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No. 9/18 A&M-Commerce (0-0, 0-0 LSC)vs.

University of Faith (0-0)Thursday, September 1, 2016 • 7 p.m.Memorial Stadium • Commerce, Texas

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Official Name . . . . . .Texas A&M University-CommerceLocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commerce, TexasFounded . . . . . . . 1889 (as East Texas Normal College)Previous Names . . . . . . . . . East Texas Normal College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .East Texas State Teacher’s College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . East Texas State College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .East Texas State UniversityEnrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,375 (Fall 2015)Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LionsColors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue and GoldStadium (Capacity) . . . . . Memorial Stadium (10,000)Affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division IIConference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lone StarInterim President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr . Ray KeckAthletic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim McMurrayAthletic Department Phone . . . . . . . . .(903) 886-5558Official Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LionAthletics .comFacebook . . . . . . . . . . . A&M-Commerce Lion AthleticsAthletics Twitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @Lion_AthleticsFootball Twitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @Lion_FB

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Head coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colby Carthel Alma mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Angelo State, 2000Record at A&M-Commerce . . . . . . . 24-12 (4th season)Overall career record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . same

Matt Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offensive CoordinatorJared May . . . . . . . . . . . Co-Offensive Coordinator (QB)Justin Deason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive CoordinatorYogi Gallegos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WRDarren Garrigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SecMichael Conrad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LBTim Bleil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB, A’sMontiese Culton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WRCaid Faske . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DLDesmund Farris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OLAndy Townsend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WILL LBsScotty Yates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAM LBsCollin Gholston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SafetiesDillon Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offensive AssistantRyan Slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offensive AssistantTyrin Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Defensive AssistantBrandon Ramsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Defensive AssistantRandall Fannin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Defensive AssistantJohn Bonilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offensive Assistant

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STARTING OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT • The Lions have won their home opener in each of their first three seasons under head coach Colby Carthel .• The first game of the Carthel era was a 51-6 win over Sul Ross State in 2013, followed by the record-breaking 98-20 rout of East Texas Baptist in 2014 .• The third straight home-opening win came in 2015 with a 48-17 win over Adams State .

LIONS ARE PRESEASON FAVORITE • The Lions have won the last two Lone Star Conference regular season titles and picked up 19 of 28 available first place votes . The Lions’ 269 points in the poll placed them above second-ranked Midwestern State with 254 points and eight first place votes .• The Lions are entering their fourth season under the direction of head coach Colby Carthel and have won 24 games in Carthel’s first three seasons . • Texas A&M-Commerce won all six LSC regular season games last season on the way to the Lions’ first NCAA berth since 1995 .• A&M-Commerce has won its last seven regular season LSC games and the last six regular season LSC games played at Memorial Stadium .

COOPER ON THE LOOSE • Senior running back Richard Cooper (Angleton HS) enters the 2016 season ranked sixth in school history in career rushing yardage with 11 games of 100 or more rushing yards in his storied career .• He is one of the top returning running backs in Division II this season in multiple categories .

NCAA Division II Career Ranks for Returning Leaders (entering 2016 season)

Category Stat D2 Rank SR4Total Rushing Yardage 2,170 15th 3rdYards Per Game 86.1 10th 3rdYards Per Carry 6.1 9th 4th

• Cooper was named the Lone Star Conference’s Preseason Offensive Player of the Year in July after earning the LSC’s Offensive Back of the Year award in his junior season .• He is widely considered to be an All-American candidate this year as he looks to climb up the A&M-Commerce record books .

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Texas a&M-CoMMerCe (0-0, 0-0 LsC)Date ...Opponent ........... Time/ResultS1 (Th) ..FAITH (Fla.) ............................... 7 p.m.S10 . . . . . . . . at Delta State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p .m .S17 . . . . . . . . . at Eastern New Mexico * . . . . . . . . .1 p .m . MTS24 ........TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE * ..... 7 p.m.O1 . . . . . . . . . . at Oklahoma Panhandle St . * . . . . . . . 1 p .m .O8 ..........MIDWESTERN STATE * ............ 7 p.m.O15 . . . . . . . . at Western New Mexico * . . . . . . .1 p .m . MTO22 . . . . . . . . at Angelo State * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p .m .O29 .......WEST TEXAS A&M * .................4 p.m.N5 . . . . . . . . . . at UT Permian Basin * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p .m .N12 ........TARLETON STATE * ..................4 p.m.

* - Lone Star Conference game

UniversiTy of faiTh (0-0)Date ...Opponent ........... Time/ResultS1 . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M-Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p .m .

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CARTHEL’S FIRST THREE YEARS • Head coach Colby Carthel has had unprecedented success in his first three seasons at Texas A&M-Commerce in comparison to previous coaches for the Lions .• Only M .A . Smith from 1951-53 and Bob Berry from 1935-37 have higher winning percentages in their first three seasons . Only Smith has more victories in the first three seasons in Commerce .• Carthel is the only coach at A&M-Commerce to go to the postseason in each of his three seasons . Smith took the Lions to a pair of Tangerine Bowls, but did not reach the postseason in his first year .

Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First 3 Seasons . . . . . . . . Record . . . . . . . . . . Winning PctM .A . Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1951-53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-2-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .924Bob Berry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1935-37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-6-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .776Colby Carthel ........ 2013-15 ................... 24-12 ........................ .667Eddie Brister . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485J .W . Rollins . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1931-33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .480Scottie Conley . . . . . . . . .2004-06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467J .V . Sikes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1954-56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467Ernest Hawkins . . . . . . .1964-66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-15-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429Russell Jernigan . . . . . .1921-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380Eddie Vowell . . . . . . . . . . . .1986-88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364Guy Morriss . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290Joe Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1924-26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

DOLEZEL TO BE HONORED AT HALFTIME • Former East Texas State quarterback Clint Dolezel is an inductee into the Texas A&M-Commerce Athletic Hall of Fame in 2016 . He will be honored at halftime of Thursday’s contest .• At ETSU, Dolezel was a two-time all-Lone Star Conference honoree, earning second team all-conference honors in 1992 and 1993 . In his two seasons with the Lions, he completed 249-of-483

passes with 23 touchdown passes and 22 interceptions . The Lions were 13-9 in Dolezel’s time under center .• Following his time in Commerce, Dolezel plied his trade in arena football as quarterback for the Milwaukee Mustangs (1995-97), Texas Terror (1997), Houston Thunderbears (1998-99), Grand Rapids Rampage (2001-03), Las Vegas Gladiators (2004-05), and the Dallas Desperados (2006-08) . In 13 seasons, he completed 66 percent of his passes for 44,559 yards with 931 touchdowns .• He was a three-time All-Arena selection (2001, 2006-2007) during his playing career and voted the No . 8 Greatest Player and No . 5 Greatest Quarterback in AFL History by the Silver Anniversary Committee in 2012 . • In 2001, he guided the Grand Rapids Rampage to the XV ArenaBowl championship . Dolezel was inducted into the Arena Football League’s Hall of Fame on April 12, 2013 .• Dolezel entered the coaching ranks as the offensive coordinator of the Florida Firecats in 2009 and led the Dallas Vigilantes to an 11-7 record in 2011 in his first season as head coach .• He has been the head coach of the Philadelphia Soul since 2013 and has led the team to a 49-21 record in four seasons and in 2016, Dolezel led the Soul to the ArenaBowl XXIX Championship .

DEPTH STEPS UP • Despite an abundance of talent returning from the 2015 playoff squad, not many Lions were in the starting lineup for the Ferris State playoff game .• Only six A&M-Commerce players were starters in the snow in Michigan, all on the offensive side of the ball .

Jason Osei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LGAvery Poates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RT in 2015, RG in 2016Richard Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RBLance Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WRDarby Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WRChris Chumley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A

RECEIVERS LOOK FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS • Senior wide receivers Lance Evans and Darby Smith were two of the top receivers in the Lone Star Conference in 2015 and will look to build on outstanding numbers from last season .• Evans (Mansfield HS) ranked third in total receiving yardage with 986 yards on 50 catches and also ranked fourth in the conference in receiving yards per game with 82 .2 . His 19 .7 yards per catch average was tops in the league amongst players with double digit catches and his eight touchdown catches tied for third in the league .• Evans was a first team all-Lone Star Conference honoree in 2015• Smith (Ennis HS) finished sixth in the league with 72 .3 receiving yards per game with 868 yards on his 45 catches . His total yardage ranked fourth in the league, right behind Evans . He also scored eight receiving touchdowns to tie for third in the league and his 19 .3 yards per catch average tied for second in the conference amongst regulars .• Smith was a second team all-Lone Star Conference honoree in 2015 .

PRESEASON AFCA RANKING NEAR PROGRAM-BEST • The Lions are ranked ninth in the nation in Division II according to the American Football Coaches Association Preseason Poll .• A&M-Commerce is tied for the ninth position in the poll with Henderson State . • The ranking of ninth is the second-best ranking for A&M-Commerce since the AFCA Division II Poll began in 2000 . • The Lions were ranked eighth nationally on October 26, 2015, and have now been ranked in 14 straight polls, going back to the 2015 preseason poll . • This is A&M-Commerce’s 20th all-time appearance in the AFCA Top 25 .

ALL-LSC STARS RETURN TO LINEUP • Of A&M-Commerce’s 27 all-Lone Star Conference players from 2015, 10 return to the lineup for the 2016 campaign .

FIRST TEAMRichard Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RBLance Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WRBuck Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RS

SECOND TEAMJason Osei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OLDarby Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WRCameron Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DS

HONORABLE MENTIONAvery Poates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OLChris Chumley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AKristov Martinez-Garcia . . . . . . . . . . KKieston Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DL

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ON A ROLL ON OPENING NIGHT • Texas A&M-Commerce is 52-44-2 all-time in season openers after winning each of the last three season openers .• The last time the Lions won more than three season openers consecutively was from 1988-93, when East Texas State won six straight season openers .• This is the third straight year the Lions have opened on a Thursday night and the fourth straight year A&M-Commerce opens the season at home .

RARITY RETURNING • A&M-Commerce All-American running back Richard Cooper is just the fifth Lion running back to come back for the season following a 1,000-yard season .• Three Lions repeated their 1,000-yard season with another such milestone year .

ARTHUR JAMES1968 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,538 yards1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,334 yards

AUNDRA THOMPSON1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,086 yards1975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,796 yards

RICKY DIRKS1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . So . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,070 yards1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,299 yards1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370 yards

CLIFF EDWARDS2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,041 yards2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .945 yards

RICHARD COOPER2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,380 yards2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .??? yards

WHAT COUNTS TONIGHT? • Prior to the 2015-16 academic year, the University of Faith was named as a “non-countable opponent” for NCAA statistics .• As such, the game will count towards the Lions’ win-loss record as a non-region, non-Division II game .• Statistics from the Faith game will not be applied towards the Lions’ individual or team statistics for the season or career .

