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TABLE OF CONTENTS / QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS Location...........................................................................................Valdosta, Ga. Founded.......................................................................................................1906 Enrollment.................................................................................................10,225 Nickname................................................................................................. Blazers Colors........................................................................... Red (PMS 186) and Black Athletic Affiliation......................................................................... NCAA Division II Conference...........................................................................................Gulf South President............................................................................... Dr. Richard Carvajal Athletic Director..............................................................................Herb Reinhard Website...........................................................................www.vstateblazers.com FOOTBALL STAFF Head Coach..............................................................................Tremaine Jackson Alma Mater......................................................................... Texas Southern, 2006 Collegiate Record (Years).............................................................27-11 (5th year) Record at VSU (Years)....................................................... 17-8 (3rd year) Office Phone................................................................... (229) 333-5970 Best Time To Call............................................................Contact Kit Strief Assistant Head Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers.............Trent Earley Defensive Coordinator.............................................................. Brandon Andersen Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks................................................ Graham Craig Offensive Line/Run Game................................................................. Brice Carlson Defensive Backs.......................................................................... Darren Garrigan Wide Receivers/Pass Game......................................................... Bryson Abraham Tight Ends/Special Teams............................................................ Jackson Hadley Running Backs....................................................................................Alex Nelson Defensive Line...........................................................................Giovanni Spadaro Assistant Defensive Line............................................................. Javiontae Martin Assistant Linebackers...................................................................Brett Buckridge Assistant Quarterbacks/Recruiting Coordinator................................. Flip Williams Assistant Offensive Line........................................................... LaVonne Gauthney Assistant Defensive Backs................................................................Jacob Brown Player Personnel/Defensive Assistant..............................................Daniel Reakes Director of Football Operations........................................................ Marty McGhin Strength and Conditioning...........................................................Michael Doscher Football Athletic Trainer...............................................................Sasha Robertson Football Adminstrative Assistant....................................................... Angie Colbert

2024 BLAZER FOOTBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS OF ADVERTISEMENTS Hughston Clinic................................................................................................IFC Dr. Richard Carvajal, University President, Welcome............................................3 KFC....................................................................................................................5 Wingate..............................................................................................................7 Southeastern Freight Lines.................................................................................9 Jimmy John’s...................................................................................................12 V-State Club.....................................................................................................12 Bud Light..........................................................................................................13 VSU College for Career Advancement................................................................18 VSU Red Hots National Champions....................................................................20 VSU Cheerleaders National Champions.............................................................21 The Blazin’ Brigade...........................................................................................22 The Blazin’ Brigade Roster................................................................................23 Surcheros.........................................................................................................25 Colony Bank.....................................................................................................27 William Hotel Group..........................................................................................35 VSU Book Store.................................................................................................36 Southern OB/GYN.............................................................................................44 Little River Flooring...........................................................................................44 Wild Adventures.............................................................................................. IBC Coca-Cola ....................................................................................................... BC

PROGRAM HISTORY First Year of Football......................................................................................1982 Overall All-Time Record.............................................................333-137-4 (.705) Overall Gulf South Record............................................................215-94-3 (.694) Gulf South Championships................................................................................10 (1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023) NCAA Championships.........................................................................................4 (2004, 2007, 2012, 2018) NCAA Playoff Appearances................................................................................18 (‘94, ‘96, ‘00, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘07, ‘08, ‘10, ‘12, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘18, ‘19, 21) NCAA Postseason Play Record.................................................................... 31-15 2023 Record................................................................................................. 12-2 2023 Gulf South Conference Record............................................................... 7-1 2023 Gulf South Conference Finish...............................................................T-1st Letterwinners Returning/Lost...................................................................... 33/47 Starters Returning/Lost............................................................................... 10/15 SPORTS INFORMATION Assistant Athletic Director for Communications....................................... Kit Strief Strief’s Email....................................................................... kstrief@valdosta.edu Strief’s Office Phone.................................................................... (229) 333-5903 Sports Information Fax................................................................. (229) 333-5972 Press Box Phone.......................................................................... (229) 245-3779 Mailing Address...................................................................1500 N. Patterson St. Valdosta, GA 31698

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BLAZER NATION, RISE UP! IT’S

VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS RECORD: 0-0, 0-0 GSC AFCA/D2 Football: 7/6 HEAD COACH: Tremaine Jackson ALMA MATER: Houston, ‘06 RECORD OVERALL: 27-11 (5th season) VSU RECORD: 17-8 (3rd season) AUG. 31 ALBANY STATE SEP. 7 at Newberry SEP. 14 FAYETTEVILLE STATE SEP. 21 at Erskine* SEP. 28 WEST ALABAMA* OCT. 5 at Shorter OCT. 12 at North Greenville* OCT. 19 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE*# NOV. 2 CHOWAN* NOV. 9 at Delta State* NOV. 16 WEST FLORIDA* *GSC Contest #Homecoming

7 P.M. 7 P.M. 7 P.M. 4 P.M. 7 P.M. 12 P.M. 7 P.M. 3 P.M. 3 P.M. 3 P.M. 7 P.M.

ALBANY STATE GOLDEN RAMS RECORD: 0-0, 0-0 SIAC AFCA/D2 Football: RV/NR HEAD COACH: Quinn Gray ALMA MATER: Florida A&M, ‘06 OVERALL: 6-5 (2nd season) ASU RECORD: 6-5 (2nd Season) AUG. 31 SEP. 7 SEP. 21 SEP. 28 OCT. 5 OCT. 12 OCT. 19 OCT. 26 NOV. 2 NOV. 9 NOV. 16

at Valdosta State 7 P.M. SHAW 6 P.M. vs. Central State* (Rochester, NY) 1 P.M. KENTUCKY STATE* 2 P.M. at Allen* 5 P.M. at Miles College* 2 P.M. MOREHOUSE COLLEGE* 2 P.M. EDWARD WATERS* 2 P.M. at Savannah State* 3 P.M. vs. Fort Valley State* (Columbus) 2 P.M. vs. TBA (SIAC Championship) TBA

Listen live in Valdosta on Talk 92.1 FM or streaming at www.talk921.com.

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IN VALDOSTA! Saturday, August 31, 2024 • 7 p.m.

Valdosta, Ga. • Bazemore-Hyder Stadium SETTING THE SCENE For the first time since 2009, the Valdosta State football team will open the season in August as the Albany State Golden Rams visit on Saturday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium. The Blazers also will honor the 2004 National Championship football team for the 20th anniversary of the championship.

CALLING THE GAME TALK 92.1 FM will broadcast the Blazer games all season long with Wade Beale and Scott James having the call. The game also will be streamed live on FloSports with Dave Garner and Taylor Biddle providing the call of the game. Fans can access links to the radio broadcast and video broadcast at vstateblazers.com on the football schedule page.

FOR OPENERS The Blazers and the Golden Rams meet for the 16th time to open the season in 2024 and the first time since 2019 as VSU won the last season-opening meeting 38-3 in Albany on Sept. 7, 2019, in Albany, Ga. VSU is 13-2 all-time in season-openers versus Albany State and are 7-0 in Valdosta in openers against the Golden Rams. VSU is 29-12 all-time in season-openers and has won its last five openers with the last loss coming to ASU on Sept. 2, 2017, in Albany by the score of 29-12. The Blazers have outscored the opposition 1,144 to 588 in season-openers for a 27.0 to 14.5 points per game average.

SOUTH GEORGIA LABOR DAY CLASSIC Third-year head Blazer football coach Tremaine Jackson has named this game the first South Georgia Labor Day Classic. VSU has not played a game in August since 2009 and has not had a home game in August since 2008 when the Blazers downed Fort Valley State 56-3 on Aug. 23. That year the Blazers had two games in August with a 14-9 win the following week (Aug. 30) at Newberry.

The Blazers are 10-2 all-time in the month of August and 4-1 at home with the lone loss coming to Newberry, 31-24, on Aug. 29, 2009 in the last game in August. The Blazers are 2-0 all-time on Aug. 31 with a 42-16 win at Gardner-Webb in 1996 and a a 26-0 win at Albany State in 2002. The Blazers and the Golden Rams have played in August six times with VSU winning each time and the last being a 21-3 win in Valdosta on Aug. 30, 2003.

PRESEASON ACCOLADES Senior quarterback Sammy Edwards and senior tight end Noah Gillan were named to the Preseason All-GSC Team, while Edwards was named to the D2Football.com Elite 100 list and named to the Lindy’s Magazine Preseason All-America Team. Gillan, also a native of Saint Augustine, Fla., played in all 14 games with two starts last season. He finished with 19 receptions for 174 yards and a touchdown. Gillan has played in 36 games for his career with 23 catches for 202 yards and two touchdowns.

THIS WEEK IN THE GSC Delta State visited Mars Hill to open the 2024 season on Thursday evening, while St. Andrews visits league-newcomer Erskine on Saturday, Miles travels to West Alabama and VSU hosts Albany State to conclude the first Week Zero football games in the GSC in NCAA Division II history.

INSIDE THE SERIES WITH ALBANY STATE VSU leads the all-time series with Albany State 21-2 and has won the last four meetings in the series dating back to a 29-12 loss in Albany on Sept. 2, 2017. The Blazers are 11-0 all-time against ASU in Valdosta and are 10-2 against the Golden Rams in Albany.

The Blazers have outscored ASU 643-277 in the previous 23 meetings.

THE 2004 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM The 2004 National Championship Team will be honored at halftime of Saturday’s game and the team captains from that team will be the honorary captains for the coin flip prior to the game. The 2004 Valdosta State football team capped off the Blazers’ rise to glory as the squad won the school’s first NCAA Division II Football National Championship under former Blazer great Chris Hatcher. After dropping its first game of the year, the team rebounded to win 13-straight games, finishing the season with a 36-31 victory over Pittsburg State in the national championship game. A then-school record six All-America honorees played for the squad while 11 players off the team earned All-Gulf South Conference honors. The team went a perfect 9-0 in Gulf South Conference play and won VSU’s fifth GSC football title. The national championship trophy was Valdosta State’s first in football and second overall title, and the first since the baseball team won the 1979 championship. For Saturday’s game, there are expected to be over 40 players returning from the 2004 team, along with captains Torrey Howard, Spencer Fortson, Fabian Walker, and Terel Toomer.

COACH TREMAINE JACKSON POSTGAME SHOW The Coach Tremaine Jackson Postgame Show will be available each Sunday at vstateblazers.com on the football page throughout the season as it will include interviews from Jackson, select players and highlights from the previous game. Scott James and Dave Garner host the show throughout the season and Jamie Abbott of Crashandannie Productions directs and produces the show.

BIG NICK’S TREMAINE JACKSON COACHES’ SHOW Starting on Thursday, Aug. 29, the weekly Coach Tremaine Jackson radio show moves to Big Nick’s new restaurant at 1201 Baytree Road next to the Dollar General in Remerton. The show will be Thursday evenings throughout the season from 7 to 8 p.m. and broadcast on TALK 921.1 WDDQ FM and at www.talk921.com. The show will highlight the upcoming game with insight from Jackson and select players and coaches and recap the previous game. All Blazer fans are welcome to attend as there will be raffle prizes for those in attendance.

VSU Media Relations • (229) 333-5903 • www.vstateblazers.com Football Contact: Kit Strief (kstrief@valdosta.edu)

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President’s Welcome With 9 NCAA National Championships and 12 Division II intercollegiate athletic programs, there is always something happening in Blazer Nation. Our student athletes are not just exceptional on the court or field, they are also academic leaders in the classroom. The support of our campus, community, alumni, and donors is what makes Blazer Athletics so special. I hope to see you throughout the year cheering us on as we pursue yet another championship.

GO BLAZERS! Richard Carvajal President

Innovator.

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Dr. Richard Carvajal has been President of VSU since January 1, 2017. In his younger years, Carvajal was a player, coach, and even referee in such sports as football, basketball, and tennis. Today, he is an avid golfer and sports fan while also being one of the Blazers’ more ardent supporters.

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HEAD COACH TREMAINE JACKSON

Coach Third Season at Valdosta State TREMAINE JACKSON Head Houston, 2006 Interdisciplinary Studies Discipline. Obedience. Grit.

Three words Valdosta State University Head Football Coach Tremaine Jackson lives by that have become fundamentals of his coaching philosophy.

Jackson, in his third season leading the Blazers, is known for raising the bar both on and off the field and has done just that, impacting the total program in Titletown.

In year two at the helm, Jackson led Valdosta State to the Gulf South Conference championship, becoming the first black coach in conference history to win the title, and was the only non-HBCU black coach to win a conference championship in 2023. The Blazers closed out the regular season with a 10-1 record, Jackson’s first 10win season as a head coach, which was capped off with a 58-28 victory over West Georgia in the final installment of the Peach Basket.

On Selection Sunday, VSU was announced as a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Division II Playoff and went on to win its first two games of the postseason, advancing to the quarterfinals. With a 38-31 win at Delta State in the second round, the Blazers ended the year with a perfect 6-0 record on the road, which also included a 31-28 comefrom-behind victory at then- No. 8 West Florida.

Several individual honors rolled in for the Blazers following the 2023 season, including Our Coaching Network GSC Coach of the Year accolades for Jackson.

Quarterback Sammy Edwards was a finalist for the prestigious Harlon Hill Trophy and was named D2CCA Super Region Two Offensive Player of the Year, GSC Top Ten and a finalist for the GSC Commissioner’s Trophy.

Offensive lineman Devin Hannan was recognized by the American Football Coaches Association as a first team All-American and was joined on the Don Hansen AllAmerica Team by punter Noah Botsford, defensive back Jacob Harris and Edwards. In total, seven Blazers earned D2CCA All-Region Team and All-GSC honors.

Statistically, Valdosta State ranked in the top 15 nationally in passing offense (5th – 312.2), first downs (7th – 303), completion percentage (9th – 0.663), passing efficiency (15th – 158.76), net punting (4th – 40.02) and fumbles recovered (13th – 12).

Year one in Valdosta saw the Blazers win five contests, including two of its last three games. The 2022 squad ranked in the top 15 nationally in eight different statistical categories including sacks allowed (2nd – 0.27), total offense (5th – 475.6), red zone offense (6th – 0.918), tackles for loss allowed (9th – 3.91), turnovers lost (11th – 12), scoring offense (12th – 36.6), passes had intercepted (13th – 6) and passing yards per completion (15th – 14.71) and was the only program in Division II to rank in the top 25 in both total rushing (16th – 213.5) and total passing (21st – 262.2).

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In the classroom, the 2023 team earned a combined 2.84 grade point average, the highest in program history, which included 54 student-athletes with a 3.0-or-better GPA, 19 over a 3.5 GPA and four with a perfect 4.0 GPA. The Blazers have also been active in the community throughout Jackson’s tenure, accumulating thousands of hours of service in Valdosta, assisting with Earth Day Road Cleanup, Habitat for Humanity, Blazer Kids’ Day, Jacobs Ladder Therapeutic Riding Center and the #ValdostaMiracles Softball Game.

Jackson, who was named by ESPN as one of 45 minority coaches under 45 to watch and to FootballScoop’s 2022 Minority Watch List, was twice selected to participate in the NFL’s Bill Walsh Minority Fellowship, spending a week in June of 2023 with the Pittsburgh Steelers and part of training camp in 2024 with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Before taking over in Valdosta, Jackson spent the 2020 and 2021 seasons leading the Colorado Mesa Mavericks.

During his tenure in Grand Junction, Jackson went 10-3 in his two seasons, including an 8-2 mark in 2021, highlighted by a thrilling 26-21 victory over then-No. 3-ranked Colorado School of Mines. It was the Mavericks’ first victory over a top-5 opponent since becoming an NCAA Division II school in 1994. Jackson’s squad went 2-1 in the spring of 2021 during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The Mavericks finished 13th nationally in scoring defense in 2021, allowing just 15.6 points per game, while the team was 34th nationally in scoring offense at 33.7 points per game. CMU finished in the top 20 nationally in both total defense (10th – 258.2 ypg) and total offense (16th – 452.0 ypg). Jackson coached two Academic All-Americans and one AFCA Second Team All-America honoree, along with 21 All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) performers, including RMAC Offensive Freshman of the Year in Karst Hunter.

Prior to Colorado Mesa, Jackson was the defensive line coach at Texas State and before that served as defensive coordinator at Abilene Christian (2017-18). He also spent time as assistant head coach at the University of Sioux Falls, helping lead the Cougars to a combined 32-5 record in four seasons. During his time in South Dakota, Jackson assisted in guiding the team to a 2016 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championship and postseason appearances in all three years after being promoted to the Cougars’ defensive coordinator (2014-16). He began at USF as defensive line coach in 2013.

The Cougars went 12-1 in 2016 as they won their firstever NCAA playoff game and finished No. 5 in the national poll. Jackson guided 11 defensive players to All-NSIC honors while his unit led the conference in four defensive categories.

THE TREMAINE JACKSON FILE EDUCATION B.A. Univ. of Houston - Interdisciplinary Studies, 2006 COLLEGIATE COACHING POSITIONS Texas A&M-Kingsville (2006) - Defensive Line Trinity Valley (2007) - Defensive Line Texas Southern (2008-11) - Def. Coord./Tight Ends Evangel (2012) - Defensive Coordinator Sioux Falls (2013-16) - Defensive Coord./Defensive Line Abilene Christian (2017-18) - Defensive Coordinator Texas State (2019) - Defensive Line Coach Colorado Mesa (2019-2022) - Head Coach Valdosta State (2022-present) - Head Coach In 2015, USF went 9-3 and earned the program’s first Division II playoff berth to go along with a No. 21 national ranking following an 11-1 season in 2014 and No. 18 final national ranking.

Promoted to the role of assistant head coach after those two seasons, Jackson coached seven defensive players to All-NSIC honors and a back-to-back AFCA First Team All-America defensive back in Solomon St. Pierre in both 2014 and 2015.

At Abilene Christian, Jackson led one of the biggest defensive turnarounds in the country as the Wildcats recorded their first winning season in their Division I history in 2018 (6-5). Ranking last in the country prior to his arrival, Jackson’s defensive unit entered the nation’s top 25 in five different team categories in 2018 after leading the Southland Conference in pass defense in 2017.

Earlier in his professional career, Jackson had stops at Evangel University, Texas Southern and Trinity Valley Community College after beginning his coaching career at Texas A&M University-Kingsville in 2006 as the Javelinas’ defensive line coach. He also completed NFL internships with the Houston Texans and San Diego Chargers.

At Texas Southern, where he served from 2008-11, Jackson helped the Tigers win a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) title in 2010 as the program led the country (FCS) in total defense, sacks and tackles for loss.

They also led the country in total defense in 2011 in his lone season as the Tigers’ defensive coordinator.

Jackson, Vice President of the Minority Coaches Advancement Association, has served on several AFCA committees and was recipient of the 2022 Harry Butler Community Service Award for dedicated community service and outstanding volunteerism.

A former studentathlete, Jackson played on the defensive line at Texas Southern for two years after transferring from the University of LouisianaMonroe. He is a 2006 graduate of the University of Houston, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies.

The Houston, Texas native has one daughter, Harmony.

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JACKSON SUPERLATIVES

JACKSON INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES Rushes 24 J. Rodriquez at Black Hills State (Oct 17, 2020) Yards Rushing 190 Darick Holmes vs. Black Hills State (Nov 06, 2021) TD Rushes 4 Darick Holmes vs. Black Hills State (Nov 06, 2021) Long Rush 82 Gavin Herberg vs. William Jewell (Sep 02, 2021) Pass Attempts 57 Ivory Durham vs. Virginia Union (Sep 10, 2022) Pass Completions 35 Sammy Edwards at Delta State (Nov. 25, 2023) Yards Passing 479 Sammy Edwards vs. Keiser University (Sep 16, 2023) TD Passes 6 4x; Last, Sammy Edwards vs. Limestone (Nov 18, 2023) Long Pass 85 Darius Ocean vs. Point University (Sep 02, 2023) Receptions 11 Rodney Bullard at Delta State (Nov. 25, 2023) Yards Receiving 165 Lionel McConnell at N.M. Highlands (Sep 18, 2021) TD Receptions 3 B.K. Smith vs. Virginia Union (Sep 10, 2022) Long Reception 85 Jerson Jacques vs. Point University (Sep 02, 2023) Field Goals 5 Estin Thiele vs. Keiser (Sep 01, 2022) Long Field Goal 48 Estin Thiele at West Florida (Oct 28, 2023) Punts 9 Blake Moore at Colorado State-Pueblo (Oct 02, 2021) 9 Noah Botsford vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02, 2023) Punting Average 54.6 Estin Thiele vs. West Florida (Nov 05, 2022) Long Punt 66 Noah Botsford vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02, 2023) Punts Inside 20 4 Noah Botsford at West Florida (Nov. 04, 2023) Long Punt Return 32 Dwight Blakey vs. William Jewell (Sep 02, 2021) Long Kickoff Return 99 Rodney Bullard vs. West Georgia (Nov 11, 2023) Tackles 15 5x; Last, Jacob Harris vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02, 2023) Sacks 2.0 4x; Last, Tyler Morehead at Albany State (Sep 09, 2023) Tackles For Loss 4.0 P. Hayes at Black Hills State (Oct 17, 2020) Interceptions 2 D. Mitchell at Black Hills State (Oct 17, 2020) 2 Kyle Cass vs. Delta State (Oct 07, 2023)

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES Rushes 33 J. Cummings at Western Colorado (Oct 30, 2021) Yards Rushing 319 J. Byers vs. Virginia Union (Sep 10, 2022) TD Rushes 3 4x; Last, K. Smith vs. Delta State (Oct 07, 2023) Long Rush 87 Z. Turner-Knox vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02, 2023) Pass Attempts 51 D. Holst vs. Chadron State (Sep 25, 2021) Pass Completions 29 D. Holst vs. Chadron State (Sep 25, 2021) Yards Passing 346 P. Shegog at Delta State (Oct 01, 2022) TD Passes 5 D. Noller vs. Limestone (Nov 18, 2023) Long Pass 75 R. McKee at Chowan (Sep 23, 2023) Receptions 9 M. Carp, vs. Colorado School of Mines (Oct 23, 2021) Yards Receiving 196 CJ Sims at New Mexico Highlands (Sep 18, 2021) TD Receptions 3 CJ Sims at New Mexico Highlands (Sep 18, 2021) Long Reception 75 Tyree Holloway at Chowan (Sep 23, 2023) Field Goals 2 D. Faithfull at Colorado State-Pueblo (Oct 02, 2021) 2 G. Dunkle vs. West Alabama (Oct 08, 2022) Long Field Goal 50 C. Karhu vs. North Greenville (Sep 23, 2023) Punts 10 M. Waid at Fort Lewis (Oct 02, 2021) Punting Average 53.6 C. Knutsen vs. South Dakota Mines (Nov 13, 2021) Long Punt 73 C. Knutsen vs. South Dakota Mines (Nov 13, 2021) Punts Inside 20 4 3x; Last, S. Simmons vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02, 2023) Long Punt Return 64 D. Durden vs. West Florida (Nov 05, 2022) Long Kickoff Return 94 E. Bryant vs. Point University (Sep 02, 2023) Tackles 20 B. Rosenstrauch at Black Hills State (Oct 17, 2020) Sacks 2.5 C. Rutz at Fort Lewis (Oct 16, 2021) 2.5 B. Puryear at West Florida (Oct 28, 2023) Tackles For Loss 4.0 Andre Jefferson vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02, 2023) Interceptions 1 22x; Last, Twice vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02, 2023)

JACKSON TEAM SUPERLATIVES Rushes 59 Yards Rushing 392 Yards Per Rush 9.0 TD Rushes 6 Pass Attempts 58 Pass Completions 36 Yards Passing 479 Yards Per Pass 18.6 TD Passes 6 Total Plays 90 Total Offense 700 Yards Per Play 10.8 Points 63 Sacks By 4 First Downs 31 31 Penalties 13 Penatly Yards 118 Turnovers 4 4 Interceptions By 3 Punts 10 Punting Average 54.6 Long Punt 66 Punt Inside 20 4 4 Long Punt Return 32 Long Kickoff Return 99

OPPONENT TEAM SUPERLATIVES Rushes 61 Yards Rushing 598 Yards Per Rush 9.8 TD Rushes 6 Pass Attempts 51 Pass Completions 34 Yards Passing 416 Yards Per Pass (min. 5 att.) 15.2 TD Passes 5 5 Total Plays 91 Total Offense 703 Yards Per Play 10.1 Points 70 Sacks By 6 First Downs 37 Penalties 12 Penatly Yards 125 Turnovers 5 Interceptions By 3 Punts 11 Punting Average 53.6 Long Punt 73 Punt Inside 20 4 4 4 Long Punt Return 64 Long Kickoff Return 94

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at Black Hills State (Oct 17, 2020) at Black Hills State (Oct 17, 2020) at Miles College (Sep 17, 2022) at Fort Lewis (Oct 16, 2021) vs. Virginia Union (Sep 10, 2022) at Delta State (Nov. 25, 2023) vs. Keiser University (Sep 16, 2023) vs. Black Hills State (Nov 06, 2021) 4x; Last, vs. Limestone (Nov 18, 2023) at Colorado State-Pueblo (Oct 02, 2021) at Miles College (Sep 17, 2022) at Miles College (Sep 17, 2022) vs. Point University (Sep 02, 2023) 8x; Last, at West Alabama (Nov 04, 2023) vs. Point University (Sep 02, 2023) at Delta State (Nov. 25, 2023) vs. Adams State (Oct 09, 2021) vs. Adams State (Oct 09, 2021) at Fort Lewis (Oct 16, 2021) vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02, 2023) 3x; Last, vs. West Georgia (Nov 11, 2023) vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02, 2023) vs. West Florida (Nov 05, 2022) vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02, 2023) vs. South Dakota Mines (Oct 24, 2020) at West Alabama (Nov 04, 2023) vs. William Jewell (Sep 02, 2021) vs. West Georgia (Nov 11, 2023)

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vs. Mississippi College (Oct 15, 2022) vs. Mississippi College (Oct 15, 2022) vs. Mississippi College (Oct 15, 2022) vs. Mississippi College (Oct 15, 2022) vs. Chadron State (Sep 25, 2021) at Delta State (Oct 01, 2022) at Delta State (Oct 01, 2022) at New Mexico Highlands (Sep 18, 2021) at Delta State (Oct 01, 2022) vs. Limestone (Nov 18, 2023) at New Mexico Highlands (Sep 18, 2021) at Delta State (Oct 01, 2022) vs. Mississippi College (Oct 15, 2022) at Delta State (Oct 01, 2022) at Fort Lewis (Oct 16, 2021) at Delta State (Oct 01, 2022) at Fort Lewis (Oct 16, 2021) vs. Virginia Union (Sep 10, 2022) vs. West Georgia (Nov 11, 2023) vs. Delta State (Oct 07, 2023) 3x; Last, at West Alabama (Nov 04, 2023) vs. South Dakota Mines (Oct 16, 2021) vs. South Dakota Mines (Nov 13, 2021) at Colorado State-Pueblo (Oct 02, 2021) at Albany State (Sep 09, 2023) vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02, 2023) vs. West Florida (Nov 05, 2022) vs. Point University (Sep 02, 2023)

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COACHING STAFF

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Trent Earley

Head Coach Third Year 27-11 Overall / 17-8 at VSU

Assistant Head Coach Co-Def Coord. / Linebackers Third Year

Darren Garrigan

Brice Carlson

Graham Craig

Defensive Coordinator Camps Third Year

Bryson Abraham

Defensive Backs Pro Liaison First Year

Offensive Line Coach Run Game / Academics First Year

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Brandon Andersen

Tremaine Jackson

Wide Receivers Pass Game / Player Develop.

First Year

Offensive Coordinator Quarterbacks / Travel First Year

Tight Ends Special Teams / Compliance Third Year

Giovanni Spadaro

Javiontae Martin

Flip Williams

Brett Buckridge

Defensive Line Asst. NFL Liaison / Graphics Second Year

Assistant Defensive Line Housing Second Year

Asst. QB / Recruiting Social Media Second Year

Assistant Linebackers Team Communication Second Year

Jacob Brown

Daniel Reakes

Assistant Defensive Backs Film Coordinator First Year

Player Personnel Defensive Assistant First Year

Alex Nelson

Jackson Hadley

Jay Johnson Head Athletic Trainer Eighth Year

Running Backs ATC Liaison First Year

LaVonne Gauthney Assistant Offensive Line Equipment First Year

Michael Doscher Head Strength & Conditioning 25th Year

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2024 BLAZER FOOTBALL Valdosta State's home football field for 39 of the Blazers' 42 playing years, Cleveland Field at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium offers Valdosta State with a football facility conveniently located adjacent to VSU's main campus.

The original stadium was constructed in 1922 and was named for the late Dr. A.G. Cleveland, who was superintendent of Valdosta City Schools from 1919 through 1949.

In the spring of 1996, two legendary coaches from the Valdosta area were honored when the complex was named after the late Wright Bazemore and Nick Hyder.

The original stadium was leveled following the 2003 season and rebuilt from the ground up, providing the Blazers with a state-of-theart facility for its home games. The seating capacity of the stadium rose to 10,100 including three prime sections featuring theater-style seating with the ramainder of the stands featuring benches with seat backs.

New SprintTurf was installed on the playing surface while locker rooms were added to each end of the stadium and a new press box was built above the main stands on the home side of the field.

Valdosta State played its first seven seasons at Cleveland Field, tallying a 24-14 record, before returning to the stadium prior to the 1992 season. The Blazers have been dominant since returning to the stadium as they have gone 174-55-1 over the 36 playing years there. Since 2000, the Blazers have gone 11630 at home for a blistering .795 winning percentage.

In 2018, VSU went a perfect 8-0 at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium for its eighth undfeated season at home in program history.

The eight home wins in 2018 were the most since recording a school-record nine home victories in 2002. In addition, the eight wins tied the record with the 1994 team for second all-time in a season. VSU is 17-8 all-time in the NCAA Playoffs at home.

Following the 2020 season being cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021 saw the Blazers record their ninth undefeated season at home, going 9-0 for the second time in program history (2002).

BAZEMORE-HYDER STADIUM

VALDOSTA STATE AT HOME YEAR STADIUM HOME RECORD 1982 Cleveland Field 3-2 1983 Cleveland Field 3-3 1984 Cleveland Field 2-3 1985 Cleveland Field 5-2 1986 Cleveland Field 4-0 1987 Cleveland Field 3-2 1988 Cleveland Field 4-2 1989 Martin Stadium 3-1 1990 Martin Stadium 2-2 1991 Martin Stadium 4-1 1992 Cleveland Field 3-0-1 1993 Cleveland Field 5-1 1994 Cleveland Field 8-0 1995 Cleveland Field 5-0 1996 Cleveland Field 6-1 1997 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 3-2 1998 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 2-3 1999 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 2-4 2000 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 4-1 2001 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 7-1 2002 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 9-0 2003 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 3-2 2004 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 6-0 2005 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 5-2 2006 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 5-0 2007 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 7-1 2008 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 5-1 2009 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 4-2 2010 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 4-2 2011 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 3-2 2012 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 6-1 2013 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 3-2 2014 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 3-2 2015 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 5-1 2016 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 5-1 2017 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 2-2 2018 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 8-0 2019 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 5-1 2020 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* (No Season due to COVID-19) 0-0 2021 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 9-0 2022 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 2-4 2023 Bazemore-Hyder Stadium* 6-2 Total Home Record 183-59-1 (.755) Cleveland Field/Bazemore-Hyder Stadium 174-55-1 (.759) Martin Stadium 9-4 (.692) *The official stadium named changed to Cleveland Field at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium in 1996

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The home to the Valdosta State football and women's soccer programs is the Valdosta State Athletic Fieldhouse. The 41,000 square foot Fieldhouse opened in January 2009 at a cost of $5.8 million, giving the Blazer program one of the top athletic facilities in the nation.

Beyond football and soccer, the fieldhouse also houses the 7,690 square foot Jessie Tuggle Weight Room and a 2,437 square foot stateof-the-art Athletic Training Room that is used by all VSU teams.

The Tuggle Weight Room, which encases nearly 10 times the space of its predecessor, is one of, if not the top, weight facilities among NCAA Division II schools nationwide. It featJessie Tuggle Weight Room ures 10 brand new eight-post stations as well as a reinforced medicine ball wall. New self-contained dumbbell stations were also added to the area while a 30-yard speed track was included in the design of the floor.

The Jesse Tuggle Weight Room also features elliptical machines and two stationary bikes for cardio workouts and a built-in microphone/stereo system to aid the strength and conditioning staff while working with large groups of VSU athletes. Additionally, each of the 10 eight-post stations has also been pre-wired for video recording, which will be added in the near future, for further evaluation and instruction by the strength and conditioning staff. The newest addition to the facility are two Cognisens "caves," which allow for an increased mental training to provide Blazer athletes with an additional edge in competition. Valdosta State is the only university on any level in the nation to own the Cognisens machines, with additional owners including Manchester United and multiple NHL hockey teams.

Next door to the Tuggle Weight Room is the Athletic Training Room.

The area includes offices for the Valdosta State Athletic Training staff and a private physician exam room as well as a hydrotherapy room for rehabilitation work. The main Athletic Training area features six taping stations as well as six additional treatment areas plus a cardiovascular/ rehabilitation area featuring stationary bikes.

Additionally, outside of the facility are two lighted football practice fields and a soccer stadium.

The Athletic Fieldhouse features many amenities that will aid the football team as it endures the rigors of a football season. A 3,265 square foot locker room is the centerpiece of the project and is lined with 126 lockers, enough to house all members of the VSU football squad. Adjacent to the locker room is a 2,100 square foot equipment room with secure “Football Locker Roompass-through” equipment bins that allow managers to address the equipment needs of all the Blazers while keeping each player’s equipment separated.

The remainder of the Athletic Fieldhouse includes a 3,458 square foot office suite for the football coaches as well as 2,200 square feet of meeting rooms, each equipped with state-of-the-art video equipment.

The academic needs of the student-athlete is also addressed as a 1,500 square foot computer lab is equipped with 19 computers.

