SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 2016 FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - OCTOBER 18 WWW.SWAC.ORG Football Contacts: Jasher Cox • Offi ce: (205) 251-7573 ext 2247 • E-mail: [email protected] • Edward Bailey • [email protected] CONFERENCE NEWS & NOTES 2016 CONFERENCE & OVERALL STANDINGS EASTERN DIVISION • Prairie View A&M faces a Rice team that is off to its worst start since 2009 at 0-6 while the Panthers’ 4-1 conference Conference Overall record is their best start to a season since 2009 as well Team W PCT W Pct Alcorn State 3-2 .600 3-3 .500 • Texas Southern is looking for its fi rst win over Jackson Jackson State 2-2 .500 2-4 .333 State in six years. TSU defeated JSU 21-18 en route to a Alabama A&M 2-4 .333 2-5 .286 (9-3, 8-1) season in 2010 Alabama State 2-4 .333 2-5 .286 Mississippi Valley 0-5 .000 0-7 .000 • Alabama State’s 56 points scored against Mississippi Valley State last Saturday is its most since a 52-21 win over Gram- bling State in 2013 WESTERN DIVISION • Southern’s win over Jackson State gave the Jaguars a four Conference Overall game winning streak over the Tigers which dates back to the Team W PCT W Pct 2013 SWAC Football Championship game Grambling State 3-0 1.000 4-1 .750 Southern 3-0 1.000 3-2 .600 • Record Watch: After a 127 yard efforst against Jackson Prairie View A&M 4-1 .800 4-2 .667 State last Saturday, Southern running back Lenard Tillery Texas Southern 3-2 .600 3-3 .500 now has 3,923 career rushing yards. He now only needs 245 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1-3 .250 1-5 .167 yards to become the SWAC’s all-time leader. Tillery is only one of 14 rushers from the league to gain over 3,000 career rushing yards since 1970 2016 WEEK 7 RESULTS WEEK 8 SCHEDULE SATURDAY - OCTOBER 15 • Something must give. Southern ranks second in the league Alabama State 56 in total offense (447.5), while the Tigers rank second in total Jackson State at Texas Southern defense (363.4 yards) Mississippi Valley State 24 Houston, Texas 2 p.m. • Louisiana Slingers: Grambling State and Southern is pacing Alcorn State 23 the league in touchdown passes. Austin Howard has tossed 13 TDs while GSU’s Devante Kincaid has thrown nine Texas Southern 20 Grambling State at Mississippi Valley Itta Bena, Miss. • Brothers Hurts: Texas Southern starting quarterback Alabama A&M 40 Averion Hurts is the older brother of Jalen Hurts, starting QB Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7 Prairie View A&M at Rice at the University of Alabama. The two have combined for 24 TD’s through seven weeks. Houston, Texas Southern 28 2:30 p.m. • Grambling State is getting it done with redzone defense. Jackson State 24 the Tigers currently rank fi fth in the FCS with a percentage Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Southern of .600. They have also given up the least amount of fi rst downs in the nation with 72 Baton, Rouge, La. 4 p.m. • The SWAC’s defensive player of the week in Darien Ander- son is ranked third in the nation with seven sacks totaling 51 yards so far this season • Grambling State has moved up to No. 21 in the latest FCS Coaches Poll FOLLOW THE WWW.SWAC.ORG facebook.com/theswac twitter.com/theswac youtube.com/user/swacsports1920 Instagram- @theswac SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WEEKLY RELEASE - WEEK 8 2 CONFERENCE NEWS & NOTES SWAC / NFL / COLLEGE HALL OF FAME 2016 SWAC PRESEASON FOOTBALL TEAMS • NFL traiing camps opened with 14 former SWAC players on Preseason Player of the Year: rosters. Offense:Lenard Tillery Sr. (RB) - Southern Defense: Kourtney Berry Sr. (LB) - Alabma State Robert Mathis - LB (Indianapolis Colts - Alabama A&M) Frank Kearse - DE (Washington Redskins - Alabama A&M) FIRST TEAM OFFENSE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE Anthony Lanier- DE (Washington Redskins - Alabama A&M) QB Austin Howard Southern QB Lennoris Footman Alcorn State Jamel Johnson - WR (Green Bay Packers - Alabama State) RB Lenard Tillery Southern RB Khalid Thomas Alabama State Larry Donnell - TE (New York Giants - Grambling State) RB Martez Carter Grambling State RB Arron Baker Alcorn State Chester Rodgers WR (Indianpolis Colts - Grambling State) WR Daniel Williams Jackson State WR Derrick Griffi n Texas Southern Isaiah Crowell - RB (Cleveland Brown - Alabama State) WR Chad Williams Grambling State WR Marquis Warford Alcorn State Warren Gatewood - DB (Green Bay Packers- Alcorn State) TE Dillon Beard Southern TE Brandon Campbell Alcorn State Jarvis Turner WR (Washington Redskins-Alcorn State) OL Detonio Dade Alcorn State OL David Adams Arkansas-Pine Bluff Rico Richardson - WR (Arizona Cardinals- Jackson State) OL Justin Miller Grambling State OL Sam Baptiste Alabama State RaShaun Allen - TE (Seattle Seahawks - Southern) OL Josiah Freeman Prairie View OL Frank Carter Jackson State Arthur Miley - DE (Carolina Panthers - Southern) OL Anthony Mosley Southern OL Markus Cook Jackson State Terron Armstead-OL (New Orleans-Arkansas-Pine Bluff) OL Terrell Leww Southern OL Kerry Williams Alabama State Kyle Coleman - LB (Indianapolis Colts - Arkansas Pine Bluff) PK Marc Orozco Grambling State PK Jamie Gillan Arkansas-Pine Bluff P Haiden McCraney Alcorn State P Trevor Vincent Alabama State • A total of 516 players from the SWAC’s current member in- RS Willie Quinn Southern RS Book Chambers Mississippi Valley State situtions have played at least one season or game during the RS Octayvious Miles Alabama State NFL season. 