac Twitter So., Mobile, Ala.) @theswac Instagram Jefferson had a career day for Alabama @theswac Facebook State in a 38-31 victory over Tuskegee Saturday night. He grabbed five receptions 2019 SWAC FOOTBALL STANDINGS for 174 yards, including three touchdowns. The sophomore caught touchdown passes EAST DIVISION of 19, 43 and the game-winning 82-yard School SWAC Pct. Overall Pct. Current Streak reception in the fourth quarter. For his ef- Alcorn State 0-0 .500 1-1 .500 W1 forts, Jefferson was rewarded with a hel- Alabama State 0-0 .500 1-1 .500 W1 met sticker on College Football Live. Jackson State 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 L2 Mississippi Valley St. 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 L2 Defensive Alabama A&M 0-1 .000 1-1 .500 L2 Mississippi Valley State 1 - Tracy Thompkins (5-9, DB, 180, Sr., WEST DIVISION Miami, Fla.) For the second time in his Valley career, School SWAC Pct. Overall Pct. Current Streak Thompkins reached 15 tackles, which in- Prairie View A&M 1-0 1.000 1-1 .500 L1 cluded 13 solo tackles and two assists Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1-0 1.000 1-1 .500 W1 against Lamar. The total was a game high Southern 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 L2 between the two teams. The defensive Grambling State 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 L2 back leads the SWAC with 27 tackles on Texas Southern 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 L2 the year. Specialist 2019 SWAC ESPN SCHEDULE Arkansas-Pine Bluff 47- Zack Piwniczka (5-10, K, 200, R-Fr., ESPN’s season coverage of the SWAC will began on Saturday, August 31, with the San Tan Valley, Az.) Labor Day Classic as Prairie View A&M traveled to face rival Texas Southern at Scored career high 10 points making all BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston. eight scoring kicks in win over Alabama A&M. He was 7-7 on PATs made his only The 2019 edition of the Celebration Bowl which features the champions of the ME- field goal attempt from 30 yards, and exe- AC and SWAC will once again bring a fitting close to the national broadcast sched- cuted a surprise on-side kick in the win. ule for the league on December 21 at 12:00 pm EST on ABC at the Mercedes Benz Newcomer Stadium in Atlanta. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1 - Harry Ballard III (6-3, WR, 205, R-Jr., Date Time Game Watch St. Louis, Mo.) 8.31 5:30 pm Prairie View at Texas Southern ESPN3 (live)/ESPNU (delay) Had career highs in receptions (five), re- 9.1 2:00 pm Bethune-Cookman vs. Jackson St. ESPN2 (live) ceiving yards (140) and touchdowns 9.21 5:00 pm Prairie View A&M at Alcorn State ESPN3 (live) /ESPNU (delay) (three) in win over Alabama A&M…had 9.28 6:00 pm Southern at UAPB ESPN3 (live) touchdown receptions of 59, 49, and 24 10.5 6:00 pm Grambling State at Jackson St. ESPN3 (live) yards 10.12 6:00 pm Southern at Prairie View A&M ESPN3 (live) 10.19 2:00 pm Jackson State at Miss. Valley St. ESPN3 (live) /ESPNU (delay) 10.26 2:30 pm Alabama A&M vs. Alabama State ESPN3 (live) /ESPNU (delay) 11.2 4:00 pm Alabama A&M at Southern ESPN3 11.9 2:00 pm Alcorn State at Grambling State ESPN3 (live) /ESPNU (delay) 11.23 2:00 pm Alcorn State at Jackson State ESPN3 (live) 12.7 3:00 pm SWAC Championship Game ESPNU (live) 2019 SWAC vs. …... South Alabama 37, Jackson State 17 Lamar 23, Mississippi Valley State 20 American Athletic (AAC).........................................0-2 American Southwest...............................................0-0 Week One Results Atlantic Coast (ACC)...............................................0-0 SWAC SID Contacts Big 12......................................................................0-1 Thursday, August 29 Alabama State Big South................................................................0-0 UAB 24, Alabama State 19 Travis Jarome Conference USA.....................................................0-3 Office 334-229-2601 Gulf South (GSC)....................................................1-0 Saturday, August 31 Cell 334-294-1475 Lone Star (LSC)......................................................0-0 Alabama A&M 35, Morehouse 30 Email [email protected] MEAC......................................................... ............0-1 Southern Miss 38, Alcorn State 10 Mid-South................................................... ............0-0 ULM 31, Grambling State 9 Alabama A&M Missouri Valley (MVC)............................... ............0-0 Prairie View A&M 44. Texas Southern 23 Justin Graves Mountain West........................................................0-0 McNeese State 34, Southern 28 Office 256-372-4005 Ohio Valley (OVC)..................................................0-1 Tennessee State 26, Miss, Valley State 20 Cell 256-740-7500 SIAC.......................................................................1-1 