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SoCon Football Weekly Release Oct. 23, 2017

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES EASTERN)

Oct. 28 (Saturday) Series TV/Digital Time

*Woff ord at ETSU ETSU leads 13-12 ESPN3 1 p.m.*VMI at The Citadel The Citadel leads 40-30-2 ESPN3 2 p.m.*Chattanooga at Samford Chattanooga leads 28-11-3 ESPN3 3 p.m.*Furman at Western Carolina Furman leads 30-12-2 ESPN3 3:30 p.m.

CONFERENCE OVERALLC/SI STANDINGS W-L PF PA W-L PF PA H A N ST

10/8 Woff ord 4-1 128 118 6-1 186 149 3-1 3-0 0-0 L120/18 Western Carolina 4-1 186 93 6-2 309 178 3-0 3-2 0-0 W2RV/RV Furman 4-1 190 107 5-3 282 204 3-1 2-2 0-0 W5t8/9 Samford 3-1 119 80 5-2 210 186 3-0 2-2 0-0 W3 Mercer 3-3 174 120 4-4 232 151 3-1 1-3 0-0 L1RV/RV The Citadel 2-3 95 118 4-3 174 139 1-2 3-1 0-0 W1 ETSU 1-3 96 159 3-4 188 224 3-1 0-3 0-0 L1 Chattanooga 1-4 111 143 1-7 141 236 0-4 1-2 0-1 L4 VMI 0-5 45 206 0-8 65 318 0-4 0-4 0-0 L8C - FCS Coaches Poll; SI - STATS FCS Top 25

• Samford topped then-No. 5 Woff ord on Saturday, 24-21, to hand the Terriers their fi rst loss of the season. Quarterback Devlin Hodges threw for 427 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Bulldogs to the victory.

• Chattanooga’s Darrell Bridges ran for 149 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries in the Mocs’ 20-14 loss to The Citadel on Saturday. His 61-yard TD run in the fi rst quarter was the longest rush by a Chattanooga player this season.

• Furman is the league’s hottest team, as the Paladins have won fi ve straight after opening the year 0-3 and now sit in a three-way tie for fi rst place in the league standings with Western Carolina and Woff ord at 4-1 in SoCon play.

• With Samford moving into the top 10 in both the FCS Coaches Poll and STATS FCS Top 25 this week after its win over Woff ord, the SoCon has two teams in the top 10. Samford, which is in the top 10 for the fi rst time since 1993, leads the way at eighth (tied) in the coaches’ poll and is No. 9 in the STATS poll. Woff ord is 10th in the coaches’ poll and eighth in the STATS poll, while Western Carolina is ranked 20th and 18th, respectively.

• Eight of the nine SoCon teams have either received votes or been ranked in one or both of the two major national polls at some point this season. In addition to Samford, Woff ord and Western Carolina, who are all currently ranked, The Citadel and Chattanooga have also spent time in the polls this year. ETSU, Furman and Mercer have each received votes.

• A week after posting a season-high 17 tackles against Furman, VMI’s Allan Cratsenberg had 18 in Saturday’s loss against Western Carolina. He leads the league with 88 tackles and 11.0 tackles per game.

• Samford defensive lineman Ahmad Gooden was added to the STATS FCS Buck Buchanan Award watch list last week. He joins Citadel defensive back Kailik Williams, who was placed on the watch list in the preseason.

• A pair of SoCon student-athletes appeared on the ini-tial STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award watch list, announced this Wednesday. Furman linebacker Reynard Ellis and Mercer quarterback Kaelan Riley are both in the running for the national freshman of the year award.

• Since the start of the 2013 season, 64 of 146 (.438) league games have been decided by one possession, including 10 of 22 (.455) this season.

• Western Carolina quarterback Tyrie Adams leads the SoCon with 71.9 rushing yards per game and is fourth in passing with 209.8 yards per game.

• Three of the four league games on Oct. 21 were sealed with late interceptions. The Citadel’s Aron Spann III picked off his second pass of the day with just over a minute left to lock up the Bulldogs’ 20-14 win over Chattanooga, while Samford’s Omari Wil-liams grabbed a pick in the corner of the end zone with six seconds left in Samford’s 24-21 win over Wof-ford. Furman’s Joe Farrar made his game-preserving interception in the end zone with just three seconds left in the Paladins’ 28-21 win over Mercer.

• VMI is the least-penalized team in FCS, as the Keydets commit just 3.13 infractions per contest.

2017 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL STANDINGS NOTES

SOCON STATS NCAA STATS SOCON MEDIA GUIDE FCS POLL SITE

SOCON PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Devlin Hodges, R-Jr., QBSamford

Hodges threw for 427 yards and three touchdowns in the Bulldogs’ 24-21 win at No. 5 Woff ord on Saturday, helping hand the Ter-riers their fi rst loss of the season. The redshirt junior from Kimberly, Alabama, was 37-for-54, complet-ing touchdown passes of 9, 11 and 23 yards on the day en route to his second 400-yard game of the season and sixth of his ca-reer, extending his SoCon record in that category. The contest also marked the fi fth time this season that Hodges has thrown for at least three touchdowns. He leads the league in passing yards (2,326) and touchdowns (20) on the year.

Joshua Gibson, Jr., KWestern Carolina

Western Carolina kicker Joshua Gibson accounted for 14 points in the Catamounts’ 26-7 win at VMI on Saturday, hitting the fi rst four fi eld goals of his career. The junior from Andrews, North Carolina, went 4-for-4 on the day, connecting from 22, 40, 38 and 43 yards. He also added a pair of extra points on the afternoon as the Catamounts improved to 6-2 overall and 4-1 in the league. The four fi eld goals were the most for a Catamount kicker since 2002.

Omari Williams, Sr., DBSamford

Samford defensive back Omari Williams helped secure the Bull-dogs’ 24-21 road win over No. 5 Woff ord on Saturday, intercept-ing a pass in the corner of the end zone with six seconds left in the contest. After Samford had taken a three-point lead with 1:28 to play, the senior from Birmingham, Alabama, picked off the Terriers’ third-down attempt for his second interception of the season and ninth of his career. Williams also added nine tackles on the day, six of which were solo stops, and two pass breakups.

OFFENSIVE DEFENSIVE SPECIAL TEAMS

Oct. 23, 2017 SoCon Football Weekly Release

Off ensiveSept. 4 ....................Tyrie Adams, R-So., QB, WCUSept. 11 ............. Detrez Newsome, Sr., RB, WCUSept. 18 ................ Dominique Allen, Sr., QB, CITSept. 25 .................Tyrie Adams, R-So., QB, WCUOct. 2 ....................Devlin Hodges, R-Jr., QB, SAMOct. 9 ......................Andre Stoddard, Jr., FB, WOFOct. 16 ............ Brandon Goodson, Sr., QB, WOFOct. 23 .................Devlin Hodges, R-Jr., QB, SAMOct. 30 ...........................................................................Nov. 6 .............................................................................Nov. 13 ...........................................................................Nov. 20 ...........................................................................

DefensiveSept. 4 ............................. Malik Rivera, Sr., S, WOFSept. 11 .................... Devin Watson, Jr., CB, WOFSept. 18 ..................Dylan Weigel, R-Jr., LB, ETSUSept. 25 .................. Keion Crossen, Sr., DB, WCUOct. 2 ...........................Tahjai Watt, R-Sr., LB, WCUOct. 9 ..............................Lee Bennett, Sr., LB, MEROct. 16 ............... John Brannon III, So., DB, WCUOct. 23 ................... Omari Williams, Sr., DB, SAMOct. 30 ...........................................................................Nov. 6 .............................................................................Nov. 13 ...........................................................................Nov. 20 ...........................................................................

Special teamsSept. 4 .........................Luke Carter, So., P/K, WOFSept. 11 ..............................Cole Fisher, Jr., K, MERSept. 18 ......................Austin Barnard, Sr., P, SAMSept. 25 ...............................JJ Jerman, Jr., K, ETSUOct. 2 .......... Logan McCarter, R-Sr., WR/RS, FUROct. 9 ...........................Luke Carter, So., P/K, WOFOct. 16 ..Jon Croft Hollingsworth, Sr., P/K, FUROct. 23 ....................... Joshua Gibson, Jr., K, WCUOct. 30 ...........................................................................Nov. 6 .............................................................................Nov. 13 ...........................................................................Nov. 20 ...........................................................................

SOCON PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

COACHING RECORDS

Coach, School Career Record School (Yrs.) SoCon (Yrs.)Brent Thompson, The Citadel 14-5 (2nd) Same 10-3 (2nd)Carl Torbush, ETSU 30-45 (8th) 10-19 (3rd) 3-9 (2nd)Clay Hendrix, Furman 5-3 (1st) Same 4-1 (1st)Bobby Lamb, Mercer 98-63 (14th) 31-23 (5th) 53-43 (13th)Chris Hatcher, Samford 139-69 (18th) 18-12 (3rd) 23-19 (6th)Tom Arth, Chattanooga 41-15 (5th) 1-7 (1st) 1-4 (1st)Scott Wachenheim, VMI 5-25 (3rd) Same 2-18 (3rd)Mark Speir, Western Carolina 25-40 (6th) Same 16-27 (6th)Mike Ayers, Woff ord 214-158-2 (33rd) 203-137-1 (30th) 103-76 (24th)

Off ensiveSeptember .......... Tyrie Adams, R-So., QB, WCUOctober .........................................................................November ....................................................................

DefensiveSeptember ........... Marvin Tillman, Jr., DB, WCUOctober .........................................................................November ....................................................................

SOCON PLAYERS OF THE MONTH

CoachesTeam (1st-place votes) Total1. Woff ord (7) 632. The Citadel (2) 543. Samford 524. Chattanooga 415. Mercer 326. Western Carolina 277. Furman 268. ETSU 179. VMI 12

PRESEASON SOUTHERN CONFERENCE POLLS

First Team Off enseQB Devlin Hodges, R-Jr., SamfordRB Cam Jackson, Sr., The CitadelRB Detrez Newsome, Sr., Western CarolinaOL Tyler Davis, Jr., The CitadelOL Matthew Schmidt, Sr., FurmanOL Thomas Marchman, Sr., MercerOL Josh Cardiello, Sr., ChattanoogaOL Roo Daniels, Sr., Woff ordTE Sam Walker, R-Jr., MercerWR Kelvin McKnight, Jr., SamfordWR Terryon Robinson, R-Sr., Western Carolina

First Team DefenseDL Ahmad Gooden, R-Jr., SamfordDL Isaiah Mack, Jr., ChattanoogaDL Miles Brown, Jr., Woff ordDL Tyler Vaughn, Sr., Woff ordLB Shaheed Salmon, Sr., SamfordLB Dale Warren, Sr., ChattanoogaLB Allan Cratsenberg, Sr., VMILB Datavious Wilson, So., Woff ordDB Kailik Williams, Sr., The CitadelDB Omari Williams, Sr., SamfordDB Lucas Webb, Sr., ChattanoogaDB Devin Watson, Jr., Woff ord

First Team SpecialistsPK Cole Fisher, Jr., MercerP Ian Berryman, R-Jr., Western CarolinaRS Detrez Newsome, Sr., Western Carolina

PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

Second Team Off enseQB Alejandro Bennifi eld, Sr., ChattanoogaRB Antonio Wilcox, Sr., FurmanRB Richardre Bagley, Sr., ChattanoogaOL Alex Rios, Sr., ETSUOL Caleb Yates, Sr., MercerOL Malcolm White, So., ChattanoogaOL Nathan Dalton, R-Jr., Western CarolinaOL Ross Demmel, Jr., Woff ordTE Chandler Gouger, Sr., Woff ordWR Marquise Irvin, Jr., MercerWR James Stovall, Sr., Chattanooga

Second Team DefenseDL Ken Allen, Jr., The CitadelDL Jonathan King, Sr., The CitadelDL Jaylan Reid, R-Jr., FurmanDL Isaiah Buehler, R-Jr., MercerDL Taylor Reynolds, Sr., ChattanoogaLB Myles Pierce, Sr., The CitadelLB Dylan Weigel, R-Jr., ETSULB Ryan Francis, R-Sr., VMIDB Aaquil Annoor, Jr., FurmanDB Trevor Wright, Sr., ChattanoogaDB Greg Sanders, Sr., VMIDB Keion Crossen, Sr., Western CarolinaDB George Gbesee, So., Woff ord

Second Team SpecialistsPK JJ Jerman, Jr., ETSUP Austin Barnard, R-Sr., SamfordRS Chandler Curtis, Sr., Mercer

SoCon record bookCoach Mike Ayers is the dean of active South-ern Conference football coaches. Now his 30th year at Woff ord, Ayers has tallied 157 wins at ETSU (11) and Woff ord (146) in his 23 years in the SoCon. He ranks third on the league’s all-time wins list behind Appalachian State’s Jerry Moore and Duke’s Wallace Wade. Mercer’s Bobby Lamb is fourth on the all-time wins list with 87.

Off ensive Player of the YearDevlin Hodges, R-Jr., QB, Samford

Defensive Player of the YearKailik Williams, Sr., DB, The Citadel

SoCon wins leaders Wins

1. Jerry Moore 215 Appalachian State (1989-2012)2. Wallace Wade 171 Alabama (1923-30); Duke (1931-41; 1946-50)3. Mike Ayers 157

ETSU (1985-87); Woff ord (1997-present)

4. Bobby Lamb 87

Furman (2002-10); Mercer (2014-present)

5. D.C. Walker 77 Wake Forest (1937-50)

First teamP Ian Berryman, Western Carolina

Second teamRB Detrez Newsome, Western CarolinaDL Miles Brown, Woff ordLB Shaheed Salmon, SamfordDB Kailik Williams, The Citadel

Third teamQB Devlin Hodges, SamfordDB Omari Williams, SamfordLB Dale Warren, Chattanooga

STATS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA

MediaTeam (1st-place votes) Total1. Woff ord (11) 1782. The Citadel (6) 1663. Samford (3) 1564. Chattanooga (2) 1525. Mercer 1016. Furman 877. Western Carolina 718. ETSU 499. VMI 30

For the fi rst time in its history, Woff ord was the preseason choice to win the Southern Conference title, by both the league’s coaches and media.