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2024 BLAZER FOOTBALL INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Rushing: Attempts: Yards: Long Rush: Touchdowns:

35, by Tregnel Thomas of Delta State 319 by Jada Byers of Va. Union 84, by Jamar Thompkins of VSU 4, by Rogan Wells of VSU

TEAM RECORDS Nov. 1, 1997 Sept. 10, 2022 Dec. 8, 2018 Oct. 28, 2017

Rushing: Attempts: Yards: Touchdowns:

Passing: Passing: Attempts: Attempts: 66, by Dane King of Henderson State Oct. 8, 2005 Completions: Completions: 45, by Chris Hatcher of VSU Oct. 23, 1993 Yards: Yards: 497, by Dusty Bonner of VSU Nov. 17, 2001 Touchdowns: Touchdowns: 7, 3x - Last by Dusty Bonner of VSU Nov. 4, 2000 Interceptions: 5, 2x - Last Greg Jackson of West Florida Sept. 24, 2016 Total Offense: Long Completion: 94 by Nate Poppell of Texas A&M-Kingsville Nov. 1, 2012 Yards: Receiving: Receptions: Yards: Touchdowns: Long Reception:

20, by Sean Pender of VSU Nov. 4, 1995 319, by Kyle Henderson of West Alabama Oct. 26, 2002 4, 4x - Last Seantavius Jones of VSU Oct. 12, 2012 94, by Robert Armstrong of Texas A&M-Kingsville Nov. 1, 2012

Total Offense: Yards:

508, by Scott Eyster of Delta State

Defense: Interceptions: Int. Return Yards: Fumbles Forced: Fumble Recoveries: Return Yards:

Defense: Tackles: Tackles for Loss: Sacks: Interceptions: Long Return: Fumbles Forced: Fumbles Recovered: Long Return:

Oct. 2, 2004 Scoring: Touchdowns: Points: 21, by Chris Pope of VSU Dec. 1, 2012 PAT Attempts: 5.0, Lawrence Virgil of VSU Nov. 24, 2012 PAT Made: 4.0, 2x - Last Tyler Josey of VSU Nov. 1, 2012 FG Attempted: 3, 2x - Last Oatha Foster of West Ala. Sept. 22, 2012 FG Made: 100, by David Brown of VSU Dec. 8, 2018 3, by Tyler Josey of VSU Nov. 1, 2012 Punt Return: 2, 2x - Last Dominic Splinks of Delta State Oct. 2, 2008 Total Yards: 86 by Dominique Wheeler of VSU Sept. 28, 2013 Touchdowns:

Scoring: Touchdowns: Points: PAT Attempts: PAT Made: FG Attempted: FG Made: Long FG:

4, 5x - Last Rogan Wells of VSU 24, 5x - Last Rogan Wells of VSU 10, by Daniel Andersen of VSU 10, by Daniel Andersen of VSU 5, Estin Thiele of VSU 5, Estin Thiele of VSU 54 by Keith Moore of VSU

Kickoff Returns: Oct. 6, 2018 Total Yards: Oct. 6, 2018 Touchdowns: Nov. 7, 2009 Nov. 7, 2009 Miscellaneous: Sept. 1, 2022 First Downs: Sept. 1, 2022 Penalties: Sept. 21, 1985 Penalty Yards:

Punting: Punts: Total Yards: Average: Long Punt:

12, by VSU vs. West Florida 494, by Lewis Hays of Shorter 54.0, by Andrew Jones of Delta State 65, by Andrew Jones of Delta State

Sept. 24, 2016 Sept. 22, 2018 Oct. 20, 2012 Oct. 20, 2012

Punt Return: Total Yards: 168, by Sherard Reynolds of VSU Touchdowns: 1, 5x - Last by Gary Simon Longest Return: 94, by Quin Roberson of VSU

Sept. 23, 2006 Oct. 22, 2016 Sept. 8, 2012

Kickoff Returns: Total Yards: Touchdowns: Longest Return:

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196, by Michael Allen of West Alabama 1, 10x times - Last L.C. Gallimore of VSU 98 by Tyran Robinson of VSU

68, by Jacksonville State 598, by Mississippi College 7, 2x - Last by VSU vs. Edward Waters

Sept. 24, 1988 Oct. 15, 2022 Sept. 29, 2012

68, by VSU vs. St. Ambrose 48, by VSU vs. St. Ambrose 508, by VSU vs. St. Ambrose 7, 3x - Last by VSU vs. Ouachita Baptist

Oct. 14, 1995 Oct. 14, 1995 Oct. 14, 1995 Nov. 4, 2000

719, by VSU vs. West Georgia

Nov. 27, 2021

5, 3x - Last vs. UNCP 105, by North Alabama 5, by VSU vs. Carson-Newman 4, 5x - Last by VSU vs. Albany State 86, by VSU vs. Angelo State

Nov. 18, 2016 Nov. 12, 2005 Nov. 15, 2008 Sept. 6, 2014 Sept. 28, 2013

10, 2x - Last by VSU vs. Edward Waters 70, by VSU vs. Edward Waters 10, 2x - Last by VSU vs. Edward Waters 10, by VSU vs. Edward Waters 5, by VSU vs. Keiser 5, by VSU vs. Keiser

Nov. 7, 2009 Nov. 7, 2009 Nov. 7, 2009 Nov. 7, 2009 Sept. 1, 2022 Sept. 1, 2022

202, by VSU vs. Arkansas Tech 2, by VSU vs. North Alabama

Sept. 23, 2006 Dec. 1, 2007

243, by Edward Waters 1, 11x - Last by Point University

Nov. 7, 2009 Sept. 2, 2023

39, by VSU vs. Carson-Newman 19, by VSU vs. Arkansas-Monticello 170, by VSU vs. Albany State

Nov. 21, 2015 Oct. 11, 1997 Aug. 28, 1999

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WIN/LOSS/ATTENDANCE WON-LOSS BREAKDOWN

W L All Games 333 137 Home 183 59 Cleveland Field 174 55 Martin Stadium 9 4 Road/Neutral 150 78 GSC Games 215 94 Home 107 44 Away 108 50 Non-Conference 118 43 Home 73 17 Away/Neutral 45 26 In August 10 2 In September 110 38 In October 127 50 In November 72 43 In December 14 4 NCAA Playoffs 31 15 Home 21 8 Away 6 5 Neutral 4 2 Overtime Games 2 6

T 4 1 1 0 3 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

PCT. .707 .755 .759 .692 .656 .694 .707 .681 .731 .811 .632 .833 .741 .718 .623 .778 .674 .724 .545 .667 .250

YEARLY RECORDS Year Overall GSC Finish Coach 1982 5-5-1 2-4 6th Jim Goodman 1983 5-6 2-5 8th Jim Goodman 1984 5-6 3-5 T-6th Jim Goodman 1985 5-6 3-5 T-6th Jim Berryman 1986 9-2 7-1 2nd Mike Cavan 1987 6-4 4-4 4th Mike Cavan 1988 6-3-1 4-3-1 4th Mike Cavan 1989 5-5 5-3 3rd MIke Cavan 1990 5-5 5-3 4th Mike Cavan 1991 6-3-1 4-1-1 T-2nd Mike Cavan 1992 5-4-1 3-2-1 T-2nd Hal Mumme 1993 8-3 5-2 2nd Hal Mumme 1994 11-2 6-1 T-2nd Hal Mumme 1995 6-5 4-3 5th Hal Mumme 1996 10-3 6-2 1st Hal Mumme 1997 6-5 5-3 T-4th Mike Kelly 1998 5-6 4-5 T-5th Mike Kelly 1999 4-7 3-6 T-6th Mike Kelly/Mark Nelson 2000 10-2 8-1 T-1st Chris Hatcher 2001 12-1 9-0 1st Chris Hatcher 2002 14-1 9-0 1st Chris Hatcher 2003 10-2 8-1 2nd Chris Hatcher 2004 13-1 9-0 1st Chris Hatcher 2005 9-3 7-2 T-2nd Chris Hatcher 2006 8-2 6-2 T-3rd Chris Hatcher 2007 13-1 7-1 T-2nd David Dean 2008 9-3 6-2 3rd David Dean 2009 6-4 5-3 T-3rd David Dean 2010 8-3 6-2 T-1st David Dean 2011 6-4 1-3 5th David Dean 2012 12-2 4-1 2nd David Dean 2013 6-4 3-3 4th David Dean 2014 10-3 5-2 T-3rd David Dean 2015 9-3 5-2 T-3rd David Dean 2016 8-3 6-2 T-2nd Kerwin Bell 2017 5-4 5-3 T-2nd Kerwin Bell 2018 14-0 8-0 1st Kerwin Bell 2019 10-1 8-0 1st Gary Goff 2020 NO SEASON DUE TO COVID-19 2021 12-2 6-1 T-1st Gary Goff 2022 5-6 2-5 T-6th Tremaine Jackson 2023 12-2 7-1 T-1st Tremaine Jackson

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SHUTOUT VICTORIES Score Opponent 49-0 Clark Atlanta 27-0 Kentucky State 17-0 vs. Fort Valley State 7-0 Fort Valley State 65-0 Mount Senario 36-0 Knoxville 63-0 at West Alabama 6-0 Arkansas Tech 41-0 St. Ambrose 42-0 Southern Arkansas 10-0 at Fort Valley State 21-0 at North Alabama 46-0 Fort Valley State 26-0 at Albany State 42-0 Delta State 30-0 at Arkansas Tech 69-0 at Fort Valley State 37-0 at West Alabama 27-0 at Southern Arkansas 5-0 at North Alabama 41-0 Shorter 62-0 Mississippi College 44-0 Shorter 52-0 at Shorter 52-0 Shorter 55-0 Delta State

MILESTONE VICTORIES No. Score Opponent, Date 1 24-21 Troy State, 09/18/82 50 42-15 at West Alabama, 10/07/89 81 14-7# Albany State, 11/19/94 96 63-30* Central Arkansas, 11/09/96 100 21-0 at North Alabama, 10/04/07 122 45-35* at West Georgia, 11/11/00 133 31-6* West Georgia, 11/10/01 145 19-3* at West Georgia, 11/16/02 150 45-17 at Florida Atlantic, 09/06/03 167 35-12* at West Georgia, 11/06/04 171 36-31^ vs. Pittsburg State, 12/11/04 200 28-24 at California (Pa.), 12/08/07 201 25-20^ vs. NW Missouri State, 12/15/07 224 31-13* West Georgia, 11/06/10 242 35-7^ vs. Winston-Salem State, 12/15/12 250 22-17 vs. Winston-Salem State, 09/13/14 275 44-0 Shorter, 11/12/16 290 47-31 West Georgia, 11/10/18 294 49-47^ vs. Ferris State, 12/15/18 300 34-13 at Delta State, 10/12/19 325 28-3 vs. North Greenville, 09/23/23 *GSC Title / ^NCAA Title / #1st NCAA Playoff Win

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Att. 11,473 10,948 10,558 10,473 10,214 10,199 10,100 10,039 9,891 9,576

TOP TEN HOME CROWDS Opponent (Score) Albany State (VSU, 41-6) Albany State (VSU, 14-7) West Georgia (VSU, 47-31) Albany State (VSU, 21-3) West Georgia (VSU, 49-33) Albany State (VSU, 18-6) Fort Valley State (FVSU, 17-3) North Alabama (VSU, 34-31) Fort Valley State (VSU, 46-0) Fort Valley State (VSU, 32-6)

HOME ATTENDANCE BREAKDOWN Year Games Total Avgerage 1982 5 36,800 7,360 1983 6 28,500 4,750 1984 5 25,468 5,094 1985 5 37,100 6,183 1986 5 25,000 5,000 1987 5 27,000 5,400 1988 5 20,500 4,100 1989 4 18,286 4,571 1990 4 20,330 5,083 1991 7 32,762 4,680 1992 4 16,064 4,016 1993 6 35,559 5,927 1994 8 59,212 7,402 1995 5 24,602 4,920 1996 7 49,251 7,036 1997 4 19,910 4,978 1998 5 23,741 4,748 1999 6 27,126 4,521 2000 5 37,569 7,514 2001 8 50,382 6,298 2002 9 48,826 5,425 2003 6 40,466 6,744 2004 6 25,628 4,271 2005 7 37,293 5,328 2006 5 26,199 5,240 2007 7 36,643 5,235 2008 6 34,989 5,832 2009 6 30,730 5,122 2010 6 28,906 4,818 2011 5 27,087 5,417 2012 7 31,875 4,554 2013 5 22,684 4,537 2014 5 25,735 5,147 2015 6 18,499 3,083 2016 6 27,555 4,593 2017 4 17,585 4,396 2018 8 39,119 4,890 2019 6 29,950 4,992 2020 NO SEASON DUE TO COVID-19 2021 9 35,399 3,933 2022 6 20,703 3,451 2023 8 25,737 3,217

Date 08/25/01 11/19/94 11/10/18 08/30/03 10/15/94 08/28/99 09/14/85 10/05/96 09/02/00 09/07/02

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RED HOTS

(Front Row, L-R): Kassidy Hernandez, Mylin Harris. (Second Row, L-R): Anna Perry, Yakia Pettis, Caroline Schenk, Maria Tsesmelis, LyZavia Holloway. (Third Row, L-R): Amberlyn Garcia, Josie Kersh, Faith Besch, Brooklyn Dunlop, Keionna Watkins, Ivey Brown, Kaitlynn Stalvey, Jala Turner, Jireh Ivory, Rylie Fitzpatrick.

CHEERLEADERS

(Front L-R): Tiani Chatman, London Smith, Curtevia Blair, Jasmin Wade, Lindsey Melton, Artesha Pierce. (Second Row, L-R): Jasmine Bryant, Zoie Houghton, Madison McCann, Madalyn Janes, Jade Harper, Kyla Sutton, Madison Green, Sienna Shuman.

(Third Row, L-R): Charlsie Gaganis, Gabrielle Souffrant, Makayla Camp, Kamora Worrell, Faith Wilkerson, Aniyah Watts, Samiya Brown.

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THE BLAZIN’ BRIGADE

the blazin’ blazin’ brigade

Established in 1983, the Blazin’ Brigade Marching Band is one of the largest student organizations and one of the deepest held traditions at Valdosta State University. Blazin’ Brigade members represent nearly every major on campus. Membership is open to all students regardless of major. For 40 years, Blazin’ Brigade has provided entertaining shows for students, fans, and alumni at home in Bazemore-Hyder Stadium and across South Georgia.

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THE BLAZIN’ BRIGADE VALDOSTA STATE 2024 MARCHING BAND ROSTER NAME SECTION Braxton Acker Trumpet Olivia Adams Piccolo Jeanetta Allen Percussion Jesus Altamirano Saxophone (Alto) Asa Ballard Trumpet Margaret Blanchard Percussion Alyssa Bradshaw Clarinet Tucker Browning Percussion Lily Burnham Guard Johnathan Calhoun Trumpet Raeann Catlett Percussion Hailey Centobene Guard Sakihya Chambers Guard Tara Chunn Piccolo Jimmie Clark Trombone William Cone Sousaphone Allencia Davis Guard Haley Davis Piccolo Johnny Dixon Trumpet

YEAR Freshman Senior Sophomore Freshman Junior Sophomore Freshman Senior Freshman Freshman Freshman Senior Senior Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Junior Sophomore

HOMETOWN Norman Park, Ga. Jacksonville, Fla. Griffin, Ga. Thomasville, Ga. Moultrie, Ga. Marietta, Ga. Thomasville, Ga. Lakeland, Ga. Perry, Ga. Cairo, Ga. Adel, Ga. Lakland, Ga. Douglas, Ga. Cumming, Ga. Waycross, Ga. Thomasville, Ga. Jackson, Ga. Colquitt, Ga. Cordele, Ga.

Juliette Duits John Durrance Madison Edmondson Ronald English Hayleigh Everett Ramiyah Fulton Malea Gant Conley Gibson Calista Godwin Leonardo Gomez-Corona Dylan Goodyear Dawson Green Lillian Gregory Destiny Harrelson Brian Hill Larry Hon Cameron Hopper Tyler Home Alexandra Hughes Jacob Hurst Mikala Jackson Matthew Jeffery Mariah Johnson Payton Josey Katlyn Joyner Abigail Kirkland Pierson Lane Delorenzo Lawrence Taylor LeMay Jayla Lewis Daniel Lowe Addison Macy Austin Martin William McCauley Rebekah McCord Cayden McElroy Eleison Meeks

Sophomore Sophomore Sophomore Junior Freshman Junior Junior Freshman Senior Freshman Sophomore Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Sophomore Freshman Freshman Junior Freshman Sophomore Freshman Junior Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Senior Sophomore Freshman Junior Freshman Junior Sophomore Senior

Hoschton, Ga. Lakeland, Ga. Moultrie, Ga. Sylvester, Ga. Sylvester, Ga. Waycross, Ga. Conyers, Ga. Waycross, Ga. Valdosta, Ga. Norman Park, Ga. Moultrie, Ga. Perry, Ga. Waycross, Ga. Alma, Ga. Fort Valley, Ga. Nashville, Ga. Brunswick, Ga. Adel, Ga. Citra, Fla. Valdosta, Ga. Swainsboro, Ga. Moultrie, Ga. Citra, Fla. Cairo, Ga. Blacksheer, Ga. Moultrie, Ga. Valdosta, Ga. Vidalia, Ga. Lawrenceville, Ga. Leesburg, Ga. Gray, Ga. Waycross, Ga. Sylvester, Ga. Darien, Ga. Dexter, Ga. Kingsland, Ga. Baxley, Ga.

Piccolo Trumpet Piccolo Saxophone (Alto) Percussion Percussion Guard Majorette Staff Trombone Saxophone (Tenor) Saxophonoe (Tenor) Mellophone Guard Trombone Saxophone (Tenor) Trumpet Saxophone (Alto) Baritone Percussion Trumpet Percussion Saxophone (Tenor) Percussion Baritone Guard Sousaphone Sousaphone Clarinet Baritone Trombone Percussion Percussion Trombone Piccolo Guard Trumpet

VALDOSTA STATE 2024 MARCHING BAND ROSTER NAME SECTION Sierra Miller Piccolo Caitlin Mitchell Trombone Hope Mitchell Trumpet Mary Moss Mellophone Lyric Nichols Clarinet Wynn Nix Baritone Lezli Ocampo Piccolo James Owensby Percussion Jalon Palmer Trombone Jazmin Rendon Piccolo Faith Ridley Saxophone (Alto) Brittney Robinson Majorette Jermarion Robinson Saxophone (Alto) Abigail Rowan Clarinet Kaelynn Samp Guard Bryan Sanchez Trumpet Natalie Savoie Trombone Michelle Shacklee Drum Major Rylee Shellenbarger Baritone

YEAR Junior Freshman Freshman Senior Freshman Sophomore Junior Freshman Senior Senior Senior Freshman Junior Junior Senior Freshman Sophomore Senior Sophomore

HOMETOWN Valdosta, Ga. Perry, Ga. Ludowici, Ga. South Bend, Ind. Marietta, Ga. Leesburg, Ga. Jesup, Ga. Jackson, Ga. Buford, Ga. Nahunta, Ga. Thomasville, Ga. Donalsonville, Ga. Valdosta, Ga. Lakeland, Ga. Cumming, Ga. Pearson, Ga. Valdosta, Ga. Enterprise, Ala. Eatonton, Ga.

Alex Shepherd Christopher Singleton Kaitlyn Skau Allison Smith Jackson Soosani Emma Spangler Lindsey Sparks Ella Stephenson Hannah Sutherland Aleeyria Tarber Lance Thigpen Gianni Thomas Jayden Thompson Jamarion Thornton Kyra Turlington Kevin Vander Horn Jack Warren Landen White Zachary Whitesides Romello Williams Gregory Williams Chandler YOung

Sophomore Sophomore Senior Junior Freshman Sophomore Senior Junior Senior Freshman Junior Freshman Junior Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Junior Freshman Junior Freshman

Tifton, Ga. Hiram, Ga. Jacksonville, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. Valdosta, Ga. Cairo, Ga. Brunswick, Ga. Nashville, Ga. Milton, Ga. Alma, Ga. Madison, Fla. Ludowici, Ga. Thomasville, Ga. Jonesboro, Ga. Waycross, Ga. Valdosta, Ga. Nashville, Ga. Forsyth, Ga. Brunswick, Ga. Moultrie, Ga. Sylvester, Ga. Valdosta, Ga.

Sousaphone Percussion Staff Majorette Percussion Piccolo Staff Clarinet Guard Piccolo Saxophone (Alto) Saxophone (Tenor) Trumpet Saxophone (Alto) Percussion Percussion Trombone Clarinet Percussion Clarinet Saxophone (Alto) Trumpet

Blazin’ Brigade Instructors Dr. Sky Holmes - Director of Bands Mr. Patrick Forrester - Director of Athletic Bands Dr. Ryan Smith - Percussion Steven Holmes - Battery Kautia Matyko - Majorettes Keisha Thomas - Guard

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THE 2004 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Individual Statistical Leaders Rushing: VSU - Brown 13-72; Robinson 11-68/1td; Walker 11-55/1td. PSU Philpot 20-117/1td; Race 8-39.

Passing: VSU - Walker 19-27-1, 165yds/2td. PSU - Majors 11-14-1, 148yds.

Receiving: VSU - Dalton 4-48; Robinson 4-22; Parker 2-12/1td. PSU - Austin 8-119; Carpenter 4-38/1td; Ward 2-31.

Defense: VSU - Foss 11tckls/1fr/1pd; Fortson 9tckls/1tfl; Toomer 8tckls/2tfl/1ff.

PSU - Miller 12tckls/1ff/1fr; Lattimer 10tckls/1tfl/1pd; Dellasega 6tckls.

Team Valdosta State Pittsburg State

VALDOSTA STATE 36, PITTSBURG STATE 31 BRALY STADIUM, FLORENCE, ALA. DECEMBER 11, 2004 FLORENCE, Ala. - Valdosta State used a ground control offense and an opportunistic defense to defeat Pittsburg State 36-31 in Braly Stadium to earn the school’s first NCAA Division II Football National Championship.

The Gorillas jumped on the scoreboard quickly as they intercepted a pass and returned it 32 yards for a score just 56 seconds into the contest. PSU pushed its lead to 14-0 seven minutes later as it scored on a Jermaine Carpenter 10-yard reception.

VSU used a turnover of its own to tally its first points of the game as Terrence Bell intercepted a pass and returned it to the Pittsburg State 19 yard line. Four plays later, Fabian Walker hooked up with Zach Parker for a one-yard scoring strike.

After a Gorilla field goal, Walker capped off a 9-play, 69-yard drive with a four-yard run to move the Blazers to within three points. The Valdosta State defense again made its presence felt as Tim Thompson sacked PSU quarterback Neal Philpot, who fumbled the ball on the play. Thompson recovered the fumble at the VSU 45 yard line with 47 seconds remaining, giving the Blazers time to march to the PSU seven yard line. Will Rhody tied the game with a 27yard field goal just three seconds before intermission.

A safety less than two minutes into the second half gave Valdosta State its first lead of the game before the Blazers extended their advantage to 26-17 on its next drive. VSU marched 72 yards on seven plays on the possession, capping it off with a 23-yard run by Tyran Robinson.

Pittsburg State responded with an 11-play, 80 yard drive on its ensuing possession to close to within two points only to have Valdosta State again find the end zone as it took over possession of the ball after the kickoff. Walker proceeded to complete two passes for 13 yards while rushing twice for 22 yards on the drive, which ended with a seven-yard completion to Raymond Thomas with 14:15 remaining in the contest.

The Black Swarm defense forced its third turnover of the contest on the ensuing drive, leading to VSU’s final points of the game. On the first play from scrimmage, Terel Toomer forced a fumble that was recovered by the Blazers’ Scott Foss at the PSU 31. The Blazers closed to the Gorilla eight yard line before kicking a 28-yard field goal to build its largest lead at 36-24.

Pittsburg State closed to within five points on a Neal Philpot one-yard touchdown with 7:27 to go, but VSU answered with a drive that took 5:36 off the clock.

After a punt, Bell registered his second interception of the day, sealing the victory for the Blazers, which held the Gorillas to 250 offensive yards under their season average.

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VSU 21 37 201 19-27 165 64-366 3-20 2-65 3-1 3-43 4-33.5 2-of-8 31:09

1st 0 14

2nd 17 3

3rd 9 7

Team Stats First Downs Rushing Attempts Net Rushing Yards Comp. - Att. Passing Yards Total Plays - Yards Sacks By - Yards Interceptions - Yards Fumbles - Lost Penalties - Yards Punts - Average Yards Third Down Conversions Time of Possession

4th 10 7

Final 36 31 PSU 22 40 163 16-25 208 65-371 0-0 1-32 4-2 5-37 2-33.0 4-of-9 28:51

The Road to Florence

Second Round - Valdosta State 38, Carson-Newman 12 Valdosta State shut down the nation’s second-ranked offense as the Blazers topped Carson-Newman 38-12 in Bazemore-Hyder Stadium ... The Eagles managed 364 total yards in the contest, but also turned the ball over four times ... The Blazers jumped to a 17-0 halftime lead before CN scored on an 86-yard third quarter punt return ... The only Eagle offensive score came on a touchdown with 51 seconds remaining ... The VSU special teams unit blocked both CarsonNewman extra point attempts in the game.

Quarterfinals - Valdosta State 38, Albany State 24 In a tale of two halves, Valdosta State overcame a 24-0 halftime deficit to defeat Albany State 38-24 ... The Golden Rams rolled up 270 offensive yards in the first half while limiting VSU to 106 ... The second half saw the Blazers tally 258 yards of offense while holding ASU to 76 ... After forcing a punt on the first Albany State possession of the second half, Valdosta State scored less than three minutes into the frame on a Tyran Robinson 22-yard run ... Robinson scored again six minutes later while Vincent Brown also scored two second half touchdowns for the Blazers ... The victory avenged Valdosta State’s only loss of the season as Albany State claimed a 24-22 victory in the season opener.

Semifinals - Valdosta State 45, West Chester 21 Valdosta State never trailed as it jumped to a 31-7 halftime lead en route to a 45-21 victory over visiting West Chester ... VSU scored on five of six first half possessions ... The Blazers scored two first half touchdowns on the ground while getting two more through the air ... The Golden Rams scored two third quarter touchdowns to close to within 31-21, only to have Valdosta State respond with two fourth quarter scores ... The VSU offense tallied 476 yards in the game, as opposed to 316 for WCU, while the defense forced four turnovers in the contest.

2004, 2007, 2012 AND 2018 NCAA DIVISION II CHAMPIONS

THE 2004 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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2024 BLAZER FOOTBALL Albany State VSU leads 21-2-0 11-0-0 (H) • 10-2-0 (A) • 0-0-0 (N) Streak: VSU W4 10/23/82 11/19/94^ 11/23/96^ 08/29/98 08/29/99 08/26/00 08/25/01 08/31/02 08/30/03 09/04/04 11/27/04^ 09/03/05 09/02/06 09/01/07 09/17/11 09/06/14 09/05/15 09/03/16 09/02/17 09/01/18 09/07/19 09/18/21 09/09/23 08/31/24

Albany W Valdosta W Valdosta W Albany W Valdosta W Albany W Valdosta W Albany W Valdosta W Albany L Albany W Valdosta W Albany W Valdosta W Albany W Valdosta W Albany W Valdosta W Albany L Valdosta W Albany W Valdosta W Albany W Valdosta

36-13 14-7 38-28 20-10 18-6 42-6 41-6 26-0 21-3 24-22 38-24 24-9 20-16 41-3 30-27 38-10 21-13 16-7 29-12 45-14 38-3 21-3 21-16 7 p.m.

Newberry VSU leads 3-1-0 1-1-0 (H) • 2-0-0 (A) • 0-0-0 (N) Streak: VSU W2 08/30/08 08/29/09 09/11/10 09/08/11 09/07/24

Newberry W Valdosta L Newberry W Valdosta W Newberry

14-9 34-21 45-17 24-17 7 p.m.

Fayetteville State First Meeting 0-0-0 0-0-0 (H) • 0-0-0 (A) • 0-0-0 (N) Streak: -09/14/24

Valdosta

7 p.m.

Erskine College First Meeting 0-0-0 0-0-0 (H) • 0-0-0 (A) • 0-0-0 (N) Streak: -09/21/24

Greenwood

4 p.m.

West Alabama VSU leads 36-6-0 19-3-0 (H) • 17-3-0 (A) • 0-0-0 (N) Streak: VSU W1 11/13/82

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W 22-21

SERIES RECORDS VS. 2024 OPPONENTS

11/12/83 Livingston W 10/13/84 Valdosta W 10/19/85 Livingston L 10/18/86 Valdosta W 09/19/87 Livingston W 10/08/88 Valdosta W 10/07/89 Livingston W 10/06/90 Valdosta W 10/12/91 Livingston W 10/10/92 Valdosta W 10/02/93 Valdosta W 10/01/94 Livingston W 10/07/95 Valdosta W 10/19/96 Livingston W 10/18/97 Valdosta W 10/10/98 Valdosta W 10/09/99 Livingston W 10/21/00 Valdosta W 10/20/01 Livingston W 10/26/02 Valdosta W 10/25/03 Livingston W 10/16/04 Valdosta W 10/15/05 Livingston W 10/21/06 Valdosta W 10/20/07 Livingston W 09/27/08 Livingston W 09/26/09 Valdosta W 11/11/10 Livingston L 10/15/11 Valdosta W 09/22/12 Valdosta L 11/24/12^ Valdosta W 10/10/13 Livingston L 10/30/14 Livingston W 10/31/15 Valdosta W 11/05/16 Livingston W 11/04/17 Valdosta L 09/15/18 Livingston W 09/21/19 Valdosta W 10/16/21 Livingston W 10/08/22 Valdosta L 11/04/23 Livingston W 09/28/24 Valdosta ^NCAA Playoff

29-14 17-16 10-5 17-12 19-9 20-7 17-6 46-7 20-7 42-15 42-13 63-0 27-20 52-16 33-20 19-3 21-19 50-20 56-8 43-31 58-13 34-17 31-19 16-14 37-0 33-14 35-6 24-21 22-21 39-28 49-21 49-30 24-17 55-28 37-22 38-14 58-24 44-27 42-17 34-31 20-14 7 p.m.

Shorter VSU leads 12-0-0 7-0-0 (H) • 5-0-0 (A) • 0-0-0 (N) Streak: VSU W12 10/25/12 09/21/13 10/25/14 10/22/15 11/12/16 11/11/17 09/22/18 09/28/19 10/02/21 09/24/22 11/12/22 10/21/23

Rome Valdosta Valdosta Rome Valdosta Rome Valdosta Rome Valdosta Rome Valdosta Valdosta

W W W W W W W W W W W W

37-6 41-0 37-6 37-22 44-0 52-0 52-0 44-7 49-13 34-30 30-28 42-14

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Rome 12 p.m.

North Greenville

VSU leads 5-0-0 3-0-0 (H) • 2-0-0 (A) • 0-0-0 (N) Streak: VSU W5 10/20/18 10/26/19 11/06/21 10/29/22 09/23/23 10/12/24

Valdosta W Tigerville W Valdosta W Tigerville W Valdosta W Tigerville

44-21 20-15 31-21 58-37 28-3 7 p.m.

Mississippi College VSU leads 13-9-1 7-5-0 (H) • 6-4-1 (A) • 0-0-0 (N) Streak: VSU W1 09/11/82 09/10/83 11/03/84 11/09/85 11/08/86 11/07/87 10/29/88 10/28/89 10/27/90 11/02/91 10/31/92 10/23/93 10/22/94 11/04/95 10/18/14 10/17/15 10/15/16 10/14/17 09/29/18 10/05/19 10/23/21 10/15/22 10/14/23 10/19/24

Clinton L Valdosta L Valdosta L Clinton L Valdosta W Clinton L Valdosta L Clinton L Valdosta L Clinton T Valdosta W Valdosta W Clinton W Valdosta W Clinton W Valdosta W Clinton W Valdosta W Clinton W Valdosta W Clinton W Valdosta L Clinton W Valdosta

28-13 26-3 10-3 28-7 21-10 20-12 31-21 32-3 17-10 10-10 28-14 42-21 24-7 42-16 62-0 34-7 42-41 55-3 63-42 42-17 41-14 49-40 21-10 3 p.m.

Chowan VSU leads 1-0-0 0-0-0 (H) • 1-0-0 (A) • 0-0-0 (N) Streak: VSU W1 09/30/23 11/02/24

Murfreesboro W, 51-36 Valdosta 3 p.m.

Delta State

DSU leads 22-20-1 9-11-0 (H) • 11-11-1 (A) • 0-0-0 (N) Streak: VSU W1 10/09/82 10/08/83 11/10/84

Cleveland Valdosta Cleveland

L L L

27-0 24-16 17-11

11/16/85 Valdosta W 11/15/86 Cleveland W 11/14/87 Valdosta L 11/05/88 Cleveland T 11/04/89 Valdosta L 11/03/90 Cleveland L 11/09/91 Valdosta W 11/07/92 Cleveland W 10/30/93 Cleveland W 10/29/94 Valdosta W 10/21/95 Cleveland W 11/02/96 Cleveland L 11/01/97 Valdosta L 09/19/98 Cleveland L 09/18/99 Valdosta L 10/07/00 Valdosta L 11/18/00^ Cleveland L 10/06/01 Cleveland W 09/21/02 Valdosta W 09/20/03 Cleveland W 10/02/04 Valdosta W 10/01/05 Cleveland W 10/12/06 Cleveland L 10/11/07 Valdosta L 10/02/08# Valdosta L 10/01/09 Cleveland L 09/18/10 Valdosta L 10/22/11 Cleveland L 10/20/12 Valdosta W 11/02/13 Cleveland L 09/20/14 Valdosta L 11/07/15## Cleveland W 10/22/16 Valdosta W 10/21/17 Cleveland W 10/06/18 Valdosta W 10/12/19 Cleveland W 10/09/21 Valdosta W 10/01/22 Cleveland L 10/07/23 Valdosta L 11/25/23^ Cleveland W 11/09/24 Cleveland ^NCAA Playoff #Overtime

39-20 31-8 24-21 28-28 24-16 26-11 34-27 45-7 33-8 57-10 37-19 34-28 27-23 20-17 9-6 45-35 45-12 70-12 42-0 28-17 51-48 24-23 35-28 35-31 27-24 31-23 27-23 36-33 59-41 63-55 49-32 40-34 56-27 34-13 59-28 34-13 55-0 70-31 49-25 38-31 3 p.m.

