FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 19 -25, 2018 HBCU players gettin' it on in CFL LUT WILLIAMS BLACK COLLEGE PLAYERS ON BCSP Editor 2018 OPENING DAY CFL ROSTERS The Canadian Football League ™ (CFL) began play last week with 18 WEST DIVISION former HBCU players on opening day BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS (5) rosters. Eleven (11) of the 18 are from 84 Emmanuel Arceneaux SB Alcorn State Mid Eastern Athletic Conference 63 Jovan Olafioye OL North Carolina Central (MEAC) schools with four hailing 8 Marcell Young DB Jackson State from the Southwestern Athletic Con- 13 IL Kevin Elliott WR Florida A&M ference (SWAC). 50 PS Phillip Norman OL Bethune Cookman B-C Lions Photo JONES: At Southern (l.) and with the Hamil- CALGARY STAMPEDERS (2) THEY PLAY Emmanuel Arceneaux, a slot- ARCENEAUX: Former ton Tiger-Cats (r). 77 INJ Brandon Peguese DL Hampton FOOTBALL Alcorn State player back out of Alcorn State, and Mike 17 PS Larry Brihm QB Bethune-Cookman UP NORTH among others making Jones, a receiver out of Southern, are 27-19 loss to Saskatchewan Friday. EDMONTON ESKIMOS (0) their mark in the Canadian the veterans of the group. A. C. Leonard, who had 85 re- SASKATCHEWAN ROUGH RIDERS (4) IN JUNE Football League (CFL). Arceneaux is playing in his ceptions, over 1,000 receiving yards 66 Dariusz Bladek OL Bethune-Cookman eighth CFL season, all with the British and 11 TDs in his Tennessee State ca- 68 Thaddeus Coleman OL Mississippi Valley State DAVIS OUT AT TEXAS SOUTHERN, FOBBS EX- Columbia Lions. He has posted three reer, is now a defensive tackle for the 9 David Watford QB Hampton TENDED AT GRAMBLING; NEW TUSKEGEE COACH straight 1,000-yard receiving seasons, Ottawa Redblacks. He registered 33 27 IL Kevin Francis LB North Carolina A&T topping the 100-catch mark the past tackles, 24 quarterback pressures, five WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (0) two seasons. He has totalled 524 re- quarterback sacks, three tackles for loss EAST DIVISION ceptions and 7,616 receiving yards in and one forced fumble last season. (2) his storied career. He had four catches HAMILTON TIGER-CATS UNDER THE BANNER Leonard, out of the Ohio Val- 12 Mike Jones WR Southern for 41 yards as the Lions beat Montreal ley Conference, and former Hampton 98 PS Lynden Trail DL Norfolk State WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS 22-10 in their season-opener Saturday. quarterback David Watford, now with MONTREAL ALOUETTES (3) Jones, a Toronto native, was a the Saskatchewan Rough Riders, are 2 Dominique Ellis DB South Carolina State FOBBS EXTENDED AT GRAMBLING: third round selection in the 2016 CFL the former HBCU players out of non- 31 William Stanback RB Virginia Union Broderick Fobbs will be the Grambling State Draft by Hamilton and is entering his HBCU conferences. Hampton left the 26 PS C. J. Moore DB North Carolina Central head football coach for at least the third season. He played in 14 games MEAC for the Big South Conference OTTAWA REDBLACKS (1) next four years. last season totalling 28 receptions for after the 2017-18 season. Watford had 95 A. C. Leonard DL Tennessee State That is after Fobbs and the univer- 285 yards and one touchdown. Jones a short stint in the NFL as a receiver for TORONTO AUGONAUTS (1) 18 Brian Tyms WR Florida A&M sity reached an agreement on a four- had five receptions for 120 yards in the the Philadelphia Eagles. year, $1.28 million deal. Tiger-Cats' 28-14 loss to Calgary Sat- William Stanback, who rushed urday. Approval of the agreement is pend- for 1,299 yards and 15 TDs at Vir- In a related note, let it be known that running on the field at Former Florida A&M wide ginia Union a CFL game is a terrible idea, especially when British Columbia ing from the University of Louisiana in 2016, is playing his first receiver Bryan Tyms, who played season for the Montreal Alouettes. He Lions' Marcell Young, a defensive back out of Jackson State, is System Board of Supervisors, which for five NFL teams and won a Super is the lone former Central Intercol- around. During Saturday's CFL opener between BC and Montreal, Fobbs is expected to be approved during a Bowl championship in 2014 with the legiate Athletic Association (CIAA) one half-naked fan went for a stroll on the BC Place field with meeting on June 21. New England Patriots, is now playing player in the league. minimal effort from security giving chase. Fobbs, who was entering the last year of a two-year for his second CFL squad, the Toronto Bethune-Cookman has three of When the streaker