UNDER ARMOUR RELATIONSHIP TO BE CELEBRATED • In the spring of 2016, Lion Athletics entered into the first institutional comprehensive partnership with Under Armour in all of NCAA Division II . • While Lion student-athletes are already benefiting from the partnership and receiving a Best In Class experience due to the partnership, there are also institutional benefits and other brand engagement and marketing initiatives . • A special presentation recognizing Under Armour will take place prior to the game .

PROMOTIONS FOR THURSDAY’S GAME • Thursday’s game has been designated as Student Appreciation Night . The first 3,000 active students through the gate will receive a t-shirt courtesy of Under Armour .• The game has also been designated as Faith and Family Night . Local churches have been invited to the contest .• The volleyball team will also be recognized during the contest . The Lions’ volleyball team’s first matches are Friday and Saturday at the Texas Woman’s University Hilton Garden Innvitational .• Also during the contest, State Representative Dan Flynn and representatives from the office of State Senator Bob Hall will welcome Texas A&M-Commerce Police Chief Donna Spinato and City of Commerce Police Chief Kerry Crews, along with members of their respective police forces as Community Pillars .• The academic partner for the game is the School of Agriculture . Various members of the School of Agriculture, including the rodeo team, will be recognized throughout the evening .

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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown High School/Previous School

1 Hatari Byrd LB 6-1 210 Sr. Fresno, Calif. Central East HS/Oklahoma

2 Uriah Harris DB 6-0 180 Sr. Frostproof, Fla. Frostproof HS/CCSF

3 Lance Evans WR 6-3 200 Sr. Mansfield, Texas Mansfield HS

4 Buck Wilson WR 5-11 185 R-Jr. Commerce, Texas Commerce HS

5 Shawn Hooks WR 5-8 165 Sr. Daingerfield, Texas Daingerfield HS/Navarro

6 Danny Huckaby DB 6-1 180 R-So. Mexia, Texas Mexia HS

7 D’Arthur Cowan WR 6-3 185 Jr. Olive Branch, Miss. Olive Branch HS/Arkansas

8 Metrelle Taylor WR 6-1 185 R-So. Pasadena, Texas Pasadena HS

9 Brucks Saathoff LB 6-0 195 So. San Antonio, Texas Reagan HS

10 Darby Smith WR 5-10 180 Sr. Ennis, Texas Ennis HS

11 Tavita Faaiu DL 6-3 265 Sr. San Francisco, Calif. So.SF HS/CCSF

12 Luis Perez QB 6-3 220 R-Jr. San Diego, Calif. Otay Ranch HS/S’western JC

13 Hayden Marsh WR 6-2 195 R-Sr. Lucas, Texas Lovejoy HS

14 Preston Wheeler QB 6-3 185 R-Fr. Austin, Texas Bowie HS

15 Vincent Hobbs A 6-3 255 R-Jr. Mesquite, Texas Horn HS/La.-Monroe

16 Gabe Rodriguez QB 5-11 205 R-Jr. Amarillo, Texas Amarillo HS

17 Steven Baker DB 5-11 180 R-Jr. San Antonio, Texas MacArthur HS

18 Chase Pemberton QB 6-4 190 R-So. Wills Point, Texas Wills Point HS

19 Jared Cate QB 6-3 200 R-Sr. Boyd, Texas Boyd HS/West Texas A&M

20 Eric Harrell LB 5-10 205 Jr. The Woodlands, Texas College Park HS/Kilgore College

21 Yusef Sterling-Lowe DB 6-2 170 R-Jr. Oakland, Calif. McClymonds HS/Laney College

22 DJ White DB 6-1 160 So. Spring, Texas Westfield HS

23 Richard Cooper RB 5-9 195 Sr. Angleton, Texas Angleton HS

24 Chris Smith DB 6-1 170 R-Jr. Mansfield, Texas Mansfield Legacy HS

25 Reginald Kincade DB 5-11 170 R-Jr. Everman, Texas Everman HS

26 Chris Chumley A 6-4 250 Sr. Longview, Texas Pine Tree HS/Kilgore College

27 Trey Porter DB 5-10 170 Sr. Garland, Texas South Garland HS

28 Mark Westbrook DB 5-11 193 Fr. Schertz, Texas Clemens HS

29 Kaylon Watson RB 6-0 220 Jr. Mexia, Texas Mexia HS/La.-Monroe

31 Daniel Roland LB 5-11 215 R-Jr. Rockwall, Texas Rockwall HS

32 Richard Whitaker RB 5-10 180 R-Jr. Denton, Texas Guyer HS

33 Neema Behbahani LB 6-1 220 R-Fr. Plano, Texas Plano HS

34 Traven Johnson DB 6-1 175 Sr. Tyler, Texas John Tyler HS

35 Ovie Urevbu RB 5-10 210 R-Jr. Plano, Texas Legacy Chr. Acad./Ouachita Bap.

36 Michael Wallace DL 6-4 205 R-So. Lewisville, Texas Hebron HS

37 Anthony Smith DB 6-2 200 R-Jr. Long Beach, Calif. Jordan HS/E.L.A. College

38 Jamel James RB 5-11 215 Jr. Katy, Texas Cinco Ranch HS/Navarro College

39 Tristen Slaughter RB 6-2 210 R-So. Richardson, Texas Richardson HS

40 Deondre Toler LB 5-11 195 Jr. Hempstead, Texas Hempstead HS/Kilgore College

41 Myles Curl LB 6-0 195 Sr. Spring, Texas Dekaney HS/Blinn College

42 Kendrick Welsh DB 5-10 160 R-Fr. Mansfield, Texas Summit HS

43 Cameron Rogers LB 6-1 215 Sr. San Antonio, Texas Brandeis HS

44 BJ Mills LB 5-9 180 Sr. San Antonio, Texas Wagner HS

45 Jordan Trim LB 5-11 180 R-Fr. Arlington, Texas Martin HS

46 Jaylon Edwards-Cooper DB 5-11 175 R-Fr. Spring, Texas DeKaney HS

47 Brent Walker DB 5-11 165 R-So. Humble, Texas Humble HS

48 Randel Clark DB 6-1 195 Jr. Atlanta, Texas Atlanta HS/Cisco JC

49 DD Fletcher DL 6-1 240 R-Fr. Arlington, Texas Martin HS

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown High School/Previous School

