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2021 JSU Football Schedule Gameday at Jacksonville State A Championship Tradition The Atlantic Sun Conference The Birth of ASUN Football NFF Scholar-Athlete Buck Buchanan Award Winner 2003, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2020 OVC Champions Gamecocks in the Pros GOSH ALMIGHTY! Media Policies Quick Facts All-ASUN Team/OVC Predicted Order of Finish JSU Sports Network Getting to JSU Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium 2021 Gamecock Roster Geographical Roster 2021 Football Signees Why We Are The Gamecocks

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UAB / Florida State / North Alabama / UT Martin 112 Kennesaw State / Stephen F. Austin / Sam Houston 113 Central Arkansas / Abilene Christian / Lamar / Eastern Kentucky 114

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Game Summaries Final Team Statistics Final Individual Statistics Defensive Statistics Game Highs (Individual/Team) JSU Game-by-Game Statistics Opponent Game-by-Game Statistics

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CREDITS: The 2021 Jacksonville State University football media guide is a publications of the JSU Sports Information Department. It was compiled and written by Josh Underwood, Daniel Porter and Brooks Davis. All photography by JSU Photographers Matt Reynolds and Grace Cockrell with additional action shots by Steve Gross, Dave Brandsma and Brandon Phillips. A special thank you to Wray Dillard of Wray Graphics in Florence, Alabama, for his design and layout. Covers designed by Brandon Phillips. Printing by Jacksonville State University Print Shop. © 2021 Jacksonville State University Athletic Department. All Rights Reserved. JSU is an EO/AA Employer.

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Sept. 1 vs. UAB 2021 Montgomery Kickoff – Cramton Bowl Montgomery, Ala. @ 6:30 p.m. ESPN

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Sept. 11 at Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. @ 7 p.m. ACC Network

Sept. 25 UT MARTIN JACKSONVILLE @ 3 p.m. PREVIEW DAY ESPN+

Oct. 2 at Kennesaw State Kennesaw, Ga. @ 2 p.m.

*Oct. 23 at Sam Houston Huntsville, Texas @ 2 p.m.

*Oct. 30 CENTRAL ARKANSAS JACKSONVILLE @ 1 p.m. HALL OF FAME WEEKEND ESPN+

*Nov. 13 at Lamar Beaumont, Texas @ 4 p.m.

Sept. 18 NORTH ALABAMA JACKSONVILLE @ 6 p.m. BAND DAY ESPN+

*Oct. 9 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN JACKSONVILLE @ 3 p.m. HOMECOMING ESPN+

*Nov. 6 ABILENE CHRISTIAN JACKSONVILLE @ 1 p.m. SOUTHERNERS REUNION ESPN+

*Nov. 20 at Eastern Kentucky Richmond, Ky. @ 1 p.m.

All Times CENTRAL *JSU, Central Arkansas and Eastern Kentucky will be members of ASUN Football in 2021 and will partner with four schools in transition to the WAC to receive an Automatic Bid to the FCS Playoffs.

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l Jacksonville State has ranked in the Top 12 nationally in attendance over the last 10 years, when the Gamecocks have averaged more than 17,000 fans at Burgess-Snow Field. JSU was sixth in 2019 with a total of 117,800 fans watching the Gamecocks play at Burgess-Snow Field. During the COVID-19 Pandemic year of 2020-21, JSU was second in the FCS and led all on-campus facilities with 7,821 fans per game despite limited capacity.

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l JSU had the highest home winning percentage and the most wins at home in the OVC during its tenure in the league from 2003-2020: Record

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Jacksonville State

61-31 (.663)

UT Martin

63-30 (.656)

Eastern Kentucky

45-35 (.562)

Tennessee State

51-41 (.554)

Eastern Illinois

53-46 (.535)

Southeast Missouri

49-45 (.521)

Tennessee Tech

48-47 (.505)

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l Jax State posted a 111-30 (.787) record against OVC schools during its tenure in the league from 2003-20. JSU holds the longest conference win streak in OVC history and the second longest in FCS history with 36-straight OVC wins from 2013-18.

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l The Gamecocks have drawn over 80,000 fans in each of the last eight years in which capacity wasn’t limited by the COVID-19 Pandemic. They surpassed 100,000 fans six times in the last seven seasons (110,695 in 2013, 164,781 in 2015, 123,030 in 2016, 110,328 in 2017, 101,421 in 2018 and 117,800 in 2019). l JSU has hosted numerous NCAA playoff games over the years, including 11 since the 2010 season. There has been at least one home playoff game at Burgess-Snow Field in seven of the last eight seasons. l Jacksonville State has set over 100 school records, 20 Ohio Valley Conference records and six NCAA records since the 2013 season.

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After seeing the 2019-20 cut short due the COVID-19 pandemic, the Gamecocks persevered through an unprecedented 2020-21 season and found a new conference home along the way. The JSU football team was the lone sport allowed to compete during the fall semester due to the Ohio Valley Conference’s COVID policies, forcing all 17 sports to compete either in the winter or spring semesters. The Gamecocks did just that and excelled, winning three conference titles and finishing third in the OVC Commissioner’s Cup standings. The run saw the Gamecock volleyball football and women’s golf teams win titles in what was their final seasons in the OVC. The school announced in January that it would be rejoining the ASUN Conference and on the ground floor of the start of ASUN Football. The Gamecocks’ membership in their new conference home began on July 1. The Gamecocks will rejoin the ASUN – the league that was its first Division I conference home - after an 18-year stay in the Ohio Valley Conference that produced some of the most decorated years in JSU’s storied history. The ASUN expansion includes JSU, Eastern Kentucky and Central Arkansas and brings the league’s membership to 12 teams. The ASUN also announced its plans to add FCS football to the league’s list of

sponsored sports for the first time in the conference’s 43-year history. The addition of football gives the league something it didn’t have when JSU left to join the OVC in 2003, allowing the Gamecocks to play football in the same conference as its other sports. It will make the ASUN the 15th NCAA Division I conference to sponsor FCS Football. With the addition of Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State, the ASUN Conference expands its geographic footprint to seven states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia) and now features 12 of the top-80 media markets in the nation and seven of the top-50. The move to the ASUN is one that will allow the Gamecocks a better geographic fit than in the Ohio Valley Conference, where JSU is over 209 miles south of the closest school. JSU’s new conference home features three schools closer than the nearest in the OVC, including Kennesaw State, which is just 85 miles from JSU’s campus. Also in the league is one of the Gamecocks’ oldest rivals in North Alabama, located just 146 miles away in Florence. Jacksonville State, whose previous membership in the ASUN stretched from 1995-2003, is coming off a dominant run in the OVC that saw the Gamecocks win 81 conference championship trophies. They also made over 50 trips to NCA A postseason play, honored hundreds of all-conference players and dozens of All-Americans.

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JSU’s Conference Championships (132)

Football (24): 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 20-21 (Spring)

Softball (18): 1990, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2008*, 2009, 2010*, 2011*, 2013*, 2014, 2016, 2016*, 2017, 2017*, 2018, 2018*, 2019

Baseball (16): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1988, 1989, 2004*, 2005, 2006*, 2008, 2010*, 2014*, 2019, 2019*

Men’s Basketball (14): 1962*, 1965*, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2017*

Men’s Golf (11): 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 Men’s Tennis (11): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2005*, 2007, 2007*, 2009*, 2014, 2014*, 2019

Women’s Tennis (10): 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2010, 2011, 2011*

Rifle (10): 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Volleyball (10): 1991, 1992, 2005*, 2006, 2006*, 2007, 2009, 2009*, 2019, 2020 Women’s Golf (6): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 , 2021 Women’s Basketball (2): 1991, 1993

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National Championships (6) Football: 1992

Men’s Basketball: 1985

Baseball: 1990, 1991

Gymnastics: 1984, 1985

OVC Championships Since 2003-04 Jacksonville State 81

Eastern Kentucky 73

Eastern Illinois 54

Murray State 48

Tennessee Tech 34

Southeast Missouri 35

Austin Peay 28

UT Martin 25

Morehead State 21

Belmont 18

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Jacksonville State was the first school in the nation to lay claim to NCAA national titles in football, men’s basketball and baseball at the Division II level or higher. The Gamecocks were the only school to achieve the feat until 2017, when Florida added the Division I Baseball title to its Football and Men’s Basketball titles. JSU and Florida are the only two schools to even play for all three at the Division II level or higher.

During its time in the Ohio Valley Conference from 2003-21, Jacksonville State solidified itself as the preeminent athletic program in the conference. The Gamecocks won 81 OVC Championships, more than any other program in the OVC during that same time period. JSU saw 10 of its 17 programs bring home various OVC titles and combine for 53 trips to NCAA postseason play.

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In January of 2021, Jacksonville State announced that it would be rejoining the ASUN Conference – the league that was its first Division I conference home - after an 18-year stay in the Ohio Valley Conference that produced some of the most decorated years in JSU’s storied history. The expansion that included JSU, Eastern Kentucky and Central Arkansas brings the league’s membership to 12 teams and allows it to compete in two six-team divisions that are split based on geography. The Gamecocks officially re-joined the ASUN on July 1, 2021. The move to the ASUN is one that will allow the Gamecocks a better geographic fit than in the Ohio Valley Conference, where JSU was over 209 miles south of the closest school. JSU’s new conference home features three schools closer than the nearest in the OVC, including Kennesaw State, which is just 85 miles from JSU’s campus. Also in the league is one of the Gamecocks’ oldest rivals in North Alabama, located just 146 miles away in Florence. “Giving Jacksonville State a regional presence in the heart of our alumni and fan base, along with the ASUN’s plan to create a new football league were very important factors in us engaging in discussions with the league,” JSU President Dr. Don Killingsworth said. “We look forward to working with the current membership of the ASUN, as well as Eastern Kentucky and Central Arkansas, who are making this move with us today. We know we will all make each other better, and we cannot wait to see what the future holds for Jacksonville State in our new conference home.”

hundreds of all-conference players and dozens of All-Americans. ASUN Conference, Atlanta, Ga. - the only DI conference headquartered in the ATL, our footprint’s primary media, sports, business, transportation and cultural hub The ASUN, a Division I conference member of the NCAA, boasts a membership of institutions that share visionary leadership, bold ambition and creative innovation. As a nimble adaptive conference, unafraid to blaze a national pathway for better service to our student-athletes, teams, and institutions, the ASUN has a proud history of firsts, national academic and athletic achievements and a conference culture that walks the walk with its four ASUN Beams. Students First! Rise. Connect. Impact. #ASUNBuilt by Bellarmine (Louisville), Central Arkansas (Conway), Eastern Kentucky (Richmond), FGCU (Fort Myers), Jacksonville (Fla.), Jacksonville State (Jacksonville, Ala.), Kennesaw State (Ga.), Liberty (Lynchburg, Va.), Lipscomb (Nashville), North Alabama (Florence), North Florida (Jacksonville, Fla.), and Stetson (DeLand, Fla.).

Jacksonville State, whose previous membership in the ASUN stretched from 1995-2003, is coming off a dominant run in the OVC that saw the Gamecocks win 81 conference championship trophies. They also made over 50 trips to NCAA postseason play, honored

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ASUN-WAC Challenge Schedule Sept. 25, 2021 Sam Houston at Central Arkansas Abilene Christian at Lamar Oct. 2, 2021 Central Arkansas at Abilene Christian Tarleton at Eastern Kentucky - # Sam Houston at Stephen F. Austin Oct. 9, 2021 Abilene Christian at Eastern Kentucky Stephen F. Austin at Jacksonville State Lamar at Sam Houston Oct. 16, 2021 Lamar at Abilene Christian Eastern Kentucky at Central Arkansas Tarleton at Dixie State - # Oct. 23, 2021 Central Arkansas at Lamar Stephen F. Austin at Dixie State - # Jacksonville State at Sam Houston Oct. 30, 2021 Abilene Christian at Stephen F. Austin Central Arkansas at Jacksonville State Lamar at Eastern Kentucky Sam Houston at Tarleton - # Nov. 6, 2021 Abilene Christian at Jacksonville State Dixie State at Sam Houston Eastern Kentucky at Stephen F. Austin Lamar at Tarleton - # Nov. 13, 2021 Tarleton at Abilene Christian - # Stephen F. Austin at Central Arkansas Eastern Kentucky at Sam Houston Jacksonville State at Lamar Nov. 20, 2021 Sam Houston at Abilene Christian Central Arkansas at Tarleton - # Jacksonville State at Eastern Kentucky Stephen F. Austin at Lamar # - Contests against Dixie State and Tarleton do not count towards alliance win percentage

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FOOTBALL In January of 2021, the ASUN Conference announced it would be adding FCS football to the league’s list of sponsored sports for the first time in the conference’s 43-year history. The addition of football gives the league something it didn’t have when JSU left to join the OVC in 2003, allowing the Gamecocks to play football in the same conference as its other sports. It will make the ASUN the 15th NCAA Division I conference to sponsor FCS Football. The original five members of ASUN Football are Jacksonville State, Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, Kennesaw State and North Alabama. While the ASUN plans to solidify its Automatic Qualifier status in the FCS for the 2022 season, the league reached announced a one-year football scheduling alliance with the Western Athletic Conference for the 2021 season in February of 2021. Presented as the ASUN-WAC Challenge, the agreement will allow for seven institutions--three ASUN members and four WAC members--to be eligible for an automatic qualification into the 2021 NCAA FCS Playoffs. Jacksonville State will announce its full schedule once the non-conference portion is complete. The alliance will feature Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State from the ASUN Conference and Abilene Christian, Lamar University, Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin from the WAC. ASUN members Kennesaw State and North Alabama will continue to participate in the Big South Conference for the 2021 season, while WAC members Dixie State and Tarleton will participate in the joint schedule but will not be eligible for the group’s AQ. The seven schools, known as the AQ7, will play a single round-robin, with each institution having three home contests and three road contests. The home team will be responsible for officials, control media rights and game broadcast inventory. The team with the highest winning percentage among AQ7 games shall receive the automatic qualification to the FCS playoffs. In addition, a trophy will be presented to the conference that has the highest winning percentage against the other conference.

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fect records in conference play. l Jacksonville State has won 24 conference championships and made 21 NCAA Playoff Appearances. l Since 1996, the Gamecocks have appeared on television 179 times. l JSU has been ranked in the Top 25 a total of 166 weeks since 2000. The Gamecocks were in the Top 25 for 83 consecutive weeks and have been in the Top 10 in at least one major poll 80 times. l The Gamecocks have had a total of 93 players named AllAmerica. l Former Gamecocks in the pros have won the Super Bowl, Grey Cup Championship and the Arena Football League Championship.

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JUSTIN LEA

2017 NFF Scholar-Athlete Three-Time All-American offensive lineman Justin Lea saw the off-the-field honors roll in during his senior season. The Academic All-American won the OVC Scholar-Athlete Award, the highest honor given to an OVC StudentAthlete and JSU’s Eagle Owl Award winner, but his greatest honor may have been being named to the National Football Foundation’s National Scholar-Athlete Team and a Finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy. One of 13 members of the NFF Scholar-Athlete Team and the first from an OVC institution, Lea received an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship for his work on the field, in the classroom and the community. He was honored at the NFF’s Annual College Football Hall of Fame Induction Banquet alongside greats like Peyton Manning, Marshall Faulk and Steve Spurrier.

DARIUS JACKSON

2017 Buck Buchanan Award Winner In 2017, JSU senior defensive end Darius Jackson won the Buck Buchanan Award, given annually by STATS to the top defensive player in the FCS. A consensus First-Team All-American, Jackson became the first Gamecock and the first player from the Ohio Valley Conference to win the prestigious honor. The Bessemer, Ala., native was a two-time OVC Defensive Player of the Year and holds JSU’s career records for sacks and tackles for a loss.

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Jacksonville State has a star-studded NFL past to remember. Over the years, the Gamecocks have placed numerous players on NFL rosters. Just a few former Gamecock football alums in the NFL include Dieter Brock, Keith McKeller, Eric Davis. McKeller played in three straight Super Bowls from 1991-1994, while Eric Davis played in Super Bowl XXIX. The Gamecocks also have Championships in the CFL with Dieter Brock and Montressa Kirby both winning the Grey Cup. JSU has also been represented in the AFL after Delvin Hughley played for the title with the Colorado Crush in 2005.

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Gosh Almighty! by Doug Segrest, The Birmingham News

OXFORD, Miss. -- As Jacksonville State’s players boogied with the marching band, and Ole Miss fans filed out of Vaught-Hem mingway Stadium in stunned silence, only one person understood both emotions.

a 31-10 lead.

Both Masoli and starter Nathan Stanley were effective. But the biggest difference was a defensive front that seemed to manhandle Jax State’s patchwork offensive line.

Tears began welling in Jack Crowe’s eyes. A flood followed in the locker room.

Crowe challenged his team to play better, or to report for a full-pads workout at the very next practice.

He felt the joy immediately. But the Jacksonville State coach also understood the agony of losing a game that can shake the faithful to the foundation.

To be honest, Crowe admitted later, he was just trying to get a read on his team. “We hadn’t been a team all fall. We hadn’t looked like a team at a single practice.”

Jacksonville State’s 49-48, double-time victory against Ole Miss on Saturday is probably the program’s biggest since moving to Division I-AA in 1995.

Yet it came together in the second half.

That was three years after Crowe learned how low a coach could go. As head man at Arkansas, he lost the 1992 season opener to I-AA The Citadel. By the start of the new week, Crowe was out of a job. “I’m not sure this feels as good,” Crowe said after Saturday’s upset, “as that felt bad.” Jacksonville State erased a 31-10 deficit in the second half, turning a blowout into a win for the ages before a crowd of 55,768 fans. While all the pregame attention was focused on Oregon transfer Jeremiah Maso li’s debut at Ole Miss, the game was won on the arm of a lesser known quarterback playing for Jacksonville State. Ever heard of Coty Blanchard? He came from Cherokee County High, where he was the state’s Mr. Football a year ago. The true freshman entered in the third series, stuck around a good bit after that, and delivered both a fourth-down, 30-yard touchdown pass in the second overtime and the game-winning two-point conversion toss to Calvin Middleton. The latter was a last-second ad-lib on what was supposed to be a shovel pass. With the NCAA affirming Ole Miss’ lastminute appeal to gain Masoli’s eligibility, the Rebels dominated the first half, taking

Ole Miss was trying to add to a 31-13 lead near the end of the third quarter when Masoli overthrew a receiver. JSU’s Keginald Harris pulled in the interception and returned it 24 yards. Blanchard returned with the first-team offense and drove the Gamecocks 59 yards in eight plays, cutting the lead to 11 points. When Ole Miss tried to deliver another knockout haymaker on the ensuing drive, JSU delivered a stop again on a fourthand-6 from the Gamecocks’ 33-yard line. This time Blanchard directed a 67-yard drive, cutting the margin to 31-26. Starting quarterback Marques Ivory returned to lead the game-tying drive, hitting Alan Bonner on a 19-yard scoring pass with 18 seconds left and a strike to La’Ray Williams for the 2-point conversion. He also directed the first score in overtime. The rotating quarterbacks matched passing yards (126) and touchdowns (2), although Blanchard at tempted 10 fewer passes. Ivory will remain the starter for Jacksonville State’s home opener next week against Chattanooga. Blanchard will again go in on the third series. And after that?

“Like I tell them all the time: What you do determines what I do,” Crowe said.

Needless to say, the Ole Miss loss sent shockwaves through the stands, on In ternet message boards and proved just as palpable in the locker room. “This would have to be one of my toughest losses,” said Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt, a Crowe assistant at Arkansas. “You do not want to get started off like this.” Crowe remembers how close Jacksonville State came to beating Florida State a year ago. More im portant, he’s never forgotten what The Citadel upset meant to his own career. And what it could mean to Nutt down the road. “I don’t think these cir cumstances could be re peated in 100 years,” Crowe said. “I thought the same thing after The Citadel.”

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The 2021 edition of the Jacksonville State University football media guide is a source of information for the news media covering the Gamecocks. News releases, photographs/slides/JPEGS, clips and film footage and other additional information will also be available to accredited members of the media upon request.

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Your hosts for Gamecock football are Associate Athletics Director Josh Underwood and Assistant SID Daniel Porter. Should you need any information, feel free to call any time, day or night. Josh Underwood can be reached at (256) 782-5915 (work) or (256) 453-0545 (cell). Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with Jacksonville State’s media policies.

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WEEKLY PRESS LUNCHEON—A press luncheon will be held each Tuesday of game week during the season. A short press conference with Coach Grass and select players will kick off the day at 11:30 a.m. in the Jim Coxwell Social Room located in Gamecock Fieldhouse. If a specific player is needed, contact the sports information staff by Sunday to make arrangements for the interview. Lunch will follow the press conference each week. If Social distancing guidelines cannot be met, the weekly press conference will be held virtually and that information will be shared at a later date. IN-SEASON INTERVIEW POLICY—All of JSU’s football players and coaches will be available to the media throughout the 2021 season. Interviews should be arranged through the JSU Sports Information office. It is requested that player and staff interviews be conducted Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday afternoons of game week. The players and staff will be unavailable for interviews after Wednesday afternoon. In-person interviews will be conducted in either the Coxwell Room or on the practice field prior to the beginning of practice.

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(256) 782-5915 (256) 453-0545 (cell) underwood@jsu.edu

Tony Schmidt Assistant SID

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PRESS BOX SERVICES—JSU’s Press Box is equipped with wireless and hard-wired internet throughout the sixth floor of the press area. A student assistant will be available to answer questions and handle any faxing necessary. Jacksonville State University uses “The Automated Scorebook” for football computerized statistics. Due to COVID-19 safety measures, paper copies of statistics will not be passed out during the game unless special arrangements are made with the JSU Sports Information Office. Media members can access live up-to-date statistics through “Stat Broadcast” at jsu.statbroadcast.com. SID Office Location—JSU’s Office of Sports Information is located on the third floor of Pete Mathews Coliseum, located on Rudy Abbott Highway. SID MAILING ADDRESS—

Jacksonville State University Attn: Sport Information Director – Pete Mathews Coliseum 700 Pelham Road North Jacksonville, AL 35265-1602

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PRACTICE ATTENDANCE—Practice times for the 2021 season will be approximately 2:30-5:00 p.m. Please notify the Jacksonville State Sports Information office if you plan to attend practices this season. Television stations and photographers may shoot the first 30 minutes of practice. Interviews at practice will be conducted following the completion of practice. No pre-practice interviews will be allowed without prior approval. THE PRESS BOX—The Jacksonville State University Press Box is for the working press only. No cheerleading for either team will be allowed. The Press Box is located on the south side of Burgess-Snow Field on the sixth floor. Please take any of the four elevators to the sixth floor to access the press area, coaches booths, radio booths and television booth. The JSU Sports Information office will provide food and beverage approximately one-and-a-half hours prior to kickoff to all working media.

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CREDENTIALS—Press credentials for working media and photographers for Jax State’s home football games will be handled by Josh Underwood, Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations. Jacksonville State University follows the guidelines set forth by the NCAA governing the issuance of credentials. Press Box passes will be issued to accredited sports writers of daily and weekly newspapers. Similarly, photo and sideline passes will be issued only to accredited members of the photo media working for newspapers and television stations. Press requests should be made to the Jacksonville State Sports Information office by Friday morning of game week and will be carefully screened to ensure a professional working atmosphere. All credentials and press parking requests should come from sports editors, directors or anchors. Press credentials and parking passes will be given to writers in attendance of Monday press luncheons or mailed if the request is received on Monday morning. Spouses, dates and minors will not be permitted in the Press Box or the sidelines of Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium. Any unauthorized use of credentials will result in revocation of credentials issued by Jacksonville State University and credential requests will not be honored for future JSU athletic events. SIDELINE CONTROL—Jacksonville State University follows guidelines set forth by the NCAA in sideline control. The NCAA has established a sideline control policy to keep those areas free from congestion. Only those photographers on assignment will be given sideline passes. The sideline control policy is as follows: (1) Only those photographers on assignment, including student and freelance photojournalists, are given credentials. In addition, each student publication will be issued one press and/or sideline photo pass. (2) Photographers must display their sideline photo passes at all times. If not, they may be asked to leave the stadium. (3) University personnel will be deployed on the sideline to ensure no abuses of these privileges. (4) Photographers are urged to shoot from the end zone to the 15-yard line on either side of the field and from either end zone. (5) Photographers and media should not linger in the bench area (between the 15-yard lines) at any time during the game. (6) Absolutely no player or coach interviews will be conducted during the game.

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Office. Access is by parking pass only. Please display the hang tag on your mirror. A press credential does not guarantee parking. MEDIA WILL CALL—Media or photo credentials which have not been mailed can be obtained at the Media Will Call window, located in the main lobby of Stadium Tower at Burgess-Snow Field. Media Will Call opens two hours prior to kick-off. POST-GAME INTERVIEWS— Jacksonville State’s post-game press conference with head coach John Grass and selected players will take place on the sixth floor of the Press Box in the Conference Room, following a 10-minute cooling off period. A member of the JSU Sports Information Office will be on hand to help coordinate player and coach interviews. No children are permitted in the post-game interview room. The visiting team’s post-game press conference will take place outside the team’s locker room, which is located in the northeast corner of Burgess-Snow Field. JSU ON THE INTERNET—Jacksonville State University’s Official Web Site can be found at the following address: http://www.JSUGamecockSports.com The web site is updated daily and information on all 17 sports is readily available. Complete schedule, results, coaches and player information and conference information is accessible via the World Wide Web.

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RADIO RIGHTS—Jacksonville State University will provide one phone line free of charge to opponents wishing to broadcast. However, it is the responsibility of the visiting radio stations to have its flagship station call direct to the event location to establish the broadcast line. JSU will not permit outgoing telephone calls. Teams planning to broadcast should notify JSU Sports Information Director Josh Underwood of their intent no less than two days before the actual broadcast. The visiting radio phone number is available upon request. MEDIA PARKING—Media parking at Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium is available on a limited basis. Media parking is located in the Media Lot, which is one block behind JSU Stadium Tower on Francis St – directly across from the Calhoun County EMA

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Name of School: Jacksonville State University City/Zip: Jacksonville, Alabama 36265 Founded: 1883 Enrollment: 8,514 Nickname: Gamecocks School Colors: Red and White Stadium: Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium Capacity: 24,000 Surface: Pro Grass Artificial Affiliation: NCAA FCS Conference: Atlantic Sun Conference President: Dr. Don C. Killingsworth, Jr. Athletic Director: Greg Seitz Athletic Dept. Phone: (256) 782-5368 Athletic Ticket Office: (256) 782-8499

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First Year of Football: 1903 Bowl/Playoff Record: 24-19 Years in Postseason: 21 Last Appearance: 2021 FCS Spring Playoffs Result: Quarter Finals Lost to #5 Delaware, 20-14 All-Time Record: 560-355-4

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Associate AD/ FB SID: Josh Underwood SID Office Phone: (256) 782-5915 Cell Phone: (256) 453-0545 SID Email: underwood@jsu.edu Assistant SID: Tony Schmidt Office Phone: (256) 782-5377 Assistant FB SID: Daniel Porter Office Phone: (256) 782-5965 SID Fax: (256) 782-5958 Press Box Phone: (256) 782-5585 or 5586 SID Mailing Address: 700 Pelham Road North Jacksonville, AL 36265 Overnight Address: Pete Mathews Coliseum 700 Pelham Rd North Jacksonville, AL 36265 Web Site: www.JSUGamecockSports.com

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COACHING STAFF Head Coach: John Grass Alma Mater: Jacksonville State (1990) Record at JSU (yrs): 68-21 (eighth year) Career Record (yrs): 68-21 (eighth year) Football Operations: Patrick McCain Football Office Phone: (256) 782-5365 Best Time to Call: Mornings Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater) Position Tyler Allen (LSU, 2017) Quarterbacks Owen Kilgore (Tennessee, 2013) Pass Defense Coordinator/Cornerbacks Jimmy Ogle (Tennessee, 1999) Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs Kevin Revis (Chattanooga, 2014) Offensive Line J.R. Sandlin (UCF, 2009) Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator Kelvin Sigler (Alabama, 1999) Associate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Greg Stewart (Troy, 1988) Linebackers Maxwell Thurmond (Jacksonville State, 2001) Outside Linebackers/Special Teams Cody Wells (ULM, 2013) Wide Receivers

TEAM INFORMATION 020-21 Overall Record: 10-3 2 Conference Finish: 6-1 (1st) Basic Offense: Multiple Basic Defense: Multiple Letterwinners Returning Offense: 28 Defense: 33 Specialty: 3 TOTAL: 64 Letterwinners Lost Offense: 6 Defense: 12 Specialty: 4 TOTAL: 22 Starters Returning/Lost Offense: 9/2 Defense: 10/1 Specialty: 5/1 TOTAL: 24/4

2003•2004•2011•2014 2015•2016•2017•2018•2020 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 20

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TEAM INFORMATION RETURNING OFFENSIVE STARTERS (Pos/Ht/Wt/Cl) Zerrick Cooper (QB, 6-4, 225, R-SR)/Zion Webb (QB, 6-0, 200, R-JR) Tylan Grable (OL, 6-7, 260, R-SO) Cam Hill (OL, 6-1, 305, JR) Zack Cangelosi (C, 6-3, 290, R-JR) Josh Wegener (OL, 6-3, 305, R-JR) Michael Shaddix (OL, 6-4, 295, R-JR) Josh Samuel (RB, 5-11, 215, R-JR) Dave Russell III (WR, 6-0, 203, R-SO) Ahmad Edwards (WR, 6-1, 185, R-SO)

RETURNING DEFENSIVE STARTERS (Pos/Ht/Wt/Cl) DJ Coleman (BAN, 6-6, 245, JR) Anthony Nesby (NT, 6-1, 315, R-SO) Lemuel Gordon (DT, 6-3, 288, R-FR) Umstead Sanders (DE, 6-2, 247, R-SR) Stevonte Tullis (NICK, 6-0, 205, R-JR) Marshall Clark (MLB, 6-0, 210, R-SO) Markail Benton (WLB, 6-2, 235, R-JR) Jeremiah Harris (SS, 5-10, 180, R-JR) Nicario Harper (FS, 6-1, 180, R-SO) George Steele (CB, 5-10, 180, R-SO)

RETURNING SPECIALTY STARTERS (Pos/Ht/Wt/Cl) Alen Karajic (K, 6-5, 205, FR) Jack Dawson (P, 6-3, 185, FR) Thomas Peterson (LS, 6-4, 245, R-FR) Michael Pettway (KR, 5-10, 170, R-FR) Quan Charleston (PR, 6-0, 198, R-JR)

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RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERS RUSHING Josh Samuel Uriah West Zion Webb Pat Jackson

G Attempts 13 139 13 137 12 74 12 93

Yards 773 687 399 369

Avg. 59.5 52.8 33.2 30.8

TD 8 8 5 3

PASSING Zion Webb Zerrick Cooper RECEIVING Dave Russell III Michael Pettway Ahmad Edwards

G Com-Att-Int 12 120-205-8 4 54-81-1

Yards 1777 671

Pct. 58.5 66.7

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Yards Avg./Gm 352 27.1 239 26.6 284 23.7

Rec 26 18 17

TD 3 2 3

2021 GAMECOCK FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Sept. 1 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 23 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20

Opponents vs UAB at Florida State NORTH ALABAMA UT MARTIN at Kennesaw State *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN *at Sam Houston *CENTRAL ARKANSAS *ABILENE CHRISTIAN *at Lamar *at Eastern Kentucky

Site Montgomery, Ala. Tallahassee, Fla. Burgess-Snow Field Burgess-Snow Field Kennesaw, Ga. Burgess-Snow Field Huntsville, Texas Burgess-Snow Field Burgess-Snow Field Beaumont, Texas Richmond, Ky.

Time 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m.

Last Year DNP L, 41-24 W, 24-17 W, 37-20 DNP DNP DNP

1 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. TBA

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All-Time Series UAB leads, 3-2 FSU leads, 2-1 JSU leads, 27-18-3 JSU leads, 35-8 KSU leads, 2-0 SFA leads, 6-1 Tied, 5-5 1st Meeting 1st Meeting 1st Meeting JSU leads, 10-7

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PRESEASON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: TYLER HUDSON, CENTRAL ARKANSAS PRESEASON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: NICARIO HARPER, JACKSONVILLE STATE

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Breylin Smith Josh Samuel Sam Camargo Tyler Hudson Lujuan Winningham Jacquez Jones Tylan Grable Jaylin Hendrix Cam Hill Payton Collins Toby Sanderson Jyran Mitchell

Central Arkansas Jacksonville State Central Arkansas Central Arkansas Central Arkansas Eastern Kentucky Jacksonville State Central Arkansas Jacksonville State Eastern Kentucky Central Arkansas Eastern Kentucky

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DJ Coleman Logan Jessup Quinten Floyd JW Jones Matthew Jackson Jaylen Swain TJ Campbell Marshall Clark Nicario Harper Cameron Godfrey Joseph Sayles DeAndre Lamont

Jacksonville State Central Arkansas Eastern Kentucky Central Arkansas Eastern Kentucky Jacksonville State Central Arkansas Jacksonville State Jacksonville State Central Arkansas Eastern Kentucky Central Arkansas

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Conway, Ark. Greenville, S.C. Kissimmee, Fla. Spring, Texas Humble, Texas Clearwater, Fla. Gordon, Ga. Everman, Texas Montgomery, Ala. Columbus, Ohio Edmond, Okla. Matteson, Ill.

Health Education Sports Management Exercise Science Business Administration Finance Sociology Sports Management Physical Educ./Teach Educ. Sports Management Chemistry Exercise Science Business Management

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Atlanta, Ga. Business Wynne, Ark. P hysical Educ./Teacher Educ. Frankfort, Ky. Criminal Justice Rayville, La. Exercise Science Nashville, Tenn. Sport Management Oxford, Ala. Southhaven, Miss. Health Education Munford, Ala. Environmental Science Atlanta, Ga. Spring, Texas Nutrition Alpharetta, Ga. Business Baytown, Texas Health Education

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Bryant, Ark. General Science Sylvania Waters, Australia Plant City, Fla. Psychology

Preseason Football ASUN/WAC AQ7 Coaches Poll Pl. Team (1st Place Votes) Points

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Sam Houston (7) 49 Central Arkansas 40 Jacksonville State 37 Stephen F. Austin 27 Eastern Kentucky 20 Abilene Christian 15 Lamar 8

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The Jacksonville State Football Network continues to provide Gamecock fans the best coverage of JSU Football throughout the southeast.

Mike Parris

The anchors of the Gamecock Football Network are K-98 (WVOK-FM) in Oxford, Ala., and the Jacksonville State University campus station WLJS-FM 91.9. WKXX-FM 102.9 FM, will once again cover northeast Alabama from Gadsden and WRBZ 95.5 FM will cover the Montgomery-Wetumpka area, while WFAZ 90.9 FM God’s Country Radio and sister station WJHO 89.7 FM The Classic will broadcast the Gamecocks in Clay County.

In addition, the JSU Sports Network affiliates will allow Gamecock football to be heard in four Southeastern states and can reach a worldwide audience on the Internet at www.JSUGamecockSports.com. The Jacksonville State broadcast team will be led by one of the most experienced play-by-play voices in the nation. The “Voice of the Gamecocks” is Mike Parris, who called his first JSU contest in 1983, and is entering his 39th year as the lead announcer of Jacksonville State sports. He handles all the play-by-play duties of Jacksonville State athletics radio broadcasts. During his tenure he has called some of the most historic and memorable games in Jacksonville Sate athletics history. He has called the four Jacksonville State national titles – football (1992), basketball (1985) and baseball (1990, 1991), plus other noteworthy contests.

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Parris is the Assistant Athletic Director for Broadcasting at Jacksonville State University. Former Gamecock football player Ray Hammett rejoined the Jacksonville State radio football broadcast team for the 2021 season after missing the 2020 season. Hammett spent 11 years as color analyst on the Gamecock Football Network from 1992-2002, and served as color analyst on the Gamecock home television broadcasts from 2005-11. He spent the 2012-2019 seasons alongside Parris in the booth.

Ray Hammett

Hammett played linebacker for the Gamecocks from 1974-76, and helped Jax State post 20 wins over three years, including back-to-back seven-win seasons in 1974 and 1975, and the 1974 Gulf South Conference Championship. After graduating from Jax State, Hammett joined the prep ranks as a longtime high school football coach, and served as head coach at Lineville High School, Saks High School and Jacksonville High School. Following his coaching career, Hammett moved into school administration and served as principal before retiring from Jacksonville High School. He has served in many administrative roles in West Georgia since his retirement from the state of Alabama.

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DIRECTIONS FROM BIRMINGHAM, ALA., TO JACKSONVILLE l Take I-20 East towards Atlanta l Take the Hwy 21 North exit (No. 185) in Anniston/Oxford l Turn left onto Hwy 21 North towards Jacksonville l Drive 14 miles until you enter the city limits of Jacksonville l After you drive around the Jacksonville town square, go to the third red light and turn left onto Mountain Ave l Proceed on Mountain Ave. until the first street and turn right on Cole Drive l The football stadium is on the right

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l Take I-20 West towards Birmingham l Take the Hwy 21 North exit (No. 185) at Anniston/Oxford l Turn right onto Hwy 21 North towards Jacksonville l Drive 14 miles until you enter the city limits of Jacksonville l After you drive around the Jacksonville town square, go to the third red light and turn left onto Mountain Ave l Proceed on Mountain Ave. until the first street and turn right on Cole Drive l The football stadium is on the right

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l Take I-59 South towards Birmingham l Take the US 431 South Exit (No. 183) at Attalla/Gadsden l Turn left onto US 431 South towards Anniston l Proceed through Gadsden and stay on US 431 for 18 miles l Turn left on Hwy. 204 (Rudy Abbott Highway) l Proceed on Hwy. 204 for 12 miles l After you pass Rudy Abbott Field and Pete Mathews Coliseum, go over the hill and turn right on Forney Ave at the bottom of the hill (just across the Chief Ladiga Trail) l Follow Forney for approximately 1/2 mile, until you come to the 4-way stop and turn left l The football stadium is on the left

DIRECTIONS FROM CULLMAN, ALA., To JACKSONVILLE l Take US 278 East towards Gadsden l Turn right on US 431 South when US 278 dead ends (approximately 50 miles) towards Anniston l Proceed through Gadsden and stay on US 431 for 18 miles l Turn left on Hwy. 204 (Rudy Abbott Highway) l Proceed on Hwy. 204 for 12 miles l After you pass Rudy Abbott Field and Pete Mathews Coliseum, go over the hill and and turn right on Forney Ave at the bottom of the hill (just across the Chief Ladiga Trail) l Follow Forney for approximately 1/2 mile, until you come to the 4-way stop and turn left l The football stadium is on the left

DIRECTIONS FROM HUNTSVILLE, ALA., To JACKSONVILLE l Take US 431 South (Governors Lane) out of Huntsville towards Gadsden l Proceed through Gadsden and stay on US 431 for 18 miles l Turn left on Hwy. 204 (Rudy Abbott Highway) l Proceed on Hwy. 204 for 12 miles l After you pass Rudy Abbott Field and Pete Mathews Coliseum, go over the hill and turn right on Forney Ave at the bottom of the hill (just across the Chief Ladiga Trail) l Follow Forney for approximately 1/2 mile, until you come to the 4-way stop and turn left l The football stadium is on the left

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The Jacksonville State University Board of Trustees approved the naming of its football facility Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium in the summer of 2010 and the Gamecocks will play their 73rd season there this year.

includes 33 luxury skyboxes, a new press area, coaches booths, radio and television broadcast facilities, and a game management booth. The stadium was also expanded and now includes 24,000 seats.

