For the Week oF December 27, 2016 - January 5, 2017

© AZEEZ Communications, Inc. Vol. XXIII, No. 22

RUNNING BACKS TILLERY AND COHEN LEAD 2016 OFFENSIVE STANDOUTS

RINGING OUT THE NEW YEAR: And bringing in the new year with the best and "Baadest" college football players on offense that 2016 had to offer.

2016 "BAAD TEAM" OFFENSIVESELECTIONS

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STAT CORNERWHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS

HIGHEST ATTENDANCE AT 2016 BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMES

(Last year's finish in parenthesis) WHO ARE THE BEST PERFOMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS

PASSING YARDS CL G CM - AT - INT PCT YDS TDS AVG/G

1. Amir Hall - BSU SO 11 268-434-15 61.8 3596 30 326.92. Randall Dixon - CHO SR 9 164-275-10 59.6 2449 19 272.1 3. Devante Kincade-GSU JR 12 218-341-4 63.9 3022 31 251.84. Austin Howard - SOU JR 11 192-330-8 58.2 2650 29 240.95. Brandon Duncan-APB FR 10 209-337-6 62.0 2229 10 222.96. Shawh. Dowdy - VUU SR 9 144-264-12 54.5 2060 22 220.97. Matt Kinnick - WVS FR 9 146-248-8 58.9 1979 16 219.98. Johnathon McCrary-CAU JR 9 142-256-11 55.5 1903 14 211.49. Jaylan Williamson -HAM SR 11 193-340-15 56.8 2290 11 208.210. Daquan Neal - ECS SR 10 175-367-10 47.7 2068 15 206.8 11. Caleb Edmonds-ALB SR 9 142-255-7 55.7 1842 11 204.712. Malcolm Bell - NCC SR 12 179-299-14 59.9 2431 17 202.6

RUSHING YARDS CL G CAR YDS AVG TDS AVG/G

1. Lenard Tillery - SOU SR 11 247 1665 6.7 13 151.4 2. Tarik Cohen - NCAT SR 12 212 1588 7.5 18 132.33. William Stanback - VUU SR 10 207 1200 6.3 15 129.94. Anthony Philyaw - HOW JR 10 222 1230 5.5 9 123.05. Tyree Lee - CHO SR 9 173 1065 6.2 12 118.3 6. Marcus Holliday - LAN JR 10 202 1126 5.6 6 112.67. Khalid Thomas-ALS SR 11 179 1237 6.9 9 112.58. Stevie Green - FSU FR 10 219 1150 5.3 6 110.49. George Myers Jr. - BEN JR 10 155 1092 7.0 5 109.210. Trenton Cannon - VSU JR 9 136 946 7.0 13 105.111. Robert Chesson - BSU SO 11 170 1128 6.6 11 102.512. TreVaugn Hurse - WSS JR 9 132 917 6.9 5 101.913. DeMichael Jackson-CSU SR 10 215 1017 4.7 5 101.713. Kavon Bellamy - VSU SR 11 206 1085 5.3 13 98.614. Kerrion Moore - WSS 12 157 1059 6.7 9 88.3

RECEPTIONS CL G REC YDS TD YPC YDS/G R/G

1. Quinton Gray - WVS JR 10 79 1029 7 13.0 102.9 7.9 2. Nyme Manns - BSU SR 11 83 1241 9 15.0 110.2 7.53. Chad Williams - GSU SR 12 90 1337 11 14.9 111.4 7.54. Jabor. McKenzie - ALC SR 6 39 420 2 10.8 70.0 6.55. Rashawn Proctor - HAM SR 11 70 997 3 14.2 90.6 6.4 Willie Young - APB SR 11 70 931 5 13.3 84.6 6.47. Edward Ransom - LIV SO 10 60 709 3 11.8 70.9 6.0 8. Dan Williams - JSU SR 8 47 599 3 12.7 74.9 5.99. Willie Quinn - SOU SR 11 63 955 11 15.2 86.8 5.710. Patrick Smith-TSU JR 11 61 966 13 15.8 87.8 5.5