SOCON MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTORS

FBS Opponents (0-6)

Atlantic Coast (0-1)Sept. 16 NC State 49, Furman 16Nov. 18 The Citadel at ClemsonNov. 18 Western Carolina at North Carolina

Mountain West (0-2)Sept. 2 Air Force 62, VMI 0Sept. 2 Hawai’i 41, Western Carolina 18

Southeastern (0-3)Sept. 9 #12 LSU 45, Chattanooga 10Sept. 16 #15 Auburn 24, Mercer 10Sept. 16 #13 Georgia 42, Samford 14Nov. 18 Woff ord at South CarolinaNov. 18 Mercer at Alabama

FCS Opponents (9-5)

Big South (5-0)Aug. 31 Samford 28, Kennesaw State 23Sept. 9 The Citadel 48, Presbyterian 7Sept. 16 Western Carolina 42, Gardner-Webb 27Sept. 23 Woff ord 27, Gardner-Webb 24Sept. 30 Woff ord 31, Presbyterian 7

Colonial (0-2)Sept. 9 Elon 34, Furman 31Sept. 9 #1 James Madison 52, ETSU 10

Northeast (1-1)Sept. 16 Robert Morris 23, VMI 0Oct. 7 ETSU 16, Robert Morris 3

Ohio Valley (0-2)Aug. 26 Jacksonville State 27, Chattanooga 13Sept. 16 UT Martin 21, Chattanooga 7

Patriot League (1-0)Sept. 23 Furman 45 Colgate 14

Pioneer League (2-0)Aug. 31 Mercer 48, Jacksonville 7Sept. 9 Western Carolina 63, Davidson 17

Non-Division I Opponents (3-1)

Sept. 2 The Citadel 31, Newberry 14Sept. 2 ETSU 31, Limestone 10Sept. 7 Samford 49, West Alabama 41Sept. 9 Catawba 27, VMI 20

SOCON VS. OTHER CONFERENCES

School Website Media relations Email Offi ce phone Press box phone

The Citadel CitadelSports.com Zeke Beam [email protected] 843-953-5353 843-953-9957ETSU ETSUBucs.com Kevin Brown [email protected] 423-439-5263 423-747-3877Furman FurmanPaladins.com Hunter Reid [email protected] 864-294-2061 864-294-3066Mercer MercerBears.com Gerrit Van Genderen [email protected] 478-301-5209 919-632-0217Samford SamfordSports.com Joey Mullins [email protected] 205-726-2799 205-726-2143Chattanooga GoMocs.com Jay Blackman [email protected] 423-425-5292 423-757-9322VMI VMIKeydets.com Wade Branner [email protected] 540-464-7515 540-464-7834Western Carolina CatamountSports.com Daniel Hooker [email protected] 828-227-2339 828-227-2116Woff ord Woff ordTerriers.com Brent Williamson williamsondb@woff ord.edu 864-597-4093 864-597-4487SoCon SoConSports.com Phil Perry [email protected] 864-591-5100

Team W-L-T Pct. Years Stadium name

The Citadel 228-144-3 .612 68th Johnson Hagood StadiumETSU 3-1-0 .750 1st William B. Greene Jr. StadiumFurman 164-58-1 .738 35th Paladin StadiumMercer 22-8-0 .733 5th Five Star StadiumSamford 161-80-4 .665 48th Seibert StadiumChattanooga 57-55-0 .509 19th Finley StadiumVMI 98-149-3 .398 55th Foster StadiumWestern Carolina 125-97-2 .563 42nd E.J. Whitmire StadiumWoff ord 86-33-0 .723 20th Gibbs Stadium

HOME FIELD RECORDS

Team Last shutout win Games ago Last shutout loss Games ago

The Citadel 69-0 – Davidson (2015) 32 35-0 – Woff ord (2010) 81ETSU 44-0 – Concord College (2003) 40 31-0 – Woff ord (2016) 16Furman 10-0 – Elon (2004) 155 45-0 – Samford (2014) 35Mercer 52-0 – ETSU (2015) 25 52-0 – Rollins (1941) 59Samford 43-0 – Clark Atlanta (2015) 22 29-0 – Tennessee Tech (2000) 186Chattanooga 34-0 – Presbyterian (2016) 20 49-0 – Alabama (2013) 47VMI 49-0 – St. Francis (Pa.) (2008) 108 23-0 – Robert Morris (2017) 6Western Carolina 35-0 – Shorter (2008) 108 51-0 – Chattanooga (2014) 33Woff ord 17-0 – VMI (2016) 10 3-0 – Gardner-Webb (2013) 50

SHUTOUT CHART

Team Years W-L-T Pct.

The Citadel 79th 206-290-5 .416ETSU 27th 71-121-0 .370Furman 79th 263-210-11 .555Mercer 4th 10-18-0 .357Samford 10th 40-34-0 .541Chattanooga 41st 140-150-2 .483VMI 83rd 182-298-23 .385Western Carolina 41st 111-184-1 .377Woff ord 21st 98-61-0 .616

ALL-TIME RECORDS IN SOCON PLAY

Current Southern Conference teams are 39-48 (.448) all-time in overtime games. There have been two overtime games in the league this season, as ETSU topped Mercer 26-23 on Sept. 23 and Woff ord downed Western Carolina 35-28 on Oct. 7.

Team Record Pct.

The Citadel 9-8 .529ETSU 4-2 .667Furman 4-10 .286Mercer 2-2 .500Samford 2-1 .667Chattanooga 5-12 .294VMI 6-3 .667Western Carolina 2-7 .222Woff ord 5-3 .625Total 39-48 .448

OVERTIME RECORDS

STATS FCS Walter Payton Award watch list

Devlin Hodges, Samford, R-Jr., QBDetrez Newsome, Western Carolina, Sr., RB

STATS FCS Buck Buchanan Award watch list

Kailik Williams, The Citadel, Sr., DBAhmad Gooden, Samford, Jr., DL

STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award watch list

Reynard Ellis, Furman, LBKaelan Riley, Mercer, QB

William V. Campbell Trophy semifi nalist

A.J. Newman, Western Carolina

STATS FCS National Players of the Week

10/9 Lee Bennett, Mercer, Sr., LB Defense

NATIONAL RECOGNITION

Three SoCon teams are currently ranked in the FCS Coaches Poll. Samford has the longest active streak, which includes postseason and preseason polls.

Team Consecutive Entered

Samford 17 Oct. 10, 2016Woff ord 12 Nov. 14, 2016Western Carolina 3 Oct. 9, 2017

Chattanooga’s streak of 51 straight appearances ended when the Mocs weren’t in the Sept. 18 poll, while The Citadel saw its streak of 26 straight end with the release of the Oct. 16 national poll.

CONSECUTIVE RANKED WEEKS


S2 NEWBERRY (CFDS/ESPN3) ..............W, 31-14S9 at Presbyterian (BSN) ......................... W, 48-7S16 at ETSU* (ESPN3) ...............................W, 31-25S30 at #23 Samford* (ESPN3) ................. L, 14-35O7 MERCER* (ESPN3) ............................... L, 14-24O14 #5 WOFFORD* (ESPN3)..................... L, 16-20O21 at Chattanooga* (ESPN3) ...............W, 20-14O28 VMI* (ESPN3) ............................................2 p.m.N4 WESTERN CAROLINA* (ESPN3) ..........2 p.m.N11 at Furman* (ESPN3) ...............................2 p.m.N18 at Clemson .................................................... TBA

The Citadel(4-3, 2-3 SoCon)

S2 at Woff ord* (ESPN3)........................... L, 23-24S9 ELON (WMYA/ESPN3) ....................... L, 31-34S16 at NC State (ACC Network) .............. L, 16-49S23 at Colgate (PLN) .................................W, 45-14S30 ETSU* (ESPN3) ....................................W, 56-35O7 at Chattanooga* (ESPN3) ...............W, 41-17O14 VMI* (ESPN3) .......................................W, 42-10O21 MERCER* (ESPN3) ..............................W, 28-21O28 at Western Carolina* (ESPN3) .......3:30 p.m.N11 THE CITADEL* (ESPN3) ..........................2 p.m.N18 at Samford* (Stadium) ....................3:30 p.m.

S2 LIMESTONE (ESPN3) .........................W, 31-10S9 at #1 James Madison (CSN-MA+) ... L, 10-52S16 #13 THE CITADEL* (ESPN3).............. L, 25-31S23 MERCER* (ESPN3) .................... W, 26-23 (OT)S30 at Furman* (ESPN3) ........................... L, 35-56O7 ROBERT MORRIS (ESPN3) .................. W, 16-3O14 at #21 Western Carolina* (ESPN3) .. L, 10-49O28 WOFFORD* (ESPN3) ..............................1 p.m.N4 VMI* (ESPN3) ............................................3 p.m.N11 at Samford* (ESPN3) ..............................3 p.m.N18 at Chattanooga* (ESPN3) ....................2 p.m.

A31 JACKSONVILLE (ESPN3) ..................... W, 48-7S9 WOFFORD* (ESPN3) .......................... L, 27-28S16 at #15 Auburn (SEC Alternate) ....... L, 10-24S23 at ETSU* (ESPN3) .......................L, 23-26 (OT)S30 VMI* (ESPN3) .......................................W, 49-14O7 at #17 The Citadel* (ESPN3) ...........W, 24-14O14 CHATTANOOGA* (Stadium) ...........W, 30-10O21 at Furman* (ESPN3) ........................... L, 21-28N4 SAMFORD* (ESPN3) ...............................3 p.m.N11 at Western Carolina* (ESPN3) .............2 p.m.N18 at Alabama ................................................... TBA

A26 vs. #5 Jacksonville State (ESPN) ..... L, 13-27S9 at #12 LSU (SEC Alternate) .............. L, 10-45S16 UT MARTIN (ESPN3) ..............................L, 7-21S23 at VMI* (Stadium) ................................ W, 63-7S30 WESTERN CAROLINA* (ESPN3) .........L, 7-45O7 FURMAN* (ESPN3) ............................. L, 17-41O14 at Mercer* (Stadium) ......................... L, 10-30O21 THE CITADEL* (ESPN3) ...................... L, 14-20O28 at Samford* (ESPN3) ..............................3 p.m.N4 at Woff ord* (ESPN3).........................1:30 p.m.N18 ETSU* (ESPN3) .........................................2 p.m.

S2 at Air Force (ESPN3) ..............................L, 0-62S9 CATAWBA (ESPN3) .............................. L, 20-27S16 at Robert Morris (NEC Front Row) ...L, 0-23S23 CHATTANOOGA* (Stadium) ...............L, 7-63S30 at Mercer* (ESPN3) ............................. L, 14-49O7 #20 SAMFORD* (ESPN3) .....................L, 7-26O14 at Furman* (ESPN3) ........................... L, 10-42O21 #21 WESTERN CAROLINA* (ESPN3) .L, 6-27O28 at The Citadel* (ESPN3) ........................2 p.m.N4 at ETSU* (ESPN3) ....................................3 p.m.N11 WOFFORD* (ESPN3) ........................1:30 p.m.

S2 at Hawai’i (Spectrum PPV/MWC app) ... L, 18-41S9 DAVIDSON (ESPN3) ...........................W, 63-17S16 at Gardner-Webb (WMYA/BSN) ....W, 42-27S23 SAMFORD* (ESPN3) ..........................W, 38-34S30 at Chattanooga* (ESPN3) ................. W, 45-7O7 at #5 Woff ord* (ESPN3) ............L, 28-35 (OT)O14 ETSU* (ESPN3) ....................................W, 49-10O21 at VMI* (ESPN3) .................................... W, 26-7O28 FURMAN* (ESPN3) ...........................3:30 p.m.N4 at The Citadel* (ESPN3) ........................2 p.m.N11 MERCER* (ESPN3) ...................................2 p.m.N18 at North Carolina ........................................ TBA

S2 FURMAN* (ESPN3) ............................W, 24-23S9 at Mercer* (ESPN3) ............................W, 28-27S23 GARDNER-WEBB (ESPN3) ...............W, 27-24S30 at Presbyterian (BSN) ......................... W, 31-7O7 #22 WESTERN CARO.* (ESPN3) ...W, 35-28 (OT)O14 at #22 The Citadel* (ESPN3) ...........W, 20-16O21 #14 SAMFORD* (ESPN3) .................. L, 21-24O28 at ETSU* (ESPN3) ....................................1 p.m.N4 CHATTANOOGA* (ESPN3) .............1:30 p.m.N11 at VMI* (ESPN3) .................................1:30 p.m.N18 at South Carolina ........................................ TBA

ETSU(3-4, 1-3 SoCon)

Furman(5-3, 4-1 SoCon)

Mercer(4-4, 3-3 SoCon)

A31 KENNESAW STATE (CFDS/ESPN3) ...W, 28-23S7 WEST ALABAMA (ESPN3) ................W, 49-41S16 at #13 Georgia (SEC Alternate) ...... L, 14-42S23 at Western Carolina* (ESPN3) ......... L, 34-38S30 #11 THE CITADEL* (ESPN3).............W, 35-14O7 at VMI* (ESPN3) .................................... W, 26-7O21 at #5 Woff ord* (ESPN3) ....................W, 24-21O28 CHATTANOOGA* (ESPN3) ...................3 p.m.N4 at Mercer* (ESPN3) .................................3 p.m.N11 ETSU* (ESPN3) .........................................3 p.m.N18 FURMAN* (Stadium) ........................3:30 p.m.