TCU 39, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7 Email [email protected] Sooner Athletic (SAC)............................................0-0 Southeastern (SEC)...............................................0-0 Sunday, September 1 Alcorn State Southland...............................................................0-3 Bethune-Cookman 36, Jackson State 21 Robbie Kleinmuntz Summit League......................................................0-0 Office 847-912-5380 Sun Belt..................................................................0-2 2019 SWAC Players of the Week Cell 601-877-2322 Western Athletic (WAC)..........................................0-0 Email [email protected] Week One Grambling Stat e Former SWAC Players on NFL 53-Man Offense Santoria Black (Interim) Rosters (as of 9-12-19) Prairie View A&M Office 318-235-9207 Dawonya Tucker (SR, RB, Terrell, Texas) Cell 318-274-6540 Tytus Howard Tucker tallied 298 all-purpose yards, rushing for Email [email protected] Houston Texans 188 yards, catching for 29 yards receiving, and Alabama State racking up 81 yards in kick returns. His three Jackson State touchdown performance helped lead the Pan- Dennis Driscoll Isaiah Crowell thers to a 44-23 season opening win over rival Office 601-979-0857 Oakland Raiders Texas Southern in the Labor Day Classic. Cell 575-942-1201 Alabama State Co-Defensive Email [email protected] Prairie View A&M Jamie Gillan Tre’Shaud Smith (JR, LB, Centreville, Miss.) Mississippi Valley State Cleveland Browns Smith had 12 tackles, 1.0 sacks for seven Matt McCann Arkansas-Pine Bluff yards, and 2.0 TFL for nine yards in his debut at Office 662-254-8378 PVAMU. He was an anchor on a defensive unit Cell 302-858-2315 Terron Armstead that limited Texas Southern to two touchdowns Email [email protected] New Orleans Saints offensively. Arkansas-Pine Bluff Prairie View A&M Co-Defensive LaTonia Thirston (Interim) Chester Rogers Arkansas-Pine Bluff Office 936-261-9106 Indianapolis Colts Kolby Watts (JR, LB, DeSoto, Texas) Cell 281-652-7410 Grambling State Made a career-high 10 tackles (nine solo) with Email [email protected] one sack and two tackles for loss and led a Trent Scott defensive unit that forced six field goals at TCU. Southern Los Angeles Chargers Rodney Kirschner (Interim) Grambling State Specialist Office 225-771-5609 Alabama State Cell 225-385-8909 KhaDarel Hodge Anthony Craven (SR, P, Linden, Calif.) Craven finished the game averaging 49.1 yards Email [email protected] Cleveland Browns per punt – two yards above his career average Prairie View A&M – with a long of 64 yards. He also hit three Texas Southern punts inside the 20 and allowed just two re- Ryan McGinty Last Week’s Results turned punts. He recorded a total of six punts Office 713-313-6829 over 50 yards in the loss. Cell 281-682-2376 Saturday, Sept. 7 Email [email protected] Newcomer Memphis 55, Southern 24 Alabama State Univ. of Arkansas-Pine Bluff UAPB 52, Alabama A&M 34 Duran Bell (R-SO, RB, Tampa, Fla.) Duane Lewis Louisiana Tech 20, Grambling State 14 Bell finished with a career-high 112 yards on 10 Office 870-575-7949 Houston 37, Prairie View A&M 17 carries in the Hornets’ 24-19 loss to FBS- Cell 334-324-8623 Incarnate Word 63, Texas Southern 44 member, UAB. The redshirt sophomore scored Email [email protected] Alabama State 38, Tuskegee 31 on a 67-yard run to tie the game against the Alcorn State 45, MIssissippi College 7 Blazers in the first quarter. He ended the night averaging 11.2 yards per carry, while also in 1994, first in single-game passing touch- opment and growth of football at the FCS catching three passes for eight yards. downs with 8 vs. Chattanooga in 1994, first level. in single-game completions with 52 against SWAC leads FCS in 2018 football at- Youngstown State in 1994. tendance Celebration Bowl set for December 21 McNair guided the Braves in becoming on ABC The Southwestern Athletic Conference 1992 SWAC Champions, 1992 FCS earned its 40th FCS attendance title in 41 Playoffs, 1994 SWAC Champions and The Celebration Bowl, in its fifth year, will years, averaging 15,240 fans for a total of 1994 FCS Playoffs. Additionally, Alcorn be televised live on ABC for the fifth con- 746,760 in 2018 in a recently released re- was 13-0 at Jack Spinks-Marino Casem secutive year, kick-ing off at noon ET, on port by the National Football Foundation. Stadium during his tenure and led the FCS Saturday, Dec. 21, from Mercedes-Benz Jackson State claimed the FCS attend- in home attendance average (26,203) in Stadium in Atlanta. The Celebration Bowl, ance title attracting 99,079 fans for an av- 1994. In the SWAC, McNair is the only which showcases the heritage, legacy, erage of 24,770 fans for the Tigers’ four player in league history to be a four-time pageantry and tradition of Historically home games in 2018.