RECEIVING YARDS CL G REC YDS TD RPG YPC YG

1. Nyme Manns - BSU SR 11 83 1241 9 7.3 15.0 112.82. Chad Williams-GSU SR 12 90 1337 11 7.5 14.9 111.43. Tyrone Carter - CHO SR 10 51 1102 4 5.1 21.6 110.24. Quinton Gray - WVS JR 10 79 1029 7 7.9 13.0 102.9 5. Rashawn Proctor-HAM SR 11 70 997 3 6.4 14.2 90.66. Willie Quinn -SOU SR 11 63 955 11 5.7 15.2 86.87. Willie Young-APB SR 11 70 931 5 6.4 13.3 84.68. Patrick Smith-TNS JR 11 61 966 13 5.5 15.8 87.8

TOTAL OFFENSE CL G RUSH PASS PLAY YDS YDS/G

1. Amir Hall-BSU SO 11 266 3396 537 3862 351.12. Devante Kincade-GSU JR 12 264 3022 445 3296 273.83. Randall Dixon-CHO SR 9 -162 2449 322 2287 254.14. Malcolm Bell-NCC SR 12 575 2431 427 3006 250.55. Austin Howard-SOU JR 11 62 2650 377 2712 246.5 6. DeAngelo Ballard-AAM SR 11 711 1997 523 2708 246.27. Matt Kinnick, WVS FR 9 171 1979 303 2150 238.98. Caleb Edmonds-ALB SR 9 300 1842 357 2142 238.09. Ronald Butler-TNS SR 11 476 2132 348 2608 237.110. Brand. Duncan-APB FR 10 109 2229 450 2338 233.811. Shawh. Dowdy-VUU SR 9 22 2060 318 2082 231.312. Jaylan Wmson.-HAM SR 11 -22 2290 394 2268 206.213. Greg Hankerson-NSU SR 11 540 1718 455 2258 205.3 14. Averion Hurts-TXS SR 10 191 1857 387 2048 204.8

SCORING CL G TD FG XPT 2XP PTS AVG

1. Trenton Cannon-VSU JR 10 21 0 0 0 126 11.5 2. Wm. Stanback-VUU SR 10 18 0 0 1 110 11.0 3. Tarik Cohen-NCAT SR 12 19 0 0 0 114 9.54. Tyree Lee-CHO SR 9 13 0 0 0 78 8.75. Lenard Tillery-SOU SR 11 15 0 0 0 72 8.2 Robert Chesson-BSU SO 9 15 0 0 0 90 8.27. Lane Clark-TNS JR 11 0 17 38 0 89 8.18. Albuquerque,R.-SOU JR 11 0 13 49 0 88 8.0 Martez Carter - GSU JR 9 12 0 0 0 72 8.0

ALL-PURPOSE YARDS CL G RUSH RCV PR KR YDS AVG

1. Lenard Tillery-SOU SR 11 1665 307 0 0 1972 179.32. Martez Carter-GSU JR 11 891 376 182 443 1892 172.03. Trenton Cannon-VSU JR 11 1214 203 0 449 1866 169.6 4. Tarik Cohen-NCAT SR 12 1588 339 0 0 1927 160.65. Khalid Thomas-ALS SR 11 1237 110 366 0 1713 155.7 6. Willie Quinn-SOU SR 11 30 955 196 501 1682 152.97. William Stanback-VUU SR 10 1299 165 0 0 1464 146.48. George Myers Jr.-BEN JR 10 1092 55 118 211 1576 147.69. TeVaughn Hurse-WSS JR 9 917 141 0 111 1169 146.110. Anthony Philyaw-HOW JR 10 1220 215 0 0 1445 144.5

BLACK COLLEGE STAT LEADERS2016 FINAL

FIRST TEAM - OFFENSEQB - Devante Kincade, Jr., Grambling State RB - Lenard Tillery, Sr. South-ern; Tarik Cohen, Sr., N. C. A&T WR - Chad Williams, Sr., Grambling State; Nyme Manns, Sr., Bowie State TE - Dillon Beard, Sr., Southern OL - Bran-don Parker, Jr., NC A&T; Carl Jones, Sr., N. C. Central; Justin Miller, Sr., Grambling State; Anthony Moseley, Sr., Southern; Justin Nestor, Sr., Bowie State PK - Lane Clark, Jr., Tennessee State; KR - Willie Quinn, Sr., Southern