Samford(5-2, 3-1 SoCon)

Chattanooga(1-7, 1-4 SoCon)

VMI(0-8, 0-5 SoCon)

Western Carolina(6-2, 4-1 SoCon)

Woff ord(6-1, 4-1 SoCon)

All times Eastern * - Denotes SoCon game ALL CAPS - Denotes home gameCFDS - 7 Communications’ College Football Down South


Team (1st-place votes) PS S4 S11 S18 S25 O2 O9 O16 O23 O30 N6 N13 N20 J8James Madison (26) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1North Dakota State 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2Jacksonville State 5 5 t6 7 t5 4 3 3 3Central Arkansas 15 16 16 13 12 8 6 6 4Sam Houston State 3 3 3 3 3 11 t9 7 5North Carolina A&T 25 t21 20 15 13 12 11 11 6South Dakota - - 23 14 10 6 4 4 7Samford 19 17 17 17 23 20 18 14 t8South Dakota State 6 4 4 4 4 9 7 13 t8Woff ord 11 10 9 9 7 5 5 5 10Elon - - - - - 23 20 15 11Eastern Washington 4 t6 12 11 t8 10 t9 8 12Grambling State 21 23 25 22 19 19 19 17 13Western Illinois - - 22 21 16 18 17 12 14Villanova 9 8 8 8 17 15 14 16 15New Hampshire 16 12 11 16 14 13 12 18 16Richmond 7 9 t6 6 15 14 13 10 17McNeese - - - - 25 22 21 19 18Youngstown State 8 t6 5 5 t5 3 8 9 19Western Carolina - - - - - - 25 21 20Illinois State 18 15 14 12 t8 7 15 24 21Weber State 22 20 21 18 18 16 16 23 22Nicholls - - - 23 - 25 23 20 23Northern Arizona - - - - - - 24 22 24Northern Iowa 20 t21 18 24 20 21 - - 25

Montana - - - - - - - 25 -The Citadel 12 13 13 10 11 17 22 - -Stony Brook - - - - - 24 - - -UT Martin - - - - 21 - - - -Albany - - - - 22 - - - -Tennessee State - 24 24 20 24 - - - -North Dakota 10 11 10 19 - - - - -Holy Cross - - - 25 - - - - -Chattanooga 13 14 15 - - - - - -Charleston Southern 14 18 19 - - - - - -Lehigh 17 19 - - - - - - -Colgate - 25 - - - - - - -Cal Poly 23 - - - - - - - -North Carolina Central 24 - - - - - - - -

Team (1st-place votes) PS S4 S11 S18 S25 O2 O9 O16 O23 O30 N6 N13 N20 J8James Madison (157) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1North Dakota State (9) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2Jacksonville State 6 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3Central Arkansas 15 15 14 12 11 6 6 6 4Sam Houston State 3 3 3 3 3 9 9 7 5South Dakota - - 23 13 10 7 4 4 6North Carolina A&T - - 25 21 17 16 15 12 7Woff ord 11 10 11 9 7 5 5 5 8Samford 19 17 17 18 25 20 19 16 9Elon - - - - 23 18 16 14 10South Dakota State 4 4 4 4 4 8 7 13 11Western Illinois 25 22 20 19 13 15 14 10 12Villanova 10 6 7 7 14 12 11 15 13Eastern Washington 5 7 12 11 9 10 10 8 14Grambling State 21 24 24 22 21 21 20 17 15Illinois State 20 18 18 14 12 11 17 24 16New Hampshire 13 12 9 15 15 13 12 18 17Western Carolina - - - - - 22 21 19 18Richmond 7 9 8 8 16 14 13 11 19McNeese - - - - - - 22 20 20Youngstown State 9 8 6 6 6 3 8 9 21Stony Brook - - - - - 23 - 22 22Delaware - - - - - - - - 23Montana - - - - - - 24 21 24Southern Utah - - - - - - - - 25

Weber State - 25 - 23 20 19 18 23 -North Carolina Central - - - - - - 25 25 -The Citadel 16 14 13 10 8 17 23 - -Albany 24 - - - 19 24 - - -UT Martin - - - 24 18 25 - - -Liberty - 20 19 16 22 - - - -Tennessee State - 23 22 20 24 - - - -North Dakota 8 11 10 17 - - - - -Holy Cross - - - 25 - - - - -Chattanooga 12 13 15 - - - - - -Charleston Southern 14 16 16 - - - - - -Northern Iowa 18 21 21 - - - - - -Lehigh 17 19 - - - - - - -Fordham 22 - - - - - - - -Cal Poly 23 - - - - - - - -

FCS COACHES POLL

STATS FCS TOP 25

Single-game passing yards

534, Scott Riddle (Elon) vs. Furman, Nov. 3, 2007532, Chris Sanders (UTC) vs. Furman, Nov. 20, 1999516, Devlin Hodges (SAM) at WCU, Sept. 23, 2017

515, Cedric Stevens (UTC) vs. App State, Oct. 30, 2004

Career passing yards

13,264, Scott Riddle (Elon), 2007-1010,392, Armanti Edwards (APP), 2006-098,644, Devlin Hodges, (SAM), 2015-present

8,197, Jacob Huesman (UTC), 2012-15

Career passing touchdowns

106, Scott Riddle (Elon), 2007-1074, Armanti Edwards (APP), 2006-0968, Devlin Hodges (SAM), 2015-pres.

64, Jacob Huesman (UTC), 2012-15

Career completion percentage

69.4, Devlin Hodges (SAM), 2015-pres.

67.3, Jacob Huesman (UTC), 2012-201566.4, Thomas Wilson (Elon), 2009-12

Career games passing for 400+ yards

6, Devlin Hodges (SAM), 2015-pres.

4, Chris Sanders (UTC), 1999-004, Richie Williams (APP), 2004

Single-game total off ense yards

570, Cedric Stevens (UTC) vs. App State, Oct. 30, 2004543, Devlin Hodges (SAM) at WCU, Sept. 23, 2017

526, Chris Sanders (UTC) vs. Furman, Nov. 20, 1999

Career total off ense yards

14,753, Armanti Edwards (APP), 2006-0913,147, Scott Riddle (Elon), 2007-1012,248, Jacob Huesman (UTC), 2012-159,397, Troy Mitchell (WCU), 2015-159,370, Richie Williams (APP), 2002-059,263, Devlin Hodges (SAM), 2015-pres.

8,711, Todd Wells (ETSU), 1997-00

Career punting average (minimum 100 punts)

44.4, Pumpy Tudors (UTC), 1989-9144.4, Ian Berryman (WCU), 2015-pres.

43.4, Joe Parker (APP), 1973-7643.4, Pat Velarde (MAR), 1982-8343.2, Austin Barnard (SAM), 2014-pres.

43.0, Harold Alexander (APP), 1989-9243.0, Ray Early (FUR), 2010-13

Career kickoff return yards

2,725, Mike Rucker (WOF), 2007-20102,535, Carlos Frank (CIT), 1996-99 2,493, Fabian Truss (SAM), 2010-132,301, CoCo Hillary (APP), 2007-20112,279, Detrez Newsome (WCU), 2014-pres.

2,257, Laron Scott (GSU), 2008-11

Career all-purpose yards

7,355, Thomas Haskins (VMI), 1993-966,784, Adrian Peterson (GSU), 1998-016,640, Fabian Truss (SAM), 2010-136,369, Detrez Newsome (WCU), 2014-pres.

5,843, Eric Breitenstein (WOF), 2009-12

Career interception return yards

453, Rick Harris (ETSU), 1986-89303, Jeff Varnadoe (CIT), 1970-71298, Donnie Abraham (ETSU), 1992-95275, Lucas Webb (UTC), 2014-17

261, Kerr Kump (VMI), 1966-68

SOCON RECORDS


STADIUM AFFILIATES – CHATTANOOGA AT MERCER (SATURDAY, NOV. 18)Station AFFIL Channel DMA Name ST

Verizon Fios Stadium 820 New York NYKHIZ LD-4 Stadium 39.4 Los Angeles CAVerizon Fios Stadium 820 Los Angeles CAVerizon Fios Stadium 820 Philadelphia PAKPFW LD-4 Stadium 18.4 Dallas-Ft. Worth TXVerizon Fios Stadium 820 Dallas-Ft. Worth TXVerizon Fios Stadium 820 Washington DC (Hagrstwn) DCKEHO LD-5 Stadium 32.5 Houston TXVerizon Fios Stadium 820 Boston (Manchester) MAWDWW LD-3 Stadium 28.3 Atlanta GAVerizon Fios Stadium 820 Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota) FLKUNS-3 Stadium 51.3 Seattle-Tacoma WAWFEF LD-3 Stadium 50.3 Orlando FLWSWF-2 Stadium 10.3 Orlando FLWQDI D-4 Stadium 20.4 Cleveland-Akron OHKAHC LD-1 Stadium 43.1 Sacramento CAKDNL-4 Stadium 30.4 St. Louis MOWODK LD-5 Stadium 45.5 St. Louis MOWVEB LD-3 Stadium 40.3 Charlotte NCWPNT-2 Stadium 22.2 Pittsburgh PAVerizon Fios Stadium 820 Pittsburgh PAWLFL-2 Stadium 22.2 Raleigh-Durham (Fayetvlle) NCKATU-4 Stadium 2.4 Portland ORVerizon Fios Stadium 820 Baltimore MDWNAB-2 Stadium 58.2 Nashville TNWKUW-LD-3 Stadium 40.3 Nashville TNKMYS-2 Stadium 35.2 San Antonio TXWTTE-3 Stadium 28.3 Columbus OHKCMN LD-4 Stadium 42.4 Kansas City MOWKRC-3 Stadium 12.3 Cincinnati OHWLOS-4 Stadium 13.4 Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville SCWWHB-3 Stadium 48.3 West Palm Beach FLKSNV-4 Stadium 33.4 Las Vegas NVKBZC LD-1 Stadium 42.1 Oklahoma City OKWTVZ-2 Stadium 33.2 Norfolk-Portsmth-Newpt Nws VAVerizon Fios Stadium 820 Norfolk-Portsmth-Newpt Nws VAWBMA-3 Stadium 58.3 Birmingham (Ann and Tusc) ALWABM MNT 68.1 Birmingham (Ann and Tusc) ALWXLV-2 Stadium 45.2 Greensboro-H.Point-W.Salem NCWRCZ LD-2 Stadium 35.2 Jacksonville FLWQDT LD-4 Stadium 33.4 New Orleans LAWQEK LD-4 Stadium 36.4 Memphis TN

Station AFFIL Channel DMA Name ST

Verizon Fios Stadium 820 Providence-New Bedford RIWNYO-2 Stadium 49.2 Buff alo NYVerizon Fios Stadium 820 Buff alo NYKMPH-4 Stadium 26.4 Fresno CAVerizon Fios Stadium 820 Richmond-Petersburg VAWSWB-4 Stadium 38.4 Wilkes Barre-Scranton-Hztn PAKZLL LD-3 Stadium 39.3 Tulsa OKVerizon Fios Stadium 820 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NYWCWN-4 Stadium 45.4 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NYWPMI-3 Stadium 15.3 Mobile ALWKEF-2 Stadium 22.2 Dayton OHWSET-2 Stadium 13.2 Roanoke-Lynchburg VAWCWF-4 Stadium 14.4 Green Bay WIKCYM LD-4 Stadium 45.4 Des Moines-Ames IAWVAH-2 Stadium 11.2 Charleston-Huntington WVWSMH-4 Stadium 66.4 Flint MIKXVO-4 Stadium 15.4 Omaha NEWACH-2 Stadium 57.2 Columbia SCWNWO-2 Stadium 24.2 Toledo OHWIFS-4 Stadium 57.4 Madison WIWZCK LP-4 Stadium 8.4 Madison WIWGME-3 Stadium 13.3 Portland-Auburn MEVerizon Fios Stadium 820 Syracuse NYWBUI-3 Stadium 23.3 Champaign ILWFLI-2 MNT 53.2 Chattanooga TNKFXA-4 Stadium 28.4 Cedar Rapids IAKFOX-4 Stadium 14.4 El Paso TXKAJL LD-1 Stadium 16.1 Ft. Smith-Fay-Sprngdl-Rgrs ARWWMB-3 Stadium 21.3 Myrtle Beach-Florence SCWTLF-4 Stadium 24.4 Tallahassee FLKXKW Stadium 32.1 Lafayette LAKBFX-4 Stadium 29.4 Bakersfi eld CAWILM-3 Stadium 10.3 Wilmington NCWILM IND 10.1 Wilmington NCKVIH-4/KVII-4 Stadium 7.4/12.4 Amarillo TXKBTV-4 Stadium 4.4 Beamont/Port Arthur TXKPTH-4 Stadium 44.4 Sioux City IAWFXL FOX 31.1 Albany GAWRNN-2 Stadium 48.2 Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Westchester, Columbia, Sullivan, Fairfi eld Counties NY+A2:E83

2017 Southern ConferenceTeam Statistics Through games of Oct 26, 2017

SCORING OFFENSE G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP Saf Pts Avg/G

1. Western Carolina 8 41 7 40 0 1 0 309 38.6

2. Furman 8 38 6 36 0 0 0 282 35.2

3. Samford 7 27 7 27 0 0 0 210 30.0

4. Mercer 8 31 6 28 0 0 0 232 29.0

5. Wofford 7 24 6 22 1 0 0 186 26.6

6. The Citadel 7 23 4 22 0 0 1 174 24.9

7. ETSU 7 17 11 14 2 0 0 153 21.9

8. Chattanooga 8 18 5 18 0 0 0 141 17.6

9. VMI 8 8 3 8 0 0 0 65 8.1

SCORING DEFENSE G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP Saf Pts Avg/G

