SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 2015 FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - SEPTEMBER 15 WWW.SWAC.ORG Football Contact: Jasher Cox • Offi ce: (205) 251-7573 ext 2247 • E-mail: [email protected] CONFERENCE NEWS & NOTES 2015 CONFERENCE & OVERALL STANDINGS EASTERN DIVISION • Broderick Fobbs of Grambling State will face Brian Jenkins fi rst year head coach at Alabama State who pre- Conference Points Overall Points viously served as the head coach at Bethune-Cookman, Team W L T For Opp Pct W L T For Opp Streak GSU’s opponent last week. Alcorn State 1 0 0 31 14 .000 1 1 0 37 83 Won 1 Jackson State 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0 0-0 Lost 2 • The football championship game will be held at NRG Alabama A&M 0 0 0 10 52 .000 0 1 0 10 52 Lost 1 Stadium for the third consectutive season. The 2015 Alabama State 0 1 0 14 31 .000 0 2 0 28 55 Lost 2 Toyota SWAC Football Championship is scheduled for Mississippi Valley 0 1 0 13 50 .000 0 2 0 13 116 Lost 2 Saturday, December 5. Tickets are on sale now WESTERN DIVISION • Willie Quinn scored on a punt and returned a kickoff for touchdowns and threw for another score in Southern Conference Points Overall Points University’s 50-13 victory over Mississippi Valley State last Team W L T For Opp Pct W L T For Opp Pct Thursday night. As a result, he was named the SWAC’s Prairie View 1 0 0 38 11 .000 1 1 0 62 74 Lost 1 and STATS FCS National Player of the Week. Kourtney Southern 1 0 0 50 13 .000 1 1 0 65 75 Won 1 Berry (ASU) was the last SWAC athlete to be recognized Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1 0 36 62 Won 1 nationally. As a team, Southern is ranked second in the Grambling State 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 67 129 Lost 2 nation in kickoff returns and third in punt returns. Texas Southern 0 1 0 11 38 .000 1 1 0 74 38 Lost 1 • Three quarterbacks (John Gibbs-ALCN, LaMontiez Ivy-JKST, and Johnathan Williams- GRAM) all passed for over 300 yards last week. Four times last season Ivy 2015 WEEK 3 SCHEDULE WEEK 2 TOP PERFORMERS threw for over 300 yards with two of those totaling over TOUCHDOWNS 400 yards. Gibbs surpassed that mark once last season SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 10 Johnathan Bowen (QB - TXSO) 6 vs. Bacone while Williams went over the mark three times with one Southern vs. Jackson State College 400 plus yard contest Baton Rouge, La. 5:00 p.m ESPN3/WATCHESPN Willie Quinn (WR/RS - SUBR) 3 vs. Mississippi • Four schools from the SWAC are ranked in the BOX- Valley State TOROW Coaches Poll. The list includes: Alcorn State (1), Alcorn State vs. Mississippi Valley State Southern (6), Grambling State (9) Prairie View A&M (10) Lorman, Miss. 100-YARD RUSHERS 4:00 p.m. N/A • Southern plays host to Jackson State Saturday on ESPN3 at 5 p.m. The crowd of 30,816 that turned out for Alabama State vs. Grambling State 300-YARD PASSERS JSU’s last visit two years ago is the largest in Mumford Montgomery, Ala. Johnathan Williams (QB - GRAM) 326 vs. Stadium in the last four years 6:00 p.m. Bethune-Cookman • Prairie View A&M is 24th in the nation in total offense. Prairie View A&M vs. Alabama A&M LaMontiez Ivy (QB - JKSU) 322 vs. Tennessee State The Panthers currently average 429.5 yards per game. Waller, Texas 6:00 p.m. John Gibbs, Jr. (QB - ALCN) 305 vs. Alabama State • Out of 100 FCS teams, Texas Southern is ranked 18 in total defense giving up an average of 291.5 yards per Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Texas Southern 100-YARD RECEIVERS outing Pine Bluff, Ark. Dan Williams (WR -JKST) 173 vs. Tennessee State 6:00 p.m. • With 17 catches and 303 yards receiving, Dan Williams Randalll Menard (WR-SUBR) 100 vs. Mississippi is ranked 4th in country in receiving yards Valley State • Alcorn State fi nished 2014 with a league leading 14 RECEPTIONS interceptions. Heading into week 3, they have yet to pick Dan Williams (WR-JKST) 10 vs. Tennessee State off any passes Willie Young (WR -UAPB) 8 vs. Morehouse College FOLLOW THE TACKLES Kourtney Berry (LB-ALST) 15 vs. Alcorn State WWW.SWAC.ORG Bradley Street (CB-ALST) 12 vs. Alcorn State facebook.com/theswac Kentavious Preston (LB-SUBR) 11 vs. Mississippi twitter.com/theswac Valley State youtube.com/user/swacsports1920 Willie Duncan (LB-UAPB) 11 vs. Morehouse College Instagram- @theswac Jalan Coleman (LB-PVAM) 10 vs. Tennessee State HONOR THE HERITAGE • FOUNDED 1920 • 12 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMERS • 15 COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WEEKLY RELEASE - WEEK 3 2 CONFERENCE NEWS & NOTES SWAC / NFL / COLLEGE HALL OF FAME 2015 SWAC PRESEASON FOOTBALL TEAMS • Drafted 136th overall in the 2015 NFL Draft, Tray Walker be- Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: came the fi