SECOND TEAM - OFFENSEQB - Amir Hall, Jr., Bowie State RB - William Stanback, Sr., Va. Union; Anthony Philyaw, Jr., Howard WR - Patrick Smith, Jr., Tennessee State; Willie Quinn, Sr., Southern TE - Jordan Garrison, Sr. Bowie State; OL - Wes Cole, Sr., NC

A&T; Jamal Boulden, Sr., Southern; Jac'Que Polite, Sr., Winston-Salem State; Justin Nester, Jr., Bowie State; Tarrance Wells, Sr., NC Central PK - Lane Clark, Jr., Tennessee State KR - Martez Carter, Jr., Grambling State THIRD TEAM - OFFENSEQB - Malcolm Bell, Sr., NC Central RB - Trenton Cannon, Jr., Virginia State; Marcus Holliday, Jr., Lane; WR - Tyrone Carter, Sr.,Chowan; Quinton Gray, Jr., WV State TE - Jonathan Dorsey, Sr., Alabama A&M OL - Justin Brown, So., Benedict; Terrell Lee, Sr., Southern; Toree Boyd, Sr., Howard; Sam Baptiste, Jr., Alabama State; Howard Bush, Jr., Lane PK - Cameron Marouf, Jr., Norfolk StateKR - Mike Jones, Jr., NC Central

2 0 1 6 " B A A D T E A M " O F B L A C K C O L L E G E O F F E N S E A L L - A M E R I C A N S

Tillery, Cohen lead 2016 "Baad Team" offenseLUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor To say that the 2016 black college football season was the year of the run-ning back would be quite an understate-ment. Not only did a whopping 13 runners top the 1,000-yard mark – including at least two from each of the four HBCU conferences - but the two who earned our 2016 Black college SportS page Offensive Player of the Year awards, set career rushing marks in their respective conferences. Southern senior Lenard Tillery and North Carolina A&T senior Tarik Cohen led all the rushers with 1,665 and 1,588 yards respectively and are the leaders of the 2016 BCSP "Baad team" of black college offensive all-stars and this year's offensive MVPs. Tillery's total for this year (1,665) set a new Southwestern Athletic Confer-ence single-season record and propelled him to the top of the SWAC career rush-ing list past former Jackson State RB Destry Wright's record of 4,050 yards. The 5-10, 200-pound former walk-on with cat-like quickness finished his career with a 230-yard, 25-carry per-formance against Grambling State in the Bayou Classic and averaged over 176 yards per game over his last four contests. He ends with a total of 4,837 rushing yards over his stellar four-year career. Cohen, a 5-6, 173-pound dynamo, completed his fourth straight 1,000-yard season with his highest total of 1,588 yards. The 2016 total was the third highest single-season in Mid Eastern Athletic Conference history and gives Cohen the third and fifth highest single-season marks in MEAC history. He finished his career with 5,619 yards – the only MEAC runner to top the 5,000-yard mark – shattering former South Carolina State RB Wil Ford's former record of 4,660 by nearly 1,000 yards. With 868 career carries, Cohen also broke the MEAC record in that cat-egory. Cohen also finished as the eighth leading rusher in Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) history. He also had 28 100-yard games and eight 200-yard games.

