Indianapolis Colts rookie linebacker Darius Leonard is having an outstanding rookie season. He leads the National Football League in tackles with 155. He also has seven sacks and has forced four fumbles. He has 23 more tackles than Green Bay’s Blake Martinez who is in second place. Leonard has started and played in 14 games.
by Donal Ware For about a year now I have been talking about a College Football Playoff system for the FCS HBCUs. With the College Football Playoff rankings being released on Tuesday, I ranked the 22 FCS HBCUs Tune into FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW on a radio station near you this weekend
Alcorn State Linebacker Terry Whittington 6-5, 234, Redshirt-Junior, Cooper City, Fla. Recorded 15 tackles, six tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks and a forced fumble as the Braves defeated Grambling 33-26. Whittington recorded a tackles for loss and sacks on each of Grambling’s last two possessions. Whittington now leads the SWAC with seven sacks.
Langston Quarterback Jaylen Lowe 6-0, 200, Senior, Collinsville, Okla. Amassed 396 yards or total offense. Completed 18-of-30 passes for 283 yards and six touchdowns and rushed for 113 yards on 11 carries as the Lions defeated Lyon 48-21. Lowe averages 361 yards of total offense per game, is completing 63 percent of his passes for
boxtorow.com North Carolina A&T is at the top of HBCU football again. The Aggies defeated Delaware State 34-6 and Tennessee State fell to Austin Peay 49-34 and the combination of the two propelled N.C. A&T to the top of both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls. In the coaches poll, Prairie View A&M had a
boxtorow.com Tennessee State hung tough with Power Five and SEC opponent Vanderbilt, falling 31-27, but remained No.1 in both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls. North Carolina A&T received a number of votes in both polls and remains No. 2 after bouncing back from its loss last week against Morgan State, defeating South Carolina State
boxtorow.com The North Carolina A&T Aggies reign as the No.1 team in HBCU football is over. For 384 days the Aggies were No. 1 in the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls, but dropped to No. 2 after Saturday’s 16-13 shocking loss to unranked Morgan State, who got its first win of the season. Tennessee State,
boxtorow.com Hurricane Florence caused many games to be postponed or canceled which caused limited movement in the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls. North Carolina A&T had a bye week but was a unanimous pick in both polls. In the coaches poll, Tennessee State remained No. 2, its game against No. 9 Hampton postponed. No. 3
by Donal Ware boxtorow.com Montgomery, AL – The North Carolina A&T Aggies football program has once again done it for the culture. The HBCU culture. A&T, ranked No. 14 in FCS, defeated perennial power Jacksonville State 20-17 in Montgomery Alabama’s Cramton Bowl, which is a little more than 123 miles from the Gamecocks’ campus. And
[insert_php] /* hide author info except on post */ if (is_single()) { echo “boxtorow.com”; } [/insert_php] North Carolina A&T, the premier program in HBCU football in the Celebration Bowl era, begins the 2018 season in a familiar position, atop the BOXTOROW HBCU FCS coaches poll. It’s where the Aggies ended the 2017 season after going