50 Mason Copeland DB 5-11 200 R-Fr. Gainesville, Texas Gainesville HS

51 Josh Reynolds DL 6-4 210 R-So. Paris, Texas Paris HS

52 Peyton Searcy DL 6-0 275 So. Killeen, Texas Killeen HS

53 Christopher Laskowski LB 5-11 205 R-Jr. Schertz, Texas Cornerstone Chr. School

54 Garrett Blubaugh LB 6-2 220 R-Fr. Keller, Texas Keller HS

55 Pierre Leonard DL 5-10 298 Fr. Tyler, Texas John Tyler HS

56 John Aguilar OL 6-1 285 Jr. Lubbock, Texas Roosevelt HS/Tyler JC

57 Addison Mahana LB 6-2 227 Fr. Spring, Texas Spring HS

58 Kieston Carter DL 5-11 200 R-Jr. Mexia, Texas Mexia HS

59 Adam Sagapolu DL 6-2 260 Jr. Hayward, Calif. Moreau Catholic HS/Nevada

60 James Marshall LB 5-11 200 R-Fr. Carthage, Texas Carthage HS

61 Alec Huntley LS 5-9 220 R-Fr. San Antonio, Texas Johnson HS

62 Ty McKinney P 6-1 195 R-Jr. Leonard, Texas Leonard HS

63 Avery Poates OL 6-5 300 Sr. Moreno Valley, Calif. Rancho Verde HS/Nevada

65 Jonah Brown OL 6-5 315 R-Fr. Waco, Texas Connally HS

66 Ken Holmes OL 6-4 275 R-Fr. Tyler, Texas John Tyler HS

68 Christian Rodriguez OL 6-5 290 R-Sr. Pt. Isabel, Texas Los Fresnos HS/Abilene Chr.

70 Abdul Shammaa OL 6-5 310 R-Fr. San Antonio, Texas Reagan HS

71 Malik Ellis OL 6-6 280 So. Daingerfield, Texas Daingerfield HS/Cisco JC

72 Brian Taylor OL 6-2 275 R-Fr. Lancaster, Texas Lancaster HS

73 Ryan Peschka OL 6-2 290 R-Fr. Mansfield, Texas Timberview HS

74 Jared Machorro OL 6-7 280 Jr. Coldspring, Texas Coldspring-Oakhurst HS

75 Lane Hasse OL 6-6 315 R-Fr. Weimar, Texas Weimar HS

76 Jason Osei OL 6-5 300 Sr. London, England Woodhouse College/Baylor

77 Jordan Smith OL 6-4 315 So. Mansfield, Texas Summit HS

78 Jer’Rick Hawkins OL 6-7 320 R-Sr. Dallas, Texas Carter HS

79 Poet Thomas OL 6-6 325 R-Jr. Beverly Hills, Mich. Country Day HS/Texas Tech

80 John Thomas A 6-6 255 Sr. Bossier City, La. Airline HS/Trinity Valley CC

81 Austin Jordan A 6-5 225 R-Jr. Rowlett, Texas Rowlett HS

82 Jacob Norton A 6-6 220 R-Jr. The Woodlands, Texas Conroe Oak Ridge HS

83 Hitachi Lydia WR 6-1 185 R-Jr. Troup, Texas Troup HS

85 Isaiah Guillory WR 6-1 180 R-Fr. Pearland, Texas Dawson HS

86 Justice Luce WR 6-1 200 R-So. Fairview, Texas Lovejoy HS

87 Calvin Jones WR 6-0 185 Jr. Richardson, Texas Berkner HS/Navarro College

88 Kalen Winkler WR 5-10 175 R-Jr. Wylie, Texas Wylie HS

89 Kristov Martinez-Garcia K 5-6 135 So. Edinburg, Texas Edinburg HS

90 Peyton Thorne DL 6-2 240 R-So. Sugar Land, Texas Dulles HS

91 Larance Hale DL 6-2 280 R-Sr. Tatum, Texas Tatum HS/Lamar

93 Anthony Ameperosa DL 6-1 285 Jr. San Francisco, Calif. S. SF HS/San Mateo JC

94 Daniel Kanu DL 6-4 245 R-So. Mesquite, Texas Poteet HS

95 Kade Satterwhite DL 6-4 247 Fr. Panhandle, Texas Canyon Randall HS

96 Demondre Lauderdale DL 6-2 239 Fr. Fort Worth, Texas Arlington Heights HS

97 Devonta Leary DL 5-11 240 R-Jr. Desoto, Texas Desoto HS

98 Jeremiah Walters DL 6-2 220 Sr. Oakland, Calif. McClymonds HS/Idaho

99 Michael Onuoha DL 6-5 255 R-Jr. Edmond, Okla. Santa Fe HS/Oklahoma

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OFFENSEPos. No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown Previous SchoolLT 74 Jared Machorro 6-7 255 Jr. Coldspring, Texas Coldspring-Oakhurst HS 70 Abdul Shammaa 6-5 310 R-Fr. San Antonio, Texas Reagan HSLG 76 Jason Osei 6-5 320 Sr. London, England Woodhouse College/Baylor 68 Christian Rodriguez 6-5 290 R-Sr. Port Isabel, Texas Rio Grande Val. HS/Abilene Chr.C 56 John Aguilar 6-1 285 Jr. Lubbock, Texas Roosevelt HS/Tyler JC 73 Ryan Peschka 6-2 310 R-Fr. Mansfield, Texas Timberview HSRG 63 Avery Poates 6-5 300 Sr. Moreno Valley, Calif. Rancho Verde HS/Nevada 72 Brian Taylor 6-2 275 R-Fr. Lancaster, Texas Lancaster HSRT 79 Poet Thomas 6-6 335 R-Jr. Beverly Hills, Mich. Country Day HS/Texas Tech 71 Malik Ellis 6-6 280 So. Daingerfield, Texas Daingerfield HS/Cisco JCA 26 Chris Chumley 6-4 250 Sr. Longview, Texas Pine Tree HS/Kilgore College 81 Austin Jordan 6-5 195 R-Jr. Rowlett, Texas Rowlett HSXWR 7 D’Arthur Cowan 6-4 185 Jr. Olive Branch, Miss. Olive Branch HS/Arkansas 8 Metrelle Taylor 6-1 175 R-So. Pasadena, Texas Pasadena HSHWR 10 Darby Smith 5-10 180 Sr. Ennis, Texas Ennis HS 4 Buck Wilson 5-11 165 R-Jr. Commerce, Texas Commerce HSZWR 3 Lance Evans 6-3 180 Sr. Mansfield, Texas Mansfield HS 86 Justice Luce 6-1 200 R-So. Fairview, Texas Lovejoy HSRB 23 Richard Cooper 5-9 185 Sr. Angleton, Texas Angleton HS 39 Tristen Slaughter 6-2 210 R-So. Richardson, Texas Richardson HSQB 12 Luis Perez 6-3 220 R-Jr. San Diego, Calif. Otay Ranch HS/Southwestern JC 16 Gabe Rodriguez 5-11 205 R-Jr. Amarillo, Texas Amarillo HS

DEFENSEPos. No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown Previous SchoolDE 58 Kieston Carter 5-11 200 R-Jr. Mexia, Texas Mexia HS 99 Michael Onuoha 6-5 255 R-Jr. Edmond, Okla. Santa Fe HS/OklahomaNT 49 DD Fletcher 6-1 240 R-Fr. Arlington, Texas Martin HS 59 Adam Sagapolu 6-2 260 Jr. Hayward, Calif. Moreau Catholic HS/NevadaDE 52 Peyton Searcy 6-0 275 So. Killeen, Texas Killeen HS 90 Peyton Thorne 6-2 240 R-So. Sugar Land, Texas Dulles HSSLB 1 Hatari Byrd 6-1 210 Sr. Fresno, Calif. Central East HS/Oklahoma 45 Jordan Trim 5-11 180 R-Fr. Arlington, Texas Martin HSMLB 54 Garrett Blubaugh 6-2 220 R-Fr. Keller, Texas Keller HS 33 Neema Behbahani 6-1 220 R-Fr. Plano, Texas Plano HSMLB 43 Cameron Rogers 6-1 215 Sr. San Antonio, Texas Brandeis HS 9 Brucks Saathoff 6-0 195 So. San Antonio, Texas Reagan HSWLB 11 Tavita Faaiu 6-3 265 Sr. San Francisco, Calif. South San Fran HS/CCSF 98 Jeremiah Walters 6-2 220 Sr. Oakland, Calif. McClymonds HS/IdahoCB 6 Danny Huckaby 6-1 180 R-So. Mexia, Texas Mexia HS 34 Traven Johnson 6-1 175 Sr. Tyler, Texas John Tyler HSFS 24 Chris Smith 6-1 170 R-Jr. Mansfield, Texas Mansfield Legacy HS 47 Brent Walker 5-11 165 R-So. Humble, Texas Humble HSSS 17 Steven Baker 5-11 180 R-Jr. San Antonio, Texas MacArthur HS 27 Trey Porter 5-10 170 Sr. Garland, Texas South Garland HSCB 2 Uriah Harris 6-0 180 Sr. Frostproof, Fla. Frostproof HS/CC San Francisco 22 DJ White 6-1 160 So. Spring, Texas Westfield HS

SPECIAL TEAMSPos. No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown Previous SchoolKK 89 Kristov Martinez-Garcia 5-6 135 So. Edinburg, Texas Edinburg HSP 62 Ty McKinney 6-1 195 So. Leonard, Texas Leonard HSLS 43 Cameron Rogers 6-1 215 Sr. San Antonio, Texas Brandeis HSRet 4 Buck Wilson 5-11 165 Jr. Commerce, Texas Commerce HS 23 Richard Cooper 5-9 185 Sr. Angleton, Texas Angleton HS

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TRACKING A&M-COMMERCE’S 2016 OPPONENTSOpponent Date W-L Last Game This Week Next WeekFAITH S1 0-0 - at Texas A&M-Commerce TBAat Delta State S10 0-0 - KENTUCKY WESLEYAN (Thur .) TEXAS A&M-COMMERCEat Eastern New Mexico * S17 0-0 - at Southwest Baptist (Thur .) WESTERN NEW MEXICO *TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE * S24 0-0 - at Incarnate Word SIMON FRASERat Oklahoma Panhandle State * O1 0-0 - at Sam Houston State at Arkansas-Pine BluffMIDWESTERN STATE * O8 0-0 - at Truman State idleat Western New Mexico * O15 0-0 - at San Diego at Eastern New Mexico *at Angelo State * O22 0-0 - at McKendree (Thur .) at Northern MichiganWEST TEXAS A&M * O29 0-0 - at Azusa Pacific (Thur .) at Colorado State-Puebloat UT Permian Basin * N5 0-0 - SUL ROSS ARIZONA CHRISTIANTARLETON STATE * N12 0-0 - at McNeese State SOUTHWEST BAPTIST

ON THIS DAY... : SEPTEMBER 1... in Texas A&M-Commerce/East Texas State Football (2-1) : • 1990 - The Lions host Livingston (now West Alabama) and roll to a 45-6 victory to open the season.• 2001 - A&M-Commerce kicks off the campaign with a 14-11 win over Harding in Memo-rial Stadium.• 2007 - The Lions are narrowly edged by Ouachita Baptist in Commerce by a 29-27 score.

The A&M-Commerce athletic communications staff is developing the above section through-out the season. Keep your eye out for more historical facts about the program.

... in college football history : Sept. 1, 2007 - Appalachian State def. No. 5 Michigan, 34-32 in Ann Arbor, Mich. -

The Big House was packed 110,000 strong for Michigan’s “tune-up” against the Moun-taineers of Appalachian State, but no one in Ann Arbor knew they would witness one of college football’s greatest David versus Goliath storylines. Appalachian State kicker Ju-lian Rauch knocked in a 24-yard field goal with under a minute remaining for the lead. A last ditch Michigan field goal attempt was blocked to give Hall of Fame coach Jerry Moore and the Mountaineers a victory in one of the greatest upsets in college football history, 34-32, over the No. 5 Wolverines.

... in world history : • 1897 – The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.• 1920 – The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.• 1952 – The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.• 1974 – The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to Lon-don in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour.

... in birthdays : • 1875 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, American soldier and author (d. 1950)• 1923 – Rocky Marciano, American boxer and actor (d. 1969)• 1931 – Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999), born in Ster-rett, Texas• 1933 – Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (d. 2006)• 1933 – Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)

OTHER GAMESOF NOTE TODAY

12:30 p.m.Humboldt State at Carson-Newman First Division II game of the season

6 p.m.Kentucky Wesleyan at Delta StateAngelo State at McKendreeHouston Baptist at Central Arkansas

6:30 p.m.Ohio Dominican at Ferris State

7 p.m.New Mexico Highlands at Dixie StateEastern New Mexico at Southwest Baptist

8 p.m.Colorado State-Pueblo at Colorado MinesRice at Western Kentucky

9 p.m.West Texas A&M at Azusa Pacific

Games include LSC, 2016 opponents, Super Region 4 and select Texas schools.

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AFCA POLLPRESEASON

Rk School (1st votes) Rec . Pts . Pv1 . Northwest Missouri St . (29) 15-0 749 12 . West Georgia (1) 12-2 676 33 . Grand Valley St . (Mich .) 12-3 658 44 . Shepherd (W .Va .) 13-1 638 25 . Colorado St .-Pueblo 12-2 581 56 . Ashland (Ohio) 10-1 523 107 . Minnesota St . 10-2 466 138 . Indiana (Pa .) 9-3 364 199t . Henderson St . (Ark .) 11-2 363 129T. TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE 8-4 363 2311 . Slippery Rock (Pa .) 12-2 360 712 . Ferris St . (Mich .) 11-1 359 613 . Humboldt St . (Calif .) 10-2 353 1614. Midwestern St. (Texas) 10-2 344 915 . North Alabama 9-3 330 1516 . Indianapolis (Ind .) 10-2 276 1817 . Tuskegee (Ala .) 10-3 241 1118 . Colorado School of Mines 8-3 228 NR19 . Minnesota-Duluth 9-3 196 NR20 . Central Missouri 8-3 184 NR21 . Assumption (Mass .) 11-2 144 1722 . Catawba (N .C .) 9-3 140 2523 . Sioux Falls (S .D .) 9-3 125 21t24 . Emporia St . (Kan .) 11-3 124 825 . Augustana (S .D .) 9-3 119 24

Others Receiving Votes: Florida Tech, 107; Valdosta St . (Ga .), 99; Pittsburg St . (Kan .), 88; West Chester (Pa .), 82; Win-ston-Salem St . (N .C .), 74; Charleston (W .Va .), 60; Carson-New-man (Tenn .), 53; Colorado Mesa, 50; Harding (Ark .), 40; Albany St . (Ga .), 34; Virginia Union, 29; California (Pa .), 25; Angelo St. (Texas), 19; Azusa Pacific (Calif .), 13; Miles (Ala .), 11; Delta St. (Miss.), 9; Michigan Tech, 9; Western Oregon, 9; West Texas A&M, 8; Fort Hays St . (Kan .), 6; Bowie St . (Md .), 4; Saginaw Valley St . (Mich .), 4; Central Oklahoma, 3; Ouachita Baptist (Ark .), 3; Ohio Dominican, 2; Texas A&M-Kingsville, 2; Bemidji St . (Minn .), 1; McKendree (Ill .), 1; Newberry (S .C .), 1 .