got within the vicinity of the Lions de- contract extension he signed in 2016, will earn a base Argonauts. He was picked up by Ham- its former players on rosters including fensive back, he was on the receiving end of a brutal tackle. (See salary of $198,000 and includes an additional $121,000 ilton in time to play in one regular sea- quarterback Larry Brihm who threw video here: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/06/cfl-bc-lions-streak- from the Grambling State Foundation. son game last season and posted eight for over 2,200 yards and 12 TDs for the er-video-marcell-young-hit-football-canada-fan-on-the-field). The deal also outlines several potential bonuses catches for 114 yards in a semifinal Wildcats last season. Brihm is on the BC went on to win, 22-10. It was a great night all around Fobbs could get tied to the success of the team. game. Tyms had two receptions for 23 Practice Squad of the Calgary Stam- for Young — who had four tackles in the win, not so much for the Fobbs could see a $15,000 bump if Grambling yards as the Argonauts opened with a peders. streaker. achieves the Academic Progress Rate (APR) benchmark, another 15,000 for the Tigers winning the Black Nation- al Championship, an additional $25,000 for a Celebra- tion Bowl victory, $10,000 for a SWAC title, $7,500 for BCSP Notes knocking off Southern in the Bayou Classic and $10,000 NC A&T's Aggie Stadium to be and amateur meets that have drawn thousands of for being named SWAC Coach of the Year. renamed BB&T Stadium athletes from around the country. The A&T foot- ball team won five games at Aggie Stadium on Under Fobbs, Grambling is 39-11 since 2014, in- GREENSBORO, N.C. – North Carolina its way to a 12-0 season, capped by 21-14 win cluding two league championships and a Black College Agricultural and Technical State University’s over Grambling State in the Celebration Bowl, National Championship in 2016. Aggie Stadium will be renamed BB&T Stadium, in the national championship game. "Clearly, he is a leader among leaders," GSU thanks to a significant gift from the banking A&T won MEAC conference champi- and financial services corporation, officials President Rick Gallot told the Monroe News-Star. onships in football, men’s and women’s track, announced last week. "When you look at everything he has does on and off- women’s basketball, bowling and baseball. The $1.5-million gift will secure the nam- the-field, I think he’s the kind of coach we certainly NEW NAME: Press box at the renamed BB&T Stadium. "As a local corporate citizen, BB&T has a ing rights of the 37-year-old facility for the next believe is good for Grambling and for the football strong track record of supporting the communi- 15 years and will go toward renovations and up- foot forward in our facilities." program. We're very thankful the Foundation has been ties it serves," said Ford Bowers, BB&T Greens- grades of the A&T athletics complex. The 125,755-square-foot facility that will able to get involved and make the difference. That was boro Market President. "We are proud to work "Athletics are often described as the front now be known as BB&T Stadium, opened in with A&T and very excited that the stadium will not something he demanded. The Foundation stepped up doors for universities, the entry point for those 1981 and was expanded in 2003 to its current display the BB&T name." and wanted to invest in the future of the program and the outside our campuses to learn about our cam- seating capacity of 27,769. Other enhancements “The Greensboro market is very impor- university. That's what they wanted to do." puses and institutions," said Earl Hilton, A&T's have been added over the years, including light- tant to BB&T and this investment is a perfect director of Intercollegiate Athletics. ing to accommodate night games and practices fit. We are pleased to support this great venue NEW TUSKEGEE HOOPS COACH: "The success of our sports teams this past and a state-of-the-art video scoreboard. which enhances the region’s vibrancy and raises Tuskegee University Director of Athletics, Willie year has created a new level of visibility for ath- The Irwin Belk Track that rings the sta- the awareness of BB&T and our commitment to letics at A&T, and we are truly appreciative of dium's football field is not only home base for Slater has announced the hiring the communities we serve.” of Trelanne Moore-Powell BB&T's support that will help us put our best the A&T track teams, but collegiate, high school as the school's new women's head basketball coach.