rst Texas Southern player to be drafted since wide John Gibbs Jr (QB) - Alcorn State Kourtney Berry (LB) - Alabama State receiver Joey Jamison went to the Green Bay Packers in the fi fth round in 2000. He is the highest draft pick for the school FIRST TEAM OFFENSE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE since center Joe Burch went in the third round to the New En- QB John Gibbs Jr. Alcorn State QB Johnathan Williams Grambling State gland Patriots in 1994. RB Lenard Tillery Southern QB LaMontiez Ivy Jackson State RB Johnta’ Hebert Prairie View RB Brian Handley Arkansas Pine Bluff • A total of 516 players from the SWAC’s current member in- WR Daniel Williams Jackson State RB Arron Baker Alcorn State situtions have played at least one season or game during the WR Willie Quinn Southern WR Demario Bell Alabama State NFL season. 514 - includes players that played in the SWAC TE Jordan Payne Alcorn State WR Willie Young Arkansas Pine Bluff during the 50s and 60s when their institutions were once mem- OL Marcus Cook Jackson State TE Natron Brooks Mississippi Valley State bers of the league. OL Damian Love Alabama State OL Sean Brown Mississippi Valley State OL Glen Haisley Prairie View OL Terrell Lee Southern • There are 13 active players on NFL rosters. OL Anthony Mosley Southern OL Jordan Johnson Prairie View OL Jylan Ware Alabama State OL Glenn Jackson Texas Southern Robert Mathis - LB (Indianapolis Colts - Alabama A&M) PK Ryan Deising Jackson State OL Courtney Brown Alabama A&M Frank Kearse - DE (Washington Redskins - Alabama A&M) P Cory Carter Texas Southern PK Haiden McCraney Alcorn State Jamaal Johnson Webb OL (New York Giants-Alabama A&M) RS Johnta’ Hebert Prairie View P Haiden McCraney Alcorn State Isaiah Crowell - RB (Cleveland Brown - Alabama State) RS Willie Quinn Southern Tarvaris Jackson - QB (Seattle Seahawks - Alabama State) FIRST TEAM DEFENSE Greg Jenkins - WR (Jacksonville Jaguars - Alabama State) DL Anthony Lanier Alabama A&M SECOND TEAM DEFENSE Terron Jones - OL (Atlanta Falcons - Alabama State) DL Darien Moody Alcorn State DL Javonte Williams Grambling State Larry Donnell - TE (New York Giants - Grambling State) DL Demarcus Berry Arkansas Pine Bluff DL Jamison Goins Grambling State Jason Hatcher- DE (Washington Redskins - Grambling State) DL Devohn Reed Prairie View DL Amir Bloom Texas Southern RaShaun Allen - TE (Seattle Seahawks - Southern) LB Damon Watkins Alcorn State DL Gabe Echols Southern Arthur Miley - DE (Carolina Panthers - Southern) LB Willie Duncan Arkansas Pine Bluff LB Daerius Washington Alabama State Tray Walker - DB (Baltimore Ravens - Texas Southern) LB Kourtney Berry Alabama State LB Henry Taylor Grambling State Isiah Ferguson - WR (St. Louis Rams - Arkansas Pine Bluff) DB Danny Johnson Southern LB Javancy Jones Jackson State DB Damond Jackson Prairie View DB Anthony Williams Alcorn State DB Warren Gatewood Alcorn State DB Robert Porter Jackson State DB Kevin Rucker Arkansas Pine Bluff DB Dionte McDuffy Southern DB Charles Moore Mississippi Valley State 2015 SWAC PRESEASON PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH WEST DIVISION EAST DIVISION 1. Grambling State 93(14) 1. Alcorn State 95 (15) 2. Southern 91 (6) 2. Jackson State 83 (9) 3. Prairie View A&M 72 (3) 3. Alabama A&M 66 4. Texas Southern 40 (1) 4. Alabama State 50 5. Arkansas Pine Bluff 34 5. Mississippi Valley State 31 SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE COACHING RECORDS Alabama A&M PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME (13) James Spady - Record at AAMU 4-9 (2nd year); Overall 4-9 (2nd year) GRAMBLING STATE (4): Willie Brown, Buck Buchanan, Wil- lie Davis, Charlie Joiner - JACKSON STATE (3): Lem Barney, Alabama State Walter Payton, Jackie Slater - MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE Brian Jenkins - Record at ALST 0-2 (1st year); Overall 46-16 (6th year) (2): Jerry Rice, David “Deacon” Jones - PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (1): Ken Houston - SOUTHERN (2): Mel Blount, Aeneas Alcorn State Williams - TEXAS SOUTHERN (1): Michael Strahan Jay Hopson - Record at ALCN 24-14 (4th year); Overall 24-14 (4th year) COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME (15) Arkansas-Pine Bluff Buck Buchanan - Grambling State, Kevin Dent - Jackson Monte Coleman - Record at UAPB: 36-44 (8th year); Overall: 36-44 (8th year) State , Gary Johnson - Grambling State, Walter Payton - Jackson State, Jerry Rice - Mississippi Valley State, Willie Grambling State Richardson - Jackson State, Willie Totten - Mississippi Valley Broderick Fobbs - Record at GRAM 7-7 (2nd year); Overall 7-7 (2nd year) State, Doug Williams - Grambling State, Paul “Tank” Young- er - Grambling State, Coach Marino Casem - Alabama State / Jackson State Alcorn State, /Southern, W.