Pl Team LSC Pct. Overall Pct. Streak

1 Texas A&M-Commerce 6-0 1.000 8-4 0.667 L2

2 Midwestern State 5-1 0.833 10-2 0.833 L1

3 Angelo State 3-3 0.500 7-4 0.636 W1

West Texas A&M 3-3 0.500 6-4 0.600 W4

Eastern New Mexico 3-3 0.500 6-6 0.500 L4

6 Tarleton State 1-5 0.167 3-7 0.300 W1

7 Texas A&M-Kingsville 0-6 0.000 2-9 0.182 L1

2015 LONE STAR CONFERENCE STANDINGS2015 LONE STAR CONFERENCE

PRESEASON POLL

Rk School Pts 1st

1. TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE 269 19

2. Midwestern State 254 8

3. Angelo State 211

4. West Texas A&M 182

5. Eastern New Mexico 181

6. Texas A&M-Kingsville 141

7. Tarleton State 121

8. Western New Mexico 66

Okla. Panhandle State 66

10. UT Permian Basin 49 1

D2FOOTBALL.COM POLLPRESEASON

Rk School Rec. Pv1 Northwest Missouri State 15-02 West Georgia 12-23 Grand Valley State 12-34 Colorado State-Pueblo 12-25 Minnesota State 10-26 Shepherd 13-17 Ashland 10-18 North Alabama 9-39 Ferris State 11-110 Central Missouri 8-311 Midwestern State 10-212 Emporia State 11-313 Minnesota-Duluth 9-314 Humboldt State 10-215 Indiana (Pa .) 9-316 Henderson State 11-217 Slippery Rock 12-218 TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE 8-419 Tuskegee 10-320 Sioux Falls 9-321 Colorado Mines 8-322 Augustana 9-323 Valdosta State 9-324 Pittsburg State 6-525 Indianapolis 10-2

Last Week-

This WeekTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

6 p .m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ASU at McKendree7 p.m. ...........Faith at A&M-Commerce7 p .m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ENMU at S’west Baptist9 p .m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WTAMU at Azusa Pacific

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 36 p .m . . . . . . . . . . . . .TAMUK at Incarnate Word6 p .m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TSU at McNeese State6 p .m . . . . . . . . . .OPSU at Sam Houston State7 p .m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MSU . at Truman St .7 p .m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sul Ross at UPB9 p .m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WNMU at San Diego

Next WeekSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

3 p .m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ASU at Northern Mich .6 p.m. ...... A&M-Commerce at Delta St.6 p .m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OPSU at Ark .-Pine Bluff7 p .m . . . . . . . . . . . .WTAMU at Colo . St .-Pueblo7 p .m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S’west Baptist at TSU7 p .m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simon Fraser at TAMUK7 p .m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arizona Chr . at UTPB8 p .m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WNMU at ENMU *

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A&M-Commerce Fast FactsOverall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506-424-31 ( .543)

Total Games Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .961

Texas A&M-Commerce Overall Home Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (485 games) 282-172-19 ( .601)

Memorial Stadium (1950-present) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (340 games) 210-119-11 ( .634)

College Field (1919-1949) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (132 games) 71-50-11 ( .580)

Commerce City Park (1914-1917) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (13 games) 7-5-1 ( .577)

Road Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199-247-11 ( .447)

Neutral Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-9-1 ( .661)

Cotton Bowl Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2-0 ( .778)

Season Openers Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-44-2 ( .525)

Homecoming Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-33-1 ( .576)

Postseason Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6-1 ( .594)

Live United Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-1 ( .000)

Heart of Texas Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0 (1 .000)

Tangerine Bowl Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0-1 ( .875)

NAIA Playoffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 ( .667)

NCAA Division II Playoffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4 ( .429)

National Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .One (1972 - NAIA)

Lone Star Conference Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290-208-12 ( .509)

Total Lone Star Conference Games Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Lone Star Conference Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1983, 1990, 2014, 2015

Lone Star Conference Runner-Up Finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Lone Star Conference Third-Place Finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

First Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 26, 1914 (A&M-Commerce 12, Commerce H .S . 0)

Memorial Stadium Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 23, 1950 (North Texas 42, A&M-Commerce 20)

First Night Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 17, 1930 (West Texas 14, A&M-Commerce 0)

First Home Night Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .October 2, 1931 (A&M-Commerce 6, Trinity 0)

First Homecoming Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 27, 1928 (A&M-Commerce 13, North Texas 12)

Largest Margin of Victory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 points (Oct . 31, 1953)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A&M-Commerce 80, Northwestern Oklahoma State 0

Largest Margin of Defeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 points (October, 1927)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Houston State 78, A&M-Commerce 0

Most Points Scored in a Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 vs . Angelo State - 2nd qtr . (Nov . 2, 1991)

Most Points Allowed in a Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 vs . Arkansas State - 2nd qtr . (Sept . 26, 1987)

Most Points Scored in a Half . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 vs . East Texas Baptist - 1st half (Sept . 4, 2014)

Most Points Scored in a Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 vs . East Texas Baptist - (Sept . 4, 2014)

Most Points Allowed in a Half . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 vs . Arkansas State - 1st half (Sept . 26, 1987)

Most Consecutive Shutout Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 quarters

. . . . . . . . . . First quarter vs . North Texas (1933) through fourth quarter vs . Southwest Texas (1934)

Longest Winning Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 games (1951-1953)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fifth-longest streak in NCAA Division II history

Longest Unbeaten Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 games (1951-1953)

Longest Home Winning Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 games (1957-1960)

Longest Losing Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 games (1925-1926)

Longest Non-Shutout Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 games (1978-1986)

Consecutive Opponent Shutouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nine games (1933-1934)

Total Number of Shutouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 games

Head Coach Colby Carthel Colby Carthel was hired as the 19th head coach in A&M-Com-

merce history on January 23, 2013.In his third season of 2015, Carthel led the Lions to their second

straight and 22nd overall Lone Star Conference regular-season ti-tle. A&M-Commerce went 8-4 on the year and earned the seventh seed in the NCAA Division II Playoffs, advancing to the NCAA post-season for the first time since 1995. The Lions dropped their first round game at second-seeded Ferris State, 48-30.

With an undefeated LSC regular season, the Lions clinched their second consecutive conference title on October 24 with a win over Midwestern State. Postseason honors were many, as A&M-Commerce earned a school-record 27 all-LSC honors. The Lions also collected three All-American awards. Richard Cooper was named the LSC Offensive Back of the Year.

In his second season, the Carthel-led 2014 Lions turned in one of the best seasons in recent A&M- Commerce history. The Lions reeled off a nine-win season en route to the program’s 21st LSC Championship and made a second consecutive postseason ap-pearance with a trip to the Heart of Texas Bowl which the Lions won 72-21 over East Central.

The Lions saw a then-school record 26 players earn LSC post-season recognition, including conference wide receiver of the year Vernon Johnson and defensive player of the year Toni Pulu. The Lions opened the season with 98 points and a NCAA record 986 total yards offense. The pace saw the Lions end the season with the NCAA’s No. 1 offense in terms of total yards per game and scoring per game.

Carthel led the Lions to a 7-5 record in his first season at the helm, a far cry from the combined 5-26 record the team put up in the three seasons prior to his arrival. That turnaround, one that included wins over nationally-ranked Delta State and Tarleton State, earned the Lions a postseason berth in the Live United Texarkana Bowl – the program’s first postseason berth since qualifying for the national playoffs in 1995.

Although previously a defensive coordinator, the Lions made huge strides on the offensive side of the ball in his first season, averaging 35.0 points per game, which was up 22.4 points per game from the previous year and was the most by a Lion team since the 1990 team averaged 36.2 per game.

The Lions also garnered 15 all-Lone Star Conference selec-tions in 2013, including three on the first team. Defensive line-man Charles Tuaau was named the league’s top defender and earned all-America honors, while Vernon Johnson was named the league’s top wide receiver after a season that saw him haul in over 1,300 yards and 13 scores through the air.

Carthel came to Commerce with strong ties to the Lone Star Conference, spending the seven previous seasons as the defen-sive coordinator at West Texas A&M and playing a key role in es-tablishing the Buffs as one of the top teams in the region. During his seven years at West Texas A&M, the Buffs captured four Lone Star Conference championships while making an appearance in the postseason each year, including a pair of Kanza Bowl champi-onships and a regional championship in 2012.

During Carthel’s tenure as the Buffs’ defensive coordinator, West Texas A&M compiled a 69-20 record with a 77.5 winning percentage.