1. Mercer 8 20 4 19 0 0 0 151 18.9

2. The Citadel 7 19 2 17 1 0 0 139 19.9

3. Wofford 7 19 5 18 0 0 1 149 21.3


5. Furman 8 26 7 25 1 0 0 204 25.5

6. Samford 7 26 2 24 0 0 0 186 26.6

7. Chattanooga 8 31 7 29 0 0 0 236 29.5

8. ETSU 7 30 5 29 0 0 0 224 32.0

9. VMI 8 42 9 39 0 0 0 318 39.8

TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Avg/G

1. Western Carolina 8 1998 1744 579 3742 6.5 37 467.8

2. Furman 8 1824 1588 563 3412 6.1 36 426.5

3. Samford 7 570 2339 486 2909 6.0 24 415.6

4. The Citadel 7 2166 691 522 2857 5.5 23 408.1

5. Wofford 7 1954 852 466 2806 6.0 24 400.9

6. Mercer 8 1220 1740 540 2960 5.5 30 370.0

7. ETSU 7 538 1596 447 2134 4.8 16 304.9

8. Chattanooga 8 541 1586 494 2127 4.3 17 265.9

9. VMI 8 694 1025 451 1719 3.8 7 214.9

TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Avg/G

1. The Citadel 7 783 1307 388 2090 5.4 19 298.6

2. Wofford 7 880 1341 441 2221 5.0 18 317.3

3. Mercer 8 1148 1553 544 2701 5.0 19 337.6


5. Chattanooga 8 1549 1325 499 2874 5.8 26 359.2

6. ETSU 7 1375 1261 490 2636 5.4 26 376.6

7. Furman 8 1004 2036 540 3040 5.6 25 380.0

8. Samford 7 1599 1558 538 3157 5.9 25 451.0

9. VMI 8 1699 1992 610 3691 6.1 40 461.4

RUSHING OFFENSE G Att. Yards Avg/A Long TD Avg/G

1. The Citadel 7 427 2166 5.1 74 17 309.4

2. Wofford 7 376 1954 5.2 94 21 279.1

3. Western Carolina 8 363 1998 5.5 88 21 249.8

4. Furman 8 413 1824 4.4 45 23 228.0

5. Mercer 8 321 1220 3.8 46 17 152.5

6. VMI 8 233 694 3.0 56 4 86.8

7. Samford 7 194 570 2.9 49 4 81.4

8. ETSU 7 236 538 2.3 18 5 76.9

9. Chattanooga 8 217 541 2.5 61 8 67.6

RUSHING DEFENSE G Att. Yards Avg/A Long TD Avg/G

1. The Citadel 7 209 783 3.7 76 12 111.9

2. Furman 8 275 1004 3.7 51 12 125.5

3. Wofford 7 234 880 3.8 44 9 125.7

4. Mercer 8 329 1148 3.5 57 15 143.5


6. Chattanooga 8 354 1549 4.4 76 12 193.6

7. ETSU 7 319 1375 4.3 41 15 196.4

8. VMI 8 387 1699 4.4 44 23 212.4

9. Samford 7 354 1599 4.5 48 17 228.4

PASS OFFENSE G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/A TD Avg/G

1. Samford 7 196-292-5 67.1 2339 8.0 20 334.1

2. ETSU 7 125-211-4 59.2 1596 7.6 11 228.0

3. Western Carolina 8 130-216-7 60.2 1744 8.1 16 218.0

4. Mercer 8 141-219-6 64.4 1740 7.9 13 217.5

5. Furman 8 94-150-2 62.7 1588 10.6 13 198.5

6. Chattanooga 8 160-277-14 57.8 1586 5.7 9 198.2

7. VMI 8 109-218-15 50.0 1025 4.7 3 128.1

8. Wofford 7 48-90-1 53.3 852 9.5 3 121.7

9. The Citadel 7 40-95-3 42.1 691 7.3 6 98.7

PASS DEFENSE G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/A TD Avg/G

1. Chattanooga 8 90-145-5 62.1 1325 9.1 14 165.6

2. ETSU 7 100-171-3 58.5 1261 7.4 11 180.1


4. The Citadel 7 106-179-10 59.2 1307 7.3 7 186.7

5. Wofford 7 124-207-9 59.9 1341 6.5 9 191.6

6. Mercer 8 140-215-7 65.1 1553 7.2 4 194.1

7. Samford 7 104-184-8 56.5 1558 8.5 8 222.6

8. VMI 8 140-223-4 62.8 1992 8.9 17 249.0

9. Furman 8 179-265-7 67.5 2036 7.7 13 254.5

PASS EFFICIENCY G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/G TD Effic.

1. Furman 8 94-150-2 62.7 1588 198.5 13 177.5

2. Samford 7 196-292-5 67.1 2339 334.1 20 153.6


4. Mercer 8 141-219-6 64.4 1740 217.5 13 145.2

5. Wofford 7 48-90-1 53.3 852 121.7 3 141.6

6. ETSU 7 125-211-4 59.2 1596 228.0 11 136.2

7. The Citadel 7 40-95-3 42.1 691 98.7 6 117.7

8. Chattanooga 8 160-277-14 57.8 1586 198.2 9 106.5

9. VMI 8 109-218-15 50.0 1025 128.1 3 80.3

PASS DEFENSE EFFIC. G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/G TD Effic.


2. Wofford 7 124-207-9 59.9 1341 191.6 9 120.0

3. The Citadel 7 106-179-10 59.2 1307 186.7 7 122.3

4. Mercer 8 140-215-7 65.1 1553 194.1 4 125.4

5. Samford 7 104-184-8 56.5 1558 222.6 8 133.3

6. ETSU 7 100-171-3 58.5 1261 180.1 11 138.1

7. Furman 8 179-265-7 67.5 2036 254.5 13 143.0

8. VMI 8 140-223-4 62.8 1992 249.0 17 159.4

9. Chattanooga 8 90-145-5 62.1 1325 165.6 14 163.8

2017 Southern Conference

Team Statistics Through games of Oct 26, 2017

KICKOFF RETURNS G No. Yards TD Long Avg.

1. Samford 7 21 498 1 93 23.7

2. Furman 8 19 439 1 47 23.1

3. Mercer 8 15 336 0 90 22.4

4. Wofford 7 20 399 0 42 20.0

5. Chattanooga 8 37 721 0 50 19.5

6. Western Carolina 8 23 438 0 45 19.0

7. ETSU 7 30 565 0 40 18.8

8. The Citadel 7 14 263 0 28 18.8

9. VMI 8 42 716 0 31 17.0

PUNT RETURN AVG G No. Yards TD Long Avg.

1. Mercer 8 14 160 0 51 11.4

2. Chattanooga 8 11 125 0 37 11.4

3. The Citadel 7 11 83 0 16 7.5

4. Wofford 7 12 90 0 18 7.5


6. VMI 8 10 65 0 34 6.5

7. Samford 7 13 83 0 24 6.4

8. ETSU 7 7 31 0 15 4.4

9. Furman 8 8 21 0 13 2.6

INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yards TD Long Avg.

1. The Citadel 7 10 50 0 28 5.0


3. Wofford 7 9 41 0 30 4.6

4. Samford 7 8 86 2 63 10.8

5. Furman 8 7 89 1 42 12.7

6. Mercer 8 7 88 1 51 12.6

7. Chattanooga 8 5 66 0 23 13.2

8. VMI 8 4 92 1 60 23.0

9. ETSU 7 3 38 1 33 12.7

PUNTING G No. Yards Avg/P Ret. Avg/R TB Net/P

1. Western Carolina 8 40 1794 44.8 94 2.3 4 40.5

2. Samford 7 41 1794 43.8 111 2.7 5 38.6

3. VMI 8 55 2307 41.9 205 3.7 2 37.5

4. Mercer 8 41 1669 40.7 119 2.9 1 37.3

5. Wofford 7 28 1145 40.9 83 3.0 1 37.2

6. The Citadel 7 32 1249 39.0 53 1.7 2 36.1

7. Furman 8 28 1163 41.5 114 4.1 2 36.0

8. Chattanooga 8 43 1705 39.7 152 3.5 2 35.2

9. ETSU 7 41 1608 39.2 219 5.3 2 32.9

KICKOFF COVERAGE G No. Yards Avg. Ret. TB NetAvg

1. Mercer 8 44 2519 57.2 414 8 44.2

2. Samford 7 42 2674 63.7 527 18 42.5

3. ETSU 7 33 2072 62.8 265 21 42.0

4. The Citadel 7 33 2118 64.2 419 16 41.8

5. Furman 8 51 3211 63.0 641 24 41.0

6. Chattanooga 8 31 1812 58.5 472 4 40.6

7. Wofford 7 36 2220 61.7 597 9 40.1


9. VMI 8 18 1016 56.4 276 3 37.8

FIELD GOALS G Made Att Pct.

1. Wofford 7 6 7 . 8 5 7

2. Chattanooga 8 5 6 . 8 3 3

3. ETSU 7 11 15 . 7 3 3

4. Samford 7 7 10 . 7 0 0

5. Furman 8 6 9 . 6 6 7

6. Mercer 8 6 10 . 6 0 0

7. Western Carolina 8 7 13 . 5 3 8

8. The Citadel 7 4 8 . 5 0 0

9. VMI 8 3 8 . 3 7 5

PAT KICKING G Made Att Pct.

1. Western Carolina 8 40 40 1.000

Furman 8 36 36 1.000

Samford 7 27 27 1.000

Wofford 7 22 22 1.000

Chattanooga 8 18 18 1.000

ETSU 7 14 14 1.000

VMI 8 8 8 1.000

8. The Citadel 7 22 23 . 9 5 7

9. Mercer 8 28 30 . 9 3 3

SACKS BY G No. Yards Avg/G

1. Furman 8 23 154 2.88


3. Samford 7 18 105 2.57

4. VMI 8 16 119 2.00

5. ETSU 7 14 65 2.00

6. Mercer 8 13 98 1.62

7. The Citadel 7 11 61 1.57

8. Chattanooga 8 8 57 1.00

9. Wofford 7 7 39 1.00

SACKS AGAINST G No. Yards Avg/G

1. The Citadel 7 4 27 0.57

2. Furman 8 5 29 0.62

3. Wofford 7 6 33 0.86

4. Mercer 8 10 69 1.25

5. Samford 7 12 65 1.71

6. VMI 8 18 129 2.25


8. ETSU 7 22 138 3.14

9. Chattanooga 8 25 204 3.12

FIRST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total Avg/G


2. Furman 8 98 70 11 179 22.4

3. Mercer 8 71 69 17 157 19.6

4. The Citadel 7 116 25 10 151 21.6

5. Samford 7 34 98 12 144 20.6

6. Wofford 7 97 32 3 132 18.9

7. Chattanooga 8 36 73 15 124 15.5

8. ETSU 7 39 64 16 119 17.0

9. VMI 8 39 40 10 89 11.1



OPPONENT 1ST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total Avg/G

1. The Citadel 7 43 51 8 102 14.6

2. Wofford 7 45 65 9 119 17.0

3. ETSU 7 79 57 10 146 20.9

4. Chattanooga 8 79 53 15 147 18.4

5. Mercer 8 64 69 15 148 18.5

6. Samford 7 83 61 7 151 21.6


8. Furman 8 56 90 8 154 19.2

9. VMI 8 93 87 7 187 23.4

3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS G Conv. Att. Pct.

1. Furman 8 59 116 50.9

2. Wofford 7 45 96 46.9

3. The Citadel 7 51 111 45.9


5. Mercer 8 40 104 38.5

6. Samford 7 36 94 38.3

7. Chattanooga 8 32 105 30.5

8. ETSU 7 29 97 29.9

9. VMI 8 30 110 27.3

OPP 3RD-DN CONVERT G Conv. Att. Pct.

1. The Citadel 7 24 73 32.9


3. Furman 8 38 105 36.2

4. Mercer 8 44 116 37.9

5. Samford 7 45 111 40.5

6. Chattanooga 8 44 105 41.9

7. ETSU 7 42 99 42.4

8. Wofford 7 40 92 43.5

9. VMI 8 56 116 48.3

4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS G Conv. Att. Pct.

1. Furman 8 12 16 75.0

2. Wofford 7 7 12 58.3


4. Mercer 8 4 9 44.4


6. The Citadel 7 6 16 37.5

7. ETSU 7 2 7 28.6

8. VMI 8 2 9 22.2

9. Samford 7 1 6 16.7

OPP 4TH-DN CONVERT G Conv. Att. Pct.