514 - includes players that played in the SWAC FIRST TEAM DEFENSE during the 50s and 60s when their institutions were once mem- DL Stacey Garner Alcorn State SECOND TEAM DEFENSE bers of the league. DL Javancy Jones Jackson State DL Cornelius Henderson Jackson State DL Mike Brooks Alcorn State DL CeaJae Bryant Southern Alabama State’s Isaiah Crowell currently leads the NFL in DL DeVohn Reed Prairie View DL Robert Brown Alabama State yards per carry. LB Darien Anderson Alcorn State DL Roderick Henderson Alabama State LB Willie Duncan Arkansas Pine Bluff LB Bryan Bower Alabama A&M LB Kourtney Berry Alabama State LB Aaron Tiller Southern DB Danny Johnson Southern LB Arkez Cooper Grambling State DB Marquice O’Leary Prairie View A&M DB D’Andre Smith Alcorn State DB Marquis Green Mississippi Valley State DB Farrean Toney Mississippi Valley State DB Guy Stallworth Grambling State DB Dominique Weaver Prairie View A&M DB Eric Foster Alcorn State 2016 SWAC PRESEASON PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH WEST DIVISION EAST DIVISION 1. Prairie View 44(12) 1. Alcorn State 44 (14) 2. Grambling State 35 (8) 2. Alabama State 35 (10) 3. Southern 32 (2) 3. Jackson State 28 4. Texas Southern 16 (1) 4. Alabama A&M 16 5. Arkansas Pine Bluff 11 5. Mississippi Valley State 12 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME (13) SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE COACHING RECORDS GRAMBLING STATE (4): Willie Brown, Buck Buchanan, Wil- lie Davis, Charlie Joiner - JACKSON STATE (3): Lem Barney, Alabama A&M Walter Payton, Jackie Slater - MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE James Spady - Record at A&M 9-21 (3rd year); Overall 9-21 (3rd year) (2): Jerry Rice, David “Deacon” Jones - PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (1): Ken Houston - SOUTHERN (2): Mel Blount, Aeneas Alabama State Williams - TEXAS SOUTHERN (1): Michael Strahan Brian Jenkins - Record at ASU 8-10 (2nd year); Overall 54-24 (6th year) COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME (15) Alcorn State Buck Buchanan - Grambling State, Kevin Dent - Jackson Fred McNair - Record at ASU 3-3 (1st year); Overall 3-3 (1st year) State , Gary Johnson - Grambling State, Walter Payton - Jackson State, Jerry Rice - Mississippi Valley State, Willie Arkansas-Pine Bluff Richardson - Jackson State, Willie Totten - Mississippi Valley Monte Coleman - Record at UAPB: 19-57 (9th year); Overall: 19-57 (9th year) State, Doug Williams - Grambling State, Paul “Tank” Young- er - Grambling State, Coach Marino Casem - Alabama State / Grambling State Alcorn State, /Southern, W. C. Gorden - Jackson State, John Broderick Fobbs - Record at GSU 20-9 (3rd year); Overall 20-9 (3rd year) Merritt - Jackson State / Tennessee State, William J. Nicks - Morris Brown / Prairie View A&M, Doug Porter - Mississippi Jackson State Valley State, /Howard / Fort Valley State, Eddie Robinson - Tony Hughes- Record at JSU 2-4 (1st year); Overall 2-4 (1st year) Grambling State Mississippi Valley State Rick Comegy - Record at MVSU 3-25 (2nd year); Overall 165-101 (11th year) Prairie View A&M Willie Simmons - Record at PVAM 13-4 (2nd year); Overall 13-4 (2nd year) Southern Dawson Odums - Record at SU 31-16 (4th Year); Overall 31-16 (4th year) Texas Southern Micahel Haywood- Record at TSU 3-3 (1st year); Overall 13-18) (3rd year) SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WEEKLY RELEASE - WEEK 8 3 NATIONAL POLLS PRESEASON ALL SWAC/ ALL AMERICANS 2016 FCS COACHES POLL • The Southwestern Athletic Conference released its 2016 ground for the Jaguars. He was the only runner to average 1 Sam Houston State (21) 643 2 6-0 SWAC Preseason Teams with Southern running back Le- 100 yards or better a game, posting an average of 110.1 2 Jacksonville State (2) 612 4 5-1 nard Tillery and Alabama State linebacker Kourtney Berry yards per contest. 3 Eastern Washington (1) 556 5 5-1 being tabbed for individual honors. 4 North Dakota State (1) 546 1 5-1 The Baton Rouge, La. native is one of fi ve Southern play- 5 James Madison (1) 533 6 6-1 The teams were released during the 2016 SWAC Football ers on the preseason fi rst-team offense, with quarterback 6 The Citadel 513 9 6-0 Media Day after ballots were completed by the league’s Austin Howard, offensive linemen Anthony Mosley and 7 Richmond 495 7 6-1 head coaches and sports information directors.