Tale of the TapePersonalBorn ....................................................... August 29, 1976Hometown....................................................Friona, TexasHigh School ...............................Friona High School, 1996College ..............................Angelo State University, 2000

Coaching Experience2000-05 .................... Abilene Christian (Defensive Line)2006-12 ...........West Texas A&M (Defensive Coordinator)2013-Present..........Texas A&M-Commerce (Head Coach)

Year-by-YearYear ........School ....................................Overall ........ LSC2013 .......Texas A&M-Commerce ..............7-5 ............ 2-42014 .......Texas A&M-Commerce ..............9-3 ..........6-1 ^2015 .......Texas A&M-Commerce ..............8-4 .........6-0 ^2016 .......Texas A&M-Commerce ............. 0-0 ............0-0...............Fourth Season ......................... 24-12 .........14-5^ LSC Championship

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A&M-Commerce Passing RecordsIndividual RecordsAttemptsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 - Royce Slechta (11 comp.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Angelo State, 1986Season . . . . . . . . . 409 - Buster Faulkner (268 comp.), 2004Career . . . . . . . . . . . 816 - Terry Skinner (367 comp.), 1974-77

CompletionsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 - J.J. Harp (59 att.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Abilene Christian (Oct. 29, 2011)Season . . . . . . . . . . . .268 - Buster Faulkner (409 att.), 2004Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375 - Bob Bounds (706 att.), 1988-91

Passing YardsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 - Tyrik Rollison (25 of 32). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. East Texas Baptist, 2014*Season . . . . . . . . . 3,304 - Tyrik Rollison (184 of 280), 2014*Career . . . . . . . . . . .5,955 - Bob Bounds (375 of 706), 1988-91

Touchdown PassesGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - James Gray (4 consecutive). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vs. Austin College, 1952. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - Tyrik Rollison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. East Texas Baptist, 2014*Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 - Tyrik Rollison, 2014*Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 - James Gray, 1951-53

Yards per attemptSeason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.6 - Tyrik Rollison, 2014*Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7 - Tyrik Rollison, 2013-14*

Yards per gamesSeason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342.2 - Tyrik Rollison, 2014*Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315.4 - Tyrik Rollison, 2013-14*

Completion Pecentage(Minimum 10 passes attempted per game)Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .662 - James Batchelor, 1946Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624 - Tyrik Rollison, 2013-14*

Fewest INTs(Minimum 10 passes attempted per game)Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - Charles Cox, 1965. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - Terry Skinner, 1976. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 - Cole Cayce, 1995Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 - Tyrik Rollison, 2013-14*

Team RecordsAttemptsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 (25 comp.) vs. Angelo State - 1986Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481 (268 comp.) - 2013

CompletionsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 (59 att.) at Abilene Christian - 2011Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 (436 att.) - 2014*

Total YardsGame . . . . . . . 590 (28 of 36) vs. East Texas Baptist - 2014*Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,495 (283-of-436) - 2014*

Yards per attemptSeason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 - 2014*

A&M-Commerce Rushing RecordsIndividual RecordsAttemptsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 - Kenneth Parks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vs. Carson-Newman, 1972Season . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 - Arthur James (1,334 yds.), 1969Career . . . . . . . . . . 884 - Arthur James (4,285 yds.), 1966-69

Total YardsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323 - Arthur James (36 attempts). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Abilene Christian, 1968Season . . . . . . . . . 1,796 - Aundra Thompson (248 att.), 1975Career . . . . . . . . . . 4,285 - Arthur James (884 att.); 1966-69

Yards Per Carry(Minimum 5.0 attempts per game)Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10.3 -Joe Bergeron (13 att.-134 yds.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. East Texas Baptist, 2014*Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.04 - Joe Harbour (50-504), 1958Career . . . . . . . . 6.52 - Aundra Thompson (576-3,757), 972-75

Yards per gameSeason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160.8 - Aundra Thompson, 1975Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.7 - Arthur James, 1966-69

Team RecordsAttemptsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 (411 yds.) vs. Tarleton State - 1970Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .585 (2,495 yds.) - 1968

Total YardsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464 vs. Southwest Texas - 1952Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,938 (609 att.) - 1974

Yards per carryGame . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 vs. Northwestern Oklahoma - 1953Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.9 - 1952

A&M-Commerce Receiving RecordsIndividual RecordsReceptions(Game) . . . . . . . . 15 - Cory Sims vs. Midwestern State, 2002(Season). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 - Vernon Johnson, 2014*

Yards(Game) . . . 266 - Willie Thornton vs. Eastern New Mexico, 2008

Touchdowns Game . . . . . . . . . . 4 - James Epps vs. Eastern New Mexico, 1996. . . . . . . . . . 4 - Willie Thornton vs. Eastern New Mexico, 2008Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 - Ricky Collins, 2014*Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 - Gary Compton, 1987-90

A&M-Commerce Total Offense RecordsTeam RecordsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 986 - vs. East Texas Baptist, 2014*#!

# - Denotes LSC Record! - Denotes NCAA Record

A&M-Commerce Scoring RecordsIndividual RecordsPointsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 - Marvin Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Sam Houston State, 1952. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 - Donald Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vs. Eastern New Mexico, 1985. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 - Deric Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. McMurry, 2013Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 - Aundra Thompson, 1975Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 - Billy Watkins, 1990-93

Kicking PointsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20- Saul Martinez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3 FG, 11 PATs) vs. East Texas Baptist, 2014*Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 - Saul Martinez (20 FG, 74 PAT), 2014*Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281 - Billy Watkins (49 FG, 134 PAT), 1990-93

TouchdownsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - Marvin Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Sam Houston State, 1952. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - Donald Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vs. Eastern New Mexico, 1985. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 - Deric Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. McMurry, 2013Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 - Aundra Thompson, 1975Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 - Aundra Thompson, 1972-75

PATs MadeGame . . . . . . . . . . . 13 - Saul Martinez, vs. McMurry, 2014*#

PATs AttemptedGame . . . . . . . . . . . 13 - Saul Martinez, vs. McMurry, 2014*#

Team RecordsTouchdownsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 vs. McMurry - 2014*Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 - 2014*

PATs madeGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, vs. McMurry- 2014*#Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 - 2014*

PATs attemptedGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 vs. McMurry - 2014*#Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 - 2014*

Field Goals madeGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - Six times. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . last vs. Southwestern Oklahoma State - 2004Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 - 2014*

Field Goals attemptedGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 vs. Southwest Texas - 1952Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 (15 made) - 1992. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 (17 made) - 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 (18 made) - 2004

PointsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 vs. East Texas Baptist - 2014*Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649 - 2014*#

Points per gameSeason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54.1- 2014*#

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A&M-Commerce Defensive RecordsIndividual Records Tackles (since 1999)Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 - Antonio Wilson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Northeastern State, 1999Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 - J.D. Hearn, 2005Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 - Jesse Brooks, 1999-2002

Tackles for loss (since 1999)Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 - Tevin Moore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Delta State, 2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 Tre’von Taylor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. McMurry, 2014*Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25.0 - Charlie Tuaau, 2013Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.0 - Tevin Moore, 2010-13

Sacks (since 1999)Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 - Tre’von Taylor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. McMurry, 2014*Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.5 - Tevin Moore, 2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Tuaau, 2013Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.0 - Tevin Moore, 2010-13

InterceptionsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - R.C. Moore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Sam Houston State, 1952. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 - Ronnie Humphrey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Southwest Texas State, 1968Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 - Pat Williams, 1992Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 - Autry Beamon, 1971-74

Interception return yardsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 - Autry Beamon (3 INT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vs. East Central, 1972Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 - Autry Beamon, 1972Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535 - Autry Beamon, 1971-74

A&M-Commerce Defensive RecordsTeams RecordsFewest yards allowedGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 vs. Northwest Missouri State - 1994. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (-35 rush, 72 pass)Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,546 (926 rush, 620 pass) -1959

Fewest rushing yardsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -48 vs. Angelo State - 1992Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 - 1952

Fewest completions allowedGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 vs. Sam Houston State - 1946. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 vs. Angelo State - 1971. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 vs. Henderson State - 1993Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 (130 att.) - 1961. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 (117 att.) - 1962

Fewest passing yardsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 vs. Sam Houston State - 1946. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 vs. Angelo State - 1971. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 vs. Henderson State - 1993Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636 (61 of 142) - 1965

Defensive passing efficiencySeason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.85 - 1974

Opponent turnoversSeason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 (21 FR, 31 INT) - 1990 Per Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.7 (52 in 11 games) - 1990

InterceptionsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 vs. Stephen F. Austin - 1971. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 vs. Abilene Christian - 1980. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 vs. Sam Houston State - 1981Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 - 1990

Yards returns on interceptionsGame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 vs. Austin College - 1950Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 - 1977

A&M-Commerce Longest PlaysIndividual RecordsPassing yards99 yards • Matt Morris to Casey Cowan . . . . . vs. MSU, 1997

Rushing91 yards • Roger Daley . . . . . . . vs. Northeastern State, 2005

Punting84 yards • Guy Stevens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Trinity, 1932

84 yards • Barry Gillingwater . . . vs. Abilene Christian, 1992

Punt return89 yards • Ron Trammell . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Angelo State, 1982

Kickoff return100 yards • Bob Sloan . . . . . . . . .vs. Midwestern State, 1950

100 yards • Marvin Brown . . . . . . vs. Midwestern State, 1951

Field goal59 yards • Randy Jones . . . . . . . . vs. Abilene Christian, 1982

Interception return100 yards • Cory Whitfield . . .at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 2011

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2015 A&M-Commerce FootballA&M-Commerce Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Jul 25, 2016)

All games

SEASON CAREER

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/gRichard Cooper 12 206 1380 49 1331 6.5 7 72 110.9 31 361 2252 82 2170 6.0 13 72 70.0Theo Wofford 12 148 1024 24 1000 6.8 5 90 83.3 24 185 1330 24 1306 7.1 10 90 54.4Ovie Urevbu 12 16 79 8 71 4.4 0 21 5.9 20 23 156 8 148 6.4 3 27 7.4Tristan Slaughter 10 2 41 1 40 20.0 0 41 4.0 10 2 41 1 40 20.0 0 41 4.0Shawn Hooks 12 1 33 0 33 33.0 0 33 2.8 22 1 33 0 33 33.0 0 33 1.5Gabriel Rodriguez 11 17 25 5 20 1.2 4 6 1.8 11 17 25 5 20 1.2 4 6 1.8Darby Smith 12 2 16 0 16 8.0 0 11 1.3 28 2 16 0 16 8.0 0 11 0.6Buck Wilson 11 2 1 2 -1 -0.5 1 1 -0.1 11 2 1 2 -1 -0.5 1 1 -0.1TEAM 11 23 1 90 -89 -3.9 0 1 -8.1Harrison Stewart 12 33 36 189 -153 -4.6 0 20 -12.8 25 77 113 375 -262 -3.4 2 20 -10.5Total 12 450 2636 368 2268 5.0 17 90 189.0Opponents 12 530 2251 328 1923 3.6 25 53 160.2

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/gHarrison Stewart 12 149.07 206-374-7 55.1 3173 30 86 264.4 25 141.67 345-633-14 54.5 5016 48 88 200.6Gabriel Rodriguez 11 249.45 9-13-1 69.2 67 6 26 6.1 11 249.45 9-13-1 69.2 67 6 26 6.1Buck Wilson 11 503.20 1-1-0 100.0 48 0 48 4.4 11 503.20 1-1-0 100.0 48 0 48 4.4Metrelle Taylor 6 -200.00 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 6 -200.00 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Trever Lasseter 6 150.40 1-1-0 100.0 6 0 6 1.0 14 311.20 2-2-0 100.0 11 1 6 0.8Chase Thrasher 12 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 29 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0TEAM 11 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Richard Cooper 12 530.80 1-1-0 100.0 12 1 12 1.0 31 530.80 1-1-0 100.0 12 1 12 0.4Total 12 152.62 218-393-9 55.5 3306 37 86 275.5Opponents 12 119.80 256-436-17 58.7 2947 16 65 245.6