West Florida VSU leads 5-3-0 2-2-0 (H) • 3-1-0 (A) • 0-0-0 (N) Streak: VSU W1 09/24/16 Valdosta W 09/23/17 Pensacola W 11/03/18 Pensacola W 11/09/19 Valdosta W 11/30/19^ Valdosta L 11/13/21 Pensacola L 11/05/22# Valdosta L 10/28/23 Pensacola W 11/16/24 Valdosta ^NCAA Playoff # Overtime

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40-28 30-19 48-21 26-21 38-35 61-42 31-32 31-28 7 p.m.

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2024 BLAZER FOOTBALL Opponent Albany State American Int'l Angelo State Arkansas-Monticello Arkansas Tech Bishop College Bowie State California (Pa.) Carson-Newman Catawba Central Arkansas Central Florida Chowan Clark Atlanta Colorado School of Mines Cumberland Delta State East Tennessee State Edward Waters College Ferris State Florida Atlanic Florida Tech Fort Valley State Gardner-Webb Georgia Southern Grand Valley State Harding Henderson State Jacksonville State Keiser Kentucky State Knoxville College Lenoir-Rhyne Lees-McRae Limestone Miles College Minnesota State Mississippi College Mount Senario College New Haven Newberry North Alabama North Carolina-Pembroke North Dakota State North Greenville Northwest Missouri State Notre Dame College Ohio Dominican Ouachita Baptist Pittsburg State Point University Saginaw Valley State Savannah State Shorter St. Ambrose Southern Arkansas Tarleton State Tennessee-Martin Texas A&M-Kingsville Texas-El Paso Troy State Truman State Virginia Union West Alabama West Chester West Florida West Georgia Wingate Winston-Salem State

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W-L-T 21-2-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 8-2-0 9-1-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 5-3-0 2-1-0 9-2-0 3-5-0 1-0-0 3-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 20-22-1 0-1-0 2-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 6-1-0 19-3-0 2-0-0 1-6-1 0-1-0 5-1-0 10-0-0 3-8-0 2-0-0 4-0-0 1-0-0 2-1-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 13-9-1 1-0-0 1-0-0 3-1-0 16-25-1 1-2-0 0-1-0 5-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 11-1-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 6-0-0 12-0-0 1-0-0 13-3-0 1-0-0 6-1-0 3-0-0 0-1-0 4-7-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 36-6-0 1-0-0 5-3-0 29-14-0 2-0-0 3-0-0

1st Game 10/23/82 10/24/92 09/15/12 10/12/96 09/23/95 11/02/85 11/24/18 12/08/07 11/30/96 11/24/01 09/30/95 10/02/82 09/30/23 09/08/84 12/11/21 09/26/15 10/09/82 10/20/90 11/07/09 12/15/18 09/06/03 10/05/13 09/14/85 09/02/95 09/25/82 12/14/02 10/14/00 11/13/93 10/16/82 09/01/22 11/06/82 09/03/94 11/29/14 10/26/91 11/18/23 09/17/22 12/08/12 09/11/82 09/02/93 10/08/94 08/30/08 10/30/82 11/07/13 09/09/95 10/20/18 12/15/07 12/08/18 09/14/19 11/04/00 12/11/04 9/2/23 09/01/12 09/24/83 10/25/12 10/14/95 10/26/96 10/09/93 09/22/84 12/07/02 09/16/95 09/18/82 09/07/96 09/11/21 11/13/82 12/04/04 9/24/16 10/22/83 09/04/10 12/15/12

Result W, 36-13 W, 31-21 W, 43-10 W, 52-24 W, 6-0 W, 19-2 W, 66-16 W, 28-24 L, 24-19 L, 37-34 L, 30-24 W, 13-7 W, 51-36 W, 49-0 W, 34-31 W, 56-22 L, 27-0 L, 37-22 W, 70-6 W, 49-47 W, 45-17 W, 52-14 L, 17-3 W, 34-21 T, 27-27 L, 31-24 W, 50-39 W, 42-20 L, 43-11 W, 36-21 W, 48-13 W, 36-0 W, 23-21 W, 59-13 W, 62-41 W, 55-7 W, 35-19 L, 28-13 W, 65-0 W, 38-7 W, 14-9 L, 53-7 L, 34-29 L, 19-14 W, 44-21 W, 25-20 W, 30-24 W, 48-21 W, 49-21 W, 36-31 W, 63-10 L, 28-24 W, 14-10 W, 37-6 W, 41-0 W, 42-7 W, 68-10 W, 38-6 W, 21-12 L, 34-24 W, 24-21 W, 49-35 W, 51-7 W, 22-21 W, 45-21 W, 40-28 W, 20-13 W, 25-22 W, 35-7

SERIES RECORDS Last Game 09/09/23 10/24/92 09/28/13 10/01/11 10/30/10 11/02/85 12/04/21 12/08/07 11/21/15 11/24/07 09/24/05 09/10/94 09/30/23 09/24/94 12/11/21 09/26/15 11/25/23 10/20/90 09/29/12 12/18/21 09/06/03 10/19/19 09/08/18 08/31/96 08/30/97 12/14/02 10/17/09 10/10/09 09/26/92 09/16/23 10/01/16 09/03/94 12/02/23 10/26/91 11/18/23 09/17/22 12/08/12 10/15/22 09/02/03 10/08/94 09/08/11 09/16/17 11/19/16 09/09/95 09/23/23 12/15/07 12/08/18 09/14/19 10/08/11 12/11/04 9/2/23 09/01/12 09/04/21 10/21/23 10/14/95 09/24/11 10/09/93 09/15/90 11/16/13 09/16/95 10/03/93 09/07/96 09/10/22 11/04/23 12/04/04 10/28/23 10/22/22 09/03/11 09/12/15

Result W, 21-16 W, 31-21 W, 37-3 L, 23-9 W, 21-7 W, 19-2 W, 41-17 W, 28-24 W, 61-59 W, 55-29 W, 12-7 W, 31-14 W, 51-36 W, 63-6 W, 34-31 W, 56-22 W, 38-31 L, 37-22 W, 58-10 L, 58-17 W, 45-17 W, 55-28 W, 55-6 W, 42-16 L, 45-26 L, 31-24 W, 23-17 W, 33-20 L, 20-6 W, 49-25 W, 48-10 W, 36-0 L, 35-7 W, 59-13 W, 62-41 W, 55-7 W, 35-19 W, 21-10 W, 65-0 W, 38-7 W, 24-17 L, 30-24 L, 24-21 L, 19-14 W, 28-3 W, 25-20 W, 30-24 W, 48-21 W, 40-13 W, 36-31 W, 63-10 L, 28-24 W, 51-7 W, 42-14 W, 41-0 W, 38-21 W, 68-10 W, 28-14 W, 35-27 L, 34-24 L, 26-10 W, 49-35 L, 45-40 W, 20-14 W, 45-21 W, 31-28 W, 58-28 W, 30-23 W, 31-3

Home 11-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 4-1-0 5-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 5-2-0 2-1-0 4-1-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 9-11-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-0-0 10-2-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 3-0-0 5-0-0 2-3-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 7-5-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 7-13-1 0-2-0 0-0-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 6-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 4-0-0 6-0-0 1-0-0 7-1-0 1-0-0 3-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 2-3-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 19-3-0 1-0-0 2-2-0 16-4-0 1-0-0 0-0-0

Away 10-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-1-0 4-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 5-1-0 1-5-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 11-11-1 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 2-1-0 5-1-0 1-0-0 0-5-1 0-0-0 2-1-0 5-0-0 1-5-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 6-4-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 9-12-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 2-0-0 5-0-0 0-0-0 6-2-0 0-0-0 3-1-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 2-3-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 17-3-0 0-0-0 3-1-0 11-10-0 1-0-0 0-0-0

Neutral 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 0-0-0 0-0-0 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 4-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 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 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 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 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-0

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PF 643 31 80 411 286 19 107 28 257 113 351 139 51 153 34 56 1,358 22 128 66 45 290 731 76 157 24 190 396 156 85 155 36 91 59 62 55 35 639 65 38 104 924 86 14 181 25 30 48 474 36 63 24 172 499 41 517 68 214 94 24 155 49 91 1,379 45 283 1,344 55 88

PA 277 21 13 199 147 2 33 24 232 73 224 152 36 18 31 22 1,158 37 16 105 17 165 211 37 227 31 121 135 248 46 43 0 77 13 41 7 19 453 0 7 77 1,203 65 19 97 20 24 21 218 31 10 28 53 126 0 321 10 88 70 34 235 35 52 732 21 248 1,025 45 27

NCAA 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 5-2 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-4 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 1-0

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Name Pos Rodney Bullard WR Blake Hester RB Xavier Williams WR Jaedon Henry RB Joseph “Pop” McKayRB J’Quan Hicks DL Harrison Hamsley TE Kennedy Parker LB McCall Bennett K/P Larry Elder DB Tyler Ajiero WR Diego Bremer DB Dav’Juan Dezeme LB Graeson MalashevichWR Sammy Edwards QB Rance Conner DB Pate Hogan QB Seth Smith QB Jaylen Pettway QB Armar Gordon, Jr. QB Xyre Wilson WR Ashaud Roberson RB Theron Stroops DB Jordan Jakes WR Jeremy Smith DB Josh Brown DB James “Bud” ChaneyRB Alfonso Franklin RB JaBari Roberson DB Rico Watkins DB Montae Boyd DB Chance Black RB Jaylon Johnson DB Braylon Anderson DB Caden Campolieti LB Jordan Billups DB Sterling Roberts LB Julius Pascal DB Dallas Robinson DB Rickey Ransom DB Eric Watts RB Abe Nyang DB Reid Brass LS Joko Willis LB Jovon Jackson DB Noah Botsford K/P Ethan Eddins K/P Blaine Anderson DB Tyler Morehead LB Austin McKay K/P Jaylin Mobley TE Caleb Dawson LB La’Terrian Hicks DB Tim Brown DL Jalen Mayala LB Kenley-Mary Asse OL Emmanuel Cannon DL Shamar Riley OL KyJuan Phillips OL Wyatt Anderson OL James Robinson OL Jhebari Martin OL Victor Cameron III OL Brayden Rasnek OL Jacob Miles OL Ty Merkle OL Daniel Morales OL Jake Pippin OL Jonathan “JC” MartinDL Alex Jorge OL Kentravius Williams OL Steven Mauro OL Riley Frasu OL Will Flowers OL Ty Brown OL Jeremiah Mawali OL Ryan Frans OL Chris Lanney OL Rodney Leakes OL Connor Gilbert OL Andre Hall, Jr. WR Cole Brown WR Tyler Smith WR Samuel Curry WR Sherard Willis WR Thaiu Jones-Bell WR Noah Gillan TE Armani Hayes WR Daunte Boudy DL Jamorey Jones DL Mark Robinson DL Kyle Thomas DL Ja’Darien Boykin DL Allan Baugh DL Jemarrlowe Sykes DL Greg Hudgins III DL Alajujuan Sparks DL

Ht Wt Yr 6-0 170 Gr. 5-10 185 Gr. 6-0 180 Gr. 6-0 200 Gr. 5-11 209 Jr. 6-2 265 Sr. 6-3 230 Jr. 6-1 200 Sr. 5-5 - So. 6-0 200 Gr. 5-10 185 Gr. 6-2 190 Gr. 6-3 225 R-Jr. 5-9 183 Gr. 6-2 188 Sr. 5-11 190 Jr. 5-10 185 So. 6-2 196 So. 6-3 215 Fr. 6-0 170 Gr. 6-0 196 Gr. 5-7 175 Jr. 6-1 195 R-So. 6-6 215 Gr. 6-1 182 Gr. 5-11 170 Jr. 5-11 204 Gr. 6-0 205 Sr. 5-11 170 Sr. 6-0 180 So. 6-0 170 So. 6-1 199 Jr. 5-11 180 Gr. 6-1 190 R-Jr. 6-1 223 Gr. 5-8 180 Gr. 6-1 200 Jr. 5-10 184 R-Fr. 6-2 190 Jr. 5-11 178 So. 5-11 186 Sr. 6-0 185 Jr. 5-10 185 Jr. 6-3 215 Gr. 6-2 195 Sr. 6-3 200 So. 6-3 190 So. 5-11 175 Jr. 5-10 226 Jr. 5-11 173 Sr. 6-4 295 Sr. 6-0 213 Gr. 5-8 161 R-So. 6-4 265 Jr. 6-5 250 Gr. 6-4 340 Jr. 6-5 240 Sr. 6-6 305 Sr. 6-4 262 Jr. 6-3 295 So. 6-5 325 Sr. 6-5 315 Jr. 6-1 270 Jr. 6-5 305 R-Fr. 6-2 270 Fr. 6-6 232 R-Fr. 6-4 295 Gr. 6-2 280 Fr. 6-2 305 Jr. 6-6 285 Fr. 6-4 304 Jr. 6-5 295 R-So. 6-3 260 R-Fr. 6-3 283 Gr. 6-3 315 Fr. 6-6 300 R-Jr. 6-3 300 Sr. 6-8 350 Jr. 6-5 265 R-Fr. 6-6 310 Fr. 5-11 170 Jr. 6-3 205 Jr. 6-1 185 Gr. 5-10 180 So. 6-0 185 R-Jr. 6-0 190 So. 6-3 251 Gr. 6-2 190 Sr. 6-3 280 Gr. 6-1 290 Sr. 6-4 265 Jr. 6-3 295 Gr. 6-1 250 So. 6-2 290 R-So. 6-2 270 Sr. 6-4 285 Jr. 6-4 347 Sr.

Hometown / High School Albany, Ga. / Westover HS Ashland, Ky. / Blazer HS Hollywood, Fla. / Chaminade-Madonna Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / St. Thomas Aquinas Phenix City, Ala. / Central HS Jacksonville, Fla. / Sandalwood HS Valdosta, Ga. / Valwood HS Macon, Ga. / Westside HS Milton, Ga. / Cambridge HS Richmond, Va. / Fork Union Military Acad.

Tifton, Ga. / Tift County HS Cleveland Heights, Ohio / Cle. Heights HS Fort Myers, Fla. / Lehigh HS Ceredo, W.V. / Spring Valley HS St. Augustine, Fla. / St. Augustine HS Miami, Fla. / Washington HS Valdosta, Ga. / Valwood HS Spartanburg, S.C. / Spartanburg HS Jacksonville, Fla. / Edward White HS Perry, Ga. / Perry HS Buford, Ga. / Buford HS Richmond Hill, Ga. / Richmond Hill HS Lancaster, Texas / Lancaster HS Stockbridge, Ga. / St. Francis Acad. (Md.) Savannah, Ga. / Jenkins HS Valdosta, Ga. / Lowndes HS Lehigh Acres, Fla. / Lehigh HS St. Petersburg, Fla. / Boca Ciega HS Alachua, Fla. / Eastside HS Monticello, Fla. / Rickards HS Snellville, Ga. / Shiloh HS Spartanburg, S.C. / Dorman HS Olive Branch, Miss. / Lausanne Collegiate Saraland, Ala. / Saraland HS Cleveland, Ohio / Saint Ignatius HS Kingsland, Ga. / Camden County HS Starke, Fla. / Bradford HS Miami, Fla. / Krop HS Columbia, S.C. / Blythewood HS Midway, Fla. / John Paul II Catholic HS Opelika, Ala. / Opelika HS Roswell, Ga. / Roswell HS Newnan, Ga. / Newnan HS LaGrange, Ga. / Troup County HS Gainesville, Va. / Unity Reed HS Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / St. Thomas Aq. HS Jacksonville, Fla. / Bishop Kenny HS West Palm Beach, Fla. / St. Thomas Aq. HS Homerville, Ga. / Clinch County HS Aiken, S.C. / Aiken HS Sanford, Fla. / Seminole HS Goshen, Ala. / Goshen HS Tampa, Fla. / Hillsboroough HS Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. / Dwyer HS Dacula, Ga. / Archer HS Opa Locka, Fla. / Monsignor Pace HS Snellville, Ga. / South Gwinnett HS Brooklyn, N.Y. / New Utrecht HS Orlando, Fla. / Dr. Phillips HS Newnan, Ga. / Heritage HS Montgomery, Ala. / Carver HS Jasper, Fla. / Hamilton County HS Warner Robins, Ga. / Northside HS Opp, Ala. / Opp HS Newnan, Ga. / The Heritage School Valrico, Fla. / Durant HS Alpharetta, Ga. / Milford Academy Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. / South Walton HS Suwanee, Ga. / Collins Hill HS Miami, Fla. / Christopher Columbus HS Sanford, Fla. / Seminole HS Stormville, N.Y. / John Jay HS Thomasville, Ga. / Thomas County Central LaGrange, Ga. / LaGrange HS Thomasville, Ga. / Thomas County Central West Palm Beach, Fla. / Chaminade HS Blythewood, S.C. / Blythewood HS Cleveland, Miss. / Cleveland Central HS Las Vegas, Nev. / Sierra Canyon HS Tallahassee, Fla. / Lincoln HS Gulfport, Fla. / Boca Ciega HS Dallas, Ga. / East Paulding HS Ellenwood, Ga. / Salem HS Tallahassee, Fla. / Lincoln HS Riverside, Calif. / Centennial HS Hallandale, Fla. / Miami Carol City St Augustine, Fla. / Menendez HS West Palm Beach, Fla. / P.B. Gardens HS Vail, Ariz. / Cienega HS Phenix City, Ala. / Central HS Memphis, Tenn. / West Memphis HS Chesapeake, Va. / Oscar Smith HS Gray, Ga. / Jones County HS Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / St. Thomas Aq. HS Detroit, Mich. / Harper Woods HS Washington, D.C. / St. John’s College Prep Hoover, Ala. / Hoover HS

VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS

BLAZERS ON OFFENSE Seth Smith

QB RB TE WR WR WR LT LG C RG RT

12 4 87 3 11 1 71 58 73 53 66

Sammy Edwards 14 Jaedon Henry 2 Noah Gillan 7 Xavier Williams 21 Graeson Malashevich 10 Rodney Bullard 19 Steven Mauro 55 James Robinson 77 Will Flowers 57 Kenley-Mary Asse 75 Daniel Morales 78

DE N T DE STAR MIKE WILL CB FS SS FC

95 91 6 92 22 33 11 20 9 32 12

Allan Baugh Jamorey Jones J’Quan Hicks Mark Robinson Jeremy Smith Sterling Roberts Dav’Juan Dezeme Theron Stroops Larry Elder Jordan Billups Rance Connor

K P LS KR PR

43 42 39 25 3

Blake Hester Harrison Hamsley Jordan Jakes Tyler Ajiero Xyre Wilson Shamar Riley Chris Lanney Wyatt Anderson Jeremiah Mawali Rodney Leakes

BLAZERS ON DEFENSE 97 Greg Hudgins III 93 90 96 10 31 8 25 27 36 29

Kyle Thomas Daunte Boudy Jemarrlowe Sykes Diego Bremer Caden Campolieti Kennedy Parker JaBari Roberson Montae Boyd Rickey Ransom Jaylon Johnson

BLAZERS ON SPECIAL TEAMS Ethan Eddins 46 Austin McKay Noah Botsford Reid Brass Alfonso Franklin Xavier Williams

Blazer Coaching Staff

43 46 2 11

Ethan Eddins Austin McKay Blake Hester Graeson Malashevich

Head Coach: Tremaine Jackson (3rd Season) Assistant Head Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers: Trent Earley Co-Defensive Coordinator: Brandon Anderson Offensive Coordinator: Graham Craig Offensive Line: Brice Carlson Defensive Backs: Darren Garrigan Wide Receivers: Bryson Abraham Tight Ends: Jackson Hadley Running Backs: Alex Nelson Defensive Line: Giovanni Spadaro Assistant Defensive Line: Javiontae Martin Assistant Linebackers: Brett Buckridge Assistant Quarterbacks: Flip Williams Assistant Offensive Line: LaVonne Gauthney Assistant Defensive Backs: Jacob Brown Player Personnel/Defensive Assistant: Daniel Reakes Strength and Conditioning: Michael Doscher Head Athletic Trainer: Jay Johnson

2004, 2007, 2012 AND 2018 NCAA DIVISION II CHAMPIONS

ALBANY STATE ROSTER

ALBANY STATE GOLDEN RAMS

QB RB TE LT LG C RG RT A X Z

6 13 84 58 62 65 50 55 5 17 7

DE 31 NOSE 5 TACK 42 BAN 32 MLB 7 WLB 10 SPUR 36 BC 8 FS 4 SS 13 FC 16 K P LS PR KR

GOLDEN RAMS ON OFFENSE

Isaiah Knowles Aljhanod Thomas Kristian Grant Noah Stovall Leon Wesley Ty’orice Brown Ahmed Brimah Chauncy Kamakea Javion Jackson Jamil Williams Devon Dorsey

87 85 13 16 20

9 2 86 66 53 76 75 66 3 10 15

Jamari Jones Dajon Richard Xavier Herndon Oshea Stroman Kevin Dunbar Noah Brown Ashton Donald Oshea Stroman Kieren Jackson LaDerrius Moore Tobious Clemmons

GOLDEN RAMS ON DEFENSE

Eric Price Abraham Klinkscales Roderick Welch Ronald Robinson Aydin Henningham Iman Davis Akil Lampley Jai’Brian Bouye Robert Floyd Jalen Glaze Cameron Watts

91 99 40 56 38 53 25 26 27 29 12

Derrick Drayton Tyquan Glenn Isaiah Morrison Jimmy Dawson Devin Harrell Andrew Ruffin Davonte James Jonovan Carr Rontavion Scott Dayton Baker Jokobe Heggs

GOLDEN RAMS ON SPECIAL TEAMS Kyle Wright Devin Woolsey Jalen Glaze Cameron Watts Tyant Wyche

Albany State Coaching Staff

Quinn Gray, Sr. - Head Coach (2nd Season) Christopher Cash - Def. Coordinator Nicholas Sewak - Offensive Line Kahari Love - Tight Ends Anthony Kelly - Running Backs Terrell Sims - Wide Receivers Orlando McKinley - Cornerbacks Matthew Brown - Co-Defensive/LB Wes Smith - Defensive Line Elijah Washington - Special Teams Demetri Wilson - Football Operations Jake Pierrot - Student Assistant/WR Quonte Salley - Student Assistant

81 Tyrell Gainey 0 Monte Goodin 16 Cameron Watts

2024 BLAZER FOOTBALL # 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 10 11 12 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 58 60 61 62 65 66 70 71 75 76 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 90 91 92 93 94 96 99

NAME CL POS Monte Gooden R-Fr. WR Marlon Pollock R-So. LB Jayden Kinney Fr. QB Dajon Richard Gr. RB Kieren Jackson So. WR Robert Floyd R-So. DB Javion Jackson R-Fr. WR Abraham ClinkscalesR-Fr. DL Isaiah Knowles R-So. QB Devon Dorsey R-Jr. WR Aydin Henningham Gr. LB Jai’Brian Bouye R-Jr. DB Jamari Jones Gr. QB LaDarius Moore R-Jr. WR Iman Davis So. LB Jordan Smith Jr. R-So. QB Jakobe Heggs R-So. DB Aljhanod Thomas R-Jr. RB Jalen Glaze R-Sr. DB De`Amare ChambersR-Jr. CB Tabious Clemmons R-So. WR Cameron Watts So. DB Jamil Williams R-Fr. WR Micah Forsythe R-So. WR Vondez Taylor R-So. DB Tiant Wyche Fr. RB Sincere Rodriguez R-Fr. RB Tylan Dunn R-So. DB Deven Foster R-Jr. CB Colby James Fr. DB Jonovan Carr R-Fr. DB Rontavian Scott So. DB Shyondre Pressley Fr. DB Daytin Baker R-So. DB Myles Joyner Fr. DB Eric Price Jr. Gr. DL Ronald Robinson R-Jr. DL D’Mitry Wells R-Fr. DB Demien Williams R-Fr. DB Anfreence Williams R-Sr. RB Akil Lampley R-Jr. DB Devin Harrell Gr. LB Jeremiah McDermott Jr. DB Isaiah Morrison R-So. DL Arlis Sutton R-So. DL Chase Welch Gr. DL Daniel Newman Jr. Gr. DB Kevary Jenkins R-So. LB Aaron Dawson Jr. R-Sr. DB Jakedrian Wright Jr. LB Justin Brown Fr. DB Kelton Law Jr. OLB Ethan Bell R-Fr. LB Ahmed Brimah Jr. OL Santonial Rice Jr. Gr. BAN Kevin Dunbar R-Fr. OL Andrew Ruffin Fr. LB Keshawn Jordan Fr. OLB Chauncey Kamakea R-So. OL Jimmy Dawson Fr. OLB Noah Stovall So. OL Niterrian Walker R-Fr. OL Jalen Woodard Fr. OL Leon Wesley Fr. OL Ty’Orice Brown Fr. OL O’Shea Stroman Fr. OL Dwayne McLendon Jr.Fr. OL Kendrick Nalls R-Fr. OL Ashton Donald R-Fr. OL Noah Brown R-Fr. OL Jamarion Davis Fr. TE Tyrell Gainey R-Fr. WR Clinton Jackson Jr. So. WR Abdullah Ahmad R-So. WR Kristian Grant Gr. TE Devin Woolsey SR. P Xavier Herndon R-So. TE Kyle Wright Jr. K Zion Hill R-Fr. TE De`Avary Weeks R-Fr DL Derrick Drayton R-Fr. DL Sùreese Peterson Fr. DL Al Childs So. DL Aamear Walton Fr. DL Jovan Posey R-So. DL Tyquan Glenn R-So. DL

HT 5-7 5-10 6-1 5-9 5-10 5-9 5-11 5-11 5-10 6-2 6-2 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-1 5-10 5-9 6-0 6-0 5-9 5-9 6-0 6-4 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-1 5-11 6-0 5-11 5-11 5-11 5-10 6-0 6-4 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-1 6-0 5-10 5-11 6-1 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-7 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-3 5-9 6-2 5-11 6-2 5-9 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-2 5-11 6-3

WT 160 200 170 180 170 168 180 310 175 215 220 184 184 185 220 180 170 174 185 178 165 170 170 220 170 165 195 190 200 185 173 169 170 175 170 215 225 170 178 215 192 210 200 265 195 278 180 210 180 240 175 220 200 300 236 270 205 215 280 220 290 260 312 305 315 290 286 265 320 260 205 178 180 165 230 185 225 150 205 261 215 290 245 270 200 300

HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL Atlanta, GA/Douglas County High School Lake City, FL/ Columbia High School Powder Springs, GA/McEachern High School New Orleans, LA/ Grambling Jacksonville, FL/ Mandarin High School Ft. Lauderdale, FL/ Colorado State Jonesboro, GA/Mundy’s Mill High School Atlanta, GA/ Westlake High School Tampa, FL/ Naval Academy Jonesboro, GA/ Miami U. Delray Beach, FL/ Pittsburgh Waco, TX/ Samford University Fannin, MS/Mississippi Valley State University Brandon, MS/ Southern Mississippi Woodbine, GA/ Camden County High School Lake City FL/ Tuskegee Wadley, GA/ Virginia Union University Savannah, GA/ New Hampstead Tallahassee, FL/ Florida A&M Atlanta, GA/ Tennessee State Atlanta, GA/ Morrow High School Atlanta, GA/ Sandy Creek High School Atlanta, GA/ Banneker High School Leesburg, FL/ Leesburg High School LaGrange, GA/ LaGrange High School Jacksonville, FL/Mandarin High School Ft. Lauderdale, FL/Stranahan High School Memphis, TN/University of Memphis St. Petersburg, FL/ Northern Iowa Dawson, GA/ Dawson High School Lakeland, FL/ Kathleen High School Jacksonville, FL/Jacksonville Ath. Academy Broward County, FL/ Cardinal Gibbon HS Blackshear, GA/ Pierce County High School Warner Robbins, GA/ Warner Robbins HS Leesburg, GA/ Lee County High School McDonough, GA/ Eastern Kentucky Warner Robbins, GA/ Langston Hughes HS Waynesboro, GA/ Lenoir Rhyne Camilla, GA/ Tusculum Jacksonville, FL/ Valdosta State Tallahassee, FL/ Bethune-Cookman Barnesville, GA/ Gordan State Daytona Beach, FL/ Mainland High School Douglas, GA/ Coffee County High School Jonesboro, GA/Mundy’s Mill High School Tallahassee, FL/ Ole Miss St. Petersburg, FL/ Clearwater Central Cross City, FL/ Valdosta State Cusseta, GA/Coffeyville Community College DeLand, FL/DeLand High School Orlando, FL/ Butler Community School Quitman, GA/ Brooks County High School Jonesboro, GA/ Lovejoy High School Providence, LA/ Alcorn State Ft. Lauderdale, FL/ Dillard High School Powder Springs, GA/McEachern High School Thomasville, GA/Thomasville High School Tallahassee, FL/ Georgia State University Thomasville, GA/ Thomasville Central HS Warner Robbins, GA/ Warner Robbins HS Thomaston, FL/ Upson-Lee High School Jacksonville, FL/ First Coast High School Powder Springs, GA/McEachern High School Miami, FL/ Monsignor Edward Pace HS Lithonia, GA/ Stephenson High School Orlando, FL/ Lake Minneola High School Atlanta, GA/ Creekside High School Daphne, AL/Daphne High School Acilla, GA/ Georgia Military College Athens. GA/ Clarke Central High School Orlando, FL/ Wekiva High School Ellaville, GA/ Schley County High School Birmingham, AL/ Pinson Valley High School Fayetteville, GA/ Lovejoy High School Albuquerque, NM/ Virginia-Lynchburg Norcross, GA/ Norcross High School Atlanta, GA/Grambling State University Colorado Springs, CO/ Pine Creek High HS Jacksonville, FL/Riverside High School Atlanta, GA/ Benjamin Banneker High School Jonesboro, GA/Jonesboro High School Camila, GA/ Mitchell County High School Hampton/GA/ Dutchtown High School Marietta, GA/ Marietta High School Cairo, GA/ Cairo High School

1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2018, 2019, 2021 AND 2023 GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

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VS. RANKED TEAMS Overall: 71-66-2 (139 games) Home: 39-29-1; Away: 27-34-1; Neutral: 5-3 Date 10/30/82 10/29/83 10/06/84 11/09/85 11/23/85 10/11/86 11/08/86 10/03/87 10/10/87 10/01/88 10/22/88 10/29/88 09/23/89 10/28/89 11/10/90 09/28/91 11/02/91 09/26/92 11/14/92 09/18/93 11/06/93 10/15/94 11/05/94 11/19/94 11/26/94 09/09/95 09/30/95 10/28/95 11/11/95 11/16/96 11/23/96 11/30/96 09/06/97 11/15/97 08/29/98 10/17/98 11/14/98 08/28/99 10/16/99 09/02/00 09/16/00 10/07/00 11/11/00 11/18/00 09/22/01 10/06/01 11/10/01 11/17/01 11/24/01 09/07/02 10/19/02 11/23/02 11/30/02 12/07/02 12/14/02 09/27/03 11/01/03 11/22/03 09/04/04 09/25/04 10/02/04 10/23/04 11/20/04 11/27/04 12/04/04 12/11/04 09/03/05 10/01/05 10/20/05 11/12/05 09/02/06 09/23/06 10/12/06 10/28/06 09/01/07 10/11/07 10/27/07 11/24/07 12/01/07 12/08/07 12/15/07 08/30/08 10/02/08 10/25/08 11/15/08 11/22/08 10/01/09 10/22/09 10/14/10 09/03/11 09/17/11 10/15/11 10/22/11 11/12/11 09/22/12 12/01/12 12/08/12 12/15/12 10/10/13 11/07/13 09/13/14 09/20/14 09/27/14 10/11/14 11/22/14 11/29/14 12/06/14 10/03/15

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W/L/T Game L #7 North Alabama 53, Valdosta State 7 L #4 North Alabama 27, Valdosta State 0 L #2 Troy State 27, Valdosta State 12 L #11 Mississippi College 28, Valdosta State 7 L #4 North Alabama 45, Valdosta State 0 L #11 Troy State 45, Valdosta State 10 W #17 Valdosta State 21, #15 Miss. College 10 W #7 Valdosta St. 27, #10 Jacksonville St. 10 L #18 Troy State 44, #7 Valdosta State 7 W Valdosta State 21, #8 Troy State 16 W Valdosta State 48, #10 Central Florida 19 L #10 Mississippi College 31, Valdosta State 21 L #3 Jacksonville St. 17, Valdosta State 15 L #13 Mississippi College 32, Valdosta State 3 L #15 North Alabama 26, Valdosta State 10 L #3 Jacksonville St. 24, Valdosta State 3 T Valdosta State 10, #3 Miss. College 10 L #3 Jacksonville St. 20, Valdosta State 6 T #20 Valdosta State 24, #16 North Ala. 24 W #10 Valdosta St. 49, #17 Fort Valley St. 24 L #1 North Alabama 31, #18 Valdosta State 21 W #3 Valdosta State 49, #15 West Georgia 33 L #1 North Alabama 38, #2 Valdosta State 21 W #6 Valdosta State 14, #11 Albany State 7 L #1 North Alabama 27, #6 Valdosta State 24 L #10 North Dakota St. 19, #14 Valdosta St. 14 L #15 Central Arkansas 30, Valdosta State 24 L #1 North Alabama 26, Valdosta State 9 L #17 West Georgia 44, Valdosta State 6 L #12 West Georgia 42, #5 Valdosta State 21 W #5 Valdosta State 38, #14 Albany State 28 L #6 Carson-Newman 24, #5 VSU 19 L #2 Carson-Newman 28, Valdosta State 7 L #16 West Georgia 35, Valdosta State 21 W Valdosta State 20, #8 Albany State 10 L #15 Southern Ark. 40, Valdosta State 13 L #18 West Georgia 26, Valdosta State 13 W Valdosta State 18, #7 Albany State 6 L #12 Southern Arkansas 28, Valdosta State 14 W Valdosta State 46, #12 Fort Valley State 0 W #21 Valdosta State 30, #9 Southern Ark. 29 L #15 Delta State 45, #9 Valdosta State 35 W #7 Valdosta State 45, #4 West Georgia 35 L #11 Delta State 45, #6 Valdosta State 12 W #4 Valdosta State 42, #21 Central Ark. 34 W #4 Valdosta State 70, #1 Delta State 12 W #1 Valdosta State 31, #18 West Georgia 6 W #1 Valdosta State 40, #21 Fort Valley State 24 L #7 Catawba 37, #1 Valdosta State 34 W #3 Valdosta State 32, #21 Fort Valley State 6 W #2 Valdosta State 35, #14 Central Ark. 11 W #2 Valdosta State 24, #16 Catawba 7 W #2 Valdosta State 31, #3 Carson-Newman 28 W #2 Valdosta State 21, #18 Texas A&M-Kingsville 12 L #1 Grand Valley St. 31, #2 Valdosta State 24 W #2 Valdosta State 41, #9 Southern Ark. 17 L #3 North Alabama 17, #1 Valdosta State 10 L #8 Carson-Newman 35, #5 Valdosta State 29 L #23 Albany State, #3 Valdosta State 22 W #12 Valdosta State 22, #19 Central Ark. 12 W #12 Valdosta State 51, #11 Delta State 48 W #5 Valdosta State 24, #23 North Alabama 20 W #3 Valdosta State 38, #13 Carson-Newman 12 W #3 Valdosta State 38, #2 Albany State 24 W #3 Valdosta State 45, #23 West Chester 21 W #3 Valdosta State 36, #1 Pittsburg State 31 W #1 Valdosta State 24, #10 Albany State 9 W #5 Valdosta State 24, #24 Delta State 23 W #3 Valdosta State 26, #14 North Alabama 23 L #13 North Alabama 40, #9 Valdosta Staet 13 W #6 Valdosta State 20, #9 Albany State 16 W #5 Valdosta State 51, #25 Arkansas Tech 14 L #16 Delta State 35, #5 Valdosta State 28 L #3 North Alabama 31, #12 Valdosta State 24 (ot) W #6 Valdosta State 41, #21 Albany State 3 L #8 Delta State 35, #5 Valdosta State 31 W #11 Valdosta State 27, #2 North Alabama 24 W #8 Valdosta State 55, #12 Catawba 29 W #8 Valdosta State 37, #10 North Alabama 23 W #8 Valdosta State 28, #6 California (Pa.) 24 W #8 Valdosta St. 25, #5 NW Missouri St. 20 W #1 Valdosta State 14, #20 Newberry 20 L #14 Delta State 27, #1 Valdosta State 24 (ot) L #8 North Alabama 41, #9 Valdosta State 23 W #13 Valdosta St. 24, #21 Carson-Newman 20 L #5 North Alabama 37, #13 Valdosta State 10 L #25 Delta State 31, Valdosta State 23 L #1 North Alabama 62, Valdosta State 27 W Valdosta State 5, #3 North Alabama 0 W #20 Valdosta State 34, #14 Wingate 28 (2ot) W #12 Valdosta State 30, #6 Albany State 27 W #12 Valdosta State 22, #22 West Alabama 21 L #1 Delta State 36, #10 Valdosta State 33 L #13 North Alabama 30, Valdosta State 23 L #23 West Alabama 39, #16 Valdosta State 28 W #17 Valdosta St. 48, #22 Carson-Newman 26 W #17 Valdosta St. 35, #5 Minn. St.-Mankato 19 W #17 Valdosta St. 35, #2 Winston-Salem St. 7 L #14 West Alabama 49, #1 Valdosta St. 30 L #14 UNC-Pembroke 34, Valdosta State 29 W VSU 22, #12 Winston Salem St. 17 L #14 Delta St. 49, Valdosta State 32 L #5 North Alabama 31, Valdosta State 29 W Valdosta State 40, #21 West Georgia 6 W Valdosta State 33, #12 North Alabama 31 W Valdosta State 23, #3 Lenoir-Rhyne 21 L #25 West Georgia 31, Valdosta State 17 L #8 North Alabama, #8 Valdosta State 12

Site VALDOSTA Florence, Ala. Dothan, Ala. Clinton, Miss.

