2011 Football Prospectus
2010 2006 Season Highlights 2010-11 South Atlantic Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
Overview
The 2010 Lenoir-Rhyne University Football Team produced its first winning season in 16 years as the Bears sported a 7-4 mark including a 4-3 record in the South Atlantic Conference. L-R finished the year strong with four victories in its final five contests including wins over Carson-Newman and Catawba.
Name Major Tavis Bailey................................................... Undecided Evan Black...............................................Pre-Engineer Corron Boston............... Broadcast & Electronic Media J.J. Brink.......................................Accounting/Finance Randy Carroll............... Broadcast & Electronic Media Colin Corpe....................................................... English Graham Duncan..........................................Accounting Major Herron....................... Physical Education/K-12 Zach Howell........................ Health & Exercise Science Demarcus Jones............................................Accounting Josh Justice........................... Health & Exercise Science Jimmy Long................................................... Undecided Gaston Miller......................Master’s of Liberal Studies Parker Murray.................................... Religious Studies Nick Stutts...................................................Marketing Brian Sullivan.................................. Biology/Chemistry Chad Thacker....................................... Political Science Jared Thompson...............Health & Physical Education
Lenoir-Rhyne Continues To Be Home, Sweet Home Lenoir-Rhyne led the South Atlantic Conference in attendance last season as the Bears averaged 6,010 fans per contest. A total of 36,057 fans attended a football game at Moretz Stadium including a seasonhigh 7,247 against Mars Hill on Homecoming (October 9, 2010). The Bears have led the league in attendance in eight of the last nine years.
All-League Honorees
Six players earned All-South Atlantic Conference honors for the Bears in 2010. Junior offensive lineman Chandler Rearden (Greenwood, S.C.), sophomore defensive lineman Brandon Martin (Roebuck, S.C.), sophomore linebacker Demetrius Green (Cedartown, Ga.) and senior defensive back Marcus Shuford (Newton, N.C.) were named to the first team. Meanwhile, sophomore offensive lineman Kaleb Myrick (Loganville, Ga.) and junior defensive lineman Nelson Bullard (Shelby, N.C.) earned second-team all-conference accolades.
Rushing Offense: No. 1 In The Land
Lenoir-Rhyne led NCAA Division II in rushing last season as it averaged 319.5 yards per game. The output is also a school record, breaking the 1975 mark of exactly 300 yards per contest.
Unsung Heroes – Anthony Silvers, Chandler Rearden & Major Herron
The three-time all-conference selection also played in the Cactus Bowl, the annual NCAA Division II All-Star Game in Kingsville, Texas, last winter.
Charles H. Moretz, Sr., Scholarship Carl Brooks
Defense Rules
L-R’s defense was, by far, the best in the league last season. Its average of 276.6 yards per game was 82.5 yards better than the secondranked unit in the conference.
Finally, A Victory Over The Eagles
In addition to being the top rushing team in the nation, Lenoir-Rhyne also ranked third in the country in quarterback sacks (39) and fourth in rushing defense (75.7 ypg).
For the first time since 1978, Lenoir-Rhyne handed Carson-Newman a loss. The Bears defeated the Eagles by a 52-14 score on November 6, 2010, in Jefferson City, Tenn., to snap a 31-game losing streak against Carson-Newman. Ironically, L-R also clinched its first winning season since 1994 on the same day.
Two Of A Kind
SAC Honor Roll
Other National Rankings
Chandler Rearden and Marcus Shuford had two of the best seasons in L-R history last year. Rearden became the first player in L-R history to win the Jacobs Blocking Trophy, given annually to the top offensive lineman in the South Atlantic Conference. In addition, Rearden earned All-American honors by five different publications (AFCA, Daktronics, Associated Press, d2football.com and Don Hansen). Shuford was the third player for LenoirRhyne to win South Atlantic Conference Defensive Player-Of-The-Year honors last fall.
Post-Season Awards
Defensive back Marcus Shuford (200710) leaves Lenoir-Rhyne as a three-time all-league honoree and was named the 2010 SAC Defensive Player Of The Year.
Eighteen members of the Lenoir-Rhyne University Football Team were named to the South Atlantic Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2010-11 academic year. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.3 grade point average or higher. The following is a list of the 18 players who were named to the SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll from L-R.
McCrorie Award – Brandon Martin Phil Burns Award – Jesse Johnson
Melford L. & Jane Hollar Miller Football Scholarship – Le’Quan McCorkle Hanley H. Painter Endowed Scholarship Fund – James Pone Voigt R. Cromer Award – Major Herron David A. Moose Scholarship – Nick Stutts Clarence P. Stasavich Endowed Scholarship – Chandler Rearden Kontane Offensive MVP Major Herron Everett Chevrolet Defensive MVP – Marcus Shuford Al Caneli Special Teams Award Zach Long Moretz Sports Heavy Hitter Award – Carl Brooks Offensive Scout MVP – Brett Boyles & Justin Wynn Defensive Scout MVP – Anthony Avery