Jackson State Cornerback/Wide Receiver Travis Hunter 6-1, 160, Freshman, Suwanee, Ga. Returned an interception 44 yards for a touchdown and caught a 19-yard touchdown pass for the Tigers in their 24-13 victory over Alcorn State. He caught two passes for 49 yards, broke up three passes, and made four tackles. Hunter is the first five-star
10/14/22 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: It’s Friidaay!! HBCU National GOW, VUU/BSU, Alcorn/Southern, Albany State/BC
There are three big games with championship implications and Donal Ware previews all three: Virginia Union/Bowie State, Alcorn/Southern, and Benedict/Albany State. Download or listen.
10/13/22 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: Donal Ware’s top 5 players, teams at midway point
Donal Ware gives his top five players and top five teams through the midway point of the season. Download or listen.
9/27/22 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: Takeaway Tuesday, let’s look more in-depth at Week 4
Donal Ware looks at Week 4 in HBCU football including at the South Carolina State/North Carolina A&T games, Bethune-Cookman in games after the bye week and undefeated teams in HBCU football. Download or listen
HBCU National Player of the Week: Jarveon Howard
Alcorn State Running Back Jarveon Howard 5-10, 200 Redshirt-Senior, Columbia, Miss. Carried the ball 24 times for 295 yards and four touchdowns as the Braves defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff 38-21. He rushed for three straight touchdowns, including what turned out to be the game-winner, a 24-yard run with :36 remaining in the third quarter to give
8/30/22 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: Previewing Alcorn State with head coach Fred McNair
Not only does Alcorn State head football coach Fred McNair talk about the 2022 season, he clears the air with Donal Ware on some of the issues from the 2021 season, answers whether he thinks people have forgotten about the Braves’ domination for several years of the SWAC, talks about his playing days at Alcorn
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 8/27/22
Donal Ware talks with Bowie State interim head football coach Kyle Jackson, Alcorn State head football coach Fred McNair, and Duke head football coach Mike Elko. Download or listen.
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
Bryant named BOXTOROW HBCU Division I Player of the Year, leads All-America Teams
boxtorow.com With college basketball’s March Madness as its backdrop, BOXTOROW releases its 14th All-America teams for Division I men’s college basketball. Norfolk State guard Joe Bryant, Jr. has been selected the BOXTOROW Player of the Year. Bryant was also named MEAC Player of the Year and led the MEAC in points scored (519) and finished
BOXTOROW National Player of the Week: Justin Thomas
Alcorn State Guard Justin Thomas 5-11, Senior, Indianapolis, Ind. Scored 26 points on 11-of-16 shooting and hit the game-winning three-pointer as the horn sounded to lift the Braves over Prairie View A&M 72-69 on the road. He was 2-of-4 from three-point range and also added three assists and two steals. The win kept the Braves