While both Tillery and Cohen took home records, Grambling State quar-terback Devante Kincade and the Ti-gers took home the 2016 BCSP national title. Kincade also took home his share of hardware including first team quarter-back status on this year's "Baad Team." The Ole Miss transfer guided the G-Men to an 11-1 record, the SWAC title and a tough 10-9 win over MEAC cham-pion North Carolina Central in the 2nd Annual Celebration Bowl to claim the fi-nal No. 1 ranking in the BCSP Top Ten. Kincade beat out Tillery for the SWAC Offensive Player of the Year award after leading the conference in passing yards (251.8 ypg.), passing ef-ficiency (166.0) and total offense (273.8 ypg.). He also led the SWAC and topped all black college QBs with 31 TD passes while throwing just four interceptions. The dynamic duo of pass catch-ers named to the first team offense were nearly as prolific as the running backs. Grambling senior Chad Williams and Bowie State senior Nyme Manns both averaged 7.5 receptions per game and both topped the 1,000-yard mark. Williams hauled in 90 catches for 1,337 yards including 11 TD receptions while Manns caught 83 balls for 1,241 yards and 9 TDs. Manns averaged 112.8 and Williams 111.4 yards per game. Southern senior Dillon Beard had 38 receptions and six TDs to earn the first team tight end position. The offensive line includes two-time MEAC Offensive Lineman of the Year, junior Brandon Parker of NC A&T, N. C. Central senior center Carl Jones, Grambling State senior tackle Justin Miller, Southern senior Anthony Moseley and Bowie State senior Justin Nestor. Southern senior Willie Quinn holds down the first team kick returner. Quinn averaged 26.9 yards on seven punt re-turns with one touchdown and 23.3 yards on 18 kickoff returns. Tennessee State junior Lane Clark converted 17 of 25 field goals and 38 of 42 PATs to score 89 points (8.1 ppg.) on the season and earn first team at place-kicker. Clark hit on nine field goals beyond 40 yards and three of over 50 yards.

Tarik Cohen Lenard Tillery Devante KincadeNyme MannsChad Williams Dillon Beard Willie Quinn

Brandon Parker Carl Jones Lane Clark

STAT CORNER

BCSP NotesAttendance Matters After trailing the Magic City Classic over the past seven years in attendance, the Bayou Classic pitting Grambling State and Southern has taken back the top spot as the black college game in 2016 with the largest attendance. The Bayou was second a year ago but its 2016 attendance of 67,845 for the Nov. 26 rival game at the New Orleans Super Dome surpassed the Alabama A&M vs. Alabama State Magic City crowd of 63,110 at Birmingham's Legion Field. The Bayou's number rose by over 5,300 fans while the MCC dropped 774 from last year's total. The State Fair Classic at the Cottton Bowl in Dallas between Grambling State and Prairie View A&M held on to third place with 53,182 in attendance. The BCSP compiled the attendance numbers differently for 2016. Instead of breaking the numbers down by overall and homecoming attendance only, a new cat-egory – on-campus non-homecoming games – was added. The largest attended on-campus, non-homecoming game this year was Jackson State's draw of 33,210 fans for its Oct. 15 contest vs. Southern. Fellow SWAC member Alcorn State had the second highest number with 27,297 fans for its regular season finale on Nov. 19 vs. Jackson State. Tuskegee again tops the homecoming list with the crowd of 26,591 that packed the 'Bowl' for its October 22 duel with Kentucky State. Jackson State was second with 26,215 on hand for its Oct. 29 homecoming date with Prairie View. Florida A&M was third drawing 26,044 for its homecoming vs. Hampton on Oct. 22.

CLASSIC, NEUTRAL SITE, BOWL OR CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