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/gLance Evans 12 50 986 19.7 8 76 82.2 27 59 1091 18.5 8 76 40.4Derrick Macon 11 46 636 13.8 11 72 57.8 11 46 636 13.8 11 72 57.8Darby Smith 12 45 868 19.3 8 86 72.3 28 55 1020 18.5 8 86 36.4Hayden Marsh 12 18 268 14.9 1 44 22.3 35 55 731 13.3 6 44 20.9Chris Chumlay 11 15 157 10.5 2 24 14.3 11 15 157 10.5 2 24 14.3Richard Cooper 12 10 122 12.2 1 40 10.2 31 20 235 11.8 1 50 7.6Keiondre Gober 4 8 41 5.1 0 9 10.2 4 8 41 5.1 0 9 10.2Theo Wofford 12 8 36 4.5 1 16 3.0 24 11 94 8.5 2 50 3.9Metrelle Taylor 6 5 36 7.2 0 10 6.0 6 5 36 7.2 0 10 6.0Shawn Hooks 12 4 66 16.5 0 32 5.5 22 6 91 15.2 0 32 4.1Justice Luce 11 4 42 10.5 2 26 3.8 11 4 42 10.5 2 26 3.8John Thomas 2 2 34 17.0 1 20 17.0 8 4 61 15.2 2 26 7.6Buck Wilson 11 1 11 11.0 1 11 1.0 11 1 11 11.0 1 11 1.0Ovie Urevbu 12 1 3 3.0 1 3 0.2 20 1 3 3.0 1 3 0.2Reggie Kincade 5 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 5 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0Total 12 218 3306 15.2 37 86 275.5Opponents 12 256 2947 11.5 16 65 245.6

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/gHarrison Stewart 12 407 -153 3173 3020 251.7 25 710 -262 5016 4754 190.2Richard Cooper 12 207 1331 12 1343 111.9 31 362 2170 12 2182 70.4Theo Wofford 12 148 1000 0 1000 83.3 24 185 1306 0 1306 54.4Gabriel Rodriguez 11 30 20 67 87 7.9 11 30 20 67 87 7.9Ovie Urevbu 12 16 71 0 71 5.9 20 23 148 0 148 7.4Buck Wilson 11 3 -1 48 47 4.3 11 3 -1 48 47 4.3Tristan Slaughter 10 2 40 0 40 4.0 10 2 40 0 40 4.0Shawn Hooks 12 1 33 0 33 2.8 22 1 33 0 33 1.5Darby Smith 12 2 16 0 16 1.3 28 2 16 0 16 0.6Trever Lasseter 6 1 0 6 6 1.0 14 3 -1 11 10 0.7TEAM 11 24 -89 0 -89 -8.1Total 12 843 2268 3306 5574 464.5Opponents 12 966 1923 2947 4870 405.8

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All games

SEASON CAREER

PAT PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsKristov Martinez - 12-19 56-59 - - - - - 92 - 12-19 56-59 - - - - - 92Derrick Macon 11 - - - - - - - 66 11 - - - - - - - 66Richard Cooper 9 - - 0-1 - - - - 54 16 - - 0-1 - - - - 96Darby Smith 8 - - - - - - - 48 8 - - - - - - - 48Lance Evans 8 - - - - - - - 48 8 - - - - - - - 48Theo Wofford 7 - - - - - - - 42 13 - - - - - - - 78Gabriel Rodriguez 4 - - - - - - - 24 4 - - - - - - - 24Buck Wilson 3 - - - - - - - 18 3 - - - - - - - 18Chris Chumlay 2 - - - - - - - 12 2 - - - - - - - 12Justice Luce 2 - - - - - - - 12 2 - - - - - - - 12Dionte Taylor 1 - - - - - 1 - 8 4 - - - - - 2 - 28Demarlon Morris 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6Ovie Urevbu 1 - - - - - - - 6 4 - - - - - - - 24Chase Thrasher - 2-7 - - - - - - 6 - 6-13 5-5 - - - - - 23Michael Wallace 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6Hayden Marsh 1 - - - - - - - 6 6 - - - - - - - 36John Thomas 1 - - - - - - - 6 2 - - - - - - - 12Total 60 14-26 56-59 0-1 - - 1 - 460Opponents 46 8-10 39-43 1-1 1 1-2 - - 343

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgShawn Hooks 19 102 5.4 0 22 33 287 8.7 0 56Davarus Shores 2 19 9.5 0 16 6 44 7.3 0 16TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0Dionte Taylor 0 1 0.0 1 1 1 57 57.0 3 23Total 22 122 5.5 1 22Opponents 15 52 3.5 1 23

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgBuck Wilson 28 835 29.8 0 66 28 835 29.8 0 66Theo Wofford 8 184 23.0 1 70 13 252 19.4 1 70Demarlon Morris 6 158 26.3 0 54 8 200 25.0 0 54Richard Cooper 5 163 32.6 1 88 11 302 27.5 1 88Justice Luce 1 12 12.0 0 12 1 12 12.0 0 12Daniel Roland 1 19 19.0 0 19 1 19 19.0 0 19Darby Smith 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0Derrick Macon 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0Trever Lasseter 1 43 43.0 0 43 1 43 43.0 0 43Total 52 1414 27.2 2 88Opponents 53 782 14.8 0 37

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgDarian Lindsey 3 -2 -0.7 0 0 5 47 9.4 0 41Chris Smith 3 25 8.3 0 17 3 25 8.3 0 17Demarlon Morris 2 27 13.5 1 26 3 27 9.0 1 26Trey Porter 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0Michael Wallace 1 6 6.0 1 6 1 6 6.0 1 6Cameron Rogers 1 9 9.0 0 9 3 37 12.3 0 23Kevin Mederias 1 12 12.0 0 12 3 52 17.3 0 31Brent Walker 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0Cole Pitts 1 22 22.0 0 22 2 72 36.0 1 50Charles Woods 1 20 20.0 0 20 2 20 10.0 0 20Brucks Saathoff 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0Uriah Harris 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 17 119 7.0 2 26Opponents 9 167 18.6 2 51

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgBuck Wilson 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0Total 0 0 0.0 1 0Opponents 1 48 48.0 2 48

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All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/gRichard Cooper 12 1331 122 0 163 0 1616 134.7 31 2170 235 40 302 0 2747 88.6Theo Wofford 12 1000 36 0 184 0 1220 101.7 24 1306 94 0 252 0 1652 68.8Lance Evans 12 0 986 0 0 0 986 82.2 27 0 1091 0 0 0 1091 40.4Darby Smith 12 16 868 0 0 0 884 73.7 28 16 1020 0 0 0 1036 37.0Buck Wilson 11 -1 11 0 835 0 845 76.8 11 -1 11 0 835 0 845 76.8Derrick Macon 11 0 636 0 0 0 636 57.8 11 0 636 0 0 0 636 57.8Hayden Marsh 12 0 268 0 0 0 268 22.3 35 -2 731 0 19 0 748 21.4Shawn Hooks 12 33 66 102 0 0 201 16.8 22 33 91 287 331 0 742 33.7Demarlon Morris 9 0 0 0 158 27 185 20.6 17 0 0 22 200 27 249 14.6Chris Chumlay 11 0 157 0 0 0 157 14.3 11 0 157 0 0 0 157 14.3Ovie Urevbu 12 71 3 0 0 0 74 6.2 20 148 3 0 0 0 151 7.6Justice Luce 11 0 42 0 12 0 54 4.9 11 0 42 0 12 0 54 4.9Trever Lasseter 6 0 0 0 43 0 43 7.2 14 -1 0 0 43 0 42 3.0Keiondre Gober 4 0 41 0 0 0 41 10.2 4 0 41 0 0 0 41 10.2Tristan Slaughter 10 40 0 0 0 0 40 4.0 10 40 0 0 0 0 40 4.0Metrelle Taylor 6 0 36 0 0 0 36 6.0 6 0 36 0 0 0 36 6.0John Thomas 2 0 34 0 0 0 34 17.0 8 0 61 0 0 0 61 7.6Chris Smith 12 0 0 0 0 25 25 2.1 12 0 0 0 0 25 25 2.1Cole Pitts 12 0 0 0 0 22 22 1.8 43 0 0 0 53 72 125 2.9Charles Woods 12 0 0 0 0 20 20 1.7 22 0 0 0 0 20 20 0.9Gabriel Rodrigue 11 20 0 0 0 0 20 1.8 11 20 0 0 0 0 20 1.8Daniel Roland 12 0 0 0 19 0 19 1.6 21 0 0 0 19 0 19 0.9Davarus Shores 11 0 0 19 0 0 19 1.7 35 0 0 44 0 0 44 1.3Kevin Mederias 12 0 0 0 0 12 12 1.0 23 0 0 0 0 52 52 2.3Cameron Rogers 12 0 0 0 0 9 9 0.8 33 0 0 0 0 37 37 1.1Michael Wallace 9 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.7 9 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.7Dionte Taylor 12 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 29 58 0 57 0 95 210 7.2Darian Lindsey 11 0 0 0 0 -2 -2 -0.2 22 0 0 7 0 47 54 2.5TEAM 11 -89 0 0 0 0 -89 -8.1Harrison Stewart 12 -153 0 0 0 0 -153 -12.8 25 -262 0 0 0 0 -262 -10.5Total 12 2268 3306 122 1414 119 7229 602.4Opponents 12 1923 2947 52 782 167 5871 489.2

Field Goals att good long blkd att good long blkdKristov Martinez 19 12 42 0 19 12 42 0Chase Thrasher 7 2 44 2 13 6 44 2Total 26 14 44 2Opponents 10 8 39 1

Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blkChase Thrasher 53 1980 37.4 60 0 98 3700 37.8 60 2Harrison Stewart 2 63 31.5 37 0 2 63 31.5 37 0TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 1Total 56 2043 36.5 60 1Opponents 68 2627 38.6 61 2

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb obChase Thrasher 74 4375 59.1 23 5 188 11143 59.3 51 7Kristov Martinez 10 455 45.5 0 1 10 455 45.5 0 1Total 84 4830 57.5 23 6Opponents 64 3569 55.8 9 1