The football playing facility has been called Paul Snow Stadium since the 1961 season, but now also honors former coach Bill Burgess, who led the Gamecocks to the 1992 NCAA Division II National Championship.

The natural playing surface was replaced during the summer of 2005 with an artificial playing turf. It was the first major renovation to the stadium since the 1978 season. It took three months to install at a cost of just over $700,000 and was completed in time to hold summer graduation on the new playing field. That field was replaced before the 2016 season with another ProGrass surface.

Long ago, in the days when Jacksonville State University went by Jacksonville State Teachers College and the athletic teams were nicknamed the “Eagle Owls,” football was played in a field next to John Forney National Guard Armory. In 1946 as JSU began to change, enrollment began to rise and so did the popularity of football. Seeing the need for a new facility, the school built a stadium in the present location and it was dedicated in front of an overflow crowd at the 1947 Homecoming game against Pembroke. The Gamecocks went on to win that game and posted a perfect 9-0 season, including a 7-0 win over Florida State. The “College Bowl” as it was called, was renamed in 1961 to honor longtime JSU supporter Paul Snow. Then in July of 2010, the stadium was renamed Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium. The stadium got a facelift in 1965 when seating was expanded from 5,000 to 8,500 and a new press box was installed on the north side of the facility. Under the supervision of long-time Athletic Director Jerry N. Cole, the field house was constructed in 1977 and the expansion of the stadium was complete in time for the 1978 season when the student section was added to bring the capacity to 15,000. Since opening in 1946, Jacksonville State has posted an incredible 291105-8 record at home. JSU played its 400th game at Burgess-Snow Field on March 21, 2021, a 21-3 win over Southeast Missouri in the spring OVC schedule that was pushed back due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. JSU Stadium completed a $47 million expansion just in time for the 2010 season. The new facility consists of seven stories, with the bottom four floors dedicated to nearly 400 dorm beds. The top three floors

Prior to the 2017 season, the standard definition video board that was installed in 2007 was replaced by a new board that includes a full high definition display that measures 12 feet in height and 80 feet in width. On the Gamecock Field House, a new scoreboard was installed in 2007, making Burgess-Snow Field the only on-campus facility in the OVC to feature two scoreboards. Jacksonville State’s first win in renovated Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium came the hard way, in 2010, but it is one Gamecock fans remember well. After a lightning delay that pushed kickoff back 86 minutes, the 22,186 in attendance saw the fifth-ranked Jacksonville State football team score 21 unanswered points to pull off its second fourth-quarter come-frombehind win of the season, a 21-17 thriller over Chattanooga. One week after the second-largest crowd to ever watch JSU play saw the Gamecocks rally for a double-overtime win over Ole Miss, the largest home crowd in Gamecock history saw junior Marques Ivory find junior James Shaw for a 72-yard touchdown strike with 1:16 remaining as the Gamecocks claimed the win in the renovated stadium. The record for a single-game crowd for a football game at Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium was set in the season opener in 2017 versus Liberty when 23,944 fans witnessed the Gamecocks claim a 37-10 win over the Flames.

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NAME Jamari Jemison Nicario Harper Michael Pettway DJ Coleman Pat Jackson Marshall Clark Jayson Jones Lemuel Gordon Josh Samuel Yessman Green Zerrick Cooper George Steele Yul Gowdy Chance Newman Isaiah Montgomery Markail Benton Ahmad Edwards Chris Hardie Zion Webb Leeshoen Jarrett Deco Wilson BeSean McCray Umstead Sanders PJ Wells Derek Carter Matthew Caldwell Jeremiah Harris Hunter Raquet La’Derrick Bell Laletia Hale, Jr. Sean Brown Marco Baker Braydon Hill Malik Feaster Quan Charleston Uriah West Amon Scarbrough Demarco Price Taji Stewart Kolbi Fuqua Markel Cheeseboro Jaylen Hughey Ron Wiggins Kaleb Jones Jett Smith Stevonte Tullis CJ Felder Josh Richard Casey Grigley II Jaylen Swain Hudson Petty Osiris Smith Jalen Bustamante Ricky Samuel Slade Alexander Brenton King Corey Lee Tristan Wells Kyle Holt Noah Fuller Ashton Gulledge

M POS CB SAF WR DE RB LB WR DE RB CB QB CB CB QB WR LB WR DL QB TE SAF QB LB WR CB QB SAF QB WR LB TE CB TE CB WR RB SAF CB LB SAF RB LB RB RB SAF LB RB WR SAF DE SAF LB SAF DL LB K CB LB TE SAF SAF

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C WT 170 205 170 245 215 210 180 288 215 178 217 180 183 215 207 230 185 260 200 200 195 175 250 190 170 195 191 215 198 210 246 180 225 187 198 225 183 173 247 212 188 230 180 195 185 205 185 175 185 255 200 215 197 300 200 186 185 212 240 192 200

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HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Birmingham, Ala./Minor HS Atlanta, Ga./Southern Miss Alabaster, Ala./Washington State Atlanta, Ga./South Atlanta HS Columbus, Miss./Mississippi Delta CC Munford, Ala./Munford HS Birmingham, Ala./Center Point HS Montgomery, Ala./Carver HS Greenville, S.C./Western Kentucky Mobile, Ala./Jacksonville HS Jonesboro, Ga./Clemson Trussville, Ala./Hewitt-Trussville HS Birmingham, Ala./Minor HS Daphne, Ala./VMI Atlanta, Ga./Tennessee Phenix City, Ala./Alabama Alabaster, Ala./Thompson HS Vincent, Ala./Vincent HS Phenix City, Ala./Central HS Warner Robins, Ga./Houston County HS Talladega, Ala./Talladega HS Orlando, Fla./Hinds (Miss.) CC Port St. Joe, Fla./University of Florida Rainbow City, Ala./Westbrook Christian HS Gardendale, Ala./Gardendale HS Auburn, Ala./Auburn HS Shorterville, Ala./Abbeville HS Santa Cruz, Calif./Cal Poly Anniston, Ala./Saks HS Montgomery, Ala./Carver HS Rome, Ga./Tennessee Terry, Miss./Terry HS Hokes Bluff, Ala./Hokes Bluff HS Toccoa, Ga./Stephens County HS Linden, Ala./Linden HS Douglasville, Ga./Douglas County HS Pinson, Ala./Pinson Valley HS Douglasville, Ga./Douglas County HS Marietta, Ga./South Alabama Cordova, Ala./Auburn University Grove Hill, Ala./Clarke County HS Cullman, Ala./Cullman HS Jacksonville, Ala./Jacksonville HS Collinsville, Ala./Collinsville HS Anniston, Ala./Wellborn HS Dothan, Ala./Ashford HS Hiram, Ga./Hiram HS Gadsden, Ala./Gadsden City HS Jonesboro, Ga./Benedict (S.C.) College Oxford, Ala./Oxford HS Whitwell, Tenn./Whitwell HS Pleasant Grove, Ala./Pleasant Grove HS Alabaster, Ala./West Georgia Brewton, Ala./Troy University Centre, Ala./Cherokee County HS Auburn, Ga./Georgia Tech Pinson, Ala./Dodge City (Kan.) CC Talladega, Ala./Talladega HS Atlanta, Ga./Whitefield Academy Ohatchee, Ala./Ohatchee HS Hokes Bluff, Ala./Hokes Bluff HS

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NAME Markeyce Troutman Branson Hall Thomas Peterson Pearson Baldwin Holdan Wilson Cole Fuller Crawford Doyle Alen Karajic John Chisem III Luke Jackson Brock Rechsteiner Javarius Hoskins Omaurion Pope Josh Wegener Jackson Moses Jacob Anderson Christian Murray Nahum Horton Cam Hill Tyrese Slocum, Jr. Levi Garner Zack Cangelosi Jackson Hall Peyton Maples Cade Nayadley Michael Shaddix Jahmal Pegues Omar Sims Treylen Brown Tylan Grable Ashton Grable Drew Padgett Will O’Steen Jacob Dennison Ye’Majesty Sanders PJ Mixon J.T. Pennington Jasperlynn Peacock, Jr. Dave Russell III Keishon Jackson Cade Meeks Craig Kinsey Jacob Jenkins Damond Philyaw-Johnson Martavious Hollifield Evan Delp Jack Dawson Matthew Shaddix Gage Harcrow Diceson Duck Kam White Brody Wood Mitchell Etheridge III Jackson Luttrell Dacorrion West Deven Jones Robert Johnson Grady Trantham Carson McCauley Anthony Nesby

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HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Butler, Ga./Taylor County HS Marietta, Ga./Kell HS Mequon, Wis./Northern Illinois Springville, Ala./Springville HS Spanish Fort, Ala./Spanish Fort HS Gardendale, Ala./Gardendale HS Homewood, Ala./Homewood HS Ooltewah, Tenn./East Hamilton HS Pleasant Grove, Ala./Pleasant Grove HS Jacksonville, Ala./Jacksonville HS Woodstock, Ga./Etowah HS Tuscaloosa, Ala./Paul Bryant HS Jacksonville, Ala./Jacksonville HS Algona, Iowa/Nebraska Jacksonville, Ala./Jacksonville HS Hazel Green, Ala./Hazel Green HS Covington, Ga./Albany State Centre, Ala./Cherokee County HS Montgomery, Ala./Robert E. Lee HS Memphis, Tenn./Ridgeway HS Cullman, Ala./Fairview HS Harvest, Ala./Sparkman HS Decatur, Ala./Decatur HS Mobile, Ala./St. Paul’s Episcopal HS Ringgold, Ga./Ringgold HS Fort Payne, Ala./Fort Payne HS Oxford, Miss./Oxford HS Birmingham, Ala./McEachern (Ga.) HS Spartanburg, S.C./Fork Union (Va.) Military Gordon, Ga./Wilkinson County HS Gordon, Ga./Wilkinson County HS Birmingham, Ala./Oak Mountain HS White Plains, Ala./White Plains HS Lexington, Ohio/Lexington HS Columbus, Ga./Spencer HS Montgomery, Ala./Western Kentucky Columbiana, Ala./Shelby County HS Mableton, Ga./Pebblebrook HS Oxford, Ala./Oxford HS Dallas, Ga./Paulding County HS Ooltewah, Tenn./East Hamilton HS Abbeville, Ala./Abbeville HS Hoover, Ala./Spain Park HS Pensacola, Fla./Duke Hoover, Ala./Hoover HS Gadsden, Ala./Coosa Christian HS Sylvania Waters, Australia/Troy Fort Payne, Ala./Fort Payne HS Heflin, Ala./Cleburne County HS Pell City, Ala./Pell City HS Rome, Ga./Coosa HS Lineville, Ala./Clay County Central HS Birmingham, Ala./Shades Valley HS Rainbow City, Ala./Westbrook Christian HS Columbus, Ga./Carver HS Knoxville, Tenn./Tennessee Carrollton, Ga./Carrollton HS Alexandria, Ala./Alexandria HS Leo, Ind./Leo HS Atlanta, Ga./South Atlanta HS

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Craig Kinsey Jalen Bustamante Ahmad Edwards Michael Pettway Grady Trantham La’Derrick Bell Jett Smith Kyle Holt Matthew Caldwell Mitchell Etheridge III Yul Gowdy Jamari Jemison Jayson Jones Drew Padgett Omar Sims Ricky Samuel Slade Alexander Nahum Horton Chadler Pruitt Kaleb Jones J.T. Pennington Kolbi Fuqua Levi Garner Jaylen Hughey Chance Newman Jackson Hall Stevonte Tullis Matthew Shaddix Michael Shaddix Evan Delp Josh Richard Derek Carter Cole Fuller Markel Cheeseboro Zack Cangelosi Jacob Anderson Gage Harcrow Ashton Gulledge Braydon Hill Crawford Doyle Jacob Jenkins Luke Jackson Jackson Moses Omaurion Pope Ron Wiggins Quan Charleston Brody Wood Yessman Green Peyton Maples Lemuel Gordon Laletia Hale Cam Hill PJ Mixon Marshall Clark Noah Fuller Dave Russell III Jaylen Swain Diceson Duck Markail Benton Zion Webb Corey Lee Amon Scarbrough John Chisem III

Abbeville Alabaster Alabaster Alabaster Alexandria Anniston Anniston Atlanta Auburn Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Brewton Centre Centre Chelsea Collinsville Columbiana Cordova Cullman Cullman Daphne Decatur Dothan Fort Payne Fort Payne Gadsden Gadsden Gardendale Gardendale Grove Hill Harvest Hazel Green Heflin Hokes Bluff Hokes Bluff Homewood Hoover Jacksonville Jacksonville Jacksonville Jacksonville Linden Lineville Mobile Mobile Montgomery Montgomery Montgomery Montgomery Munford Ohatchee Oxford Oxford Pell City Phenix City Phenix City Pinson Pinson Pleasant Grove

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Pleasant Grove Rainbow City Rainbow City Shorterville Spanish Fort Springville Talladega Talladega Trussville Tuscaloosa White Plains Vincent

DJ Coleman Atlanta Nicario Harper Atlanta Isaiah Montgomery Atlanta Anthony Nesby Atlanta Brenton King Auburn Markeyce Troutman Butler Robert Johnson Carrollton Ye’Majesty Sanders Columbus Dacorrion West Columbus Christian Murray Covington Keishon Jackson Dallas Demarco Price Douglasville Uriah West Douglasville Ashton Grable Gordon Tylan Grable Gordon CJ Felder Hiram Zerrick Cooper Jonesboro Casey Grigley II Jonesboro Jasperlynn Peacock, Jr. Mableton Branson Hall Marietta Taji Stewart Marietta Cade Nayadley Ringgold Sean Brown Rome Kam White Rome Malik Feaster Taccoa Leeshoen Jarrett Warner Robins Macland Shay White Brock Rechsteiner Woodstock

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Deven Jones Tyrese Slocum, Jr. Alen Karajic Cade Meeks Hudson Petty

Knoxville Memphis Ooltewah Ooltewah Whitwell

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Pat Jackson Jahmal Pegues Marco Baker

Columbus Oxford Terry

Florida (3) BeSean McCray Orlando Umstead Sanders Port St. Joe Damond Philyaw-Johnson Pensacola

South Carolina (2) Joshua Samuel Treylen Brown

Greenville Spartanburg

California (1) Hunter Raquet

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Indiana (1) Carson McCauley

Iowa (1) Josh Wegener

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Ohio (1)

Robert Edwards

Forestville

Wisconsin (1) Thomas Peterson

Mequon

Australia (1) Jack Dawson

Sylvania Waters

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200 240 304 183 180 215

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Centre, Ala./Cherokee County HS Gardendale, Ala./Gardendale HS Gordon, Ga./Wilkinson County HS Pinson, Ala./Pinson Valley HS Anniston, Ala./Wellborn HS Pleasant Grove, Ala./Pleasant Grove HS

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Matthew Caldwell Derek Carter Markel Cheeseboro Evan Delp Mitchell Etheridge Jahmal Pegues J.T. Pennington

QB CB RB WR DL OL OL

6-4 5-9 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-4

195 160 188 183 260 295 295

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Auburn, Ala./Auburn HS Gardendale, Ala./Gardendale HS Grove Hill, Ala./Clarke County HS Gadsden, Ala./Coosa Christian HS Birmingham, Ala./Shades Valley HS Oxford, Miss./Oxford HS Columbiana, Ala./Shelby County HS

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“Go Eagle Owls!” would be the resounding cry from Paul Snow Stadium today if ardent fans hadn’t decided 50 years ago that the school mascot should be a bird of a different feather. Jacksonville State University’s first football team was fielded in the late 1800’s and nicknamed in honor of a rare predatory bird found near the Arctic circle. The exact details are lost to history, but a group of fans decided it was hard for the school’s image to soar like an eagle if the team’s name was something of a turkey. People like E.C. Wilson, Bruce Chase and Charles Sprayberry felt a more collegiate-sounding moniker would be more appropriate. The supporters looked to Southern culture rather than the north pole to symbolize the school’s tough spirit. Tongue firmly planted in beak, Gamecock supporters crowed the loudest, and the University found itself with a new identity: a mascot familiar to everyone, including the farm boys who comprised most of the student body back then. For nearly a half-century – up until 1946 – the fledgling Eagle Owls hooted with pride from the scanty facilities adjacent to the field at John Forney National Guard Armory. The State Normal School (SNS) team was sparse by today’s standards, but the gridiron action was competitive from the start. Present day rivalries such as Samford (Howard College) and Troy State were rooted in those early games. The team had only 23 players when SNS was renamed Jacksonville Teachers College in 1946, with Head Coach Don Salls beginning his first season, but there was a “big school” atmosphere developing in the foothills. Along with the new name came new colors. The blue and gold were tossed out in favor of the familiar red and white worn by the area high school players. The story goes that there were two camps - those who wanted to keep the Eagle Owl nickname and those who wanted new colors. Legend has it that a compromise was worked out; new colors for a new mascot. It was all worked out by 1947 when the Fighting Gamecocks took to the field for the first time. And, as is true to the nature of the warlike bird itself, the football team and other athletes fought their way to respectability in intercollegiate ranks - eventually bringing home a national championship in every major sport.

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Slade Alexander LINEBACKER

6-2 • 200 • FR Centre, Ala. • Cherokee County HS HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Jacob Kelley at Cherokee County High School in Centre, Ala…a First Team All-State selection as a junior for the Warriors after recording 79 tackles and four interceptions…as a senior played in five games, missing time to injury, but still totaled 50 tackles, three for a loss, and three interceptions for CCHS on defense…on offense, ran for 475 yards and 11 touchdowns and threw for five scores and 300 yards before his injury…returned from his midseason injury in time for the first round of the AHSAA Class 4A State Playoffs, where he was 8-for-13 passing…one of only five players from Alabama selected to play in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, where he started at safety for the East Team.

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Jacob Anderson

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Ronnie Smith at Terry High School in Terry, Miss…as a senior in 2019, racked up over 500 yards and scored nine touchdowns…was a threat for the Bulldogs as a receiver and running the football…had over 500 yards and eight touchdowns as a junior in 2018…a speedster that also ran track for THS…qualified for the Junior Olympics a sprinter…other offers included Central Arkansas, Austin Peay, Jackson State and Mississippi Valley State. PERSONAL: Born on March 8, 2002, in Columbus, Miss…the son of Marco and Roxie Baker…has an older sister – Anaya, and a younger brother – Matthew…majoring in kinesiology at JSU.

Pearson Baldwin TIGHT END

6-3 • 205 • FR Springville, Ala. • Springville HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Michael Graben at Springville High School in Springville, Ala…played quarterback for the Tigers and was named to the First Team All-Tribune team as a senior after throwing for 1,598 yards and running for 1,055 more…a two-time player of the week winner by the Trussville Tribune.

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5-11 • 215 • R-SO Hazel Green, Ala. • Hazel Green HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Will Wagnon at Hazel Green High School in Hazel Green, Ala…as a junior in 2016, registered 76 tackles for the Trojans.

Marco Baker CORNERBACK

6-1 • 180 • FR Terry, Miss. • Terry HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made appearances in eight-straight contests during the spring 2021 season in his first year with the Gamecocks…recorded his first career unassisted tackle against UT-Martin on March 1…had a career-high day against Murray State with three unassisted tackles and one with assistance as well as two pass breakups to help lead JSU to their ninth Ohio Valley Conference championship on April 11…finished the year with seven tackles, including five unassisted.

La’Derrick Bell WIDE RECEIVER

6-2 • 198 • R-FR Anniston, Ala. • Saks HS JSU CAREER:Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Did not see action for the Gamecocks as a freshman. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Jonathan Miller at Saks High School in Anniston, Ala…an all-state quarterback for the Wildcats that also earned Player of the Year and numerous Player of the Week honors…led the Wildcats to a 13-1 record, a region title and to the semifinals of the 2017 AHSAA Class 4A playoffs. PERSONAL: Born on Jan. 1, 2000…the son of LaQuetta Williams…has four siblings – three brothers and one sister…majoring in sports management at JSU.

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Markail Benton LINEBACKER

6-2 • 230 • R-JR Phenix City, Ala. • Central HS Alabama

• 2020-21 ALL-OVC SECOND TEAM JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Appeared in all 13 games of the 2020-21 season, starting the last six contests in the spring… named to the All-OVC Second Team following his first season with the Gamecocks…was third on the team in tackles with 69…recorded at least five tackles in over half of the games he played in with his best day coming on April 24 in the first round of the FCS Playoffs against Davidson, where he had five solo tackles and five assists…picked up 2.5 tackles for 10 yards lost on the year, including two sacks for nine yards lost…a forced fumble against UT Martin and a fumble recovery against Mercer in the only home game of the fall…recorded his first career interception in the first spring game against Tennessee Tech on February 28…finished with five quarterback hurries and a pass breakup against Austin Peay. PRIOR TO JSU: Spent three seasons at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he was redshirted in 2017 before competing for the Crimson Tide in 2018 and 2019…led the Crimson Tide to the 2018 SEC Championship, rotating in at middle linebacker and on special teams…in 2019, played in nine games, totaling 19 tackles, including one for a loss…had a career-high eight stops against LSU as a sophomore. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Jamey DuBose at Central High School in Phenix City, Ala…a unanimous four-star recruit out of CHS, also ranked as a top-12 linebacker candidate by all major recruiting outlets…rated the No. 50 player in the ESPN300, the site’s No. 3 outside linebacker nationally and No. 2 player in Alabama…Scout.com rated him as the No. 6 inside linebacker nationally and No. 124 in the Scout300… 247Sports ranked him as the No. 7 outside linebacker nationally, the No. 6 player in Alabama and No. 157 in the Top247…the No. 12 outside linebacker nationally and No. 7 player in Alabama by Rivals while ranking 147th in the Rivals150…No. 98 nationally in the 247Composite, the No. 7 outside linebacker nationally and No. 3 player in Alabama…No. 82 on the PrepStar Top 150 Dream Team and the No. 5 outside linebacker…participated in the Under Armour All-America Game…played in the 2016 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game…participated in Nike’s “The Opening”…selected as an Alabama Class 7A first team All-State selection by the Alabama Sports Writers Association…helped the Red Devils advance to the state semifinal in both his junior and senior seasons… finished his career with 129 tackles, 70 solo stops, 10 tackles for loss and four sacks.

BENTON’S CAREER STATS Tackles G 2020-21 13 TOTAL 13

UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR 28 41 69 2.5 10 1 1 1 28 41 69 2.5 10 1 1 1

BENTON’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Tackles Tackles for loss PB FF FR INT

No. 10 1.5 1 1 1 1

Opponent vs. Davidson vs. Southeast Missouri vs. Austin Peay at UT Martin vs. Mercer vs. Tennessee Tech

Date 4/24/21 3/21/21 3/28/21 3/14/21 10/10/20 2/28/21

BENTON’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabam 10/23/20 at FIU 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

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TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0.5-3 0.5-3 1-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0.5-1 0-0 0-0 0 1.5-6 1.5-6 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0

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6-5 • 246 • R-FR Rome, Ga. • Coosa HS • Tennessee

6-1 • 197 • SO Alabaster, Ala. • Thompson HS West Georgia

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PRIOR TO JSU: (Tennessee) 2020: Did not see action. 2019: Redshirted after playing in two games…made debut in UT’s 45-0 victory over Chattanooga on Sept. 14…also saw action against Vanderbilt on Nov. 30…named 2019-20 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll HIGH SCHOOL: 2018 Coaches All-Region 7-AA selection…2017 Georgia Sports Writers Association Class AA All-State Second Team selection…2017 Rome News-Tribune All-Area First-Team selection…helped lead Coosa High School to the Georgia Class AA state playoffs in 2018… played both tight end and defensive line…in his third game back from injury and Coosa’s regular season finale, recovered two fumbles, forced a fumble, made six tackles and rushed for 22 yards on three carries to help Coosa secure a playoff spot…also played basketball.

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PRIOR TO JSU: (West Georgia) (2020) West Georgia did not have a season due to Covid-19. 2019: Made 12 tackles in 10 games for the Wolves…career-best four takedowns against Limestone College on Sept. 14 including a pair of solo tackles…helped UWG to a 6-5 record. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Thompson HIgh in Alabaster, Ala., under head coach Mark Freeman…named All-Shelby County, leading the county with 85 tackles…had seven interceptions as a senior…played three varsity seasons in high school…led his team to a spot in the state championship game.

PERSONAL: Full name is Sean Patrick Brown…born April 17, 2001… son of Richard and Jenni Brown…has one sister, Jacey.

Treylen Brown OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

6-3 • 315 • R-FR Spartanburg, S.C. • Fork Union (Va.) Military JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Appeared in eight of the nine contests played in the spring 2021 season in his first year with the Gamecocks…part of an offensive line unit that blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, one that gained 384 yards per game… helped protect a Jax State passing game that led the OVC and ranked 28 nationally in total offense with 4,993 yards on the year. HIGH SCHOOL: Played the 2018 season for Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Va…led his team to a perfect 9-0 record and paved the way for an offense that put up over 30 points in all but two games…played his senior season of high school at Mallard Creek High School in Charlotte…played at Byrnes High School in his home state of South Carolina prior to that…played on the USA Football Under-18 National Team.

Matthew Caldwell QUARTERBACK

6-4 • 195 • FR Auburn, Ala. • Auburn HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played his final two seasons for head coach Adam Winegarden at Auburn High School in Auburn, Ala…led the Tigers to a 12-2 record, a region title and the AHSAA Class 7A State Championship Game as a senior…threw for 1,856 yards and 21 touchdowns in 2020, while also rushing for 269 yards and five scores…orchestrated an AHS offense that averaged 30 points per game in 2020…led AHS to a combined 21-6 record over his two seasons…chose the Gamecocks over offers from Austin Peay and Gardner-Webb.

PERSONAL: Born on June 6, 2000, in Shelby, N.C…the son of Freddie and Alveta Brown…majoring in sports management at JSU.

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Zack Cangelosi OFFENSIVE LINEMAN 6-3 • 300 • R-JR Harvest, Ala. • Sparkman HS

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Sparkman High School for head coach Chris Cagle…lettered four years for the Senators…also lettered two seasons in wrestling and one season in track…placed third in the state wrestling championships in 2017…competed at the state level in the shot put…maintained a 4.0 GPA. PERSONAL: Born July 22, 1999…son of Jacob and Dawn Cangelosi… has two brothers - Isaiah and James - and two sisters - Abigail and Sierra…majoring in exercise science and wellness at JSU.

• 2020-21 ALL-OVC SECOND TEAM

JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started all 13 contests of the 2020-21 season in his third year with Jax State…was named to the All-OVC Second Team playing at center for the Gamecocks…part of an offensive line unit that blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, gaining 384 yards per game…helped protect a Jax State passing game that led the OVC and ranked 28th nationally in total offense with 4,993 yards on the year.

Derek Carter CORNERBACK

5-10 • 170 • FR Gardendale, Ala. • Gardendale HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Chad Eads at Gardendale High School in Gardendale, Ala…led the Rockets to a 9-3 record and into the second round of the AHSAA Class 6A Playoffs as a senior in 2020… had five interceptions and scored five touchdowns for GHS, while recording 68 tackles and 15 pass break ups in his senior season…on offense, had 17 receptions for 405 yards…chose JSU over several offers that included Central Arkansas, Austin Peay, North Alabama, Chattanooga and UT Martin.

Markel Cheeseboro RUNNING BACK

2019: Appeared in two games as a reserve offensive lineman as a redshirt sophomore…part of an offensive line that blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, one that gained 419 yards per game… helped protect a JSU passing game that led the OVC and ranked 14th nationally with 296 yards per game. 2018: Saw action in two games as a redshirt freshman for the Gamecocks…part of an offensive front that paved the way for one of the most prolific attacks in school history…led JSU to 6,465 total yards, the third-most in a season in school-history, as well as a school-record 3,864 passing yards…helped JSU score 520 points, third-most in school history.

6-1 • 188 • FR Grove Hill, Ala. • Clarke County HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Stacy Luker at Clarke County High School in Grove Hill, Ala…led the Bulldogs to an 8-3 record and into the second round of the AHSAA Class 2A Playoffs as a senior…ran for over 800 yards and nine touchdowns in nine regular season games for the Bulldogs in 2020, averaging over 12 yards per carry.

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JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started in three of the 13 games played in his third full year with the Gamecocks…made 15 receptions on the year for 163 yards and two touchdowns, including his first career score in the fall against North Alabama on October 17…his longest reception of the year and his career came against the Panthers of Eastern Illinois on April 3 for 44 yards…also picked up 12 punt return yards to finish the year with 175 all-purpose yards. 2019: Appeared in eight games as a sophomore, including seven straight beginning against North Alabama…made three receptions on the year, including the first of his career which was also his longest of the season at 10 yards in the season-opener against Southeast Louisiana… finished the year with 19 total receiving yards. 2018: Made appearances in 8 games as a cornerback for the Gamecocks…picked up his first tackle in a JSU uniform against UT-Martin on Nov. 3…picked up one more in the same game to earn a career high in tackles for a single contest. 2017: Sat out the season as a redshirt.

CHARLESTON’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay at Eastern Illinois 4/3/21 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

REC YDs LNG 2 10 5 0 0 0 1 14 14 - - - 0 0 0 3 34 19 1 9 9 1 11 11 0 0 0 2 51 44 2 17 11 0 0 0 0 0 0

Date 8/29/19 9/21/19 9/28/19 10/5/19 10/12/19 10/19/19 10/26/19 11/2/19

Opponent @SE Louisiana North Alabama @Austin Peay Tennessee State @Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri Murray State @UT Martin

REC 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

YDs LNG 10 10 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0

Date 9/8/18 11/3/18 11/10/18 11/24/18

Opponent Miss. Valley State UT Martin at Tennessee State East Tennessee St.

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TD 0 2 2

Tackles G 2018 4 TOTAL 4

UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0

Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 10 0.4 6.3 2.4 44 1.3 10.9 12.5 44 0.8 10.1 8.3

CHARLESTON’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Receptions Receiving Yards Receiving TDs Long Play

No. 3 51 1 44

Opponent 2x; last at Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois 2x; last at Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0

CHARLESTON’S CAREER STATS Yds 19 163 182

AVG 10.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0

CHARLESTON’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME

PERSONAL: Born on Dec. 4, 1998…the son of Dewayne and Lablinka Charleston…has four brothers – Dewayne, Jr., Dewoyne, Derente and CJ, and one sister – Tia…majoring in physical education at JSU.

Rec 3 15 18

TD 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CHARLESTON’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Andro Williams at Linden High School in Linden, Ala…led the Patriots to a 14-1 record and undefeated 7-0 in the region in 2016…twice named to the All-State First Team…AllCounty Player of the Year…named to Super II Football Team…scored five touchdowns to lead Linden to the AHSAA 1A Semifinals…advanced to the AHSAA 1A Final Four…received 2016 All-Coastal Alabama Football Team Honorable Mention…named Mobile/Coastal Alabama Player of the Week by AL.com on Nov. 23, 2016 and Tuscaloosa News Player of the Week on Nov. 22, 2015.

REC G 2019 9 2020-21 13 TOTALS 22

AVG 5.0 0.0 14.0 - 0.0 11.3 9.0 11.0 0.00 25.5 8.5 0.0 0.0

Date 3/7/21 4/3/21 3/7/21 4/3/21

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John Chisem III CORNERBACK

5-9 • 160 • JR Pleasant Grove, Ala. • Pleasant Grove HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Jim Elgin at Pleasant Grove High School in Pleasant Grove, Ala.

Marshall Clark LINEBACKER

6-0 • 210 • R-SO Munford, Ala. • Munford HS

• 2020-21 ALL-OVC SECOND TEAM JSU CAREER: FALL 2020/SPRING 2021: Started in all 13 games throughout the fall and spring as a redshirt sophomore…earned All-OVC Second Team honors in his breakout season at linebacker with the Gamecocks…was second on the team in tackles with 85 on the year, including 28 solo stops and 10.5 tackles for 27 yards lost…had a career-high day in tackles in the second round of the FCS Playoffs against Delaware with 12 total and two solo stops…recorded the first sack of his career against Tennessee State on March 7, followed by his first solo sack against Eastern Illinois on April 3 for a loss of three yards…made two pass breakups, three quarterback hurries, and his first career interception against Mercer in the only home game of the fall on October 10. 2019: Started two games and appeared in 11 overall, making his first career start on the road against Austin Peay…recorded 26 tackles on the year including 1.5 tackles for nine yards lost…had a career-high day in his first start at JSU making four unassisted tackles and two with assistance…also recovered a fumble against Chattanooga in the home opener along with two quarterback hurries as well. 2018: Made appearances in four games, including his first three straight in his first season as a Gamecock…playing mostly on special teams, he also recorded his first tackle as a defensive back in the final game of the season in the playoff game at Maine on Dec. 1…his first tackle against Maine was also his first for loss. HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Bill Smith at Munford High School in Munford, Ala…a first-team all-state selection by the Alabama Sports Writers Association as a senior in 2017, when he was also named the WBRC Fox 6 Sideline Class 4A Defensive Player of the Year…a firstteam all-county and all-region pick in his senior season, when he had 153 total tackles, 101 of which were solo stops…also recorded five sacks, 16 tackles for a loss and two interceptions in his senior campaign that saw the Lions post a 9-2 record and claim the AHSAA Class 5A Region

5 title…was named to the TV24 All-Star Team…over his career at MHS, recorded over 200 tackles, 10 sacks, 25 tackles for a loss and three interceptions. PERSONAL: Born on Oct. 16, 1999, in Anniston, Ala…the son of Shane and Callie Clark…has an older brother – Tyler…majoring in environmental science at JSU. CLARK’S CAREER STATS Tackles G 2018 4 2019 11 2020-21 13 TOTAL 28

UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 15 26 1.5 9 0 0 1 28 57 85 10.5 26 2 0 0 39 73 112 12.0 35 2 0 1

CLARK’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Tackles Tackles for loss Sack PB FR INT

No. 12 3.5 1.0 2 1 1

Opponent vs. Delaware at Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois vs. Southeast Missouri vs. Chattanooga vs. Mercer

Date 5/2/21 3/7/21 4/3/21 3/21/21 9/7/19 10/10/20

CLARK’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

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UT AT TT 1 2 3 0 7 7 1 2 3 3 2 4 1 2 3 4 4 8 1 8 9 3 5 8 2 4 6 5 2 7 4 5 9 2 3 5 2 10 12

TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1-5 0 0.5-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1.0-2 0-0 0-0 0 3.5-7 0.5-3 0-0 0 0.5-2 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0.5-3 0-0 0-0 0 1.0-3 1.0-3 0-0 0 0.5-2 0-0 0-0 0 1.0-4 0-0 0-0 0 2.0-3 0-0 0-0 0

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CLARK’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME Date 10/27/18 11/3/18 11/10/18 12/1/18

Opponent @SE Louisiana Chattanooga Eastern Washington North Alabama @Austin Peay Tennessee State @Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri @UT Martin @Tennessee Tech Eastern Kentucky

Opponent at Murray State UT Martin at Tennessee State at Maine

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Date 8/24/19 9/7/19 9/14/19 9/21/19 9/28/19 10/5/19 10/12/19 10/19/19 11/2/19 11/9/19 11/23/19

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CLARK’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME UT AT TT 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 2 0 4 4 4 2 6 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1

UT 0 0 0 0

TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0.5-5 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1.0-4 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0

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DJ Coleman DEFENSIVE END

6-6 • 245 • JR Atlanta, Ga. • South Atlanta HS

• 2020-21 ALL-OVC FIRST TEAM • 2020-21 ALL-AMERICAN • 2020 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN • 2020 PRESEASON ALL-OVC • 2019 ALL-OVC SECOND TEAM TEAM JSU CAREER: FALL 2020/SPRING 2021: Started all 13 games his junior year at defensive end…named an All-American as well as the All-OVC First Team defense for the second-straight year…was fifth on the team in tackles with 55, including 27 solo takedowns and 28 with assistance…led the defense in tackles for loss with 12 for -61 yards as well as sacks with 9 for 51 yards lost…led the OVC and was second in the nation in sacks…had a new career-high day against North Alabama on October 17 with nine tackles for the second time in his career, 2.5 tackles for loss, a sack for a loss of three yards and a quarterback hurry…also finished the year with three pass breakups, 14 quarterback hurries, and a forced fumble recovery against Murray State.

ries…his career-best game came against Austin Peay where he had 1.5 tackles for loss of six yards, a sack for a loss of four yards, a season high nine tackles, including his first of two games with five solo tackles…also recorded a forced fumble against Chattanooga and two pass breakups on the year. 2018: Made appearances in 11 of 13 games in his first year as a defensive end for the Gamecocks…recorded 11 tackles including seven unassisted and 2.5 tackles for loss for a total of four yards…also picked up his first sack in a Gamecock uniform against Mississippi Valley State on Sept. 8. HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Brad Stevens at South Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Ga…chosen to participate in the APS All-Star Game, where he was named the Defensive Most Valuable Player…an allregion performer as a senior in 2017…chose JSU over several offers that included Troy, Western Kentucky, East Carolina and Central Arkansas. PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 22, 1998, in Atlanta, Ga…the son of Darrell Coleman and Tiyura Bell…majoring in business at JSU. COLEMAN’S CAREER STATS Tackles G 2018 11 2019 12 2020-21 13 TOTAL 36

UA 7 24 27 58

A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR 4 11 2.5 4 0 0 0 35 59 10.5 40 1 0 0 28 55 13.0 56 1 1 1 67 125 26.0 100 2 1 2

COLEMAN’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Tackles Tackles for loss Sacks FF FR PB INT

No. Opponent Date 9 2x; last at North Alabama 10/17/20 2.5 at Murray State 10/17/20 1.0 at Murray State 4/11/21 1 at Murray State 4/11/21 1 2x; last at UT Martin 3/14/21 1 2x; last vs. Mercer 10/10/20 - - -