Florence, Ala. Troy, Ala. VALDOSTA Jacksonville, Ala. VALDOSTA Troy, Ala. VALDOSTA VALDOSTA Jacksonville, Ala. Clinton, Miss.

VALDOSTA Jacksonville, Ala. Clinton, Miss.

Jacksonville, Ala. VALDOSTA Fort Valley, Ga. VALDOSTA VALDOSTA Florence, Ala. VALDOSTA Florence, Ala. Fargo, N.D. Conway, Ark. Florence, Ala. Carrollton, Ga. VALDOSTA VALDOSTA Jefferson City, Tenn.

VALDOSTA Carrollton, Ga. Albany, Ga. Magnolia, Ark. Carrollton, Ga. VALDOSTA VALDOSTA VALDOSTA Magnolia, Ark. VALDOSTA Carrollton, Ga. Cleveland, Miss.

Conway, Ark. Cleveland, Miss.

VALDOSTA VALDOSTA VALDOSTA VALDOSTA Conway, Ark. VALDOSTA VALDOSTA VALDOSTA Florence, Ala. Magnolia, Ark. VALDOSTA VALDOSTA Albany, Ga. Conway, Ark. VALDOSTA Florence, Ala. VALDOSTA Albany, Ga. VALDOSTA Florence, Ala. VALDOSTA Cleveland, Miss.

VALDOSTA VALDOSTA Albany, Ga. VALDOSTA Cleveland, Miss.

Florence, Ala. VALDOSTA VALDOSTA VALDOSTA VALDOSTA VALDOSTA California, Pa. Florence, Ala. Newberry, S.C. VALDOSTA Florence, Ala. VALDOSTA Florence, Ala. Cleveland, Miss.

VALDOSTA Florence, Ala. Wingate, N.C. Albany, Ga. VALDOSTA Cleveland, Miss.

VALDOSTA VALDOSTA VALDOSTA Mankato, Minn.

Florence, Ala. Livingston, Ala. VALDOSTA Powder Springs, Ga. VALDOSTA Florence, Ala. VALDOSTA Florence, Ala. Hickory, N.C. VALDOSTA VALDOSTA

10/10/15 11/21/15 11/28/15 09/17/16 10/09/16 11/19/16 09/17/17 11/04/17 09/15/18 11/10/18 11/24/18 12/01/18 12/08/18 12/15/18 09/21/19 11/09/19 11/30/19 10/16/21 10/30/21 11/13/21 11/27/21 12/04/21 12/11/21 12/18/21 10/01/22 10/22/22 11/05/22 10/07/23 10/28/23 11/25/23 12/02/23

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#2 West Georgia 49, #21 Valdosta State 28 #17 Valdosta St. 61, #22 Carson-Newman 59 #7 West Georgia 27, #17 Valdosta St. 20 #20 North Alabama 44, #23 Valdosta St. 19 #25 Valdosta State 38, #12 West Georgia 27 #16 UNC-Pembroke 24, #23 Valdosta St. 21 #11 North Alabama 30, Valdosta State 24 #23 West Alabama 38, Valdosta State 14 Valdosta State 58, #8 West Alabama 24 #5 Valdosta State 47, #3 West Georgia 31 #3 Valdosta State 66, #22 Bowie State 16 #3 Valdosta State 61, #17 Lenoir-Rhyne 21 #3 Valdosta State 30, #11 Notre Dame College 24 #3 Valdosta State 49, #2 Ferris State 47 #1 Valdosta State 44, #20 West Alabama 27 #1 Valdosta State 26, #20 West Florida 21 #20 West Florida 38, #1 Valdosta State 35 #3 Valdosta State, 42, #10 West Alabama 17 #2 Valdosta State 36, #3 West Georgia 34 #4 West Florida 61, #2 Valdosta State 42 #5 Valdosta State 66, #13 West Georgia 35 #5 Valdosta State 41, #10 Bowie State 17 #5 Valdosta State 34, #9 Colorado School of Mines 31 #1 Ferris State 58, #5 Valdosta State 17 #21 Delta State 70, Valdosta State 31 #25 West Georgia 54, Valdosta State 17 #8 West Florida 32, Valdosta State 31 (OT) #8 Delta State 49, #19 Valdosta State 25 #24 Valdosta State 31, #8 West Florida 28 #14 Valdosta State 38, #8 Delta State 31 #11 Lenoir-Rhyne 35, #14 Valdosta State 7

Carrollton, Ga. VALDOSTA Carrollton, Ga. Florence, Ala. VALDOSTA VALDOSTA VALDOSTA VALDOSTA Livingston, Ala. VALDOSTA VALDOSTA VALDOSTA VALDOSTA McKinney, Texas VALDOSTA VALDOSTA VALDOSTA Livingston, Ala. VALDOSTA Pensacola, Fla. VALDOSTA VALDOSTA VALDOSTA McKinney, Texas Cleveland, Miss.

Carrollton, Ga. VALDOSTA VALDOSTA Pensacola, Fla. Cleveland, Miss.

VALDOSTA

VALDOSTA STATE VS. NO. 1 Overall: 2-7 (9 games) Home: 0-2; Away: 1-4 Neutral: 1-1 Date 11/06/93 11/05/94 10/28/95 10/06/01 12/14/02 12/11/04 10/22/09 10/22/11 12/18/21

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Game #1 North Alabama 31, #18 Valdosta State 21 #1 North Alabama 38, #2 Valdosta State 21 #1 North Alabama 26, Valdosta State 9 #4 Valdosta State 70, #1 Delta State 12 #1 Grand Valley St. 31, #2 Valdosta St. 24 #3 Valdosta State 36, #1 Pittsburg State 31 #1 North Alabama 62, Valdosta State 27 #1 Delta St. 36, No. 10 Valdosta State 33 #1 Ferris State 58, #5 Valdosta State 17

Site VALDOSTA Florence, Ala. Florence, Ala. Cleveland, Miss.

Florence, Ala. Florence, Ala. VALDOSTA Cleveland, Miss.

McKinney, Texas

VALDOSTA STATE AS NO. 1 Overall: 29-7 (36 games) Home: 17-4; Away: 10-3; Neutral: 2-0 Date 10/26/96 11/02/96 10/13/01 10/20/01 10/27/01 11/03/01 11/10/01 11/17/01 11/24/01 10/25/03 11/01/03 08/27/05 09/03/05 09/10/05 09/17/05 08/23/08 08/30/08 09/20/08 09/27/08 10/02/08 09/07/13 09/21/13 09/28/13 10/05/13 10/10/13 09/07/19 09/14/19 09/21/19 09/28/19 10/05/19 10/12/19 10/19/19 10/26/19 11/09/19 11/16/19 11/30/19

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Game #1 Valdosta State 42, Southern Arkansas 7 Delta State 34, #1 Valdosta State 28 #1 Valdosta State 51, Harding 17 #1 Valdosta State 56, West Alabama 8 #1 Valdosta State 54, North Alabama 7 #1 Valdosta St. 56, Ouachita Baptist 14 #1 Valdosta State 31, #18 West Georgia 6 #1 Valdosta State 40, #21 Fort Valley State 24 #7 Catawba 37, #1 Valdosta State 34 #1 Valdosta State 58, West Alabama 13 #3 North Alabama 17, #1 Valdosta State 10 #1 Valdosta State 32, Fort Valley State 10 #1 Valdosta State 24, #10 Albany State 9 #1 Valdosta State 52, Ouachita Baptist 20 Harding 16, #1 Valdosta State 13 #1 Valdosta State 56, Fort Valley State 3 #1 Valdosta State 14, #20 Newberry 20 #1 Valdosta State 29, Ouachita Baptist 6 #1 Valdosta State 33, West Alabama 14 #14 Delta State 27, #1 Valdosta State 24 (ot) #1 Valdosta State 36, Fort Valley State 21 #1 Valdosta State 41, Shorter 0 #1 Valdosta State 37, Angelo State 3 #1 Valdosta State 52, Florida Tech 14 #14 West Alabama 49, #1 Valdosta St. 30 #1 Valdosta State 38, Albany State 3 #1 Valdosta State 48, Ohio Dominican 21 #1 Valdosta State 44, #20 West Alabama 27 #1 Valdosta State 44, Shorter 7 #1 Valdosta State 42, Mississippi College 17 #1 Valdosta State 34, Delta State 13 #1 Valdosta State 55, Florida Tech 28 #1 Valdosta State 20, North Greenville 15 #1 Valdosta State 26, #20 West Florida 21 #1 Valdostda State 42. West Georgia 14 #20 West Florida 38, #1 Valdosta State 35

2004, 2007, 2012 AND 2018 NCAA DIVISION II CHAMPIONS

Site VALDOSTA Cleveland, Miss.

VALDOSTA Livingston, Ala. VALDOSTA Arkadelphia, Ark. VALDOSTA VALDOSTA VALDOSTA Livingston, Ala. VALDOSTA Macon, Ga. VALDOSTA VALDOSTA Searcy, Ark. VALDOSTA Newberry, S.C. VALDOSTA Livingston, Ala. VALDOSTA Macon, Ga. VALDOSTA VALDOSTA VALDOSTA Livingston, Ala. Albany, Ga. VALDOSTA VALDOSTA Rome, Ga. VALDOSTA Cleveland, Miss.

VALDOSTA Tigerville, S.C. VALDOSTA Carrollton, Ga. VALDOSTA

2024 SCHEDULE RECAPS

2024 BLAZER FOOTBALL The Blazers when . . .

ALBANY STATE August 31 Valdosta, Ga. 7 p.m.

at Newberry College September 7 Newberry, S.C. 7 p.m.

FAYETTEVILLE STATE September 14 Valdosta, Ga. 7 p.m. at Erskine College September 21 Greenwood, S.C. 4 p.m.

WEST ALABAMA September, 28 Valdosta, Ga. 7 p.m. at Shorter October 5 Rome, Ga. 12 p.m. at North Greenville October 12 Tigerville, S.C. 7 p.m.

MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE October 19 Valdosta, Ga. 3 p.m.

CHOWAN November 2 Valdosta, Ga. 3 p.m. at Delta State November 9 Cleveland, Miss.

3 p.m. (ET) WEST FLORIDA November 16 Valdosta, Ga. 7 p.m.

Following a loss At home On the road Neutral site Against League Opponents vs. Non-Conference Opponents vs. Ranked teams vs. In-State teams In the NCAA Playoffs On natural grass On artificial turf In day games In home day games In road day games In night games In neutral site games In August In September In October In November In December Leading after 1st quarter Trailing after 1st quarter Tied after 1st quarter Leading after 2nd quarter Trailing after 2nd quarter Tied after 2nd quarter Leading after 3rd quarter Trailing after 3rd quarter Tied after 3rd quarter In overtime VSU scores first Opponent scores first VSU has first possession Opponent has first possession VSU has more turnovers VSU has fewer turnovers Turnovers are the same VSU scores 0-10 points VSU scores 11-20 points VSU scsores 21-30 points VSU scores 31-40 points VSU scores 41-50 points VSU scores 51-60 points VSU scores 60-plus points Opponent scores 0-10 points Opponent scores 11-20 points Opponent scores 21-30 points Opponent scores 31-40 points Opponent scores 41-50 points Opponent scores 51-60 points Opponent scores 60-plus points VSU 0-100 yards rushing VSU 101-200 yards rushing VSU 201-300 yards rushing VSU over 301-400 yards rushing VSU over 400 yards rushing Opponent negative rushing yards Opponent 0-100 yards rushing Opponent 101-200 yards rushing Opponent 201-300 yards rushing Opponent over 400 yards rushing VSU 0-100 yards passing VSU 101-200 yards passing VSU 201-300 yards passing VSU 301-400 yards passing VSU 401-500 yards passing VSU 500-plus yards passing Opponent 0-100 yards passing Opponent 101-200 yards passing Opponent 201-300 yards passing Opponent 301-400 yards passing Opponent 401-500 yards passing Opponent 500-plus yards passing VSU gains 0-100 net yards VSU gains 101-200 net yards VSU gains 201-300 net yards VSU gains 301-400 net yards VSU gains 401-500 net yards VSU gains 501-600 net yards VSU gains plus-600 net yards Opponent gains 0-100 net yards Opponent gains 101-200 net yards Opponent gains 201-300 net yards Opponent gains 301-400 net yards Opponent gains 401-500 net yards Opponent gains 501-plus net yards VSU commits 0-5 penalties VSU commits 6-10 penalties VSU commits 11+penalties Opponent commits 0-5 penalties Opponent commits 6-10 penalties Opponent commits 11+ penalties VSU leads in time of possession VSU trails in time of possession * Includes Record at Colorado Mesa

In 2023 1-0 6-2 6-0 0-0 7-1 6-0 2-2 3-0 2-1 2-0 10-2 8-2 3-2 5-0 4-0 0-0 0-0 5-0 3-1 4-0 0-1 10-0 1-0 1-2 10-0 2-2 0-0 10-0 1-2 1-0 0-0 7-1 5-1 8-1 4-1 4-1 5-0 3-1 0-1 1-0 3-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 5-1 5-1 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 5-0 2-1 0-1 1-0 1-1 3-1 5-0 3-0 0-0 0-1 6-1 4-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 3-0 4-1 3-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 5-1 4-0 0-1 5-1 6-1 1-0 6-0 6-2 0-0 8-1 4-1

Jackson Record* 6-3 14-7 13-4 0-0 18-9 9-1 4-5 8-3 2-1 3-2 24-9 19-7 8-5 11-2 8-4 0-0 0-0 11-1 9-8 7-1 0-1 19-3 5-5 3-3 19-2 7-9 1-0 21-1 4-9 2-1 1-2 14-5 13-6 14-7 13-4 9-6 11-2 7-3 1-3 2-2 6-1 5-5 3-0 8-0 2-0 10-0 5-1 7-2 4-3 1-3 0-1 0-1 7-3 8-5 9-2 3-1 0-0 0-0 12-2 12-1 3-4 0-4 1-0 5-2 10-7 9-2 3-0 0-0 3-3 12-5 8-0 4-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 7-4 8-3 9-1 2-1 1-0 4-0 7-2 7-2 7-1 1-6 8-4 15-7 4-0 15-2 11-8 1-1 11-3 16-8

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2024 BLAZER FOOTBALL

Tale of the Tape 2023

VSU

ASU

SCORING 516 268 Points Per Game 36.9 24.4 FIRST DOWNS 303 183 Rushing 87 72 Passing 192 91 Penalty 24 20 RUSHING YARDAGE 1699 1511 Yards gained rushing 2025 1850 Yards lost rushing 326 339 Rushing attempts 399 383 Average Per Rush 4.3 3.9 Average Per Game 121.4 137.4 TDs Rushing 31 13 PASSING YARDAGE 4371 2150 Comp-Att-Int 333-502-11 171-317-10 Average Per Pass 8.7 6.8 Average Per Catch 13.1 12.6 Average Per Game 312.2 195.5 TDs Passing 36 19 TOTAL OFFENSE 6070 3661 Total Plays 901 700 Average Per Pay 6.7 5.2 Average Per Game 433.6 332.8 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 49-1090 37-686 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 21-150 15-114 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 11-137 15-124 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 22.2 18.5 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 7.1 7.6 INT RETURN AVERAGE 12.5 8.3 FUMBLES-LOST 13-8 17-8 PENALTIES-Yards 90-820 81-691 Average Per Game 58.6 62.8 PUNTS-Yards 44-1869 58-2349 Average Per Punt 43.0 40.5 Net punt average 40.0 36.4 KICKOFFS-Yards 93-5353 55-3010 Average Per Kick 57.6 54.7 Net kick average 40.5 39.9 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 30:01 30:48 3RD-DOWN Conversions 75/164 47/154 3rd-Down Pct. 45% 31% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 9/17 13/25 4th-Down Pct 53% 52% SACKS BY-YARDS 22-156 30-170 MISC YARDS 14 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 70 33 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 9-13 11-14 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES 50-60 31-44 RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 44-60 21-44 PAT-ATTEMPTS 67-68 25-26

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INSIDE THE GAME

AFCA TOP 25 POLL August 12, 2024 1. Harding (25) 2. Central Missouri 3. Ferris State (1) 4. Grand Valley State (1) 5. Colorado School of Mines 6. Pittsburg State 7. Valdosta State 8. Central Washington 9. Lenoir-Rhyne 10. Kutztown 11. Slippery Rock 12. West Florida 13. Minnesota State 14. Augustana (S.D.) 15. Western Colorado 16. Indianapolis 17. Minnesota-Duluth 18. Delta State 19. Ouachita Baptist 20. Virginia Union 21. Texas-Permian Basin 22. Northwest Missouri State 23. Charleston (W.Va.) 24. Angelo State 25. Bemidji State

Rec. 15-0 11-2 8-3 11-2 14-1 11-2 12-2 9-4 13-2 12-3 12-2 8-4 9-3 11-2 10-2 9-2 9-2 10-2 9-2 10-2 10-2 7-4 10-2 7-3 9-3

Pts. 672 620 590 566 564 540 516 418 416 413 384 330 232 231 230 216 214 212 209 183 168 167 109 89 70

BLAZER TOP 25 HISTORY...

Prv. 1 6 9 3 2 5 8 17 4 7 10 23 21 13 15 22 25 11 NR 20 18 NR 19 NR 16

Last Time Ranked in the AFCA Top 25......... Aug. 12, 2024 Last Time Ranked in the AFCA Top 10......... Aug. 12, 2024 All-time weeks Ranked in the AFCA Top 25................. 291 All-time weeks Ranked in the AFCA Top 10................. 185 All-time weeks Ranked in the AFCA Top 5................... 131 Highest Ranking All-Time.............................1st (41 times) vs. Top 25 in 2023.......................................................1-2 vs. Top 25 all-time............................................... 70-66-2 vs. GSC...................................................... 32-55-2 at home..................................................... 39-29-1 on the road................................................ 26-34-1 neutral sites.......................................................5-3

VALDOSTA STATE 2024 WEEK-BY-WEEK IN THE POLLS DATE Preseason

Others Receiving Votes: Benedict (S.C.), 64; Henderson St. (Ark.), 56; Virginia St., 54; Tiffin (Ohio), 34; Southern Arkansas, 24; Ashland (Ohio), 21; Davenport (Mich.), 21; Wingate (N.C.), 20; Emporia St. (Kan.), 18; Colorado St.-Pueblo, 17; Albany St. (Ga.), 15; Findlay (Ohio), 14; Texas A&M-Kingsville, 12; California (Pa.), 11; Oklahoma Baptist, 11; Shepherd (W.Va.), 8; New Haven (Conn.), 7; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 6; Wayne St. (Neb.), 3; East Stroudsburg (Pa.), 2; Truman St. (Mo.), 2; Fort Valley St. (Ga.), 1; Indiana (Pa.), 1.

D2FOOTBALL.COM August 18, 2024 1. Harding 2. Central Missouri 3. Ferris State 4. Pittsburg State 5. Grand Valley State 6. Valdosta State 7. Colorado School of Mines 8. Central Washington 9. Kutztown 10. Slippery Rock 11. Minnesota State 12. Lenoir-Rhyne 13. West Florida 14. Delta State 15. Indianapolis 16. UT Permian Basin 17. Ouachita Baptist 18. Virginia Union 19. Western Colorado 20. Bemidji State 21. Augustana (S.D.) 22. Northwest Missouri State 23. Henderson State 24. Charleston (W.Va.) 25. Minnesota Duluth

2023 Rec. 15-0 11-2 8-3 11-2 11-2 12-2 14-1 9-4 12-3 12-2 9-3 13-2 8-4 10-2 9-2 10-2 9-2 10-2 10-2 9-3 11-2 7-4 9-3 10-2 9-2

LW 1 4 6 5 3 9 2 10 8 13 20 7 22 13 21 17 NR 24 16 12 15 NR 23 18 25

2004, 2007, 2012 AND 2018 NCAA DIVISION II CHAMPIONS

AFCA 7th

D2 6th

SR2 --

2024 BLAZER FOOTBALL

NATIONALLY SPEAKING (2023) Team Rankings (161 Ranked)

Statistic NCAA Rank GSC Rank Value 3rd Down Conversion Pct. 29 2 0.457 3rd Down Conversion Def. 54 3 0.353 4th Down Conversion Pct. 48 3 0.529 4th Down Conversion Def. 64 3 0.429 Blocked Kicks 82 2 2 Blocked Kicks Allowed 44 6 2 Blocked Punts Blocked Punts Allowed 57 4 1 Completion Percentage 9 1 0.663 Defensive TD’s 45 3 2 Fewest Penalties 139 8 90 Fewest Penalties Per Game 75 5 6.43 Fewest Penalty Yards 139 7 820 Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game 79 6 58.57 First Down Defense 157 9 272 First Down Offense 7 1 303 Fumbles Lost 89 4 8 Fumbles Recovered 13 2 12 Kickoff Return Defense 113 5 21.07 Kickoff Returns 26 3 22.71 Net Punting 4 1 40.02 Passes Had Intercepted 83 6 11 Passes Intercepted 67 3 11 Passing Offense 5 1 312.2 Passing Yards Allowed 71 5 193.0 Passing Yards Per Completion 49 4 13.13 Punt Return Defense 55 5 6.67 Punt Returns 102 5 7.14 Red Zone Defense 34 4 0.711 Red Zone Offense 44 2 0.833 Rushing Defense 120 5 176.3 Rushing Offense 113 7 120.9 Sacks Allowed 93 6 2.07 Scoring Defense 72 4 24.3 Scoring Offense 22 2 36.9 Tackles for Loss Allowed 43 4 5.21 Team Passing Efficiency 15 2 158.76 Team Passing Eff. Defense 75 5 125.52 Team Sacks 110 7 1.57 Team Tackles for Loss 111 6 5.3 Time of Possession 87 4 30:00 Total Defense 102 5 369.3 Total Offense 21 3 433.1 Turnover Margin 55 2 0.29 Turnovers Gained 30 2 23 Turnovers Lost 86 5 19 Winning Percentage 6 1 0.857

Individual Rankings (In Top 40 Only) Statistic VSU Player Completion Percentage Sammy Edwards Completions Per Game Sammy Edwards Fumbles Recovered Jacob Harris Kickoff Return Touchdowns Rodney Bullard Passes Defended Kyle Cass Passing Efficiency Sammy Edwards Passing Touchdowns Sammy Edwards Passing Yards Sammy Edwards Passing Yards Per Game Sammy Edwards Points Responsible For Sammy Edwards Points Responsible For P.G. Sammy Edwards Punting Noah Botsford Receiving Yards B.K. Smith Rushing Touchdowns Bud Chaney Total Offense Sammy Edwards Total Points Scored Estin Thiele Total Touchdowns Bud Chaney Yards Per Pass Attempt Sammy Edwards

NCAA Rank 11 6 22 8 12 20 6 3 5 5 18 5 12 26 5 29 40 23

GSC Rank 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 3 2 3

National Leader Value Harding 0.576 Bentley 0.198 Harding 0.789 Albany State 0.154 Ashland/Assumpton/Va. Union 10 15 teams tied 0 Virginia Union 7 56 teams tied 0 Emporia State 0.734 Charleston (W.Va.)/Harding 7 Minnesota Moorhead 35 Minnesota Moorhead 3.18 Assumption 291 Minnesota Moorehead 26.55 Bentley 119 Central Missouri 398 5 teams tied 2 Colorado School of Mines 16 Fort Hays State 12.88 Colorado State-Pueblo 29.95 Colorado School of Mines 41.11 Eastern New Mexico/Harding 1 Pittsburg State 22 Central Missouri 417.9 Angleo State 132.1 Harding 27.93 Northwest Missouri State 0.17 Northwestern Oklahoma State 20.80 Benedict 0.538 Assumption 0.952 Virginia Union 51.7 Harding 410.7 Harding 0.13 Benedict 10.7 Central Missouri 49.4 Harding 2.00 Harding 204.04 Frostburg State 87.31 Benedict 4.08 UNC Pembroke 10.9 Harding 35:33 Johnson C. Smith 224.2 Central Missouri 593.8 Quincy 1.73 Colorado School of Mines 33 Emporia State 7 Harding 1.000 Value 0.662 23.36 2 1 1.4 156.3 34 4,223 301.6 242 17.3 43.8 1,008 12 321.0 93 12 8.55

GSC Leader Delta State West Florida West Florida West Florida West Florida West Alabama/West Florida West Florida Shorter/West Alabama/West Florida Valdosta State Delta State Mississippi College Mississippi College Mississippi College Mississippi College West Alabama Valdosta State Delta State/Shorter Delta State Delta State Delta State Valdosta State Delta State Delta State Valdosta State Chowan West Florida West Alabama Shorter West Alabama Delta State West Alabama Delta State Delta State West Florida Delta State Mississippi College Delta State West Alabama West Florida West Alabama West Florida West Florida Delta State Delta State Delta State Delta State Valdosta State

National Leader Value B. Gleason, Emporia State 0.739 J. Strand, MSU Moorhead 33.64 R. Yielding, Lenoir-Rhyne 4 7 players tied 2 A. Davis, Wheeling 2.5 J. Matocha, Colo. School of Mines 174.5 Z. Zebrowski, Central Missouri 61 Z. Zebrowski, Central Missouri 5,157 Z. Zebrowski, Central Missouri 396.7 Z. Zebrowski, Central Missouri 380 Z. Zebrowski, Central Missouri 29.2 A. Winn, Arkansas Tech 45.0 M. McLeod, Colorado School of Mines 1,656 G. Porter, Southern Nazarene 25 Z. Zebrowski, Central Missouri 437.7 G. Porter, Southern Nazarene 170 G. Porter Southern Nazarene 28 B. Bentley, Wingate 9.59

Value 0.521 0.283 0.652 0.333 3 0 3 0 0.663 4 43 4.30 401 40.10 157 303 5 13 16.18 24.76 40.02 3 13 312.2 180.6 14.99 3.08 14.33 0.607 0.845 88.6 224.2 0.58 18.0 42.9 4.40 161.94 112.52 2.92 7.3 32:48 276.2 451.3 1.50 26 8 0.857

GSC Leader Value S. Edwards, Valdosta State 0.662 S. Edwards, Valdosta State 23.36 R. Richardson, Shorter 3 4 players tied 1 EJ Bradford, North Greenville 1.7 P. Shegog, Delta State 169.3 S. Edwards, Valdosta State 34 S. Edwards, Valdosta State 4,223 S. Edwards, Valdosta State 301.6 P. Shegog, Delta State 264 P. Shegog, Delta State 22.0 N. Botsford, Valdosta State 43.8 J. Jiles, West Florida 1,255 B. Chaney, VSU/P. Shegog, DSU 12 S. Edwards, Valdosta State 321.0 N. Herber, DSU/J. Jiles, UWF 96 J. Jiles, West Florida 16 P. Jarrett, West Florida 8.95

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2024 BLAZER FOOTBALL 2023 INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES Rushes 17 Yards Rushing 132 TD Rushes 3 Long Rush 58 Pass Attempts 49 Pass Completions 35 Yards Passing 479 TD Passes 6 6 Long Pass 85 Receptions 11 Yards Receiving 151 TD Receptions 2 Long Reception 85 Field Goals 3 Long Field Goal 48 Punts 9 Punting Average 50.2 Long Punt 66 Punts Inside 20 4 Long Punt Return 23 Long Kickoff Return 99 Tackles 15 Sacks 2.0 Tackles For Loss 2.0 2.0 2.0 Interceptions 2

Isaiah Flowers at Albany State (Sep 09) Bud Chaney vs. Limestone (Nov 18) Bud Chaney vs. North Greenville (Sep 23) Eric Watts at Albany State (Sep 09) Sammy Edwards at Delta State (Nov 25) Sammy Edwards at Delta State (Nov 25) Sammy Edwards vs. Keiser University (Sep 16) Sammy Edwards at Chowan (Sep 23) Sammy Edwards vs. Limestone (Nov 18) Darius Ocean vs. Point University (Sep 02) Rodney Bullard at Delta State (Nov 25) B.K. Smith at West Florida (Oct 28) 6x; Last, Allen/Bullard vs. Limestone (Nov 18) Jerson Jacques vs. Point University (Sep 02) Estin Thiele vs. West Georgia (Nov 11) Estin Thiele at West Florida (Oct 28) Noah Botsford vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02) Noah Botsford vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02) Noah Botsford vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02) Noah Botsford at West Alabama (Nov 04) Bryon Broussard vs. Keiser University (Sep 16) Rodney Bullard vs. West Georgia (Nov 11) Jacob Harris vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02) Tyler Morehead at Albany State (Sep 09) Jamorey Jones vs. Point University (Sep 02) Jay Hinkle at Albany State (Sep 09) Tyler Morehead at Albany State (Sep 09) Kyle Cass vs. Delta State (Oct 07)

2023 TEAM SUPERLATIVES Rushes 42 Yards Rushing 285 Yards Per Rush 6.8 TD Rushes 3 Pass Attempts 50 Pass Completions 36 Yards Passing 479 Yards Per Pass 13.6 TD Passes 6 6 6 Total Plays 83 Total Offense 647 Yards Per Play 10.1 Points 63 Sacks By 4 4 4 First Downs 31 31 Penalties 11 Penalty Yards 114 Turnovers 4 Interceptions By 3 Punts 10 Punting Average 50.0 Long Punt 66 Punt Inside 20 4 Long Punt Return 23 Long Kick Return 99

at Albany State (Sep 09) at Albany State (Sep 09) at Albany State (Sep 09) 8x; Last at Delta State (Nov 25) at Delta State (Nov 25) at Delta State (Nov 25) vs. Keiser University (Sep 16) at Chowan (Sep 23) vs. Point University (Sep 02) at Chowan (Sep 23) vs. Limestone (Nov 18) at Delta State (Nov 25) vs. Point University (Sep 02) at Chowan (Sep 23) vs. Point University (Sep 02) vs. Point University (Sep 02) at Albany State (Sep 09) at West Alabama (Nov 04) vs. Point University (Sep 02) at Delta State (Nov 25) at West Florida (Oct 28) vs. Point University (Sep 02) vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02) vs. West Georgia (Nov 11) vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02) at Delta State (Nov 25) vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02) at West Alabama (Nov 04) vs. Keiser University (Sep 16) vs. West Georgia (Nov 11)

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BLAZER 2023 SUPERLATIVES OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES Rushes 24 Marcus Williams at Mississippi College (Oct 14) Yards Rushing 181 Kelvin Smith vs. Delta State (Oct 07) TD Rushes 3 Kelvin Smith vs. Delta State (Oct 07) Long Rush 87 Z. Turner-Knox vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02) Pass Attempts 37 Dylan Ramirez vs. North Greenville (Sep 23) 37 Rashad McKee at Chowan (Sep 23) Pass Completions 23 Rashad McKee at Chowan (Sep 23) Yards Passing 329 Rashad McKee at Chowan (Sep 23) TD Passes 5 Dustin Noller vs. Limestone (Nov 18) Long Pass 75 Rashad McKee at Chowan (Sep 23) Receptions 7 D’Andre Golden vs. Keiser University (Sep 16) 7 Colin Richardson vs. North Greenville (Sep 23) 7 Darius Nalls at West Alabama (Nov 04) Yards Receiving 137 Deven Franklin at Chowan (Sep 23) TD Receptions 2 Rashad Jordan at Albany State (Sep 09) 2 Deven Franklin at Chowan (Sep 23) 2 John Jiles at West Florida (Oct 28) 2 Jelani Baker vs. Limestone (Nov 18) Long Reception 75 Tyree Holloway at Chowan (Sep 23) Field Goals 1 5x; Last Nick Herber at Delta State (Nov 25) Long Field Goal 50 Colin Karhu vs. North Greenville (Sep 23) Punts 11 Trey Sullivan at West Alabama (Nov 04) Punting Average 50.0 Mason Reilly vs. West Georgia (Nov 11) Long Punt 64 Gilbert Brown at Albany State (Sep 09) Punts Inside 20 4 Gilbert Brown at Albany State (Sep 09) 4 Stewart Simmons vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02) Long Punt Return 10 Rashad Jordan at Albany State (Sep 09) Long Kickoff Return 94 Emery Bryant vs. Point University (Sep 02) Tackles 16 Chandler Matthews vs. Limestone (Nov 18) Sacks 2.5 Byron Puryear at West Florida (Oct 28) Tackles For Loss 4.0 Andre Jefferson vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02) Interceptions 1 11x; Last, Brown/Yelding vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (Dec 02) OPPONENT TEAM SUPERLATIVES Rushes 54 Yards Rushing 417 Yards Per Rush 7.7 TD Rushes 5 5 Pass Attempts 38 Pass Completions 23 Yards Passing 329 Yards Per Pass (min. 5 att.)

