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FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 16 - 22, 2014

© AZEEZ Communications, Inc. Vol. XXI, No. 19

SCOTT IN AT NORFOLK STATE, BLOUNT

OUT AT DELSTATE; BAAD TEAM NAMED

JAY HOPSON:  AlcornState head coach one of

ve to share 2014 BCSP

Coach of the Year award.

Alcorn State Sports Photo

BIG

NUMBERS

IN 2014

™

STAT CORNERWHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS

1. MAGIC CITY CLASSIC - Oct. 25 - Legion Field, Birmingham

 Alabama A&M vs. Alabama State (1st) 67,7102. BAYOU CLASSIC - Nov. 29 - Super Dome, New Orleans

Southern vs. Grambling State (2nd) 57,852

3. SOUTHERN HERITAGE CLASSIC - Sept. 13 - Liberty Bowl, Memphis

Jackson State vs. Tennessee State (4th) 46,914

4, FLORIDA CLASSIC - Nov. 22 - Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL

Bethune-Cookman vs. Florida A&M (3rd) 41,126

5. SWAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME - Dec. 6 - NRG Stadium, Houston

Southern vs. Alcorn State (5th) 39,583

6. CHICAGO CLASSIC - Sept. 20 - Soldiers Field, Chicago

Central State vs. Morehouse 33,194

7. STATE FAIR CLASSIC - Sept. 27 - Cotton Bowl, Dallas

Prairie View A&M vs. Grambling State (7th) 32,877

8. TUSKEGEE 

HOMECOMING - Oct. 25 - Abbot Stad., Tuskegee, AL

Tuskegee vs. Kentucky State 31,756

9. JACKSON STATE HOME GAME - Oct. 25 - Mem. Stad., Jackson, MS

Jackson State vs. Southern 29,521

10. TENN. STATE HOMECOMING - Sept. 27 - LP Field - N'ville, TN

Tennessee State vs. Florida A&M 29,22511. URBAN LEAGUE CLASSIC - Sept. 20 - MetLife Stad., E. Ruthfd, NJ

Howard vs. Morgan State 28,712

12. ALCORN ST. HOME GAME - Nov. 22 - Spinks Stad., Lorman, MS 

 Alcorn State vs. Jackson State (10th) 27,533

13. ATLANTA CLASSIC - Oct. 4 - Georgia Dome, Atlanta

S. C. State vs. N. C. A&T (5th) 24,441

14. JACKSON STATE HOME GAME, Nov. 16, Mem. Stad., Jackson

 Alcorn State @ Jackson State 24,252

15. CLARK ATLANTA HOMECOMING - Nov. 1 - Panther Stad., Atlanta

Clark Atlanta vs. Paine 23,591

16. SOUTHERN HOMECOMING, Oct. 4, Mumford Stad., Baton R., LA  

 Alcorn State vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (8th) 23,091

17. N. C. A&T HOMECOMING, Nov. 2, Aggie Stadium, Greensboro, NC 

NC A&T vs. Florida A&M (13th) 21,500

18. LOUIS CREWS CLASSIC (HC) - Oct. 4 - Crews Stad., Huntsville, AL

 Alabama A&M vs. Grambling State (NR) 21,254

19. JACKSON ST. HOMECOMING - Oct. 11 - Mem. Stad., Jackson, MS

Jackson State vs. Mississipp Valley State 21,078 

2014 TOTAL 625,610

  32,905 average (19 games over 20,000)

2013 TOTAL 467,624

  23,381 average (20 games over 20,000)