COLEMAN’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 2 5 7 1.0-9 1.0-9 0-0 0 1 4 5 1.0-4 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 9 2.5-5 1.0-3 0-0 0 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 4 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 1.0-2 1.0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 3 1.5-14 1.5-14 0-0 0 1 2 3 1.5-4 0-0 0-0 0 6 1 7 1.0-7 1.0-7 0-0 0 3 0 3 2.0-3 1.0-3 0-0 0 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 3 1.0-8 0-0 0-0 0

2019: Started 11 of his 13 games played in during his second year as a Gamecock…named second team All-OVC Defense for the first honor of his career before being named to the third team All-America Team by HERO Sports…tied for fourth on the team in tackles with All-American defensive back Marlon Bridges with 59 total, 24 unassisted and 35 assisted…led the team in tackles for loss with 10.5 for 43 yards lost as well as sacks with five for losses of 31 yards and 28 quarterback hur-

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COLEMAN’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent UT AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 8/24/19 @SE Louisiana 0 3 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 9/7/19 Chattanooga 4 0 4 1.0-3 0-0 0-0 0 Eastern Washington 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 9/14/19 9/21/19 North Alabama 3 1 4 0.5-0 0-0 0-0 0 9/28/19 @Austin Peay 5 4 9 1.5-6 1.0-4 0-0 0 10/5/19 Tennessee State 2 2 4 1.0-2 1.0-2 0-0 0 10/12/19 @Eastern Illinois 2 2 4 1.0-8 1.0-8 0-0 1 10/19/19 Southeast Missouri 2 1 3 1.0-14 1.0-14 0-0 0 10/26/19 Murray State 5 2 7 1.5-5 0.5-2 0-0 0 11/2/19 @UT Martin 0 4 4 1.0-2 0.5-1 0-0 0 11/9/19 @Tennessee Tech 0 3 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 11/23/19 Eastern Kentucky 2 4 6 2.5-11 1.0-8 0-0 0

COLEMAN’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 8/25/18 vs. N.C. A&T 9/8/18 Miss. Valley State 9/22/18 Tennessee Tech 10/6/18 at Eastern Kentucky 10/13/18 Eastern Illinois 10/20/18 at Southeast Missouri 10/27/18 at Murray State 11/3/18 UT Martin 11/10/18 at Tennessee State 11/24/18 East Tennessee St. 12/1/18 at Maine

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 1.0-1 1.0-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 1.0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0

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Zerrick Cooper QUARTERBACK

6-3 • 217 • R-SR Jonesboro, Ga. • Jonesboro HS Clemson

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• 2020 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN • 2020 PRESEASON ALL-OVC • 2019 PRESEASON OVC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR • 2019 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN • 2019 PRESEASON ALL-OVC • 2018 ALL-AMERICAN • 2018 ALL-OVC FIRST TEAM • 2018 ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started in all four fall games in 2020 before suffering a season-ending injury against Florida International…through the air, he went 54-for-81 with 671 yards and a touchdown in four games…his lone touchdown pass came against North Alabama on October 17 to tie Ed Lett’s 61-touchdown school-record as he would go on to throw for 244 yards that day, his highest of the season…on the ground he carried the ball 31 times for 83 yards and five scores, including two each against Mercer and North Alabama. 2019: Started all 12 games in his second year as Jax State’s signal caller…momentum for the transfer quarterback certainly followed from his first season with JSU into the preseason as he was named a 2019 preseason Third-Team All-American by HERO Sports, voted preseason OVC Player of the Year by the media and conference, as well as the Walter Payton Award Watch List…Also named OVC Offensive Player of the Week three times during the season, including back-to-back weeks following home victories over Chattanooga and Eastern Washington… named a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, and finished the season named to the Second-Team All-OVC Offense…lead the conference in multiple passing categories including passing touchdowns (28), passing yards (3,404), and passing yards per game (283)…finished first in points responsible for per game (17) and total offense (310.3) in the OVC… passed the ball 439 times while completing 260 throws for 3,404 yards and 28 touchdowns…his longest pass of the year came on Sept. 21 against North Alabama for 67 yards and a touchdown…also had 136 rushes for 320 yards and six touchdowns, with a long of 19 yards coming against Eastern Washington. 2018: Started in all 13 in his first season with the Gamecocks following a transfer from Clemson…immediately made an impact at JSU by becoming a HERO Sports Sophomore All-American, named to the First-Team All-OVC Offense, and set numerous quarterback records all in his first year as a Gamecock…also named a Third-Team Preseason All-American by HERO Sports for 2019…ranks first in passing yards per game (262.8) and total offense per game (290.9) in career all-time rankings…in the single-season rankings for the Gamecocks, Cooper ranks first in pass completions (251), passing yards (3416), passing touchdowns (32), passing yards per game (262.8), touchdowns responsible for (38), and total offense per game (290.9)…also ranks second in pass attempts (417) as well as

total offensive yards (3782) for a single season…threw the ball 417 times completing 251 passes for 3416 yards and 32 touchdowns…his longest pass came on Sept. 8 against Mississippi Valley State for a 75-yard touchdown…also recorded 109 rushes for 366 yards and 6 touchdowns with a long of 33 yards coming against East Tennessee State. 2017: Served as backup quarterback in his first active season as a redshirt freshman with the Clemson Tigers…was 25-41 passing for 256 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions in 104 snaps over 10 games…completed 61.0 percent of his passes and had a 129.5 pass efficiency rating…had 18 yards on 10 carries…was 4-6 passing for 37 yards and a touchdown along with an 11-yard carry against Kent State on Sept. 2…was 10-14 passing for 88 yards at Syracuse on Oct. 13…was 7-11 passing for 105 yards and a touchdown against no interceptions along with eight yards on two carries against The Citadel on Nov. 18. 2016: Sat out the season as a redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL: Rated among the top 300 overall players in the nation by ESPN, 247 sports, Rivals and Scout…listed as fourth best overall prospect in Georgia by ESPN…ninth-best quarterback prospect in the nation by ESPN…seventh-best quarterback in the nation by 247 Sports… played quarterback and safety at Jonesboro High School…completed 161-267 passes for 2,039 yards and 21 touchdowns in 2015…threw just four interceptions…helped team to a 11-2 record and the quarterfinals of the state playoffs…also added 359 yards rushing…named the Region 4 Player of the Year…also all-county and honorable mention all-state… injured as a junior, but a part time starter as a sophomore when he completed 86-155 passes for 1200 yards and eight scores…also starter on the basketball team as a senior, he was key reserve as a sophomore… played his high school football for De’Timothy Floyd…selected Clemson over offers from Florida and Kentucky. PERSONAL: Born on Dec. 31, 1997, in Miami, Fla…the son of Eric and Jennifer Cooper…the youngest of four siblings…earned his degree in sports management at JSU. COOPER’S CAREER STATS RUSHING G 2018 13 2019 12 2020 3 TOTAL 28 PASSING 2018 2019 2020 TOTAL

Att 109 136 30 275

G Att Cmp 13 417 251 12 439 260 3 73 49 28 929 560

Yds 366 320 89 775

Int 14 12 1 27

TD 5 6 5 17

Yds TD 3416 32 3093 28 615 1 7435 61

Lg Avg/C Avg/G 26 4.0 18.0 19 2.4 26.7 16 3.0 29.7 26 2.8 27.7 Lg Pct Avg/P Avg/G EFF. 75 60.2 13.2 262.8 147.6 67 59.2 13.2 283.7 139.9 41 67.1 12.5 205.0 139.6 75 60.3 13.3 265.5 144.1

COOPER’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Completions Pass Attempts Pass Yards Pass TD’s Interceptions Rush Attempts Rush Yards Rush TD’s Long Pass Play

No. 40 52 417 4 3 18 88 2 75

Opponent at Southeastern Louisiana 2x; last at Southeastern Louisiana vs. Kennesaw State vs. Kennesaw State 2x; last at Austin Peay vs. Eastern Washington vs. Eastern Wasgington 3x; last at North Alabama vs. Mississippi Valley State

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Date 8/29/29 8/29/19 11/17/18 11/17/18 9/28/19 9/14/19 9/14/19 10/17/20 9/8/18

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No.-Yds TD Lg 9-14 1 7 12-29 2 16 9-46 2 10 1--6 0 0

COOPER’S 2019 GAME BY GAME Date 8/24/19 9/7/19 9/14/19 9/21/19 9/28/19 10/5/19 10/12/19 10/19/19 10/26/19 11/2/19 11/9/19 11/23/19

PASSING Opponent @SE Louisiana Chattanooga Eastern Washington North Alabama @Austin Peay Tennessee State @Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri Murray State @UT Martin @Tennessee Tech Eastern Kenucky

RUSHING Comp-Att-Int 40-52-2 20-26-1 14-31-1 19-31-0 27-50-3 25-39-0 22-34-1 23-52-1 5-12-1 16-36-1 28-41-1 21-35-0

Yds TD Lg 414 2 33 344 2 48 249 3 52 266 3 67 301 3 31 305 3 42 237 3 39 347 2 53 78 0 23 240 1 61 312 3 66 311 3 40

No.-Yds TD Lg 10--9 0 15 11-30 2 18 18-88 1 19 8-13 0 13 7-25 1 10 9-44 0 17 12--2 0 10 13-25 1 18 12-79 0 14 11-19 1 13 11-26 0 9 17-44 0 14

COOPER’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME Date 8/25/18 9/8/18 9/22/18 9/29/18 10/6/18 10/13/18 10/20/18 10/27/18 11/3/18 11/10/18 11/17/18 11/24/18 12/1/18

PASSING RUSHING Opponent Comp-Att-Int North Carolina A&T 24-38-1 Mississippi Valley State 12-17-0 Tennessee Tech 14-24-0 Austin Peay 18-31-1 at Eastern Kentucky 12-21-1 Eastern Illinois 13-21-1 at Southeast Missouri 29-47-3 at Murray State 21-28-1 UT Martin 17-31-1 at Tennessee State 20-30-0 at Kennesaw State 32-52-2 East Tennessee State 20-32-2 at Maine 19-44-1

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Yds TD Lg 320 2 49 211 1 75 190 2 50 268 3 34 147 2 27 240 3 44 323 2 26 259 3 49 178 1 43 272 3 44 417 4 43 226 3 42 365 2 70

No.-Yds TD Lg 8-37 0 12 4-27 1 10 5-18 0 9 6-27 2 21 3-1 0 5 8-30 1 26 13-27 0 10 12-51 1 24 4-13 0 8 14-50 0 18 11-6 0 7 6-37 0 33 14-31 1 13

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Jack Dawson PUNTER

6-3 • 185 • FR Sylvania Waters, Australia • Troy

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JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Played his first season as the primary punter for the Gamecocks’ spring season making appearances in all 9 games…booted the ball 39 times for 1,632 yards and averaged 41.8 yards per kick…his longest punt of the year came on his only kick in the first round of the FCS Playoffs against Davidson where he punted the ball 61 yards, his fourth of six total kicks of over 50 yards for the year…only two punts fell for touchbacks and downed 13 punts inside the 20-yard line…had an unassisted tackle against Murray State on April 11.

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WIDE RECEIVER

6-3 • 183 • FR Gadsden, Ala. • Coosa Christian HS HIGH SCHOOL: layed for head coaches Mark Obryant, Rod Cates and Navendra Woods at Coosa Christian High School in Gadsden, Ala… as a senior in 2020, had 711 yards and five touchdowns on 36 receptions…also had 509 kickoff return yards and four touchdowns on 12 returns…recovered four fumbles and intercepted six passes on defense… as a junior in 2019, was the Gadsden Times Player of the Year and a First Team All-State selection after catching 45 passes for 1,489 yards, eighth-most in a season…averaged 33.1 yards per catch and hauled in 21 touchdown receptions...also ran for 164 yards and a score and had four interceptions on defense in 2019…was an all-state performer as a sophomore, as well.

Jacob Dennison OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

6-6 • 300 • FR Lexington, Ohio • Lexington HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Saw limited action as a true freshman for the Gamecocks. HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coaches Taylor Gerhardt and Tim Scheid at Lexington High School on Lexington, Ohio…a two-time allconference performer that also earned All-Northwest District honors twice…selected to the All-NCOFCA (North Central Ohio Football Coaches Association) squad in each of his last two seasons, while also earning All-MNJ (Mansfield News-Journal) honors in each…named All-Ohio as a senior…named Top Lineman at LHS…led the Minutemen to the conference title. PERSONAL: Born on June 25, 2001 in Mansfield, Ohio…the son of Mark and Jennifer Dennison…has an older sister – Caitliin…majoring in criminal justice at JSU.

Crawford Doyle SAFETY

5-10 • 185 • R-FR Homewood, Ala. • Homewood HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Saw limited action as a redshirt freshman for the Gamecocks. JSU CAREER: 2019: Sat out the season as a redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Ben Berguson at Homewood High School in Homewood, Ala…led the Patriots in tackles in each his junior and senior seasons, helping HHS to a combined 20-5 record over those two campaigns…guided HHS to the AHSAA Class 6A Region 5 Title in 2017 and into the third round of the playoffs in 2018.

Diceson Duck WIDE RECEIVER

6-3 • 190 • JR Pell City, Ala. • Pell City HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Pell City High School in Pell City, Ala.

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Ahmad Edwards WIDE RECEIVER

6-1 • 185 • R-SO Alabaster, Ala. • Thompson HS

• 2020-21 ALL-OVC SECOND TEAM JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made appearances in three of the four games in the fall season and started all nine spring games for his sophomore year with the Gamecocks…received All-OVC Second Team honors for his achievements in the spring…recorded 17 catches on the year for 284 yards and three touchdowns…had a career day in the Gamecocks’ victory over Eastern Illinois on April 3 when he had five receptions for 101 yards and two scores, with his longest catch of the year coming for 44 yards…also recorded a solo tackle against Florida State on October 3. 2019: Made appearances in seven games as a redshirt freshman, including four straight beginning with Tennessee State on Oct. 5…his longest catch of the year of nine yards came in the home opener against Chattanooga…the first touchdown reception of his career was a sevenyard reception against Southeast Missouri on Oct. 19…finished the year

with three catches for 24 yards and one touchdown. 2018: Made four appearances in his first year at receiver for the Gamecocks…caught his first pass on Sept. 8 against Mississippi Valley State for four yards…made a career-long catch of 20 yards on Oct. 6 against Eastern Kentucky. HIGH SCHOOL: Finished his prep career with head coach Mark Freeman at Thompson High School in Alabaster, Ala., after playing three years at Montevallo High School…a three-star recruit by 247Sports, who also ranked him the No. 62 player in the state of Alabama…a first-team all-state selection by the Alabama Sports Writers Association as a senior, when he hauled in a state-record 118 catches for 1,464 yards and 13 touchdowns…was a finalist for the AHSAA Class 7A Back of the Year… led the Warriors to the AHSAA Class 7A Region 3 title in 2017…chose the Gamecocks over several offers that included South Alabama, Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky and Alabama State. PERSONAL: Born on November, 17, 1998, in Birmingham, Ala…the son of Tim and Connie Edwards…has one older brother - Rashad…majoring in exercise science and wellness at JSU. EDWARDS’ CAREER STATS REC G 2018 4 2019 7 2020 12 TOTALS 24

Rec 2 3 17 22

Yds 24 24 284 332

TD 0 1 3 4

Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 20 2.0 12.0 6.0 9 0.5 8.0 4.0 44 1.6 16.7 23.7 44 1.0 15.1 13.8

EDWARDS’ CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Receptions Receiving Yards Receiving TDs Long Play

No. 5 101 2 44

Opponent at Eastern Illinois at Eastern Illinois at Eastern Illinois at Eastern Illinois

Date 4/3/21 4/3/21 4/3/21 4/3/21

EDWARDS’ 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

REC YDs LNG 1 12 12 1 4 4 - DNP 3 62 24 1 9 9 2 18 14 1 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 101 44 2 28 15 1 11 11 0 0 0

AVG 12.0 4.0

TD 0 0

20.7 9.0 9.0 39.0 0.0 0.0 20.2 14.0 11.0 0.0

0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0

AVG 8.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0

TD 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

AVG 4.0 0.0 20.0 0.0

TD 0 0 0

EDWARDS’ 2019 GAME-BY-GAME Date 8/29/19 9/7/19 10/5/19 10/12/19 10/19/19 10/26/19 11/9/19

Opponent @SE Louisiana Chattanooga Tennessee State @Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri Murray State @Tennessee Tech

REC YDs LNG 1 8 8 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0

EDWARDS’ 2018 GAME-BY-GAME Date 9/8/18 9/29/18 10/6/18 10/13/18

Opponent Mississippi Valley State Austin Peay at Eastern Kentucky Eastern Illinois

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Mitchell Etheridge III DEFENSIVE LINEMAN

6-2 • 260 • FR Birmingham, Ala. • Shades Valley HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coaches Jamie Mitchell and David Partridge at Shades Valley High School in Irondale, Ala…led the Mounties to the second round of the AHSAA Class 6A Playoffs as a senior in 2020…a First Team All-Region performer at SVHS…chose JSU over several offers, including Akron, Chattanooga, Southeastern Louisiana and Tennessee State.

FEASTER’S CAREER STATS Tackles G 2018 13 2019 12 2020-21 5 TOTAL 29

UA 21 30 3 54

A Total TFL Yds PD 7 28 2.5 6 9 10 40 1.0 4 8 5 8 0.5 0 1 22 76 4.0 10 18

Tackles Tackles for loss Sacks FF FR PB INT

No. Opponent 6 2x; last at Mainie 1.5 at Kennesaw State - - - - 1 vs. UT Martin 3 at Murray State 1 at Kennesaw State

Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech

Date 12/1/18 11/17/18 11/3/18 10/27/18 11/17/18

FEASTER’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME UT 1 1 0 2 0

AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 2 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0.5-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0

Malik Feaster CORNERBACK

6-0 • 187 • JR Toccoa, Ga. • Stephens County HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Saw action in all four games of the fall before suffering a season-ending injury in the spring opener against Tennessee Tech…recorded eight tackles on the year, including three solo stops and a tackle for loss against Mercer…also picked up a pass breakup against Florida International on October 23. 2019: Started eight of the 12 games played during his second year… finished the season ranked seventh on the team in tackles with 40 total, 30 of which were solo stops…also led the team in pass breakups with eight…returned five kickoffs on the season for 86 yards and a long of 23…went fve-straight games recording at least four tackles, including four solo against Eastern Washington. 2018: Made four starts in 13 appearances in his first year at cornerback for Jax State…picked up his first tackle, unassisted, in his first game against North Carolina A&T on Aug. 25…recorded 28 tackles on the year including 21 unassisted and 7 with assistance…also made 2.5 tackles for loss for a total of six yards…made his first interception against Kennesaw State on Nov. 17 in Atlanta as well as nine pass breakups on the year… picked up a fumble recovery against UT-Martin on Nov. 3. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Stephens County High School in Toccoa, Ga. PERSONAL: Born on Jan. 20, 1999, in Toccoa, Ga…majoring in engineering at JSU.

FF FR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

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FEASTER’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME

Date 8/24/19 9/7/19 9/14/19 9/21/19 9/28/19 10/5/19 10/12/19 10/19/19 10/26/19 11/2/19 11/9/19

Opponent @SE Louisiana Chattanooga Eastern Washington North Alabama @Austin Peay Tennessee State @Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri Murray State @UT Martin @Tennessee Tech

UT AT TT 2 1 3 1 0 1 4 0 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 3 1 4 3 1 4 2 0 2 3 0 3 4 0 4 2 1 3

FEASTER’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME

Date Opponent 8/25/18 vs. N.C. A&T 9/8/18 Miss. Valley State 9/22/18 Tennessee Tech 9/29/18 Austin Peay 10/6/18 @ Eastern Kentucky 10/13/18 Eastern Illinois 10/20/18 @ Southeast Missouri 10/27/18 @ Murray State 11/3/18 UT Martin 11/10/18 @ Tennessee State 11/17/18 @ Kennesaw State 11//24/18 East Tennessee St. 12/1/18 @Maine

UT AT TT 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 3 6 0 6 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 1 1 3 3 6

TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0.5-1 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1

TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1.5-3 0-0 1-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1.0-3 0-0 0-0 2

28 CJ Felder

RUNNING BACK

5-8 • 185 • R-FR Hiram, Ga. • Hiram HS Maryville (Tenn.) College PRIOR TO JSU: Spent one season at Maryville College in Maryville, Tenn. HIGH SCHOOL: Played both ways for Hiram High School in Hiram, Ga….was a safety and running back for HHS.

Cole Fuller TIGHT END

6-3 • 240 • FR Gardendale, Ala. • Gardendale HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Chad Eads at Gardendale High School in Gardendale, Ala…led the Rockets to a 9-3 record and into the second round of the AHSAA Class 6A Playoffs as a senior in 2020… was named to the AHSAA Class 6A Region 6 All-Region Team as a linebacker after recording 96 tackles, 11 tackles and a fumble recovery… also a state champion wrestler for GHS…played at Corner HS in Dora, Ala., before transferring to Gardendale for his senior season…chose the Gamecocks over offers from Army and UT Martin…grandfather Rusty Fuller was a tight end at JSU from 1979-82 and was inducted into the JSU Hall of Fame in 2013.

Noah Fuller SAFETY

6-1 • 192 • FR Ohatchee, Ala. • Ohatchee HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Scott Martin at Ohatchee High School in Ohatchee, Ala…a second-team all-state selection as an athlete in his senior season, when he rushed for 1,386 yards and 21 touchdowns…was named the FNN Player of the Week on Sept. 13 of his senior season after rushing for 131 yards and two scores on 19 carries and also recording an interception against Hokes Bluff…was selected to the AHSAA North-South All-Star Game as a cornerback.

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Kolbi Fuqua SAFETY

6-3 • 212 • R-SO Cordova, Ala. • Cordova HS • Auburn

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JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started all four fall games and the first three spring games before suffering a season-ending injury in his first year on the field for the Gamecocks…recorded 32 tackles on the year, including 10 solo stops and a tackle for one yard lost against Mercer on October 10…had a career-high day against the Bears where he picked up 10 tackles on the day with three unassisted stops, a forced fumble, and a quarterback hurry…finished the year with two forced fumbles, two pass breakups, and an interception that came in his first game against Florida State which he returned for a touchdown in JSU’s season opener on October 3. 2019: Sat out the 2019 season as a redshirt. PRIOR TO JSU: Played the 2018 season at Auburn, where he saw limited action as a true freshman receiver. HIGH SCHOOL: Versatile athlete who played both wide receiver and defensive back for Coach Jimmy Gay at Cordova High…selected for Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game…ASWA first team all-state as a sophomore, junior and senior…ESPN, Rivals, 247Sports three star…also a basketball letterman…track and field state finalist in the high jump. PERSONAL: Born on November 30, 1999, in Huntsville, Ala…son of Derek Fuqua and Dara Madison…has two brothers – Mike and Hudson – and one sister – Olivia…father played semi-pro football and mother played college softball…majoring in physical therapy at JSU. FUQUA’S CAREER STATS Tackles G 2020-21 7 TOTAL 7

UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR 10 22 32 0.5 1 2 2 1 10 22 32 0.5 1 2 2 1

FUQUA’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Tackles Tackles for loss Sacks FF FR PB INT

No. Opponent 10 vs. Mercer 0.5 vs. Mercer - - 1 2x; last vs. Tennessee Tech 1 vs. Tennessee Tech 1 at Florida State 1 at Florida State

Date 10/10/20 10/10.10 2/28/21 2/28/21 10/3/20 10/3/20

FUQUA’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin

UT 3 3 1 0 1 2 0

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Levi Garner OFFENSIVE LINEMAN 6-4 • 285 • FR Cullman, Ala. • Fairview HS

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach George Redding, Jr., at Fairview High School in Fairview, Ala…led the Aggies to back-to-back playoff appearances in his final two seasons, including a 10-2 record in 2020 and a region title in 2019…was a second-team all-state selection by the Alabama Sports Writers Association in 2019…an all-county defensive lineman in both his junior and senior seasons and an invite to the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl.

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Lemuel Gordon DEFENSIVE LINEMAN

6-3 • 288 • R-FR Montgomery, Ala. • Carver HS

• 2020-21 ALL-OVC SECOND TEAM JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made nine starts in the 12 games played in his first full year with JSU…recorded 21 tackles on the year including seven solo stops, three tackles for a loss of 19 yards, and 1.5 sacks…his first career sack came against Tennessee State on March 7 for a 9-yard loss…also finished the year with four quarterback hurries. 2019: Made back-to-back appearances against Austin Peay and Tennessee State before receiving a redshirt…made his first solo tackle against Austin Peay. HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach James Thompson at Carver High School in Montgomery., Ala…led the Wolverines to an 8-3 record and a berth in the 2018 AHSAA Class 6A Playoffs…was a first team allregion selection in 2019…led a CHS defense that recorded two shutouts in 2018 and held its foes under 10 points five times…held opposing teams to just over 12 points per game…was named the Montgomery Advertiser’s Player of the Week on one occasion. PERSONAL: Born May 8, 2001 in Montgomery, Ala…son of Leighton and Tynamie Gordon…has two brothers - Jereme and Akareyon, and a sister - Sarah…brother, Jereme, signed to play football at Kansas University…majoring in criminal justice at JSU.

GORDON’S CAREER STATS Tackles G 2019 2 2020-21 12 TOTAL 13

UA 0 7 7

A Total TFL Yds PD 1 1 0.0 0 0 14 21 3.0 19 0 15 22 3.0 19 0

FF FR 0 0 0 0 0 0

GORDON’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS No. Opponent Tackles 4 vs. Tennessee Tech Tackles for loss 1.0 2x; last vs. Austin Peay Sacks 1.0 at Tennessee State FF - - FR - - PB - - INT - -

Date 2/28/21 3/28/21 3/7/21 -

GORDON’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

UT AT TT 1 1 2 0 1 1 - DNP 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 1 2 3

TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1.0-9 0-0 0.5-4 1.0-4 0-0 0-0 0.5-2 0-0

0-0 0-0 1.0-9 0-0 0.5-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GORDON’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME Date 9/20/19 10/8/19

Opponent at Austin Peay Thompson State

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Yul Gowdy CORNERBACK

5-9 • 183 • R-JR Birmingham, Ala. • Minor HS

• 2020 PRESEASON ALL-OVC • 2018 ALL-AMERICAN • 2018 ALL-OVC NEWCOMER TEAM • 2018 FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started in four of the five games played in despite missing most of the spring season due to an injury…recorded 21 tackles on the year, including 15 unassisted stops and a quarterback hurry against North Alabama…also returned two kickoffs for 53 yards, with a long of 40 coming against Mercer. 2019: Started all 12 games…ranked sixth on the team in tackles with 46, including 36 solo and four for losses of 26 yards…also ranked second on the team in pass breakups with six…his one interception for the year came on Sept. 14 to seal the comeback victory at home against No. 4 Eastern Washington…his best game came on Oct. 26 against Murray State where he picked up 10 tackles, eight solo, one for a loss of five yards and a pass breakup…also returned kickoffs on special teams making 22 returns for 416 yards, with a long of 54 yards.

Kickoff Ret. No. 2018 10 2019 20 2020-21 2 TOTALS 31

Yds Avg. Td 161 16.1 0 390 19.5 0 53 26.5 0 646 19.0 0

Tackles G 2017 1 2018 13 2019 12 2020-21 5 TOTAL 31

UA 0 31 36 15 82

Lg. 34 54 40 54

A Total TFL Yds PD 2 2 0-0 0 0 10 41 1.0 2 8 10 46 4.0 26 4 6 21 0-0 0 0 28 110 5.0 28 12

FF FR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GOWDY’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Tackles Tackles for loss Sacks FF PB INT Long KO Return

No. Opponent Date 10 vs. Murray State 10/26/19 1.0 5x; last vs. Murray State 10/26/19 - - - - 3 2x; last at Maine 12/1/18 1 2x; last vs. Eastern Washington 9/14/19 34 vs.North Carolina A&T 8/25/18

GOWDY’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME

Date Opponent 8/24/19 @SE Louisiana 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 5/2/21 Delaware

UT AT TT 0 2 2 2 5 7 2 2 4 1 4 5 1 0 1 4 1 5

GOWDY’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME

Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at Florida International 5/2/21 Delaware

KO YDs TD 0 0 0 1 40 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GOWDY’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME

Date Opponent 8/24/19 @SE Louisiana 9/7/19 Chattanooga 9/14/19 Eastern Washington 9/21/19 North Alabama 9/28/19 @Austin Peay 10/5/19 Tennessee State 10/12/19 @Eastern Illinois 10/19/19 Southeast Missouri 10/26/19 Murray State 11/2/19 @UT Martin 11/9/19 @Tennessee Tech 11/23/19 Eastern Kentucky

2017: Saw action in one game, making his NCAA debut against Liberty on Sept. 23…recorded two assisted tackles against the Flames in the secondary…missed the remainder of the season with a leg injury.

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2018: Started 12 games in 13 appearances in his first full year at cornerback for JSU…named a second team All-American by Phil Steele as well as a Freshman All-American by HERO Sports…also named to the AllOVC Newcomer Team for 2018 along with Quarterback Zerrick Cooper… ranked sixth on the team in tackles with 41 including 31 unassisted and 10 with assistance…also picked up a tackle for loss for a loss of two yards…returned an interception against Tennessee State for 15 yards making it his first pick as a Gamecock…also recorded 10 pass breakups on the year…had a career high day of tackles on Oct. 13 against Eastern Ill with nine including eight unassisted…he also played as a kickoff returner for part of the season returning 10 kicks for 177 yards with a long of 34.

HIGH SCHOOL: A two-star recruit by Scout.com…played at Minor High School in Adamsville, Ala., for head coach George Bates…led the Tigers to an 11-2 record and 6A, Region 6 championship…named to the 2016 All-State First Team…listed as a 2016 All-Birmingham Football Second Team member…took Minor High School to the quarterfinals of the 6A AHSAA playoffs…drew interest from the University of Illinois… chose the Gamecocks over offers from Austin Peay, Samford, Alabama A&M and Alcorn State.

UT AT TT 0 2 2 7 0 7 3 2 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 4 3 0 3 2 0 2 8 2 10 1 0 1 2 1 3 4 2 6

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KO YDs TD 6 113 0 1 18 0 4 81 0 1 13 0 2 15 0 1 54 0 3 30 0 3 49 0 0 0 0 1 30 0 0 0 0

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TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 LG 0 40 13 0 0

AP 0 0 13 0 0

TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1.0-3 0-0 1-0 1 1.0-12 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1.0-6 0-0 0-0 0 1.0-5 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0

LG 31 18 23 13 15 54 16 21 0 30 0

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Date 8/25/18 8/25/18 9/8/18 9/22/18 9/29/18 10/6/18 10/13/18 10/20/18 10/27/18 11/3/18 11/10/18 11/17/18 11/24/18 12/1/18

Opponent vs. N.C. A&T vs. N.C. A&T Miss. Valley State Tennessee Tech Austin Peay at Eastern Kentucky Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri at Murray State UT Martin at Tennessee State at Kennesaw State East Tennessee St. at Maine

UT 1 1 1 2 3 2 8 3 2 3 0 0 5 1

AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 4 1.0-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 1-15 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 2 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 3

GOWDY’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME

Date Opponent KO YDs TD LG AP 8/25/18 vs. North Carolina A&T 2 36 0 34 36

GOWDY’S 2017 GAME-BY-GAME

Date Opponent 9/23/17 Liberty

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0

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Tylan Grable

Ashton Grable

6-7 • 290 • R-SO Gordon, Ga. • Wilkinson County HS

6-4 • 304 • FR Gordon, Ga. • Wilkinson County HS

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

• 2020-21 ALL-OVC FIRST TEAM • 2020-21 ALL-AMERICAN JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started 10 of 11 games played throughout the fall and spring season in his second year with the Gamecocks…received numerous postseason honors including, AFCA All-American Second Team, HERO Sports Sophomore All-America Team, Stats Perform All-American Second Team, and All-OVC First Team…part of an offensive line unit that blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference…helped protect a Jax State passing game that led the OVC and ranked 28 nationally in total offense with 4,993 yards on the year and 384 yards per game. 2019: Appeared in all 12 games as a redshirt freshman for the Gamecocks, seeing action at tight end and on the offensive line…blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, one that gained 419 yards per game…helped protect a JSU passing game that led the OVC and ranked 14th nationally with 296 yards per game. 2018: Sat out the season as a redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years at Wilkinson High School for James Hagins…spent majority of his playing time at quarterback with the Warriors…threw for 2000 yards his sophomore season and 3000 yards his junior year…sidelined his senior season due to injury…also letter in basketball for four years…named to the all-region basketball team his junior season…led the Warriors to three consecutive state championships his sophomore, junior and senior campaigns…maintained a 3.6 GPA. PERSONAL: Born October 4, 1999 in Gordon, Ga…son of Marvin and Teresa Grable…has two brothers, Antraum and Ashton, and two sisters, Andrea and Anaya Veal…majoring in sports management.

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HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Keldrick Burke at Wilkinson County High School in McIntyre, Ga…was a Class A Public All-State Offensive Lineman…a three-year starter at WCHS…was selected to play in the Georgia vs. Florida Game in January…his older brother Tylan is also an offensive lineman for the Gamecocks.

Yessman Green CORNERBACK

6-2 • 178 • FR Mobile, Ala. • Jacksonville HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made appearances in three games in his first year at cornerback for the Gamecocks…recorded four unassisted tackles on the year, including two in his first-ever appearance and a tackle for loss against Southeast Missouri on March 2. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Clint Smith at Jacksonville High School in Jacksonville, Ala…a first-team all-state cornerback for the Golden Eagles after leading them to the AHSAA Class 4A State Championship Game, the school’s first-ever appearance in the title game… led JHS to a 12-3 record and a perfect 7-0 mark in 4A Region 6 play after posting a 7-0 region mark in 2018…also a first-team all-region and allcounty selection…recorded 24 tackles, three interceptions, 10 pass breakups, four forced fumbles and a fumble recovery on defense…on offense, had 37 receptions for 450 yards and 11 touchdowns…also returned a punt for a score and was a first-team all-county pick by the Anniston Star. PERSONAL: Born on July 15, 2002, in Birmingham, Ala…the son of Kelvin and Gemini Sigler…has a younger brother – Kelvin, and a younger sister – Kelsie…father is the Gamecocks Defensive Coordinator…majoring in exercise science and wellness at JSU.

Casey Grigley II SAFETY

6-2 • 185 • JR Jonesboro, Ga. • Mundy’s Mill HS Benedict College JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Saw limited action for the Gamecocks in the 2020-21 season.

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PRIOR TO JSU: Played two seasons at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C…appeared in six games a s sophomore in 2018 and in four as a true freshman in 2017. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Mundy’s Mill High School in Jonesboro, Ga…played both ways for the Tigers, serving as the team’s running back and free safety.

Ashton Gulledge SAFETY

5-11 • 200 • FR Hokes Bluff, Ala. • Hokes Bluff HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Michael Robertson at Hokes Bluff High School in Hokes Bluff, Ala…a three-time all-state selection by the Alabama Sports Writers Association, grabbing first-team honors as a senior in 2019 after earning second-team honors in his sophomore and junior season…as a senior, totaled 105 tackles on defense, while passing for 915 yards and three touchdowns and rushing for 675 yards and 13 touchdowns on offense…as a junior, passed for 1,136 yards and 13 touchdowns, rushed for 396 yards and nine scores and had 47 tackles at safety…in his sophomore season, racked up 159 tackles.

Laletia Hale, Jr.

PERSONAL: Born Oct. 23, 2000 in Montgomery, Ala…son of Laletia Hale, Sr. and Makesha Adams…has two brothers, Jakeise Adams and Nakevious Wright, and two sisters, Raineice Johnson and Jamia Jones… majoring in kinesiology at JSU. HALE’S CAREER STATS Tackles G 2019 4 11 2020-21 TOTAL 14

UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 15 0 0 0 0 0

HALE’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS No. Opponent Date Tackles 2 4x; last at Murray State 4/11/21 Tackles for loss - - Sacks - - FF - - FR - - PB - - -2 INT - - -

HALE’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 2/21/21 at Tennessee State 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

UT AT TT 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0

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HALE’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME Date 9/28/19 10/19/19 11/2/19 11/23/19

Opponent @Austin Peay Southeast Missouri @UT Martin Eastern Kentucky

UT 0 0 1 1

AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0

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6-0 • 210 • R-FR Montgomery, Ala. • Carver HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Appeared in 11 games, including his first career start against Mercer on October 10…picked up 10 tackles for the year, including six solo stops and a quarterback hurry against Southeast Missouri on March 21. 2019: Made appearances in four games, the first of his career coming against Austin Peay, before receiving a redshirt…recorded five tackles on the year with his first solo stop coming at UT-Martin. HIGH SCHOOL: A two-star prospect by 247sports…played for head coach James Thompson at Carver High School in Montgomery, Ala…led the Wolverines to an 8-3 record and a berth in the 2018 AHSAA Class 6A Playoffs…led a CHS defense that recorded two shutouts in 2018 and held its foes under 10 points five times…held opposing teams to just over 12 points per game…recorded 175 tackles between his junior and senior seasons…was named one of the top five linebackers in the region by the Montgomery Advertiser in 2018…spent his first two seasons at Lanier High School…chose the Gamecocks over offers from UCF, Toledo, Central Michigan, Arkansas State, Middle Tennessee, Austin Peay, Eastern Kentucky, Tennessee State and Alcorn State.

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Branson Hall

2018 after leading the Red Raiders to a 7-5 record and to the second round of the AHSAA Class 6A Playoffs…selected to compete in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game. PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 25, 2000 in Decatur, Ala…majoring in general science education at JSU.

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6-2 • 230 • FR Marietta, Ga. • Kell HS

Chris Hardie

JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Did not see action as a true freshman. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Brett Sloan at Kell High School in Marietta, Ga…was a two-time all-state and all-region performer for the Longhorns…led KHS to a 9-3 record and into the second round of the GHSA Playoffs in 2019…was a two-year starter for the Longhorns…as a senior, had 150 tackles, 30 tackles for a loss, three pass break ups and four sacks…as a junior in 2018, led the team with 110 tackles…racked up 316 tackles, 50 tackles for a loss, 5.5 sacks, an interception, seven break ups and three forced fumbles in his KHS career. PERSONAL: Born on Jan. 12, 2002, in Atlanta, Ga…the son of Anthony and Michelle Hall…has two older brothers – Lennon and Gavin…majoring in sports management and minoring in finance at JSU.

Gage Harcrow TIGHT END

6-5 • 215 • FR Heflin, Ala. • Cleburne County HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Joby Burns at Cleburne County High School in Heflin, Ala…was a factor on both offense and defense for the Tigers.