1. Samford 7 3 16 18.8


3. The Citadel 7 2 5 40.0

4. Wofford 7 3 7 42.9


6. ETSU 7 6 13 46.2

7. Mercer 8 10 18 55.6

8. Furman 8 10 15 66.7

9. VMI 8 11 13 84.6

PENALTIES G No. Yards Avg/G

1. VMI 8 25 211 26.4

2. Furman 8 27 264 33.0

3. Samford 7 27 240 34.3

4. The Citadel 7 31 269 38.4

5. ETSU 7 37 333 47.6

6. Wofford 7 37 340 48.6

7. Chattanooga 8 51 425 53.1

8. Mercer 8 48 458 57.2


OPPONENT PENALTIES G No. Yards Avg/G

1. ETSU 7 53 504 72.0


3. Chattanooga 8 51 494 61.8

4. Mercer 8 47 465 58.1

5. Furman 8 56 464 58.0

6. VMI 8 47 393 49.1

7. Samford 7 40 343 49.0

8. Wofford 7 28 231 33.0

9. The Citadel 7 22 221 31.6

TIME OF POSSESSION G Total possesion Avgerage/game

1. The Citadel 7 244:16 34:53

2. Wofford 7 226:40 32:22

3. Furman 8 244:55 30:36

4. ETSU 7 212:56 30:25

5. Mercer 8 240:03 30:00

6. Chattanooga 8 231:00 28:52

7. Western Carolina 8 220:51 27:36

8. Samford 7 186:22 26:37

9. VMI 8 211:40 26:27

TURNOVER MARGIN

Gained Lost

Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Margin Per/G

1. Mercer 8 10 7 17 4 6 10 +7 0.88

2. Samford 7 5 8 13 2 5 7 +6 0.86

The Citadel 7 4 10 14 5 3 8 +6 0.86

4. Wofford 7 3 9 12 7 1 8 +4 0.57

5. Furman 8 6 7 13 7 2 9 +4 0.50

6. Western Carolina 8 6 9 15 5 7 12 +3 0.38

7. ETSU 7 6 3 9 3 4 7 +2 0.29

8. Chattanooga 8 1 5 6 5 14 19 -13 -1.62

9. VMI 8 0 4 4 5 15 20 -16 -2.00

RED ZONE OFFENSE G Scores Pct. TDs (R-P) FGs TurnO

1. Mercer 8 28-30 93.3 22 17-5 6-8 0

2. Furman 8 29-33 87.9 25 20-5 4-5 0

3. ETSU 7 14-16 87.5 8 5-3 6-8 0

4. Wofford 7 23-27 85.2 17 17-0 6-6 2

5. Western Carolina 8 27-32 84.4 22 15-7 5-9 0

6. Chattanooga 8 16-21 76.2 12 6-6 4-4 3

7. Samford 7 21-29 72.4 14 3-11 7-9 2

8. The Citadel 7 20-29 69.0 18 15-3 2-4 2

9. VMI 8 4-8 50.0 3 2-1 1-3 0



RED ZONE DEFENSE G Scores Pct. TDs (R-P) FGs TurnO

1. Mercer 8 17-24 70.8 15 13-2 2-5 2

2. Wofford 7 19-26 73.1 14 8-6 5-8 3

3. Samford 7 18-24 75.0 17 15-2 1-2 1

4. The Citadel 7 13-17 76.5 12 10-2 1-1 3


6. Furman 8 24-30 80.0 18 11-7 6-6 3

7. Chattanooga 8 21-26 80.8 16 11-5 5-9 1

8. ETSU 7 22-26 84.6 18 12-6 4-6 0

9. VMI 8 34-39 87.2 26 19-7 8-10 0

ON-SIDE KICKS BY G Recovered Attempts Success%

1. VMI 8 1 1 100.0

The Citadel 7 1 1 100.0

3. ETSU 7 0 1 0.0

Furman 8 0 1 0.0

Western Carolina 8 0 0 0.0


Samford 7 0 0 0.0

Wofford 7 0 0 0.0

Mercer 8 0 0 0.0

ON-SIDE KICKS AGAINST G Recovered Attempts Success%

1. Wofford 7 0 1 0.0

Furman 8 0 1 0.0

VMI 8 0 0 0.0


Samford 7 0 0 0.0

ETSU 7 0 0 0.0


8. Mercer 8 1 1 100.0


2017 Southern ConferenceIndividual Statistics Through games of Oct 26, 2017

RUSHING Cl G Att. Yds Avg. TD Lg Avg/G

1. Tyrie Adams-WCU So 8 119 575 4.8 2 48 71.9

2. Andre Stoddard-WOF Jr 7 87 477 5.5 9 31 68.1

3. Lennox McAfee-WOF Jr 7 59 448 7.6 3 57 64.0

4. Kealand Dirks-FUR Jr 7 97 430 4.4 4 32 61.4

5. Blake Morgan-WOF So 7 58 402 6.9 4 94 57.4

6. Grant Drakeford-CIT Jr 7 41 389 9.5 1 45 55.6

7. Cam Jackson-CIT Sr 7 59 375 6.4 1 74 53.6

8. Dominique Allen-CIT Sr 7 84 365 4.3 6 54 52.1

9. Tee Mitchell-MER Jr 8 106 416 3.9 6 46 52.0

10. Darius Morehead-FUR Fr 8 62 381 6.1 4 22 47.6

PASSING AVG/GAME Cl G Comp-Att-Int Yds TD Avg/G

1. Devlin Hodges-SAM Jr 7 194-290-5 2321 20 331.6

2. Austin Herink-ETSU Jr 7 124-210-4 1593 11 227.6

3. Kaelan Riley-MER Fr 8 138-216-6 1726 13 215.8

4. Tyrie Adams-WCU So 8 125-208-7 1678 15 209.8

5. PJ Blazejowski-FUR Sr 8 88-143-2 1535 13 191.9

6. Brandon Goodson-WOF Sr 7 42-78-0 691 2 9 8 . 7

7. Duncan Hodges-VMI Fr 7 62-117-8 528 3 7 5 . 4

8. Dominique Allen-CIT Sr 7 26-66-3 391 2 5 5 . 9

9. Jordan Black-CIT So 6 14-27-0 300 4 5 0 . 0

10. Reece Udinski-VMI Fr 6 13-28-3 120 0 2 0 . 0

PASS EFFICIENCY Cl G Comp-Att-Int Yds TD Eff.

1. Jordan Black-CIT So 6 14-27-0 300 4 194.1





6. Brandon Goodson-WOF Sr 7 42-78-0 691 2 136.7





RECEPTIONS/GAME Cl G No. Yds TD Lg Yds/G Rec/G

1. Kelvin McKnight-SAM Jr 7 62 831 10 58 118.7 8.9

2. Terryon Robinson-WCU Sr 8 44 670 7 67 83.8 5.5

3. Chris Shelling-SAM So 7 38 476 3 72 68.0 5.4

4. Marquise Irvin-MER Jr 8 36 442 4 40 55.2 4.5

5. Steffon Hill-WCU Sr 8 32 510 4 58 63.8 4.0

Chandler Curtis-MER Sr 8 32 429 4 61 53.6 4.0

7. Thomas Gordon-FUR So 6 20 381 1 77 63.5 3.3

TaDarryl Marshall-SAM So 6 20 229 2 63 38.2 3.3

9. Alphonso Stewart-UTC Sr 8 26 325 2 41 40.6 3.2

Bingo Morton-UTC Jr 8 26 295 3 59 36.9 3.2

RECEIVE YDS/GAME Cl G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/C Yds/G

1. Kelvin McKnight-SAM Jr 7 62 831 10 58 13.4118.7




5. Thomas Gordon-FUR So 6 20 381 1 77 19.0 63.5

6. Logan McCarter-FUR Sr 8 22 444 3 64 20.2 55.5


8. Chandler Curtis-MER Sr 8 32 429 4 61 13.4 53.6

9. Andrew Harris-SAM Jr 6 18 306 3 57 17.0 51.0

10. Blake Morgan-WOF So 7 14 298 0 72 21.3 42.6

TOTAL OFFENSE Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G

1. Devlin Hodges-SAM Jr 7 70 2321 339 2391 341.6

2. Tyrie Adams-WCU So 8 575 1678 327 2253 281.6

3. Kaelan Riley-MER Fr 8 172 1726 278 1898 237.2

4. Austin Herink-ETSU Jr 7 32 1593 267 1625 232.1

5. PJ Blazejowski-FUR Sr 8 205 1535 197 1740 217.5

6. Brandon Goodson-WOF Sr 7 191 691 127 882 126.0

7. Dominique Allen-CIT Sr 7 365 391 150 756 108.0

8. Jordan Black-CIT So 6 275 300 83 575 95.8

9. Duncan Hodges-VMI Fr 7 46 528 155 574 82.0

10. Lennox McAfee-WOF Jr 7 448 75 60 523 74.7

SCORING Cl G TD FG XPT 2XP Pts Pts/G

1. Kelvin McKnight-SAM Jr 7 10 0 0 0 60 8.6

2. Andre Stoddard-WOF Jr 7 9 0 0 0 54 7.7

3. Antonio Wilcox-FUR Sr 8 10 0 0 0 60 7.5

4. Jordan Weaver-SAM Fr 7 0 7 27 0 48 6.9

5. Grayson Atkins-FUR Fr 8 0 6 36 0 54 6.8

6. JJ Jerman-ETSU Jr 7 0 11 14 0 47 6.7

7. Will Horton-WCU Fr 6 0 2 31 0 37 6.2

8. Cole Fisher-MER Jr 8 0 6 28 0 46 5.8

9. Luke Carter-WOF So 7 0 6 22 0 40 5.7

10. Tee Mitchell-MER Jr 8 7 0 0 0 42 5.2

SCORING (TDs) Cl G TD Run Pass Ret Pat Pts Avg/G

1. Kelvin McKnight-SAM Jr 7 10 0 10 0 0 60 8.6

2. Andre Stoddard-WOF Jr 7 9 9 0 0 0 54 7.7

3. Antonio Wilcox-FUR Sr 8 10 9 1 0 0 60 7.5

4. Corey Holloway-WCU Jr 8 7 6 1 0 0 42 5.2

Darrell Bridges-UTC Sr 8 7 6 1 0 0 42 5.2

Terryon Robinson-WCU Sr 8 7 0 7 0 0 42 5.2

Tee Mitchell-MER Jr 8 7 6 1 0 0 42 5.2

8. Donnavan Spencer-WCU Fr 7 6 6 0 0 0 36 5.1

Dominique Allen-CIT Sr 7 6 6 0 0 0 36 5.1

10. CJ Leggett-MER Jr 8 6 6 0 0 0 36 4.5

SCORING (KICK) Cl G PAT FG Pts Avg/G

1. Jordan Weaver-SAM Fr 7 27-27 7-10 48 6.9

2. Grayson Atkins-FUR Fr 8 36-36 6-9 54 6.8

3. JJ Jerman-ETSU Jr 7 14-14 11-15 47 6.7

4. Will Horton-WCU Fr 6 31-31 2-4 37 6.2

5. Cole Fisher-MER Jr 8 28-30 6-10 46 5.8

6. Luke Carter-WOF So 7 22-22 6-7 40 5.7

7. Jacob Godek-CIT So 7 22-23 4-8 34 4.9

8. Victor Ulmo-UTC Fr 8 18-18 5-6 33 4.1

9. Grant Clemons-VMI So 6 5-5 3-7 14 2.3

10. Ian Berryman-WCU Jr 8 1-1 1-3 4 0.5

PUNT RETURN AVG Cl G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G

KICK RETURN AVG Cl G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G

1. Darius Harvey-SAM Jr 7 20 475 1 93 23.8

2. Quan Harrison-ETSU So 7 14 281 0 40 20.1

3. Mason Dermott-VMI So 8 38 671 0 31 17.7


Individual Statistics Through games of Oct 26, 2017

ALL PURPOSE Cl G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G


2. Thomas Gordon-FUR So 6 28 381 14 190 613 102.2

3. Blake Morgan-WOF So 7 402 298 0 0 700 100.0

4. Chandler Curtis-MER Sr 8 3 429 154 193 779 97.4

5. Lennox McAfee-WOF Jr 7 448 35 90 89 662 94.6

6. Cam Jackson-CIT Sr 7 375 128 0 130 633 90.4

7. Mason Dermott-VMI So 8 10 42 0 671 723 90.4

8. Terryon Robinson-WCU Sr 8 0 670 27 0 697 87.1

9. Chris Shelling-SAM So 7 60 476 0 0 536 76.6


PUNTING Cl G No. Yds Lg I20 50+ TB Avg.

1. Austin Barnard-SAM Sr 7 36 1657 60 9 11 4 46.0

2. Ian Berryman-WCU Jr 8 38 1700 62 18 13 4 44.7

3. Bill Hogan-VMI Jr 8 49 2126 69 6 11 2 43.4

4. JC Hollingsworth-FUR Sr 8 27 1147 71 6 6 2 42.5

5. Luke Carter-WOF So 7 27 1112 54 6 1 1 41.2

6. Grant Goupil-MER Fr 8 41 1669 53 15 3 1 40.7

7. Marion Watson-ETSU Jr 7 33 1335 54 8 3 2 40.5

8. Colin Brewer-UTC So 8 43 1705 53 7 4 2 39.7

9. Gage Russell-CIT Fr 7 19 732 51 5 2 2 38.5

FIELD GOALS Cl G Made Att. Long Pct. FG/G

1. JJ Jerman-ETSU Jr 7 11 15 49 73.3 1.57

2. Jordan Weaver-SAM Fr 7 7 10 40 70.0 1.00

3. Luke Carter-WOF So 7 6 7 44 85.7 0.86

4. Grayson Atkins-FUR Fr 8 6 9 46 66.7 0.75

Cole Fisher-MER Jr 8 6 10 34 60.0 0.75

6. Victor Ulmo-UTC Fr 8 5 6 44 83.3 0.62

7. Jacob Godek-CIT So 7 4 8 46 50.0 0.57

8. Grant Clemons-VMI So 6 3 7 39 42.9 0.50

9. Will Horton-WCU Fr 6 2 4 40 50.0 0.33

10. Ian Berryman-WCU Jr 8 1 3 30 33.3 0.12

FIELD GOAL PCT Cl G Made Att. Long Pct.

1. JJ Jerman-ETSU Jr 7 11 15 49 73.3

PAT KICKING PCT Cl G Made Att. Pct.