8.9 TD Passes 5 Total Plays 77 Total Offense 529 Yards Per Play 7.9 Points 49 Sacks By 5 First Downs 30 Penalties 8 8 Penalty Yards 93 Turnovers 5 Interceptions By 3 Punts 11 Punting Average 50.0 Long Punt 64 Punt Inside 20 4 Long Punt Return 24 Long Kick Return 94

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BLAZER 2024 OPPONENT RESULTS #RV Albany State Golden Rams (0-0, 0-0 SIAC) Aug. 31 at #7 Valdosta State 7 p.m.

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Sept. 14 IDLE Sept. 21 vs. Central State* (Rochester, N.Y.) 2 p.m.

Sept. 28 KENTUCKY STATE* 2 p.m.

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Oct. 19 MOREHOUSE COLLEGE* 2 p.m.

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Newberry College Wolves (0-0, 0-0 SAC) Sept. 7 VALDOSTA STATE Sept. 14 KEISER Sept. 21 at Tusculum* Sept. 28 VIRGINIA-WISE* Oct. 5 MARS HILL* Oct. 12 at Lenoir-Rhyne* Oct. 19 at Catawba* Oct. 26 BARTON* Nov. 2 LIMESTONE* Nov. 9 at Wingate* Nov. 16 EMORY & HENRY*

Erskine College Fleet (0-0, 0-0 GSC) Aug. 31 ST. ANDREW’S Sept. 7 PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE Sept. 14 ELIZABETH CITY STATE Sept. 21 VALDOSTA STATE* Sept. 28 DELTA STATE* Oct. 5 at West Alabama* Oct. 12 IDLE Oct. 19 at North Greenville* Oct. 26 at Mississippi College* Nov. 2 WEST FLORIDA* Nov. 9 at Chowan* Nov. 16 SHORTER

West Alabama Tigers (0-0, 0-0 GSC) Aug. 31 MILES Sept. 7 TUSCULUM Sept. 14 LIMESTONE Sept. 21 at West Florida* Sept. 28 at Valdosta State* Oct. 5 ERSKINE COLLEGE* Oct. 12 at Mississippi College* Oct. 19 at Delta State Oct. 26 CHOWAN* Nov. 2 NORTH GREENVILLE* Nov. 9 at Shorter

North Greenville Trailblazers (0-0, 0-0 GSC) Sept. 5 KEISER Sept. 14 at The Citadel Sept. 21 at Mississippi College* Sept. 28 SHORTER Oct. 5 at Benedict Oct. 12 VALDOSTA STATE* Oct. 19 ERSKINE COLLEGE* Oct. 26 DELTA STATE* Nov. 2 at West Alabama* Nov. 9 at West Florida* Nov. 16 CHOWAN* #18 Delta State Statesmen (0-0, 0-0 GSC) Aug. 29 at Mars Hill Sept. 7 MISSOURI S&T Sept. 14 at Wingate Sept. 21 FORT VALLEY STATE Sept. 28 at Erskine College* Oct. 5 CHOWAN* Oct. 12 at West Florida* Oct. 19 WEST ALABAMA* Oct. 26 at North Greenville* Nov. 2 IDLE Nov. 9 VALDOSTA STATE* Nov. 16 at Mississippi College*

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Shorter Hawks (0-0) Sept. 4 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE Sept. 14 WEBBER INTERNATIONAL Sept. 21 at Warner University Sept. 28 at North Greenville Oct. 5 VALDOSTA STATE Oct. 12 at Chowan Oct. 19 at West Georgia Oct. 26 at West Florida Nov. 2 VIRGINIA LYNCHBURG Nov. 9 WEST ALABAMA Nov. 16 at Erskine College

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#7 Valdosta State Blazers (0-0, 0-0 GSC) 6 p.m. Aug.31 ALBANY STATE Sept. 7 at Newberry 6 p.m. Sept. 14 FAYETTEVILLE STATE 2 p.m. Sept. 21 at Erskine College* 4 p.m. Sept. 28 WEST ALABAMA* at Shorter 4 p.m. Oct. 5 12 p.m. Oct. 12 at North Greenville* 4 p.m. Oct. 19 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE* 12 p.m. Oct. 26 IDLE CHOWAN* 2 p.m. Nov. 2 at Delta State* 7 p.m. Nov. 9 Nov. 16 WEST FLORIDA*

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LAST TIME VS. ALBANY STATE Blazer Defense Comes Up Big Late for 21-16 Victory at Albany State

LAST TIME VERSUS ALBANY STATE Sept. 09, 2023 • ASU Coliseum • Albany, Ga. • Att: 4,202

VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS ALBANY STATE GOLDEN RAMS Score by Quarters VALDOSTA STATE 7 ALBANY STATE 0 Scoring Summary 1st 10:39 VSU 2nd 11:22 ASU 00:23 ASU 3rd 07:53 VSU 03:57 VSU 4th 07:15 ASU

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Flowers 2-yard run (Thiele kick) Mashburn 29-yard field goal Jordan 23-yard pass from Bonneau (Mashburn kick) Flowers 1-yard run (Thiele kick) Watts 58-yard run (Thiele kick) Jordan 28-yard pass from Knowles (Pass failed)

Individual Stats RUSHING: Valdosta State-E. Watts 11-123; I. Flowers 17-95; S. Edwards 10-53; G. Wilson 2-9; D. Ocean 1-7; TEAM 1-minus 2. AlbanyState-A. Thomas 10-42; M. Pierce 7-25; I. Knowles 6-4; A. Brimah 1-4; D. Bonneau 3-minus 5; R. Jordan 1-minus 9.

PASSING: Valdosta State-S. Edwards 10-16-1-79. Albany State-D. Bonneau 9-15-0-95; I. Knowles 7-14-0-102.

RECEIVING: Valdosta State-B.K. Smith 3-26; R. Bullard 2-28; N. Gillan 2-16; T. Hurst 1-8; C. Allen 1-4; X.Williams 1-minus 3. Albany State-R. Jordan 6-116; J. Jackson 3-38; R. Lovett III 2-12; K. Jackson 2-7; D. Dorsey 1-10; M. Forsythe 1-8; A. Thomas 1-6.

INTERCEPTIONS: Valdosta State-None. Albany State-J. Heggs 1-37.

FUMBLES: Valdosta State-None. Albany State-I. Knowles 1-0; J. Jackson 1-0.

SACKS (UA-A): Valdosta State-T. Morehead 2-0; D. Clifton 1-0; K. Parker 1-0. Albany State-R. Robinson 2-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Valdosta State-T. Dudley 5-4; J. Harris 6-0; N. Jackson 3-1; K. Cass 2-1; B. Broussard 2-1; J. Hinkle 2-1; K. Parker 1-2; T. Morehead 2-0; L. Nettles 1-0; S. Colman 1-0; K. Whitaker 1-0; R. Bullard 1-0; T. Trawick 1-0; A. Hazzard 0-1; J. Billups 0-1; J. Blount 0-1; D. Hatcher 0-1; A. Lampley VSU ASU 0-1; C. Sutherland 0-1; Team Stats FIRST DOWNS 21 14 E.Cannon 0-1. Albany 42-285 28-71 State-M. Pollock 5-5; J. RUSHING YARDS (NET) 79 197 Mitchell 8-1; J. Jackson PASSING YARDS (NET) 10-16-1 16-29-0 7-0; R. Robinson 3-2; J. Passes Comp-Att-Int. 58-364 57-268 Pugh 3-1; A. Ross 3-1; TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 E. Price 3-0; J. Turner 4-32 2-10 2-1; R. Fillingame 2-0; Punt Returns-Yards Returns-Yards 3-46 1-18 D. Baker 2-0; D. James Kickoff Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-37 1-1; L. Woullard 1-1; J. Punts (Number-Avg.) 5-41.4 7-47.7 Heggs 1-1; D. Drayton Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0 1-1; D. Wan 1-0; R. Penalties-Yards 5-41 6-67 Lovett III 1-0; C. Wiley Possession Time 33:24 26:36 1-0; A. Clinkscales Third-Down Conversions 4 of 11 2 of 13 0-1; R. Welch 0-1; S. Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 2 of 2 Rodriguez 0-1; R. Floyd Red-Zone Scoring Chances 2-3 1-2 0-1; A. Harvey 0-1.

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ALBANY, Ga. – The Valdosta State defense came up with two huge sacks from redshirt freshman Tyler Morehead on the final drive of the game as the Valdosta State football team won 21-16 at Albany State Saturday evening in front of a crowd of over 4,000 people.

VSU improved to 2-0 on the year and won its fourth-straight game in the series against the Golden Rams, improving to 21-2 all-time against ASU. The Golden Rams fell to 0-2 on the year.

Trailing 21-16, the Golden Rams took over at their own seven-yard line with 2:41 remaining, following an outstanding punt from freshman Noah Botsford, who had five punts for a 41.4 average for the game. ASU quarterback Isaiah Knowles hit Rashad Jordan for 32 yards, but a holding penalty on ASU negated the gain. Knowles later hit Javion Jackson for 16 yards to the VSU 45 and then Knowles called his own number for an 18-yard scamper to the VSU 18.

Morehead came up with his first sack with 29 seconds left and then, on third and 13 from the VSU 21 and six seconds to go, Morehead rushed Knowles again and sacked him for a 16-yard loss as time expired.

On a night where the Blazer passing game was a tad off, the running game was solid to the tune of 285 yards on the ground on 42 attempts for a 6.8 average per carry, while the Blazers passed for just 79 yards. VSU outgained the Golden Rams 364 to 268, while the defense held ASU to 14 first downs, 71 yards on the ground and 197 through the air. VSU had 21 first downs for the game.

Blazer junior newcomer Eric Watts had 11 carries for 123 yards and a rushing touchdown, while sophomore Isaiah Flowers had 17 carries for 95 yards and two rushing scores. Junior quarterback Sammy Edwards was 10 of 16 passing for 79 yards and one interception, while he had ten carries for 53 yards on the ground.

Defensively, the Blazers were led by sophomore Terrell Dudley with nine total tackles, while the team recorded four sacks for 26 yards and six tackles for loss for 36 yards. It was the second-straight week VSU’s “D” held the opposition to under 300 yards of total offense.

The Blazers methodically moved right down the field on the opening possession as Flowers scampered for 19 yards on the first play from scrimmage and Edwards used a 19-yard run on second and 10 from the ASU 44, followed by a personal foul on the Golden Rams. VSU then moved inside the ten as Flowers took it in from two yards out for a 7-0 lead with 10:39 left in the first quarter.

ASU competed a third and six, but a big tackle for loss on third and from the ASU 46 by junior Jay Hinkle stymied the Golden Rams’ opening drive. VSU then moved with ease from its own 18 aided by a great run from Watts for 31 yards and a personal foul penalty. Edwards converted a third and three with a big pass to sophomore Ted Hurst as the Blazers moved to the 18-yard line, but graduate student kicker Estin Thiele missed a 37-yard field goal.

VSU outgained the Golden Rams 110-34 for the first quarter and had 11 rushes for 85 yards, while ASU had six rushes for seven yards in the opening stanza. The Golden Rams went for it on fourth and five from the VSU 29 early in the second quarter as Dionte Bonneau hit Devon Dorsey for ten yards to keep the drive alive. Hinkle came up with another big tackle for loss on a third and two from the VSU 11 forcing a 29-yard field goal from Eli Mashburn for a 7-3 score with 11:22 left in the half.

Following two punts by both teams on their next two possessions, VSU had moved into ASU territory with 2:40 to go in the half, but Edwards’ pass was intercepted by Jakobe Heggs at the ASU 40 and returned 37 yards to the VSU 23 with 28 seconds left. Bonneau hit Rashad Jordan for a 23-yard touchdown pass on the ensuing play for ASU’s first lead of the game at 10-7.

VSU had just 44 yards of offense in the second quarter and finished the half with 154 yards of offense on 28 plays, while ASU had 25 plays for 109 yards. Edwards was 5 for 8 passing for 38 yards and one interception, while Watts had six carries for 42 yards and Flowers had five carries for 37 yards and a score. For the Golden Rams, Bonneau was 6 of 10 for 84 yards and a score, while Jordan had three catches for 53 yards and a touchdown. VSU held a 10-5 lead in first downs for the half.

The Blazers came up with a big stop on the opening possession of the third quarter defensively, forcing a three-and-out as ASU had all of the momentum going into halftime. The Blazers used a nine play, 69-yard drive converting a huge third and 10 with Edwards hitting graduate student B.K. Smith for 13 yards to the ASU 14 to keep the drive alive. Flowers rushed for 13 yards and then scored his second touchdown of the game for a 14-10 lead.

Another three-and-out by the Blazer defense followed and VSU had its longest drive of the season, going five plays for 90 yards in just 2:38 as Watts made a house call for a 58-yard touchdown run and a 21-10 lead with 3:57 left in the third.

ASU went three-and-out, once again, but in the fourth took over with 10;30 to go. The Blazers had a chance to get off the field, but Knowles hit Jackson for exactly nine yards on a fourth and nine from the ASU 49 to keep the drive going. He then found Jordan for 28 yards and a score, but the two-point conversion failed. Bonneau threw one touchdown pass, going 9 of 15 for 95 yards, while Knowles was 7 of 14 for 102 yards and a score. Jordan had six catches for 116 yards and two touchdowns.

The Blazers return home to host No. 2-ranked Keiser University (1-1) of the NAIA on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium.

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YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS VALDOSTA STATE

Year 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

First Downs 193 144 152 169 178 169 190 156 159 164 195 251 301 229 300 190 154 198 308 328 307 263 284 338 197 313 340 238 185 186 303 227 313 272 266 197 341 276 338 252 301

Net Rushing 894 1662 1300 1968 1958 1823 1459 1349 1711 1726 1019 1388 1606 833 2022 1521 1575 1842 1444 2278 1816 1296 2706 1257 1068 2360 1619 1320 1652 1812 3065 1791 2845 2092 1279 1680 3676 2862 3563 2348 1699

Net Passing 2635 1176 1217 1373 1513 1473 2001 1681 1313 1353 2586 3871 4389 3842 4275 2225 2294 1813 4361 4356 4162 3433 3119 3307 2830 3431 2950 2864 1783 2103 3506 2505 3066 2973 3420 1925 3658 2881 3541 2884 4371

Total Plays 767 689 730 781 720 652 672 638 651 665 674 785 964 812 915 736 697 724 861 868 1095 853 936 850 663 1003 804 759 749 668 993 753 971 869 906 648 930 752 961 762 901

Plays/ Game 69.7 62.6 66.4 71.0 65.5 65.2 67.2 63.8 65.1 66.5 67.4 71.4 74.2 73.8 70.4 66.9 63.4 65.8 71.8 66.8 73.0 71.1 62.4 70.8 66.3 71.6 67.0 75.9 68.1 66.8 70.9 75.3 74.6 72.4 82.4 72.9 66.4 68.4 68.6 69.3 64.3

Total Offense 3543 2838 2517 3341 3471 3296 3460 3030 3024 3079 3605 5259 5995 4675 6297 3746 2869 3655 5805 6634 5978 4729 5825 4564 3898 5791 4569 4184 3435 3915 6571 4296 5911 5065 4699 3605 7334 5743 7122 5232 6070

Yards/ Game 322.1 257.9 228.8 303.7 315.5 329.6 346.0 303.0 302.4 307.9 360.5 478.1 461.2 425.0 484.4 340.6 260.8 332.3 483.8 510.3 398.5 394.1 416.1 380.3 389.9 413.6 380.8 418.4 312.3 391.5 469.4 429.6 454.7 422.1 427.2 400.6 523.9 522.1 508.7 475.6 433.6

Yards/ Play 4.6 4.1 3.4 4.3 4.8 5.1 5.1 4.7 4.6 4.6 5.3 6.7 6.2 5.8 6.9 5.1 4.1 5.1 6.7 7.6 5.5 5.5 6.2 5.4 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.5 4.6 59 6.6 5.7 6.1 5.8 5.2 5.6 7.9 7.6 7.4 6.9 6.7

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Pts.-Avg. 230-20.9 171-15.1 215-19.5 193-17.5 267-24.3 231-23.1 234-23.4 188-18.8 214-21.4 219-21.9 251-25.1 449-40.8 527-40.5 286-26.0 504-38.8 268-24.4 206-18.7 233-21.2 513-42.8 617-47.5 500-33.3 391-32.6 489-34.9 338-28.2 349-34.9 540-38.6 340-28.3 312-31.2 260-23.6 273-27.3 582-41.6 357-35.7 424-32.6 434-36.2 381-34.6 276-30.7 728-52.0 428-38.9 579-41.4 403-36.6 516-36.9

TD 29 22 24 22 35 31 29 23 23 26 33 62 73 38 70 38 27 31 73 86 65 51 59 40 47 71 46 40 32 34 80 49 49 55 43 37 97 58 77 50 70

First Net Year Downs Rushing 1982 235 2664 1983 195 2115 1984 177 2005 1985 167 1757 1986 197 1228 1987 181 1550 1988 178 1624 1989 165 1644 1990 162 1527 1991 171 1365 1992 166 1801 1993 169 1423 1994 207 1559 1995 195 1853 1996 241 2091 1997 183 1403 1998 148 1852 1999 184 1730 2000 212 2043 2001 221 1397 2002 218 832 2003 229 1712 2004 251 2205 2005 212 1675 2006 148 1125 2007 251 1693 2008 223 1299 2009 224 1129 2010 189 1011 2011 198 1477 2012 253 2211 2013 208 1481 2014 313 1878 2015 243 2372 2016 178 1759 2017 157 1478 2018 268 1883 2019 204 1648 2021 269 2636 2022 267 2754 2023 271 2468 School Record No 2020 season due to COVID-19

Net Passing 1731 1319 1281 1471 2122 1564 1450 1255 1280 1783 1330 1613 1924 1524 2236 1798 1100 1484 2088 2130 3227 2443 2563 2873 1577 2876 2356 2302 2200 2148 2742 2784 2982 2295 2162 1662 2929 2058 2239 2437 2702

Tot Yds. Allowed 4395 3434 3286 3228 3350 3114 3074 2899 2807 3148 3131 3036 3483 3377 4327 3201 2952 3214 4131 3352 4059 4155 4768 4548 2702 4569 3655 3431 3211 3625 4953 4265 4860 4667 3921 3140 4812 3426 4875 5191 5170

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Pts.-Avg. 399.5 285-145 298-27.1 312.2 237-104 233-21.2 298.7 234-94 181-16.5 293.5 269-106 163-14.8 304.5 358-194 174-15.8 311.4 268-131 178-17.8 307.4 242-112 200-20.0 289.9 208-96 210-21.0 280.7 197-101 183-18.3 314.8 258-129 167-16.7 313.1 248-103 210-21.0 276.0 247-136 197-17.9 267.9 303-148 162-12.5 307.0 243-116 229-20.8 332.9 323-162 313-24.1 291.0 278-130 222-20.2 268.4 216-80 213-19.4 292.2 234-107 219-19.9 344.3 316-161 310-25.8 271.3 408-224 188-14.5 270.6 526-264 236-15.7 346.2 395-207 206-17.2 340.6 366-187 305-21.8 379.0 399-225 249-20.8 270.2 252-126 157-15.7 326.4 482-270 247-17.6 304.6 454-259 223-18.6 343.1 353-194 224-22.4 291.9 389-211 189-17.2 362.5 347-189 239-23.9 353.8 390-187 280-20.0 426.5 308-187 298-29.8 373.8 403-216 255-19.6 388.9 327-179 319-26.6 356.5 330-157 268-24.4 348.9 255-131 188-20.9 343.7 457-252 316-22.6 311.5 326-173 204-18.6 348.2 372-179 318-22.7 471.9 317-181 407-37.0 369.3 389-214 271-24.3

VSU Net Punt Avg. 38.3 34.3 34.9 37.9 39.2 32.2 33.2 34.1 33.0 37.6 31.8 33.6 29.7 36.7 35.1 33.4 30.9 33.0 36.7 30.6 33.3 36.5 31.8 34.4 33.3 36.3 36.3 34.4 35.6 37.3 36.7 36.5 35.7 36.2 30.2 34.4 36.3 35.0 32.9 37.3 43.0

VSU Passes Intercepted 14 14 17 13 32 17 14 9 13 13 10 8 14 9 11 13 16 10 15 18 26 9 22 20 13 27 10 7 20 15 22 10 14 15 27 11 18 9 9 8 11

INT Yards Ret. 164 127 188 154 277 311 118 80 159 82 159 154 222 138 69 92 120 173 264 219 197 120 258 227 292 497 203 45 363 331 159 197 -12.1 287 149 261 506 175 140 102 137

Avg. Ret. 11.7 9.1 11.1 11.8 8.7 18.3 8.4 8.9 12.2 6.3 15.9 19.3 15.9 15.3 6.3 7.1 7.5 17.3 17.6 12.2 7.6 13.3 11.7 11.4 22.5 18.4 20.3 6.4 18.1 22.1 7.2 19.7 -0.9 23.9 13.5 23.7 28.1 19.4 15.6 12.8 9.8

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LAST TIME OUT ... NCAA QUARTERFINALS Dec. 2, 2023 • Bazemore-Hyder Stadium • Att: 2,223

#11 LENOIR-RHYNE BEARS #14 VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS Score by Quarters LENOIR-RHYNE VALDOSTA STATE

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McGee 1-yard run (Brown kick) Turner-Knox 2-yard run (Brown kick) White 4-yard run (Brown kick) Turner-Knox 87-yard run (Brown kick) Ajiero 6-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) McGee 2-yard run (Brown kick)

Individual Stats RUSHING: Lenoir-Rhyne-Z. Turner-Knox 15-145; D. McGee 22-102; Z. Dillard 8-37; D. Rogers 1-22; P. King 1-4; S. White 5-minus 3. Valdosta State-E. Watts 7-13; T. Tisdale 1-8; I. Flowers 2-6; G. Wilson 2-3; S. Edwards 6-minus 28.

PASSING: Lenoir-Rhyne-S. White 9-15-0-51. Valdosta State S. Edwards 14-352-143.

RECEIVING: Lenoir-Rhyne-D. Rogers 4-23; D. Lester 2-17; S. Yates 2-8; D. Marshall 1-3. Valdosta State- B.K. Smith 4-35; N. Gillan 3-36; C. Allen 3-28; J. Jeffery 1-42; T. Ajiero 1-6; R. Bullard 1-0; E. Watts 1-minus 4.

INTERCEPTIONS: Lenoir-Rhyne-R. Yelding 1-16; C. Brown 1-2. Valdosta StateNone.

FUMBLES: Lenoir-Rhyne-None. Valdosta State-T. Tisdale 1-1; B.K. Smith 1-0; T. Ajiero 1-1.

SACKS (UA-A): Lenoir-Rhyne-R. Yelding 2-0; A. Jefferson 1-0; Z. Nance 1-0.

Valdosta State-T. Morehead 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Lenoir-Rhyne-M. Taylor 5-0; J. Maye 2-3; A. Jefferson 4-0; P. King 2-2; R. Yelding 2-2; C. Kelley 2-1; D. Hibbitt 2-1; J. Godwin 2-0; Z. Nance 1-1; C. Lachesky 1-1; T.J. Blanding 1-1; D. Whitmire 1-0; A. James 1-0; R. Turner 1-0; J. Johnson 1-0; C. Team Stats LR VSU Brown 1-0; Z. Turner-Knox FIRST DOWNS 14 7 0-1; M. Sumner 0-1. Valdo- RUSHING YARDS (NET) 52-307 18-2 sta State-J. Harris 5-10; T. PASSING YARDS (NET) 51 143 Morehead 2-9; J. Billups Passes Comp-Att-Int. 9-15-0 14-35-2 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 67-358 53-145 3-4; K. Cass 2-5; N. JackFumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 son 3-3; J. Hicks 1-4; A. 1-12 2-8 Baugh 1-4; T. Dudley 3-1; S. Punt Returns-Yards 1-12 4-93 Roberts 1-3; L. Nettles 0-4; Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD Interception Returns-Yards-TD 2-18 0-0 J. Jones 0-3; N. Nixon 2-0; Punts (Number-Avg.) 8-46.1 10-45.2 A. Farley 0-2; C. SutherFumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2 land 0-2; J. Blount 0-2; Penalties-Yards 7-50 5-29 D. Hatcher 0-2; A. Sparks Possession Time 38:00 22:00 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 15 4 of 15 0-2; P. Starks 0-2; K. Wil1 of 1 0 of 0 liams 1-0; D. Clifton 0-1; J. Fourth-Down Conversions 4-6 1-1 Mobley 0-1; T. Stoops 0-1; Red-Zone Scoring Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-45 1-12 T. Ajiero 0-1.

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Blazer Football Season Comes to an End in NCAA Quarterfinals VALDOSTA, Ga. – The Valdosta State football team’s 2023 campaign came to an end after the No. 14 Blazers dropped a 35-7 decision to No.11-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne in Valdosta Saturday afternoon on a rainy day in Titletown.

Valdosta State ended its season with a 12-2 record, while falling to 3115 all-time in the playoffs and 21-8 in playoff games in Valdosta. Meanwhile, Lenoir Rhyne improved to 13-1 and punched its ticket to the NCAA Playoff Semifinals.

The Blazer offense was extremely limited due to the combined efforts of the LR defense and the rainy conditions. Harlon Hill Finalist junior Sammy Edwards finished the game with 143 yards through the air with one touchdown and two interceptions while the Blazer rushing attack was limited to two yards on 18 carries. Defensively, the Blazers were led by graduate student Jacob Harris with a career-high 15 tackles while redshirt freshman Tyler Morehead finished the game with one sack and 11 tackles.

Lenoir-Rhyne put together a massive day on the ground a s the Bears combined for 307 rushing yards. The Bears were led by Zayvion Turner-Knox with 145 yards and two touchdowns while D2CCA second team running back Dwayne McGee finished the game with 102 yards. LR quarterback Sean White finished the game with 51 passing yards on 9 of 15 passing and one rushing touchdown.

After VSU won the toss and deferred to the second half, the Lenoir-Rhyne offense took the field to start the game. The Blazer defense quickly forced a three-and-out on the opening drive to bring Edwards and the VSU offense on the field. However, the rainy conditions limited the Blazer offense attack as the Lenoir-Rhyne defense responded with a three-and-out of its own.

The Bears caught the first break in the contest, taking advantage of a VSU fumble on its own 23-yard line late in the first quarter. Despite this, the Blazer defense held tough in the red zone and a missed field goal by the Bears began the second quarter.

The Bears ended up scoring first as Lenoir-Rhyne running back McGee took the ball 43 yards down the field before punching it in from the VSU one-yard line, going up 7-0 with 9:49 left until the half.

The Lenoir-Rhyne special teams ended up making another decisive play at the 8:35 mark in the second quarter, blocking a VSU punt on its own 17, to give the offense excellent field position once again. The Bears took advantage as Turner-Knox muscled through the trenches to put Lenoir-Rhyne up 14-0 with 5:52 left in the second quarter.

Lenoir-Rhyne came up big again when Bears’ defensive lineman Rashad Yelding picked off Edwards’ pass, bringing the ball to the VSU four-yard line.

White took the ball into the endzone himself to give LR a 21-0 cushion with 4:53 left until the half.

The rushing game proved to be vital to the Lenoir-Rhyne defense as TurnerKnox took a touchdown to the house on a major 87-yard touchdown run to plant the Bears up 28-0 with 3:10 left in the half. Valdosta State immediately suffered its fourth turnover of the game on a kickoff return as the Bears gained great field position once again. The Blazer defense clamped down and prevented further damage as the Bears headed into halftime leading 28-0.

The Blazers seemingly had no answers for the Lenoir-Rhyne rushing attack in the first half, giving up 206 yards on the ground and just 33 in the air.

However, the big difference maker proved to be turnovers as VSU suffered two fumbles and an interception in the first half.

Valdosta State answered back immediately in the second half as Edwards began to sling it downfield to junior Noah Gillan and graduate student B.K. Smith. The pair combined for 62 total yards on the drive which set up a six-yard touchdown reception from graduate student Tyler Ajiero, cutting the Bears lead to 21 at 28-7 with 9:19 left in the third quarter.

For most of the second half, the Bears milked the clock and controlled the line of scrimmage, holding off the VSU offense. Lenoir-Rhyne ended up scoring one final touchdown in the late minutes of the fourth quarter.

Despite the loss, the Blazers had a great season for a team that was picked fifth in the Gulf South Conference preseason poll. Last season, in head coach Tremaine Jackson’s first campaign, the team went 5-6, while this year he guided the team to a share of its tenth GSC title for the second-most conference titles all-time in GSC history and the most of any current GSC member.

Edwards finished the season with 4,223 yards passing finishing just three yards short of tying the school-record for passing yards in a season set by Lance Funderburk at 4,226 yards in 1996.

Edwards finished the year going 327 of 494 passing for 34 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. His 327 passes are good for a tie for sixth all-time in program history with Buster Faulkner in 2022 and his 34 touchdown passes are good for third alltime in a season.