Jackson Hall

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN 6-1 • 293 • R-FR Decatur, Ala. • Decatur HS

JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made two appearances in his first full season with the Gamecocks, the first of his career coming against UT-Martin on March 14…part of an offensive line unit that blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, one that gained 384 yards per game…helped protect a Jax State passing game that led the OVC and ranked 28 nationally in total offense with 4,993 yards on the year. 2019: Sat out the season as a redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Jere Adcock at Decatur High School in Decatur, Ala…was a first-team all-state selection as a senior in

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN 6-2 • 260 • R-FR Vincent, Ala. • Vincent HS

JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made two starts in 12 appearances in his second year at defensive lineman with the Gamecocks… made the first start of his career in the upset win over Florida International on October 23…recorded 34 tackles on the year, including 16 unassisted stops and was second on the team in tackles for loss with 11 for -47 yards… also second on the team in sacks with seven for 38 yards lost, including 2.5 coming against Tennessee State on March 7… finished the year with 11 quarterback hurries. 2019: Made one appearance in his first year at JSU against Austin Peay before being given a redshirt… picked up two tackles in his first game including his first solo stop. HIGH SCHOOL: A three-sport star at Vincent High School in Vincent, Ala… starred at two positions for the Yellow Jackets…an all-county performer for two-straight years, ran for 1,054 yards and 12 touchdowns as a running back, while amassing 53 tackles, 12 for a loss, and five sacks on the defensive front…as a junior in 2017, ran for 1,170 yards and 14 touchdowns… swept first team all-state, all-region and all-district honors during both his junior and senior seasons…was named Vincent’s MVP in both basketball and football in 2019…was a Blue-Gray All-Star and O.D. All-American…was named the Shelby County Star Player and WBRC Player of the Week…also a star basketball player, averaging 12.8 points and 9.7 rebounds as a junior, and track athlete for VHS. PERSONAL: Born Sept. 13, 2000 in Vincent, Ala…son of Katrina Pope… mother played basketball at Huntingdon College…majoring in communications at JSU.

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Nicario Harper SAFETY

6-1 • 205 • R-SO Atlanta, Ga. • Carver HS •Southern Miss

• 2020-21 OVC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR • 2020-21 ALL-OVC FIRST TEAM • 2020-21 CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICAN

JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started 12 of the 13 spring and fall games played in his first full season with Jax State… received numerous postseason honors and awards as he was named OVC Defensive Player of the Year, a Buck Buchannon Award Finalist, an FCS ADA All-American as the best player in the nation at his position, AP First Team All-American, AFCA First Team All-American, All-OVC First Team safety, HERO Sports First Team All-American, and twice received OVC weekly honors including newcomer of the week and defensive player of the week…led the team in tackles with 92, half of them coming unassisted including 2.5 solo stops for 11 yards lost…recorded at least six tackles in all but two contests on the season with a career-high 13 tackles coming against Tennessee Tech on February 28…returned a fumble recovery for a 64-yard touchdown in the lone fall home contest against Mercer on October 10…finished the year leading the team in interceptions with three, while recording a quarterback hurry and three pass breakups. PRIOR TO JSU: Spent two seasons at Southern Miss in Hattiesburg, Miss…appeared in nine games as a true freshman in 2018, primarily on special teams as the Golden Eagles’ gunner…recorded tackles in three games…was redshirted in 2019. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Carver High School in Atlanta, Ga., where he was a two-star prospect by Rivals…at CHS, earned First Team AllRegion 6-AAAAA as a safety and also earned honorable mention honors as a tight end…recorded 94 tackles, 58 solo, as well as a pair of interceptions and 29 passes defended…on offense, hauled in 20 catches for 386 yards and a touchdown. HARPER’S CAREER STATS Tackles G 2020-21 13 TOTAL 13

UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR 46 46 92 2.5 11 2 0 1 46 46 92 2.5 11 2 0 1

HARPER’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS No. Opponent Date Tackles 13 vs. Tennessee Tech 2/28/21 Tackles for loss 1.0 2x; last vs. Delaware 5/2/21 Sacks - - FF - - FR 1 vs. Mercer 10/10/20 PB 1 2x; last at Eastern Illinois 4/3/21 INT 1 3x; last vs. Austin Peay 3/28/21

HARPER’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 2/21/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

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Jeremiah Harris SAFETY

5-10 • 191 • R-JR Shorterville, Ala. • Abbeville HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started in nine of his 10 games played his junior season with JSU…was fourth on the team in tackles with 66, with the second most solo tackles at 40…had a new career-high day in tackles with 12 in the first round of the FCS Playoffs against Davidson on April 24, starting the first of back-to-back contests with seven unassisted stops…recorded two turnovers against Tennessee Tech on February 28 with a forced fumble and an interception in the win over the Golden Eagles…also finished the season with two pass breakups. 2019: Appeared in 11 games with one start against Tennessee Tech… recorded 38 tackles on the year, including 29 solo and one for a loss of five yards…also returned an interception against Murray State for 15 yards…recorded five-straight games to end the season with four tackles and a career-high six tackles against North Alabama.

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2018: Made appearances in 12 of 13 games in his first full year at Safety for the Gamecocks…recorded 21 tackles including 14 unassisted and seven with assistance…made two or more tackles in five different contests including three against Tennessee Tech on Sept. 22…also picked up a pass breakup against Eastern Kentucky on Oct. 6. 2017: Sat out the season as a redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Abbeville High School…played quarterback for the Yellow Jackets…also played basketball…named a ASWA Class 2A All-State honorable mention section.

Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

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HARRIS’ 2019 GAME-BY-GAME HARRIS’ CAREER STATS Tackles G 2018 12 2019 11 2020-21 10 TOTAL 32

UA 14 29 40 83

A Total TFL Yds PD 7 21 0-0 0 0 9 35 1.0 5 0 26 66 3.0 5 2 42 125 4.0 10 2

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No. Opponent 12 vs. Davidson 1.5 at Murray State - - 1 vs. Tennessee Tech 1 vs. Southest Missouri 1 2x; last vs. Tennessee Tech

Date 4/24/21 4/11/21 2/28/21 3/21/21 2/28/21

Date 8/24/19 9/7/19 9/14/19 9/21/19 9/28/19 10/5/19 10/12/19 10/19/19 10/26/19 11/9/19 11/23/19

Opponent @SE Louisiana Chattanooga Eastern Washington North Alabama @Austin Peay Tennessee State @Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri Murray State @Tennessee Tech Eastern Kentucky

UT AT TT 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 3 3 3 6 4 1 5 3 0 3 3 1 4 4 0 4 3 1 4 1 3 4 4 0 4

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Date 8/25/18 9/8/18 9/22/18 9/29/18 10/6/18 10/13/18 10/20/18 10/27/18 11/3/18 11/10/18 11/17/18 11/24/18 12/1/18

Opponent vs. N.C. A&T Miss. Valley State Tennessee Tech Austin Peay at Eastern Kentucky Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri at Murray State UT Martin at Tennessee State at Kennesaw State East Tennessee St. at Maine

UT 0 2 3 1 2 2 1 - DNP 0 0 2 0 1

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Cam Hill

Braydon Hill 6-4 • 225 • R-FR Hokes Bluff, Ala. • Hokes Bluff HS

JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started in all 12 games played in during his third season with Jax State…received All-OVC First Team honors for his achievements at guard with the Gamecocks…part of an offensive line unit that blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, one that gained 384 yards per game…helped protect a Jax State passing game that led the OVC and ranked 28 nationally in total offense with 4,993 yards on the year.

2019: Sat out the season as a redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Mike Robertson at Hokes Bluff High School in Hokes Bluff, Ala…a second-team all-state selection as a senior and a three-time first-team all-region and all-district pick…led the Eagles to the AHSAA Class 4A playoffs in each of his last three seasons, including a trip to the state semifinals as a sophomore in 2016…in his senior season, caught 29 passes for 609 yards and eight touchdowns at receiver and had 52 tackles at linebacker. PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 27, 2000, in Birmingham, Ala…the son of Lee and Tracie Hill…has an older sister – Andrea Tyson…majoring in exercise science and wellness at JSU. HILL’S CAREER STATS

6-1 • 305 • JR Montgomery, Ala. • Robert E. Lee HS

• 2020-21 ALL-OVC FIRST TEAM

JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made three starts in the nine spring games played in his first full season with the Gamecocks…made his first career reception on March 7 against Tennessee State before making one more for 14 yards against Eastern Illinois on April 3.

REC G 2020-21 9 TOTALS 9

Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 2 13 0 14 0.3 6.5 1.4 2 13 0 14 0.3 6.5 1.4

2019: Appeared in six games, starting five as a sophomore for the Gamecocks…missed six games in the middle of the season due to an injury…blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, one that gained 419 yards per game…helped protect a JSU passing game that led the OVC and ranked 14th nationally with 296 yards per game. 2018: Played in eight games on the offensive front for the Gamecocks as a true freshman, including both of the team’s FCS Playoff games… part of an offensive front that paved the way for one of the most prolific attacks in school history…led JSU to 6,465 total yards, the third-most in a season in school-history, as well as a school-record 3,864 passing yards… helped JSU score 520 points, third-most in school history. HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star recruit by Rivals.com…played for head coach Tyrone Rogers at Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, Ala…a second-team all-state selection by the Alabama Sports Writers Association…was a first-team all-region performer in each his junior and senior seasons…selected to play in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game…chose the Gamecocks over offers from several schools, including Kennesaw State, UMass, Bowling Green, Tennessee State and Tulane. PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 4, 1999 in Jackson, Ala…the son of Cornelius and Tanishia Hill…majoring in sports management at JSU.

HILL’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Receptions Receiving Yards Receiving TDs Long Play

No. 1 14 - -

Opponent 2x; last at Eastern Illinois at Eastern Illinois - -

Date 4/3/214/3/21 -

HILL’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

REC YDs LNG - DNP - DN{P - DNP - DNP 0 0 0 1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Martavious Hollifield WIDE RECEIVER

6-0 • 200 • SO Hoover, Ala. • Hoover HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Josh Niblett at Hoover High School in Hoover, Ala.

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Kyle Holt TIGHT END

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6-3 • 240 • SO Atlanta, Ga. • Whitefield Academy JSU CAREER: ALL 2020/SPRING 2021: Made appearances in two games in his second year with the Gamecocks…recorded one solo stop against Tennessee State on March 7. 2019: Made two starts in 10 games played in his first year at Jax State…recorded his first solo tackle in the season opener against Southeastern Louisiana on his way to 22 tackles on the year, 10 of them unassisted…also picked up three tackles for losses of 18 yards and his first sack coming against Murray State at home…also had a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup. HIGH SCHOOL: Played defensive end and tight end at Whitefield Academy in Mableton, Ga…first team all-state defensive end by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution…all-state by Recruit Georgia…named the Defensive Player of the Year for Region 6A and was also his team’s Player of the Year. PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 22, 2000, in Atlanta, Ga…the son of Sundra Clark…has two brothers – Kerry Moses, Jr., and Anthony Holt, Jr., and one sister – Jessica Holt…majoring in criminology at JSU. HOLT’S CAREER STATS Tackles G 2019 10 2020-21 2 TOTAL 12

UA 10 1 11

A Total TFL Yds PD 12 22 3.0 18 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 12 23 3.0 18 1

HOLT’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Tackles Tackles for loss Sacks FF FR PB INT

No. Opponent Date 5 vs. Murray State 10/26/19 1 2x; last vs. Eastern Kentucky 11/23/19 - - - - - - 1 vs. Southeast Missouri 10/19/19 - - -

FF FR 0 0 0 0 0 0

HOLT’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date 10/3/20 10/10/20 10/17/20 10/23/20 2/28/21 3/7/21 3/14/21 3/21/21 3/28/21 4/3/21 4/11/21 4/24/21 5/2/21

Opponent at Florida State Mercer at North Alabama at FIU Tennessee Tech at Tennessee State at UT Martin Southeast Missouri Austin Peay at Eastern Illinois at Murray State Davidson Delaware

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk - DNP - DNP - DNP - DNP - DNP 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 - DNP -0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 - DNP - DNP - DNP - DNP - DNP –

HOLT’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME Date 8/24/19 9/7/19 9/14/19 9/21/19 9/28/19 10/5/19 10/12/19 10/19/19 10/26/19 11/2/19 11/9/19 11/23/19

Opponent @SE Louisiana Chattanooga Eastern Washington North Alabama @Austin Peay Tennessee State @Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri Murray State @UT Martin @Tennessee Tech Eastern Kentucky

UT AT TT 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 - DNP - DNP 1 0 1 1 4 5 0 3 3 0 2 2 3 1 4

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Nahum Horton

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6-4 • 260 • FR Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Paul Bryant HS

6-3 • 300 • R-SR Centre, Ala. • Cherokee County HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made appearances in 11 straight games in his junior year at defensive line for the Gamecocks… recorded his first career tackles against Davidson in the first round of the FCS Playoffs where he picked up one solo stop and two with assistance. 2019: Made two appearances on the defensive side for JSU against Southeastern Louisiana in the season-opener and again on the road against Austin Peay on Sept. 28. 2018: Made three appearances in 2018 in his first full year as a defensive lineman for the Gamecocks…picked up his first pass breakup in his first game against Eastern Kentucky on Oct. 6. HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Thomas Curry at Cherokee County High School…was named Class 4A Second Team All-State by the Alabama Sports Writers Association in 2015…helped the Warriors to a spot in the AHSAA State playoffs and finished with an overall mark of 7-5 as a senior at CCHS.

JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made appearances in eight total games, including the final seven straight to finish his first year with the Gamecocks…recorded his first career solo tackle against Eastern Illinois on April 3…picked up four more stops and assisted with a tackle for one yard lost at the end of the season. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Eldrick Hill at Paul Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa, Ala…led the Stampede to a 7-4 mark and into the AHSAA Class 6A Playoffs in 2019…other offers included Chattanooga, Alabama State, Alabama A&M, South Alabama and Jackson State. PERSONAL: Born on June 25, 2001, in Selma, Ala…the son of Johnny and Virginia Hoskins…the youngest of four siblings…is undecided on a major at JSU.

PERSONAL: Born on May 22, 1998, in Gadsden, Ala…majoring in exercise science and wellness at JSU.

Jaylen Hughey LINEBACKER

6-2 • 230 • FR Cullman, Ala. • Cullman HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Oscar Glasscock at Cullman High School in Cullman, Ala…a three-star prospect by 247Sports…was a second-team all-state selection at running back for the Bearcats in 2019 after rushing for 1,278 yards and nine touchdowns while averaging 9.7 yards per carry…racked up over 600 yards in his senior season, while also serving as a key defensive piece on a Bearcats team that went 8-3 and 6-1 in AHSAA Class 6A Region 8 play…had offers from several schools including South Alabama, Arkansas State, Southern Miss, Akron, Middle Tennessee, Toledo, Austin Peay and Florida Atlantic

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Keishon Jackson WIDE RECEIVER

6-4 • 195 • FR Dallas, Ga. • Paulding County HS JSU CAREER:Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Did not see action as a true freshman for the Gamecocks. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Van Spence at Paulding County High School in Dallas, Ga…a first-team all-state selection that was also named the 2019 GHSA Region 7-AAAAA Offensive Player of the Year…named to the All-Paulding County Team, all-district and allregion…hauled in 854 yards on 40 receptions as a senior in 2019 for the Patriots…caught eight touchdown receptions…averaged over 85 receiving yards per game and had a long reception of 94 yards…also played defensive end…selected to play in the Georgia vs Florida All-Star Showcase following his senior campaign. PERSONAL: Born on July 8, 2002 in Dallas, Ga…the son of Keith Jackson and Amanda Pace…has two brothers – Kaven and Mallor – and two sisters – Monay and Amaya…majoring in marketing at JSU.

Luke Jackson DEFENSIVE BACK

5-11 • 175 • R-FR Jacksonville, Ala. • Jacksonville HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Clint Smith at Jacksonville High School in Jacksonville, Ala…as a senior in 2019, led the Golden Eagles to the AHSAA Class 4A State Championship Game…threw for 1,750 yards and 21 touchdowns on 129-of-216 passing in 2019.

Pat Jackson RUNNING BACK

5-9 • 215 • JR Columbus, Miss. • Columbus HS Mississippi Delta CC JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Appeared in 12 games in his first season with JSU…carried the ball 93 times for 369 yards and three touchdowns with his first score with the Gamecocks coming against Mercer in the only home game of the fall on October 10…his highest rushing day of the season came against UT-Martin on March

14 where he rushed 18 times for 87 yards with a long of 17 against the Skyhawks…also made six receptions for 102 yards and a touchdown coming on a 55-yard catch against Davidson in the first round of the FCS Playoffs on April 24 to finish the year with 471 all-purpose yards. PRIOR TO JSU: Played two seasons at Mississippi Delta Community College in Moorhead, Miss…played in nine games in each his freshman and sophomore seasons…as a sophomore in 2019, ran for 887 yards on 171 carries, an average of 98.6 yards per game and 5.2 yards per carry…scored 10 career rushing touchdowns at MDCC, six as a freshman and four in his sophomore season…was also a weapon as a receiver, hauling in 20 passes, 12 as a sophomore…had one touchdown reception in each season and had over 200 receiving yards in his career HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Columbus High School in Columbus, Miss…was a four-year letter winner at running back that also played some as a slot receiver. PERSONAL: Born on Jan. 27, 2000 in Valdosta, Ga…the son of Roddrick and Lila Jackson…has four brothers – Roddrick, Brian, Darick and Cedrick, and one sister – Brooke…majoring in kinesiology at JSU. JACKSON’S CAREER STATS RUSHING G 2020-21 12 TOTAL 12

Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G 93 369 3 28 4.0 30.8 93 369 3 28 4.0 30.8

REC G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 2020-21 12 6 102 1 55 0.4 17.0 8.5 TOTALS 12 5 102 1 55 0.4 17.0 8.5

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Jamari Jemison

JACKSON’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/23 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at Florida International Tennessee Tech 2/28/21 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay at Eastern Illinois 4/3/21 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

Rush - 11 9 - DNP 10 13 18 6 3 5 7 5 5

YDS - 62 29 62 19 87 9 13 36 40 6 8

JACKSON’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU at Tennessee State 2/21/21 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri at Murray State 4/11/21 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

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5-10 • 170 • FR Birmingham, Ala. • Minor HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made two starts in four games played in his first season with the Gamecocks…recorded three solo tackles on the season with the first two of his career coming against Tennessee Tech on February 28…finished the season with three unassisted stops and a pass breakup. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Adrian Abrams at Minor High School in Birmingham…helped lead the Tigers to back-to-back appearances in the AHSAA Class 6A Playoffs in his junior and senior seasons…also a star sprinter on the MHS track team, qualifying for the state meet. PERSONAL: Born on Aug. 2, 2001, in Birmingham, Ala…the son of Dhelecia Jemison…has an older brother – Ja’leon…majoring in kinesiology at JSU.

Leeshoen Jarrett TIGHT END

6-5 • 200 • FR Warner Robins, Ga. • Houston County HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Did not see action as a true freshman. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Ryan Crawford at Houston County High School in Warner Robins, Ga…helped the Bears to a 7-6 record in his senior season, a five-win improvement from 2018, and into the third round of the GHSA state playoffs…hauled in 40 receptions for 444 yards and three touchdowns as a senior…had 82 yards and a score on six catches in a win over Peach County…caught two touchdown passes in a game against Central. JEMISON’S CAREER STATS Tackles G 2020-21 4 TOTAL 4

UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR 3 0 3 0.0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0.0 0 1 0 0

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No. Opponent Date Tackles 2 vs. Tennessee Tech 2.28/21 - - Tackles for loss Sacks - - FF - - 1 vs. Tennessee Tech 2/28/21 PB INT - - -

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10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at Florida International 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State

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6-0 • 270 • FR Carrollton, Ga. • Carrollton HS

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Robert Johnson

JEMISON’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME UT - DNP 0 - DNP 0 2 1 - DNP - DNP - DNP - DNP - DNP - DNP - DNP -

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JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Appeared in 11 games with four starts in his freshman season with the Gamecocks... recorded five tackles on the year with his first coming in the season-opener against Florida State on October 3... also recovered a fumble in the upset victory over Florida International on October 23. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Sean Calhoun at Carrollton High School in Carrollton, Ga…honorable mention all-state and a firstteam all-region and first-team all-area performer for the Trojans as a senior…named to the All-Gradick Defense…had a monster senior season, racking up 70 tackles, 44 solo, including 21.0 tackles for a loss and 15.0 sacks…also recorded 15 quarterback hurries and blocked a punt in leading the Trojans to the region title…in his career, totaled 126 tackles, 21.5 sacks…other offers included Southeast Missouri, The Citadel, Mercer, Howard…also a standout wrestler and thrower on the CHS track and field team. PERSONAL: Born on June 22, 2002…the son of Carolynn Hill…has two brothers – Cullen Alexander and Kyron Johnson…majoring in sports management at JSU.

Jacob Jenkins TIGHT END

6-3 • 240 • FR Hoover, Ala. • Spain Park HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made appearances in all nine games of the spring season including making his first start against UT-Martin on March 14…recorded three catches for 33 yards on the season…made his first career reception on March 7 against Tennessee State for 11 yards…his other two receptions would also come for 11 yards each. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Shawn Rainey at Spain Park High School in Hoover, Ala…was a versatile player for the Jaguars, playing tight end, fullback, wide receiver and long snapper…also a combo player on the SPHS basketball team…opened his senior season with a four-catch, 156-yard performance against Hillcrest High School.

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Deven Jones

No. Opponent Date Tackles 2 vs. Mercer 10/10/20 - - Tackles for loss Sacks - - FF - - - - PB INT - - -

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN 6-4 • 309 • FR Knoxville, Tenn. • Tennessee

PRIOR TO JSU: (Tennessee) 2020: Did not see action as a freshman.

JOHNSON’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

UT AT TT 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - DNP 0 1 1 - DNP -

TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0

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HIGH SCHOOL: Played his prep football at Hardin Valley Academy in Knoxville, Tenn. PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 28, 2001…son of Michael and Konda Jones…major is undecided.

Kaleb Jones RUNNING BACK

6-0 • 195 • FR Collinsville, Ala. • Collinsville HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Ernie Willingham at Collinsville High School in Collinsville, Ala…earned all-state honors three times and a two-time first-team all-state selection by the Alabama Sportswriters Association, grabbing honors as an athlete in 2018 and as a quarterback in 2019…was a second-team all-state performer as an athlete in 2017…helped the Panthers to a 12-2 record and the semifinals of the AHSAA Class 2A playoffs in 2019 after a 10-2 record and a secondround appearance in 2018…was named the DeKalb County Player of the Year in 2019…accounted for 3,109 yards of total offense and 41 touchdowns…was also an all-area baseball player for CHS and was selected to play in the AHSAA North-South All-Star Game.

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Jayson Jones WIDE RECEIVER

5-10 • 180 • FR Birmingham, Ala. • Center Point HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made appearances in nine games including a start against North Alabama in his first season with the Gamecocks…recorded four catches on the season for 63 yards with the first of his career coming in the season-opener against Florida State… made a reception in three straight games, with his longest of the spring coming for 58 yards against Davidson during the first round of the FCS Playoffs on April 24…also returned five punts for 18 yards. HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star prospect according to 247Sports and Rivals…prepped his senior season for head coach George Bates at Center Point High School in Birmingham, Ala, after transferring from Fultondale High School…ranked the 31st ranked player from Alabama in his class by Rivals…a do-it-all prospect that played quarterback, running back, receiver, defensive back and kick/punt returner during his career…led the Eagles to a 9-4 record and into the third round of the AHSAA Class 5A Playoffs as a senior in 2019…signed with JSU after receiving FBS offers from Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Louisville, Memphis, Ole Miss, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Troy, Tulane, UAB and UCLA. PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 21, 2001…the son of Jayson Jones, Sr., and Monique Jones…has two younger brothers – Jayvon and Jacobb…majoring in exercise science and wellness at JSU.

JONES’ CAREER STATS REC G 2020-21 9 TOTAL 9

Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 4 63 0 58 0.4 15.8 7.0 4 63 0 58 0.4 15.8 7.0

JONES’ CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Rush Attempts Rush Yards Rush TD’s Receptions Rec. Yards Rec. TD’s

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Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 2/21/21 at Tennessee State Tennessee Tech 2/28/21 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay at Eastern Illinois 4/3/21 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

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Brenton King KICKER

5-11 • 186 • R-SR Auburn, Ga. • Mill Creek HS Georgia Tech PRIOR TO JSU: (Georgia Tech) 2020: Did not appear for Georgia Tech. 2019: Saw action in 10 games…connected on 3-of-7 field goal attempts. 2018: Redshirted seeing action in only four games, the first four games of the season…was 1-of-4 on field-goal attempts, making a 35-yarder at USF…was 10-of-11 on PAT attempts, with only miss coming at Pittsburgh. 2017: Took over as GT’s primary place kicker during the fifth game of the season at Miami on Oct. 14…finished the season 5-for-6 on field goal attempts, 15-of-16 on PAT kicks and with a 59.3-yard kickoff average. HIGH SCHOOL: Rated as a three-star prospect by ESPN…Nation’s No. 19-ranked kicker by 247Sports…Two-time all-state honoree (first-team as a senior, second-team as a junior)…Two-time first-team all-region and all-county selection…Named junior all-American by MaxPreps in 2015 and preseason all-American by MaxPreps prior to 2016 campaign…Set a Georgia 7A record for field goals in a season with 19 as a junior in 2015…Holds school records for field goals in a season and career, touchbacks in a season and career, extra points in a game and longest field goal…Helped lead Mill Creek to three-straight regional championships (2014-16)…Selected to participate in Gwinnett All-Star Game…Coached

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Alen Karajic KICKER

6-5 • 220 • FR Ooltewah, Tenn. • East Hamilton HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Appeared in all 13 contests throughout the fall and spring of his freshman season as the Gamecocks’ primary place kicker…went 45-for-47 on PAT’s while going 14-of-19 on field goal attempts to finish with 87 points on the season… had a career-high day in the upset victory over Florida International on October 23 going 4-of-5 on field goals with a long of 39 and kicking the game’s only extra point to finish with 13 points on the day…his longest field goal of the season came on a 46-yard boot against Eastern Illinois on April 3…also kicked off 58 times for 3,191 yards and 18 touchbacks averaging 55 yards a kick. HIGH SCHOOL: Played his senior season for head coach Grant Reynolds at East Hamilton High School in Chattanooga, Tenn…didn’t play football prior to his senior season of high school…ranked a five-star and the No. 40 kicker in his class by the Kohl’s Kicking Camps after his senior season…earned the starting job for the Hurricanes in 2019 and finished the season as a semifinalist for the TSSAA Class 4A Mr. Football Award…a first-team all-region pick and named a Scenic City All-Star… invited to the Kicking World Showcase in the summer before his senior season…also a standout on the Hurricanes soccer team. PERSONAL: Born on Dec. 12, 2001…the son of Maho and Edita Karajic…majoring in finance at JSU. KARAJIC’S CAREER STATS SCORING G TD Rush Pass Retn PAT 2PAT FG Total Avg/G 2020-21 12 - - - - 43 - 41 - 85/7.1 TOTAL 12 - - - - 43 - 41 - 85/7.1 FG G Att Made Lg Pct 2020-21 12 19 14 46 .737 TOTAL 12 19 14 46 .737

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No. 5 4 46 13

Opponent at FIU at FIU at Eastern Illinois at FIU

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Date Opponent at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 32, 23 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 2/21/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

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Craig Kinsey WIDE RECEIVER

6-1 • 190 • SO Abbeville, Ala. • Abbeville HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Sat out the season as a redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Robin Tyra at Abbeville High School in Abbeville, Ala…was a first-team all-region selection and an allstate honorable mention…played running back for the Yellow Jackets, rushing for 1,483 yards and hauling in 253 receiving yards as a senior… an All-Wiregrass player and named the WTVY and WDHN Player of the Week multiple times. PERSONAL: Born on March 6, 2000, in Abbeville, Ala…the son of Tameka Williams…has two brothers – Derrick and Kris – and three sisters – LaKesha, Megan and Mia…majoring in exercise science and wellness at JSU.

2019: Appeared in 10 games as a true freshman…first career start came against North Alabama on Sept. 21…recorded 18 tackles on the year, including nine solo, with his first coming in the home-opener against Chattanooga…six tackles came for losses of 18 yards…picked up 2.5 sacks with first coming against Eastern Washington…his career-high came against Tennessee State with four tackles, one solo for loss, and a forced fumble. HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years at Westbrook Christian for head coaches Tony Osborn, Shea Monroe and Brian Mintz in Rainbow City, Ala…racked up 70 tackles in 2018, including 23 tackles for a loss, 14 sacks, 19 quarterback hurries, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries…helped the Warriors to a 7-4 record and a spot in the AHSAA Class 2A State Playoffs…was named WCHS’s most valuable player as both a junior and a senior…received first team all-state, all-region and all-district honors in 2018…was first team all-region, first team all-district and second team all-state as a junior…a member of the TV24 Pigskin Roundup All-Star Team and O.D. All-America Team…also lettered in basketball, baseball and track. PERSONAL: Was born Jan. 3, 2001 in Atlanta, Ga…son of Phil and Tonya Luttrell…has one sister, Morgan…grandfather, Jimmy Luttrell, played football for Auburn and Jacksonville State…majoring in exercise science and wellness at JSU. JACKSON’S CAREER STATS Tackles G 2019 10 2020-21 9 TOTAL 19

UA 9 0 9

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Corey Lee CORNERBACK

5-11 • 185 • JR Pinson, Ala. • Clay-Chalkville HS Dodge City (Kan.) CC PRIOR TO JSU: Spent two seasons at Dodge City Community College in Dodge City, Kan. HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coaches Jerry Hood and Drew Gilmer at Clay-Chalkville in Pinson, Ala.

Jackson Luttrell DEFENSIVE LINEMAN

6-3 • 280 • SO Rainbow City, Ala. • Westbrook Christian HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Appeared in 12 of 13 games after starting the fall opener against Florida State...recorded nine tackles on the year with a solo stop coming against Eastern Illinois on April 3...also recorded a quarterback hurry in three straight contests during conference play.

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Date 10/5/19 9/14/19 9/14/19 10/5/19

BeSean McCray QUARTERBACK

JACKSON’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/17/20 at North Alabama 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

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TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0

JACKSON’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME Date 8/24/19 9/7/19 9/14/19 9/21/19 10/5/19 10/12/19 10/19/19 10/26/19 11/2/19 11/9/19 11/23/19

Opponent @SE Louisiana Chattanooga Eastern Washington North Alabama Tennessee State @Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri Murray State @UT Martin @Tennessee Tech Eastern Kentucky

UT AT TT - DNP 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 3 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2

TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0-0 2.0-5 0-0 1.0-2 0-0 0-0 1.5-8 0.5-1 1.0-2 0-0

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6-1 • 175 • R-SO Orlando, Fla. • Dr. Phillips HS Hinds (Miss.) CC PRIOR TO JSU: (Hines CC) 2020: Led Hines CC to a 3-1 mark during the shortened 2020 fall season…threw for 421 yards in a 18-16 win over Jones College on Oct. 15…tossed a pair of touchdowns in wins Southwest Mississippi CC and Pearl River CC…finished with 844 yards (211 ypg) and six touchdowns…ran for another 199 yards and three scores. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Fla… was a three-star prospect by ESPN and a two-star prospect by 247…As a senior, was an All-Districte 5-8A first-team selection...FHSAA All-State honorable mention...was the 123rd ranked dual-threat QB in the nation by 247...led Dr. Phillips to Florida’s Class 8A state championship...passed for 2,208 yards (167 of 241) while completing 69% and tossing 20 TDs... ran 71 times for 608 yards and 8 TDs.

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Cade Meeks

6-3 • 295 • FR Mobile, Ala. • St. Paul’s Episcopal HS

6-2 • 185 • FR Ooltewah, Tenn. • East Hamilton HS

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Steve Mask at St. Paul’s High School in Mobile, Ala…led the Saints to a perfect 15-0 record and the 2020 AHSAA Class 5A State Championship.

Carson McCauley KICKER / PUNTER

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JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Did not see action as a true freshman. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coaches Ted Gatewood and Wesley Reynolds at East Hamilton High School in Ooltewah, Tenn…a first-team all-state player as a senior, when he also garnered first-team all-region honors…hauled in 900 receiving yards, while rushing for over 400 yards…recorded six interceptions as a senior and 10 in his career… selected for Tennessee’s East-West All-Star Game. PERSONAL: Born on March 6, 2002 in Chattanooga, Tenn…the son of Bryan and April Meeks…has two older brothers – Rance and Matt… majoring in business management at JSU.

5-11 • 185 • FR Leo, Ind. • Leo HS

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Leo High School in Leo-Cedarville, Ind…a First Team All-NE8 selection as a senior, McCauley connected on four of five field goals, and converted 34 of 36 extra points, helping Leo to a 10-2 record and an NE8 title.

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Isaiah Montgomery 6-0 • 207 • R-Fr. Atlanta, Ga. • Tri-Cities HS Tennessee JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made appearances in five contests in his first season with the Gamecocks... made three receptions for 48 yards with his longest catch of the year coming on his first reception in a JSU uniform for 30 yards against UT-Martin on March 14. PRIOR TO JSU: (Tennessee) Walk-on wide receiver and special teams contributor who earned a scholarship at the end of the 2019 season…appeared in two games, seeing action against No. 3 Georgia (10/5) and UAB (11/2)…did not record any stats. HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Tri-Cities High School in East Point, Georgia. PERSONAL: Full name is Isaiah Elijah Montgomery…born on Jan. 12, 2001…majoring in Communication Studies.

PJ Mixon

6-4 • 290 • R-JR Montgomery, Ala. • Jeff Davis HS Western Kentucky JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Missed most of the 202021 season due to injury, starting in the three games he was able to play in…started the final three games of the fall portion of the season that was cut by the COVID-19 Pandemic…led the Gamecocks to a 3-0 record and a 19-10 win at Florida International on Oct. 23, the only win by an FCS school over an FBS program during the season. 2019: Played in all 12 games for the Gamecocks as a redshirt sophomore…made his debut in the season opener at Southeastern Louisiana despite joining the team shortly before…blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, one that gained 419 yards per game…helped protect a JSU passing game that led the OVC and ranked 14th nationally with 296 yards per game. PRIOR TO JSU: Spent two seasons at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky…sat out the 2017 season as a redshirt and then saw action in two games as a redshirt-freshman in 2018…was part of the Hilltoppers short-yardage package. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Lee Carter at Jefferson Davis High School in Montgomery, Ala…a three-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN and a two-star prospect by Rivals.com and Scout.com…one of the

Jackson Moses LINEBACKER

6-0 • 200 • FR Jacksonville, Ala. • Jacksonville HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Clint Smith at Jacksonville High School in Jacksonville, Ala…a first-team selection to the 2020 Class 4A-6A All-Calhoun County Team as a senior…led the Golden Eagles to a 30-8 record over his final three seasons, including a trip to the state title game in his junior campaign…in a shortened senior season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, he played in seven games and had 60 tackles, eight for a loss and four sacks…a two-time all-area selection…in his junior season, recorded over 100 tackles and over 20 for a loss with five sacks, two forced fumbles and five fumble recoveries.

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Anthony Nesby

PERSONAL: Born on Dec. 1, 1999, in San Francisco, Calif…the son of Preston Mixon, Sr., and Michelle Perry…has an older sister – Anesha, and two younger brothers – Bryson and Carter…majoring in sports management at JSU.

Christian Murray LONG SNAPPER

6-0 • 235 • R-JR Covington, Ga. • Newton HS Albany State PRIOR TO JSU: (Albany State) 2020: ASU did not play due to Covid-19 protocols within the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC). 2019: Played in 10 of 11 games registering 23 tackles for the Golden Rams…helped ASU to a 7-4 record and 5-2 mark in SIAC play to finish second in the league’s East Division. 2018: Appeared in one game for the SIAC champions who finised with a 6-0 conference mark. PERSONAL: Born June 5, 2000…has two brothers, Micterrio and Augustus.

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6-1 • 315 • R-SO Atlanta, Ga. • South Atlanta HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started seven of his 12 games played…recorded a career-high 19 tackles on the year including six solo stops and his first career sack against Tennessee Tech on February 28th for a loss of 4 yards. 2019: Appeared in six contests in his second season, including the first five games of the year…assisted on one tackle on September 28 at Austin Peay. 2018: Made appearances in three contests in his first year at defensive line for the Gamecocks…recorded his first tackle for JSU on Sept. 8 against Mississippi Valley State in the first home contest of 2018…also made appearances against Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee State. HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years for head coach Brad Stephens at South Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Ga…named a two-star recruit by Rivals.com…a two-time first team all-region selection…named an APS AllStar his senior season…recorded 40 tackles during his senior campaign, including 11 tackles for loss…also lettered in baseball as a pitcher and corner infielder…boasts a 3.2 GPA…chose the Gamecocks over Alabama State, Charleston Southern, Florida A&M, Presbyterian and Western Carolina.

Cade Nayadley OFFENSIVE LINEMAN 6-4 • 285 • R-FR Ringgold, Ga. • Ringgold HS

JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made one appearance in the March 14 contest against UT-Martin in his second year with the Gamecocks…part of an offensive line unit that blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, gaining 384 yards per game. 2019: Received a redshirt after competing in two games as a redshirt freshman for the Gamecocks…made his debut against UTC…also played in the Eastern Illinois game. HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Robert Akins at Ringgold High School in Ringgold, Ga…a first team all-district and all-region performer for the Tigers as a junior and senior in 2017 and 2018…also a star basketball player at RHS, where he earned all-region honors three times and scored over 1,000 points on the hardwood. PERSONAL: Born Sept. 18, 2000 in Chattanooga, Tenn…son of Jesse and Jan Nayadley…has one sister, Riley…major is undecided.

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NESBY’S CAREER STATS Tackles G UA A Total TFL Yds 2018 3 0 1 1 0.0 0 2019 6 0 1 1 0.0 0 2020-21 12 6 14 20 3.0 6 TOTAL 20 6 16 22 3.0 6

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No. Opponent Date 4 at North Alabama 10/17/20 1.0 2x; last at Tennessee State 3/7/21 1.0 vs. Tennessee Tech 2/28/21 - - - - - - -

NESBY’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent UT AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 10/3/20 at Florida State 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 10/10/20 Mercer 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 10/17/20 at North Alabama 1 3 4 0.5-1 0-0 0-0 0 10/23/20 at FIU - - - - - - 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 2 0 2 1.0-4 1.0-4 0-0 0 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 1 0 1 1.0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3/14/21 at UT Martin 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri - DNP 3/28/21 Austin Peay 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 4/11/21 at Murray State 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 4/24/21 Davidson 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 5/2/21 Delaware 0 3 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0

NESBY’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME Date 8/24/19 9/7/19 9/14/19 9/21/19 9/28/19 10/12/19

Opponent @SE Louisiana Chattanooga Eastern Washington North Alabama @Austin Peay @Eastern Illinois

UT 0 0 0 0 0 0

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6-2 • 215 • R-SO Daphne, Ala. • Daphne HS • VMI JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Appeared in three games during first season with the Gamecocks…completed 5-of-6 passing for 34 yards with a long of 14 coming against Delaware in quarterfinals of the FCS Playoffs…also ran the ball eight times for nine yards with his longest carry coming for eight yards against Eastern Illinois on April 3.