HIGHEST ATTENDANCE AT

2014 BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMES(Last year's nish in parenthesis)

HIGHEST ATTENDANCE AT

2014 HOMECOMING GAMES(Last year's nish in parenthesis)

1 TUSKEGEE vs. Kentucky State - Oct. 25 - Tuskegee, AL (1st) 31,756

2 TENNESSEE STATE  vs. FAMU - Sept. 27 - N'ville, TN (3rd) 29,225

3 CLARK ATLANTA vs. Paine - Nov. 1 - Atlanta (9th) 23,591

4 SOUTHERN  vs. Ark.Pine Bluff - Oct. 4 - B. Rouge, LA (2nd) 23,091

5 NC A&T vs. Flordia A&M - Oct. 25 - Greensboro, NC (4th) 21,500

6 ALABAMA A&M vs. Grambling St. - Oct. 4 - H'ville, AL (14th) 21,254

7 JACKSON STATEvs. MVSU - Oct 11 - Jackson, MS (NR) 21,078

8 MOREHOUSE vs. Benedict - Oct. 26 - Atlanta (5th) 19,3459 KENTUCKY STATE vs. Fort Valley State - Oct. 12 - (9th) 19,257

10 W-SALEM STATE vs. St. Augs - Oct. 18 - vs. W-S. NC (10th) 16,555

11 ALCORN ST. vs. Tex. Southern - Oct. 18 - Lorman, MS (NR) 15,513

12 FLORIDA A&M vs. Howard - Oct. 19 - Tallahassee, FL (8th) 15,342

13 FORT VALLEY STATE vs. Paine - Oct. 25 - FV, GA (13th) 15,042

14 ALABAMA ST. vs. Stillman - Nov. 22 - M'gmery, AL (11th) 13,156

15 ARK. PINE BLUFF vs. Prairie View - Nov. 8 - PB, AR (17th) 12,337

16 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M vs. MVSU - Oct. 19 - Pr. V, Tx (21st) 12,000

17 NC CENTRAL vs. Hampton - Nov. 8 - Durham, NC (16th) 11,964

18 NORFOLK STATE vs. DelState - Oct. 11 - Norfolk, VA 11,260

19 MOREHOUSE vs. Albany State - Oct. 18 - Atlanta 11,234

20 NORFOLK STATE vs. Florida A&M - Nov. 2 - Norfolk, VA (18th)   10,627

21 ALBANY STATE vs. Morehouse - Oct. 19 - Albany, GA (19th) 10,500

22 BETHUNE-COOKMAN vs. Howard - Oct. 11 - D. B., FL (20th) 10,247

23 MILES vs. Central State - Oct. 11 - Faireld, AL 10,045

24 SC STATE vs. Savannah State - Nov. 1 - Orangeburg, SC (5th) 10,01325 GRAMBLING vs. Ark.Pine Bluff - Oct. 18 - Gram., LA (12th) 10,000

2014 HOMECOMINGS TOTAL 405,932

  16,237 Average (25 games over 10,000)

2013 TOTAL 323,361

  16,168 Average (20 games over 10,000)

2012 HOMECOMINGS TOTAL 439,720

  16,912 Average (26 games over 10,000)

FIRST TEAM - OFFENSE

QB - John Gibbs Jr., Jr., Alcorn State RB - Malcolm Cyrus, Sr., Alabama

State; Tarik Cohen, So., N. C. A&T WR - Jalen Hendricks, Jr., Livingstone;

Julian Stafford, Sr., Miss. Valley State TE - Jordan Payne, Jr., Alcorn State

OL - Darren Pinnock, Sr., Morgan State; Isaac Sampson, Jr., Alcorn State;

Ronnie Ransome, Jr., Virginia State; WIlliam Ray Robinson, Sr., NC A&T;

Zach Brown, Sr., Southern PK - Chris Barrick, Fr., Prairie View A&M; KR

- Johnta Hebert, Jr., Prairie View

FIRST TEAM - DEFENSE

DL - Javon Hargrave, Jr., SC State; Samquan Evans, Sr., Tennessee State;

Deion Roberson, Sr., Alcorn State; LeBranden Richardson, Sr., Bethune-

Cookman LB - Lynden Trail, Sr., Norfolk State; LeRon Furr, Sr., Fort Val-

ley State; Jerome Howard, Sr., Prairie View A&M DB - Devon Francois,

Sr., Alcorn State; Darion Thomas, Jr., Virginia State; Curtis Pumphrey, Sr.,Bowie State; Keenan Lambert, R-Sr., Norfolk State P - Corey Carter, Jr.,