1. Grayson Atkins-FUR Fr 8 36 36 100.0

Will Horton-WCU Fr 6 31 31 100.0

Jordan Weaver-SAM Fr 7 27 27 100.0

Luke Carter-WOF So 7 22 22 100.0

Victor Ulmo-UTC Fr 8 18 18 100.0

JJ Jerman-ETSU Jr 7 14 14 100.0

7. Jacob Godek-CIT So 7 22 23 95.7

8. Cole Fisher-MER Jr 8 28 30 93.3



TACKLES (All positions) Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G

1. Allan Cratsenberg-VMI Sr 8 LB 41 47 88 11.0

2. Lee Bennett-MER Sr 8 LB 20 58 78 9.8

3. Shaheed Salmon-SAM Sr 6 LB 34 24 58 9.7

4. Ahmad Gooden-SAM Jr 7 DL 31 35 66 9.4

Marvin Tillman-WCU Jr 7 DB 40 26 66 9.4

6. Deion Pierre-SAM Sr 7 LB 31 33 64 9.1

7. Ryan Francis-VMI Sr 8 LB 33 40 73 9.1

Greg Sanders-VMI Sr 8 DB 34 39 73 9.1

9. Tavon Lawson-UTC Jr 6 DB 26 24 50 8.3

10. A.J. Newman-WCU Sr 8 LB 28 38 66 8.2

11. Myles Pierce-CIT Sr 7 LB 24 33 57 8.1

12. Dylan Weigel-ETSU Jr 7 LB 24 31 55 7.9

River Boruff-ETSU Jr 7 LB 25 30 55 7.9

14. Tae Davis-UTC Sr 6 LB 25 21 46 7.7

15. Eric Jackson-MER So 8 DB 28 32 60 7.5

16. Omari Williams-SAM Sr 7 DB 34 18 52 7.4

17. Daniel Riddle-WCU Sr 8 LB 22 35 57 7.1

18. Kailik Williams-CIT Sr 7 DB 34 15 49 7.0

19. Brian Lipscomb-VMI Jr 8 LB 28 27 55 6.9

20. Elijah McKoy-FUR Fr 7 LB 19 29 48 6.9

21. Colton Clemons-WOF Jr 7 LB 18 29 47 6.7

Reynard Ellis-FUR Fr 7 LB 22 25 47 6.7

23. Datavious Wilson-WOF So 7 LB 13 33 46 6.6

24. Malik Rivera-WOF Sr 7 DB 22 23 45 6.4

25. LeMarkus Bailey-MER Jr 8 LB 33 18 51 6.4

26. Kaman Cooper-ETSU So 7 DB 20 24 44 6.3

27. Will Coneway-MER So 8 LB 14 34 48 6.0

Mason Alstatt-WOF So 7 DB 21 21 42 6.0

Christian Stark-SAM Jr 7 DB 27 15 42 6.0

30. Bryan Okeh-FUR So 8 DB 21 25 46 5.8

Kendall White-WCU Sr 8 LB 30 16 46 5.8

32. Nasir Player-ETSU So 7 DL 23 17 40 5.7

33. Tahjai Watt-WCU Sr 8 LB 22 23 45 5.6

34. Carter McManes-SAM Sr 7 DB 22 17 39 5.6

35. Keion Crossen-WCU Sr 8 DB 23 21 44 5.5

Aaquil Annoor-FUR Jr 8 DB 20 24 44 5.5

JerMichael White-WCU Jr 8 DB 22 22 44 5.5

Taylor Reynolds-UTC Sr 8 DL 24 20 44 5.5

39. Blake Bockrath-ETSU Fr 7 LB 20 18 38 5.4

40. Terrance Morris-WOF Sr 7 LB 13 24 37 5.3

41. Chris Washington-FUR So 8 LB 18 24 42 5.2

42. Noah Dawkins-CIT Jr 7 LB 23 13 36 5.1

43. Joe Farrar-FUR Jr 8 LB 11 30 41 5.1

44. Kaleb Tucker-VMI So 8 DB 29 11 40 5.0

Isaiah Mack-UTC Jr 8 DL 18 22 40 5.0

46. Malique Fleming-MER So 8 DB 14 25 39 4.9

47. Paul Hunter-ETSU Sr 7 DB 16 18 34 4.9

48. Derek Mahaffey-UTC Jr 8 DL 12 25 37 4.6

49. Devin Watson-WOF So 7 DB 21 11 32 4.6

Ja'Lon Williams-CIT So 7 DL 10 22 32 4.6

SACKS Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G

1. Brian Lipscomb-VMI Jr 8 LB 5 4 7.0 0.88

2. Tahjai Watt-WCU Sr 8 LB 5 2 6.0 0.75

3. Ahmad Gooden-SAM Jr 7 DL 3 3 4.5 0.64

4. Nasir Player-ETSU So 7 DL 3 2 4.0 0.57

5. Chris Washington-FUR So 8 LB 3 0 3.0 0.38

6. Noah Dawkins-CIT Jr 7 LB 3 0 3.0 0.43

Blake Bockrath-ETSU Fr 7 LB 3 0 3.0 0.43

Chinedu Okonya-FUR Jr 7 DL 3 0 3.0 0.43

9. Isaiah Buehler-MER Jr 8 DL 2 1 2.5 0.31

10. Brett Granger-SAM Fr 6 DL 2 1 2.5 0.42

11. Seth Mallory-VMI Sr 8 DL 1 1 2.5 0.31

12. Ja'Lon Williams-CIT So 7 DL 2 1 2.5 0.36

13. Nate Link-WCU Jr 8 DL 2 0 2.0 0.25

Tony Richardson-VMI Sr 8 LB 2 0 2.0 0.25

A.J. Newman-WCU Sr 8 LB 1 2 2.0 0.25

Parker Stokes-FUR Fr 8 DL 2 0 2.0 0.25

17. Jalen Nash-SAM So 7 DL 1 2 2.0 0.29

JD Griffin-ETSU So 7 LB 1 2 2.0 0.29

19. Tra Hardy-WCU Sr 8 DB 2 0 2.0 0.25

20. Dru Seabrook-FUR Fr 6 DL 2 0 2.0 0.33

TACKLES FOR LOSS Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G



3. Nasir Player-ETSU So 7 DL 7 4 9.0 1.29

4. Myles Pierce-CIT Sr 7 LB 7 3 8.5 1.21

5. Ja'Lon Williams-CIT So 7 DL 6 4 8.0 1.14


7. Ryan Francis-VMI Sr 8 LB 5 4 7.0 0.88

8. Austin Gatewood-ETSU Jr 7 LB 6 1 6.5 0.93

9. LeMarkus Bailey-MER Jr 8 LB 6 1 6.5 0.81


11. A.J. Newman-WCU Sr 8 LB 5 2 6.0 0.75

Tony Richardson-VMI Sr 8 LB 5 2 6.0 0.75

13. Mikel Horton-WOF So 6 DL 4 4 6.0 1.00

14. Isaiah Mack-UTC Jr 8 DL 3 6 6.0 0.75

15. Tavon Lawson-UTC Jr 6 DB 4 3 5.5 0.92

Shaheed Salmon-SAM Sr 6 LB 5 1 5.5 0.92

17. Aaron Harris-SAM Jr 7 LB 4 2 5.0 0.71

Ke'Tyrus Marks-SAM Sr 7 DL 3 4 5.0 0.71

19. Horace Roberts-SAM Jr 7 DL 3 3 4.5 0.64

20. Kyle Williams-MER Sr 8 LB 3 3 4.5 0.56



PASSES DEFENDED Cl G BrUp Int. Total Avg/G

1. Omari Williams-SAM Sr 7 9 2 11 1.57

2. Kendall White-WCU Sr 8 6 1 7 0.88

3. George Gbesee-WOF So 7 3 3 6 0.86

4. Shamon Elliott-WCU So 8 3 3 6 0.75

5. Marvin Tillman-WCU Jr 7 3 2 5 0.71

Aron Spann, III-CIT Jr 7 1 4 5 0.71

Kailik Williams-CIT Sr 7 3 2 5 0.71

8. Riuq Trotman-VMI Jr 8 4 1 5 0.62

Malique Fleming-MER So 8 4 1 5 0.62

Harrison Poole-MER Fr 8 4 1 5 0.62

Keion Crossen-WCU Sr 8 5 0 5 0.62

Greg Sanders-VMI Sr 8 5 0 5 0.62

13. Ben Roberts-CIT Sr 7 3 1 4 0.57

Darius Harvey-SAM Jr 7 2 2 4 0.57

15. JerMichael White-WCU Jr 8 4 0 4 0.50

Lucas Webb-UTC Sr 8 2 2 4 0.50

Joe Farrar-FUR Jr 8 3 1 4 0.50

Uzoma Kpaduwa-VMI Jr 8 4 0 4 0.50

Tra Hardy-WCU Sr 8 3 1 4 0.50

Kam Lott-MER Jr 8 3 1 4 0.50

INTERCEPTIONS Cl G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G

1. Aron Spann, III-CIT Jr 7 4 12 0 12 0.57

2. George Gbesee-WOF So 7 3 30 0 30 0.43

Koi Freeman-SAM Fr 7 3 0 0 0 0.43

4. Allan Cratsenberg-VMI Sr 8 3 73 1 60 0.38

Shamon Elliott-WCU So 8 3 3 0 3 0.38

6. John Brannon III-WCU So 7 2 97 1 56 0.29

Omari Williams-SAM Sr 7 2 63 1 63 0.29

Kailik Williams-CIT Sr 7 2 44 0 28 0.29

Marvin Tillman-WCU Jr 7 2 41 0 29 0.29

Darius Harvey-SAM Jr 7 2 23 1 23 0.29

FUMBLES FORCED Cl G No. Avg/G

1. Kailik Williams-CIT Sr 7 2 0.29

Deion Pierre-SAM Sr 7 2 0.29

Austin Gatewood-ETSU Jr 7 2 0.29

Jason Maduafokwa-ETSU So 7 2 0.29

5. Lee Bennett-MER Sr 8 2 0.25

Will Coneway-MER So 8 2 0.25

Stephen Houzah-MER Jr 8 2 0.25

8. Armond Lloyd-SAM Fr 6 1 0.17

9. Datavious Wilson-WOF So 7 1 0.14

River Boruff-ETSU Jr 7 1 0.14

FUMBLES RECOVERED Cl G No. Avg/G

1. Quandarius Weems-FUR So 6 2 0.33

2. Dylan Weigel-ETSU Jr 7 2 0.29


4. Jeremy Lewis-ETSU So 6 1 0.17

Terrell Woods-SAM Sr 6 1 0.17

6. George Gbesee-WOF So 7 1 0.14

Marvin Tillman-WCU Jr 7 1 0.14

Brad Swan Jr.-WCU So 7 1 0.14

Myles Pierce-CIT Sr 7 1 0.14

Chinedu Okonya-FUR Jr 7 1 0.14

2017 Southern ConferenceTeam Statistics Through games of Oct 26, 2017

(Conference games)

SCORING OFFENSE G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP Saf Pts Avg/G

1. Furman 5 27 1 25 0 0 0 190 38.0


3. Samford 4 14 7 14 0 0 0 119 29.8

4. Mercer 6 23 5 21 0 0 0 174 29.0

5. Wofford 5 17 3 15 1 0 0 128 25.6

6. ETSU 4 11 6 8 2 0 0 96 24.0

7. Chattanooga 5 15 2 15 0 0 0 111 22.2

8. The Citadel 5 12 3 12 0 0 1 95 19.0

9. VMI 5 6 1 6 0 0 0 45 9.0

SCORING DEFENSE G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP Saf Pts Avg/G


2. Mercer 6 16 3 15 0 0 0 120 20.0

Samford 4 11 1 11 0 0 0 80 20.0

4. Furman 5 13 5 12 1 0 0 107 21.4

5. The Citadel 5 16 2 14 1 0 0 118 23.6

Wofford 5 15 4 14 0 0 1 118 23.6

7. Chattanooga 5 19 4 17 0 0 0 143 28.6

8. ETSU 4 22 2 21 0 0 0 159 39.8

9. VMI 5 26 8 26 0 0 0 206 41.2

TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Avg/G

1. Samford 4 356 1554 291 1910 6.6 14 477.5

2. Furman 5 1293 1003 356 2296 6.4 25 459.2


4. Wofford 5 1408 548 348 1956 5.6 17 391.2

5. Mercer 6 943 1374 395 2317 5.9 22 386.2

6. The Citadel 5 1357 507 365 1864 5.1 12 372.8

7. ETSU 4 288 1037 266 1325 5.0 11 331.2

8. Chattanooga 5 391 1050 317 1441 4.5 14 288.2

9. VMI 5 384 679 281 1063 3.8 5 212.6

TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Avg/G

1. The Citadel 5 597 990 293 1587 5.4 16 317.4

2. Mercer 6 856 1094 403 1950 4.8 15 325.0

3. Wofford 5 659 1040 315 1699 5.4 15 339.8


5. Chattanooga 5 1033 728 310 1761 5.7 16 352.2

6. Furman 5 561 1260 315 1821 5.8 13 364.2

7. Samford 4 964 667 306 1631 5.3 11 407.8

8. ETSU 4 1032 745 287 1777 6.2 19 444.2

9. VMI 5 1066 1211 394 2277 5.8 24 455.4

RUSHING OFFENSE G Att. Yards Avg/A Long TD Avg/G

1. Wofford 5 281 1408 5.0 57 16 281.6

2. The Citadel 5 287 1357 4.7 54 10 271.4

3. Furman 5 259 1293 5.0 44 17 258.6


5. Mercer 6 237 943 4.0 46 13 157.2

6. Samford 4 105 356 3.4 49 3 89.0

7. Chattanooga 5 142 391 2.8 61 7 78.2

8. VMI 5 138 384 2.8 51 2 76.8

9. ETSU 4 133 288 2.2 18 4 72.0

RUSHING DEFENSE G Att. Yards Avg/A Long TD Avg/G

1. Furman 5 155 561 3.6 51 6 112.2

2. The Citadel 5 164 597 3.6 61 10 119.4

3. Wofford 5 168 659 3.9 44 8 131.8

4. Mercer 6 241 856 3.6 57 12 142.7


6. Chattanooga 5 224 1033 4.6 58 7 206.6

7. VMI 5 248 1066 4.3 44 14 213.2

8. Samford 4 215 964 4.5 48 10 241.0

9. ETSU 4 205 1032 5.0 41 13 258.0

PASS OFFENSE G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/A TD Avg/G

1. Samford 4 124-186-3 66.7 1554 8.4 11 388.5

2. ETSU 4 80-133-3 60.2 1037 7.8 7 259.2

3. Mercer 6 100-158-5 63.3 1374 8.7 9 229.0

4. Chattanooga 5 109-175-9 62.3 1050 6.0 7 210.0

5. Furman 5 65-97-0 67.0 1003 10.3 8 200.6


7. VMI 5 72-143-12 50.3 679 4.7 3 135.8

8. Wofford 5 35-67-1 52.2 548 8.2 1 109.6

9. The Citadel 5 30-78-2 38.5 507 6.5 2 101.4

PASS DEFENSE G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/A TD Avg/G

1. Chattanooga 5 51-86-3 59.3 728 8.5 9 145.6

2. Samford 4 47-91-5 51.6 667 7.3 1 166.8

3. Mercer 6 99-162-5 61.1 1094 6.8 3 182.3

4. ETSU 4 50-82-1 61.0 745 9.1 6 186.2


6. The Citadel 5 79-129-6 61.2 990 7.7 6 198.0

7. Wofford 5 85-147-7 57.8 1040 7.1 7 208.0

8. VMI 5 95-146-3 65.1 1211 8.3 10 242.2

9. Furman 5 107-160-6 66.9 1260 7.9 7 252.0

PASS EFFICIENCY G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/G TD Effic.

1. Furman 5 65-97-0 67.0 1003 200.6 8 181.1

2. Samford 4 124-186-3 66.7 1554 388.5 11 153.1

3. Mercer 6 100-158-5 63.3 1374 229.0 9 148.8

4. ETSU 4 80-133-3 60.2 1037 259.2 7 138.5


6. Wofford 5 35-67-1 52.2 548 109.6 1 122.9

7. Chattanooga 5 109-175-9 62.3 1050 210.0 7 115.6

8. The Citadel 5 30-78-2 38.5 507 101.4 2 96.4

9. VMI 5 72-143-12 50.3 679 135.8 3 80.4

PASS DEFENSE EFFIC. G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/G TD Effic.


2. Samford 4 47-91-5 51.6 667 166.8 1 105.9

3. Mercer 6 99-162-5 61.1 1094 182.3 3 117.8

4. Wofford 5 85-147-7 57.8 1040 208.0 7 123.4

5. The Citadel 5 79-129-6 61.2 990 198.0 6 131.8

6. Furman 5 107-160-6 66.9 1260 252.0 7 140.0

7. VMI 5 95-146-3 65.1 1211 242.2 10 153.2

8. Chattanooga 5 51-86-3 59.3 728 145.6 9 158.0

9. ETSU 4 50-82-1 61.0 745 186.2 6 159.0



(Conference games)

KICKOFF RETURNS G No. Yards TD Long Avg.