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PRIOR TO JSU (VMI): 2019: Saw action in four games (Marshall, Mars Hill, The Citadel, Army) at reserve quarterback…participated in 34 snaps on the season…completed 11 of 20 passes for 92 yards and one touchdown for the year…completed six of 11 passes for 67 yards including a 32-yard TD pass against Mars Hill in week two…completed all three passes for 16 yards against Furman…2019-20 SoCon Academic Honor Roll. 2018: Appeared in four games…completed 19 of 42 passes for 253 yards and two touchdowns…threw touchdown strikes in consecutive games against Furman and Old Dominion…connected on 8 of 15 passes for a season best 141 yards including a 67-yard TD pass at Old Dominion in the season finale which stood as the second longest pass play of the year…lettered for the first time…named to the 2018-19 SoCon Academic Honor Roll. HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman and two year starter at quarterback at Daphne HS in Daphne, Alabama…two-time All-County and All-Coastal selection…passed for 4100 yards and 47 touchdowns…team captain and academic athlete of the year…National Honor Society.

NESBY’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME Date 9/8/18

Opponent Miss. Valley State

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Jasperlynn Peacock, Jr. OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

6-3 • 270 • FR Mableton, Ga. • Pebblebrook HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Leroy Hood at Pebblebrook High School in Mableton, Ga…a versatile player up front that played the guard, tackle and center positions for the Falcons.

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Jahmal Pegues

6-4 • 280 • FR White Plains, Ala. • White Plains HS

6-4 • 295 • FR Oxford, Miss. • Oxford HS

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Did not see action as a true freshman for the Gamecocks. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Chandler Tyree at White Plains High School in Anniston, Ala…a four-year starter and a two-way lineman for the Wildcats, was a second-team all-state selection by the Alabama Sports Writers Association as a senior…named first team allcounty by the Anniston Star…247Sports.com rated him as a two-star prospect at defensive line…named to the Pigskin Roundup All-Star Team… invited to participate in the 2020 Offense-Defense All-American Bowl…a three-time all-region performer and a two-time all-district player…was the Wildcats’ Team Most Valuable Player as a senior.

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Chris Cutcliffe at Oxford High School in Oxford, Miss…led the Chargers to a 12-1 record and a 7-0 mark in their region in 2020 after winning the state title in 2019…led OHS to a 25-game win streak, the longest in the state at the time…was named to the Super 24 on the 2020 All-Region 1-6A Teams.

J.T. Pennington

PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 23, 2001, in Anniston, Ala…the son of Hank and Wendy O’Steen…has a younger brother – Walker…majoring in biology at JSU.

Drew Padgett

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

6-4 • 305 • FR Columbiana, Ala. • Shelby County HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Heath Childers at Shelby County High School in Columbiana, Ala…led the Wildcats to their first state playoff berth in 11 years in 2020…chose JSU over several offers, including Coastal Carolina, South Alabama, Middle Tennessee, Western Kentucky, Army, Navy, Kennesaw State, Austin Peay, Chattanooga, Furman, North Alabama, Richmond, Samford and The Citadel.

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6-7 • 295 • FR Birmingham, Ala. • Oak Mountain HS

Thomas Peterson

JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Did not see action as a true freshman for the Gamecocks. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped three years for head coach Cris Bell at Oak Mountain High School in Birmingham after spending one season at Moody High School in Moody, Ala…second-team all-state and all-district selection in 2019…named Second Team All-South Metro as a senior in 2019 after not allowing a sack all season playing primarily at the left tackle position….first-team all-county honoree as a senior. PERSONAL: Born on Dec. 21, 2001 in Birmingham, Ala…the son of Charles Michael Padgett and Holly Padgett…has a younger sister – Sadie…majoring in business management at JSU.

LONG SNAPPER

6-4 • 255 • R-FR Mequon, Wis. • Homestead HS Northern Illinois JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Served as the team’s long snapper in all 13 games of the 20-21 season, successfully snapping on JSU’s 56 punts, 19 field goal tries and 47 PAT attempts. PRIOR TO JSU: Redshirted the 2019 season at Northern Illinois in DeKalb, Ill. HIGH SCHOOL: A two-year letter winner at Homestead High School in Mequon, Ill…played in all 14 games a senior…team won the state title with an undefeated record his senior year….a nationally-ranked long snapper with 4.5 stars…also played on the offensive line…made the Honor Roll as a junior and senior and was an honors graduate. PERSONAL: Born June 19, 2000, in Milwaukee, Wis…the son of Molly Megan and Robert Peterson…his brother Graydon was a four-year letterwinner in football at Dartmouth College…plans to major in nursing.

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Michael Pettway WIDE RECEIVER

5-10 • 170 • R-FR Alabaster, Ala. • Thompson HS Washington State

• 2020-21 ALL OVC FIRST TEAM JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started two of his nine games played during his first season with the Gamecocks... earned AllOVC First Team specialist honors for returning eight kickoffs for 201 yards while averaging 27.2 yards per return, with his longest of 36 yards coming against UT-Martin on March 14... made 18 catches for 239 yards and two touchdowns with the first of his career coming on a 14-yard catch-and-run against UT-Martin... also ran the ball eight times for 55 yards with a long of 17 to finish the season with 495 all-purpose yards. PRIOR TO JSU: (Washington State) Sat out the season as a redshirt.

12-1 record and Alabama 7A State Title…selected to play in MississippiAlabama Football Classic…rated three-star prospect by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com…rated No. 36 prospect in the state by 247Sports.com. PETTWAY’S CAREER STATS REC G 2020-21 9 TOTAL 8

Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 18 239 2 35 2.3 13.3 26.6 18 239 2 35 2.3 13.3 26.6

PETTWAY’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Receptions Receiving Yards Receiving TDs Long Play

No. 6 75 1 35

Opponent at Tennessee State at Tennessee State 2x; last vs. Davidson vs. Davidson

Date 3/7/21 3/7/21 4/24/21 4/24/21

PETTWAY’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin Southeast Missouri 3/21/21 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delawarw

REC 1 6 1 4 1 1 1 3 0

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Thompson High School in Alabama… as a junioe, caught 64 passes for 1,119 yards and 17 touchdowns… helped THS to an 11-2 record…as a SENIOR, named to 7A All-State First Team and to the Super All-State Football Team by the Alabama Sports Writers Association after catching 63 passes for 1,164 yards and 16 touchdowns…also returned two kickoffs for touchdowns…helped THS to a

YDs 6 75 14 60 2 10 13 59 0

LNG AVG TD 6 6.0 0 30 12.5 0 14 14.0 1 28 15.0 0 2 2.0 0 10 10.0 0 13 13.0 0 35 19.7 1 0 0.0 0

Hudson Petty SAFETY

6-1 • 200 • R-FR Whitwell, Tenn. • Whitwell HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Appeared in 11 contests while making his first career start against Mercer in his first full season with the Gamecocks…recorded a career-high seven tackles on the year, including two unassisted stops and a 22-yard scoop and score against Eastern Illinois on April 3. 2019: Made three appearances in his first year in the Red and White, including back-to-back games against UT-Martin and Tennessee Tech before receiving a redshirt…recorded three tackles on the year, all against the Skyhawks, including his first two solo stops. HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Randall Boldin at Whitwell High School in Whitwell, Tenn…a three-time first team all-state performer for the Tigers…earned first team all-region and all-district honors in each of his four years…along with playing safety for the WHS defense, played every skill position on offense at some point…as a senior, among the state’s leaders with 103.5 solo tackles, and he had 11 tackles for loss and four interceptions…also totaled more than 1,400 yards of offense and was a Mr. Football semifinalist…named MVP of the state championship game after making 16 tackles, picking off a pass, rushing for 40 yards and throwing for the Tigers’ touchdown in their 7-6 win against Cornersville…second team All-USA Tennessee Team selection…over his WHS career, racked up over 500 tackles and over 5,000 all-purpose yards…also lettered in basketball and baseball.

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PERSONAL: Born June 24, 2001 in Whitwell, Tenn…son of Ben and Shawn Petty…has two brothers - Tyler Tate and Kingston Petty…father, Ben, played football at Maryville College in Maryville, Tenn., while his brother, Tyler, plays football for Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tenn…majoring in business at JSU. PETTY’S CAREER STATS Tackles G 2019 3 11 2020-21 TOTAL 14

No. Opponent Date Tackles 4 vs. Mercer 10/20/20 Tackles for loss Sacks - - FF - - FR 1 at Eastern Illinois 4/3/21 PB INT -

PETTY’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

UT AT TT 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0

PETTY’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME Date 9/7/19 11/2/19 11/9/19 11/23/19

Damond Philyaw-Johnson

UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 10 0 0 0 0 1

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Opponent Chattanooga @UT Martin @Tennessee Tech Eastern Kentucky

UT AT TT 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0

WIDE RECEIVER

6-2 • 170 • R-JR Pensacola, Fla. • West Florida Tech HS Duke PRIOR TO JSU: (Duke) 2020: Played in nine game for the Blue Devils…had seven receptions for 96 yards…returned 18 kicks for 349 yards for the season, including five returns for 115 yards at Florida State on Dec. 12. 2019: Second team All-ACC selection as a return specialist…ACC Specialist of the Week choice following performance at Wake Forest… against WF, matched an NCAA single-game record with two kickoff returns for ouchdowns covering 98 and 97 yards…finished with 251 kickoff return yards versus the Demon Deacons to established Duke’s single-game record…returned 17 kickoffs on the year for 549 yards and two scores. 2018: Played in the final 11 games of the season…caught six passes for 57 yards…posted season highs of two catches and 21 receiving yards at Clemson…long catch covered 20 yards against Temple in the Walk-On’s Independence Bowl. 2017: Did not see game action. HIGH SCHOOL: Played at West Florida Tech High School for coach Harry Lees…consensus three-star prospect by ESPN.com, Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247Sports.com…charted as the No. 86 wide receiver in the nation by ESPN.com…member of three consecutive district championship teams…as a senior, caught 43 passes for 710 yards and 13 TDs to earn all-state honors from the Associated Press and Super Senior accolades from the Pensacola News Journal…at the 2015 FHSAA 2A State Championship meet, placed sixth in the 400 meters (49.98) and seventh in the 4x400 relay (3:21.56)…at the 2017 FHSAA 2A State Championship meet, placed fourth in the 100 meters (10.99) and helped the 4x400 relay team to a seventh place finish (3:24.38). PERSONAL: Born July 22, 1998…son of Damien Johnson and Keyetta Philyaw.

Omaurion Pope OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

6-2 • 289 • FR Jacksonville, Ala. • Jacksonville HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Clint Smith at Jacksonville High School in Jacksonville, Ala…as a senior in 2019, was named to the Pigskin Roundup All-Star Team after paving the way for a JHS offense that threw for over 2,000 yards and ran for over 3,000 yards…led the Golden Eagles to the AHSAA Class 4A State Championship Game.

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Demarco Price

Hunter Raquet

CORNERBACK

5-10 • 173 • R-SO Douglasville, Ga. • Douglas County HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Appeared in each of the final five games of the spring season in his second year with the Gamecocks…recorded two tackles on the season with the first of his career coming against Eastern Illinois on April 3. 2019: Made his first appearance in a Gamecock uniform in the home opener against Chattanooga on Sept. 7. 2018: Sat out the season as a redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years at Douglas County High School for head coach Johnny White…saw time at cornerback, wide receiver and long snapper…sat out his senior season with a leg injury…was named First Team All-Region in 2016…led the region with 52 solo tackles at defensive back his junior season…totaled 12 pass breakups and 146 tackles over a three-year career…also lettered in track…placed fourth in the 300 hurdles at state track and field championships in 2018. PERSONAL: Born December 22, 1999, in Austell, Ga…son of Marco and Alicia Price…has three brothers - Jabre, Jayveon and Jayce, and one sister - Takari.

QUARTERBACK

6-4 • 215 • R-JR Santa Cruz, Calif. • San Benito HS Cal Poly PRIOR TO JSU: (Cal Poly) 2020-21: Appeared in Cal Poly’s three 2021 spring games…completed 9-of-16 for a season-best 135 yards and a score on March 20 at UC Davis…threw for 53 yards with one touchdown and ran for another 54 yards at Eastern Washington on March 27…finished the season with 188 passing yards and two touchdowns without an interception. (Monterey Peninsula College) Played for the Lobos in 2017 and 2019…was a redshirt at Fresno State between stints…returned to Monterey Peninsula as a redshirt sophomore and, under head coach Mike Rasmussen, passed for 2,521 yards and 29 touchdowns, leading Lobos to 10-1 record, second-place finish in the American Division’s Golden Coast League and a 24-17 win over Cabrillo College in Living Breath Foundation Bowl…completed 170 of 320 passes (53 percent) and was intercepted just four times…three games of 300 or more passing yards and threw four touchdown passes in three contests…also rushed 87 times for 208 yards and seven touchdowns…earned first-team All-Golden Coast League honors…as a freshman in 2017, recorded 2,500 passing yards and 30 passing touchdowns…had 500 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns… was first team All-Conference selection…won Most Valuable Player of the American Division Championship…led Lobos to 7-4 mark. (Fresno State) -- A redshirt in the 2018 season. HIGH SCHOOL: A 2017 graduate of San Benito High School…under head coach Bryan Smith passed for 715 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior…completed 43 of 86 passes (50 percent) with no interceptions…led the team to a 10-2 record in 2016, a second-place finish in the Monterey Bay League’s Gabilan Division and a berth in the semifinal round of the CIF-Central Coast Section Division 1 playoffs. PERSONAL: Son of Nicole and Shawn Raquet…one brother, Cruz… hobbies include going to the beach, hanging out with friends and working out…born in Santa Cruz, Calif.

Brock Rechsteiner TIGHT END

6-3 • 207 • FR Woodstock, Ga. • Etowah HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Matt Kemper at Etowah High School in Woodstock, Ga…named to the GHSA Class AAAAAAA All-State Team by Recruit Georgia…was an all-region performer in football and in basketball for the Eagles…hauled in 57 catches for 987 yards and 10 touchdowns.

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5-9 • 175 • FR Gadsden, Ala. • Gadsden City HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Bart Sessions at Gadsden City High School in Gadsden, Ala.

Dave Russell III WIDE RECEIVER

6-0 • 203 • R-SO Oxford, Ala. • Oxford HS JSU CARER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started in 12 of the 13 contests played throughout the fall and spring seasons...made 26 catches for 352 yards and 3 touchdowns as one of the Gamecocks’ primary receivers…caught his first career touchdown pass on a 19-yard reception against Tennessee Tech on February 28th…had a career day against UT-Martin on March 14th with five receptions for 107 yards and touchdown with his longest catch of the year of 67 yards…recorded three straight games with a touchdown…had four games with at least 50 yards receiving throughout the season.

2019: Made appearances in 10 games in his second year as a Gamecock receiver...caught four passes for 24 yards with his longest reception of eight yards coming on his first career reception against Murray State...had his first multi-catch day against Tennessee Tech with two catches for 11 yards...also had one rush for 11 yards and made four tackles on the year. 2018: Made two appearances in his first year at wide receiver for the Gamecocks on Sept. 22 against Tennessee Tech and on Oct. 13 against Eastern Illinois. HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years at Oxford High School for head coach Ryan Herring…led the Yellow Jackets to region championships in 2016 and 2017…caught seven touchdown passes his senior year in 2017…totaled 20 career touchdowns…also lettered in tack two seasons… was sectional champion his senior season in the 4x1. PERSONAL: Born Aug. 4, 2000 in in Anniston, Ala…son of Monica Lee and Dave Russell, Jr…has four sisters - Monique, Nisy, Kandy and Keyona…majoring in exercise science and wellness at JSU. RUSSELL’S CAREER STATS REC G 2019 10 2020-21 13 TOTALS 23

Rec 14 12 28

Yds 24 352 375

TD 0 3 3

Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 8 0.4 6.0 2.4 67 2.4 14.6 27.1 67 1.5 13.4 16.3

RUSSELL’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Receptions Receiving Yards Receiving TDs Long Play

No. 7 107 1 67

Opponent at Florida State at UT Martin 3x; last at UT Martin at UT Martin

RUSSELL’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech at Tennessee State 3/7/21 3/14/21 at UT Martin Southeast Missouri 3/21/21 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

REC 7 1 3 0 5 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 2

YDs 74 -3 50 0 81 38 107 4 0 0 0 0 1

RUSSELL’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 8/29/19 @SE Louisiana 9/7/19 Chattanooga 9/14/19 Eastern Washington 9/21/19 North Alabama 9/28/19 @Austin Peay 10/5/19 Tennessee State 10/12/19 @Eastern Illinois 10/19/19 Southeast Missouri 10/26/19 Murray State 11/2/19 @UT Martin 11/9/19 @Tennessee Tech 11/23/19 Eastern Kentucky

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REC 0 0 0 - DNP 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 - DNP -

YDs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 11

Date 10/3/20 3/14/21 3/14/21 3/14/21

LNG AVG TD 19 10.6 0 -3 -3.0 0 18 16.7 0 0 0.0 0 42 16.2 1 29 19.0 1 67 21.4 1 4 4.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 3 0.5 0

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Josh Samuel RUNNING BACK

5-11 • 215 • R-JR Greenville, S.C. • Central Gwinnett (Ga.) HS Western Kentucky

• 2020-21 ALL-OVC SECOND TEAM JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started seven of 13 contests throughout the fall and spring season in his first year with the Gamecocks…received All-OVC Second Team as well as Stats Perform National Player of the Week honors for his career high performance against Florida International where he had 163 rushing yards, 38 receiving yards and a touchdown against the Panthers…was the team’s leading rusher with 773 yards and a long of 64 on 139 carries and had eight touchdowns throughout the season…also caught the ball 14 times for 197 yards and a touchdown coming on a 54-yard catch-andrun against Southeast Missouri on March 21... finished the season with a combined 970 allpurpose yards.

SAMUEL’S CAREER STATS RUSHING G 2020-21 13 TOTAL 12

Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G 139 773 8 64 5.6 59.5 139 773 8 64 5.6 59.5

REC G 2020-21 13 TOTALS 13

Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G 14 197 1 54 1.3 14.1 17.9 14 197 1 54 1.3 14.1 17.9

SAMUEL’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Rush Attempts Rush Yards Rush TD’s Receptions Receiving Yards Receiving TDs Long Play

No. 25 163 1 5 63 1 54

Opponent at FIU at FIU 8x; last vs. Davidson at FIU vs. Austin Peay vs. Southeast Missouri 2x; last vs. Austin Peay

PRIOR TO JSU: Spent three seasons at Western Kentucky in Bowling Green, including a breakout campaign in 2018…was redshirted in 2017 before rushing for 639 yards and a touchdown on 121 carries…his 639 yards led all Conference USA freshmen and were the fourth-most by a freshman in WKU program history…scored his first career touchdown on Sept. 22 at Ball State, a five-yard score with 59 seconds left that sealed a 28-20 win…ran for a career-high 101 yards vs. Florida Atlantic on Nov. 10, WKU’s first 100-yard game in two seasons. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Central Gwinnett High School in Lawrenceville, Ga., where he was a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com and a two-star by Rivals.com… in 2016-17, tallied 1,073 rushing yards and 13 rushing touchdowns, averaging 123.4 yards per game and 5.7 yards per carry…was considered the 101st-best running back in the country and the 184th-best overall prospect in Georgia in his recruiting class….selected to play in the Gwinnett All-Star Game. PERSONAL: Born on June 6, 1999, in Queens, N.Y…the son of Sam Samuel and Shanea Walker…has two brothers – Jordan and Jaylen…majoring in sports management at JSU.

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Date 10/23/20 10/23/20 4/24/21 10/23/20 3/28/21 3/21/21 3/28/21

SAMUEL’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME

Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/23 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at Florida International Tennessee Tech 2/28/21 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Southeast Missouri at Eastern Illinois 4/3/21 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

Rush 1 4 7 25 17 13 9 10 20 12 8 7 1

YDS 14 10 24 163 37 71 37 62 89 130 30 66 0

SAMUEL’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 2/21/21 at Tennessee State Tennessee Tech 2/28/21 at UT Martin 3/14/21 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay at Eastern Illinois 4/3/21 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

REC 7 0 1 5 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0

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LNG AVG TD 19 10.6 0 0 0 0 9 9.0 0 21 7.6 0 11 11.0 0 0 0.0 0 5 5.0 0 54 54.0 1 54 31.5 0 0 0.0 0 8 8.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0

SAMUEL’S CAREER STATS Tackles G 2020-21 6 TOTAL 6

UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

SAMUEL’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS No. Opponent Date Tackles 2, vs. Davidson 4/24/21 Tackles for loss Sacks - - FF - - PB - - INT - - -

SAMUEL’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

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Ricky Samuel

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN

6-3 • 300 • R-FR Brewton, Ala. • T.R. Miller HS Troy University JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made seven appearances in his first season wearing a Gamecock uniform…recorded three tackles on the season including his first career stop coming unassisted against North Alabama on October 17. PRIOR TO JSU: Sat out the 2019 season as a redshirt at Troy University in Troy, Ala. HIGH SCHOOL: Recorded 90 tackles, 72 solo, with 18 tackles for loss and 13 sacks as a senior at T.R. Miller High School…also started on the offensive line…earned second team all-state honors as a sophomore at W.S. Neal High School…named a three-star recruit by 247Sports; one of the top 100 defensive tackles in the country and top 55 players in the state of Alabama…rated as a three-star recruit and top 60 player in the state by Rivals…three-star by ESPN and top 100 defensive tackle in the country. PERSONAL: Born on Dec. 10, 1999…the son of Ricky and Karisky Samuel…has one brother – Christopher – and three sisters – Dinah, Karen and Brianna.

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6-2 • 250 • R-SR Port St. Joe, Fla. • Port St. Joe HS University of Florida

6-0 • 183 • FR Pinson, Ala. • Pinson Valley HS

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Matthew Shaddix WIDE RECEIVER

6-1 • 190 • FR Fort Payne, Ala. • Fort Payne HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Did not see action as a true freshman for the Gamecocks. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Chris Elmore at Fort Payne High School in Fort Payne, Ala…helped lead the Wildcats to back-to-back AHSAA Class 6A Region 7 titles in 2018 and 2019 and into the state playoffs both seasons…a versatile athlete that spent time at both receiver and quarterback as a senior for the Wildcats…amassed almost 1,500 all-purpose yards and scored 13 touchdowns as a senior…had 81 rushes for 577 yards (7.1 yards per carry) and six touchdowns, 38 receptions for 571 yards (15.0 yards per catch) and seven touchdowns and nine kickoff returns for 235 yards…was named the Schutt Sports Player of the Week on August 30 after rushing for 53 yards and two touchdowns on seven carries while hauling in seven catches for 145 yards and three touchdowns vs. Scottsboro…earned Tyler Mann Player of the Week by WHNT… also ran track at FPHS, where he qualified for Nationals in the 110-meter hurdles. PERSONAL: Born on Jan. 4, 2002 in Fort Payne, Ala…the son of Heath Shaddix and Lisa Powell…has an older brother – Michael, who is an offensive lineman for the Gamecocks…majoring in criminal justice at JSU.

• 2020-21 ALL-OVC SECOND TEAM JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started all 13 spring and fall contests in his first season with the Gamecocks…received All-OVC Second Team honors for his achievements at defensive end…recorded 39 tackles including 13 unassisted stops and 5.5 tackles for 18 yards lost… made his first sack in a Gamecock uniform on October 17 against North Alabama…five times he recorded at least five tackles in a game including a career-high seven with three solo stops in the fall season opener against Florida State on October 3...finished the season with 15 quarterback hurries. PRIOR TO JSU: Spent two seasons as a member of the Florida Gators football team, redshirting after playing in three games in 2018 and then seeing action in seven games as a redshirt junior in 2019…prior to UF, played in all 18 games in two seasons for head coach Larry Williams at Hinds Community College…Eagles posted an 8-10 record during his career…totaled 32 tackles, two sacks and 9.5 tackles for a loss as a freshman in 2016…recorded 61 tackles, one sack and 10 tackles for a loss in 2017…named Hinds Community College Deans’ Scholar for the Spring 2018 semester. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach John Palmer at Port St. Joe High School in Port St. Joe, Fla…played in 35 games and racked up 244 total tackles, 15 sacks, 20 tackles for a loss, three pass deflections, four forced fumbles and seven fumble recoveries…played in the FHSAA state championship game as a junior (2014) and senior (2015). PERSONAL: Born on July 28, 1998, in Apalachicola, Fla…the son of Delmon Sanders and Stacy Cummings…has two brothers – Trey and Dominic…Trey is a running back at the University of Alabama…majoring in integrated studies at JSU. SANDERS’ CAREER STATS Tackles G 2020-21 13 TOTAL 13

UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR 13 26 38 4.5 16 0 0 0 13 26 38 4.5 16 0 0 0

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Umstead Sanders

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HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coaches Patrick Nix and then Sam Shade at Pinson Valley High School in Pinson, Ala…led the Indians to the 2020 AHSAA Class 6A State Championship, their third state title in the past four seasons…PVHS went 12-2 in his senior season and outscored its opponents by almost 200 combined points…was named to the All-South Metro Team as a senior…recorded six tackles in the Indians’ 23-13 win over Spanish Fort in the 2020 State Championship Game, tied for second on the team.

Amon Scarbrough

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No. Opponent Date 7 at Florida State 10/3/20 1.5 at UT Martin 3/14/21 0.5 at North Alabama 10/17/20 - - - - - - -

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2019: Appeared in all 12 games as a redshirt sophomore for the Gamecocks, starting in 11 of them…blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, one that gained 419 yards per game…helped protect a JSU passing game that led the OVC and ranked 14th nationally with 296 yards per game. 2018: Appeared in one game for the Gamecocks, making his debut against Eastern Illinois. 2017: Sat out the season as a redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL: Listed as a three-star recruit by Scout, who also listed him as the No. 4 offensive guard in Georgia and the 78th best guard in the class of 2017…was a GHSA Class AA First Team All-State selection by the Atlanta-Journal Constitution and by the Georgia Sports Writers Association as a senior in 2016…also named All-Bi-City by the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer…chose JSU over offers from Mississippi State, Charlotte, East Carolina, Florida A&M, Georgia State and Mercer.

SANDERS’ 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at FIU 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech at Tennessee State 3/7/21 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

UT AT TT 3 4 7 0 4 4 1 3 4 1 9 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 3 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 5 1 2 3

TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0.5-0 0.5-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1.0-4 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1.5-7 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0.5-4 0-0 0-0 0 1.0-2 0-0 0-0 0

Ye’Majesty Sanders OFFENSIVE LINEMAN 6-5 • 290 • R-JR Columbus, Ga. • Spencer HS

JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started eight of 12 contests played, including the final seven straight to finish his third season with the Gamecocks…part of an offensive line unit that blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, one that gained 384 yards per game…helped protect a Jax State passing game that led the OVC and ranked 28 nationally in total offense with 4,993 yards on the year.

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Michael Shaddix OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

6-4 • 295 • R-JR Fort Payne, Ala. • Fort Payne HS

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2020 PRESEASON ALL-OVC 2019 SECOND TEAM ALL-OVC JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started five of 10 games played in throughout the spring and fall seasons in his third full season with JSU…part of an offensive line unit that blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, gaining 384 yards per game…helped protect a Jax State passing game that led the OVC and ranked 28 nationally in total offense with 4,993 yards on the year. 2019: Started the first 11 games of the season as a redshirt sophomore for the Gamecocks…earned Second-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors after anchoring an offensive line that blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, one that gained 419 yards per game…helped protect a JSU passing game that led the OVC and ranked 14th nationally with 296 yards per game. 2018: Saw action in all 13 games as a redshirt freshman for the Gamecocks, earning the start in five-straight at one point…part of an offensive front that paved the way for one of the most prolific attacks in school history…led JSU to 6,465 total yards, the third-most in a season in school-history, as well as a school-record 3,864 passing yards…helped JSU score 520 points, third-most in school history. 2017: Sat out the season as a redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Paul Ellis at Fort Payne High School in Fort Payne, Ala…named first team all-region in each his junior and senior seasons…helped the Wildcats to two eight-win seasons… played on both sides for FPHS…on defense, totaled 85 tackles, four sacks and 11 hurries as a senior, while amassing 175 tackles, 15.5 sacks and 30 hurries over his prep career. PERSONAL: Born on Feb. 23, 1999, in Fort Payne, Ala…the son of Heath Shaddix and Lisa Powell…has a younger brother – Matthew, who is a wide receiver for the Gamecocks…majoring in exercise science and wellness at JSU.

Omar Sims DEFENSIVE LINEMAN

6-2 • 280 • FR Birmingham, Ala. • McEachern (Ga.) HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Franklin Stephens at McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Ga…selected to the 2020-21 North South All-Star Football Squad by the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association.

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Jett Smith

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6-4 • 295 • R-JR Memphis, Tenn. • Ridgeway HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made appearances in eight contests, including six of the last seven...part of an offensive line unit that blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, one that gained 384 yards per game…helped protect a passing game that led the OVC and ranked 28 nationally in total offense with 4,993 yards on the year and 384 yards per game. 2019: Appeared in all 12 games, starting the final seven as a redshirtsophomore for the Gamecocks…blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, one that gained 419 yards per game…helped protect a JSU passing game that led the OVC and ranked 14th nationally with 296 yards per game. 2018: Played in 11 games on the offensive front for the Gamecocks as a redshirt freshman, starting the season opener against North Carolina A&T in Montgomery…part of an offensive front that paved the way for one of the most prolific attacks in school history…led JSU to 6,465 total yards, the third-most in a season in school-history, as well as a schoolrecord 3,864 passing yards…helped JSU score 520 points, third-most in school history.

5-11 • 185 • FR Anniston, Ala. • Wellborn HS HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Jeff Smith at Walter Wellborn High School in Aniston, Ala…a three-time First Team All-State player for the Panthers, grabbing honors in each his sophomore, junior and senior seasons…played quarterback, linebacker, safety and punter for WWHS and was First Team All-Region and All-Calhoun County four times, including Region MVP honors in 2019 and 2020 and Calhoun County MVP honors in 2020…as a senior in 2020, was named the AHSAA Class 3A Lineman of the Year by the Alabama Sports Writers Association after racking up 154 tackles, four forced fumbles, three recoveries, an interception, two blocked punts and a defensive touchdown… he also ran for 1,271 yards and 12 touchdowns on offense…in his career, had 624 tackles (second-most in AHSAA history), seven fumbles forced and 12 recovered, six interceptions and six blocked punts…offensively, ran for 3,677 yards and 43 scores, while throwing for 1,619 yards and 15 touchdowns and catching two touchdown passes in his career…named to the Fab 40 players in Alabama and selected to play in the North-South All-Star Game in 2020.

2017: Sat out the season as a redshirt freshman. HIGH SCHOOL: Listed as a three-star recruit by 247Sports.com and a two-star recruit by Scout and Rivals…prepped for head coach Duron Sutton at Ridgeway High School in Memphis…named to the Liberty Bowl All-Star Team after his senior season…earned first team all-district honors and first team All-Region honors in each his junior and senior seasons… led the Roadrunners to the Tennessee State Playoffs in each season… chose JSU over offers from Marshall, Southeast Missouri, Southeastern Louisiana, Southern Miss, Tennessee State, UT Martin and Tulane.

PERSONAL: Born on Oct. 14, 1998 in Memphis, Tenn…the son of Kimberly Slocum and Tyrese Slocum, Sr…majoring in management at JSU.

Osiris Smith LINEBACKER

6-2 • 215 • FR Pleasant Grove, Ala. • Pleasant Grove HS HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Darrell LeBeaux at Pleasant Grove High School in Pleasant Grove, Ala…was a First Team All-State linebacker for the Spartans in 2020, leading them to an 11-3 record and the AHSAA Class 5A State Championship Game…in that state title game against St. Pauls, he recorded six tackles and a pass break-up…also a Birmingham All-Metro selection after amassing over 150 tackles (over 11 per game), 20 tackles for a loss…chose JSU over several offers, including Arkansas State, Western Kentucky, Austin Peay, Mercer, North Alabama and Alabama A&M.

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George Steele CORNERBACK

5-10 • 180 • R-SO Trussville, Ala. • Hewitt-Trussville HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made appearances in all 13 games in his redshirt sophomore season with the Gamecocks while starting the final 7 of the spring season…recorded 32 tackles on the year including 22 unassisted stops and three tackles for loss...had a seasonhigh day in the quarterfinals of the FCS Playoffs against Delaware with six tackles, three solo stops and a fumble recovery against the Blue Hens on May 2nd...also recorded two pass breakups to finish the season. 2019: Made appearances in all 12 games, including his first start coming at Tennessee Tech on Nov. 9…recorded 21 tackles on the year, all but two were solo takedowns…had a career-high against Murray State where he picked up seven tackles, all unassisted, with one of them coming for a loss of two yards…also recorded his first forced fumble at UT-Martin.

2018: Made two appearances in his first year at cornerback in contests against Murray State on Oct. 27 and Tennessee State on Nov. 10 where he made his first career tackle before being named a redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered one season for head coach Josh Hall at Hewitt-Trussville High School in Trussville, Ala…received a two-star rating from 247Sports.com and Scout.com…led the Huskies to a 7A, Region 4 championship his senior season…named Second Team Defense by the Trussville Tribune…chose the Gamecocks over The Citadel, East Tennessee State, Eastern Kentucky, Mercer and Tennessee Tech. PERSONAL: Born on March 10, 1999, in Birmingham, Ala…the son of George Fulford and Latasha Steele-Fulford…has three younger siblings, brother Marquis, and sisters, Tashayla and TaMyla…plans to study engineering at JSU. STEELE’S CAREER STATS Tackles G 2018 2 2019 12 2020-21 13 TOTAL 27

UA 0 19 22 41

A Total TFL Yds PD 1 1 0.0 0 0 2 21 1.0 2 0 10 32 3.0 3 2 13 54 4.0 5 2

FF FR 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0

STEELE’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Tackles Tackles for loss Sacks FF PB INT

No. Opponent Date 7 vs. Murray State 10/26/19 1.0 3x; last vs. Austin Peay 3/28/21 - - 1 2x; last at FIU 10/23/20 1 2x; last at Tennessee State 3/7/21 - - -

STEELE’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME

Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabam 10/23/20 at FIU 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 1.0-1 0-0 0-0 0 5 0 5 1.0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 6 1.0-1 0-0 0-0 0

STEELE’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 9/7/19 Chattanooga 9/14/19 Eastern Washington 9/21/19 North Alabama 9/28/19 @Austin Peay 10/5/19 Tennessee State 10/12/19 @Eastern Illinois 10/19/19 Southeast Missouri 10/26/19 Murray State 11/2/19 @UT Martin 11/9/19 @Tennessee Tech 11/23/19 Eastern Kentucky

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 7 0 7 1.0-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0

STEELE’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME Date 10/27/18 11/10/18

Opponent at Murray State at Tennessee State

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Jaylen Swain

6-4 • 247 • R-SR Marietta, Ga. • Walton HS South Alabama

5-10 • 255 • FR Oxford, Ala. • Oxford HS

DEFENSIVE END

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JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made appearances in each of the 2021 FCS Playoff games in his first season with the Gamecocks...recorded five tackles in the span of two games, including an unassisted stop against Davidson on April 24…picked up a pair of stops and a tackle for loss against Delaware on May 2. PRIOR TO JSU: Spent three seasons at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Ala…saw action in eight of the Jaguars’ last nine games a s freshman in 2016 and then played in every game as a junior and senior…totaled 28 tackles as a junior in 2018, while also notching 3.5 tackles for a loss and a forced fumble…had a career-high seven tackles against Appalachian State. HIGH SCHOOL: A two-star recruit by Rivals.com and 247Sports. com…a two-year starter at Walton High School in Marietta, Ga…recorded 79 tackles, including six behind the line, and two fumble recoveries in his career…part of a WHS team that went 9-2, posting a runner-up finish in the region while qualifying for the state AAAAAA playoffs, his senior year…credited with 46 tackles, with 3.5 of those for a loss…returned an interception 75 yards for a score in the Raiders’ season opening victory and also added a fumble recovery later in the year…posted a career-high nine stops in a three-point win over Wheeler High, which included a solo tackle behind the line of scrimmage…as a junior, collected 33 tackles and made 2.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage…finished with a seasonbest seven stops against Milton HS and was credited with six stops in two other contests. PERSONAL: Born on March 17, 1998, in Santa Monica, Calif…the son of taquar Stewart and Makeba Jenkins…has two brothers – Taquar Stewart and Blake Brady, and three sisters – Raja Stewart, Shai Stewart and Taquar Stewart.

Grady Trantham DEFENSIVE END

6-4 • 210 • FR Alexandria, Ala. • Alexandria HS

• 2020-21 ALL-OVC SECOND TEAM JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made appearances in all 13 games throughout the fall and spring in his freshman season with the Gamecocks…received HERO Sports Freshman All-American as well as First Team All-OVC and OVC All-Newcomer Team honors for his achievements at defensive end for JSU…recorded 48 tackles on the season with 28 coming unassisted and tied for first on the team in tackles for loss with 11.5 for a team-high 55 yards…made three sacks for 31 yards lost while picking up 12 quarterback hurries…tied for the team lead with a pair of forced fumbles and blocked a punt against Mercer on October 10…had a career-high day against Eastern Illinois on April 3 where he had eight tackles, seven unassisted, two stops for 12 yards lost, a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup against the Panthers. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Keith Etheredge at Oxford High School in Oxford, Ala…a first-team all-state selection and a finalist for the AHSAA 6A Lineman of the Year by the Alabama Sports Writers Association…guided the Yellow Jackets to their first state championship since 1993…led OHS to a 14-1 record in his senior season after a 10-3 mark in his junior campaign…in 2019 was the AHSAA Class 6A Region 6 Defensive Player of the Year and was a First Team All-County selection by the Anniston Star…named to the Pigskin Roundup All-Defensive Team… recorded 144 tackles, 36 tackles for a loss, 13 sacks and 38 quarterback hurries for the Yellow Jackets…other offers included Navy, Austin Peay and Lamar. SWAIN’S CAREER STATS Tackles G 2020-21 13 TOTAL 13

UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR 28 18 48 11.5 59 1 0 0 28 18 48 11.5 59 1 0 0

SWAIN’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS No. Opponent Tackles 8 at Eastern Illinois Tackles for loss 2.5 vs. Southeast Missouri Sacks 1.0 2x; last at Murray tate FF - - PB 1 2x; last at Eastern Illinois INT -

Date 4/3/21 3/21/21 4/11/21 4/3/21

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Todd Ginn at Alexandria High School in Alexandria, Ala…was a first-team pick on the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s Class 5A All-State Team as a senior after recording 79 solo tackles and 23 assists…added 13 tackles for a loss, two sacks and an interception…was a First-Team All-Calhoun County selection as a defensive end as a senior after earning the same honor as a tight end in his junior season.