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2023 SCORING DRIVES

Opponent Scoring Drives • Offensive Scoring Drives/Total Scoring: 32/34 • Other Scores: KR, SAF

Blazer Scoring Drives • Offensive Scoring Drives/Total Scoring: 76/79 • Other Scores: 1 FR, 1 KR, 1 INT Qtr. 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 1st 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 4th 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 4th 4th 1st 1st 2nd 4th 4th 4th 3rd

Clock 04:51 01:07 00:41 02:14 10:00 05:10 01:34 10:59 06:25 10:39 07:53 03:57 10:00 06:50 00:28 10:00 04:22 12:12 11:05 09:48 00:34 03:18 08:20 10:58 08:35 05:01 12:53 01:00 05:05 09:59 07:49 11:08 04:56 04:07 08:52 10:40 11:39 06:03 02:39 08:58 00:22 02:52 13:35 01:28 11:59 09:50 00:42 09:47 00:36 10:55 00:28 00:34 10:14 06:33 14:43 9:42 12:50 07:58 02:36 01:35 06:19 00:39 13:07 07:06 00:24 12:16 00:00 09:33 13:33 07:18 05:38 02:01 10:47 00:55 09:31 13:42 02:42 00:09 09:19

OPP PU PU PU PU PU PU PU PU PU ASU ASU ASU KU KU KU KU KU KU KU NGU NGU NGU NGU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU CU DSU DSU DSU DSU MC MC MC SU SU SU SU SU SU UWF UWF UWF UWF UWF UWA UWA UWA UWG UWG UWG UWG UWG UWG UWG UWG UWG UWG LU LU LU LU LU LU LU LU LU LU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU LR

Scoring Play Plays Flowers 1-yard run (Thiele kick) 7 B. Smith 28-yard pass from Edwawrds (Thiele kick) 5 Edwards 6-yard run (Thiele kick) 2 Flowers 14-yard run (Thiele kick) 6 B. Smith 24-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 3 Williams 41-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 7 Flowers 14-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 3 Jacques 85-yard pass from Ocean (Thiele kick) 3 Ajiero 4-yard pass from S. Smith (Bennett kick) 4 Flowers 2-yard run (Thiele kick) 8 Flowers 1-yard run (Thiele kick) 9 Watts 58-yard run (Thiele kick) 5 B.K. Smith 17-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 6 Hurst 37-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 3 Allen 7-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 6 Flowers 1-yard run (Thiele kick) 10 Bullard 21-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 3 Chaney 2-yard run (Thiele kick) 4 Chaney 2-yard run (Thiele kick) 1 Chaney 1-yard run (Thiele kick) 10 Chaney 3-yard run (Thiele kick) 7 Gillan 3-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 12 Chaney 5-yard run (Thiele kick) 8 Williams 30-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 3 Watts 50-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 1 Hurst 12-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 2 Thiele 44-yard field goal 6 Allen 24-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 3 Bullard 14-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 8 Watts 47-yard run (Thiele kick blocked) 6 Allen 84-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 1 Watts 1-yard run (Thiele kick) 9 Edwards 3-yard run (Thiele kick) 9 Thiele 22-yard field goal 10 Wilson 16-yad run (Edwards rush) 7 Wilson 4-yard run (Thiele kick) 8 Edwards 11-yard run (Thiele kick) 10 Watts 46-yard run (Thiele kick) 1 Edwards 9-yard run (Thiele kick) 14 Flowers 5-yard run (Thiele kick) 9 B.K. Smith 5-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 11 B.K. Smith 2-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 11 Tisdale 4-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 5 Chaney 2-yard run (Thiele kick) 14 Harris 3-yard fumble recovery (Thiele kick) 0 Chaney 1-yard run (Thiele kick) 2 Edwards 6-yard run (Thiele kick) 5 Thiele 48-yard field goal 7 Hurst 28-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 11 Allen 20-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 8 Allen 52-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 2 Bullard 48-yard pass from Edwards (Pass failed) 4 Thiele 34-yard field goal 10 Chaney 2-yard run (Thiele kick) 6 Thiele 30-yard field goal 8 Bullard 29-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 6 C. Smith 22-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 3 Bullard 99-yard kickoff return (Thiele kick) 0 Thiele 21-yard field goal 11 Watts 4-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 3 Chaney 8-yard run (Thiele kick) 12 Lampley 33-yard interception return 0 Bullard 18-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 4 Allen 28-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 3 K. Scott 31-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 8 Allen 29-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 5 Thiele 22-yard field goal 12 Hurst 25-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 7 Thiele 35-yard field goal 12 Bullard 10-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 6 Chaney 3-yard run (Thiele kick) 3 Flowers 31-yard run (Thiele kick) 3 Chaney 3-yard run (Thiele kick) 11 Chaney 2-yard run (Thiele kick) 7 Edwards 1-yard run (Thiele kick) 8 Bullard 2-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 14 Thiele 46-yard field goal 12 B.K. Smith 24-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 3 Ajiero 6-yard pass from Edwards (Thiele kick) 12

Yds. 68 42 31 43 55 62 68 86 45 74 69 90 65 60 56 67 31 65 9 73 80 80 75 63 50 15 36 50 62 73 84 76 75 49 76 75 69 46 75 80 75 66 66 72 0 52 77 22 77 76 52 57 64 75 60 73 47 0 59 20 72 0 77 15 96 57 73 59 59 63 19 46 75 77 53 81 54 47 78

TOP 3:27 1:29 0:21 2:59 1:09 3:39 1:16 1:05 2:35 4:21 5:17 2:38 2:40 1:16 1:05 4:54 1:22 1:26 0:08 5:12 2:07 6:24 4:27 1:03 0:07 0:40 1:54 1:06 2:25 3:26 0:16 3:52 4:20 3:53 3:01 4:15 4:52 0:10 6:23 3:41 2:35 5:13 1:48 7:36 0:00 0:58 2:26 3:10 3:25 3:41 0:15 1:08 4:31 2:30 2:59 3:33 1:04 0:00 3:58 1:01 5:47 0:00 1:53 1:16 3:29 2:27 4:27 3:39 4:25 1:48 1:17 1:29 4:13 3:31 4:12 7:01 5:11 0:34 5:34

Qtr. 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 4th 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th

Clock 00:00 14:46 11:22 00:23 07:15 12:40 09:06 05:56 13:38 11:55 12:10 01:35 14:53 12:40 02:15 07:37 09:16 01:52 02:18 01:21 11:59 05:57 02:15 00:54 01:15 09:02 08:08 09:25 14:10 03:14 13:08 14:43 10:38 03:44 10:36 08:17 06:41 04:34 06:49 03:05 11:51 03:30 00:51 04:43 06:40 05:53 10:00 07:58 09:49 05:52 04:53 2:11 05:50

OPP PU PU ASU ASU ASU KU KU KU KU NGU CU CU CU CU CU CU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU MC MC SU SU UWF UWF UWF UWF UWA UWA UWG UWG UWG UWG LU LU LU LU LU LU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU LR LR LR LR LR

Scoring Play Plays Ceja 27-yard field goal 8 Bryant 94-yard kickoff return (Ceja kick) 0 Mashburn 29-yard field goal 13 Jordan 23-yard pass from Bonneau (Mashburn kick) 1 Jordan 28-yard pass from Knowles (Pass failed) 8 Golden 63-yard pass from Veasly (Disisto kick failed) 5 Meizinger 7-yard run (Disisto kick) 8 Meizinger 2-yard run (Disisto kick blocked) 4 Veasley 3-yard run (Veasley pass failed) 12 Karhu 50-yard field goal 8 Franklin 61-yard pass from McKee (Colunga kick) 7 TEAM Safety 0 Toster 8-yard pass from McKee (Colunga kick failed) 4 Holloway 4-yard pass from McKee (Colunga kick) 1 Franklin 4-yard pass from McKee (Colunga kick) 13 McKee 8-yard run (Colunga kick) 7 Smith 25-yard run (Herber kick) 5 Shegog 1-yard run (Herber kick) 8 Smith 37-yard run (Herber kick) 5 May 13-yard pass from Shegog (Herber kick) 1 Malloy 19-yard run (Herber kick) 8 Smith 7-yard run (Herber kick) 10 Lockett 7-yard pass from Shegog (Herber kick) 8 Pledger 40-yard field goal 11 V. Williams 47-yard pass from Davis (Pledger kick) 9 McCrary 1-yard run (Simpson kick) 12 Durrant 31-yard run (Simpson kick) 11 Jiles 20-yard pass from Jarrett (Cerra kick) 9 Woods 1-yard run (Cerra kick) 14 Jiles 33-yard pass from Jarrett (Cerra kick) 4 Wilson 29-yard run (Cerra kick) 10 Walker 62-yard pass from Melton (Guyton kick) 1 Nalls 55-yard pass from Melton (Guyton kick) 6 Kennedy 1-yard run (Davalos kick) 10 Kennedy 4-yard run (Davalos kick) 5 Mosley 1-yard run (Davalos kick) 3 Peterson 19-yard pass from Whitlock (Davalos kick) 3 Baker 6-yard pass from Noller (Deneen kick) 12 McCray 2-yard pass from Noller (Lounds rush failed) 8 Washington 40-yard pass from Noller (Deneen kick) 4 Baker 5-yard pass from Noller (Deneen kick) 5 Black 34-yard pass from Noller (Deneen kick) 6 Lalin 20-yard run (Deneen kick) 5 Malloy 4-yard run (Herber kick) 5 Shegog 38-yard run (Herber kick) 7 Green 4-yard pass from Shegog (Herber kick) 6 Malloy 7-yard run (Heber kick) 10 Herber 18-yard field goal 4 McGee 1-yard run (Brown kick) 4 Turner-Knox 2-yard run (Brown kick) 5 White 4-yard run (Brown kick) 1 Turner-Knox 87-yard run (Brown kick) 2 McGee 2-yard run (Brown kick) 6

Yds. 57 0 68 23 65 75 85 45 75 43 86 0 48 75 69 90 72 75 66 13 75 75 48 53 94 75 87 58 75 56 63 62 68 84 76 23 48 95 75 55 75 75 75 40 75 60 75 4 48 17 4 98 47

TOP 2:08 0:14 6:24 0:05 3:15 2:20 4:36 1:37 5:44 3:46 2:43 0:00 1:34 0:13 8:26 4:16 1:43 3:04 1:42 0:07 3:01 2:55 4:41 5:09 3:43 5:58 5:40 4:40 8:27 1:59 5:30 0:17 2:52 5:49 2:04 0:54 1:11 4:25 2:44 0:59 1:42 2:08 1:10 0:34 2:51 2:38 3:42 1:33 2:05 2:43 0:05 1:10 3:45

Game-by-Game Minutes Lead, Tied, Trailed Opponent POINT UNIVERSITY at Albany State KEISER NORTH GREENVILLE at Chowan DELTA STATE at Mississippi College SHORTER at West Florida at West Alabama WEST GEORGIA LIMESTONE at Delta State LENOIR-RHYNE TOTALS

Lead 49:51 48:09 55:00 54:48 49:48 7:09 55:40 38:58 0:36 35:06 55:14 58:07 31:50 0:00 540:16

Tied 10:09 4:21 2:20 5:12 5:13 20:42 4:20 14:39 29:45 21:06 4:46 1:53 22:54 20:11 167:31

Trailed 0:00 7:30 2:40 0:00 4:59 32:09 0:00 6:23 29:39 3:48 0:00 0:00 5:16 39:49 132:13

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2024 BLAZER FOOTBALL Year 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS Player G Plays James Owens 10 402 Terry Mallory 8 173 Mark Dace 11 216 Mark Dace 7 186 Mark Dace 11 315 Tye Cottle 9 146 Tye Cottle 10 334 Tye Cottle 10 311 Tye Cottle 10 243 Chris Hatcher 7 186 Chris Hatcher 10 424 Chris Hatcher 11 495 Chris Hatcher 13 537 Lance Funderburk 11 581 Lance Funderburk 13 570 Donnie Johnston 11 198 Brandon Cowart 9 282 Kenn Barnett 11 187 Dusty Bonner 12 534 Dusty Bonner 13 469 Buster Faulkner 15 611 Barrett Wilkes 12 487 Fabian Walker 14 534 Barrett Wilkes 11 453 Willie Copeland 10 428 Willie Copeland 14 569 Chris Hart 12 332 Kellen Lewis 10 481 Brett Whitmire 9 240 Austen Roberts 8 220 Cayden Cochran 13 438 Cayden Cochran 8 291 Jake Medlock 11 385 EJ Hilliard 12 460 Adam Robles 10 345 Rogan Wells 9 333 Rogan Wells 14 500 Rogan Wells 11 382 Ivory Durham 14 531 Ivory Durham 11 452 Sammy Edwards 14 592

Yards 2,906 732 680 899 1,744 816 1,969 1,582 1,182 1,044 2,493 3,532 3,955 3,549 4,167 935 1,267 964 3,965 4,035 3,513 3,220 3,465 2,703 2,618 3,331 2,084 2,999 1,241 1,239 3,060 1,577 2,643 2,737 2,024 1,897 3,807 3,352 4,416 3,399 4,494

Year 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

RUSHING LEADERS Player G Rushes Henry Chubb 11 100 Henry Chubb 11 121 Michael Williams 10 67 Tony Allen 9 127 Eric Clark 11 118 Donnie Harrell 10 142 Ramon Allen 10 155 Ramon Allen 10 197 Ramon Allen 10 211 Ramon Allen 9 109 Dominique Ross 9 153 Dominique Ross 11 167 Dominique Ross 13 256 David Glisson 11 147 Vontrell Mitchell 13 186 Vontrell Mitchell 9 170 Marcus Ray 19 81 Mike Christopher 10 104 Aaron Jenkins 12 72 Aaron Jenkins 13 199 Aaron Jenkins 14 214 Tyran Robinson 12 104 Tyran Robinson 14 213 Vincent Brown 9 136 Rashawn Robinson 10 66 Michael Terry 14 164 Markus Manson 12 84 Kellen Lewis 10 109 David Arnold 11 107 David Bailey 8 95 Cedric O’Neal 13 180 Cedric O’Neal 10 140 Austin Scott 13 155

Yards 475 668 362 564 565 632 780 846 957 488 734 1,030 1,473 837 1,355 840 351 507 499 1,503 1,304 571 1,267 768 392 1,107 447 485 516 516 1,198 975 943

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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

Cedric O’Neal Cedric Hollingshed Rogan Wells Jamar Thompkins Jamar Thompkins Seth McGill Jamar Thompkins Isaiah Flowers

12 9 9 14 11 14 11 13

176 107 116 137 124 189 134 89

1,069 476 492 1,329 950 1,235 871 417

Year 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

PASSING LEADERS Player G Comp.-Att. James Owens 10 169-339 Terry Mallory 8 41-98 Mark Dace 11 42-106 Mark Dace 7 53-108 Mark Dace 11 104-186 Tye Cottle 9 54-98 Tye Cottle 10 143-262 Tye Cottle 10 131-235 Tye Cottle 10 99-179 Chris Hatcher 7 81-150 Chris Hatcher 10 264-400 Chris Hatcher 11 335-471 Chris Hatcher 13 367-508 Lance Funderburk 11 356-544 Lance Funderburk 13 342-532 Donnie Johnston 11 83-155 Brandon Cowart 9 109-240 Kenn Barnett 11 61-133 Dusty Bonner 12 351-488 Dusty Bonner 13 298-425 Buster Faulkner 15 327-503 Barrett Wilkes 12 272-431 Fabian Walker 14 299-417 Barrett Wilkes 11 266-376 Willie Copeland 10 250-372 Willie Copeland 14 311-489 Chris Hart 12 143-251 Kellen Lewis 10 232-372 Brett Whitmire 9 109-195 Austen Roberts 8 98-182 Cayden Cochran 13 218-338 Cayden Cochran 8 139-245 Jake Medlock 11 172-246 EJ Hilliard 12 225-346 Adam Robles 10 173-315 Rogan Wells 9 121-217 Rogan Wells 14 209-364 Rogan Wells 11 213-297 Ivory Durham 14 244-406 Ivory Durham 11 193-364 Sammy Edwards 14 327-494

Yards 2,258 681 662 762 1,435 767 1,960 1,677 1,189 1,088 2,548 3,651 4,076 3,706 4,226 924 1,446 889 4,126 4,037 3,826 3,269 3,062 2,668 2,663 3,160 1,841 2,514 1,107 1,034 2,710 1,538 2,024 2,425 2,046 1,897 3,075 2,650 3,425 2,770 4,223

Year 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

RECEIVING LEADERS Player G Rec. Carl Armstrong 11 61 Kelvin Sheppard 11 22 Kevin Gray 11 23 Darrien Teals 11 33 Randy Fisher 11 46 Randy Fisher 10 36 Randy Fisher 10 52 Randy Fisher 10 51 Dexter Holiday 8 25 Dexter Holiday 10 23 Calvin Walker 10 71 Calvin Walker 11 82 Robert Williams 13 86 Sean Pender 11 111 Rodney Brown 13 61 Mike Bowman 11 43 Nikko Cooper 11 35 Reggie Mosley 11 24 Reggie Mosley 12 67 Reggie Mosley 13 65 Reggie Mosley 15 79 Andre Zellner 12 42 Tyran Robinson 14 67 Sherard Reynolds 12 38

Yards 1,028 388 455 448 753 585 864 690 393 375 867 944 1,187 983 1,148 728 581 384 1,106 1,063 1,295 558 672 650

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

Cedric Jones Cedric Jones Cedric Jones Cedric Jones Ronnye Nelson Griffin Roelle Gerald Ford Seantavius Jones Chris Anderson Greg Dent Xay Howard Dallas Baldner Lio'undre Gallimore Brian Saunds Brian Saunds B.K. Smith B.K. Smith

66 102 57 57 33 35 69 55 67 60 48 29 36 54 73 42 70

911 1,171 551 544 295 395 1,026 777 714 863 669 347 900 938 1,200 726 1,008

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2021 2022 2023

SCORING LEADERS Player G TDs Carl Armstrong 11 8 Brad Bauer 11 0 Tracy Soles 9 9 Keith Moore 11 0 Keith Moore 11 0 Randy Fisher 11 10 Rodney Fulk 10 0 Jack McTyre 10 0 Jack McTyre 10 0 Ramon Allen 10 13 Don Kelly 10 0 Dominique Ross 9 12 Dominique Ross 11 13 Robert Williams 13 21 Stanley Flanders 13 21 Rodney Brown 10 9 Nikko Cooper 13 14 Mike Bowman 11 11 James Lightfoot 11 0 Carlos Hope 11 7 Aaron Jenkins 12 13 C.J. Lofton 12 13 Aaron Jenkins 13 21 Will Rhody 15 0 Will Rhody 12 0 Will Rhody 14 0 Michael Green 12 0 Zachary Williams 10 0 Zachary Williams 14 0 Albert Dukes 12 8 Kellen Lewis 10 9 Daniel Andersen 11 0 Daniel Andersen 10 0 Daniel Andersen 12 0 Seantavius Jones 10 13 Anthony Pistelli 13 0 Cedric O’Neal 13 19 Andrew Gray 11 0 Andrew Gray 9 0 Andrew Gray 14 0 Seth McGill 11 13 Jamar Thompkins 11 13 Estin Thiele 14 0 Estin Thiele 11 0 Estin Thiele 14 0

Points 48 48 54 59 59 60 44 58 33 78 59 72 78 126 126 54 86 66 38 42 78 78 126 105 82 121 94 66 104 50 54 60 67 87 78 114 114 87 52 144 78 78 115 95 93

Year 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

TACKLE LEADERS Player UT Cliff Fouty 20 Lenny Parker 47 Lenny Parker 62 Jimmy Francis 63 Jessie Tuggle 42 Jimmy Brookins 69 Jimmy Brookins 73 Shaun Utley 44 Freddie Richardson 45 Chris Dupree 33 Chris Dupree 40

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AT 135 76 63 62 87 36 52 35 36 39 41

TT 155 123 125 125 129 105 125 79 81 72 81

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ANNUAL SEASON LEADERS 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

Erasmus Harvey Edward Mitchell Ryan Branch Jarmal Stevens Jesse Sutton Jesse Sutton Michael Williams Mike Fowler Ced Dickerson Marlin Adams Jason Cost Spencer Fortson Tim Thompson Will Montford Will Montford Larry Dean Larry Dean Larry Dean Chris Pope Chris Pope Chris Pope Duran Lowe Kenny Murphy Shar. Washington Kenny Moore Malik Slater Jameon Gaskin Cory Roberts Nick Moss Terrell Dudley Jacob Harris

39 55 67 56 43 43 42 67 53 52 36 45 38 43 48 42 40 49 43 54 45 54 57 60 45 37 34 30 57 25 58

41 44 53 46 62 67 46 34 29 43 50 36 17 42 74 53 40 73 49 73 47 38 35 34 20 46 41 31 64 38 40

80 99 120 102 105 110 88 101 82 95 86 81 55 85 122 95 80 122 92 127 92 92 92 94 65 83 75 61 121 63 98

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

2012 2013 2014

INTERCEPTION LEADERS Player G No. Timmy Massey 11 3 Jimmy Francis 11 3 Dallis Smith 11 5 Jimmy Francis 11 4 Jimmy Francis 11 5 Dallis Smith 11 9 Calvin Orr 10 4 Deon Searcy 10 5 Deon Searcy 10 4 Derick McCant 10 2 Chris Dupree 10 5 Antonio Hill 10 2 Walt Foy 10 2 Tony Hill 11 3 Tony Hill 11 2 Marcus Johnson 11 2 Cornelius Seymour 11 2 Albert Fanoga 8 2 Austin Harmon 13 4 Jerome Mills 10 5 Terrell Battle 8 3 Vaughn Clark 11 3 Tabious Carter 10 2 Shamonta Dean 9 2 Demeakey Williams 10 2 Ced Dickerson 12 4 Wesley Brown 13 4 Chris Fowler 14 7 Ellitot Burkes 12 2 Sam Reynolds 14 5 Bernard George 10 4 Sherard Reynolds 10 3 Maurice Leggett 10 3 Sherard Reynolds 14 7 Sherard Reynolds 12 4 Carlos Anderson 10 3 Stevie Harden 11 8 Harrison Dreiling 10 3 Ryan Smith 9 3 Matt Pierce 10 3 Lance Holder 13 4 Dominique Wheeler 10 4 Kenny Murphy 13 2 Tavaris Williams 13 2 Isaiah Gresham 13 2 Kenny Moore 13 2

Yards 30 28 91 31 109 53 71 11 29 35 45 72 28 36 33 18 97 13 3 59 37 0 56 48 0 77 35 35 35 1 13 81 3 176 132 3 229 59 43 127 44 86 5 0 0 23

2015

2016

2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

Brandon Brown Kenny Moore Malcolm McClenton Kenny Moore Brandon Roe Brandon Roe Alex Brown Cory Roberts Taurus Dotson Ravarious Rivers Kyle Cass

13 12 12 11 11 9 14 11 14 9 13

2 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 4

34 114 10 87 64 174 95 16 53 0 44

Year 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

PUNT RETURN LEADERS Player No. Yards Jimmy Francis 30 199 Derrick Harris 24 155 Derrick Harris 18 198 Jimmy Francis 29 140 Randy Fisher 23 205 Randy Fisher 19 192 Edward Jackson 10 100 Edward Jackson 26 158 Deon Searcy 15 124 Antonio Hill 27 276 Antonio Hill 18 110 Stanley Flanders 18 200 Stanley Flanders 13 158 Gary Goff 8 31 Gary Goff 20 64 Eric Doggett 24 260 Eric Doggett 28 359 Eric Doggett 32 452 Reggie Mosley 25 224 Michael Greer 16 91 Reggie Mosley 33 250 Bama Adams 33 372 Bama Adams 13 174 Waymon Ford 11 60 Sherard Reynolds 30 496 Sherard Reynolds 24 320 Roger King 18 195 Chris Wellborn 23 154 Ronnye Nelson 24 173 Quin Roberson 17 219 Quin Roberson 24 394 Regginald Lewis 12 138 Nick Burgman 27 188 Greg Dent 18 117 Gary Simon 30 408 Dallas Baldner 9 88 Brian Saunds 26 327 Brian Saunds 14 139 Brian Saunds 21 151 Travon Roberts 11 131 B.K. Smith 7 66

Avg. 6.6 6.5 11.0 4.8 8.9 10.1 10.0 6.1 8.3 10.2 6.1 11.1 12.2 3.9 3.2 10.8 12.8 14.1 9.0 5.7 7.6 11.3 13.4 5.5 16.5 13.3 10.8 6.7 7.2 12.9 16.4 11.5 6.9 6.5 13.6 9.8 12.6 9.9 7.2 11.9 9.4

Year 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

KICK RETURN LEADERS Player No. Yards Kelvin Sheppard 20 422 Derrick Harris 21 610 Derrick Harris 27 534 Donnie Harrell 15 280 Derwin Whatley 11 288 Clifford Scott 16 435 Donnie Harrell 11 258 Eric Luke 15 307 Eric Luke 10 201 Calvin Walker 12 300 Calvin Walker 8 182 Calvin Walker 8 188 Billy Poole 12 284 Chris Jackson 12 235 Vontrell Mitchell 17 436 Wendell Olden 19 427 Eric Doggett 12 280 Reggie Mosley 11 303 Reggie Mosley 29 522 Reggie Mosley 22 522 Reggie Mosley 20 433 Tyran Robinson 14 361

Avg. 21.1 29.0 19.8 18.7 26.2 27.2 23.5 20.5 20.1 25.0 22.8 23.5 23.7 19.6 25.7 22.5 23.3 27.6 18.0 23.7 21.6 25.8

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

Vincent Brown Sherard Reynolds Tyler Aurandt Roger King Isaiah Jupiter Ronnye Nelson Ronnye Nelson Troy Braswell Matt Pierce Regginald Lewis Cedric O’Neal Gary Dent Jeray Demby Kenny Benjamin Michael Henderson Seth McGill Lio'undre Gallimore Seth McGill Rodney Bullard

34 16 5 15 9 14 28 22 25 15 15 36 21 25 19 9 12 34 15

774 391 116 279 147 318 625 442 579 337 326 707 440 543 414 242 372 808 365

22.8 24.4 23.2 18.6 16.3 22.7 22.3 20.1 23.2 22.5 21.7 19.6 20.9 21.7 21.8 26.9 31.0 23.8 24.3

Year 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023

PUNTING LEADERS Player G Punts Brad Bauer 11 60 Terry Mallory 11 76 Terry Mallory 11 66 Terry Mallory 11 72 Terry Mallory 11 58 Kevin Maddox 9 44 Mike McCullough 9 39 Mike McCullough 10 60 Brian Chestnutt 7 32 Chad Mosley 5 27 Chad Mosley 10 45 David Ashby 9 30 David Ashby 11 32 Wayne DeVane 9 41 Wayne DeVane 12 45 Wayne DeVane 10 48 Andy Gibbs 11 80 Kenn Barnett 11 62 Andy Gibbs 12 38 Brent Palma 12 37 Kenn Barnett 15 77 Kenn Barnett 12 68 Travis Tidwell 14 58 Travis Tidwell 12 60 Steven Wright 10 40 Steven Wright 14 56 Jack Fulford 12 53 Jack Fulford 10 50 Jack Fulford 11 62 Jack Fulford 9 41 Daniel Andersen 12 51 Dominic DeMasi 10 47 Anthony Pistelli 13 30 Gavin Wilson 12 47 Gavin Wilson 11 63 Gavin Wilson 9 38 Gavin Wilson 14 42 Tyson Shaw 11 30 John Miller 11 30 Estin Thiele 11 30 Noah Botsford 14 53

Avg. 37.1 37.6 37.6 42.2 40.6 35.6 34.9 36.1 35.8 40.6 36.4 39.4 40.4 40.0 38.1 36.8 35.7 36.9 35.7 33.7 37.3 38.6 38.7 37.3 35.2 37.1 40.8 40.0 41.5 41.9 40.1 39.9 39.1 37.8 35.5 40.7 39.1 38.2 37.0 39.6 43.8

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75 Arkansas Tech 2.

63 West Alabama 3.

58 Delta State 4.

57 UT-Martin 5.

53 Harding

53 A&M-Kingsville

53 West Georgia 8.

52 Lees-McRae

52 Catawba

52 Mississipp College

Date Sept. 25, 1999 Oct. 6, 1990 Nov. 7, 2015 Sept. 15, 1990 Sept. 18, 2004 Nov. 16, 2013 Oct. 11, 2014 Oct. 26, 1991 Nov. 24, 2007 Oct. 18, 2014

RUSHING YARDS No. Yds. Opponent 1.

446 Shorter 2.

401 Delta State 3.

395 West Georgia

395 North Alabama 5.

391 West Florida

391 Arkansas Tech 7.

379 Mississippi College 8.

358 Delta State 9.

382 Lenoir-Rhyne 10.

365 West Georgia

Date Sept. 28, 2019 Oct. 09, 2021 Nov. 10, 2018 Nov. 22, 2014 Nov. 3, 2018 Sept. 25, 1999 Oct. 23, 2021 Oct. 12, 2019 Dec. 1, 2018 Nov. 27, 2021

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS No. TDs Opponent Date 1.

7 Edward Waters Nov. 7, 2009

7 Edward Waters Sept. 29, 2012 3.

6 Lees-McRae Oct. 26, 1991

6 West Alabama Nov. 24, 2012

6 Mississippi College Oct. 18, 2014

6 West Georgia Nov. 27, 2021 7.

5 6 Times (Last, Oct. 23, 2021)

PASS ATTEMPTS No. Att. Opponent Date 1.

70 West Georgia Nov. 11, 1995 2.

68 St. Ambrose Oct. 14, 1995 3.

67 Kentucky State Oct. 1, 2016 4.

62 Delta State Oct. 7, 2000

62 West Georgia Oct. 16, 1993 6.

61 North Alabama Oct. 28, 1995 7.

58 Delta State Sept. 20, 2014

58 Virginia Union Sept. 10, 2022 9.

56 Mississippi College Oct. 23, 1993

56 Delta State Oct. 1, 2009 PASS COMPLETIONS No. Comp.

Opponent 1.

48 St. Ambrose 2.

45 Mississippi College

45 West Georgia 4.

43 Delta State 5.

42 West Georgia

42 Kentucky State 7.

41 West Georgia 8.

40 West Alabama

40 Mississippi College

40 Tarleton State

44

Date Oct. 14, 1995 Oct. 23, 1993 Oct. 16, 1993 Oct. 7, 2000 Nov. 11, 1995 Oct. 1, 2016 Oct. 15, 1994 Oct. 19, 1996 Nov. 4, 1995 Oct. 9, 1993

TEAM RECORDS - SINGLE GAME

PASSING YARDS No. Yds. Opponent Date 1.

575 Kentucky State Oct. 1, 2016 2.

508 St. Ambrose Oct. 14, 1995 3.

488 Ouachita Baptist Sept. 11, 2004 4.

480 Mississippi College Oct. 23, 1993 5.

479 Keiser University Sept. 16, 2023 6.

477 Delta State Oct. 7, 2000 7.

474 Southern Arkansas Sept. 28, 2002 8.

463 West Alabama Oct. 7, 1995 9.

462 Ouachita Baptist Oct. 8, 2011 10.

457 Delta State Oct. 29, 1994 PASSING TOUCHDOWNS No. Att. Opponent Date 1.

7* West Alabama Oct. 20, 2001

7* Ouachita Baptist Nov. 4, 2000

7* Delta State Oct. 29, 1994

7* Clark-Atlanta Sept. 24, 1994

7* Tarleton State Oct. 9, 1993 6.

6 15 times (Last, Nov. 18, 2023) TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS No. Plays Opponent 1.

101 Delta State 2.

97 Arkansas Tech 3.

95 A&M-Kingsville

95 Carson-Newman 5.

91 West Georgia

91 Kentucky State 7.

90 Arkansas Tech

90 North Alabama 9.

89 St. Ambrose

Date Sept. 20, 2014 Sept. 25, 1999 Nov. 16, 2013 Nov. 21, 2015 Oct. 20, 1984 Oct. 1, 2016 Sept. 22, 2007 Oct. 28, 1995 Oct. 14, 1995

TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS No. Yds. Opponent 1.

719 West Georgia 2.

700 Miles College 3.

682 Carson-Newman 4.

671 Shorter 5.

659 North Alabama 6.

651 Mississippi College 7.

648 North Alabama 8.

647 Point University 9.

642 Kentucky State 10.

633 Southern Arkansas

Date Nov. 27, 2021 Sept. 17, 2022 Nov. 21, 2015 Sept. 28, 2019 Oct. 27, 2001 Oct. 18, 2014 Oct. 28, 2000 Sep 2, 2023 Oct. 1, 2016 Oct. 14, 1995

FIRST DOWNS No. FD 1.

39

39 3.

34

34 5.

33

33

33 8.

32

POINTS SCORED No. Pts. Opponent Date 1.

70 Delta State (W, 70-12) Oct. 6, 2001

70 Edward Waters (W, 70-6) Nov. 7, 2009 3.

69 Fort Valley State (W, 69-0) Sept. 8, 2007 4.

68 Tarleton State (W, 68-10) Oct. 9, 1993 5.

66 Bowie State (W, 66-16) Nov. 24,2018

66 West Georgia (W, 66-35) Nov. 27, 2021 6.

65 Mount Senario (W 65-0) Sept. 2, 1993 KICKOFF RETURN YARDS No. Yds. Opponent 1.

223 Carson-Newman 2.

217 West Alabama 3.

211 North Alabama 4.

199 Delta State 5.

192 Central Arkansas 6.

185 West Georgia 7.

181 Delta State 8.

180 North Alabama 9.

176 West Georgia 10.

169 West Alabama

Date Nov. 22, 2003 Oct. 10, 2013 Oct. 26, 2013 Oct. 2, 2004 Sept. 22, 2001 Nov. 11, 2023 Oct. 1, 2022 Nov. 11, 2011 Oct. 22, 2022 Sept. 22, 2012

PUNT RETURN YARDS No. Yds. Opponent 1.

202 Arkansas Tech 2.

183 North Alabama 3.

175 Southern Arkansas 4.

138 Delta State 5.

129 Fort Valley State 6.

117 West Georgia 7.

119 Arkansas Tech

119 West Georgia 9.

111 West Georgia 10.

109 Arkansas-Monticello

Date Sept. 23, 2006 Dec. 1, 2007 Oct. 7, 2006 Oct. 6, 2001 Sept. 8, 2012 Nov. 15, 2003 Oct. 26, 1998 Nov. 10, 2001 Oct. 30, 2008 Nov. 4, 2006

Opponent Date Carson-Newman Nov. 21, 2015 West Alabama Oct. 19, 1996 North Alabama Oct. 28, 2000 Mississippi College Oct. 18, 2014 West Florida Nov. 3, 2018 Shorter Nov. 17, 2017 Fort Valley State Sept. 17, 1994 6 Times (Last, Nov. 27, 2021)

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TEAM RECORDS - SINGLE GAME PUNTS No. Punts 1.

12 2.

11

11

11

11

11 7.

10

10

10

10

Opponent Date West Florida September 24, 2016 Albany State Aug. 25, 2001 Delta State Sept. 19, 1998 West Georgia Sept. 14, 1998 Fort Valley State Sept. 5, 1998 Central Florida Sept. 9, 1989 Albany State Sept. 4, 2004 Southern Arkansas Sept. 25, 2010 UNC-Pembroke Nov. 7, 2013 Lenoir-Rhyne Dec. 2, 2023

PUNT YARDS No. Yds. 1.

452 2.

451 3.

448 4.

436 5.

391 6.

385 7.

379 8.

376 9.

367 10.

359

Opponent Lenoir-Rhyne Delta State Southern Arkansas UNC-Pembroke Wingate West Florida West Georgia Fort Valley State North Alabama Arkansas Tech

Date Dec. 2, 2023 Sept. 19, 1998 Sept. 25, 2010 Nov. 7, 2013 Sept. 4, 2010 Sept. 24, 2016 Nov. 14, 1998 Sept. 5, 1998 Oct. 22, 2009 Oct. 30, 2010

PUNT AVERAGE (MIN FOUR PUNTS) No. Avg. Opponent 1.

54.6 West Florida 2.

49.8 West Alabama 3.

49.5 North Alabama 4.

48.2 Limestone 5.

47.7 Jacksonville State 6.

47.1 Harding 7.

46.8 Delta State

46.8 Fort Valley State

46.8 West Alabama 10.

46.0 West Georgia

Date Nov. 5, 2022 Oct. 19, 1985 Nov. 22, 1986 Nov. 18, 2023 Oct. 6, 1985 Oct. 18, 2008 Oct. 7, 2000 Sept. 4, 1999 Sept. 22, 2012 Oct. 6, 2012

FEWEST FIRST DOWNS ALLOWED No. FD Opponent Date 1.

3 Fort Valley State Sept. 7, 2002 2.

4 Mount Senario Sept. 2, 1993 3.

5 Henderson State Sept. 11, 1999

5 West Alabama Oct. 10, 1998 5.

6 Shorter Sept. 28, 2019

6 West Alabama Oct. 18, 1997

6 North Alabama Oct. 14, 2010 8.

7 six times (Last, Oct. 18, 2014) FEWEST RUSHING YARDS ALLOWED No. Yds. Opponent Date 1.

-29 Central Florida Oct. 22, 1988 2.

-15 Clark Atlanta Sept. 24, 1994 3.

-14 UT-Martin Sept. 16, 1989

-14 Southern Arkansas Sept. 12, 2009 5.