Texas Southern

SECOND TEAM - OFFENSE

QB - Greg McGhee, Sr., Howard RB - Herb Walker Jr., So., Morgan State; Jacquise Lockett,

Sr., Kentucky State WR - Dan Williams, So., Jackson State; Kendariss Brown, Sr., Benedict TE

- Khari Lee, R-Sr., Bowie State OL - Michael Sabb, Sr., Winston-Salem State; Victor Moli, Sr.,

 Albany State; Damina Love, Jr., Alabama State; Ronald Canty, Sr., NC A&T; DeWayne Houston,

Sr., Southern PK - Cody Jones, So., NC A&T KR - Brenden Felder, Sr., Winston-Salem State

SECOND TEAM - DEFENSE

DL - Duvontae Covington, Sr., Winston-Salem State; Arthur Miley, Sr., Southern; George Riddick,

Sr., Norfolk State; Brysean Jones, R-Jr., Miles LB - Nick Thrasher, Sr., Tennessee State; Andre

Rawls, Sr., Virginia State; Koutney Berry, So., Alabama State DB - Donald Mattocks, Sr., NC A&T;

Najee Bright, Jr., Alabama State; Deante Saunders, Sr., Tennessee State; Michael Robinson, Sr.,

Tuskegee P - Haiden McRainey, So., Alcorn State

THIRD TEAM - OFFENSE

QB - Michael German, Sr., Tennessee State RB - Jarvis Small, Jr., Albany State; Johnta Hebert,

Jr., Prairie View A&M; WR - Drelon Freeman, Fr., Fort Valley State; Twarm Mixon, So., Hamp-

ton TE - Tamarrick Hemingway, Jr., S. C. State OL - Devin Flowers, Sr., Morgan State; Justin

Kee, Winston-Salem State; Matthew Reece, Sr., Tuskegee; Clevonne Davis, Jr., N. C. Central;

Robert Myers, R-Sr., Tennessee State; PK - Ryan Delsing, Jr., Jackson State KR - Antonio

Hamilton, Jr., SC State

THIRD TEAM - DEFENSE

DL - Deon King, Jr., Norfolk State; Darien Moody, Sr., Alcorn State; Alfy Hill, Sr., Winston-Salem

State; Rodney Gunter, Jr., Delaware State; LB - Dvonte Grant, Sr., NC A&T; Cody Acker, Sr.,Morgan State; BreNard Williams, Sr., Clark Atlanta DB - Michael Jones, So., NC Central; Warren

Gatewood, Jr., Alcorn State; Charles Davis, Virginia Union; Tony McRae, Jr., NC A&T P - Chirstian

Faber-Kenney, So., Hampton

2 0 1 4 " B A A D T E A M " O F B L A C K C O L L E G E A L L - A M E R I C A N S

Hargrave, Cyrus lead 2014 "Baad Team"LUT WILLIAMS

BCSP Editor   The 2014 season could easily be called"The

Year of Young Coaches" as new and relatively

new coaches set the black college football world

on re.

And as we select the 2014 BLACK COLLEGE 

SPORTS PAGE "BAAD TEAM" of black college all-

stars, picking a Coach of the Year is perhaps the

most difcult task.

  Try these on for size:

  – Third-year head coach Jay Hopson of Al-

corn State led that program back to prominence

by taking its rst SWAC title in 21 years and to

the rst-ever No. 1 ranking in the BCSP Final

Top Ten.

 – Second-year head coach Latrell Scott of

Virginia State won the rst CIAA title for the

Trojans since 1996 and got the Trojans their rst-

ever playoff berth and win.

 – First-year head coach Lee Hull won a

share of the rst MEAC title for Morgan State

in 35 years and led the Bears to their rst-ever

FCS playoff berth.