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SWAIN’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME UT AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 5 1.0-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 4 1.5-3 0.5-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 4 2.0-16 1.0-14 0-0 0 2 3 5 2.5-8 0.5-3 0-0 0 4 2 6 0.5-1 0-0 0-0 0 7 1 8 2.0-12 0-0 0-0 1 3 1 4 1.0-12 1.0-12 0-0 0 0 2 2 1.0-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0

Markeyce Troutman DEFENSIVE END

6-4 • 235 • R-SO Butler, Ga. • Taylor County HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Did not see action in the 2020-21 season due to injury. 2019: Made three consecutive starts in his first year at defensive end starting with Murray State on Oct. 26. 2018: Sat out the season as a redshirt.

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HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four seasons for head coach Mark Wilson at Taylor County High School in Butler, Ga…led the Vikings to a 10-2 record his senior season…an all-state second team selection as a junior and alldistrict second team as a senior…finished his career with more than 70 tackles at defensive end…had one interception and eight sacks during the 2017 season…also spent time at wide receiver, totaling 293 yards on two receptions during his senior season. PERSONAL: Born on April 27, 2000, in Thomaston, Ga…the son of Maurice and Tammy Troutman…has two brothers – Tman and Markel, and two sisters – Tam’Mesha and Queosha…intends to study engineering at JSU.

Stevonte Tullis LINEBACKER

6-0 • 205 • R-JR Dothan, Ala. • Ashford HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Appeared in all 13 games while starting the last five contests of the spring season...recorded 44 tackles for the year, with 16 unassisted stops and 3.5 tackles for loss... had a career day on May 2 in the quarterfinals of the FCS Playoffs against Delaware where he had eight tackles, a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup…made his first career sack for four yards lost in the upset victory over Florida International on October 23...forced his first career fumble against Mercer on October 10 and recovered a fumble against Tennessee Tech on February 28. 2019: Appeared in all 12 games of his second year at linebacker… recorded 14 tackles, five of them being solo, along with an assisted tackle for a loss of two yards…made his first career fumble recovery against North Alabama on Sept. 21. 2018: Made appearances in 10 games in his first full year at linebacker for JSU…his career high day came with his first set of tackles as he recorded two…he finished the year with four tackles including two unassisted and two with assistance and picked up a quarterback hurry against Mississippi Valley State on Sept. 8 as well.

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2017: Sat out the season as a redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Ashford High School…named ASWA Class 4A All-State honorable mention at running back…also played basketball. PERSONAL: Born on Jan. 4, 1999, in Dothan, Ala…majoring in exercise science and wellness at JSU. TULLIS’ CAREER STATS Tackles G 2018 9 2019 12 2020-21 13 TOTAL 34

UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 14 0.5 2 0 0 1 16 28 44 3.5 11 3 1 2 23 39 62 4.0 13 3 1 3

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No. Opponent Date 7 vs. Southeast Missouri 3/21/21 1.0 3x; last vs. Delaware 5/2/21 1.0 at FIU 10/23/20 1 vs. Mercer 10/10/20 1 2x; last vs. Tennessee Tech 2.28/21 1 3x; last vs. Southeast Missouri 3/21/21 - - -

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UT AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 1.0-4 1.0-4 0-0 1 0 3 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 4 0.5-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 4 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 2 1.0-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 6 8 1.0-2 0-0 0-0 0

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UT AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 4 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 3 0.5-2 0-0 0-0 0

PJ Wells

WIDE RECEIVER

6-3 • 190 • R-FR Rainbow City, Ala.• Westbrook Christian HS

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Date 8/25/18 9/8/18 9/22/18 9/29/18 10/6/18 10/13/18 10/20/18 10/27/18 11/3/18

Opponent vs. N.C. A&T Miss. Valley State Tennessee Tech Austin Peay at Eastern Kentucky Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri at Murray State UT Martin

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JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made appearances in two contests in his first season with the Gamecocks…made his first career carry against North Alabama on October 17. 2019: Sat out the season as a redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Brian Mintz at Westbrook Christian School in Rainbow City, Ala…a second-team all-state performer for the Warriors, while also earning first-team all-region and all-district honors…had over 1,200 yards and 12 touchdowns as a senior for WCS. PERSONAL: Born on Dec. 6, 2000, in Birmingham, Ala…the son of Tara Cook…has two older sisters – Kiya and Tiara, and two younger brothers – Levi and Trey…majoring in business at JSU.

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Josh Wegener

Zion Webb

6-3 • 305 • R-JR Algona, Iowa • Algona HS • Nebraska

6-0 • 200 • R-JR Phenix City, Ala. • Central HS

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JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started in 10 of 12 games played in during his first season with the Gamecocks...part of an offensive line unit that blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, one that gained 384 yards per game…helped protect a JSU passing attack that led the OVC and ranked 28 nationally in total offense with 4,993 yards. PRIOR TO JSU: Spent the 2019 season at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Neb., where he was redshirted…was on the Nebraska ScholarAthlete Honor Roll, the Brook Berringer Citizenship Team and the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team…transferred to Nebraska from Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa…was rated as the No. 1 junior college center by JCGridiron.com…IWCC was a combined 22-2 in his two seasons, while he was a two-time Academic All-American…played in nine games on the offensive line for the Reivers in 2018 before suffering a foot injury…in his first year at Iowa Western in 2017, played in four games on the defensive line before suffering a torn ACL. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Andy Jacobson at Algona High School in Algona, Iowa…a two-time first-team all-region and alldistrict player for the Bulldogs…participated in the Iowa River Battle Bowl All-Star Game…also a standout on the AHS wrestling team, qualifying for state twice in his career. PERSONAL: Born on Oct. 9, 1998, in Algona, Iowa…the son of Jerod Wegener and Valorie Lauck…has a younger brother – Wyatt, who plays football at Iowa, and three sisters – Sierra, Aubri and Ella…majoring in biology/pre-med at JSU.

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• 2020-21 ALL-OVC FIRST TEAM JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Appeared in 12 contests, eventually becoming the Gamecocks’ primary signal caller for the spring season...named an All-OVC First Team passer while receiving three OVC Offensive Player of the Week honors throughout the spring schedule… completed 120-of-205 passes for a conference-best and 9th nationally 1,777 yards…13 passing touchdowns were second in the OVC…his longest pass of the year came on a 67-yard throw against UT-Martin to go with his career-high three touchdown performance after throwing three against Tennessee State the week before...also the team’s third leading rusher with 399 yards and five scores on 74 carries with a long of 67 coming in the first round of the FCS Playoffs against Davidson on April 24...had a career day passing on March 7 where he went 21-of-33 for 280 yards and three touchdowns against Tennessee State...finished the season with a conference-high 2,176 all-purpose yards. 2019: Appeared in seven games during his second season as the backup signal caller for Jax State…completed six passes for 148 yards and a touchdown against Murray State…his lone touchdown came on a 45-yard tipped ball to Jamari Hester to help lead the Gamecocks to a victory over the Racers…MSU game was his highest passing day with two completions for 74 yards and the score…carried the ball 19 times for 112 yards and a rushing touchdown. 2018: Made appearances in 10 games as the Gamecocks’ secondary Quarterback in his first full year at the position…ranked second on the team in all Quarterback categories…threw the ball 34 times for 444 yards and a long of 40 with four touchdowns, including 3 three against Eastern Kentucky on Oct. 6…also threw for a career high 137 yards against the Colonels…he rushed the ball 60 times for 412 yards with a long of 48 and six touchdowns…he scored off rushing in five consecutive games from Sept. 22 against Tennessee Tech, where he rushed for two touchdowns, on Oct. 27 against Murray State…also made one reception on Oct. 13 against Eastern Illinois for three yards. 2017: Sat out the season as a redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL: Listed as a two-star recruit by Scout…prepped for head coach Jamey DuBose at Central High School in Phenix City, Ala… named the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer’s All-Bi-City Offensive Player of the Year after running for 911 yards and 11 touchdowns, while throwing for 1,613 yards and 17 touchdowns…led the Red Devils to a 10-2 record a perfect 6-0 record in AHSAA Class 7A Region 2 Play…advanced to the semifinals of the 2016 AHSAA Class 7A Playoffs…returned to the field and thrived in his senior season after missing his junior campaign with an injury…chose the Gamecocks over Georgia Southern. PERSONAL: Born on Dec. 22, 1998, in Columbus, Ga…the son of Derrick and Detinna Webb…majoring in integrated studies at JSU.

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WEBB’S CAREER STATS RUSHING G 2018 10 2019 7 2020-21 12 TOTAL 29

Att 60 19 74 153

Yds 412 112 399 923

PASSING G Att Cmp Int 2018 13 417 251 14 2019 7 14 6 0 2020-21 12 205 120 8 TOTAL 29 280 160 9

TD 6 1 5 12

Yds TD 3416 32 148 1 1777 13 2369 14

Lg Avg/C Avg/G 48 6.9 41.2 23 5.9 16.0 56 4.0 33.2 56 6.0 31.8 Lg Pct Avg/P Avg/G EFF. 75 60.2 13.2 262.8 147.6 45 .429 8.3 21.1 155.2 67 .585 14.8 148.1 148.1 67 .571 14.8 81.7 144.1

WEBB’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Completions Pass Attempts Pass Yards Pass TD’s Interceptions Rush Attempts Rush Yards Rush TD’s Long Rush Play Long Pass Play

No. 21 33 280 3 4 9 100 2 67 67

Opponent at Tennessee State at Tennessee State at Tennessee State 3x; last at UT Martin vs. Austin Peay vs. Tennessee Tech at Eastern Kentucky 2x; last at Murray State vs. Davidson at UT Martin

Date 3/7/21 3/7/21 3/7/21 3/14/21 3/28/21 9/22/18 10/6/18 4/11/21 4/24/21 3/14/21

WEBB’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/20 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at Florida International 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 2/21/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

PASSING Comp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg 1-1-0 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 - DNP 12-17-0 109 0 21 12-19-1 125 1 42 21-33-1 280 3 54 11-20-0 215 3 67 11--19-1 190 1 54 9-26-4 111 0 48 16-24-0 249 2 44 17-29-0 239 1 39 9-15-1 239 2 58 1-2-0 14 0 14

RUSHING No.-Yds TD Lg 1-3 0 3 1-2 0 2 3-15 6-71 5-18 8-5 8-53 10-21 15-63 12-65 2-68 3-15

0 8 0 9 0 10 0 9 1 15 0 11 1 40 2 16 1 67 4 0 14

WEBB’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME Date 8/24/19 9/7/19 9/14/19 9/21/19 9/28/19 10/26/19 11/2/19 11/9/19

Opponent @SE Louisiana Chattanooga Eastern Washington North Alabama @Austin Peay Murray State @UT Martin @Tennessee Tech

PASSING Comp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg - DNP 0-1-0 0 0 - 0-0-0 0 0 - 1-2-0 5 0 5 0-3-0 0 0 0 2-6-0 74 1 45 2-2-0 29 0 15 1-1-0 40 0 40

RUSHING No.-Yds TD Lg 2-6 0-0 1-0 1-12 12-79 3-15 0-0

0 3 0 0 0 0 12 1 23 0 10 0 0

WEBB’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME Date 8/25/18 9/8/18 9/22/18 9/29/18 10/6/18 10/13/18 10/20/18 10/27/18 11/3/18 11/10/18 11/17/18 11/24/18 12/1/18

Opponent North Caolina A&T Mississippi Valley State Tennessee Tech Austin Peay at Eastern Kentucky Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri at Murray State UT Martin at Tennessee State at Kennesaw State East Tennessee State at Maine

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PASSING Comp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg 1-3-0 3 0 3 4-9-0 59 9 40 3-8-0 52 1 40 1-1-0 1 0 1 9-15-0 137 3 29 12-19-1 124 1 23 - DNP 1-2-0 27 0 27 1-2-0 2 0 2 0-0-0 0 0 0 - DNP - DNP 2-2-0 25 0 14

RUSHING No.-Yds TD Lg 3--1 0 4 7-59 0 25 9-59 2 29 8-29 0 7 8-100 1 48 4-55 1 38 8-74 6-14 7-5

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Tristan Wells LINEBACKER

5-10 • 212 • R-FR Talladega, Ala. • Talladega HS

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ty and first team all-district in his junior and senior campaigns…wrapped up 28 solo tackles and six sacks in 2018…was a Tru 19 All-Star and competed in the Rising Senior game…also lettered in soccer and track…chose JSU over offers from UAB, Chattanooga, Austin Peay, Marshall, Southeast Missouri, Charleston Southern and Alabama A&M. PERSONAL: Born Sept. 21, 2000 in Columbus, Ga…son of Rod West and Teresa Russaw…has one brother - Darius West, and a sister - Nicole West…majoring in kinesiology at JSU. WEST’S CAREER STATS

JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Appeared in nine contests including the final five of the spring season during his first full year with the Gamecocks…recorded four tackles on the season, two of them coming unassisted…had a career-high day in the first round of the FCS Playoffs on April 24 against Davidson where he recorded two tackles, one for a loss...finished the year assisting with a sack against Tennessee State for a loss of six yards. 2019: Made appearances in three games as a linebacker before receiving a redshirt…assisted in his first career tackle at UT-Martin, while his first solo stop came at home in the final contest of the year against Eastern Kentucky, finishing the year with two tackles. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Ted Darby at Talladega High School in Talladega, Ala…led the Tigers to a pair of AHSAA playoff appearances…a first-team all-region selection in 2018 and the AHSAA Class 4A Region 4 Defensive Player of the Year. PERSONAL: Born on Aug. 18, 2001, in Talladega, Ala…the son of Lewis Wells and Tawanda Scott…has two brothers – Kendarius and Jaidin, and two sisters – Kensley and Kennedi…majoring in computer science at JSU.

Dacorrion West DEFENSIVE LINEMAN 6-3 • 325 • SO Columbus, Ga. • Carver HS

Tackles G 2019 11 2020-21 10 TOTAL 21

UA 4 10 14

A Total TFL Yds PD 13 17 1.5 2 0 13 23 2.0 4 0 26 40 3.5 6 0

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No. Opponent Date Tackles 6 vs. Delaware 5/2/21 Tackles for loss 1.5 vs. Delaware 5/2/21 Sacks - - FF - - FR - - PB - - INT - - -

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Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 2/21/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

UT AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 2 5 0.5-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 5 6 1.5-4 0-0 0-0 0

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UT AT TT TFL-Yds Scks-Yds Int-Yds Brk - DNP 1 0 1 1.0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 2 0.5-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0

JSU Career: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started two of 10 contests played in his second year with the Gamecocks…recorded 23 tackles on the season including 10 solo stops and two tackles for four yards lost…had a career-high game in the first round of the FCS Playoffs against Davidson where he had six tackles, one unassisted, and 1.5 tackles for loss. 2019: Made appearances in 11 games in his first year for the Red and White, including his first career start at home against Tennessee State… recorded 17 tackles on the year including his first career solo stop… picked up 1.5 tackles for loss of two yards and had a quarterback hurry… had six games throughout the year with at least two tackles including three at home against Southeast Missouri State. HIGH SCHOOL: A 2018 all-state defensive lineman for Carver High School in Columbus, Ga…also earned First Team All-Region honors from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2017 and 2018…was named all-coun-

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6-0 • 225 • JR Douglasville, Ga. • Douglas County HS JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Started seven of JSU’s 13 contests throughout the fall and spring season...was second on the team in rushing with 687 yards on 137 carries…set a new long of 66 yards against Tennessee Tech on February 28...recorded back-to-back games with over 100 yards rushing with a career-high 116 coming in the upset victory against Florida International…also had four straight contests with a score, including two against Davidson in the first round of the FCS Playoffs…made 17 catches for 195 yards and a touchdown coming on a 54-yard catch-and-run against Tennessee State to finish the season with 909 all-purpose yards. 2019: Appeared in 11 of 12 games played in his second year carrying the ball for JSU…rushed the ball 19 times for 137 yards with the longest run of his career coming at 58 yards against Tennessee Tech on Nov. 9… also caught two passes for nine yards on the year…returned kickoffs as well, making five returns for 53 yards, finishing the year with 199 total allpurpose yards…also recorded a solo tackle against Tennessee Tech. 2018: Made appearances in seven games in his freshman year at running back for the Gamecocks…carried the ball 31 times for 195 yards with a long of 40 and three touchdowns coming against Mississippi Valley State on Sept. 8…also made two receptions for five yards… returned a kickoff in the 2018 FCS Playoff matchup against Maine for 13 yards, totaling his all-purpose yards to 214.

WEST’S 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 10/3/20 at Florida State 10/10/20 Mercer 10/17/23 at North Alabama 10/23/20 at Florida International 2/28/21 Tennessee Tech 3/7/21 at Tennessee State 3/14/21 at UT Martin 3/21/21 Southeast Missouri 3/28/21 Austin Peay 4/3/21 at Eastern Illinois 4/11/21 at Murray State 4/24/21 Davidson 5/2/21 Delaware

Rush YDS AVG 5 15 3.0 9 18 2.0 11 49 4.5 24 116 4.8 8 106 13.2 7 40 5.7 14 71 5.1 16 71 4.4 6 26 4.3 7 21 3.0 14 70 5.0 12 76 6.3 4 8 2.0

TD TD Runs 0 0 0 0 1 13 1 1 1 5 1 5 0 1 3 0 2 6, 1 1 1

WEST’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent 8/24/19 @SE Louisiana 9/7/19 Chattanooga 9/14/19 Eastern Washington 9/21/19 North Alabama 9/28/19 @Austin Peay 10/5/19 Tennessee State 10/12/19 @Eastern Illinois 10/26/19 Murray State 11/2/19 @UT Martin 11/9/19 @Tennessee Tech 11/23/19 Eastern Kentucky

Rush YDS AVG 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 2 2.0 2 3 1.5 5 14 2.8 4 42 10.5 1 -3 -3.0 1 5 5.0 3 71 23.7 2 3 1.5

WEST’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME

Date Opponent 9/8/18 Mississippi Valley State 9/22/18 Tennessee Tech 10/27/18 @ Murray State 11/3/18 UT Martin 11/10/18 @ Tennessee State 11/24/18 East Tennessee State 12/1/18 @Maine

Rush YDS AVG 6 57 9.5 6 26 4.3 6 58 9.7 10 50 5.0 3 4 0.8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0

TD TD Runs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TD TD Runs 3 12, 9. 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 --

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four seasons for head coach Johnny White at Douglas County High School in Douglasville, Ga…received a two-star rating from Rivals.com…a first team all-state, all-district and all-region selection for the Tigers…named a Rising Seniors All-Star during the 2017 campaign…toted the ball for 1,496 yards and 13 touchdown on 9.2 yards per carry his senior season…Atlanta Journal Constitution First Team selection…received offers from Ball State, Bowling Green, Eastern Kentucky, Marshall, Samford, Toledo and Troy. PERSONAL: Born on October 2, 1999, in Atlanta, Ga…the son of Charles Ferrell and Annette West…has two younger sisters, Patricia and Janiya…majoring in Biology at JSU. WEST’S CAREER STATS RUSHING G 2018 7 2019 11 2020-21 13 TOTAL 31

Att Yds TD 31 195 3 19 137 0 137 687 8 187 1019 11

Lg Avg/C Avg/G 40 6.3 27.9 58 7.2 12.5 66 5.0 52.8 66 5.4 32.9

WEST’S CAREER HIGH GAME STATS Rush Attempts Rush Yards Rush TD’s Receptions Rec. Yards Rec. TD’s Long KO Return KO Return for TD

No. 24 116 3 1 85 1 13 -

Opponent at FIU at FIU vs. Mississippi Valley State 2x; last vs. UT Martin at Tennessee State at Tennessee State at Maine -

Date 10/23/20 10/23/20 9/8/18 11/3/18 3/7/21 3/7/21 12/1/18 -

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6-1 • 190 • R-SO Rome, Ga. • Coosa HS

5-10 • 220 • R-SO Spanish Fort, Ala. • Spanish Fort HS

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JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Did not see action for the Gamecocks.

PRIOR TO JSU: Spent two seasons at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Todd Wheeler at Coosa High School in Rome, Ga…a first-team all-region player as a senior…selected for the GA Elite Classic…also an all-area and all-region basketball player and an all-region baseball player for the Eagles.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Ben Blackmon at Spanish Fort High School in Spanish Fort.

PERSONAL: Born on May 8, 2000, in Rome, Ga…the son of Keen Mabry and Latasha White…majoring in political science at JSU.

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Ron Wiggins

JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Made appearances in eight games, including the last six straight in his first season with the Gamecocks…recorded five tackles on the year, including four solo stops with the first of his career coming unassisted against Tennessee State on March 7.

5-11 • 180 • FR Jacksonville, Ala. • Jacksonville HS

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coaches Ted Darby and Shannon Felder at Talladega High School in Talladega, Ala…played three seasons for the Tigers, leading them to the playoffs in each of them.

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JSU CAREER: Fall 2020/Spring 2021: Did not see action as a true freshman. HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped for head coach Clint Smith at Jacksonville High School in Jacksonville, Ala…a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com and a two-star by Rivals.com…rated the No. 2 running back in his class from the state of Alabama and the 61st-best player in the state by 247Sports.com…a first-team all-state pick by the Alabama Sports Writers Association, who also tabbed him the AHSAA Class 4A Back of the Year and a finalist for the Mr. Football Award…named the Anniston Star’s 4A-6A County Player of the Year…in 2019, rushed for a county-record 2,835 yards and 47 touchdowns in leading the Golden Eagles to the AHSAA Class 4A State Championship Game, the school’s first-ever appearance in the title game…averaged 11.7 yards per carry to lead JHS to a 12-3 record and a perfect 7-0 mark in 4A Region 6 play after posting a 7-0 region mark in 2018…in two seasons as the starting running back at JHS, he led the Golden Eagles to a 23-4 record while running for 5,384 yards and 84 touchdowns…in five playoff games, he rushed for 1,132 yards and 20 touchdowns, including 179 yards and a touchdown in the 2019 Class 4A state title game…other offers included Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, South Alabama, Tulane, SMU, Southern Miss, Troy, UAB, Western Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky, East Tennessee State.

6-1 • 195 • FR Talladega, Ala. • Talladega HS

PERSONAL: Born on Oct. 17, 2001 in Talladega, Ala…the son of Lacorey and Nicole Wilson…the youngest of three children…majoring in sports management at JSU.

Brody Wood LONG SNAPPER

5-11 • 185 • FR Lineville, Ala. • Clay County Central HS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coach Danny Horn at Central Clay County in Lineville, Ala...helped lead the Volunteers to back-to-back state championships in 2018 and 2019 and a combined 36-7 record over his final three years...received a 4.5 star long snapper rating by Kohl’s Snapping Camps.

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John Grass begins his eighth season as head coach of the Gamecocks and his ninth season at JSU after what has been an unprecedented eight years in his profession.

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Grass served as the Gamecocks’ assistant head coach and offensive coordinator in 2013 and orchestrated an offense that set numerous school, OVC and National records before taking the reigns as the head coach for the 2014 season. Since then, he has taken JSU on a run not many have seen before. His 68-21 record over seven seasons is the best start to a tenure in JSU history, while his 23-3 record heading into the 2016 FCS Division I Championship Game tied for the best 26-game start to a career in FCS history. In seven years, he has been named the AFCA’s Region Coach of the Year an FCS-record five times and the Ohio Valley Conference Roy Kidd Coach of the Year three times. He was the AFCA’sNational Coach of the Year in 2015. He was an improbable 47-7 in Ohio Valley Conference play with a conferencerecord five-straight OVC titles from 2014-2018 and a sixth title in 2020. He has had 31 All-Americans and 109 All-OVC performers in his seven seasons as the head coach, while 20 Gamecocks have moved on to opportunities in the NFL in that same span. That first season as a collegiate head coach in 2014 saw him take JSU to a 10-2 record and as high as No. 2 in the national polls, thanks to a perfect 8-0 mark in league play and the Gamecocks’ first outright Ohio Valley Conference title since 2004. Year number two was better, seeing the Gamecocks post a 13-2 record that included their first-ever trip to the FCS National Championship Game in Frisco, Texas. JSU catapulted into the No. 1 spot in the STATS polls, its first No. 1 ranking in school history, after falling in overtime at No. 6 Auburn in week two and would hold that spot until falling to North Dakota State in the title game. The next two seasons each saw him take the Gamecocks to 10-2 records and unbeaten OVC marks en route to their third- and fourth-straight conference titles. Grass is the first coach in league history to go unbeaten in league play in his first two seasons, and has increased that to four entering 2018. That OVC-record fifth-straight league title came in 2018, when he led JSU to the second round of the FCS Playoffs for the sixth time since arriving on campus in 2013.

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PERSONAL Family: Born:

Wife, Jada, Two sons – Jud and Jace, and one daughter - Jules. February 29, 1968

EDUCATION College:

Jacksonville State University (1990) Bachelors in Physical Education Jacksonville State University (1997) Masters of Physical Education Lincoln Memorial University (2010) EDS in Administration

COACHING EXPERIENCE 1990-1992 1993-1994 1995-1999 2000-2001 2002-2003 2003-2005 2006-2007 2008-2012 2013 2014-present

Ashville High School (Assistant Head Football Coach) Eufaula High School (Assistant Head Football Coach) Ashville High School (Head Football Coach) Hoover High School (Assistant Head Football Coach) Albertville High School (Head Football Coach) Moody High School (Head Football Coach) Spain Park High School (Head Football Coach) Oxford High School (Head Football Coach) Jacksonville State University (Offensive Coordinator) Jacksonville State University (Head Coach)

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dition, the first three seasons under Grass’ offensive mind saw the Gamecock offense amass over 6,000 yards of total offense in five of his eight seasons and over 7,000 in 2015. His offense has rewritten the JSU record books and set a new standard for production on that side of the football.

within the OVC. They compiled a 10-2 record and a perfect 8-0 record in OVC play to claim JSU’s fourth OVC title and its first outright since 2004. The Gamecocks entered the FCS playoffs ranked No. 2 in the polls and as the No. 3 national seed before falling in the second round to Sam Houston State.

A 1990 graduate of JSU, Grass served as a head coach at the high school level for over 17 years and compiled a 122-61 career record along the way. He is now 33-6 as a collegiate head coach in three seasons that each saw him named the Roy Kidd OVC Coach of the Year, as well as the Region 3 Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association

The Gamecocks capped the year ranked ninth in both polls after the second 6,000-yard season in school history. JSU gained 6,129 yards in just 12 games, a school-record 510.8 yards per game that was more than 68 yards per game more than any team had managed in JSU history.

His 2013 season as JSU’s offensive coordinator exceeded all expectations. His offensive unit was the most prolific in JSU history, breaking school records en route to helping the Gamecocks post an 11-4 record and advance to the Quarterfinals of the FCS Playoffs. JSU rolled over No. 16 Samford, 55-14, in the first round before a convincing 31-10 win at No. 6 McNeese State in the second round. After a loss at No. 3 Eastern Washington in the Quarterfinals, the Gamecocks were ranked No. 10 in The Sports Network FCS Top 25, the highest in the program’s Division I history.

The defensive side of the ball thrived under Grass’ leadership, as well in 2014. Junior Devaunte Sigler was named the OVC’s Defensive Player of the Year, the first Gamecock to earn the honor, and joined cornerback Jermaine Hough and center Max Holcombe on numerous All-America teams, while offensive lineman Justin Lea garnered Freshman All-America honors. James ran for 1,151 yards and scored 14 touchdowns, ending his illustrious career as JSU’s second leading rusher and just one rushing score shy of the school record in that category. James, Sigler, Hough and Holcombe headlined a class of 18 All-OVC mentions at season’s end, the most in school history.

Grass’ offense was record breaking in every phase and highlighted a season that saw the Gamecocks set a total of 49 school records, 13 Ohio Valley Conference records and three NCAA records.

His third season with the Gamecocks saw Grass raise the bar even higher. The 13-2 record included a 12-game win streak that was one shy of the school record and also featured over 50 school records. The Gamecocks’ lone losses were to No. 6 Auburn in overtime and to North Dakota State in the FCS title game.

A quick-strike attack that scored 24 times on drives of less than one minute, the Gamecock offense amassed 6,637 yards of total offense, 1,755 yards more than any team in school history, and racked up 528 points, 107 more than the previous record set in 1991. JSU’s 65 touchdowns were a new school record, while its school record 48 rushing touchdowns also broke the OVC mark.

JSU was ranked No. 1 in the polls for the first time in school history and held that ranking for 11 weeks. The Gamecocks went unbeaten again in the OVC to win their second-straight title and was warded the No. 1 national seed in the FCS Playoffs. JSU stood up to that seeding, downing No. 7 Chattanooga in overtime in the second round before routing No. 8 Charleston Southern and No. 7 Sam Houston State in the quarters and semis, respectively.

Leading the rushing attack was junior All-American DaMarcus James. Also a first team All-OVC selection, James ran for a school record 1,477 yards and was second nationally with 29 rushing touchdowns to break the JSU and OVC records in that category. James’ 174 points scored also broke the previous JSU and OVC records. James also set a JSU and OVC record with five rushing touchdowns at Austin Peay and joined teammates Eli Jenkins, Troymaine Pope and Miles Jones to become the first foursome to each run for 100 yards in the same game in FCS history against Jacksonville on Sept. 7. The ground game wasn’t the only thing that guided the Gamecocks in 2013. Despite having to start three different starting quarterbacks because of injuries during the season, Grass’ offense threw for a school record 3,033 yards. Quarterback Eli Jenkins earned Freshman All-America honors after throwing for 887 yards and running for 953 more, while junior Max Shortell threw for 1,608 yards to earn Second Team All-OVC recognition. Freshman receiver Josh Barge was also a Freshman All-American after setting new JSU freshman records for catches (58) and receiving yards (885). He led a corps of 19 different JSU players to catch at least one pass during the season. Year two in Jacksonville and his first year as the team’s head coach saw more the same output on the offensive side of the ball but unprecedented success

The 2015 Gamecocks were as talented as any team JSU has fielded, placing 17 on the All-OVC teams and five on various All-America squads. Jenkins was the OVC Player of the Year and the FCS National Quarterback of the Year, while center Casey Dunn, running back Troymaine Pope, defensive end Chris Landrum and cornerback Jermaine Hough also grabbed All-America nods. Pope ran for a school- and OVC-record 1,788 yards to lead a JSU attack that gained a school-record 7,613 yards. Jenkins was also a 1,000-yard rusher with 1,161 yards and 15 scores, while receiver Josh Barge set new JSU records with 92 catches, 1,145 yards and 11 touchdowns. The 2016 season saw JSU reach the No. 1 spot in the major polls for the second-straight year and enter the FCA Playoffs as the No. 3 National Seed. The Gamecocks went 10-2 and put together their third-straight perfect record in OVC play, making them the first team in league history to go three seasons in a row without a loss or a tie. JSU was unbeaten against FCS foes in the 2016 regular season, and Grass’ defense was a big part of that. The Gamecocks once again boasted the OVC’s best defense and the fourth-best defense in FCS, holding opposing offenses to

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less than 275 yards per game. The Gamecocks were also the best in the nation at getting off of the field on third down, limiting foes to a .231 third-down conversion percentage. JSU also ranked third nationally in red zone defense, fifth in rushing defense, seventh in scoring defense, seventh in interceptions, seventh in sacks, eighth in tackles for a loss and 11th in turnover margin. 2017 saw Gamecock football continue along the dominant path it has recently paved in FCS Football. JSU went 10-2 and 8-0 in OVC play and grabbed the No. 3 seed in the playoffs for the second-straight year. It was the third-straight season that JSU has been one of the top three seeds in the postseason. JSU became just the fourth team in OVC history to win four-straight league titles broke the OVC’s record for consecutive conference wins by extending the streak to 32 by season’s end. The defense led the way again, ranking second nationally in total defense, third in rushing defense and sixth in scoring defense. The unit was led by senior defensive end Darius Jackson, who became the first backto-back winner of the OVC Defensive Player of the Year Award in over 25 years and then became JSU’s and the OVC’s first winner of the Buck Buchanan Award for the top defensive player in the FCS. JSU had 16 All-OVC players and seven All-Americans before watching seven players get opportunities in NFL camps following the season. Cornerback Siran Neal became JSU’s first participant in the Reese’s Senior Bowl since 1994 and was drafted in the fifth round by the Buffalo Bills. He was JSU’s first draft pick since 2013 and the highest since Eric Davis went in the second round in 1992. In 2018, the fifth-straight title was built on another dominant offensive attack. Led by First Team All-OVC quarterback Zerrick Cooper and wide receiver targets Josh Pearson and Jamari Hester, the Gamecocks rolled up 6,465 total yards, the third-most ever by a JSU team, as well as a school-record 3,864 passing yards. The Gamecocks also scored 520 points, third-most in school history. Pearson led all Division I players with a school-record 17 touchdown catches, while Hester tied the previous school record with 11 scoring grabs. The JSU defense once again led the nation in third down conversions and turned turnovers into points by leading the nation in defensive touchdowns. The 2019 offense was again one of the nation’s best, racking up an OVC-best 419 yards per game. The Gamecocks led the OVC and ranked 14th nationally in passing with an average of 296 yards per game. The 2020-21 campaign that was split by the COVID-19 Pandemic was perhaps the most challenging of Grass’ career, but he turned it into one of the most successful in the Gamecocks’ Division I history. JSU went 10-3, playing an FCS-high 13 games and claiming the only FCS win over an FBS foe that season with a 19-10 win at Florida International to close the fall portion of the schedule. JSU then went 6-1 in OVC play to close its tenure in the league with its sixth title in Grass’ seven seasons in the OVC. The Gamecocks also earned the No. 4 National Seed in the FCS Playoffs and advanced to the Quarterfinals for the first

time since 2015 but the third time since Grass joined the Gamecock staff. Five Players earned All-America honors and 16 were named All-OVC, led by Consensus First Team All-American Nicario Harper, who was the OVC Defensive Player of the Year and the top defensive back in the nation as selected by the FCS Athletic Director’s Association. Prior to coming to JSU in 2013, Grass was head coach at Oxford High School from 2008-2012, where he posted five straight winning seasons and a 41-16 record. He helped the Yellowjackets reach the playoffs four out of the five seasons he was there, including the school’s first-ever appearance in the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 6A State semi-finals in 2011. While serving as head coach at Spain Park High School from 2006-2007, Grass was named the 2007 AHSAA Class 6A Coach of the Year after leading his team to the state championship game. Grass led his team against Clark’s Prattville squad in that Class 6A State Championship as Prattville claimed a 14-0 win. Grass coached at Moody High School from 2003-2005, where he took over a team that had won six games in the previous six years before he took control. In 2004, he led his team to the 2004 Class 4A quarterfinals for the first time in school history. From 2002-2003, Grass was head coach at Albertville High School, a school that had won five games in the three years before he took over, and led them to the 2002 Class 5A quarterfinals. While at Albertville, Grass was named the 2002 Class 5A Coach of the Year. Grass spent two seasons as the Offensive Coordinator for Hoover High School from 2000-2001. He ran an offense that posted an impressive 28-2 record during his two seasons, including the 2000 Class 6A State Championship and an appearance in the State Championship again in 2001. Grass’s first head coaching job came at Ashville High School, where he coached from 1995-1999. He guided his team to back-to-back postseason appearances for the first time in school history in 1998 and 1999, including the schools firstever 10-0 regular season record in 1999. Grass also served as an assistant coach at Eufaula High School and Ashville High School. While at Eufaula High School from 1993-1994, he served as Defensive Coordinator and Strength and Conditioning Coach while helping the school reach the 5A quarterfinals in 1993. He began his coaching career at Ashville High School from 1990-1992, where he served as Offensive Coordinator and Strength and Conditioning Coach. While at Ashville, he helped the school reach the state semifinals for the first time in school history. Grass graduated from Jacksonville State in 1990 with a degree in physical education. He received a Masters of Physical Education from JSU in 1997 and an EDS in Administration in 2010 from Lincoln Memorial University. He is married to the former Jada Arnold, and the couple has a daughter, Jules, and two sons, Jud and Jace.

