PLAYERS | DOLLAR GENERAL BOWL Personal: Full name is Xavier Cornell Fields ... Son of Lolitha and Roland Fields ... Born March 11, 1995, in Montgomery, Ala. ... Father played football at Alabama State and is a police captain ... Majoring in business
Personal: Full name is Katron Folsom … Son of Tasharah Folsom … Born Sept. 27, 1996 … Has two brothers, Tavares and Demetrius Barnes ... Majoring in psychology
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2016 All-Sun Belt First Team (Return Specialist)
2016 (Junior): Moved from running back to wide receiver prior to the season after Troy suffered injuries at the receiver position … Caught 10 passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns, while rushing for 23 yards and a touchdown on five carries … Caught an 11-yard touchdown pass at Southern Miss and a 12-yard touchdown pass against UMass … Found the end zone from six yards out on the ground in the opener against Austin Peay … Caught a season-high six passes for 48 yards at No. 2 Clemson … Recovered a fumble against UMass 2015 (Sophomore): Moved to running back prior to the season … Finished second on the team with 66 carries for 243 yards (20.2 yards per game) … Averaged 3.7 yards per carry … Found the end zone against Charleston Southern, South Alabama and in overtime at Appalachian State … Also caught nine passes for 49 yards … Rushed for a season-high 68 yards on just four carries against Charleston Southern; had a 47yard rush in the game … Only carry against South Alabama went for 20 yards and a touchdown … Rushed a season-high 21 times for 55 yards at Appalachian State 2014 (Freshman): Appeared in 11 games as a true freshman with the majority of his work coming on special teams … Returned one kick for 23 yards at Georgia Southern and one for two yards against Georgia State … Recorded tackles against Abilene Christian and Idaho ... Moved from wide receiver to running back in spring practice prior to sophomore season High School: Named to the Florida Associated Press 6A All-State First Team as a junior and senior at Milton (Fla.) High School … Named to FloridaHSFootball.com All-Panhandle Second Team … Three-time all-area selection and two-time team MVP … Finished his career with 3,544 all-purpose yards and 32 touchdowns … Ran for 1,682 yards and 21 touchdowns on 249 career carries and caught 72 career passes for 950 yards and seven touchdowns … Finished his career with 78 tackles and 10 interceptions … Three-year starter for the Panthers; played quarterback, running back, wide receiver and defensive back … Also played basketball
2016 (Freshman): Led the Sun Belt and ranked 13th nationally averaging 27.9 yards per kickoff return … Took a 4th-and-1 at Clemson 66 yards for a touchdown as Troy nearly knocked off the nation’s second-ranked team (30-24); the run ranks as the longest in Troy’s Division I history by a freshman and the longest on fourth down by any player in the country this season … Returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown against New Mexico State and blocked a punt against the Aggies that was returned for a touchdown; named the Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts … The 100-yard kickoff return was just the 10th in Sun Belt Conference history, the sixth in Troy history and the third in Troy’s FBS history … Suffered a torn ACL against Arkansas State … Finished the year with 139 rushing yards on 20 carries and six catches for 33 yards … Also returned one punt for 12 yards High School: Earned Florida 6A all-state honors after rushing for 1,125 yards and 10 touchdowns on 116 carries (9.7 YPC) in eight games as a senior at Escambia High School … Also returned a pair of punts, one kickoff and one interception for a touchdown … In a single game, recorded 496 all-purpose yards with five touchdowns (three rushing, one passing and one kickoff return) … Played in the Subway East/West All-Star Game and was named the West Offensive MVP … Also named to the Pensacola News Journal All-Area First Team … Finished his three-year career with 3,936 all-purpose yards, 38 total touchdowns and 27.7 yards per punt return … Averaged 9.1 yards per carry in his career … Named to the Florida High School Football Panhandle Preseason Super 12 prior to his senior year Personal: Full name is Jabir Malik Daughtry-Frye … Son of Stacey Frye and Joel Daughtry … Has one sister, Chelsea Frye … Born Feb. 21, 1998, in Fort Benning, Ga.
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Personal: Full name is Andre Ka-Sean Flakes ... Son of Kimberly and Doyuan Smith ... Has one sister, Aniais Johnson ... Majoring in business ... Born Oct. 5, 1994, in Ft. Hood, Texas ... Nicknamed the Honey Badger
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F r . | RB 5.7 | 170 P ensacola , F la . E scambia HS
2016 (Senior): Started all 12 games as Troy’s snapper on field goals and extra points … Key part of a unit that saw Ryan Kay be named a Groza Award semifinalist … Troy kickers made 18-of-22 field goals (81.8 percent) and 46-of-48 extra point attempts
R-F r . | LB 6.2 | 213 A lma , G a . B acon C ounty HS
2015 (Junior): Played and started all 12 games as the Trojans’ short snapper … Troy kickers hit 16-of-21 field goal attempts and 39-of-40 extra point attempts on his snaps 2014 (Sophomore): Started all 12 games as Troy’s long snapper on field goals and extra points … Troy’s place kickers were a perfect 32-for-32 on extra-point attempts and were 10-of-14 (71.4 percent) on field goals
2016 (RS-Freshman): Led the Trojans with eight tackles (five solo) in Troy’s victory at Texas State … Finished the season with 19 tackles (14 solo) … Recorded a tackle in 9-of-12 games with three stops at Idaho and two against Austin Peay … Forced a fumble in Troy’s victory at Southern Miss and recorded a quarterback hurry at Texas State 2015 (Freshman): Redshirted … Did not see any game action High School: Named to the Georgia Sports Writers Association Class AA All-State Second Team as a defensive back … Earned first team all-region honors as a wide receiver at Bacon County High School … Versatile player for the Raiders as he played running back, wide receiver, linebacker, cornerback and safety
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S r . | LS 5.11 | 253 L uverne , A la . C renshaw C hristian A cademy
2013 (RS-Freshman): Did not see game action … Member of the scout team 2012 (Freshman): Redshirted High School: Lettered for four seasons at Crenshaw Christian Academy ... Cougars went a combined 42-6 in his four seasons ... Advanced to the AISA 1A title games as a sophomore ... Played center, long snapper and linebacker ... Won a AISA 2A state title in basketball in 2009 and advanced to the title game in 2011 ... Also played baseball and helped Crenshaw advance to the AISA 1A title game Personal: Full name is Justin Tyler Fuller ... Son of Sharon and Jamie Fuller ... Has one brother, Jared, and a sister, Kristin ... Born June 6, 1994, in Killeen, Texas ... Majoring surveying and geomatcs sciences
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