1. Mercer 6 13 317 0 90 24.4


3. Furman 5 11 239 1 47 21.7

4. Samford 4 12 240 0 31 20.0

5. Chattanooga 5 22 439 0 50 20.0

6. ETSU 4 20 396 0 40 19.8

7. Wofford 5 17 335 0 42 19.7

8. The Citadel 5 12 216 0 22 18.0

9. VMI 5 30 496 0 24 16.5

PUNT RETURN AVG G No. Yards TD Long Avg.

1. Chattanooga 5 9 125 0 37 13.9

2. Mercer 6 11 145 0 51 13.2

3. ETSU 4 3 24 0 15 8.0

4. VMI 5 4 31 0 34 7.8


6. The Citadel 5 10 69 0 16 6.9

7. Furman 5 3 20 0 13 6.7

8. Samford 4 6 37 0 15 6.2

9. Wofford 5 9 55 0 14 6.1

INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yards TD Long Avg.

1. Wofford 5 7 11 0 10 1.6

2. Furman 5 6 84 1 42 14.0

3. The Citadel 5 6 32 0 28 5.3

4. Mercer 6 5 81 1 51 16.2

5. Samford 4 5 0 0 0 0.0


7. Chattanooga 5 3 24 0 23 8.0

8. VMI 5 3 73 1 60 24.3

9. ETSU 4 1 0 0 0 0.0

PUNTING G No. Yards Avg/P Ret. Avg/R TB Net/P

1. Samford 4 20 919 46.0 1 0.1 4 41.9

2. Western Carolina 5 27 1208 44.7 91 3.4 2 39.9

3. Mercer 6 31 1278 41.2 72 2.3 1 38.3

4. Wofford 5 21 890 42.4 78 3.7 1 37.7

5. VMI 5 31 1248 40.3 90 2.9 0 37.4

6. Furman 5 16 659 41.2 74 4.6 0 36.6

7. The Citadel 5 27 1064 39.4 53 2.0 2 36.0

8. ETSU 4 24 923 38.5 92 3.8 0 34.6

9. Chattanooga 5 24 896 37.3 45 1.9 2 33.8

KICKOFF COVERAGE G No. Yards Avg. Ret. TB NetAvg

1. Mercer 6 33 1893 57.4 346 6 43.2

2. Chattanooga 5 22 1300 59.1 303 4 41.7

3. Samford 4 25 1572 62.9 353 9 41.6

4. Furman 5 32 2034 63.6 440 14 41.1

5. ETSU 4 19 1176 61.9 118 14 40.9


7. Wofford 5 24 1464 61.0 432 4 39.7

8. The Citadel 5 19 1216 64.0 269 10 39.3

9. VMI 5 11 619 56.3 170 2 37.2

FIELD GOALS G Made Att Pct.


2. ETSU 4 6 7 . 8 5 7

3. Samford 4 7 9 . 7 7 8

4. Western Carolina 5 6 8 . 7 5 0

Wofford 5 3 4 . 7 5 0

6. Mercer 6 5 8 . 6 2 5

7. The Citadel 5 3 7 . 4 2 9

8. VMI 5 1 3 . 3 3 3

9. Furman 5 1 4 . 2 5 0

PAT KICKING G Made Att Pct.

1. Furman 5 25 25 1.000


Wofford 5 15 15 1.000


Samford 4 14 14 1.000


ETSU 4 8 8 1.000

VMI 5 6 6 1.000

9. Mercer 6 21 23 . 9 1 3

SACKS BY G No. Yards Avg/G

1. Furman 5 14 95 2.80


Mercer 6 12 95 2.00

Samford 4 12 72 3.00

5. The Citadel 5 9 53 1.80

6. VMI 5 8 63 1.60

7. Wofford 5 6 30 1.20


9. ETSU 4 4 21 1.00

SACKS AGAINST G No. Yards Avg/G

1. Furman 5 1 5 0.20

2. The Citadel 5 4 27 0.80

3. Wofford 5 5 29 1.00

4. Samford 4 6 24 1.50

5. Mercer 6 9 61 1.50

6. VMI 5 12 82 2.40


8. Chattanooga 5 15 135 3.00

9. ETSU 4 16 102 4.00

FIRST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total Avg/G

1. Furman 5 69 48 5 122 24.4

2. Mercer 6 51 56 13 120 20.0


4. Wofford 5 73 23 3 99 19.8

5. The Citadel 5 71 19 8 98 19.6

6. Samford 4 21 64 6 91 22.8

7. Chattanooga 5 26 49 10 85 17.0

8. ETSU 4 20 41 10 71 17.8

9. VMI 5 25 26 6 57 11.4



(Conference games)

OPPONENT 1ST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total Avg/G

1. The Citadel 5 36 35 6 77 15.4

2. Samford 4 52 27 6 85 21.2

3. Wofford 5 32 48 8 88 17.6

4. Furman 5 33 51 5 89 17.8


6. Chattanooga 5 52 31 11 94 18.8

7. ETSU 4 59 29 7 95 23.8

8. Mercer 6 48 50 13 111 18.5

9. VMI 5 57 58 5 120 24.0

3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS G Conv. Att. Pct.

1. Furman 5 37 70 52.9


3. Wofford 5 30 69 43.5

4. The Citadel 5 30 79 38.0

5. Samford 4 19 52 36.5

6. Mercer 6 26 72 36.1


8. VMI 5 20 66 30.3

9. ETSU 4 16 56 28.6

OPP 3RD-DN CONVERT G Conv. Att. Pct.

1. Mercer 6 25 84 29.8

2. The Citadel 5 18 55 32.7

3. Furman 5 21 61 34.4


5. Samford 4 22 60 36.7


7. Wofford 5 26 62 41.9

8. ETSU 4 28 57 49.1

9. VMI 5 38 76 50.0

4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS G Conv. Att. Pct.


2. Furman 5 10 12 83.3

3. Wofford 5 7 12 58.3

4. Mercer 6 2 4 50.0


6. ETSU 4 2 5 40.0

7. The Citadel 5 4 13 30.8

8. VMI 5 2 8 25.0

Samford 4 1 4 25.0

OPP 4TH-DN CONVERT G Conv. Att. Pct.

1. Samford 4 1 10 10.0


3. Wofford 5 1 4 25.0

4. The Citadel 5 1 3 33.3

5. ETSU 4 2 5 40.0


7. Mercer 6 10 15 66.7

8. Furman 5 6 8 75.0

9. VMI 5 8 9 88.9

PENALTIES G No. Yards Avg/G

1. VMI 5 17 132 26.4

2. Furman 5 17 166 33.2

3. Samford 4 17 165 41.2

4. The Citadel 5 26 218 43.6

5. ETSU 4 23 209 52.2

6. Wofford 5 31 285 57.0

7. Chattanooga 5 33 292 58.4

8. Mercer 6 40 387 64.5


OPPONENT PENALTIES G No. Yards Avg/G

1. ETSU 4 27 278 69.5


3. Chattanooga 5 27 288 57.6

4. Mercer 6 35 340 56.7

5. VMI 5 26 235 47.0

6. Furman 5 31 226 45.2

7. Samford 4 21 162 40.5

8. Wofford 5 20 187 37.4

9. The Citadel 5 18 176 35.2

TIME OF POSSESSION G Total possesion Avgerage/game

1. Wofford 5 169:12 33:50

2. The Citadel 5 168:31 33:42

3. Furman 5 154:53 30:58

4. ETSU 4 122:20 30:35

5. Chattanooga 5 149:13 29:50

6. Mercer 6 176:49 29:28

7. Western Carolina 5 140:10 28:02

8. Samford 4 106:58 26:44

9. VMI 5 131:54 26:22

TURNOVER MARGIN

Gained Lost

Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Margin Per/G

1. Furman 5 3 6 9 2 0 2 +7 1.40

2. Samford 4 3 5 8 0 3 3 +5 1.25

3. Western Carolina 5 6 4 10 1 5 6 +4 0.80

4. Wofford 5 2 7 9 5 1 6 +3 0.60

5. The Citadel 5 3 6 9 5 2 7 +2 0.40

6. Mercer 6 4 5 9 4 5 9 +0 0.00

7. ETSU 4 3 1 4 2 3 5 -1 -0.25

8. Chattanooga 5 1 3 4 3 9 12 -8 -1.60

9. VMI 5 0 3 3 3 12 15 -12 -2.40

RED ZONE OFFENSE G Scores Pct. TDs (R-P) FGs TurnO


2. Mercer 6 20-22 90.9 15 13-2 5-7 0

3. ETSU 4 8-9 88.9 6 4-2 2-3 0

4. Furman 5 18-22 81.8 17 14-3 1-2 0

5. Wofford 5 17-21 81.0 14 14-0 3-3 2

6. Chattanooga 5 11-14 78.6 10 5-5 1-1 2

7. Samford 4 15-21 71.4 8 2-6 7-8 2

8. VMI 5 4-6 66.7 3 2-1 1-2 0

9. The Citadel 5 11-19 57.9 10 10-0 1-3 2



(Conference games)

RED ZONE DEFENSE G Scores Pct. TDs (R-P) FGs TurnO

1. Samford 4 9-13 69.2 9 9-0 0-0 1

2. Mercer 6 12-17 70.6 11 10-1 1-3 1

3. Wofford 5 16-22 72.7 12 7-5 4-7 2


5. ETSU 4 12-15 80.0 11 10-1 1-3 0

6. Chattanooga 5 12-14 85.7 9 7-2 3-5 0

The Citadel 5 12-14 85.7 11 9-2 1-1 2

Furman 5 12-14 85.7 8 6-2 4-4 2

9. VMI 5 22-24 91.7 15 12-3 7-7 0

ON-SIDE KICKS BY G Recovered Attempts Success%

1. VMI 5 1 1 100.0


3. Furman 5 0 1 0.0

ETSU 4 0 1 0.0



Wofford 5 0 0 0.0

Mercer 6 0 0 0.0

Samford 4 0 0 0.0

ON-SIDE KICKS AGAINST G Recovered Attempts Success%

1. Wofford 5 0 1 0.0

Furman 5 0 1 0.0

ETSU 4 0 0 0.0

Samford 4 0 0 0.0



VMI 5 0 0 0.0

8. Mercer 6 1 1 100.0


2017 Southern ConferenceIndividual Statistics Through games of Oct 26, 2017

(Conference games)

RUSHING Cl G Att. Yds Avg. TD Lg Avg/G

1. Tyrie Adams-WCU So 5 83 432 5.2 2 48 86.4

2. Kealand Dirks-FUR Jr 4 78 344 4.4 4 32 86.0

3. Andre Stoddard-WOF Jr 5 67 369 5.5 6 31 73.8

4. Lennox McAfee-WOF Jr 5 47 357 7.6 3 57 71.4

5. Tee Mitchell-MER Jr 6 86 372 4.3 6 46 62.0

6. Darius Morehead-FUR Fr 5 38 275 7.2 3 22 55.0

7. Antonio Wilcox-FUR Sr 5 70 272 3.9 7 16 54.4

8. Donnavan Spencer-WCU Fr 5 46 252 5.5 5 41 50.4

9. Darrell Bridges-UTC Sr 5 62 251 4.0 5 61 50.2

10. Moise Satine-SAM Fr 4 37 199 5.4 2 49 49.8

PASSING AVG/GAME Cl G Comp-Att-Int Yds TD Avg/G






6. Duncan Hodges-VMI Fr 5 57-107-8 525 3 105.0

7. Brandon Goodson-WOF Sr 5 31-59-0 482 1 9 6 . 4


9. Jordan Black-CIT So 4 9-21-0 168 0 4 2 . 0


PASS EFFICIENCY Cl G Comp-Att-Int Yds TD Eff.





5. Brandon Goodson-WOF Sr 5 31-59-0 482 1 126.8


7. Jordan Black-CIT So 4 9-21-0 168 0 110.1


9. Joe Newman-WOF So 4 4-8-1 66 0 9 4 . 3


RECEPTIONS/GAME Cl G No. Yds TD Lg Yds/G Rec/G

1. Kelvin McKnight-SAM Jr 4 37 531 5 57 132.8 9.2



4. Yassar El-Amin-SAM So 3 15 157 1 70 52.3 5.0


6. Drake Powell-ETSU Jr 4 17 200 1 25 50.0 4.2



9. TaDarryl Marshall-SAM So 4 16 201 1 63 50.2 4.0


RECEIVE YDS/GAME Cl G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/C Yds/G