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Owen Kilgore

Pass Defense Coordinator • Cornerbacks Seventh Season

Owen Kilgore begins his seventh season on the Jacksonville State coaching staff and his eighth with the program. Head coach John Grass promoted him from graduate assistant to full-time status prior to 2015. He will once again serve as cornerbacks coach at JSU in 2021 and will also coordinate the pass defense. In his time at JSU, Kilgore has coached some of the nation’s best cornerbacks and led one of the top pass defenses in all of FCS. His 2020-21 unit saw five different players start at some point due to injuries, but still led the top defense in the FCS and one of the top defenses in the FCS. The Gamecocks held a school-record nine-straight opponents under 100 yards rushing at one point en route to winning their sixth Ohio Valley Conference title in seven years and earning the No. 4 National Seed in the FCS Playoffs. Jacquez Payton started 11 of the team’s 13 games and led the way, earning All-OVC honors. In 2018, the trio of Yul Gowdy, Payton and Malik Feaster saw most of the action at corner and produced for Kilgore’s unit. Gowdy was a freshman All-American and OVC All-Newcomer to lead the unit, one that helped JSU led the nation in defensive touchdowns and rank in the top 20 in interceptions. The Gamecocks rolled to an Ohio Valley Conference-record fifth-straight league title and into the second round of the FCS Playoffs. His 2017 unit was lead by All-American Siran Neal, who was just the fourth Gamecocks ever invited to play in the Reese’s Senior Bowl before being drafted in the fifth round of the NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills. It was JSU’s first draft pick since 2013 and its highest since Eric Davis went in the second round in 1992. Kilgore’s cornerbacks corps was a huge part of one of the top defenses in the nation in 2017. The Gamecocks ranked second in the FCS in total defense, third in rushing defense and fifth in pass efficiency defense. They posted a 10-2 record and won their fourth-straight Ohio Valley Conference championship to earn the No. 3 seed in the FCS Playoffs, the fourth-straight season earning at least the No. 3 seed. JSU’s 8-0 record in OVC play was its fourth-straight perfect conference season, extending the longest active conference win streak in all of Division I football to 32 games. The mark is an OVC and JSU record and is the second-longest run in FCS history. Kilgore’s 2016 cornerbacks unit was one of the nation’s best and bolstered a defense that was tops in the Ohio Valley Conference and one of the best in the nation. Led

by All-American Jaylen Hill, the Gamecocks led the OVC and were seventh nationally in interceptions, while also ranking 16th nationally in defensive touchdowns. Joining Hill on the All-OVC Team in 2016 was Reggie Hall, a duo that had two of a record three interception returns for a touchdown in the Gamecocks’ win over Eastern Kentucky. Kilgore’s corners helped a unit that was fourth in the nation in total defense and in the top 25 in passing yards allowed. That team also won its third-straight OVC title and posted JSU’s third-straight unbeaten season in OVC play. The 2015 campaign took Gamecock football to new heights. A 13-2 record included a 12-game win streak that was one shy of the school record and also featured over 50 school records. The Gamecocks’ lone losses were to No. 6 Auburn in overtime and to North Dakota State in the FCS title game. JSU was ranked No. 1 in the polls for the first time in school history and held that ranking for 11 weeks. The Gamecocks went unbeaten again in the OVC to win their second-straight title and was warded the No. 1 national seed in the FCS Playoffs. JSU stood up to that seeding, downing No. 7 Chattanooga in overtime in the second round before routing No. 8 Charleston Southern and No. 7 Sam Houston State in the quarters and semis, respectively. Kilgore had an All-American in his backfield, with cornerback Jermaine Hough claiming multiple All-America accolades, as well as first team all-conference honors. The Gamecocks led the OVC and ranked 12th nationally in total defense (300.3 yards allowed per game), while also leading the OVC in rushing defense (120.9, 16th nationally) and passing defense (179.4, 18th nationally). The Gamecocks were 13th in turnovers gained and third nationally with 20 interceptions. In 2014 as a defensive graduate assistant at JSU, Kilgore coached the cornerback position and put together film review and study throughout the season. He was key in the development of Hough, who was earned First Team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors and was tabbed the Sports Network’s FCS All-American Third Team. Kilgore came to Jacksonville after two years in Knoxville, Tenn., with the University of Tennessee’s football program. His time at UT began as a walk-on to the Volunteers’ club as a defensive back in 2011. He moved from the playing field to an administrative role with the program in 2012 as a student assistant in recruiting. While in that role, he was responsible for finding, uploading and editing high school and junior college game footage for presentation and evaluation by the coaching staff. Kilgore also aided in the organization of UT’s official and unofficial visits by prospects. He organized and developed position coaches’ and coordinators recruiting area. After spending time in off-the-field areas at UT, Kilgore

moved to an on-field spot as a student assistant on the defensive side of the ball. He assisted in weekly opponent film breakdown and putting together a scouting report. He was instrumental in the defensive back drills and meetings and helped coach the scout team wide receivers, tight ends and special teams. Kilgore

still remained active in a recruiting role as he assisted in various recruiting responsibilities and was responsible for the defensive recruiting board. Prior to finishing his education at UT with a degree in recreation and sport management, Kilgore attended Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn., and was a member of the Lions baseball program in 2008-09. Kilgore is a 2008 graduate of Whitwell High School and was a four-year letterwinner as a quarterback and safety. He was a four-time all-region selection at WHS. In the spring of 2017, Kilgore married the former Andrea Spencer.

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Jimmy Ogle will once again coach the Gamecock running backs and serve as the assistant head coach for John Grass in 2021. This season marks the 22nd season for Ogle at JSU and his 21st-straight season coaching the Gamecock running backs. Ogle has established the Gamecock running attack as one of the best in FCS after leading the Ohio Valley Conference in rushing 10 times, including a school-record 300.7 average in 2015 (3rd nationally). The Gamecocks have led the OVC in rushing in five of the last seven years, all of which have seen them in the top 12 in the national rankings. His last seven seasons at JSU have seen unprecedented success for the Gamecocks. They are 68-21 and an improbable 47-7 in Ohio Valley Conference play with a league-record five-straight OVC titles from 2014-18 and a sixth title in 2020. His most recent offense in the 2020-21 season featured seven All-OVC players and two All-Americans on offense in tight end Trae Barry and offensive lineman Tylan Grable. That unit led the OVC in total offense and rushing offense. Two of the top rushers in the FCS were part of Ogle’s running back corps, with All-OVC back Josh Samuel ranking fourth nationally in rushing yards and Uriah West ranking 13th in the nation. The 2020-21 season that was split by the COVID-19 Pandemic saw the Gamecocks win their sixth OVC title in seven years and the ninth with Ogle on the staff. JSU earned the No. 4 National Seed in the FCS playoffs and advanced to the Quarterfinals for the first time since 2015. His 2019 offense was the top offense in the OVC, gaining 419 yards per game, while the JSU passing game led the league and ranked 14th nationally with 296 yards per game. Ogle’s offense was historic in 2018. One of the most prolific attacks in school history rolled up 6,465 total yards, the thirdmost ever by a JSU team, as well as a school-record 3,864 passing yards. The Gamecocks also scored 520 points, third-most in school history. The 2017 season saw Gamecock football continue along the dominant path it has recently paved in FCS Football. JSU reached as high as the No. 2 spot in the major polls for the fourth-straight year and entered the FCA Playoffs as the No. 3 National Seed, the fourth-straight season that JSU has been one of the top three seeds in the postseason. The Gamecocks went 10-2 and put together their fourth-straight perfect record in OVC play. Running back Roc Thomas was named the OVC Offensive Player of the Year and was an All-American in Ogle’s backfield in 2017. The senior ran for 1,065 yards and led the OVC in scoring with 6.5 points per game. His running mate in the backfield, Tramel Terry, earned OVC All-Newcomer honors. JSU was unbeaten against FCS foes in the 2016 regular season, and Ogle’s offense was a big reason for that. The Gamecocks led the OVC and ranked 20th nationally in Total Offense, while

also scoring more than 30 points per game for the fourthstraight season. He used dual-threat quarterback and OVC Male Athlete of the Year Eli Jenkins along with 1st Team All-OVC running back Roc Thomas and 2nd Team All-OVC running back Josh Clemons to amass over 3,000 rushing yards on the season and more than 250 per game. The 2015 campaign took Gamecock football to new heights. A 13-2 record included a 12-game win streak that was one shy of the school record and also featured over 50 school records. The Gamecocks’ lone losses were to No. 6 Auburn in overtime and to North Dakota State in the FCS title game. JSU was ranked No. 1 in the polls for the first time in school history and held that ranking for 11 weeks. The Gamecocks went unbeaten again in the OVC to win their second-straight title and was warded the No. 1 national seed in the FCS Playoffs. JSU stood up to that seeding, downing No. 7 Chattanooga in overtime in the second round before routing No. 8 Charleston Southern and No. 7 Sam Houston State in the quarters and semis, respectively.

The Gamecocks were led by senior running back Troymaine Pope, who broke the school and OVC record for rushing yards in a season with 1,788 to earn First Team All-OVC and All-America Honors. He was named the FCS Running Back of the Year by the College Football Performance Awards and paced a JSU ground game that racked up 4,511 yards, the first 4,000-yard season in school history. The JSU offense as a whole scored a schoolrecord 584 points and led the OVC with 507.5 yards per game with a school-record 7,613 yards, the first 7,000-yard season by a JSU team. In 2014, the Gamecocks amassed 285 yards per game on the ground, 25 more than any other previous team in school history, and ranked fourth in the nation in rushing. Senior DaMarcus James earned All-OVC honors by running for 1,151 yards and 14 touchdowns to head a group of four Gamecocks with at least 630 yards. James finished his career under Ogle with 3,554 yards (second all-time) and a school-record 49 rushing touchdowns. Those numbers helped JSU to its fourth OVC crown after a 10-2 record and a perfect 8-0 mark in league games. In 2013, the Gamecock offense set 42 school records en route to their most successful season in the school’s Division I history. James earned numerous All-American honors after a record-

breaking junior season in 2013. James, a first-team All-OVC selection, rushed for 1,477 yards on 292 carries to become the school’s single-season rushing leader. The junior running back also set the OVC record with 29 rushing touchdowns to finish second in the nation, and he scored a rushing touchdown in the final 12 games of the season to extend his school record. A quick-strike attack that scored 24 times on drives of less than one minute, the Jax State offense amassed 6,637 yards of total offense, 1,755 yards more than any team in school history, finished with a school-record 3,604 rushing yards on 758 carries, and racked up 528 points, 107 more than the previous record set in 1991. JSU’s 65 touchdowns were a new school record, while its school-record 48 rushing touchdowns also broke the OVC mark. His running attack also set an FCS record when James, Troymaine Pope, Miles Jones and Eli Jenkins became the first foursome to all run for 100 yards in the same game vs Jacksonville University. In 2012, three different JSU running backs rushed for 100 or more yards in eight games, while the duo of James (120 yards) and Pope (100 yards) both topped the century mark against Chattanooga. For the year, Jax State averaged 191.5 yards rushing per game and finished second in the conference with 217.8 rushing yards against OVC opponents. Ogle helped Jax State claim the 2011 OVC Championship with an offense that averaged 414.9 yards per game against conference opponents, including 245.0 yards on the ground, and an OVC-best 148.8 pass efficiency rating. In 2010, the Gamecocks posted one of the most successful seasons in the school’s Division I history, finishing with a 9-3 overall record, and was ranked as high as No. 2 during the season. JSU also advanced to the second round of the NCAA playoffs and hosted its first home playoff game in 18 years at the newly renovated Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium, while also claiming one of the bibest wins in school history with a 49-48 doubleovertime thriller at Ole Miss. Five of his players have rushed for more than 1,000 yards in a single season, led by All-American Clay Green’s total of 1,352 in 2006. Rondy Rogers set JSU’s school record with 1,417 yards during the 2001 season, Kory Chapman, who played with the Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots, recorded the third best single-season rushing mark with 1,285 yards in 2003 and Oscar Bonds finished with 1,263 rushing yards and a schoolrecord 19 rushing touchdowns in 2004. Washaun Ealey helped the Gamecocks to the school’s 18th Conference Championship after rushing for 1,082 yards to earn first team All-OVC honors in 2011. Ogle played at the University of Tennessee from 1991-94 and then served as a student assistant from 1994-97. He spent the next two years as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Knoxville Central High School, where the team finished as the Class 4A State Runners-up. While at Tennessee, he helped the Vols to wins in the Fiesta, Citrus and Hall of Fame bowls as a long-snapper. In 1994, he worked with the UT quarterbacks, including Heisman Trophy candidate Peyton Manning. Tennessee won the 1994 Gator Bowl over Virginia Tech. The following year, the Vols defeated Ohio State in the Citrus Bowl and then beat Northwestern in the 1996 Citrus Bowl. Tennessee then claimed the 1997 SEC Championship after defeating Auburn and played Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. Ogle is married to the former Kaci Smith and the couple has one daughter, Abbie, and one son, Jim.

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Kevin Revis

Run Game Coordinator • Offensive Line Sixth Season prolific attacks in school history, one that rolled up 6,465 total yards, the third-most in a season in schoolhistory, as well as a school-record 3,864 passing yards. The Gamecocks also scored 520 points, thirdmost in school history.

Kevin Revis begins his sixth season as the Gamecocks’ offensive line coach and his eighth season with the program. Revis has been a part of what has been unprecedented success by the Gamecocks since John Grass took over in 2014, serving as an offensive graduate assistant that worked specifically with the offensive linemen. In seven years at JSU, he has been involved with a conference-record five Ohio Valley Conference championships and an impressive 68-21 combined record that includes an improbable 47-7 mark in OVC play. His first two seasons saw all five starting offensive linemen earn All-OVC honors in each, while four Gamecocks were named to the All-OVC First Team in each the 2016 and 2017 seasons, a feat that had only happened twice in the OVC’s history that dates back to 1948. His third campaign in 2018 saw four linemen named All-OVC, with three on the first team and one on second team. The 2020-21 season that was split due to the COVID19 Pandemic saw the Gamecocks play an FCS-high 13 games, win their sixth OVC title in seven years and earn the No. 4 National Seed in the FCS Playoffs. Three offensive linemen earned all-OVC after the unprecedented season, led by All-American Tylan Grable, who came to JSU as a tight end and was molded into an All-American tackle by his sophomore campaign. Joining Grable on the All-OVC squads were Cam Hill and Zack Cangelosi. The “War Pigs” blocked for the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference in 2019, one that gained 419 yards per game. They also helped protect a JSU passing game that led the OVC and ranked 14th nationally with 296 yards per game. At the conclusion of the season, Michael Shaddix was selected to the All-OVC Offensive Line. That 2018 unit saw Tyler Scozzaro, BJ Autry and Darius Anderson earn first-team All-OVC honors, while Hunter Sosebee was a second-team pick. Autry was on every FCS All-America Team and then became just the fifth Gamecock ever selected to play in the Reese’s Senior Bowl. He was the first JSU offensive lineman to earn the honor. He would later sign with the Seattle Seahawks. In 2018, Revis’ line paved the way for one of the most

2017 offensive line unit had three All-Americans in Justin Lea, Dylan Cline and Tyler Scozzaro, while B.J. Autry joined the trio on the All-OVC First Team. Darius Anderson was a second-team pick. The two seniors on the line each earned opportunities in the NFL, with Lea being invited to Jets camp and Cline to Cardinals camp.

of 1,000-yard rushers, with Troymaine Pope setting a school and OVC record with 1,788 yards and Eli Jenkins breaking the school rushing record by a quarterback with 1,161 yards. Revis assisted with one of the top front lines in the FCS in his first season as a graduate assistant in 2014, one that paved the way for a rushing game that led the Ohio Valley Conference and ranked fourth nationally with over 285 yards per game en

Lea played his way onto every FCS All-America squad in 2017 while also making history in the classroom. He won the OVC Scholar-Athlete Award and JSU’s Eagle Owl Award, the highest honor a student-athlete can win from both institutions. He was also the first player in JSU and OVC history named to the National Football Foundation’s prestigious National Scholar-Athlete Team and one of 13 finalists from all divisions of football for the William V. Campbell Trophy. That 2017 line also cleared the path for All-American running back Roc Thomas, who was named the OVC Offensive Player of the Year before being signed by the Minnesota Vikings. His first season as the Gamecocks’ offensive line coach in 2016 saw his unit pave the way for the best rushing attack in the OVC and the seventh-best rushing offense in the nation. JSU ran for over 250 yards per game and Revis’ front line received its credit at season’s end. All five of Revis’ starting offensive lineman received All-OVC honors in 2016, with center Casey Dunn grabbing All-America recognition from every outlet. He was joined by Justin Lea and Nick Johnson on the All-OVC First Team, while Dylan Cline and Kyron Samuels grabbed Second Team honors. Revis was integral in the development of one of the best offensive lines in OVC history in 2015, when the Gamecocks had four of the five First Team All-OVC linemen. The foursome of Blake Burks, Adam Wright, Lea and Dunn marked just the third time in league history and the second since 1956 to have four of the five first team offensive linemen on the team. Dunn was an All-American at center for JSU, anchoring a unit that paved the way for a school-record 7,613 yards, the first 7,000-yard season in school history. The JSU front line opened holes for a pair

route to posting a 10-2 record and an 8-0 mark in OVC play to win the school’s fourth OVC title. The JSU offense set a school record with over 510 yards of total offense per game in 2014, thanks in large part to Clark’s offensive line that featured All-American Max Holcombe, OVC Freshman of the Year Justin Lea and All-OVC selection Adam Wright. A native of Dayton, Tenn., Revis prepped at Rhea County High School and was a finalist for Tennessee’s Mr. Football Award after his senior season in 2008. An all-state player and the Region 4-4A Offensive Lineman of the Year, the three-star recruit signed with Tennessee and spent two seasons with the Vols in Knoxville. He transferred to Chattanooga in 2011 and started up front for the Mocs for three seasons. By the time his senior season came to an end in 2013, Revis was a First Team All-SoCon selection and a team captain on UTC’s first SoCon Championship team since 1984. In May of 2018 he married the former Patterson Young and the couple has one daughter, Miller.

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Greg Stewart

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Greg Stewart, who served as the Gamecocks defensive coordinator from 2000-10, enters his second season in his current stint on John Grass’ staff at Jacksonville State. Stewart came back to the Gamecocks to be Grass’ defensive line coach beginning in the 2021 spring season. He returned to JSU after spending five of the previous 10 years at the FBS level - the last three as South Alabama’s defensive coordinator. He made an immediate impact with the Gamecocks in his return, leading a group of defensive linemen that was the front in one of the top run defenses in the FCS in the spring season of 2021. After Stewart took the reins of the defensive line, the Gamecocks held their next seven opponents under 100 yards rushing, part of a school-record stretch of nine-straight games without allowing 100 yards on the ground. Freshman Lemuel Gordon was an All-Ohio Valley Conference honoree in helping the Gamecocks to their sixth OVC title in seven years and to the No. 4 National Seed in the FCS Playoffs. The latest stint in Stewart’s third at JSU, who gave him his first coaching job in 1989. He was an assistant during JSU’s final seasons at the Division II level and in the beginning of the Gamecocks’ transition to Div. I. He helped JSU to four NCAA Div. II Playoff Appearances and to the National Championship Game twice, with the 1992 team winning the school’s first title. After two seasons at Delta State, Stewart returned to JSU in 2000 and coordinated the JSU defense for 11 seasons. His second tenure saw JSU produce 13 AllAmericans and 34 all-conference players on the defensive side of the ball. He also had six defensive players sign with NFL teams during that 11-year run. He guided the Gamecocks to three FCS Playoff Appearances and the 2010 team earned the program’s highest Div. I ranking to that point, when it spent two weeks ranked No. 2 in both FCS polls. That 2010 season also saw JSU open the season with a 49-48, doubleovertime win at Ole Miss and then resulted in the program’s first at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs. Stewart’s defense was dominant in JSU’s move to the Ohio Valley Conference in 2003. The Gamecocks led the OVC in total defense twice and in rushing defense two

other times, winning the conference title in each of their first two seasons in the league. In JSU’s first eight years in the league, Stewart’s defense also led the league in scoring defense, pass defense, pass efficiency defense, red zone defense and third- and fourth-down conversion defense multiple times. Stewart’s second run at JSU ended in 2011, when he accepted the defensive coordinator position at Louisiana. He orchestrated the Ragin’ Cajuns defense for two seasons, leading them to a pair of nine-win seasons and back-to-back wins in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. He then went to Central Arkansas, where he was the Bears’ defensive coordinator for four seasons. He helped UCA to a combined 33-15 record that included a 24-3 record in Southland Conference play in his final three seasons. Stewart led the Bears to the 2017 SLC Championship and two berths in the FCS Playoffs. In his final season at UCA, he had three players earn AllAmerica honors and eight receive All-SLC accolades. From UCA, Stewart made the move to South Alabama

in 2018, when he followed head coach Steve Campbell in the move from UCA. He spent three seasons as the Jaguars’ defensive coordinator. In his first year running the Jaguar defense, the unit featured five individuals ranked among the top 10 in the Sun Belt Conference statistical rankings along with five players who earned all-league recognition at the end of the season. His second season saw three more All-SBC selections from a defense that finished in the top half of the Sun Belt in five different categories. Stewart also worked at Delta State from 1998-99, serving as defensive coordinator as the Statesmen went 14-7 over that stretch including qualifying for the NCAA Division II playoffs his first season with the program after winning the Gulf South Conference title. He is a native of Hartselle, Ala., and a 1988 graduate of Troy State, where he earned his bachelor’s in sociology and history. He earned four letters as a defensive lineman at Troy, where he was a part of national championship teams in both 1984 and 1987. He helped the Trojans go 40-8-1 overall and 29-3 in Gulf South action.

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J.R. Sandlin

Sr. Executive Head Coach Recruiting Coordinator • Tight Ends Eighth Season

J.R. Sandlin enters his eighth year on John Grass’ staff and will once again coach tight ends and lead the Gamecock recruiting efforts. His first seven seasons at JSU have seen unprecedented success for the Gamecocks. They are 68-21 and an improbable 47-7 in Ohio Valley Conference play. JSU won an OVC-record five-straight OVC titles from 201418 and then won a sixth title in seven years in 2020. The 2020-21 season saw another succesful one from the tight end position, led by senior Trae Barry. The AllAmerican by multiple outlets was also named the top tight end in the nation by the FCS Athletics Director’s Association. He was the leading receiver for JSU that season, one that saw the Gamecocks earn the No. 4 National Seed in the FCS Playoffs and advance to the Quarterfinals for the first time since 2015. In 2019, The Gamecocks tight ends were a big part of the top offense in the Ohio Valley Conference, one that gained 419 yards per game, while also leading the OVC and ranking 14th nationally in passing with 296 yards per game. The 2018 chapter in JSU’s historic run saw as dominant a tight end duo as anyone in the nation. Barry was a First-Team All-OVC pick and a Sophomore All-American from HERO Sports after hauling in 32 passes for 503 yards and a touchdown. Position-mate Landon Rice was also a force, serving as one of the team’s top blockers and also caught 18 passes for 224 yards and a score. The 2017 season saw Gamecock football reach as high as the No. 2 spot in the major polls for the fourthstraight year and enter the FCA Playoffs as the No. 3 National Seed, the fourth-straight season that JSU has been one of the top three seeds in the postseason. The Gamecocks went 10-2 and put together their fourthstraight perfect record in OVC play. Sandlin’s Tight Ends unit was the youngest in FCS with three freshmen taking almost every snap at the position while also earning recognition on the national level. The true freshman duo of Dakota Chapman and Trae Barry handled the load at the position and produced. Chapman started every game as a blocking back, while Barry earned Second-Team All-OVC and Freshman All-America honors after hauling in three touchdown catches and over 243 receiving yards. JSU was unbeaten against FCS foes in the 2016 regular season, and Sandlin’s tight ends helped an offense that led the OVC and ranked 20th nationally in Total Offense. The unit blocked for the top rushing attack in

the OVC and the seventhbest rushing offense in the nation, while also helping that same offense score more than 30 points per game for the fourth-straight season. The 2015 campaign took Gamecock football to new heights. A 13-2 record included a 12-game win streak that was one shy of the school record and also featured over 50 school records. The Gamecocks’ lone losses were to No. 6 Auburn in overtime and to North Dakota State in the FCS title game. JSU was ranked No. 1 in the polls for the first time in school history and held that ranking for 11 weeks. The Gamecocks went unbeaten again in the OVC to win their second-straight title and was warded the No. 1 national seed in the FCS Playoffs. JSU stood up to that seeding, downing No. 7 Chattanooga in overtime in the second round before routing No. 8 Charleston Southern and No. 7 Sam Houston State in the quarters and semis, respectively. Sandlin and his tight end corps played a huge part in the most prolific offense in school history in that 2015 season, from hauling in passes to blocking for a recordbreaking running game. JSU notched a school-best 3,102 receiving yards during the year, while also rushing for a school-record 4,511 yards. Sandlin guided the JSU tight ends unit on a recordbreaking offense in 2014, one that amassed a schoolrecord 510.8 yards per game that was more than 68 yards per game more than any other offense in school history. Sandlin’s corps was led by All-Ohio Valley Conference pick Bo Brummel, who caught four touchdown passes to help the Gamecocks to a 10-2 record and a perfect 8-0 record in OVC play for the school’s fourth OVC crown. Sandlin spent the 2013 season as the recruiting analyst at Notre Dame, where he helped coordinate all of the recruiting efforts, handled special projects and assisted in the social media strategies and execution for the Fighting Irish football program.

Sandlin joined the Notre Dame staff after serving as the director of recruiting at the University of Tennessee, and he was also on the recruiting staff at the University of Alabama. During his three years at the University of Alabama, the Crimson Tide captured back-to-back FBS National Championships in 2011 and 2012. Alabama also secured the top-ranked recruiting classes in the nation in both 2011 and 2012. He was responsible for the dayto-day operations of the recruiting department for the Crimson Tide. Sandlin spent the 2009 season as tight ends coach, chief football administrator and director of player personnel at Oxford High School under current JSU head coach John Grass. Sandlin served as recruiting specialist at UCF in 200809. Prior to his stint at UCF, he was offensive coordinator, wide receivers coach, director of player personnel and executive football administrator at American Christian Academy from 2007-08. Sandlin was a scholarship tight end at University of Central Florida from 2005-07, where he helped the Golden Knights win the 2005 Conference USA Football Championship. Sandlin graduated from UCF in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in sports and fitness, and earned a master’s degree in sport management from the University of Alabama in 2012.

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Associate Head Coach • Defensive Coordinator Safeties • Fourth Season

Kelvin Sigler is entering his fourth season on the Gamecocks’ staff as John Grass’ associate head coach and safeties coach. It will be his third season as the team’s defensive coordinator. When Sigler joined the JSU staff in the spring of 2018, he brought years of experience from multiple levels with him and that has carried over into a successful tenure with the Gamecocks. His first season in 2018 was an impressive one, with both of his starting safeties grabbing All-Ohio Valley Conference honors and the Gamecocks winning an OVC-record fifth-straight conference title. Marlon Bridges was once again a First-Team All-OVC pick and an All-American, while fellow teammate Traco Williams earned his first All-OVC selection. Sigler’s unit helped JSU lead the nation in defensive touchdowns and rank in the top 20 in interceptions. Sigler came from South Alabama, where he spent two seasons as the Jaguars’ cornerbacks coach after a three-year stint at Northern Illinois. In his second season, Bridges again earned All-America honors, while safety Traco Williams, linebacker Zack Woodard and defensive end DJ Coleman joined Bridges on the All-OVC defense. His third season with the Gamecocks, his defense led the OVC in Total Defense and Rushing Defense and was a driving force in JSU winning its sixth OVC title in seven years and earning the No. 4 National Seed in the FCS Playoffs. The Gamecocks held a school-record nine-straight opponents under 100 yards rushing at one point during the season. His safeties were a big part of that success, led by Consensus First Team AllAmerican Nicario Harper, who was named the OVC’s Defensive Player of the Year and was selected the top defensive back in the nation by the FCS Athletics Directors Association. In his first season at USA, Sigler led a Jaguar defense that not only ranked in the top 10 in the nation in pass defense but among the top five schools in the country in most improved scoring defense. His second season in 2017 saw the Jaguars rank 13th in red zone defense. In his three seasons at NIU, Sigler worked with cornerbacks as NIU posted a 31-11 (73.8%) overall record and a 21-3 (87.5%) mark in the Mid-American Conference, earned three consecutive postseason bowl berths and claimed the 2014 league championship. Prior to NIU, Sigler was on the 2012 defensive staff at Alabama, where he helped the Crimson Tide to a 13-1 record and a 42-14 win over Notre Dame in the BCS National Championship Game. He went to Alabama after serving four seasons as the head coach at Blount High School in Prichard, Ala., where he led the Leopards to four-straight playoff appearances and the school’s first 10-win season since 1998 in 2011. He also served as a

high school coach at Bob Jones and Greensboro High Schools. Sigler lettered for four years at Alabama from 1995-98, helping the program to a 10-3 mark as a sophomore; the Tide played in the Southeastern Conference championship game that fall before going on to beat Michigan in the Outback Bowl. He was also part of a squad that played in a bowl game his senior season, while Alabama went 8-3 his first year at the collegiate level. During his career, Sigler intercepted six passes, led the team in tackles as a junior and was one of five permanent team captains his senior year. Sigler and his wife Gemini have three daughters, Aubre, Kelsie and Kailyn and two sons, Yessman and Kelvin Jr. Yessman is a defensive back for the Gamecocks.

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Maxwell Thurmond

Special Teams Coordinator • Outside Linebackers Second Season

A familiar face to Gamecock fans, Maxwell Thurmond returned to the sidelines at Jacksonville State in 2020 to coach the outside linebackers and special teams units.

He served as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in 2018 at Central Arkansas as the Bears went 6-5.

Thurmond is a former JSU football student-athlete and spent more than a decade as an assistant coach at his alma mater from 2001-2012, and his return was a very successful one in the 2020-21 season.

He spent two years at West Alabama in 2014-15, prior to heading to Austin Peay. He oversaw linebackers and special teams at West Alabama, where he coached current Kansas City Chief Tyreek Hill. Before going to UWA, he was an assistant coach at Reinhardt University in 2013.

Thurmond’s outside linebackers unit helped lead a Gamecock defense that was one of the top run defenses in the nation and in Gamecock history. All-American and First Team All-OVC selection DJ Coleman, Freshman All-American Jaylen Swain and All-OVC performer Umstead Sanders paced a defense that held a school-record nine-straight opponents under 100 yards rushing. The Gamecocks led the OVC in total defense, rushing defense, third-down defense and sacks en route to their sixth OVC title in seven years and the No. 4 National Seed in the FCS Playoffs. In Thurmond’s first season taking over the JSU special teams in the 2020-21 season, the Gamecocks enjoyed one of the OVC’s greatest turnarounds in that phase of the game. Freshman Michael Pettway was a First Team All-OVC selection as a kickoff returner, while freshman kicker Alen Karajic led the league in touchbacks, while also ranking third in the OVC in scoring among kickers. In his stop before coming home to JSU, Thurmond served as special teams coordinator and linebackers coach for head coach Will Healy at Charlotte in 2019. In his season with the 49ers, UNCC set school records for wins (7), Conference USA wins (5), and winning streak (5) and advanced to the program’s first bowl game. Thurmond was linebackers coach and special teams coordinator for Healy at Austin Peay in 2016-17. He inherited a team that went 0-11 the season prior. After a winless 2016 season, Thurmond helped the Govs snap their 29-game losing streak – the longest losing streak in NCAA football at the time – and go an outstanding 8-4 in just his season.

Thurmond was an assistant coach for 11 years at Jacksonville State, working with outside linebackers, defensive backs, cornerbacks, wide receivers and special teams. He was part of three Ohio Valley Conference championships and advanced to the playoffs in 2003, 2004 and 2010. He helped Jax State claim the 2011 Ohio Valley Conference Championship with an offense that averaged 414.9 yards per game against conference opponents, including 245.0 yards on the ground, and an OVC-best 148.8 pass efficiency rating. Thurmond’s special teams units ranked near the top in the OVC as the Gamecocks led the OVC in field goals (9-of-10) and were ranked third in kickoff coverage with a 41.5 net average. He began his Gamecock coaching stint on defense, where he spent seven years with the outside linebackers and two years coaching cornerbacks, and help establish the Gamecocks as one of the most dominating defenses in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Gamecocks joined the OVC in 2003 and immediately led the league in rushing defense for the first two seasons, ranking 10th nationally in 2004 and 23rd nationally in 2003. JSU led the league in turnover margin for three-straight years and finished ninth in the country in 2003, eighth in 2004 and seventh during the 2005 season. In 2008, JSU led the OVC in scoring defense for

the third straight year, allowing just 21.7 points per game. In 2007, the Gamecocks led the league in total defense (354.3 yards per game), rushing defense (145.5 yards per game) and scoring defense after allowing only 23.4 points per contest. JSU led the OVC in scoring defense for the third straight year in 2009, allowing just 17.09 points per game. The Gamecocks also led the OVC in total defense (304.82), pass defense (154.91) and pass efficiency defense (103.99). In 2010, the Gamecocks posted one of the most successful seasons in the school’s Division I history, finishing with a 9-3 overall record, and was ranked as high as No. 2 during the season. JSU also advanced to the second round of the NCAA playoffs and hosted its first home playoff game in 18 years at Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium, while also claiming one of the biggest wins in school history with a 49-48 double-overtime thriller at Ole Miss. Thurmond, a former cornerback for the Gamecocks (1996-2000), recorded 63 tackles throughout his career. As a senior, Thurmond recorded 23 tackles and had an interception return for 40 yards to help the Gamecocks defeat Nicholls State. Thurmond hold a degree in Exercise Science. A native of Sylvester, Ga. where he attended Worth County High, Thurmond and his wife, Gresha have two children: Maxwell Jr. and Asha.

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Tyler Allen

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Assistant Coach • Quarterbacks Second Season

Tyler Allen begins his second season on John Grass’ staff after joining the Gamecocks in 2020. He serves as Jacksonville State’s quarterbacks coach. His first season with the Gamecocks saw him lead a pair of All-Ohio Valley Conference signal callers in Zerrick Cooper and Zion Webb. Cooper, the incumbent to the position and an All-American in previous years, started the first four games of the season before an injury opened the door for Webb. Webb took the reins and ran with them, earning First Team All-OVC honors at quarterback and leading the Gamecocks to the OVC title and the No. 4 National Seed in the FCS Playoffs. Allen came to Jacksonville after spending the 2019 season at West Virginia as the quarterbacks graduate assistant. While working for head coach Neal Brown, Allen helped with everyday operations of the quarterback corps, was involved in on-campus recruiting and recruited the Louisiana area. During his 2019 stop with the Mountaineers, WVU quarterbacks passed for 129 first downs, averaged 248.67 passing yards per game and totaled 21 passing touchdowns over the season. Starting quarterback Austin Kendall ranked 24th nationally and fourth in the Big 12 in completions per game (20.8). Not a stranger to the state of Alabama, Allen was also the quarterbacks graduate assistant under Brown at Troy University the year prior. The 2018 season saw the Trojans post a 10-3 record and roll through the Sun Belt with a 7-1 mark to tie for first in the East. The Trojans went on to defeat Buffalo 42-32 at the Dollar General Bowl for school record fourth-straight bowl title. Troy quarterbacks passed for a total of 2,799 yards, 25 TDs and averaged 215.3 yards per game. Allen made two more bowl game trips as a member of LSU’s coaching staff in 2016 and 2017. While serving as an offensive student assistant, Allen helped the Tigers to a 29-9 win over Louisville at the 2016 Citrus Bowl and a runner-up finish to Notre Dame at the 2017 Citrus Bowl. Allen worked closely with Tigers quarterback Danny Etling, who was drafted by the New England Patriots in the seventh round of the 2018 NFL Draft. Prior to beginning his coaching career, Allen spent two seasons as a studentathlete at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Following two seasons as a quarterback with the Bulldogs, Allen transferred to LSU where he received his degree in General Business with a minor in Personal Investment. Allen is a 2013 graduate of St. Stanislaus High School in Bay St. Louis, Miss., where he was the varsity starting quarterback for his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. During his senior campaign, the shot-caller passed for 4,262 yards, rushed for another 862 yards and totaled 60 touchdowns – 49 through the air and 11 on the ground. Allen is a native of Long Beach, Miss.

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Pass Game Coordinator • Wide Receivers Fifth Season

Cody Wells enters his fifth season on John Grass’ staff after returning in 2016 to take over as the quarterbacks coach. The 2020 season will be his second leading the JSU wide receivers.

starting quarterback Bryant Horn. The junior moved to the position from the defensive side and, under Wells’ leadership, grabbed First Team All-OVC honors in his first year as a starting quarterback.

Wells rejoined Grass and the Gamecocks after one season as the quarterbacks coach at his alma mater of Louisiana at Monroe in 2015. He was a graduate assistant at JSU in 2014, when the Gamecocks rolled to the Ohio Valley Conference title with a perfect 8-0 mark in league play.

His first season in charge of the JSU signal callers in 2016 was nothing short of spectacular. He oversaw a unit that featured three-time First Team All-OVC quarterback Eli Jenkins, who was also named the OVC’s Offensive Player of the Year and the OVC’s Male Athlete of the Year in both his junior and senior seasons.

In three years over the JSU quarterbacks, Wells has had the First Team All-OVC selection in each after Eli Jenkins claimed the honor in 2016, Bryant Horn in 2017 and Zerrick Cooper in 2018. He has played a large role in helping JSU claim three OVC titles and just six OVC losses in four seasons, extending the Gamecocks’ streak of conference titles to an OVCrecord five from 2014-18. The 2019 season was his first as the Gamecocks’ wide receivers coach and one that saw plenty of production from his unit. Josh Pearson earned his second-straight All-America honors after hauling in 59 catches for 943 yards, the fifth-most in a season in school history. He wrapped up an historic career that resulted in a free agent contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Wells’ third season, 2018, was an historic one for the Gamecock quarterbacks unit. Cooper was a Sophomore All-American and had the best passing season in school history. He set new school records with 3,416 yards, 32 touchdown passes and 251 completions. His 290.9 yards of total offense per game were also a new school record. He ranked third nationally in touchdown passes and fourth in passing yards in 2018, while also finishing among the national leaders in passing efficiency (13th– 147.6) and total offense (15th– 290.9). With just one season under his belt at JSU, he already ranked seventh in school history in career touchdown passes and 10thin career passing yards. The 2017 season saw JSU post a 10-2 record and an 8-0 mark in league play. The Gamecocks led the OVC in scoring offense behind the leadership of first-year

Jenkins was a dual-threat quarterback that ran for 1,127 yards and 13 scores, while passing for 2,107 yards and 11 more touchdowns. Thanks to the production at the quarterback position, the Gamecocks led the OVC and was seventh nationally in rushing offense and once against posted one of the top offenses in the nation. Wells returned to JSU after spending the 2015 campaign as quarterbacks coach of the Warhawks. He led freshman quarterback Garrett Smith to a 2,000yard passing campaign that also saw him complete over 57 percent of his passes for 17 touchdowns before suffering a late season injury. Wells knows success in the passing game and helped the Gamecocks to then-unprecedented success during his one season in 2014. In that season, he assisted with the wide receiver unit, one that helped the Gamecocks roll up a school-record 510.8 yards per game. Those numbers were instrumental in the Gamecocks going 10-2, including that perfect OVC record and the school’s fourth OVC title. Then-sophomore Josh Barge caught 56 passes for 919 yards and four touchdowns in that 2014 season. He was an All-OVC pick and led a group of 15 players that caught at least one pass during the season and seven players that caught at least one touchdown. Wells began his coaching career in 2013 as an offensive graduate assistant at ULM. That season, he assisted with quarterback Kolton Browning, who threw for 2,179 yards and 21 touchdowns before

wrapping up his career with a school-record 81 passing touchdowns and over 10,000 yards. Browning was later invited to the Dallas Cowboys training camp. Prior to his coaching career, Wells appeared in 47 games during his four seasons with the Warhawks. He finished that career with 1,897 passing yards and 13 touchdown passes, while tallying a 118.8 pass efficiency rating. As a senior, he started at Arkansas State and finished the game 37-of-53 for 357 yards and two touchdowns. During that final season, he completed 64.1 percent of his passes. Wells was named to the Sun Belt Conference’s Academic Honor Roll each season at ULM. He was also named the recipient of both the ULM President’s Award and the AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl Scholar-Athlete Award in 2012. In July of 2017, Wells married the former Allie McComas of Monroe, La. The couple had their first child, Anna Collins, in July of 2018, and their second child, Cannon Bradley, was born in September of 2020.

