After watching a lot of HBCU football over the last six weeks, I give you my annual top five best players at the midway point. Generally as is the case and this year being no different, these five players don’t mirror my top 5 players to watch coming into the season. There are easily two
Alabama State Wide Receiver KHA’Darris Davis 6-0, 184, Redshirt-Junior, Bessemer, Ala. Completed 20-of-30 passes for 347 yards and four touchdowns as the Hornets came from behind to defeat Tuskegee 38-31. In two games, Davis has completed 62 percent of his passes and has thrown six touchdowns to just two interceptions.
Virginia Union Running Back Tabyus Taylor 6-0, 225, Junior, Hopewell, Va. Taylor carried the ball 25 times for for 159 yards, caught two passes for 38 yards and returned a kickoff 58 yards in the Panthers 36-17 victory over Hampton. Taylor registered 255 multi-purpose yards in the game. Taylor played quarterback at Hopewell High School
5. Jimmie Robinson, Bethune-Cookman, All-Purpose, Sr., Palm Coast, Fla. Slash. Robinson is a player who can do a lot of things. He racked up 1,512 all-purpose yards in four different ways. He led the Wildcats in rushing (459 yards on just 46 carries) and had 285 yards receiving on 20 receptions. He led the MEAC
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Like the rest of college football, it was a case of the haves and have-nots. We are seeing quite a few bowl games taking place where teams are barely bowl eligible. Such was the case in HBCU football in an unusual year where every team in the SWAC’s Eastern Division had a losing record, for
We have known for a few weeks now that Alcorn State would represent the Eastern Division in the SWAC championship game taking place in Houston this Saturday. With much anticipation, we were waiting to see who would represent the West. For months, we thought the Bayou Classic between Southern and Grambling would decide the West
Both North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central handled business as expected Saturday, the Aggies defeating Delaware State 45-14 and the Eagles defeating Howard 30-21. The win for both sets up the game that everyone has been anticipating all year between the Aggies and the Eagles in Durham on Saturday for the outright MEAC championship.