 – First-year head coach Jerry Mack of

North Carolina Central led the Eagles to a

share of their rst-ever MEAC crown.

  – And rst-year head coach Broderick

Fobbs led the Grambling State Tigers to a his-

toric and welcomed resurgence, back from two

straight losing seasons to within one game of the

SWAC Championship Game.

  Unable to distinguish between such history-

making and ground-breaking accomplishments,

the 2014 award will be shared between the ve

named above.

  South Carolina State  junior defensive

tackle Javon Hargrave and Alabama State

senior running back Malcolm Cyrus lead the

2014 list of BCSP"BAAD TEAM" players.

While a plethora of players and teams hadoutstanding seasons, Hargrave and Cyrus stand

out for their individual accomplishments and

thus win the BCSP Defensive and Offensive

Player of the Year awards.

Hargrave was a virtual one-man wrecking

crew for the Bulldogs amassing 16 solo sacks

during the season to nish second in the FCS

and 24 tackles for loss, fourth nationally. He

was named the winner of the MEAC Defensive

Player of the Year award.

The 6-2, 295-pound specimen was particu-

larly effective in big games vs. MEAC contend-

ers Bethune-Cookman and North Carolina

A&T. He registered an FCS-season high six

solo sacks among 11 solo tackles vs. B-CU and

two sacks and three stops for losses among six

tackles vs. A&T. Both opposing head coaches

singled him out for dominating the line of scrim-

mage.

Cyrus (5-10, 180), who waited his turn at

ASU behind current Cleveland Browns running

back Isaiah Crowell, nished with black-col-

lege bests of 1,662 rushing yards at 133.6 yards

per game averaging 6.2 yards per carry en route

to earning co-SWAC Offensive Player of the

Year honors. He amassed nine 100-yard games

this season of 188, 185, 180, 171, 170, 162, 148,

125 and 118 rushing yards with 12 TDs.

Cyrus is joined in the rst team backeld by

dynamic 5-6, 170-pound North Carolina A&T 

sophomore speedster Tarik Cohen, the MEAC

co-offensive player of the year. Cohen ran for

1,340 yards in 11 games, averaging 6.8 yards

per carry and 121.8 yards per game. It was his

second straight season topping the 1,000-yard

mark, an A&T record. His hallmark was scin -

tillating scores as he reached paydirt from 80,

81, 68, 60, 54 and 35 yards en route to a black-

college best 16 TDs.

Alcorn State  junior John Gibbs Jr. (6-6,

220)  shared the SWAC offensive award with

Cyrus and is the rst team quarterback. Gibbs

led the Braves to their rst league title since theSteve McNair era, emulating the late Alcorn

great with his running and passing abilities.

Gibbs was the only black college QB to pass

for over 2,000 yards and rush for over 1,000. He

nished completing 58.3% (189 of 324) of his

passes for 2,482 yards with 21 TD passes and

 just seven interceptions. He added another 1,006

rushing yards (7.5 yards per carry, 77.4 ypg.) for

another 11 TDs while leading the Braves to the

nal BCSP No. 1 ranking.

  Livingstone  junior wide receiver Jalen

Hendricks (6-2, 205) was the most prolic re-

ceiver on the season and just one of three to top

1,000 receiving yards. He led all black college

performers with 71 catches (7.9 per game), 1,070

yards (118.9 ypg.) and 12 TDs. He is joined by

Mississippi Valley State senior Julian Stafford

who totalled 67 receptions for 1,037 yards and

nine scores.

Alcorn State junior tight end Jordan Payne

rounds out the rst team skill position players.Payne had 25 receptions for ve TDs for the

SWAC champion Braves.

The rst team offensive line includes Mor-

gan State senior Darren Pinnock (6-4, 330),

the MEAC lineman of the year, Alcorn State ju-

nior Isaac Sampson (6-5, 367), Virginia State

 junior Ronnie Ransome (6-1, 285), N. C. A&T

senior William Ray Robinson (6-3, 307) and

Southern senior Zach Brown (6-4, 315).