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## Defensive Leaders gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk33 Charles Woods 12 6 0 6 0 1 2 0 7.5 1 . 0 1 6 . 1 . 22 1 1 8 1 2 2 2 4 0 21.5 2 . 5 2 9 2 3 119 Cole Pitts 12 4 6 4 8 9 4 5.0 2 . 0 1 5 1 2 . 43 1 2 4 1 2 0 2 4 4 26.5 4 . 5 2 9 3 2 .52 Toni Pulu 12 1 7 4 3 6 0 8.0 3 . 0 . 3 . 1 . 23 4 1 7 2 1 1 3 27.0 1 0 . 5 . 4 . 2 .11 Tyree Barton 12 3 2 2 5 5 7 9.5 2 . 0 . 3 2 . . 30 5 9 5 3 1 1 2 15.0 5 . 0 1 6 2 . .12 Davarus Shores 11 2 1 2 7 4 8 2.5 . . 2 1 . 3 35 6 4 7 5 1 3 9 12.5 3 . 0 . 1 1 3 . 745 Tre'von Taylor 12 2 1 2 6 4 7 6.5 6 . 5 . . . . . 19 3 6 3 2 6 8 14.5 1 3 . 0 1 . . . .14 Kevin Mederias 12 2 7 1 4 4 1 6.0 . 1 3 . . . 23 4 0 2 3 6 3 6.0 . 3 4 . . .9 Brucks Saathoff 12 2 2 1 9 4 1 2.0 . 1 1 . . . 12 2 2 1 9 4 1 2.0 . 1 1 . . .7 Darian Lindsey 11 2 4 1 4 3 8 0.0 . 3 1 . 1 . 22 3 4 2 0 5 4 0.0 . 5 3 . 1 .43 Cameron Rogers 12 1 5 2 3 3 8 0.0 . 1 . . . . 33 3 6 4 5 8 1 4.0 1 . 0 3 . . . .98 Jeremiah Walters 12 1 3 2 0 3 3 6.5 0 . 5 . 1 . . . 12 1 3 2 0 3 3 6.5 0 . 5 . 1 . . .24 Chris Smith 12 2 5 7 3 2 3.0 . 3 . . . . 12 2 5 7 3 2 3.0 . 3 . . . .51 Kieston Carter 12 1 3 1 7 3 0 5.0 4 . 0 . . 1 . . 14 1 3 1 9 3 2 5.0 4 . 0 . . 1 . .17 Steven Baker 11 1 0 1 9 2 9 0.0 . . 3 . 1 . 21 3 2 3 6 6 8 2.0 . . 8 . 2 .27 Trey Porter 12 1 7 1 0 2 7 0.0 . 1 . 1 2 . 20 2 0 1 3 3 3 0.5 . 1 . 1 2 192 Terrell Clinkscales 12 1 3 1 3 2 6 2.5 1 . 5 . . 1 1 . 12 1 3 1 3 2 6 2.5 1 . 5 . . 1 1 .95 Devar Brown 12 7 1 6 2 3 1.5 1 . 0 . 2 . . 1 22 1 6 2 2 3 8 3.0 2 . 0 1 2 . . 12 Demarlon Morris 9 1 5 5 2 0 2.0 . 2 3 . . . 17 1 8 8 2 6 2.0 . 3 4 . . .29 Dionte Taylor 12 1 3 6 1 9 0.0 . . 6 . . . 29 3 6 1 3 4 9 3.5 . 2 1 4 . . 322 Darent White 11 5 1 2 1 7 0.0 . . 1 . . . 11 5 1 2 1 7 0.0 . . 1 . . .44 B.J. Mills 7 9 8 1 7 1.5 . . . . . . 28 2 1 1 7 3 8 1.5 . . . . . 165 Peyton Searcy 11 5 1 1 1 6 2.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 11 5 1 1 1 6 2.0 1 . 0 . . . . .38 Gage Windsor 10 7 8 1 5 1.0 . . 1 . 1 1 33 1 7 1 6 3 3 3.0 1 . 0 . 1 . 1 147 Brent Walker 10 1 0 4 1 4 0.0 . 1 . . . . 10 1 0 4 1 4 0.0 . 1 . . . .36 Michael Wallace 9 4 8 1 2 1.0 . 1 1 . . . 9 4 8 1 2 1.0 . 1 1 . . .31 Daniel Roland 12 5 6 1 1 1.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 21 1 2 1 1 2 3 1.0 1 . 0 . . . . .6 Danny Huckaby 11 6 5 1 1 0.0 . . 3 1 . . 11 6 5 1 1 0.0 . . 3 1 . .86 Justice Luce 11 5 6 1 1 0.0 . . . . . . 11 5 6 1 1 0.0 . . . . . .97 Devonta Leary 8 3 7 1 0 2.0 . . . 1 . . 10 5 8 1 3 3.0 . . . 1 . .41 Corey Christensen 12 4 5 9 0.0 . . . . . . 12 4 5 9 0.0 . . . . . .69 Todd Peat 10 2 6 8 1.0 . . . . . . 20 4 1 1 1 5 2.5 . . . . . .84 Buck Wilson 11 5 3 8 0.0 . . . 1 . . 11 5 3 8 0.0 . . . 1 . .93 Alfonso Hampton 8 3 3 6 0.5 0 . 5 . . . . 1 8 3 3 6 0.5 0 . 5 . . . . 190 Peyton Thorne 7 1 4 5 0.0 . . . . . . 7 1 4 5 0.0 . . . . . .35 Ovie Urevbu 12 . 5 5 0.0 . . . 2 . . 20 3 7 1 0 0.0 . . . 2 . .34 Traven Johnson 8 2 2 4 0.0 . . 1 . . . 31 3 4 3 1 6 5 0.5 . . 1 1 1 1 .TM TEAM 11 3 . 3 0.0 . . . . 2 .40 Jacque Kuykendall 3 1 2 3 0.5 . . . . . . 3 1 2 3 0.5 . . . . . .96 Kenneth Stewart 7 . 2 2 0.0 . . . . . . 7 . 2 2 0.0 . . . . . .58 Josh Reynolds 6 2 . 2 0.0 . . . . . . 6 2 . 2 0.0 . . . . . .70 Landon Watkins 10 2 . 2 0.0 . . . . . . 10 2 . 2 0.0 . . . . . .82 Shawn Hooks 12 . 2 2 0.0 . . . . . . 22 1 2 3 0.0 . . . . . .28 Tyren Watts 4 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 12 8 8 1 6 0.0 . . 3 . . 132 Richard Whitaker 2 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . . 2 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . .25 Reggie Kincade 5 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 5 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .94 Daniel Kanu 1 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 1 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .91 Roderic Wiltz 2 1 . 1 1.0 . . . . . . 6 2 . 2 1.0 . . . . . .81 Austin Jordan 7 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . . 10 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . .63 Avery Poates 9 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 9 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .39 Tristan Slaughter 10 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . . 10 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . .4 Keiondre Gober 4 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 4 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .13 Hayden Marsh 12 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 35 5 1 6 0.5 . . . . . .23 Richard Cooper 12 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . . 31 2 1 3 0.0 . . . . . .49 Chase Thrasher 12 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 29 2 1 3 0.0 . . . . . .37 Uriah Harris 4 . . . 0.0 . 1 . . . . 4 . . . 0.0 . 1 . . . .

Total 12 5 0 3 5 2 5 1 0 2 79 24 17 4 6 1 2 1 2 6Opponents 12 4 0 5 4 9 4 8 9 9 69 23 9 3 5 7 9 4

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NCAA Statistics

Tex. A&M-Commerce - 2015-16 Football Ranking Summary thru games 12/19/2015

Statistic

National

Rank

Conference

Rank Value National Leader Value

Conference

Leader Value

3rd Down Conversion Pct (168 ranked) 92 5 0.379 Ferris St. 0.564 Tarleton St. 0.456

3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (168 ranked) 55 4 0.355 Northwest Mo. St. 0.243 Midwestern St. 0.319

4th Down Conversion Pct (168 ranked) 119 7 0.381 Charleston (WV) 0.818 West Tex. A&M 0.714

4th Down Conversion Pct Defense (167 ranked) 116 4 0.512 Central Wash. 0.211 West Tex. A&M 0.333

Blocked Kicks (131 ranked) 20 1 6 Assumption 12 Tex. A&M-Commerce 6

Blocked Kicks Allowed (168 ranked) 95 5 4 15 teams tied 0 Tarleton St. 0

Blocked Punts (57 ranked) 30 2 2 Kentucky St. 8 Midwestern St. 4

Blocked Punts Allowed (168 ranked) 61 3 1 60 teams tied 0 Eastern N.M.

Tarleton St.

0

0

Completion Percentage (168 ranked) 92 4 0.555 UIndy 0.689 West Tex. A&M 0.653

Defensive TDs (49 ranked) 25 4 3 Tuskegee

Slippery Rock

8

8

Midwestern St. 5

Fewest Penalties (168 ranked) 144 5 97 Hillsdale 24 Angelo St. 74

Fewest Penalties Per Game (168 ranked) 118 5 8.08 Hillsdale 2.18 Angelo St. 6.73

Fewest Penalty Yards (168 ranked) 157 7 963 Hillsdale 221 Angelo St. 655

Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (168 ranked) 134 4 80.25 Hillsdale 20.09 Angelo St. 59.55

First Downs Defense (168 ranked) 156 7 271 Kentucky St. 120 West Tex. A&M 213

First Downs Offense (168 ranked) 67 5 235 Slippery Rock 351 Angelo St. 294

Fumbles Lost (167 ranked) 43 1 7 Seton Hill

UIndy

3

3

Tex. A&M-Kingsville

Tex. A&M-Commerce

7

7

Fumbles Recovered (168 ranked) 31 4 12 Slippery Rock 23 Midwestern St. 18

Kickoff Return Defense (168 ranked) 5 1 14.75 Limestone 10.90 Tex. A&M-Commerce 14.75

Kickoff Returns (168 ranked) 3 1 27.19 Okla. Panhandle 30.00 Tex. A&M-Commerce 27.19

Net Punting (168 ranked) 69 4 33.77 Minnesota St. 39.62 West Tex. A&M 38.70

Passes Had Intercepted (168 ranked) 44 3 9 4 teams tied 2 Eastern N.M. 4

Passes Intercepted (168 ranked) 21 1 17 Henderson St. 29 Tex. A&M-Commerce 17

Passing Offense (168 ranked) 35 2 275.5 Colorado Mines 365.3 Angelo St. 345.8

Passing Yards Allowed (168 ranked) 129 5 245.6 American Int'l 132.5 Tex. A&M-Kingsville 188.2

Passing Yards per Completion (168 ranked) 16 2 15.17 Harding 25.26 Eastern N.M. 17.88

Punt Return Defense (168 ranked) 9 1 3.47 Albany St. (GA) -1.25 Tex. A&M-Commerce 3.47

Punt Returns (168 ranked) 135 7 5.55 Fayetteville St. 23.25 Angelo St. 9.83

Red Zone Defense (168 ranked) 96 5 0.800 Merrimack 0.525 Angelo St. 0.676

Red Zone Offense (168 ranked) 86 7 0.776 Ohio Dominican 0.960 Midwestern St. 0.875

Rushing Defense (168 ranked) 79 1 160.3 Northwest Mo. St. 59.3 Tex. A&M-Commerce 160.3

Rushing Offense (168 ranked) 55 4 189.0 Lenoir-Rhyne 384.7 Eastern N.M. 345.3

Sacks Allowed (168 ranked) 79 4 2.00 Sioux Falls 0.42 Midwestern St. 0.83

Scoring Defense (168 ranked) 92 3 28.6 Northwest Mo. St. 12.3 Midwestern St. 23.4

Scoring Offense (168 ranked) 20 3 38.3 Slippery Rock 45.2 Angelo St. 42.5

Tackles for Loss Allowed (168 ranked) 42 1 5.75 Carson-Newman3.00 Tex. A&M-Commerce

Midwestern St.