1. Kelvin McKnight-SAM Jr 4 37 531 5 57 14.4132.8

2. Chris Shelling-SAM So 4 26 411 2 72 15.8102.8






8. Josh LeBlanc-CIT So 5 13 269 1 51 20.7 53.8

9. Javeon Lara-VMI So 5 10 263 2 79 26.3 52.6

10. Yassar El-Amin-SAM So 3 15 157 1 70 10.5 52.3

TOTAL OFFENSE Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G

1. Devlin Hodges-SAM Jr 4 29 1536 206 1565 391.2

2. Tyrie Adams-WCU So 5 432 910 215 1342 268.4

3. Austin Herink-ETSU Jr 4 3 1034 169 1037 259.2

4. Kaelan Riley-MER Fr 6 102 1374 206 1476 246.0

5. PJ Blazejowski-FUR Sr 5 143 966 118 1109 221.8

6. Brandon Goodson-WOF Sr 5 164 482 93 646 129.2

7. Duncan Hodges-VMI Fr 5 64 525 143 589 117.8

8. Dominique Allen-CIT Sr 5 217 339 107 556 111.2

9. Kealand Dirks-FUR Jr 4 344 0 78 344 86.0

10. Jordan Black-CIT So 4 133 168 56 301 75.2

SCORING Cl G TD FG XPT 2XP Pts Pts/G

1. Jordan Weaver-SAM Fr 4 0 7 14 0 35 8.8

2. Antonio Wilcox-FUR Sr 5 7 0 0 0 42 8.4


4. Andre Stoddard-WOF Jr 5 6 0 0 0 36 7.2

Darrell Bridges-UTC Sr 5 6 0 0 0 36 7.2


7. JJ Jerman-ETSU Jr 4 0 6 8 0 26 6.5

8. Andy Schumpert-FUR Sr 5 5 0 0 0 30 6.0

Donnavan Spencer-WCU Fr 5 5 0 0 0 30 6.0

Cole Fisher-MER Jr 6 0 5 21 0 36 6.0

SCORING (TDs) Cl G TD Run Pass Ret Pat Pts Avg/G

1. Antonio Wilcox-FUR Sr 5 7 7 0 0 0 42 8.4

2. Kelvin McKnight-SAM Jr 4 5 0 5 0 0 30 7.5

3. Darrell Bridges-UTC Sr 5 6 5 1 0 0 36 7.2

Andre Stoddard-WOF Jr 5 6 6 0 0 0 36 7.2

5. Tee Mitchell-MER Jr 6 7 6 1 0 0 42 7.0

6. Kealand Dirks-FUR Jr 4 4 4 0 0 0 24 6.0

Andy Schumpert-FUR Sr 5 5 0 5 0 0 30 6.0

Donnavan Spencer-WCU Fr 5 5 5 0 0 0 30 6.0

9. CJ Leggett-MER Jr 6 5 5 0 0 0 30 5.0

10. Corey Holloway-WCU Jr 5 4 4 0 0 0 24 4.8

SCORING (KICK) Cl G PAT FG Pts Avg/G

1. Jordan Weaver-SAM Fr 4 14-14 7-9 35 8.8

2. JJ Jerman-ETSU Jr 4 8-8 6-7 26 6.5

3. Cole Fisher-MER Jr 6 21-23 5-8 36 6.0

4. Grayson Atkins-FUR Fr 5 25-25 1-4 28 5.6

5. Will Horton-WCU Fr 4 16-16 2-4 22 5.5

6. Luke Carter-WOF So 5 15-15 3-4 24 4.8

7. Victor Ulmo-UTC Fr 5 15-15 2-2 21 4.2

Jacob Godek-CIT So 5 12-12 3-7 21 4.2

9. Tommy Smith-VMI Jr 4 2-2 0-1 2 0.5

PUNT RETURN AVG Cl G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G

KICK RETURN AVG Cl G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G


2. Quan Harrison-ETSU So 4 11 216 0 40 19.6

3. Mason Dermott-VMI So 5 26 451 0 24 17.3



(Conference games)

ALL PURPOSE Cl G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G


2. Chandler Curtis-MER Sr 6 3 380 143 193 719 119.8

3. Chris Shelling-SAM So 4 60 411 0 0 471 117.8

4. Lennox McAfee-WOF Jr 5 357 35 55 89 536 107.2

5. Mason Dermott-VMI So 5 0 11 0 451 462 92.4


7. Cam Jackson-CIT Sr 5 222 100 0 111 433 86.6

8. Tyrie Adams-WCU So 5 432 0 0 0 432 86.4

9. Kealand Dirks-FUR Jr 4 344 0 0 0 344 86.0

10. Blake Morgan-WOF So 5 244 181 0 0 425 85.0

PUNTING Cl G No. Yds Lg I20 50+ TB Avg.

1. Austin Barnard-SAM Sr 4 17 814 60 5 8 3 47.9

2. Ian Berryman-WCU Jr 5 26 1162 62 11 9 2 44.7

3. Luke Carter-WOF So 5 20 857 54 6 1 1 42.8

4. Bill Hogan-VMI Jr 5 28 1187 55 6 4 0 42.4

5. Grant Goupil-MER Fr 6 31 1278 53 11 2 1 41.2

6. JC Hollingsworth-FUR Sr 5 16 659 53 3 2 0 41.2

7. Marion Watson-ETSU Jr 4 19 773 54 5 2 0 40.7

8. Gage Russell-CIT Fr 5 19 732 51 5 2 2 38.5

9. Colin Brewer-UTC So 5 24 896 53 6 2 2 37.3

FIELD GOALS Cl G Made Att. Long Pct. FG/G

1. Jordan Weaver-SAM Fr 4 7 9 40 77.8 1.75

2. JJ Jerman-ETSU Jr 4 6 7 49 85.7 1.50

3. Cole Fisher-MER Jr 6 5 8 34 62.5 0.83

4. Luke Carter-WOF So 5 3 4 44 75.0 0.60

Jacob Godek-CIT So 5 3 7 46 42.9 0.60

6. Will Horton-WCU Fr 4 2 4 40 50.0 0.50

7. Victor Ulmo-UTC Fr 5 2 2 44 100.0 0.40

8. Grayson Atkins-FUR Fr 5 1 4 20 25.0 0.20

FIELD GOAL PCT Cl G Made Att. Long Pct.

1. Jordan Weaver-SAM Fr 4 7 9 40 77.8

PAT KICKING PCT Cl G Made Att. Pct.

1. Grayson Atkins-FUR Fr 5 25 25 100.0

Will Horton-WCU Fr 4 16 16 100.0

Luke Carter-WOF So 5 15 15 100.0

Victor Ulmo-UTC Fr 5 15 15 100.0

Jordan Weaver-SAM Fr 4 14 14 100.0

Jacob Godek-CIT So 5 12 12 100.0

JJ Jerman-ETSU Jr 4 8 8 100.0

8. Cole Fisher-MER Jr 6 21 23 91.3



(Conference games)

TACKLES (All positions) Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G

1. Allan Cratsenberg-VMI Sr 5 LB 25 39 64 12.8

2. Ahmad Gooden-SAM Jr 4 DL 21 25 46 11.5

3. Ryan Francis-VMI Sr 5 LB 21 35 56 11.2

4. Greg Sanders-VMI Sr 5 DB 24 29 53 10.6

5. Marvin Tillman-WCU Jr 4 DB 26 15 41 10.2

6. Lee Bennett-MER Sr 6 LB 14 47 61 10.2

7. Dylan Weigel-ETSU Jr 4 LB 13 24 37 9.2

8. Myles Pierce-CIT Sr 5 LB 18 26 44 8.8

9. River Boruff-ETSU Jr 4 LB 14 20 34 8.5

10. Deion Pierre-SAM Sr 4 LB 15 18 33 8.2

11. A.J. Newman-WCU Sr 5 LB 17 24 41 8.2

12. Kailik Williams-CIT Sr 5 DB 25 15 40 8.0

Shaheed Salmon-SAM Sr 3 LB 11 13 24 8.0

14. Datavious Wilson-WOF So 5 LB 11 28 39 7.8

15. Christian Stark-SAM Jr 4 DB 19 11 30 7.5

16. Malik Rivera-WOF Sr 5 DB 19 18 37 7.4

Colton Clemons-WOF Jr 5 LB 13 24 37 7.4

18. Eric Jackson-MER So 6 DB 22 22 44 7.3

19. Kaman Cooper-ETSU So 4 DB 15 14 29 7.2

Elijah McKoy-FUR Fr 4 LB 13 16 29 7.2

21. Brian Lipscomb-VMI Jr 5 LB 14 22 36 7.2

22. Taylor Reynolds-UTC Sr 5 DL 20 15 35 7.0

Omari Williams-SAM Sr 4 DB 19 9 28 7.0

24. Daniel Riddle-WCU Sr 5 LB 10 24 34 6.8

25. Will Coneway-MER So 6 LB 11 29 40 6.7

26. Mason Alstatt-WOF So 5 DB 18 15 33 6.6

27. Tahjai Watt-WCU Sr 5 LB 15 17 32 6.4

28. Reynard Ellis-FUR Fr 4 LB 12 13 25 6.2

29. Kaleb Tucker-VMI So 5 DB 22 9 31 6.2

30. Carter McManes-SAM Sr 4 DB 12 12 24 6.0

31. JerMichael White-WCU Jr 5 DB 12 17 29 5.8

Bryan Okeh-FUR So 5 DB 14 15 29 5.8

33. Kendall White-WCU Sr 5 LB 20 8 28 5.6

Terrance Morris-WOF Sr 5 LB 8 20 28 5.6

35. Blake Bockrath-ETSU Fr 4 LB 12 10 22 5.5

Nasir Player-ETSU So 4 DL 13 9 22 5.5

37. Noah Dawkins-CIT Jr 5 LB 17 10 27 5.4

Keion Crossen-WCU Sr 5 DB 13 14 27 5.4

39. Paul Hunter-ETSU Sr 4 DB 11 10 21 5.2

Jalen Nash-SAM So 4 DL 7 14 21 5.2

41. Aron Spann, III-CIT Jr 5 DB 14 12 26 5.2

Chris Washington-FUR So 5 LB 10 16 26 5.2

43. LeMarkus Bailey-MER Jr 6 LB 19 11 30 5.0

44. Malique Fleming-MER So 6 DB 11 18 29 4.8

45. Tyler Vaughn-WOF Sr 5 DL 7 17 24 4.8

Joe Farrar-FUR Jr 5 LB 6 18 24 4.8

47. Isaiah Mack-UTC Jr 5 DL 11 12 23 4.6

48. Austin Gatewood-ETSU Jr 4 LB 7 11 18 4.5

Chris Bouyer-ETSU Jr 4 DL 4 14 18 4.5

50. Derek Mahaffey-UTC Jr 5 DL 8 14 22 4.4

SACKS Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G





5. Brett Granger-SAM Fr 4 DL 2 1 2.5 0.62

6. A.J. Newman-WCU Sr 5 LB 1 2 2.0 0.40


Dru Seabrook-FUR Fr 4 DL 2 0 2.0 0.50

9. Jalen Penn-MER Sr 6 DL 2 0 2.0 0.33

10. Ezavian Dunn-WCU Sr 5 DL 2 0 2.0 0.40


Chinedu Okonya-FUR Jr 4 DL 2 0 2.0 0.50


Landon Lawrence-FUR Fr 5 DL 1 1 1.5 0.30

Jonah Tibbs-FUR So 5 DL 1 1 1.5 0.30

Joseph Randolph, II-CIT So 5 DL 1 1 1.5 0.30

17. Kyle Williams-MER Sr 6 LB 1 1 1.5 0.25

18. JD Griffin-ETSU So 4 LB 1 1 1.5 0.38

Ahmad Gooden-SAM Jr 4 DL 1 1 1.5 0.38

20. Joe Farrar-FUR Jr 5 LB 1 1 1.5 0.30

TACKLES FOR LOSS Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G




4. Myles Pierce-CIT Sr 5 LB 5 1 5.5 1.10


Tahjai Watt-WCU Sr 5 LB 4 2 5.0 1.00

7. LeMarkus Bailey-MER Jr 6 LB 4 1 4.5 0.75

8. Taylor Reynolds-UTC Sr 5 DL 2 5 4.5 0.90

9. Mikel Horton-WOF So 4 DL 3 3 4.5 1.12

10. Jaylan Reid-FUR Jr 5 DL 3 3 4.5 0.90

11. Ke'Tyrus Marks-SAM Sr 4 DL 3 2 4.0 1.00

12. Miles Brown-WOF Jr 5 DL 2 4 4.0 0.80


14. Will Coneway-MER So 6 LB 3 2 4.0 0.67

15. Allan Cratsenberg-VMI Sr 5 LB 2 4 4.0 0.80


Jalen Penn-MER Sr 6 DL 3 1 3.5 0.58

18. Joe Farrar-FUR Jr 5 LB 2 3 3.5 0.70


20. Kailik Williams-CIT Sr 5 DB 3 1 3.5 0.70



(Conference games)

PASSES DEFENDED Cl G BrUp Int. Total Avg/G

1. Omari Williams-SAM Sr 4 6 1 7 1.75

2. George Gbesee-WOF So 5 3 2 5 1.00

3. Malique Fleming-MER So 6 4 1 5 0.83

Harrison Poole-MER Fr 6 4 1 5 0.83

5. Kendall White-WCU Sr 5 4 0 4 0.80

Kailik Williams-CIT Sr 5 3 1 4 0.80

7. DiMarcus Clay-FUR Fr 4 3 0 3 0.75

8. Greg Sanders-VMI Sr 5 3 0 3 0.60

Mason Alstatt-WOF So 5 2 1 3 0.60

Lucas Webb-UTC Sr 5 2 1 3 0.60

Terrance Morris-WOF Sr 5 2 1 3 0.60

JerMichael White-WCU Jr 5 3 0 3 0.60

Tra Hardy-WCU Sr 5 2 1 3 0.60

Ben Roberts-CIT Sr 5 2 1 3 0.60

Shamon Elliott-WCU So 5 2 1 3 0.60

16. Trevor Wright-UTC Sr 4 1 1 2 0.50

Darius Harvey-SAM Jr 4 1 1 2 0.50

Reynard Ellis-FUR Fr 4 1 1 2 0.50

Jamond Glass-SAM So 4 2 0 2 0.50

Travonte' Easley-MER Jr 6 2 1 3 0.50

INTERCEPTIONS Cl G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G

1. Allan Cratsenberg-VMI Sr 5 3 73 1 60 0.60

Aron Spann, III-CIT Jr 5 3 12 0 12 0.60

3. John Brannon III-WCU So 4 2 97 1 56 0.50

Koi Freeman-SAM Fr 4 2 0 0 0 0.50

5. Dillon Vann-FUR Fr 5 2 75 1 42 0.40

Devin Watson-WOF So 5 2 1 0 1 0.40

George Gbesee-WOF So 5 2 0 0 0 0.40

8. Stephen Houzah-MER Jr 6 2 -2 0 0 0.33


Trevor Wright-UTC Sr 4 1 0 0 0 0.25

FUMBLES FORCED Cl G No. Avg/G


2. Deion Pierre-SAM Sr 4 1 0.25

Kareem Orr-UTC Fr 4 1 0.25

River Boruff-ETSU Jr 4 1 0.25

Blake Bockrath-ETSU Fr 4 1 0.25

Darius Harvey-SAM Jr 4 1 0.25


Alonzo Francois-ETSU Jr 4 1 0.25

Nasir Player-ETSU So 4 1 0.25

Sam Pettway-SAM Sr 4 1 0.25

FUMBLES RECOVERED Cl G No. Avg/G

1. Ahmad Gooden-SAM Jr 4 1 0.25

Paul Hunter-ETSU Sr 4 1 0.25


Koi Freeman-SAM Fr 4 1 0.25

Dylan Weigel-ETSU Jr 4 1 0.25

Jack Shoulders-ETSU So 4 1 0.25

Brad Swan Jr.-WCU So 4 1 0.25

Deion Pierre-SAM Sr 4 1 0.25

9. Tyus Carter-CIT Sr 5 1 0.20

Nate Link-WCU Jr 5 1 0.20

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