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The HBCU Polls: Jackson State on top of HBCU football; slight shifts in media poll

boxtorow.com The Jackson State Tigers remain the No. 1 team in HBCU football as both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls which were released on Monday. In the coaches poll, JSU received all but one first place vote, outdistancing No. 2 South Carolina State by 23 points. No. 3 North Carolina Central, No. 4 Prairie

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BOXTOROW Polls: Jackson State No. 1 in HBCU football after Week 1

boxtorow.com Jackson State handled Florida A&M 59-3 in the Orange Blossom Classic and again were voted No. 1 in both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls which were released on Monday. In the coaches poll, JSU outpaced No. 2 South Carolina State by 53 points and received 17 of 18 first place votes. North Carolina

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The 2022 HBCU college football Preseason All-America Team: Land, Sanders lead 29 players

boxtorow.com The 2022 HBCU college football Preseason All-America Team is ripe with talent. Jackson State leads the way with five players named to the team, including quarterback Shedeur Sanders, the HBCU Rookie of the Year in 2021. Sanders was seventh in FCS in completion percentage (.659) completing 272-of-413 passes for 3,231 yards with 30 touchdowns.

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BOXTOROW Preseason Poll: Defending Celebration Bowl champs receive more first place votes, JSU tops poll

boxtorow.com Jackson State received one less first place vote than defending Celebration Bowl champion South Carolina State but outpaced the Bulldogs by two points and top the BOXTOROW Preseason HBCU Media Poll. Defending champion Bowie State received three first place votes and begin the 2022 season in the No. 4 spot. Florida A&M begins the

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BOXTOROW Preseason Poll: Jackson State begins season at the top of HBCU football

boxtorow.com The BOXTOROW HBCU FCS coaches poll reveals its first top-10 ranking of the 2022 season and the public gets its first glimpse into who could win the HBCU national championship when games kick off in a little more than a month. It’s been seven months since South Carolina State defeated Jackson State in the

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HBCUFDP returns July 24

HBCU Football Daily Podcast for 2022 begins July 25

boxtorow.com Click here to listen to the podcasts The HBCU Football Daily Podcast will debut on Monday, July 25, beginning its sixth season in 2022. Hosted by nationally syndicated host Donal Ware, now in its sixth season, the podcast will air Monday through Friday through the HBCU football regular season. On each episode, Ware will

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Cheaper labor? Why the NFL prefers to sign HBCU players as free agents

by Donal Ware Now that the NFL Draft is behind us, there seems to be a tenor of “satisfaction” with just four HBCU players being taken. While that is four more than the embarrassingly low of zero taken in last year’s draft, should we now throw a party? There had been years where the number

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Williams-Holliday, Reed repeat as Player, Coach of the Year; BOXTOROW All-America team released

boxtorow.com With the Women’s Final Four right around the corner, BOXTOROW announces its All-Americans for the 2021-22 Division I women’s basketball season. Jackson State center Ameshya Williams-Holliday was named BOXTOROW HBCU Player of the Year for the second straight season. Williams-Holliday led the SWAC in scoring (19.2), rebounding (11.4, 13th in the country), field goal

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BOXTOROW Polls: Bulldogs’ win HBCU national championships, SCSU with coaches, BSU edges Bulldogs with media

boxtorow.com The last time South Carolina State won an HBCU national championship was 2009. Bowie State has never won one. This time, it was the Bulldogs’ winning the crown. Actually, two different Bulldogs. The 2021 HBCU college football season is complete and two teams have been named HBCU national champions. The South Carolina State Bulldogs,

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Jackson State dominates winning four BOXTOROW HBCU Superlative Awards

boxtorow.com Jackson State had three players and its head football coach receive four of the six BOXTOROW Superlative Awards. The awards are part of the HBCU college football All-America team, released on Monday. Alabama A&M quarterback Aqeel Glass was voted BOXTOROW Offensive Player of the Year, while Florida A&M linebacker Isaiah Land was selected BOXTOROW

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