5.75

5.75

Team Passing Efficiency (168 ranked) 17 2 152.62 Augustana (SD) 172.26 Eastern N.M. 155.17

Team Passing Efficiency Defense (168 ranked) 65 2 119.80 Northwest Mo. St. 87.81 Angelo St. 110.09

Team Sacks (168 ranked) 79 5 2.00 Northwest Mo. St. 4.00 Tex. A&M-Kingsville 2.64

Team Tackles for Loss (168 ranked) 84 5 6.6 Virginia Union 11.5 Angelo St. 8.4

Time of Possession (168 ranked) 117 4 28:51 Lincoln (PA) 34:39 Eastern N.M. 33:40

Total Defense (168 ranked) 113 4 405.8 Northwest Mo. St. 224.0 Midwestern St. 382.9

Total Offense (168 ranked) 25 3 464.5 Angelo St. 560.4 Angelo St. 560.4

Turnover Margin (168 ranked) 15 2 1.08 Shippensburg 1.82 West Tex. A&M 1.20

Turnovers Gained (167 ranked) 21 1 29 Slippery Rock 47 Tex. A&M-Commerce

Midwestern St.

29

29

Turnovers Lost (168 ranked) 30 1 16 Fort Lewis 6 Tex. A&M-Commerce

West Tex. A&M

16

16

Winning Percentage (161 ranked) 39 2 0.667 Northwest Mo. St. 1.000 Midwestern St. 0.833

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Statistic Player

National

Rank

Conference

Rank Value National Leader Value

Conference

Leader Value

All Purpose (199 ranked) Richard Cooper

Theo Wofford

53

153

3

8

134.67

101.67

Austin Ekeler, Western St. 203.90 Geremy Alridge-Mitchell, West Tex. A&M 177.20

Blocked Kicks (24 ranked) Davarus Shores 7 1 3 Marcus Sayles, West Ga. 7 Davarus Shores, Tex. A&M-Commerce 3

Combined Kick Returns (200 ranked) Buck Wilson 14 1 835 Alquawn Vickers, Concordia-St. Paul 1,119 Buck Wilson, Tex. A&M-Commerce 835

Completion Percentage (139 ranked) Harrison Stewart 93 6 0.551 Connor Barthel, UIndy 0.690 Ethan Brinkley, West Tex. A&M 0.668

Completions Per Game (150 ranked) Harrison Stewart 59 4 17.17 Reid Miller, Northwestern Okla. 28.09 Kyle Washington, Angelo St. 24.09

Field Goal Percentage (100 ranked) Kristov Martinez 64 4 0.632 Steven O'Block, McKendree 0.923 Blake Barnes, Tarleton St. 0.727

Field Goals Per Game (149 ranked) Kristov Martinez 34 1 1.00 Cole Tracy, Assumption 1.69 Andy Alkhazshvilly, Midwestern St.

Conner Hollabaugh, West Tex. A&M

Kristov Martinez, Tex. A&M-Commerce

1.00

1.00

1.00

Forced Fumbles (92 ranked) Davondrick Lison, Southern Ark. 0.70 Brandon Jones, Tex. A&M-Kingsville 0.27

Fumbles Recovered (44 ranked) Tyree Barton

Ovi Urevbu

44

44

4

4

2

2

Austin Miller, Central Mo. 5 Marqui Christian, Midwestern St.

Brad Hardin, Eastern N.M.

Alex Olson, West Tex. A&M

3

3

3

Interceptions Per Game (102 ranked) Carlo Thomas, Johnson C. Smith 1.2 Davontae Merriweather, West Tex. A&M 0.3

Kickoff Return TDs (10 ranked) Richard Cooper

Theo Wofford

10

10

1

1

1

1

Zacari Lavender, Okla. Panhandle

Jason Greenway, Augustana (SD)

3

3

4 players tied 1

Kickoff Returns (125 ranked) Buck Wilson 7 1 29.8 Zacari Lavender, Okla. Panhandle 42.3 Buck Wilson, Tex. A&M-Commerce 29.8

Passes Defended (123 ranked) Carlo Thomas, Johnson C. Smith 2.1 Fred Lawrence, Angelo St. 1.5

Passing Efficiency (139 ranked) Harrison Stewart 25 1 149.1 Justin Dvorak, Colorado Mines 171.9 Harrison Stewart, Tex. A&M-Commerce 149.1

Passing TDs (195 ranked) Harrison Stewart

Gabriel Rodriguez

12

160

1

9

30

6

Bart Williams, Grand Valley St. 45 Harrison Stewart, Tex. A&M-Commerce 30

Passing Yards (200 ranked) Harrison Stewart 20 2 3,173 Brent Wilson, Emporia St. 4,244 Kyle Washington, Angelo St. 3,691

Passing Yards Per Game (199 ranked) Harrison Stewart 32 2 264.4 Justin Dvorak, Colorado Mines 369.3 Kyle Washington, Angelo St. 335.5

Passing Yards per Completion (139 ranked) Harrison Stewart 12 1 15.40 Kevin Lacey, Tuskegee 17.26 Harrison Stewart, Tex. A&M-Commerce 15.40

Points Responsible For (189 ranked) Harrison Stewart

Kristov Martinez

29

148

2

7

180

92

Jason Vander Laan, Ferris St. 306 Kyle Washington, Angelo St. 262

Points Responsible For Per Game (198 ranked) Harrison Stewart

Kristov Martinez

41

174

2

10

15.0

7.7

Justin Dvorak, Colorado Mines 27.2 Kyle Washington, Angelo St. 24.4

Punt Return TDs (11 ranked) Dionte Taylor 11 1 1 Sheldon Mayer, Shippensburg 3 6 players tied 1

Punt Returns (76 ranked) Shawn Hooks 67 2 5.4 Sheldon Mayer, Shippensburg 22.3 Jarrian Rhone, West Tex. A&M 9.5

Punting (134 ranked) Chase Thrasher 75 5 37.4 Matt Klingler, Lindenwood (MO) 44.4 Felipe Parra, West Tex. A&M 43.1

Receiving TDs (166 ranked) Derrick Macon

Lance Evans

Darby Smith

21

56

56

2

3

3

11

8

8

Jon Schnaars, East Stroudsburg 22 Le'Nard Meyers, Tarleton St. 15

Receiving Yards (200 ranked) Lance Evans

Darby Smith

Derrick Macon

26

55

135

3

4

10

986

868

636

Jon Schnaars, East Stroudsburg 1,610 Donovan Thompson, Angelo St. 1,133

Receiving Yards Per Game (200 ranked) Lance Evans

Darby Smith

Derrick Macon

40

84

147

3

6

9

82.2

72.3

57.8

Jon Schnaars, East Stroudsburg 146.4 Le'Nard Meyers, Tarleton St. 103.4

Receptions Per Game (196 ranked) Derrick Macon

Lance Evans

Darby Smith

142

147

194

5

6

12

4.2

4.2

3.8

Jon Schnaars, East Stroudsburg 10.4 Le'Nard Meyers, Tarleton St. 7.5

Rush Yards Per Carry (30 ranked) Theo Wofford

Richard Cooper

16

22

3

4

6.76

6.46

Bernard McDondle, Colorado St.-Pueblo 8.83 Kyle Washington, Angelo St. 6.81

Rushing TDs (188 ranked) Richard Cooper

Theo Wofford

120

188

7

11

7

5

Ja'Quan Gardner, Humboldt St. 25 Kamal Cass, Eastern N.M. 22

Rushing Yards (200 ranked) Richard Cooper

Theo Wofford

14

62

2

4

1,331

1,000

Ja'Quan Gardner, Humboldt St. 2,266 Kamal Cass, Eastern N.M. 1,514

Rushing Yards Per Game (200 ranked) Richard Cooper

Theo Wofford

26

72

3

4

110.9

83.3

Ja'Quan Gardner, Humboldt St. 188.8 Geremy Alridge-Mitchell, West Tex. A&M 129.6

Sacks (110 ranked) Tre'Von Taylor 106 4 0.54 Morgan Fox, Colorado St.-Pueblo 1.42 Clayton Callicutt, Angelo St. 1.05

Scoring (199 ranked) Kristov Martinez

Derrick Macon

65

138

5

11

7.7

6.0

Austin Ekeler, Western St. 12.6 Kamal Cass, Eastern N.M. 11.5

Solo Tackles (194 ranked) Charles Woods 57 1 5.0 D'Gary Wallace, Urbana 8.3 Charles Woods, Tex. A&M-Commerce 5.0

Tackles For Loss (143 ranked) Zachary Blair, UVa-Wise 2.6 Clayton Callicutt, Angelo St. 1.9

Total Offense (200 ranked) Harrison Stewart

Richard Cooper

49

161

2

11

251.7

111.9

Kyle Washington, Angelo St. 411.1 Kyle Washington, Angelo St. 411.1

Total Tackles (197 ranked) Charles Woods

Cole Pitts

28

132

1

7

10.0

7.8

Connor Harris, Lindenwood (MO) 16.7 Charles Woods, Tex. A&M-Commerce 10.0

Yards per Pass Attempt (30 ranked) Harrison Stewart 23 1 8.48 Trey Heid, Augustana (SD) 10.18 Harrison Stewart, Tex. A&M-Commerce 8.48

Yards per Reception (30 ranked) Lance Evans

Darby Smith

16

23

1

3

19.72

19.29

Montario Hunter, Elizabeth City St. 25.10 Lance Evans, Tex. A&M-Commerce 19.72

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