South Carolina State linebacker Darius Leonard.
2017 BOXTOROW MEAC Preview
Will this be the year the MEAC has one champion? by Donal Ware boxtorow.com For the first time since 2012, the MEAC had an outright champion in 2016. The champion was North Carolina Central. Last year showed how the conference continues to gain respect as one of the more competitive conferences in FCS. Both the
Leonard, Kincade top BOXTOROW’s college football preseason All-America Team
boxtorow.com The 2017 college football season is upon us and media members from around the country have selected the 2017 BOXTOROW Preseason All-America Team. Last year’s BOXTOROW Willie Davis Defensive Player of the Year, South Carolina State linebacker Darius Leonard, and Grambling quarterback DeVante Kincade lead the team. Leonard and Kincade are two of the
8/4/17 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: South Carolina State
We end the week with the Bulldogs. SCSU was 5-6 last year which does not sit well in Orangeburg. BOXTOROW Willie Davis Defensive Player of the Year, linebacker Darius Leonard is one of the best players in FCS and will anchor the defense. But the offense is in transition. Who will start at quarterback? Host
Six set to be guests on BOXTOROW’s annual draft show
boxtorow.com BOXTOROW will present its 12th annual draft show this weekend as six former HBCU football players will be guests on FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW w/ Donal Ware this weekend. 2016 BOXTOROW All-Americans Javancy Jones of Jackson State, Jessamen Dunker and Ezra Robinson of Tennessee State will be guests. Dunker and Robinson also participated in
HBCU players excel at the NFL Combine
boxtorow.com Four players from HBCUs participated in this year’s NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. North Carolina A&T running back Tarik Cohen, Tennessee State offensive lineman Jessamen Dunker, South Carolina State offensive lineman Javarius Leamon and Tennessee State defensive back Ezra Robinson were four of the 330 invitees to the Combine. The Combine is broken down by
BOXTOROW Recruiting: Tennessee State class reigns supreme in rankings
by Donal Ware boxtorow.com Tennessee State has the best recruiting class amongst Division I HBCUs. Again. For the second year in a row and third time in five years it was clear after extensive research of the 22 schools that the Tigers class was No. 1. As a matter of fact, TSU is perennially in
Tarik Cohen, Darius Leonard, Lenard Tillery lead BOXTOROW college football All-America team
Boxtorow.com From December 12, 2016 Twenty-nine players were selected to the 10th annual BOXTOROW All-America team. BOXTOROW has administered the All-America team since 2007 and the voters are comprised of media members from around the nation that cover HBCU football. The offense is headlined by top vote-getter, North Carolina A&T senior running back Tarik Cohen,
Cohen, Leonard named MEAC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year
NEW YORK CITY – North Carolina A&T State running back Tarik Cohen was selected as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Offensive Player of the Year, while South Carolina State linebacker Darius Leonard was named MEAC Defensive Player of the Year. The conference announced the award winners Tuesday morning at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York
NFL Midway Point: A mix of veteran, young HBCU players excelling
Some of the greatest players that ever played in the National Football League are alums of HBCUs. That’s a fact. We must not forget that once upon a time, Black players could not play at white schools. That is not the case today and most of the top Black high school players don’t choose HBCUs.