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The Riley Green Athletic Sports Performance Center at Stephenson Hall opened in spring 2020. The renovated 12,000 square foot space, once home to the Gamecock basketball program in its formative years, serves all 17 of Jacksonville State’s intercollegiate teams. Renovations to the Stephenson gym began in January 2020 and was completed at the end of March 2020. The weight room features 14 custom Hammer Strength racks, wall-to-wall rubber flooring and a 35-yard artificial turf area that stretches hashmark to hashmark. Additional upgrades include a state-of-the-art surround sound and speaker system, more than 100 barbell sets, over 300 Hammer Strength olympic weights and two corner projectors and 12-foot video screens. The open area and 14 doublesided racks translate into 28 working stations, allowing for multiple teams to use the facility at once without overcrowding.

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QUICK FACTS • Opened March 2020 • Located at Stephenson Hall • 12,000 sq./ft. • 4,200 sq./ft. turf area • 28 Hammer Strength weight stations • More than 100 barbell sets and 300 Olympic weights • Two corner projectors and 12-foot video screens • Additional 5,000 sq./ft. recovery center • Surround sound speaker system

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The turf serves as a warm-up area prior to workout sessions while doubling as a space for super sets during lifts. The turf is rated to withstand heavy drills such as sled pulls and tire flips. Also, JSU is putting the finishing touches on an additional 5,000 square foot room located adjacent to the main workout area, formally the home of the University Recreation Fitness Center, into a rehabilitation and recovery center for injured student-athletes that require individual training. Both facilities will combine to provide more than 17,000 square feet of training space for Gamecock athletes. The athletic performance facility previously presided inside Kennamer Hall. Total floor space of the former weight room was 5,000 square feet with 10 racks and a two-speaker sound system.

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Brandon Schoeneck came to JSU prior to the 2016-17 academic year as a part of the men’s basketball staff. He enters his second year as the Gamecocks’ Director of Sports Performance and handles the strength and conditioning responsibilities of the men’s and women’s basketball teams.

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Former All-American Gavin Hallford enters his ninth season working in the Strength and Conditioning department and his second as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. He is JSU’s all-time leading scorer in football with 311 career points and works directly with the football and softball teams.

Also playing a vital role in the JSU Strength and Conditioning department is Ricky Rutledge, a former head football coach at Jacksonville High School. Rutledge enters his 14th season with the Gamecocks and works with the tennis, golf and rifle teams.

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In addition to the football training room at Burgess-Snow Field, Gamecock student-athletes enjoy a spacious training room at Pete Mathews Coliseum. The PMC Training Room features six training tables, four taping tables, two whirlpools and ice, along with stationary bikes and treadmills. The training room is open to all JSU studentathletes and is home to the training staff’s offices.

The football team’s main training room is located inside Gamecock Field House. Following a remodel of the facility, the team’s training room doubled in square footage and houses state-of-the-art features. Under the direction of six full-time certified athletic trainers, three certified assistant athletic trainers and numerous student trainers, the staff oversees all the medical needs for all 17 Gamecock teams. In the summer of 2016, Jacksonville State and Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center announced a partnership that made the Birmingham-based practice JSU’s primary provider for orthopedic care.

ATI PHYSICAL THERAPY ROOM Opened in fall 2018, Jacksonville State’s physical therapy room is located inside Pete Mathews Coliseum, just steps away from the PMC Training Room. Operated by ATI Physical Therapy, the facility is available to all student-athletes recovering from injuries and surgeries. ATI, named the best physical therapy practice in the nation by multiple publications, offers multiple tables, free weights and exercise equipment for Gamecocks looking to return to play.

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HARRISON SPORTS CHIROPRACTIC Harrison Sports Chiropractic provides chiropractic services for all JSU student-athletes at home games, but Pete Mathews Coliseum also serves as a third office for HSC. Located just off the training room and next-door to the physical therapy room, Harrison Sports Chiropractic is available to treat the Gamecocks for injuries and body pain, and offers routine adjustments.

Dr. Michael Hurndon Primary Care Doctor

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Michael Polascik, ATC Head Athletic Trainer Football

Purchased and installed in spring 2020, Jacksonville State is now a cryo certified location and is home to the only cryo chamber between Birmingham and Atlanta. The Cryo Innovations Model XR can be used in lieu of ice baths following practice and competition to treat muscle pain, sprains and soft tissue damage in seconds.

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Dr. Don C. Killingsworth, Jr.

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Dr. Don C. Killingsworth, Jr., has dedicated most of his professional career to Jacksonville State University. Upon graduating from the university with a bachelor’s degree in geography in 1999 and a master’s degree in counseling in 2001, the former Student Government Association president worked for more than a year as a consultant for American College Testing, Inc., the provider of the ACT college entrance exam. He returned to his alma mater in 2002 to support student success as coordinator of Academic Advisement. Soon after, he was named director of Government Relations by former university president and personal mentor Dr. William Meehan.

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He was later promoted to chief external affairs officer. He received his doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Alabama in 2016. Throughout his career at JSU, Dr. Killingsworth has been passionate about Student Success, and as president, he aims to make Student Success a central goal for the university. As acting president, in January 2020, he created the Division of Student Success to assist all JSU students in attaining their educational goals.

Jacksonville First United Methodist Church and Jacksonville Exchange Club. A native of Alexander City, Alabama, Dr. Killingsworth is married to JSU alumna Kristi Killingsworth. They have two children and enjoy living in the historic President’s House on campus.

Dr. Killingsworth is active in the community, serving as vice-chair of the Calhoun County Area Chamber and Visitors Center Board of Directors. He also serves on the City of Jacksonville Industrial Development Board and President’s Council of the ASUN Conference. He is a member of

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Randy Jones – Chairman District 5 Sen. Vivian Davis Figures – Vice Chair District 1 Gale Saxon Main District 2 District 3 Greg Brown District 3 Tony Smoke District 4 Clarence W. Daugette, III District 6 Rusty Fuller District 7 Drew Linn At-Large Tony Ingram At-Large Randy Owen

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Randy Jones-Chairman District 5-Guntersville, AL

Clarence Daugette, III District 4-Gadsden, AL

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Rusty Fuller

District 6-Birmingham, AL

Tony Smoke

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GREG SEITZ ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Greg Seitz was named Director of Athletics at Jacksonville State on February 26, 2016 after more than two decades of service to the University.

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Seitz, who is in his 29th year in the athletic department at JSU, served as interim Athletic Director for 14 months, marking his third term as the interim Athletic Director for the Gamecock athletic department. In Seitz’s six-plus years at the helm, the Gamecocks have seen unprecedented success on the field and in the classroom. The 201516 season saw JSU’s highest ever finish in the men’s Capital One Cup at No. 18, ranking the Gamecocks in the top 20 athletic departments among 347 NCAA Division I athletic programs. The 2016-17 season also saw JSU finish in the top 40 at No. 39, tied with Louisville, Harvard and South Carolina and 35 spots ahead of the next Ohio Valley Conference program. Seitz was instrumental in the Gamecocks’ move from the OVC to the ASUN Conference in 2021, a move that brought JSU back to its first Division I conference home, and the inception of ASUN Football, which debuts in the 2021-2022 academic year. The move came after the Gamecocks dominated the OVC in a tenure that saw them win 81 conference titles – nine in football - and make over 50 trips to NCAA Postseason play. The 2015 football season saw the football team post it’s first-ever No. 1 ranking in school history, and earn the No. 1 National seed in the FCS Playoffs before advancing to JSU’s first Division I National Championship Game appearance. The Gamecocks set more than 50 school records and ranked in the top three in attendance at the FCS level after hosting three-straight home playoff games. The Gamecocks won a JSU- and Ohio Valley Conference-record five consecutive league titles and won a league-record 36-straight OVC games from 2014 to 2018, the second-longest conference win streak in FCS history. The Gamecocks were the only Division I program to win its conference title outright during those five seasons. They would win again in 2020 to give them their ninth OVC title and sixth in a sevenyear span. In the classroom, the Gamecock student-athletes posted a record 3.31 GPA for the 2019-20

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academic year, the highest cumulative GPA in school history. The Spring 2020 semester guided the year to its record-breaking mark with an impressive 3.47 GPA for the term. JSU followed that up with an impressive 3.256 GPA in 202021, the ninth-straight year the student-athletes achieved at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA. In fact, the past four years under Seitz’s leadership have resulted in the four highest cumulative GPAs in program history. Seitz has been with JSU since 1993, when he began working as assistant sports information director. In 1999, he became Sports Information Director and was promoted to Associate Athletic Director in 2002, before being promoted to Senior Associate Athletic Director in 2011. During his term as interim and Athletic Director, Seitz has been instrumental in many of the facility upgrades at Jacksonville State, including renovations at Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case Stadium, Pete Mathews Coliseum, the Athletic Sports Performance Center and the recently approved football facility that will include a new dressing room, player’s lounge, training room, hydro-therapy recovery, meeting rooms, coaches offices, equipment and laundry area, theatre-style team meeting space and a game day recruiting area. Seitz was also involved in the softball stadium and dressing room expansion. In the summer of 2016, Seitz unveiled plans for a $7.5 million renovation to JSU’s Baseball Stadium, Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case Stadium. The project was completed in time for the 2019 season and includes a 1,000-seat spectator grand stand with a shade canopy, an elevated,

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shaded entertainment or hospitality deck and service amenities, a new state-of-the-art press box and a game operations center. The summer of 2017 saw Seitz and the Board of Trustees release their plan to install new state-ofthe-art high definition video boards in BurgessSnow Field, Rudy Abbott Field and University Field, while also placing new scoreboards at the JSU Soccer Field and the JSU Tennis Courts. That project went one step further in 2019, when a pair of video boards were installed in Pete Mathews Coliseum. Also in 2017, Seitz announced an extension of a 14-year partnership between JSU Athletics and Adidas, securing the Portland, Ore., based company as the Gamecocks’ official athletic apparel and footwear brand through the 2021-22 season. Seitz has served on the NCAA Men’s Final Four Media Coordinator team for the last 10 years and also serves on the administrative team for the NCAA Division I College World Series. He is currently a member of the NCAA Championships Financial Working Group that was formed in 2019. He was named to the NCAA FCS Football Committee in 2016 and served as the chair of that committee in 2019. In addition, he served as a member of the NCAA Football Oversight Committee in 2019-20 and is as a site representative for the NCAA during the Division I Baseball Regionals and Super Regionals. He has worked numerous NCAA Championships and Alabama High School Athletic Association events over the last 28 years. In 2002, he became the first SID elected as President of the Alabama Sports Writers Association and currently serves as the organization’s secretary and treasurer.

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Dr. Greg Bonds Senior Associate AD

Josh Underwood Associate AD/Media Relations

Ed Lett Development

Donna Callan Manager of Athletic Marketing and Promotions

Dr. Maureen Newton Faculty Athletic Rep .

Patrick Williams Public Address Announcer

Paige McDonald Assistant AD for Business Operations

Dodie Gill Coliseum Sports Secretary

Mike Davis Academic Advisor

Beverly Barnwell Academic Support

Megan Phillips Football Secretary

Roshard Cargill Coliseum Sports Facility Coordinator

Brandon Phillips Athletics Graphics Designer

Lori McFall Executive Secretary to the AD

Doug Phillis Tickets

Daniel Porter Assistant Sports Information Director

Tony Schmidt Assistant Sports Information Director

Ricky Rutledge Coordinator of Athletic Facilities

Steve Kines Video Production

Mark Jones Athletic Operations Assistant

Tracy Broom Assistant AD/Academics/SWA

Misty Ray Assistant AD/Compliance

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JSU ATH LETI C D I R ECTO RY All Area Code (256) SPORTS INFORMATION STAFF Josh Underwood 782-5915 Associate AD/Media Relations underwood@jsu.edu Cell 453-0545 TBA 782-5977 Assistant SID TBA Cell TBA Tony Schmidt 782-5377 Assistant SID tschmidt@jsu.edu Daniel Porter 782-5965 Assistant SID dporter2@jsu.edu SID FAX Number 782-5958 Internet: www.JSUGamecockSports.com ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S OFFICE Greg Seitz 782-5368 Athletic Director gseitz@jsu.edu Greg Bonds 782-5988 Senior Associate AD gbonds@jsu.edu Mike Parris 782-5890 Assistant AD/Broadcasting mparris@jsu.edu Doug Phillips 782-8499 Tickets dphillips@jsu.edu Lori McFall 782-5536 Executive Secretary to the AD lmcfall@jsu.edu Misty C. Ray 782-5970 mcassell@jsu.edu Assistant AD/Compliance Brandon Phillips 782-5374 Athletics Graphics Designer bphillips6@jsu.edu 782-5737 Tracy Broom Assistant AD/Academics/SWA tbroom@jsu.edu Avery Davis 782-8108 tadavis@jsu.edu Athletic Operations Coordinator Mike Davis 782-5889 Academics mdavis@jsu.edu Jalon Johnson 782-5536 jjohnson23@jsu.edu Compliance Specialist Paige McDonald 782-5812 Assistant AD for Business Operations pamcdonald@jsu.edu 782-5564 Donna Callan Manager of Marketing and Promotions dcallan@jsu.edu Brandon Schoeneck 782-5113 bschoeneck@jsu.edu Director of Sports Performance Steve Kines 782-5527 skines@jsu.edu Athletics Video Production Beverly Barnwell 782-8233 Academics btbarnwell@jsu.edu Roshard Cargill 782-5077 Coliseum Facility Coordinator rcargill@jsu.edu BASEBALL Jim Case 782-5367 Head Coach jwcase@jsu.edu Evan Bush 782-5358 Assistant Coach ebush@jsu.edu 782-8141 Mike Murphree Assistant Coach mmurphree@jsu.edu FOOTBALL John Grass 782-5365 Head Coach jgrass@jsu.edu Greg Stewart 782-5376 Linebackers gstewart@jsu.edu Maxwell Thurmond 782-5089 Special Teams/Outside Linebackers thurmond@jsu.edu Kelvin Sigler 782-8252 ksigler@jsu.edu Associate Head Coach/Def. Coordinator/Safeties Jimmy Ogle 782-5378 Assistant Head Coach/Off. Coordinator/Running Backs jogle@jsu.edu Kevin Revis 782-5365 Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line krevis@jsu.edu J.R. Sandlin 782-5372 Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator jrsandlin@jsu.edu Cody Wells 782-5371 Pass Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers cwell2@jsu.edu Tyler Allen 782-5936 Quarterbacks tjallen@jsu.edu Owen Kilgore 782-5365 Pass Defense Coordinator/CBs/Special Teams okilgore@jsu.edu TBA 782-5375 Defensive Line TBA

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TENNIS Mike Mucci Head Men’s & Women’s Tennis Coach Andres Gomez Assistant Tennis Coach SOFTBALL Jana McGinnis Head Coach Julie Boland Assistant Coach Sallie Beth Burch Assistant Coach GOLF James Hobbs Head Men’s & Women’s Golf Coach Jacob Joiner Assistant Coach MEN’S BASKETBALL Ray Harper Head Coach Tysor Anderson Assistant Coach Jake Morton Assistant Coach Tommy Wade Assistant Coach Dennan Morrow Coordinator of Basketball Operations WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Rick Pietri Head Coach Eric Wise Assistant Coach Altherias Warmley Assistant Coach Rabun Wright Assistant Coach RIFLE Ron Frost Head Coach WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Todd Garvey Head Coach MacKenzie Rombach Assistant Coach Jordan Coomes Assistant Coach CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD Matthew Boone Head Coach Roger Cooke Assistant Coach WOMEN’S SOCCER Neil Macdonald Head Coach Robert Gardner Assistant Coach CHEERLEADING Brett Langston Head Coach ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF Alex Gee Sports Medicine Olivia Keefe Sports Medicine Michael Polascik Sports Medicine Reghan Humphreys Sports Medicine Dillon Barron Sports Medicine Kate Adcock Sports Medicine TICKET OFFICE Football Press Box Basketball Press Row

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2021 – 6 P.M. JSU STADIUM AT BURGESS-SNOW FIELD (24,000) JACKSONVILLE, ALABAMA

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Tallahassee, Fla. FLocation: Birmingham, Ala. Founded: 1969 Enrollment: 22,563 President: Dr. Ray Watts Athletic Director: Mark Ingram Affiliation: NCAA Division I (FBS) Conference: Conference USA Nickname: Blazers Colors: Forest Green and Old Gold Stadium: Protective Stadium Capacity: TBA Playing Surface: UAB Leads, 3-2 Series vs JSU: UAB Leads, 3-2 First Meeting: 1994, JSU 28-12 Last Meeting: 2005, UAB 35-28

MEDIA INFORMATION Football SID: Ted Feeley Office Phone: 205-704-4147 Email: tfeeley@uab.edu SID Mailing Address: 1720 2nd Ave. S, Bartow Arena, 617 13th St S Birmingham, AL 35294 HEAD COACH Head Coach: Bill Clark Alma Mater, Year Jacksonville State, 1990 Record at School (Year) 40-22 (6th Year) Career Record (Year) 51-26 (7th Year) Football Office Phone:

ASSISTANT COACHES, POSITIONS Bryant Vincent Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks David Reeves Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Offensive Line Coach Richard Owens Joe Craddock Tight Ends Coach Larry Smith Wide Receivers Coach Kyle Tatum Defensive Line Coach Nick Gentry Outside Linebackers Coach Defensive Backs/Pass Game Coordinator Blake Schrader Jay Simpson Cornerbacks Heath Thomas Special Teams/Running Backs

SEPT. 25, 2021 – 3 P.M. BURGESS-SNOW FIELD AT JSU STADIUM (24,000) JACKSONVILLE, ALABAMA

SEPT. 11, 2021 – 7 PM BOBBY BOWDEN FIELD AT DOAK CAMPBELL STADIUM (79,560) TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA MEDIA INFORMATION Football SID: Steven McCartney Office Phone: 850-644-3920 Email: smccartney@fsu.edu SID Mailing Address: PO Box 2195, Tallahassee, FL 32316 HEAD COACH Head Coach: Alma Mater, Year Record at School (Year) Career Record (Year) Football Office Phone:

ASSISTANT COACHES, POSITIONS Kenny Dillingham Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Adam Fuller Defensive Coordinator John Papuchis Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Ends Chris Thomsen Deputy Head Coach/Tight Ends Odell Haggins Associate Head Coach/Defensive Tackles Alex Atkins Offensive Line Coach Ron Dugans Wide Receivers Coach David Johnson Recruiting Coordinator/Running Backs Chris Marve Defensive Run Game Coordinator/Linebackers Marcus Woodson Defensive Pass Game Coordinator/Defensive Backs

GENERAL INFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION Location: Florence, Alabama Football SID: Jeff Hodges Founded: 1830 Office Phone: 256-765-4595 Enrollment: 8,000 Email: sportsinformation@una.edu President: Dr. Ken Kitts SID Mailing Address: UNA Box 5038 Athletic Director: TBA Florence, AL 35632 Affiliation: NCAA Division I (FCS) Conference: Big South Conference Nickname: Lions HEAD COACH Colors: Purple and Gold Head Coach: Chris Willis Stadium: Braly Municiple Stadium Alma Mater, Year Delta State. 1998 Capacity: 14,215 Record at School (Year) 16-19 (5th Year) Playing Surface: Grass Career Record (Year) same Series vs JSU: JSU Leads: 27-18-3 Football Office Phone: 256-765-4634 First Meeting: 1949: JSU 12-7 Last Meeting: 2020: JSU 24-17 ASSISTANT COACHES, POSITIONS Zach Lisko Offensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator Receivers Tyler Rice Steadman Campbell Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Blake Farris Defensive Backs Gabe Poe Linebackers/Camp Coordinator Cordell Upshaw Defensive Line Wide Receivers/Recruiting Colby Ellis

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SEPT. 1, 2021 – 6:30 PM CRAMTON BOWL (25,000) MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Tallahassee, Fla. Founded: 1851 41,551 Enrollment: President: John Thrasher Athletic Director: David Coburn Affiliation: NCAA Division I (FBS) Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference Seminoles Nickname: Colors: Garnet and Gold Stadium: Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium Capacity: 79,560 Playing Surface: Natural Grass Series vs JSU: FSU: 2-1 First Meeting: 1947: JSU 7-0 Last Meeting: 2020: FSU 41-24

Mike Norvell Central Arkansas, 2005 3-6 (2nd Year) 41-21 (6th Year) 850-644-1465

GENERAL INFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION Location: Martin, Tenn. Alex Boggis Football SID: Founded: 1900, Senior College, 1951 Office Phone: 731-881-7694 7,117 Enrollment: Email: DABoggis@utm.edu Chancellor: Dr. Keith Carver SID Mailing Address: 1022 Elam Center Athletic Director: Kurt McGuffin 15 Mount Pelia Affiliation: NCAA Division I (FCS) Conference: Ohio Valley Conference Road, Martin, TN 38238 Skyhawks Nickname: Colors: Navy Blue and Orange HEAD COACH Stadium: Hardy M. Graham Stadium Head Coach: Jason Simpson Capacity: 7,500 Alma Mater, Year Southern Miss, 1995 Playing Surface: Field Turf Record at School (Year) 90-77 (16th) Series vs JSU: JSU Leads: 35-8 Career Record (Year) same First Meeting: 1967: UTM 38-0 Football Office Phone: 859-622-2146 Last Meeting: 2020: JSU 37-20 ASSISTANT COACHES, POSITIONS Chris Polizzi Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Kevin Bannon Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Matt Jones Run Game Coordinator/Tight Ends and Tackles Jay MacIntyre Wide Receivers George Frazier Defensive Line Brandon Butcher Linebackers Drew Tate Quarterbacks Devonte Howard Running Backs Sheldon Dawson Cornerbacks

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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Kennesaw, Georgia Founded: 1963 Enrollment: 41,181 President: Kathy Schwaig Athletics Director: Milton Overton Affiliation: NCAA Division I. FCS Conference: Big South Conference Nickname: Owls Colors: Black and Gold Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Capacity: 8,300 Playing Surface: Hybrid Grass Series vs. JSU: KSU leads:2-0 First Meeting: 2017, KSU 17-7 Last Meeting: 2018, KSU 60-52 (5ot)

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Huntsville, Texas Founded: 1879 Enrollment: 20,477 President: Dr. Dana Hoyt Athletic Director: Bobby Williams Affiliation: NCAA Division I (FCS) Conference: Western Athletic Conference Nickname: Bearkats Colors: Orange and White Stadium: Elliott T. Bowers Stadium Capacity: 12,975 Playing Surface: AstroTurf Series vs JSU: Tied, 5-5 First Meeting: 1994, SHSU 17-10 Last Meeting: 2015, JSU 62-10

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OCTOBER 23. 2021 – 2 PM ELLIOTT T. BOWERS STADIUM (12,975) HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS

MEDIA INFORMATION Football SID: Nolan Alexander Office Phone: 470-578-2800 Email: nalexa@kennesaw.edu SID Mailing Address: 590 Cobb Avenue Mailbox 0201 Kennesaw, GA 30144 HEAD COACH Head Coach: Alma Mater, Year: Record at School (Year): Career Record (Year): Football Office Phone:

Brian Bohannon Georgia (1993) 52-16 (7th Year) 52-16 (7th Year) 470-578-7940

MEDIA INFORMATION Ben Rokard Football SID: Office Phone: 936-294-1764 Email: ben.rikard@shsu.edu SID Mailing Address: Sam Houston Athletics PO Box 2268 Huntsville, TX 77341 HEAD COACH Head Coach: Alma Mater, Year Record at School (Year) Career Record (Year) Football Office Phone:

K.C. Keeler Delaware, 1981 69-22 (8th Year) 243-95-1 (28th Year) 936-294-1735

ASSISTANT COACHES, POSITIONS Grant Chesnut Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Danny Verpaele Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Wide Receivers Coach Ossie Buchannon Stewart Cook Tight Ends and Tackles Coach Liam Klein Recruiting Coordinator/Defensive Line Cornerbacks Coach Darius Safford Rico Zackery Defensive Ends Coach/Special Teams Chandler Burks Quarterbacks Coach Greg Harris Linebackers Coach Joe Speed Running Backs Coach

ASSISTANT COACHES, POSITIONS Clayton Carlin Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Ryan Carty Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Passing Game Coordinator / Wide Receivers Terence Archer Gary McGraw Cornerbacks/Special Teams Coordinator/Def. Pass Game Coordinator Chris Buckner Running Backs/Offensive Recruiting Coordinator Offensive Line Coach Chris Rogers Joe Morris Defensive Line Coach Jared Hensley Linebackers Coach Matt Merkens Tight Ends Coach

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OCTOBER 9. 2021 – 3 PM BURGESS-SNOW FIELD AT JSU STADIUM (24,000) JACKSONVILLE, ALABAMA

GENERAL INFORMATION .Nacogdoches, Texas Location: Founded: 1923 Enrollment: 13,144 President: Dr. Scott Gordon Athletic Director: Ryan Ivey NCAA Division I (FCS) Affiliation: Conference: Western Athletic Conference Nickname: Lumberjacks Colors: Purple and White Stadium: Homer Bryce Stadium Capacity: 14,575 Playing Surface: Hellas Matrix Turf Series vs JSU: SFA leads: 6-1 First Meeting: 1996, SFA 42-10 Last Meeting: 2002, SFA 36-28 ASSISTANT COACHES, POSITIONS Matt Storm Offensive Coordinator Scott Power Defensive Coordinator Jamarkus McFarland Defensive Tackles Coach Marcus Walker Cornerbacks Coach Kevin Bleil Inside Wide Receivers Coach Caid Faske Defensive Ends Coach Jared May Quarterbacks Coach Nathan Young Offensive Line Coach Cameron Rogers Linebackers Coach

OCTOBER 30. 2021 – 1 PM BURGESS-SNOW FIELD AT JSU STADIUM (24,000) JACKSONVILLE, ALABAMA MEDIA INFORMATION Football SID: Kevin Meyer Office Phone: 936-468-7106 Email: meyerkt@sfasu.edu SID Mailing Address: SFA Athletics, PO Box 13010 SFA Station Nacogdoches, TX 75962 HEAD COACH Head Coach: Alma Mater, Year Record at School (Year) Career Record (Year) Football Office Phone:

Colby Carthel Taxes A&M, 2007 9-13 (3rd Year) 68-31 (9th Year) 936-468-4200

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Conway, Ark. Founded: 1907 Enrollment: 11,487 President: Houston Davis Dr. Brad Teague Athletic Director: Affiliation: NCAA Division I (FCS) Conference: ASUN Conference Nickname: Bears Colors: Purple and Black Stadium: Estes Stadium Capacity: 12,755 Playing Surface: FieldTurf Series vs JSU: First Meeting First Meeting: N/A Last Meeting: N/A

MEDIA INFORMATION Football SID: Steve East Office Phone: 501-450-5743 Email: seast@uca.edu SID Mailing Address: Media Relations PO Box 5004 201 Donaghey Ave. Conway, AR 72035 HEAD COACH Head Coach: Alma Mater, Year Record at School (Year) Career Record (Year) Football Office Phone:

Nathan Brown Central Arkansas, 2009 20-13 (4th Year) same 501-450-3153

ASSISTANT COACHES, POSITIONS Brooks Hollingsworth Assistant Head Coach/Tight Ends Ken Collums Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Matt Kitchens Defensive Coordinator/Outside Linebacker Gunnar Boykin Offensive Line Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Tony Davis Defensive Line Coach Nelson Gunnell Running Backs Coach Tayler Polk Special Teams Coordinator Keith Scott Pass Game Coordinator/Defensive Backs Kristen Trammell Asst. Defensive Backs Coach Jamar Johnson Wide Receivers Coach

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NOVEMBER 6. 2021 – 1 PM BURGESS-SNOW FIELD AT JSU STADIUM (24,000) JACKSONVILLE, ALABAMA

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Abilene, Texas Founded: 1906 Enrollment: 5,210 President: Dr. Phil Schubert Athletic Director: Dr. Jonathan Stewart Affiliation: NCAA Division I (FCS) Conference: Western Athletic Conference Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Purple and White Stadium: Wildcat Stadium Capacity: 12,000 Playing Surface: FieldTurf Series vs JSU: First Meeting First Meeting: N/A Last Meeting: N/A

NOVEMBER 20, 2021 – TBA ROY KID STADIUM (20,000) RICHMOND, KENTUCKY

MEDIA INFORMATION Football SID: Chris Macaluso Office Phone: 325-439-8565 Email: cjm11@acu.edu SID Mailing Address: ACU Media Relations Moody Coliseum 1201 East Ambler Ave. Abilene, Texas 79699 HEAD COACH Head Coach: Alma Mater, Year Record at School (Year) Career Record (Year) Football Office Phone:

Adam Dorrel Northwest Missouri State, 1998 14-26 (5th Year) 90-34 (11th Year) 325-674-2042

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Richmond, Ky. Founded: 1906 Enrollment: 14,980 President: Dr. David McFaddin Athletic Director: Matt Roan Affiliation: NCAA Division I (FCS) Conference: ASUN Conference Nickname: Colonels Colors: Maroon and White Stadium: Roy Kid Stadium Capacity: 20,000 Playing Surface: Synthetic Turf Series vs JSU: JSU Leads: 10-7 First Meeting: 2003: JSU 49-14 Last Meeting: 2019: EKU 29-23 ASSISTANT COACHES, POSITIONS Jake Johnson Defensive Coordinator Andy Richman Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs Wide Receivers Caleb Cox Derek Day Inside Linebackers/Co-Special Teams | Mike Dietzel Safetues Cornerbacks Chris Franklin Jeremy Hawkins Defensive Line/Run Coordinator Eric Losey Offensive Line/Recruiting Kevin McKeethan Tight Ends/Co-Special Teams Trent Steelman Quarterbacks

ASSISTANT COACHES, POSITIONS Josh Lamberson Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Clint Brown Defensive Coordinator James Curlee Wide Receivers Coach Cornerbacks Travis Dixon Zach Williams Safeties/Co-Recruiting Coordinator Bryce Baccarini Running Backs/Fullbacks/Recruiting Travis Britz Defensive Line Cody Scribner Defensive Line Offensive Line Drew Liddle Dimitri Donald Tight Ends

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021 – TBA PROVOST UMPHREY STADIUM (16,000) BEAUMONT, TEXAS GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Beaumont, Texas Founded: 1923 14,783 Enrollment: President: Dr. Kenneth Evans Athletic Director: Marco Born Affiliation: NCAA Division I (FCS) Conference: Western Athletic Conference Cardinals Nickname: Colors: Red and White Stadium: Provost Umphrey Stadium Capacity: 16,000 Playing Surface: Matrix Turf Series vs JSU: First Meeting First Meeting: N/A Last Meeting: N/A

MEDIA INFORMATION Football SID: James Dixon Office Phone: 409-880-8329 Email: jdixon9@lamar.edu SID Mailing Address: Media Relations P.O. Box 10066 Beaumont, TX 77710 HEAD COACH Head Coach: Alma Mater, Year Record at School (Year) Career Record (Year) Football Office Phone:

Blane Morgan Air Force, 1999 2-4 (2nd Year) same 409-880-7157

ASSISTANT COACHES, POSITIONS Patrick Covington Asst. Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator Rom Antoine Co-offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers Matt Weikert Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers Coby Gipson Recruiting Coordinator/Running Backs Jackson Eskierka Quarterbacks Coach Austen Jacobs Tight Ends Coach Scott Thiessen Outside Linebackers Wayne Cordova Defensive Backs Coach Cameron Davis Defensive Line Coach

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MEDIA INFORMATION Football SID: Kevin Britton Office Phone: 859-622-2006 Email: kevin.britton@eku.edu SID Mailing Address: 521 Lancaster Ave. Alumni Coliseum 115 Richmond, KY 40475 HEAD COACH Head Coach: Alma Mater, Year Record at School (Year) Career Record (Year) Football Office Phone:

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JACKSONVILLE STATE - 24 FLORIDA STATE – 41

RUSHING: Jacksonville State-Josh Samuel 2-20; Uriah West 5-15; Zerrick Cooper 9-14; MATTHEWS,Michae 4-14; Zion Webb 1-3; TEAM 1-minus 3. Florida St.-Toafili,Lawranc 12-99; Corbin,Jashaun 14-63; Webb,La’Damian 10-55; Travis,Jordan 11-48; Wilson,Ontaria 1-13; Terry,Tamorrion 1-4; ,TEAM 1-minus 2; Rodemaker,Tate 3-minus 17.

OCTOBER 3, 2020 – TALLAHASSEE, FLA. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Kicking off its season in October for the first time since 1926, Jacksonville State led Florida State for a majority of the afternoon Saturday before dropping a 41-24 decision at Doak Campbell Stadium.

PASSING: Jacksonville State-Zerrick Cooper 22-30-1-232; Zion Webb 1-1-0-12. Florida St.-Travis,Jordan 12-17-0-210; Rodemaker,Tate 8-12-1-58. RECEIVING: Jacksonville State-Dave Russell 7-74; Trae Barry 4-52; Uriah West 4-41; Quan Charleston 2-10; Logan McVay 1-41; Ahmad Edwards 1-12; Josh Samuel 1-7; Jared Scott 1-7; Pat Jackson 1-7; Jayson Jones 1-minus 7. Florida St.-Wilson,Ontaria 7-86; Terry,Tamorrion 6-77; Helton,Keyshawn 3-53; McDonald,Camren 1-23; Young,Jordan 1-20; Douglas,Ja’Khi 1-9; Toafili,Lawranc 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS: Jacksonville State-Kolbi Fuqua 1-13. Florida St.-Samuel,Asante 1-0.

The Gamecocks, playing the first of their abbreviated four-game fall schedule, led the Seminoles of the Atlantic Coast Conference by a touchdown at halftime before a socially-distant crowd of 13,589.

FUMBLES: Jacksonville State-None. Florida St.-None. STADIUM: Doak Campbell Stadiu ATTENDANCE: 13589

Jacksonville State raced to a 14-0 lead less than 10 minutes into the third meeting between the schools, but Florida State (1-2) made a quarterback change that sparked its offense and gave head coach Mike Norvell his first FSU victory.

OFFICIALS: REFEREE: Patterson,Gary; UMPIRE: Wooten,Michael; LINESMAN: Clein,Steve;

Scouts from the NFL, Reese’s Senior Bowl and CFL witnessed an impressive performance by Jacksonville State quarterback Zerrick Cooper. The record-setting senior from Jonesboro, Ga., completed 22-of-30 passes for 232 yards and had a 2-yard touchdown run in moving past Montressa Kirby into second place on JSU’s career total offense list. Dave Russell III caught seven Cooper throws for 74 yards in his first career start. Jacksonville State’s defense produced the first points when Florida State starting quarterback Tate Rodemaker threw a pick-six to safety Kolbi Fuqua, who rambled 13 yards to the end zone. Placekicker Alen Karajic’s extra point made it 7-0 with 10:54 left in the first quarter. The lead became 14-0 when the Gamecocks drove 69 yards in six plays midway through the first. Josh Samuel, a transfer from Western Kentucky, scored on a 20-yard run and Karajic added his second PAT at the 5:08 mark.

KICKOFF TIME: 4:05pm END OF GAME: 7:47pm TOTAL ELAPSED TIME: 03:42 LINE JUDGE: Lawrence,Deon; BACK JUDGE: Safrit,Mike; FIELD JUDGE: Biddle,Jim; SIDE JUDGE: Hendon,Barry; CENTER JUDGE: Held,Scott; TEMPERATURE: 73

WIND: NE 9mph WEATHER: Sunny

MERCER - 28 JACKSONVILLE STATE – 34

Samuel’s run turned out to be the longest of the day for the Gamecocks. JSU was limited to 63 yards on 22 rushes.

OCTOBER 10, 2020 - JACKSONVILLE, AL

Cooper directed another six-play touchdown drive as Jacksonville State went ahead 21-7 midway through the second quarter. He kept the drive alive with a brilliant 41-yard completion to Logan McVay, who caught the pass while falling backward with two FSU defenders on him. Cooper’s 2-yard TD run and another

JACKSONVILLE – Neither the remnants of Hurricane Delta nor a 100-yard Mercer kickoff return to begin the game could spoil Jacksonville State’s only appearance at Burgess-Snow Field during this abbreviated fall season.

Karajic extra point gave the Gamecocks a 14-point lead with 4:30 remaining before halftime. Karajic kicked a 21-yard field goal to put Jacksonville State in front 24-21 with 9:57 left in the third quarter. Jordan Travis, who replaced Rodemaker in the first quarter, turned out to be the difference in leading the Seminoles back from two 14-point deficits. He passed for 210 yards and one touchdown while running 12 times for 39 yards, including a 1-yard TD run just before halftime.

Zerrick Cooper rushed for two touchdowns and the defense forced two key fourth-quarter turnovers as the Gamecocks (1-1) overcame inclement weather to defeat Mercer 34-28 in the first matchup between the programs. Jacksonville State has now won 15 consecutive home openers.

Florida State outgained the Gamecocks 531-307. The Seminoles had 358 yards after halftime.

Safety Nicario Harper returned a Bears’ fumble 64 yards for a touchdown with 5:03 remaining for what proved to be the decisive points. Kolbi Fuqua hit Mercer’s Andrew May after a completed pass and knocked the ball loose, with Harper, a transfer from Southern Miss, scooping it up and running untouched down the sideline to give Jacksonville State a 34-21 lead.

Former Alabama Mr. Football La’Damian Webb from Beauregard scored twice and had 55 yards on 10 carries for Florida State.

Mercer (0-1) made it interesting by driving 74 yards for a touchdown to cut the deficit to 34-28 with 51 seconds left. The Bears then attempted an onside kick, which JSU’s Logan McVay fell on to preserve the win.

Nicario Harper and Darius Joiner led Jacksonville State defensively with eight tackles each.

Cooper completed 12-of-18 passes for 139 yards to move past Ed Lett (1979-82) for second place in Jacksonville State’s career passing yardage record book. He now has 7,191 career passing yards, trailing only Eli Jenkins (7,652).

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SCORE

Jacksonville State

Record: (0-1)

Record: (1-2,0-2)

Cooper needs 146 scrimmage yards next week at North Alabama to move past former Eastern Illinois quarterback Tony Romo (1999-202) for 10th place on the Ohio Valley Conference’s career total offense list. He now has accumulated 7,914 career scrimmage yards.

Florida St. SCORING SUMMARY: 1st

10:54

JSU

Kolbi Fuqua 13 yd interception return (Alen Karajic kick), , JSU 7 - FSU 0

05:08

JSU

Josh Samuel 20 yd run (Alen Karajic kick), 6-69 2:45, JSU 14 - FSU 0

2nd 07:15

FSU

Helton,Keyshawn 41 yd pass from Travis,Jordan (Fitzgerald,Ryan kick), 7-73 3:19, JSU 14 FSU 7

JSU

Zerrick Cooper 2 yd run (Alen Karajic kick), 6-60 2:45, JSU 21 - FSU 7

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