The rst team placekicker is Prairie View

A&M freshman Chris Barrick who hit on 15

of 17 eld goals and 43 of 44 PAT kicks to lead

all kickers with 88 points. His teammate, junior

Johnta Hebert, is the return man after averag-

ing 28.8 yards on 32 kickoff returns with one

TD. Hebert, who rushed for 1,063 yards and 12

TDs, is also a third team running back.

  Joining Hargrave on the defensive line is

Alcorn State senior defensive end Deion Rob-

erson (6-0, 255) who totalled 56 tackles, 3.5

sacks and 21 tackles for loss while anchoring

the Braves defense. The line also includes Bet-

hun-Cookman senior LeBranden Richardson

(6-2, 255) who had 41 tackles, eight sacks and

15 tackles for loss and Tennessee State senior

Samquan Evans (6-0, 280), who had 44 tackles

with 7.5 sacks and 12.5 tackles for loss.

  Fort Valley State senior linebacker LeRon

Furr, the SIAC Defensive Player of the Year,

spearheads the backers. Furr totalled an SIAC-

high 108 tackles on the season. Highly-touted

6-7, 280-pound Lynden Trail of Norfolk State

mans one of the other linebacking spots. Trail

had  91 total tackles, ve sacks and 11.5 tack-

les for losses. Prairie View A&M senior Jerome

Howard, the SWAC defensive player of the

year, rounds out the backers. Howard paced the

SWAC with 118 tackles (11.8 per game) includ -

ing 6.5 sacks and 15 tackles for losses.Alcorn State senior DB Devon Francois

was the leading tackler for the Braves with

84 stops including 55 solos and led the team

with ve interceptions. Joining him in the rst

team defensive backeld is Bowie State senior

Curtis Pumphrey who led the CIAA and was

among national leaders with seven interceptions.

Pumphrey also totalled 48 tackles and 17 passes

defended.

Norfolk State senior Keenan Lambert

earned rst team all-MEAC honors with 52

tackles and three interceptions for the Spartans

while Darion Thomas was a rst team all-

CIAA selection for Virginia State after posting

53.5 tackles and ve interceptions.

  The rst team punter is Texas Southern Ju-

nior Corey Carter who averaged 45.0 yards on

55 punts, the best in black college football.

 

Cohen Gibbs Payne Pinnock Sampson Barrick Hebert

Roberson Evans Trail Howard Furr Pumphrey Carter  

THE BAADEST: South Carolina State defen-

seman Javon Hargrove (l.) and Alabama State

running back Malcolm Cyrus (r.) were the top in-

dividual performers on the 2014 Baad Team and

win the BCSP offensive and defensive player of

the year awards respectively.

SC State Sports Photo Alabama State Sports Photo

Latrell Scott named new

Norfolk State head football coach  It was announced Tuesday that Virginia State Head Football Coach

Latrell Scott has resigned to accept the same posi-

tion at Norfolk State.

In two seasons as VSU's head coach, Scott com-

piled a 19-4 record and went 15-0 against CIAA

competition. The Trojans won the CIAA champion-

ship this year, dethroning two-time champion Win-

ston-Salem State and ending the Rams 31-game

conference win streak.

Under Scott, VSU captured the CIAA Northern

Division in both 2013 and 2014. He was also the 2013 and 2014 CIAA

Coach of the Year. Scott succeeds Pete Adrian who retired this year after

ten seasons leading the Spartans.

DelState Announces Coaching Change  Delaware State Director of Athletics Candy Young has announced

that the contract of head football coach Kermit Blount will not be re-

newed for the 2015 season. Blount compiled a 16-29 overall record and a

13-19 mark in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in his four years as

head coach of the Hornets. DSU was 2-10 overall and nished 10th in the

MEAC with a 2-6 league record this past season.

  Andrew Faison, a Hornet assistant, is the interim head coach.

Late-Breaking BCSP Notes

Scott