-13 Mount Senario Sept. 2, 1993 6.

-12 Fort Valley State Sept. 13, 1986 7.

-10 West Alabama Oct. 12, 1991 8.

-6 New Haven Oct. 8, 1994

-6 West Florida Sept. 24, 2016 10.

-5 Fort Valley State Sept. 8, 2018 FEWEST PASSING YARDS ALLOWED No. Yds. Opponent 1.

0 Henderson State

0 Missisisppi College 3.

3 West Alabama

Date Oct. 9, 2004 Oct. 23, 2021 Oct. 21, 2000

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

10.

6 7 12 14 17 17 20

Troy State Jacksonville State North Alabama West Alabama Fort Valley State Troy State North Alabama

Oct. 3, 1992 Sept. 23, 1989 Nov. 26, 1994 Oct. 9, 1999 Sept. 7, 2002 Oct. 1, 1988 Oct. 29, 1983

8.

6

Eight Times

(Last, Nov. 16, 2019)

AVERAGE PER RUSH Avg. Opponent 13.4 West Alabama

Date Oct. 1, 1994

PASS COMPLETION PERCENTAGE Pct. Opponent 92.5 Mississippi Coll. (25-of-27)

Date Oct. 18, 2014

FEWEST TOTAL YARDS ALLOWED No. Yds. Opponent 1.

22 Mount Senario 2.

41 Southern Arkansas 3.

53 Clark Atlanta 4.

64 Fort Valley State 5.

75 Shorter

75 Southern Arkansas 7.

78 Henderson State 8.

80 Arkansas Tech 9.

83 North Alabama 10.

94 Kentucky State

Date Sept. 2, 1993 Sept. 12, 2009 Sept. 8, 1984 Sept. 7, 2002 Nov. 12, 2016 Oct. 14, 1995 Sept. 11, 1999 Nov. 8, 2003 Oct. 4, 1997 Sept. 21, 1985

INTERCEPTIONS No. Int. Opponent 1.

6 Arkansas-Monticello

6 UT-Martin 3.

5 Delta State

5 West Alabama

5 Newberry

5 Fort Valley State

5 West Florida

Date Oct. 31, 1998 Sept. 27, 1986 Nov. 7, 1992 Oct. 6, 1990 Sept. 11, 2010 Sept. 8, 2012 Sept. 24, 2016

FIELD GOALS MADE FG Opponent 5 Keiser University 5 Central Arkansas

Date Sept. 1, 2022 Sept. 25, 2004

FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED FG Opponent 5 Keiser University 5 Central Arkansas

Date Sept. 1, 2022 Sept. 25, 2004

INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDS No. Yds. Opponent 1.

166* Southern Arkansas 2.

159 West Alabama 3.

126 Fort Valley State 4.

117 West Alabama 5.

103 West Alabama 6.

100 Notre Dame College 7.

99 Delta State 8.

97 West Georgia 9.

96 Delta State 10.

94 Fort Valley State

Date Oct. 6, 2007 Oct. 15, 2011 Sept. 8, 2007 Oct. 6, 1990 Oct. 31, 2015 Dec. 8, 2018 Nov. 2, 2013 Nov. 9, 2006 Nov. 7, 2015 Aug. 23, 2008

POINT AFTER ATTEMPT MADE PAT Opponent Date 10 three times (Last, Ed. Waters, Nov. 7, 2009)

TACKLES FOR LOSS No. TFL Opponent 1.

15 Shorter 2.

14 Arkansas Tech 3.

13 West Georgia

13 Mississippi College 5.

12 Fort Valley State

12 Arkansas Tech

12 Henderson State

12 North Alabama

12 Fort Valley State 10.

11 Arkansas Tech

11 Shorter

11 Savannah State

Date Sept. 22, 2018 Oct. 30, 2010 Nov. 8, 2007 Oct. 14, 2017 Sept. 8, 2018 Sept. 21, 1996 Oct. 11, 2008 Oct. 28, 2006 Sept. 7, 2013 Sept. 23, 2006 Sept. 21, 2013 Sept. 4, 2021

SACKS No. Sack 1.

8

8 3.

7

7

7

7

7

Date Sept. 21, 1991 Nov. 7, 1992 Sept. 4, 1999 Sept. 26, 1998 Sept. 20, 1997 Sept. 13, 1997 Sept. 3, 1994

Opponent Fort Valley State Delta State Fort Valley State Arkansas Tech Arkansas Tech Fort Valley State Knoxville

COMPLETIONS WITHOUT AN INTERCEPTION Comp.

Opponent Date 56 Mississippi College Oct. 23, 1993 INTERCEPTIONS THROWN INT Opponent 7* Fort Valley State

Date Sept. 14, 1985

TOUCHDOWNS TD Opponent Date 10 three times (Last, Ed. Waters, Nov. 7, 2009)

POINT AFTER ATTEMPTS PAT Opponent Date 10 three times (Last, Ed. Waters, Nov. 7, 2009) FUMBLE RECOVERIES FR Opponent 5 Southern Arkansas

Date Oct. 26, 1996

MOST PENALTIES Pen. Opponent 19 Arkansas-Monticello

Date Oct. 11, 1997

MOST PENALTIES YARDS Yds. Opponent 237 West Georgia

Date Oct. 7, 2017

FEWEST PENALTIES Yds. Opponent Date 1 two times (Last, North Ala., Nov. 23, 1985) FEWEST PENALTIES YARDS Yds. Opponent Date 5 two times (Last, North Ala., Nov. 23, 1985)

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Valdosta State Blazers on Homecoming (35-6) Year

Score/Opponent

VSU Record

Year

Score/Opponent

VSU Record

Year

Score/Opponent

1982

Valdosta State 13, Central Florida 7. . . . . . . . . . . . (1-0)

1998

Valdosta State 19, West Alabama 3. . . . . . . . . . . (14-3)

2014

Valdosta State 37, Shorter 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (29-4)

1983

Delta State 24, Valdosta State 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1-1)

1999

Southern Arkanas 28, Valdosta State 14 . . . . . . . (14-4)

2015

Valdosta State 39, Florida Tech 21. . . . . . . . . . . . (30-4)

1984

Mississippi College 10, Valdosta State 3 . . . . . . . . (1-2)

2000

Valdosta State, 50, West Alabama 20. . . . . . . . . . (15-4)

2016

Valdosta State 56, Delta State 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . (31-4)

1985

Valdosta State 19, Bishop 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2-2)

2001

Valdosta State 51, Harding 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (16-4)

2017

West Alabama 38, Valdosta State 14. . . . . . . . . . (31-5)

1986

Valdosta State 21, Savannah State 7. . . . . . . . . . . (3-2)

2002

Valdosta State 45, Arkansas-Monticello 17 . . . . . (17-4)

2018

Valdosta State 44, North Greenville 21. . . . . . . . . (32-5)

1987

Valdosta State 49, West Georgia 14. . . . . . . . . . . . (4-2)

2003

Valdosta State 26, Central Arkansas 21. . . . . . . . (18-4)

2019

Valdosta State 55, Florida Tech 28. . . . . . . . . . . . (33-5)

1988

Valdosta State 48, Central Florida 19. . . . . . . . . . . (5-2)

2004

Valdosta State 34, West Alabama 17. . . . . . . . . . (19-4)

2020

No Season (COVID-19). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (33-5)

1989

Valdosta State 34, West Georgia 16. . . . . . . . . . . . (6-2)

2005

Valdosta State 52, Henderson State 12. . . . . . . . (20-4)

2021

Valdosta State 31, North Greenville 21. . . . . . . . . (34-5)

1990

Mississippi College 17, Valdosta State 10 . . . . . . . (6-3)

2006

Valdosta State 41, Southern Arkansas 7 . . . . . . . (21-4)

2022

Mississippi College 49, Valdsota State 40 . . . . . . (34-6)

1991

Valdosta State 38, West Georgia 37. . . . . . . . . . . . (7-3)

2007

Valdosta State 31, Ouachita Baptist 3 . . . . . . . . . (22-4)

2023

Valdosta State 42, Shorter 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (35-6)

1992

Valdosta State 42, West Alabama 15. . . . . . . . . . . (8-3)

2008

Valdosta State 21, Harding 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (23-4)

1993

Valdosta State 42, Mississippi College 21 . . . . . . . (9-3)

2009

Valdosta State 33, Henderson State 20. . . . . . . . (24-4)

1994

Valdosta State 49, West Georgia 33. . . . . . . . . . . (10-3)

2010

Valdosta State 21, Ouachita Baptist 19 . . . . . . . . (25-4)

1995

Valdosta State 41, St. Ambrose 0. . . . . . . . . . . . . (11-3)

2011

Valdosta State 22, West Alabama 21. . . . . . . . . . (26-4)

1996

Valdosta State 42, Southern Arkansas 7 . . . . . . . (12-3)

2012

Valdosta State 59, Delta State 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . (27-4)

1997

Valdosta State 58, Arkansas-Monticello 14 . . . . . (13-3)

2013

Valdosta State 52, Florida Tech 14. . . . . . . . . . . . (28-4)

Opponent

W

L

T

Years Played

Arkansas-Monticello

2

0

0

1997, 2002

Bishop

1

0

0

1985

Central Arkansas

1

0

0

2003

Central Florida

2

0

0

1982, 1988

Delta State

2

1

0

1983, 2012, 2016

Florida Tech

3

0

0

2013, 2015, 2019

Harding

2

0

0

2001, 2008

Henderson State

2

0

0

2005, 2009

Mississippi College

1

3

0

1984, 1990, 1993, 2022

North Greenville

2

0

0

2018, 2021

Ouachita Baptist

2

0

0

2007, 2010

Savannah State

1

0

0

1986

Shorter

2

0

0

2014, 2023

Southern Arkansas

2

1

0

1996, 1999, 2006

St. Ambrose

1

0

0

1995

West Alabama

5

1

0

1992, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2011, 2017

West Georgia

4

0

0

1987, 1989, 1991, 1994

Homecoming Record Current streak Last Five Last Ten Last 15 Last 20 Longest Winning Streak Longest Losing Streak Points Scored Points Against Most-Played Opponent

VSU Record

35-6 (.854) W1 4-1 8-2 13-2 18-2 17, (2000-2016) 2, (1983-1984) 1,362 725 West Alabama (6)

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2024 BLAZER FOOTBALL RUSHING YARDS PER GAME No. Year Att. Net Yds. 1. 2018 511 3676 2. 2019 421 2862 3. 2021 541 3581 4. 2012 571 3065 5. 2022 395 2348 6. 2004 516 2706 7. 2017 333 1686 8. 1987 472 1823 9. 2011 343 1812 10. 2013 298 1791 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS No. Year Att. Net Yds. 1.

2018 511 3676 2012 571 3065 3.

2021 541 3581 4.

2019 421 2862 5.

2004 516 2706 6.

2023 399 1699 7.

2007 479 2360 8.

1996 371 2022 9.

2001 390 2278 2013 298 1791

YPR 7.2 6.8 6.6 5.4 5.9 5.2 5.1 3.9 5.3 5.0

YPG 262.6 260.2 255.8 218.9 213.5 193.3 187.3 182.3 181.2 179.1

YPR 7.2 5.4 6.6 6.8 5.2 4.3 4.9 5.5 5.8 5.0

TD 40 40 39 35 32 31 29 28 24 24

PASSING YARDS PER GAME No. Year Att. Comp.

1. 2000 522 372 2. 1993 513 363 3. 1995 570 373 4. 1994 594 409 5. 2001 478 337 6. 1996 544 346 7. 2023 502 333 8. 2016 545 304 9. 2009 420 258 10. 2003 483 293

Yds. 4361 3871 3842 4389 4356 4275 4371 3420 2864 3433

YPG 363.4 351.9 349.3 337.6 335.1 328.8 312.2 310.9 286.4 286.1

MOST COMPLETIONS No. Year Att. 1. 1994* 594 2. 1995 570 3. 2000 522 4. 1993 513 5. 2002 547 6. 1996 544 7. 2001 478 8. 2007 524 9. 2005 489 10. 2004 420

Comp.

409 373 372 363 355 346 337 334 317 302

TDs 55 27 56 40 42 38 56 30 22 23

Yds. 4389 3842 4361 3871 4162 4275 4356 3431 3307 3119

MOST PASSING TOUCHDOWNS No. Year Att. Comp.

1. 2001* 478 337 2000* 522 372 3. 1994 594 409 4. 2018 419 241 5. 2002 547 355 6. 1993 513 363 7. 1996 544 346 8. 2012 422 264 2023 502 333 10. 2021 420 251

TDs 56 56 55 50 42 40 38 36 36 33

Yds. 4356 4361 4389 3658 4162 3871 4275 3506 4371 3541

TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS No. Year Plays Rush 1. 2002 1095 1816 2. 2007 1003 2360 3. 2012 993 3065 4. 1994 964 1606 5. 2021 961 3581 6. 2004 936 2706 7. 2018 930 3676 8. 1996 915 2022

Pass 4162 3431 3506 4389 3541 3119 3658 4275

Yds. 5978 5791 6571 5995 7122 5825 7334 6297

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TEAM RECORDS - SINGLE SEASON 906 901

1279 1699

3420 4371

4699 6070

TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS PER GAME No. Year Rush Pass Yds. 1. 2018 3676 3658 7334 2. 2019 3030 2881 5743 3. 2001 2278 4356 6634 4. 2021 3581 3541 7122 5. 1996 2022 4275 6297 6. 2000 1444 4361 5805 7. 1993 1388 3871 5259 8. 2022 2348 2884 5232 9. 2012 3065 3506 6571 10. 1994 1606 4389 5995

YPG 523.9 522.1 510.3 508.7 484.4 483.8 478.1 475.6 469.4 461.2

POINTS PER GAME No. Year TD 1.

2018 97 2.

2001 86 3.

2000 73 4.

2012 80 5.

2021 77 6.

1993 65 7.

1994 73 8.

2019 58 9.

1996 70 10. 2007 71

PPG 52.0 47.5 42.8 41.6 41.4 40.8 40.5 38.9 38.8 38.6

PAT 93 81 59 72 73 56 68 52 51 65

FG 17 5 5 8 14 6 6 8 8 13

Pts. 728 617 513 582 579 449 527 428 504 540

KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE No. Year No. 1.

1996 44 2.

1987 30 3.

1983 34 4.

2019 30 5.

2021 35 6.

2023 48 7.

1986 30 8.

2003 35 9.

2018 48

1997 32

Yds. 1117 744 802 695 807 1090 676 785 1058 705

Avg. 25.4 24.8 23.6 23.2 23.1 22.7 22.5 22.4 22.0 22.0

PUNT RETURN AVERAGE No. Year No. 1.

2006 39 2.

2012 25 3.

2007 42 4.

1999 37 5.

2018 36 6.

2011 17 7.

2003 36 8.

1994 15

2022 18 10.

2017 12

Yds. 674 394 588 498 467 219 424 175 211 139

Avg. 17.3 15.8 14.0 13.5 13.0 12.9 11.8 11.7 11.7 11.6

FIRST DOWNS No. Year 1.

2018 2.

2021 3.

2001 4.

2007 5.

2000 6.

2002 7.

2012 8.

1994 2023 10.

1996

Rush 165 162 125 129 93 108 156 88 86 107

Pass 147 154 180 153 191 151 136 190 190 162

FEWEST POINTS PER GAME ALLOWED No. Year Pts. 1.

1994 162 2.

2001 188 3.

1985 163 4.

2006 157 5.

1986 174

Pen. 29 22 23 31 24 48 11 23 25 31

Total 341 338 328 313 308 307 303 301 301 300 Avg. 12.5 14.5 14.8 15.7 15.8

6.

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8.

9.

10.

1984 1991 2010 2007 1987

181 167 189 247 178

16.5 16.7 17.2 17.6 17.8

FEWEST RUSHING YARDS ALLOWED PER GAME No. Year Att. Net Yds. YPR YPG 1. 2002* 458 832 1.8 55.5 2.

2010 388 1011 2.6 91.9 3.

2001 544 1397 2.6 107.5 4.

2008 348 1299 3.1 108.2 5.

1986 429 1228 2.9 111.6 6.

2006 386 1125 2.9 112.5 7.

2009 349 1129 3.2 112.9 8.

1994 505 1559 3.1 119.9 9.

2007 529 1693 3.2 120.9 10. 2019 358 1368 3.8 124.4 FEWEST PASSING YARDS ALLOWED PER GAME No. Year Att. Comp.

Yds. YPG 1.

1998 216 80 1100 100.0 2.

1984 234 94 1281 116.5 3.

1983 237 104 1319 119.9 4.

1989 208 96 1255 125.5 5.

1990 197 101 1280 128.0 6.

1992 248 103 1330 133.0 7.

1985 269 106 1471 133.7 8.

1999 234 107 1484 134.9 9.

1995 243 116 1524 138.5 10. 1988 242 112 1450 145.0 FEWEST TOTAL YARDS ALLOWED PER GAME No. Year Rush Pass Yds. 1.

1994 1559 1924 3483 2.

1998 1852 1100 2952 3.

2006 1125 1577 2702 4.

2002 832 3227 4059 5.

2001 1397 2130 3527 6.

1993 1423 1613 3036 7.

1990 1527 1280 2807 8.

1989 1644 1255 2899 9.

1997 1403 1798 3201 10. 2010 1011 2200 3211

YPG 267.9 268.4 270.2 270.6 271.3 276.0 280.7 289.9 291.0 291.9

INTERCEPTIONS No. Year 1.

1986* 2.

2007 3.

2016 4.

2002 5.

2004

2012 7.

2005

2010 9.

2018

2001

TD 0 3 1 0 1 3 2 5 6 2

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8.

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Yds. 277 497 365 197 258 159 227 363 506 219 Sacks 58 47 42 42 41 39 38 37 37 37

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INDIVIDUAL RECORDS - SINGLE GAME

RUSHING ATTEMPTS No. Player 1. Ramon Allen 2. Vontrell Mitchell

Cedric O’Neal 4. Ramon Allen 5. Dominique Ross

Dominique Ross 7. Henry Chubb

Dominique Ross

Dominique Ross

Cedric O’Neal

Att. 35 33 33 32 31 31 30 30 30 30

Opponent Tennessee-Martin West Alabama Delta State Jacksonville State Central Florida West Georgia West Alabama West Alabama Fort Valley State Texas A&M-Kingsville

Date Sept. 15, 1990 Oct. 18, 1997 Oct. 20, 2012 Sept. 22, 1990 Sept. 10, 1994 Oct. 15, 1994 Nov. 12, 1983 Oct. 10, 1992 Sept. 18, 1993 Nov. 16, 2013

PASSING YARDS No. Player 1. Dusty Bonner 2. Chris Hatcher 3. Sammy Edwards 4. Dusty Bonner 5. Lance Funderburke 6. Barrett Wilkes 7. E.J. Hilliard 8. Lance Funderbruke 9. Chris Hatcher 10. Lance Funderburke

RUSHING YARDS No. Player 1. Vontrell Mitchell 2. Dominque Ross 3. Dominique Ross 4. Aaron Jenkins 5. Ramon Allen 6. Cedric O’Neal 7. Ramon Allen 8. Cedric O’Neal

Aaron Jenkins 10. Seth McGill

Yards 263 248 218 204 199 194 192 191 191 190

Opponent Central Arkansas West Alabama Fort Valley State Central Arkansas Tennessee-Martin Carson-Newman Jacksonville State Shorter Ouachita Baptist Delta State

Date Nov. 9, 1996 Oct. 1, 1994 Sept. 18, 1993 Oct. 19, 2002 Sept. 15, 1990 Dec. 1, 2012 Sept. 22, 1990 Oct. 22, 2015 Nov. 3, 2001 Oct. 9, 2021

COMPLETION PERCENTAGE (MIN 15 COMPLETIONS) No. Player Comp. Att. Pct. Opponent Date 1. Jake Medlock* 19 20 .950 Mississippi College Oct. 18, 2014 Lance Funderburke 15 16 .938 Tarleton State Oct. 9, 1993 3. Fabian Walker 31 34 .912 Henderson State Oct. 9, 2004 4. Chris Hatcher 39 44 .886 New Haven Oct. 8, 1994 5. Rogan Wells 23 26 .885 Albany State Sept. 7, 2019 6. Cayden Cochran 20 23 .870 Shorter Oct. 25, 2012 7. Dusty Bonner 26 30 .867 Henderson State Sept. 29, 2001 8. Fabian Walker 24 28 .857 West Chester Dec. 4, 2004 9. Dusty Bonner 29 34 .853 West Alabama Oct. 21, 2000 10. Chris Hatcher 34 40 .850 Henderson State Nov. 12, 1994

YARDS PER CARRY (MIN 10 CARRIES) No. Player Yards Att. YPC 1. Dominique Ross 248 11 22.5 2. Aaron Jenkins 191 12 15.9 3. Jamar Thompkins 149 10 14.9 4. Seth McGill 190 13 14.6 5. Aaron Jenkins 170 12 14.2 6. Travis Francis 140 10 14.0 7. Jamar Thompkins 145 11 13.2 8. Cedric O’Neal 131 10 13.1 9. Cedric O’Neal 194 15 12.9 10. Dominique Ross 141 11 12.8

Opponent West Alabama Ouachita Baptist Mississippi College Delta State Ark.-Monticello Fort Valley State Notre Dame College Fort Valley State Carson-Newman Clark Atlanta

Date Oct. 1, 1994 Nov. 3, 2001 Oct. 5, 2019 Oct. 9, 2021 Oct. 12, 2002 Sept. 4, 1999 Dec. 8, 2018 Sept. 8, 2012 Dec. 1, 2012 Sept. 24, 1994

RECEPTIONS No. Player 1. Sean Pender 2. Sean Pender 3. Calvin Walker

Calvin Walker

Sean Pender 6. Brian Saunds 7. Steve Greer

C.J. Lofton

Cedric Jones

Cedric Jones

Rec. 20 17 16 16 16 15 14 14 14 14

Opponent Mississippi College West Georgia Mississippi College Delta State North Dakota State North Greenville Henderson State North Alabama Arkansas Tech Delta State

Date Nov. 4, 1995 Nov. 11, 1995 Oct. 31, 1992 Nov. 7, 1992 Sept. 9, 1995 Nov. 6, 2021 Nov. 12, 1994 Oct. 28, 2000 Sept. 22, 2007 Oct. 1, 2009

PASSING ATTEMPTS No. Player 1. Lance Funderburk 2. Dusty Bonner 3. Chris Hatcher

Lance Funderburke 5. Lance Funderburke

Ivory Durham 7. Chris Hatcher

Kellen Lewis 9. E.J. Hilliard

Dusty Bonner

Att. 70* 62 61 61 57 57 56 56 55 55

Opponent West Georgia Delta State West Georgia North Alabama North Dakota State Virginia Union Mississippi College Delta State Carson-Newman Fort Valley State

Date Nov. 11, 1995 Oct. 7, 2000 Oct. 16, 1993 Oct. 28, 1995 Sept. 9, 1995 Sept. 10, 2022 Oct. 23, 1993 Oct. 1, 2009 Nov. 15, 2015 Nov. 17, 2001

RECEIVING YARDS No. Player 1. Brian Saunds 2. Reggie Mosley 3. Calvin Walker 4. Brian Saunds 5. Seantavius Jones 6. Seantavius Jones 7. Greg Dent 8. Randy Fischer 9. Lio'undre Gallimore

Sherard Reynolds

Yds. 246 232 230 220 210 204 203 200 194 194

Opponent Florida Tech West Georgia Delta State North Greenville Delta State Ouachita Baptist Mississippi College Jacksonville State Delta State Southern Arkansas

Date Oct. 19, 2019 Nov. 11, 2000 Nov. 7, 1992 Nov. 6, 2021 Oct. 20, 2012 Oct. 8, 2011 Oct. 17, 2015 Sept. 24, 1988 Oct. 6, 2018 Oct. 29, 2005

PASSING COMPLETIONS No. Player 1. Chris Hatcher Chris Hatcher 3. Dusty Bonner 4. Lance Funderburke 5. Chris Hatcher 6. E.J. Hilliard

Chris Hatcher

Lance Funderburke 9. Lance Funderburke 10. two times

Comp.

45 45 43 42 41 39 39 39 38 37

Opponent Date West Georgia Oct. 16, 1993 Mississippi College Oct. 23, 1993 Delta State Oct. 7, 2000 West Georgia Nov. 11, 1995 West Georgia Oct. 15, 1994 Carson-Newman Nov. 21, 2015 New Haven Oct. 8, 1994 North Alabama Oct. 28, 1995 St. Ambrose Oct. 14, 1995 (Last Willie Copeland vs. UWA) Oct 21, 2006

TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS No. Player 1. Lance Funderburk 2. Kellen Lewis 3. E.J. Hilliard 4. Dusty Bonner 5. Kellen Lewis 6. Chris Hatcher

Chris Hart

Kellen Lewis

Lewis Kuffuor

Kaleb Nobles

Plays 74 69 67 66 65 61 61 61 61 61

Opponent West Georgia Harding Carson-Newman Delta State Delta State West Georgia Delta State Ouachita Baptist Delta State Delta State

Date Nov. 11, 1995 Oct. 17, 2009 Nov. 21, 2015 Oct. 7, 2000 Oct. 1, 2009 Oct. 16, 1993 Oct. 2, 2008 Sept. 19, 2009 Oct. 1, 2005 Nov. 2, 2013

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Yds. 497 480 479 477 463 456 448 447 430 428

Opponent Fort Valley State Mississippi College Keiser University Delta State West Alabama West Alabama Carson-Newman Arkansas-Monticello West Georgia St. Ambrose

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Date Nov. 17, 2001 Oct. 23, 1993 Sept. 16, 2023 Oct. 7, 2000 Oct. 7, 1995 Oct. 25, 2003 Nov. 21, 2015 Oct. 12, 1996 Oct. 15, 1994 Oct. 14, 1995

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INDIVIDUAL RECORDS - SINGLE GAME TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS No. Player Rush Pass 1. Dusty Bonner -2 497 2. Sammy Edwards -2 479 3. E.J. Hilliard 46 448 4. Ivory Durham 58 415 5. Ivory Durham 113 359 6. Lance Funderburke 0 463 7. Chris Hatcher -22 480 8. Dusty Bonner -24 477 9. Ivory Durham 39 413 10. Cayden Cochran 22 424 Ivory Durham 92 354 POINTS SCORED No. Player 1. Seantavius Jones 2. Aaron Jenkins 3. Darrien Teals Ramon Allen Stanley Flanders Stanley Flanders Rodney Brown Seantavius Jones Rogan Wells 10. Mike Davis

Pts. 36 30 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 20

Total 495 477 494 473 472 463 458 453 452 446 446

Opponent Date Fort Valley State Nov. 17, 2001 Keiser Sept. 16, 2023 Carson-Newman Nov. 21, 2015 West Florida Nov. 13, 2021 Miles College Sept. 17, 2022 West Alabama Oct. 7, 1995 Miss. College Oct. 23, 1993 Delta State Oct. 7, 2000 West Florida Nov. 13, 2021 Ouachita Baptist Oct. 8, 2011 West Georgia Nov. 27, 2021

Opponent Delta State Ouachita Baptist Central Florida Tennessee-Martin Fort Valley State Delta State Truman State Delta State Florida Tech Arkansas Tech

Date Nov. 2, 2013 Nov. 3, 2001 Oct. 22, 1988 Sept. 15, 1990 Sept. 17, 1994 Oct. 29, 1994 Sept. 7, 1996 Oct. 20, 2012 Oct. 28, 2017 Sept. 23, 1995

POINT AFTER ATTEMPTS No. Player PAT Att. Opponent 1. Reid Bethea 10 Delta State Daniel Andersen 10 Edward Waters 3. Nine tied with 9 (Last Estin Thiele vs. West Georgia)

Date Oct. 6, 2001 Nov. 7, 2009 Nov. 27, 2021

POINT AFTER ATTEMPTS MADE No. Player PAT Made 1. Reid Bethea 10 Daniel Andersen 10 3. Nine tied with 9

Date Oct. 6, 2001 Nov. 7, 2009 Nov. 27, 2021

TOTAL TACKLES No. Player 1. Ryan Branch 2. Jimmy Francis Chris Pope 4. Cliff Fouty Mikeal Lovejoy Jesse Sutton Chris Pope 8. Four tied with

Opponent Delta State Edward Waters (Last Estin Thiele vs. West Georgia)

Tackles Opponent 24 Texas-El Paso 21 Mississippi College 21 Carson-Newman 20 Georgia Southern 20 Delta State 20 Central Arkansas 20 Delta State 19

SOLO TACKLES No. Player Tackles 1. Jimmy Brookins 17 2. Chris Pope 14 3. Mikeal Lovejoy 13 4. Erasmus Harvey 12 5. Jimmy Brookins 11 Antonio Speed 11 Everett Kitchens 11 Chris Pope 11 Kenny Murphy 11 10. 13 tied with 10

Opponent Mississippi College Delta State Delta State Fort Valley State Delta State Central Arkansas Catawba Carson-Newman Delta State Last (Guito Ervilus vs. M.C.)

ASSISTED TACKLES No. Player 1. Harvey Carter 2. Cliff Fouty Cliff Fouty Cliff Fouty Lenny Parker Danny Metcalf 7. Jimmy Francis Scott Mowry Danny Metcalf Larry Dean

Tackles 18 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14

Opponent Georgia Southern West Alabama Georgia Southern Mississippi College Savannah State Troy State Mississippi College Mississippi College Delta State Ark.-Monticello

Date Nov. 20, 1982 Nov. 13, 1982 Nov. 20, 1982 Sept. 10, 1983 Sept. 24, 1983 Oct. 1, 1988 Nov. 9, 1985 Nov. 7, 1987 Nov. 3, 1990 Oct. 23, 2010

PUNT RETURN YARDS No. Player 1. Sherard Reynolds 2. Sherard Reynolds 3. Quin Roberson 4. Eric Doggett 5. Gary Simon 6. Tony Hill 7. Sherard Reynolds 8. Eric Doggett 9. Reggie Mosley 10. Reggie Mosley

Yds. 168 154 129 119 110 104 103 102 99 97

Opponent Arkansas Tech Southern Arkansas Fort Valley State Arkansas Tech Delta State Fort Valley State North Alabama Henderson State Fort Valley State Delta State

Date Sept. 23, 2006 Oct. 7, 2006 Sept. 8, 2012 Sept. 26, 1998 Oct. 22, 2016 Sept. 21, 1991 Dec. 1, 2007 Sept. 11, 1999 Sept. 2, 2000 Sept. 21, 2002

KICKOFF RETURN YARDS No. Player Yds. 1. Seth McGill 164 2. Derrick Harris 147 3. Wendell Olden 143 4. Matt Pierce 141 5. Aaron Jenkins 138 6. Vincent Brown 136 7. Kenny Benjamin 134 8. Reggie Mosley 131 Austin Scott 131 10. Willie Downs 125

Opponent Delta State Georgia Southern Carson-Newman North Alabma West Alabama North Alabama West Georgia North Alabama UNC-Pembroke West Alabama

Date Oct. 1, 2022 Nov. 19, 1983 Sept. 6, 1997 Nov. 12, 2011 Oct. 26, 2002 Oct. 23, 2004 Nov. 10, 2018 Nov. 6, 1999 Nov. 7, 2013 Oct. 10, 2013

Date Sept. 16, 1995 Nov. 9, 1985 Dec. 1, 2012 Nov. 20, 1982 Nov. 5, 1988 Oct. 24, 1998 Nov. 2, 2013

Date Oct. 29, 1988 Nov. 2, 2013 Nov. 5, 1988 Sept. 19, 1992 Nov. 5, 1988 Oct. 23, 1999 Nov. 24, 2007 Dec. 1, 2012 Sept. 20, 2014 Sept. 29, 2018

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Yds. 93 91 84 81 76 76 75 75 75 75 73 72

Opponent West Alabama Shorter Notre Dame College West Florida Ouachita Baptist West Georgia West Georgia Newberry West Georgia Mississippi College Delta State Florida Tech

LONGEST COMPLETION No. Quarterback Receiver Yds. 1. EJ Hilliard D’Amonte Ridley 92 2. Chris Hatcher Calvin Walker 90 3. Dusty Bonner Reggie Mosley 89 4. Rogan Wells L. Gallimore 88 Patrick Prewitt Mike Bowman 88 6. Darius Ocean Jerson Jacques 85 7. Donnie Johnston Nikko Cooper 85 8. Buster Faulkner Reggie Mosley 82 9. Chris Hatcher Robert Williams 81 Lance Funderburke Sean Pender 81 Cayden Cochran Gerald Ford 81 LONGEST FIELD GOAL MADE No. Player FG Length 1. Keith Moore 54* 2. James Lightfoot 52 Michael Green 52 Anthony Pistelli 52 5. Keith Moore 51 Jack McTyre 51 Daniel Andersen 51 8. Estin Thiele 50 9. Michael Green 49 Daniel Andersen 49 Daniel Andersen 49

Opponent Cumberland UCF West Alabama West Alabama Central Ark. Point University North Alabama Central Ark. Albany State Gardner-Webb North Alabama

Opponent Kentucky State Arkansas-Monticello West Georgia North Alabama Clark Atlanta Delta State North Alabama Savannah State Albany State Southern Arkansas Delta State

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS - SINGLE GAME Date Oct. 1, 1994 Oct. 22, 2015 Dec. 8, 2018 Nov. 3, 2018 Nov. 3, 2001 Nov. 27, 2021 Nov. 6, 2004 Sept. 11, 2010 Oct. 29, 2011 Oct. 15, 2022 Nov. 1, 1997 Oct. 5, 2013

Date Sept. 26, 2015 Sept. 11, 1993 Oct. 21, 2000 Sept. 15, 2018 Nov. 8, 1997 Sept. 2, 2023 Nov. 7, 1998 Oct. 19, 2002 Nov. 19, 1994 Sept. 2, 1995 Oct. 13, 2012

Date Sept. 21, 1985 Oct. 11, 1997 Nov. 5, 2005 Nov. 22, 2014 Sept. 8, 1984 Nov. 3, 1990 Oct. 13, 2012 Sept. 4, 2021 Sept. 3, 2005 Sept. 12, 2009 Oct. 20, 2012

LONGEST PUNT No. Player 1. Andy Gibbs 2. Jack Fulford 3. Noah Botsford 4. Jake Medlock Wayne DeVane

Yds. 72 69 66 65 65

Opponent Delta State West Alabama Lenoir-Rhyne Winston-Salem St. Arkansas-Monticello

Date Sept. 19, 1998 Oct. 15, 2011 Dec. 2, 2023 Sept. 13, 2014 Oct. 12, 1996

LONGEST PUNT RETURN No. Player 1. Quin Roberson* 2. Quin Roberson 3. Roger King 4. Sherard Reynolds 5. Gary Simon 6. Eric Doggett 7. Sherard Reynolds Roger King 9. Derrick Harris Willie Downs

Yds. 94 (td) 81 (td) 80 (td) 78 (td) 70 (td) 68 65 (td) 65 (td) 62 (td) 62 (td)

Opponent Fort Valley State Newberry North Alabama Southern Arkansas Delta State Arkansas Tech North Alabama Henderson State West Alabama Florida Tech

Date Sept. 8, 2012 Sept. 8, 2011 Dec. 1, 2007 Oct. 7, 2007 Oct. 22, 2016 Sept. 26, 1998 Dec. 1, 2007 Oct. 11, 2008 Nov. 12, 1983 Oct. 5, 2013

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LONGEST KICKOFF RETURN No. Player Yds. 1. Aaron Jenkins 100 (td) 2. Rodney Bullard 99 (td) Billy Poole 99 (td) 4. Tyran Robinson 98 (td) 5. Sean Pender 97 (td) Vincent Brown 97 (td) Willie Downs 97 (td) 8. Rodney Brown 96 (td) Matt Pierce 96 (td) Matt Pierce 96 (td) Lio'undre Gallimore 96 (td)

Opponent West Georgia West Georgia West Alabama Carson-Newman Albany State North Alabama West Alabama Texas-El Paso North Alabama Winston-Salem State Delta State

Date Nov. 11, 2000 Nov. 11, 2023 Oct. 1, 1994 Nov. 22, 2003 Nov. 23, 1996 Oct. 23, 2004 Oct. 10, 2013 Sept. 16, 1995 Nov. 11, 2011 Dec. 15, 2012 Oct. 9, 2021

LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURN No. Player Yds. 1. David Brown 100 (td) 2. Kenny Moore 94 (td) Sherard Reynolds 94 (td) 4. Shawn Harris 86 (td) 5. Matt Pierce 85 (td) 6. Aaron Dawson 80 (td) 7. Kenny Murphy 79 (td) Adrian Bryant 79 (td) 9. Kenny Murphy 73 (td) 10. Shaunta Dismuke 70 (td) Dominique Wheeler 70 (td)

Opponent Notre Dame College Delta State Fort Valley State Southern Arkansas West Alabama West Alabama West Georgia Arkansas-Monticello West Alabama Delta State Delta State

Date Dec. 8, 2018 Nov. 7, 2015 Aug. 23, 2008 Oct. 6, 2007 Oct. 15, 2011 Sept. 21, 2019 Nov. 28, 2015 Nov. 4, 2006 Oct. 31, 2015 Oct. 6, 2001 Nov. 2, 2013

LONGEST FUMBLE RETURN No. Player Yds. Opponent Date 1. Dee Williford 97 (td) Southern Arkansas Sept. 27, 2003 2. Aaron Dawson 88 (td) Florida Tech Oct. 13, 2018 3. Dominique Wheeler 86 (td) Angelo State Sept. 28, 2013 4. Stevie Harden 62 (td) Southern Arkansas Sept. 25, 2010 5. Maurice Leggett 57 (td) Southern Arkansas Oct. 7, 2007 6. Tevin Davis 56 (td) Florida Tech Oct. 5, 2013 7. Dudley Spence 55 (td)** North Alabama Nov. 15, 2008 8. Matt Pierce 49 (td) Newberry Sept. 8, 2011 9. Michael Flood 48 Albany State Sept. 3, 2005 10. Dee Williford 47 (td) Florida Atlantic Sept. 6, 2003 **Yardage came after a lateral by Jermel Daniels. Play covered 73 yards total.

