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Tampa Native And Bethune Cookman QB Quentin Williams Only Black College Player On National Watch List
FAMU Has Much Needed Bye Week After Homecoming Win
FAMUan Finishes First At USF Invitational
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida A&M Football rode a 24-6 scoring surge in the sec- ond half to rolls past Delaware State, 41-13 at Homecoming before 22,678 in Bragg Sta- dium Saturday afternoon.
The win was the first of the year for FAMU (1-6, 1-3 in MEAC), while luckless Delaware State (0-6, 0-3) re- mained winless of the season. It was also FAMU's first Home- coming win since 2012, a 22-21 come-from-behind win over North Carolina Central.
FAMU's last victory came against the Hornets, 41-7 in Dover last November , but it was their finishing flurry in the second half that put the visitors away.
The Rattlers get a much-
J. Jones of bartow is all smiles
needed bye week Saturday, be- fore closing their home sched- ule, Oct. 31 against North Carolina A&T. Kickoff will be 5:00 p.m.
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Bethune-Cookman quarter- back, and former Jefferson High School QB, Quentin Williams was named to the College Football Performance Awards 2015 Mid-Season FCS National Performer of the Year Watch List, announced Monday by the CFPA. This year’s list includes 24 quarter- backs, seven running backs and one wide receiver from the Football Championship Sub- division.
Williams, a 5-11, 209- pound redshirt senior from Tampa, is earning his first-ever appearance on the CFPA Mid-Season Watch List. He also repre- sents the only Historically Black College/University (HBCU) student-athlete on this year’s list from ei- ther the Mid-Eastern Ath- letic Conference (MEAC) or Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
Through seven games in 2015, Williams leads the MEAC in pass efficiency, cur- rently holding a 163.68 rating. He has connected on 74-of- 120 passes, striking for a league second-nest nine touchdown passes. He aver- ages a league fourth-best 171.3 yards per game through the air, while rushing for 41.3 yards per game in the spread-
Quentin Williams leads the MEAC in passing efficiency.
option attack of the Maroon and Gold.
The goal of College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) is to provide the most scientif- ically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rank- ings of the extent to which in- dividual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams. Twenty-eight CFPA winners have been first-round NFL Draft selections.
Founded in 2008, CFPA is now in its eighth season of player and team performance recognition. Its o All FCS play- ers are eligible for the award. The award winner will be an- nounced January 13, 2016.
FAMU Cross Country run- ner Cynthia Chelelgo.
TAMPA, Fla. (Oct. 16) – The FAMU Women’s Cross Country team was in fine form in their final event before the 2015 Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference Championships Friday, finish- ing third among 12 teams in the USF Invitational on the USF Golf Course.
Leading the way as she has all season was senior Cynthia Chelelgo, whose 21:50.70 team was good for first overall among individual runners.
Chelelgio was one of four FAMU runners to place in the Top 20, a group which featured- Judith Kibbi, (7th) 22:16.30; Effiey Kosge (17th)i, 22:55.80, and Fridah Limo (19th), 22:57.30.
FAMU QB And DB Named MEAC Players Of The Week
Magic Johnson’s ASPiRE TV To Broadcast AU Center Homecoming Takeover
BCU Faces Norfolk State For Homecoming Game Saturday
Carson Royal And John Boston
ATLANTA – ASPiRE will showcase two Southern Inter- collegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) football games in con- junction with the Atlanta Uni- versity Center (AUC) "Homecoming Takeover" on Saturday, October 24.
The ASPiRE broadcast will feature Clark Atlanta vs. Albany State at CAU Panther Stadium along with Morehouse taking on Benedict at B.T. Harvey Sta- dium. Kickoff for both games is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. (ET). Calling the action will be James Verrett and Eric Tabor while Rashan Ali will be handling sideline and tailgat- ing reporting duties.
The broadcast will allow fans the opportunity to not only track two thrilling games, but be a part of the homecoming expe- rience and festivities.
NORFOLK, VA– Florida A&M's Carson Royal and John Boston were selected as Mid-Eastern Athletic Confer- ence (MEAC) Players of the Week, the conference an- nounced Monday.
Royal, a 6-2, 200, Jr. quar- terback from Yulee, Fla., was selected Offensive Player of the Week, after completing 14-of- 31 passes for 229 yards, includ- ing three touchdowns, in a 41-13 win against Delaware
State. He also ran nine times for 44 yards to help Florida A&M record their first win of the season.
Boston, a 5-11, 190, Sr., de- fensive back from Oviedo, Fla., was tabbed Co-Defensive Player of the Week, after recording 13 tackles, seven solos, with one sack for a loss of five yards, while also forcing a fumble, and intercepting a pass in FAMU's the 41-13 win over Delaware State.
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – Bethune-Cookman’s five- game winning streak came to end last Saturday afternoon as the Wildcats dropped a 24-14 Mid-Eastern Athletic Confer- ence decision to North Car- olina A&T inside venerable Aggie Stadium.
Bethune-Cookman (5-2 overall, 3-1 MEAC) closed to 17-14 on Larry Brihm’s 7-yard run with 14:55 remaining in the fourth quarter, but North Carolina A&T (5-1, 3-0 MEAC) answered with a 33-yard Tarik Cohen run on fourth down. The Aggies followed by stop- ping Bethune-Cookman on a fourth-and-goal with just over two minutes remaining to seal the victory.
Bethune-Cookman returns to Daytona Beach for Home- coming 2015, Saturday, facing Norfolk State inside Municipal
Jawill Davis of Miami runs toward the endzone in a hard fought game against N.C. A&T.
Stadium at 4 p.m.
“There’s still a lot of football
to be played,” Sims said. “We’ll get back and start getting ready for Norfolk State.”
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