MISCELLANEOUS SINGLE GAME RECORDS Rushing Touchdowns 4 (Last A. Jenkins vs. Ouachita Bapt. 11/03/01) four times Consecutive Completions 20 Chris Hatcher vs. New Haven 10/08/94* Passing Touchdowns 7 (Last D. Bonner vs. Ouachita Baptist) three times Interceptions Thrown 5 Chris Hatcher vs. North Alabama 11/06/93 Passes Without INT 56 Chris Hatcher vs. Mississippi College 10/23/93 Receiving Touchdowns 6 Seantavius Jones vs. Delta State 11/02/13 Total Touchdowns 6 Seantavius Jones vs. Delta State 11/02/13 TDs Responsible For 8 Dusty Bonner vs. Delta State (2 Rush, 6 Pass) 10/06/01 Field Goals Attempts 5 Will Rhody vs. Central Arkansas 9/25/04

5 Estin Thiele vs. Virginia Union 9/01/22 Field Goals Made 5 Will Rhody vs. Central Arkansas 9/25/04

5 Estin Thiele vs. Virginia Union 9/01/22 Interceptions 3 Jimmy Francis vs. Bishop 11/02/85 Sacks 4.0 (Last R. Freeman vs. North Ala., 10/04/07) three times Fumbles Recovered 3 Anthony Newsome vs. Delta State 10/08/83 Punts 12 Gavin Wilson vs. West Florida 9/24/16 Average (min. 4 punts) 54.6 Estin Thiele vs. West Florida 11/05/22 Punt Returns 7 (Last, Brian Saunds vs. Shorter, 9/22/18) three times Kickoff Returns 6 Ronnye Nelson vs. Delta State 09/18/10

6 Seth McGill vs. Delta State 10/01/22

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INDIVIDUAL RECORDS - SINGLE SEASON RUSHING YARDS No. Player 1. Aaron Jenkins 2. Dominique Ross 3. Vontrell Mitchell 4. Jamar Thompkins 5. Aaron Jenkins 6. Tyran Robinson 7. Seth McGill 8. Michael Terry 9. Cedric O’Neal 10. Dominique Ross Austin Scott

Year 2001 1994 1996 2018 2002 2004 2021 2007 2015 1993 2012

Att. 199 256 186 137 214 213 189 164 176 167 175

Net Yards 1503 1473 1355 1329 1304 1267 1235 1107 1069 1030 1030

YPC 7.6 5.8 7.3 9.7 6.1 5.9 6.5 6.8 6.1 6.2 5.9

TD 15 13 3 9 11 12 14 12 17 13 9

RECEPTIONS No. Player 1. Sean Pender* 2. Cedric Jones 3. Sean Pender 4. Robert Williams 5. Calvin Walker 6. Steve Greer 7. Reggie Mosley 8. C.J. Lofton 9. C.J. Lofton 10. Brian Saunds

Year 1995 2007 1996 1994 1993 1994 2002 2002 2000 2021

Rec. 111 102 89 86 82 81 79 77 76 73

Yds. 983 1171 782 1187 944 829 1295 913 862 1200

YPC 10.1 11.5 8.8 13.8 11.5 10.2 16.4 11.9 11.3 16.4

TD 2 10 3 21 6 7 15 6 13 7

Year 2002 2021 1994 2007 1996 2021 1994 2001 1982 2012

Rec. 79 73 86 102 61 58 70 65 61 69

Yds. 1295 1200 1187 1171 1148 1123 1083 1063 1028 1026

YPC 16.4 16.4 13.8 11.5 18.8 19.4 15.5 16.4 16.9 14.9

TD 15 7 21 10 12 15 20 18 8 13

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS No. Player Year 1. Cedric O’Neal 2015 2. Aaron Jenkins 2001 3. Carlos Brown 1996 Cedric O’Neal 2012 Seth McGill 2021 6. Dominique Ross 1994 Dominique Ross 1993 Ivory Durham 2021 9. 6X (Last Bud Chaney) 2023

Att. 176 199 74 180 189 256 167 128 66

Net Yards 1069 1503 405 1198 1235 1473 1030 1012 284

YPC 6.1 7.6 5.5 6.7 6.5 5.8 6.2 7.9 4.3

TD 17 15 14 14 14 13 13 13 12

RECEIVING YARDS No. Player 1. Reggie Mosley 2. Brian Saunds 3. Robert Williams 4. Cedric Jones 5. Rodney Brown 6. Lio'undre Gallimore 7. Stanley Flanders 8. Reggie Mosley 9. Carl Armstrong 10. Gerald Ford

PASSING YARDS No. Player 1. Lance Funderburk* 2. Sammy Edwards 3. Dusty Bonner 4. Chris Hatcher 5. Dusty Bonner 6. Buster Faulkner 7. Lance Funderburk 8. Chris Hatcher 9. Ivory Durham 10. Barrett Wilkes

Year 1996 2023 2000 1994 2001 2002 1995 1993 2021 2003

Att. 532 494 488 508 425 503 544 471 406 431

Comp.

342 327 351 367 298 327 356 335 244 272

TD 38 34 55 55 52 41 26 37 32 26

Yds. 4226 4223 4126 4076 4037 3826 3706 3651 3425 3269

RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS No. Player 1. Robert Williams* 2. Stanley Flanders 3. Reggie Mosley 4. Reggie Mosley Lio'undre Gallimore 6. Nikko Cooper 7. C.J. Lofton Gerald Ford Seantavius Jones Seantavius Jones

Year 1994 1994 2001 2002 2021 1996 2000 2012 2012 2013

Rec. 86 70 65 79 58 63 76 69 51 55

Yds. 1187 1083 1063 1295 1123 865 862 1026 922 777

YPC 13.8 15.5 16.4 16.4 19.4 13.7 11.3 14.9 18.1 14.1

TD 21 20 18 15 15 14 13 13 13 13

COMPLETIONS No. Player 1. Chris Hatcher* 2. Lance Funderburk 3. Dusty Bonner 4. Lance Funderburk 5. Chris Hatcher 6. Buster Faulkner Sammy Edwards 8. Willie Copeland 9. Fabian Walker 10. Dusty Bonner

Year 1994 1995 2000 1996 1993 2002 2023 2007 2004 2001

Att. 508 544 488 532 471 503 494 489 417 425

Comp.

367 356 351 342 335 327 327 311 299 298

TD 55 26 55 38 37 41 34 28 23 52

Yds. 4076 3706 4126 4226 3651 3826 4223 3160 3062 4037

TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS No. Player 1. Buster Faulkner* 2. Sammy Edwards 3. Lance Funderburk 4. Lance Funderburk 5. Willie Copeland 6. Chris Hatcher 7. Dusty Bonner 8. Ivory Durham 9. Fabian Walker 10. Rogan Wells

Year 2002 2023 1995 1996 2007 1994 2000 2021 2004 2018

Plays 611 592 581 570 569 537 534 531 513 500

Rush -313 271 -157 -59 171 -121 -161 1012 403 732

Pass 3826 4223 3706 4226 3160 4076 4126 3425 3062 3075

Yds. 3513 4494 3549 4167 3331 3955 3965 4437 3465 3807

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS No. Player 1. Dusty Bonner* Chris Hatcher* 3. Dusty Bonner 4. Buster Faulkner 5. Rogan Wells Lance Funderburk 7. Chris Hatcher 8. Sammy Edwards 9. Ivory Durham 10. Willie Copeland

Year 2000 1994 2001 2002 2018 1996 1993 2023 2021 2007

Att. 488 508 425 503 364 532 471 494 406 489

Comp.

351 367 298 327 209 342 335 327 244 311

TD 55 55 52 41 38 38 37 34 32 28

Yds. 4126 4076 4037 3826 3075 4226 3651 4223 3425 3160

TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS No. Player 1. Sammy Edwards 2. Ivory Durham 3. Lance Funderburk 4. Dusty Bonner 5. Dusty Bonner 6. Chris Hatcher 7. Rogan Wells 8. Lance Funderburk 9. Chris Hatcher 10. Buster Faulkner

Year 2023 2021 1996 2001 2000 1994 2018 1995 1993 2002

Plays 592 531 570 469 534 537 500 581 495 611

Rush 271 1012 -59 -2 -161 -121 732 -157 -119 -313

Pass 4223 3425 4226 4037 4126 4076 3075 3706 3651 3826

Yds. 4494 4437 4167 4035 3965 3955 3807 3549 3532 3513

* Denotes Gulf South Conference Record throughout record section

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TD 0 21 21 21 0 19 0 19 0 0

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PAT 93 0 0 0 55 1 73 0 45 57

FG 17 0 0 0 22 0 14 0 23 16

Pts. 144 126 126 126 121 116 115 114 114 105

KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE (MIN 10 RETURNS) No. Player Year No. 1. Lio'undre Gallimore 2021 12 2. Derrick Harris 1983 21 3. Reggie Mosley 1999 11 4. Clifford Scott 1987 16 5. Dervin Whatley 1986 11 6. Tyran Robinson 2003 14 7. Vontrell Smith 1996 17 8. Austin Scott 2013 13 9. Calvin Walker 1991 12 10. Sherard Reynolds 2005 15

Yds. 366 610 303 435 288 361 436 329 300 367

Avg. 30.5 29.0 27.6 27.2 26.2 25.8 25.6 25.3 25.0 24.5

PUNT RETURN AVERAGE (MIN 10 RETURNS) No. Player Year 1. Sherard Reynolds 2006 2. Quin Roberson 2012 3. Eric Doggett 1999 4. Roger King 2007 5. Gary Simon 2016 6. Bama Adams 2004 7. Sherard Reynolds 2007 8. Quinn Roberson 2011 9. Eric Doggett 1998 10. Brian Saunds 2018

No. 30 24 32 14 30 13 24 17 28 26

Yds. 496 394 452 195 408 174 320 219 359 327

Avg. 16.5 16.4 14.1 13.9 13.6 13.4 13.3 12.9 12.8 12.6

PUNTING AVERAGE No. Player 1. Jake Medlock 2. Noah Botsford 3. Terry Mallory 4. Jack Fulford 5. Jack Fulford 6. Jack Fulford 7. Gavin Wilson 8. Chad Mosley

Terry Mallory 10. David Ashby

Year 2014 2023 1985 2011 2010 2008 2017 1991 1986 1994

No. 26 53 72 41 62 53 38 27 58 32

Yds. 1144 2321 3037 1718 2570 2162 2809 1097 2355 1293

Avg. 44.0 43.8 42.2 41.9 41.5 40.8 40.7 40.6 40.6 40.4

TOTAL TACKLES No. Player 1. Cliff Fouty 2. Jessie Tuggle 3. Chris Pope 4. Jimmy Brookins Jimmy Francis Lenny Parker 7. Lenny Parker 8. Larry Dean William Montford 10. David Gilyard Nick Moss

Year 1982 1986 2012 1988 1985 1984 1983 2010 2007 1982 2021

UT 20 42 54 73 63 62 47 49 48 18 57

AT 135 87 73 52 62 63 76 73 74 103 64

Tot. 155 129 127 125 125 125 123 122 122 121 121

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INTERCEPTIONS No. Player 1. Dallis Smith 2. Stevie Harden 3. Chris Fowler

Sherard Reynolds 5. Harrison Dreiling

Dennis Smith 7. 9x (Last Brandon Roe)

Year 1986 2010 2002 2007 2010 1986 2017

INT 9 8 7 7 6 6 5

Yds. 53 229 35 176 72 53 174

TD 0 4 0 0 0 0 1

SACKS No. Player 1. Richard Freeman Antonio Edwards 3. Andre Hampton Antonio Edwards Robert Morris 6. Dewayne Smith 7. Marlin Adams 8. 4x (Last Tyler Josey)

Year 1997 1990 1994 1991 1988 2002 2002 2012

SK 14.0 14.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 11.5 10.5 10.0

TACKLES FOR LOSS No. Player 1. Dewayne Smith 2. Artie Ulmer Andre Hampton 4. Richard Freeman Robert Morris 6. Arto Vartanian Antonio Edwards 8. Antonio Speed 9. Jesse Sutton 10. Marlin Adams

Year 2002 1996 1994 1997 1988 1998 1990 1998 1997 2002

TFL 30.0 24.0 24.0 23.0 23.0 22.0 22.0 21.0 20.0 18.5

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INDIVIDUAL RECORDS - CAREER RUSHING YARDS No. Player 1. Jamar Thompkins 2. Cedric O’Neal 3. Aaron Jenkins 4. Seth McGill 5. Dominique Ross 6. Ramon Allen 7. Tyran Robinson 8. Austin Scott 9. Vontrell Mitchell 10. Ivory Durham

Years 2018-22 2012-15 2000-03 2018-22 1992-94 1988-91 2001-04 2012-15 1995-98 2018-22

Att. 540 660 616 571 576 672 532 507 485 298

Net Yards 4151 4115 3859 3390 3237 3071 3029 3015 2655 2403

YPC 7.7 6.2 6.3 5.9 5.6 4.6 5.7 5.9 5.5 8.1

TD 36 49 34 42 36 26 24 23 11 27

RECEPTIONS No. Player 1. Cedric Jones 2. Sean Pender 3. Reggie Mosley 4. C.J. Lofton 5. Brian Saunds 6. Randy Fisher Robert Williams 8. Steve Greer 9. Calvin Walker 10. Chris Anderson

Years 2006-09 1992-96 1999-02 1999-02 2017-21 1986 89 1991-94 1991-94 1990-93 2012-15

Rec. 282 247 235 228 187 185 185 179 167 159

Yds. 3177 2072 3738 2724 3082 2892 2726 2025 2026 1457

YPC 11.3 8.4 15.9 11.9 16.5 10.1 14.7 11.3 12.1 9.2

TD 21 9 48 32 28 26 31 13 150 12

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS No. Player 1. Cedric O’Neal 2. Seth McGill 3. Dominique Ross Jamar Thompkins 5. Aaron Jenkins 6. Ivory Durham 7. Ramon Allen 8. Rogan Wells 9. Tyran Robinson 10. Austin Scott

Years 2012-15 2018-22 1992-94 2018-22 2000-03 2018-22 1988-91 2017-19 2001-04 2012-15

Att. 660 571 576 540 616 298 672 337 532 507

Net Yards 4115 3390 3237 4151 3859 2403 3071 1932 3029 3015

YPC 6.2 5.9 5.6 7.7 6.3 8.1 4.6 5.7 5.7 5.9

TD 49 42 36 36 34 27 26 25 24 23

RECEIVING YARDS No. Player 1. Reggie Mosley* 2. Cedric Jones 3. Brian Saunds 4. Randy Fisher 5. Lio'undre Gallimore 6. Robert Williams 7. C.J. Lofton 8. Seantavius Jones 9. Sean Pender 10. Calvin Walker

Years 1999-02 2006-09 2017-21 1986 89 2017-21 1991-94 1999-02 2010-13 1992-96 1990-93

Rec. 235 282 187 185 145 185 228 149 247 167

Yds. 3738 3177 3082 2892 2808 2726 2724 2374 2072 2026

YPC 15.9 11.3 16.5 10.1 19.4 14.7 11.9 15.9 8.4 12.1

TD 48 21 28 26 32 31 32 33 9 15

PASSING YARDS No. Player Years Comp.

1. Chris Hatcher 1991-94 1047 2. Lance Funderburk 1992-96 731 3. Dusty Bonner 2000-01 649 4. Rogan Wells 2017-2019 543 5. Ivory Durham 2018-22 476 6. Barrett Wilkes 2002-06 571 7. Willie Copeland 2006-07 561 8. Tye Cottle 1987-90 427 9. Cayden Cochran 2011-13 434 10. Sammy Edwards 2022-Pres. 328

Att. 1529 1127 913 878 840 858 861 774 718 495

Yds. 11,363 8192 8163 7130 6804 6296 5823 5593 5196 4232

TD 121 67 107 69 69 44 55 50 46 34

RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS No. Player Years 1. Reggie Mosley* 1999-02 2. Seantavius Jones 2010-13 3. C.J. Lofton 1999-02 Lio'undre Gallimore 2017-21 5. Robert Williams 1991-94 6. Stanley Flanders 1993-94 7. Brian Saunds 2017-21 8. Randy Fisher 1986 89 9. Nikko Cooper 1996, 98 Cedric Jones 2006-09 Gerald Ford 2009-10, 2012

Rec. 235 149 228 145 185 101 187 185 98 282 134

Yds. 3738 2374 2724 2808 2726 1581 3082 2892 1446 3177 1880

YPC 15.9 15.9 11.9 19.4 14.7 15.7 16.5 10.1 14.8 11.3 14.0

TD 48 33 32 32 31 30 28 26 21 21 21

COMPLETIONS No. Player 1. Chris Hatcher* 2. Lance Funderburk 3. Dusty Bonner 4. Barrett Wilkes 5. Willie Copeland 6. Rogan Wells 7. Ivory Durham 8. Cayden Cochran 9. Tye Cottle 10. Buster Faulkner

Years 1991-94 1992-96 2000-01 2002-06 2006-07 2017-2019 2018-22 2011-13 1987-90 2001-03

Comp.

1047 731 649 571 561 543 476 434 427 381

Att. 1529 1127 913 858 861 878 840 718 774 593

Yds. 11,363 8192 8163 6296 5823 7130 6804 5196 5593 4213

TD 121 67 107 44 55 69 69 46 50 44

TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS No. Player Years 1. Chris Hatcher 1991-94 2. Ivory Durham 2018-22 3. Rogan Wells 2017-19 4. Dusty Bonner 2000-01 5. Lance Funderburk 1992-96 6. Barrett Wilkes 2002-06 7. Willie Copeland 2006-07 8. Cayden Cochran 2011-13 9. Tye Cottle 1987-90 10. Cedric O’Neal 2012-15

Plays 1642 1138 1215 1003 1206 1012 997 915 1034 724

Rush -339 2403 1932 -163 -232 37 126 596 44 4115

Pass 11,363 6804 7130 8163 8192 6296 5823 5196 5593 485

Yds. 11,024 9207 9062 8000 7960 6333 5949 5792 5549 4600

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS No. Player Years 1. Chris Hatcher 1991-94 2. Dusty Bonner 2000-01 3. Rogan Wells 2017-2019 Ivory Durham 2018-22 5. Lance Funderburk 1992-96 6. Willie Copeland 2006-07 7. Tye Cottle 1987-90 8. Cayden Cochran 2011-13 9. Barrett Wilkes 2002-06 Buster Faulkner 2001-03

Comp.

1047 649 543 476 731 561 427 434 571 381

Att. 1529 913 878 840 1127 861 774 718 858 593

Yds. 11,363 8163 7130 6804 8192 5823 5593 5196 6296 4213

TD 121 107 69 69 67 55 50 46 44 44

SCORING PERFORMANCES No. Player Years 1. Andrew Gray 2015-18 2. Aaron Jenkins 2000-03 3. Will Rhody 2002-04 4. Cedric O’Neal 2012-15 5. Estin Thiele 2021-23 6. Reggie Mosley 1999-02 7. Seth McGill 2018-22 8. Jamar Thompkins 2018-22 9. Dominique Ross 1992-94 10. Zac Williams 2006-08

TD 0 53 0 49 0 49 46 39 38 0

FG 39 0 51 0 40 0 0 0 0 24

PAT 211 0 158 0 183 1 0 0 0 131

Pts. 328 318 308 306 303 296 276 234 228 203

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KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE (MIN 20 RETURNS) No. Player Years No. 1. Vontrell Mitchell 1995-98 23 2. Seth McGill 2018-22 48 3. Matt Pierce 2009-12 38 4. Clifford Scott 1987-90 26 5. Calvin Walker 1990-93 28 6. Derrick Harris 1983-84 48 7. Aaron Jenkins 2000-03 33 8. Ronnye Nelson 2007-10 51 9. Eric Doggett 1997-99 27 10. Vincent Brown 2004-05 39

Yds. 572 1192 918 627 670 1144 770 1170 612 774

Avg. 24.9 24.8 24.2 24.1 23.9 23.8 23.3 22.9 22.7 22.2

PUNT RETURN AVERAGE (MIN 20 RETURNS) No. Player Years 1. Quin Roberson 2011-12 2. Sherard Reynolds 2005-08 3. Eric Doggett 1997-99 4. Roger King 2007-08 5. Bama Adams 2002-04 7. Stanley Flanders 1993-94 8. Brian Saunds 2017-21 9. Reggie Mosley 1999-02 Tony Hill 1991-94 Randy Fisher 1986-89 Derrick Harris 1983-84

Yds. 613 937 1071 390 546 358 607 532 395 473 353

Avg. 15.0 13.8 12.8 12.2 11.9 11.5 10.0 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4

No. 41 68 84 32 46 31 61 63 47 56 42

PUNTING (MIN 60 PUNTS) No. Player Years 1. Jack Fulford 2008-11 2. David Ashby 1993-94 3. Terry Mallory 1983-86 4. Wayne DeVane 1995-97 5. Chad Mosley 1991-92 6. Travis Tidwell 2004-05 7. Gavin Wilson 2015-18 8. Kenn Barnett 1999, 02-04 9. Brad Bauer 1982-84 10. Andy Gibbs 1998, 00

No. 206 62 272 134 72 118 190 210 63 118

Yds. 8452 2476 10,732 5119 2735 4481 7200 7903 2341 4331

Avg. 41.0 39.9 39.5 38.2 38.0 38.0 37.9 37.6 37.2 36.7

TOTAL TACKLES No. Player 1. Chris Pope 2. Larry Dean 3. Jessie Tuggle 4. Jesse Sutton 5. Ryan Branch 6. Ced Dickerson 7. Erasmus Harvey 8. Antonio Speed 9. William Montford 10. Jeremy Grable

UT 161 163 143 119 156 174 146 139 122 120

AT 211 205 197 180 142 123 143 148 158 139

Tot. 372 368 340 299 298 297 289 287 280 259

INT 21 14 14 12 11 10 10 10 10 9

Yds. 209 389 160 73 236 220 157 172 258 131

TD 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0

Years 2010-13 2007-10 1983-86 1995-98 1993-96 1999-02 1991-94 1995, 97-99 2004-07 2010-13

INTERCEPTIONS No. Player Years 1. Dallis Smith* 1983-86 2. Sherard Reynolds 2005-08 Jimmy Francis 1982-85 4. Deon Searcy 1987-90 5. Kenny Moore 2013-16 6. Wesley Brown 2000-03 Tony Hill 1991-94 Calvin Orr 1986-89 Brandon Roe 2016-17 10. 5x (Last Harrison Dreiling) 2016-17

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PASS DEFLETIONS No. Player 1. Dallis Smith 2. Matt Pierce 3. Vaughn Clark 4. Deon Searcy 5. Ced Dickerson Calvin Orr 7. Jimmy Francis Kenny Moore 9. Maurice Leggett Dennis Smith

Years 1983-86 2009-12 1996-99 1987-90 1999-02 1986-89 1982-85 2013-16 2004-07 1983-86

PD 40 35 28 27 26 26 25 25 23 23

SACKS No. Player 1. Andre Hampton Antonio Edwards 3. Robert Morris 4. Marlin Adams 5. Richard Freeman 6. Antonio Speed 7. Tim Thompson 8. Arto Vartanian 9. Lawrence Virgil 10. Tommy Johnson

Years 1991-94 1989-92 1986-89 2000-03 1996-97 1995, 97-99 2002-05 1997-98 2010-13 1994-95

TD 34.0 34.0 29.0 28.0 22.0 20.0 17.5 16.0 15.5 15.0

TACKLES FOR LOSS No. Player 1. Tim Thompson 2. Marlin Adams 3. Antonio Speed 4. Jesse Sutton 5. Dewayne Smith 6. Larry Dean 7. Lawrence Virgil 8. Reggie Rhodes 9. Fatari Lyons Robert Morris

Years 2002-05 2000-03 1995, 97-99 1995-98 2001-02 2007-10 2010-13 2001-02 2001-02 1986-89

TFL 49.0 48.5 41.0 40.0 39.0 33.0 29.0 28.0 27.0 27.0

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THE GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE

Academic excellence and a leadership role in NCAA’s Division II make the Gulf South Conference (GSC) something special. Entering its 54th year, the GSC is a charter Division II member that prides itself as one of the first conferences to be created and administered by its CEOs. We take pride in our 50-plus National Team Championships in 13 sports, one individual men’s cross country champion, five men’s golf individual champions, and one track and field champion, as well as more than 160 regional titles, especially because there is no sacrifice on the academic side, where GSC student-athletes graduate at a much higher rate than the general student body.

The GSC sponsors 19 sports, including 18 championship events. Official sponsored sports include baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track and field, and volleyball. Prior to the 2020-21 academic year, the conference officially added women’s lacrosse after three seasons as an emerging sport.

In the summer of 1970, six college presidents met to discuss athletics and when the meeting ended, a new league emerged—the Mid-South Conference. Delta State, Florence State (now North Alabama), Jacksonville State, Livingston (now West Alabama), Tennessee-Martin (UTM) and Troy State (TSU) were the charter members, but scheduling problems for the 1970-71 academic year limited the conference to only football. Southeast Louisiana (SELA) and Nicholls State (NSU) joined in 1971 and the league opened an office in Hammond, La., changed its name to the Gulf South Conference, and began championships in nine men’s sports. Mississippi College (MC) and Northwestern Louisiana (NWLA, now Northwestern State) joined in 1972 and two years later, NWLA left for Division I, followed by SELA and NSU in 1979.

The conference continued with seven teams until 1981, when the CEOs admitted Valdosta State and West Georgia (1983). In 1991, UTM and TSU went Division I, briefly dropping the GSC back to seven members, but an aggressive expansion resulted in 10 new members: Lincoln Memorial (1992-93); Alabama Huntsville, Henderson State, Central Arkansas and Mississippi University for Women (MUW, 1993-94); West Florida (1994-95); and Arkansas-Monticello, Arkansas Tech, Montevallo and Southern Arkansas (1995-96). Jacksonville State moved to Division I at the end of 1992-93. MC dropped to Division III at the end of 1995-96, and was replaced by Christian Brothers to keep the conference at 16 schools. In July 2000, the GSC welcomed Harding University and Ouachita Baptist University, making it the largest NCAA-playing conference at any level with 18 schools. MUW dropped its athletics program at the end of the 2002-03 season, decreasing the membership to 17. Central Arkansas reclassified to Division I and Lincoln Memorial moved to the South Atlantic Conference following the 2006-07 year. Montevallo’s departure for the Peach Belt Conference dropped the number to 14 in 2009-10. North Alabama completed its final year with the GSC in 2017-18, as the Lions accepted an invitation to go Division I and join the Atlantic Sun Conference.

The GSC moved away from divisional play after the 2010-11 season after its six Arkansas members broke away, dropping the membership to eight. The league implemented a five-year expansion plan in 2012 resulting in the addition of new members Shorter University (2014-15), Union University (2014-15), Lee University (2015-16) and Auburn University at Montgomery (2019-20) along with the return of Mississippi College (2016-17) and Montevallo (2017-18).

The conference also adopted affiliate memberships to boost its ranks, resulting in sport-specific members, Flagler (women’s lacrosse), North Greenville (football), Spring Hill College (men’s and women’s soccer and women’s golf), and Young Harris (women’s lacrosse). Eventually, Young Harris ended its women’s lacrosse affiliation at the end 2023 season as it became a full member of Conference Carolina. North Greenville announced its intention to end football affiliate status with the GSC following the 2024 season. In January 2023, the GSC unveiled limited-term football affiliate partnerships with Chowan (2023-24) and Erskine (2024).

The 2023-24 season was the final year of GSC competition for Shorter and West Georgia, ending a five-year period of consistent full-time membership. Shorter accepted a full member invitation to join Conference Carolina, while West Georgia departed for Division I and the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). Meanwhile, the GSC added Trevecca Nazarene as a full member with its first season of competition being in 2024-25. The conference also celebrated its 55th national title as Valdosta State won the Division II Men’s Tennis National Championship.

FOOTBALL PARTICIPATING MEMBERS

GSC National Championships 1971-2024 (54) Baseball (6) Women's Golf (3) West Florida (2011) Troy State (1984, '86, '89) Delta State (2004) Jacksonville State (1990, '91) Women's Gymnastics (2) Troy State (1986, '87) Jacksonville State (1984, '85)

Men's Basketball (3) Men's Hockey (2) North Alabama (1979, '91) Alabama-Huntsville (1996, '98) Jacksonville State (1985)

Women's Soccer (2) Women's Basketball (7) West Florida (2012) Delta State (1975, '76, '77, '89, '90, '92) Christian Brothers (2002) Southeastern Louisiana (1977)

Softball (2) Football (13) Valdosta State (2012) Valdosta State (2004, '07, '12, '18) North Alabama (2015) Delta State (2000) West Alabama (1971) Men's Tennis (6) West Florida (2019) West Florida (2004, '05', '14, '17) North Alabama (1993, '94, '95) Valdosta State (2006, '11) Jacksonville State (1992) Troy State (1984, '87) Men's Track and Field (1)

Southeastern Louisiana (1975) Men's Golf (5) West Florida (2001, '08) Women's Volleyball (1) Troy State (1976, '77, '84) North Alabama (2003) Lee (2022) * Mississippi College vacated national title in 1989 / Men's Hockey not GSC Sponsored Sport

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2023 FINAL GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE STANDINGS...

SCHOOL Valdosta State Delta State West Florida West Georgia North Greenville West Alabama Mississippi College Shorter Chowan

CONF 7-1 7-1 6-2 5-3 4-4 4-4 2-6 1-7 0-8

CPCT. .875 .857 .750 .625 .500 .500 .250 .125 .000

OVERALL 12-2 10-2 8-4 6-4 5-5 5-5 3-7 3-8 0-10

PCT. .857 .833 .667 .600 .500 .500 .300 .273 .000

HOME 6-2 5-2 4-1 4-1 3-1 2-3 1-3 3-3 0-5

AWAY 6-0 5-0 4-3 2-3 2-4 3-2 2-4 0-5 0-5

THIS WEEK IN GSC FOOTBALL...

AWAY Delta State St. Andrews Miles Albany State Mississippi College

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HOME Mars Hill Erskine West Alabama Valdosta State Shorter

LOCATION Mars Hill, N.C. Greenwood, S.C. Livingston, Ala. Valdosta, Ga. Rome, Ga.

DATE Aug. 29 Aug. 31 Aug. 31 Aug. 31 Sept. 4

TIME 7 p.m.

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