1. BAYOU CLASSIC - Nov. 26 - Super Dome, New Orleans Southern vs. Grambling State (2nd) 67,845 (+5,338) 2. MAGIC CITY CLASSIC - Oct. 29 - Legion Field, Birmingham Alabama A&M vs. Alabama State (1st) 63,110 (+774)3. STATE FAIR CLASSIC - Oct. 1 - Cotton Bowl, Dallas Prairie View A&M vs. Grambling State (3rd) 53,182 (+1,854)4. FLORIDA CLASSIC - Nov. 19 - Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FLBethune-Cookman vs. Florida A&M (5th) 45,372 (-364) 5. SOUTHERN HERITAGE CLASSIC - Sept. 10 - Liberty Bowl, Memphis Jackson State vs. Tennessee State (4th) 46,263 (-2,122) 6. CHICAGO CLASSIC - Sept. 10 - Soldiers Field, ChicagoCentral State vs. Clark Atlanta 34,003 (+12,957)7. 2nd CELEBRATION BOWL - Dec. 17 - Georgia Dome, AtlantaGrambling State vs. North Carolina Central (7th) 31,096 (-4,432)8. SWAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME - Dec. 3 - NRG Stadium, HoustonGrambling State vs. Alcorn State (6th) 24,917 (-15,435)9. MOREHOUSE/SKEEGE CLASSIC - Oct. 8 - McClung. Stad., Columbus, GAMorehouse vs. Tuskegee 23,61210. CIRCLE CITY CLASSIC - Sept. 10 - Lucas Oil Stad., Indianapolis, INKentucky State vs. Central State 21,024 (-1,499)MILES vs. TUSKEGEE - Nov. 5 - Legion Field, Birmingham, ALMiles vs. Tuskegee 19,386 FIFTH QUARTER CLASSIC - Sept. 17 - Ladd Pebbles Stad., Mobile, ALFlorida A&M vs. Tuskegee 19,223GRAMBLING ST. vs. ALABAMA ST. - Nov. 12 - Indep. Stad., Shr'pt., LAGrambling State vs. Alabama State 15,053JACKSON ST. vs. ARK.-PINE BLUFF - Sept. 24, War Mem. Stad., Little Rock, ARJackson State vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 14,501FOUNTAIN CITY CLASSIC - Nov. 5, McClung Stadium, Columbus, GAFort Valley State vs. Albany State 13,523

ON-CAMPUS, NON-HOMECOMING GAMES1 JACKSON STATE GAME - Oct. 15 - Vet Stadium, Jackson, MSSouthern @ Jackson State 33,210 2 ALCORN STATE GAME, Nov. 19, Spinks Stadium, Lorman, MSJackson State @ Alcorn State 27,2973 FLORIDA A&M GAME, Sept. 24, Bragg Stadium, Tallahassee, FLSouth Carolina State @ Florida A&M 19,1274 ALCORN STATE GAME, Oct. 29, Spinks Stadium, Lorman, MSSouthern @ Alcorn State 18,7175 JACKSON STATE GAME, Oct. 1, Vet Stadium, Jackson, MSMississippi Valley State @ Jackson State 18,0236 FLORIDA A&M GAME, Nov. 12, Bragg Stadium, Tallahassee, FLMorgan State @ Florida A&M 16,8797 FLORIDA A&M GAME, Oct. 1, Bragg Stadium, Tallahassee, FLSavannah State @ Florida A&M 16,7898 N. C. CENTRAL GAME, Nov. 19, O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium, Durham, NCNorth Carolina A&T @ North Carolina Central 15,7159 PRAIRIE VIEW GAME, Sept. 4, Panther Stadium, Prairie View, TX Texas Southern @ Prairie View A&M 14,98210 N. C. A&T GAME, Sept. 29, Aggie Stadium, Greensboro, NCHampton @ North Carolina A&T 14,46711 SOUTHERN GAME, Sept. 17, Mumford Stadium, Baton Rouge, LAAlabama State @ Southern 14,19912 GRAMBLING STATE GAME, Sept. 24, Robinson Stadium, Grambling, LAAlcorn State @ Grambling State 14,12613 S. C. STATE GAME, Nov. 12, Dawson Stadium, Orangeburg, SC Norfolk State @ South Carolina State 14,00714 JACKSON STATE GAME, Sept. 17, Vet Stadium, Jackson, MSGrambling State @ Jackson State 13,89015 N. CAROLINA A&T GAME, Oct. 6, Aggie Stadium, Greensboro, NC Norfolk State @ North Carolina A&T 13,00516 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M GAME, Nov. 12, Panther Stadium, Pr. View, TXSouthern @ Prairie View A&M 12,60317 N. CAROLINA A&T GAME, Nov. 5, Aggie Stadium, Greensboro, NCSouth Carolina State @ North Carolina A&T 11,357

HOMECOMINGS 1 TUSKEGEE vs. Kentucky State - Oct. 22 - (2nd) 26,591 (-2,174)2 JACKSON STATE vs. Prairie View - Oct 29 - (7th) 26,215 (+9,164)3 FLORIDA A&M vs. Hampton - Oct. 22 - (4th) 26,044 (+3,366) 4 SOUTHERN vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff - Oct. 22 - (3rd) 23,156 (+44)5 MOREHOUSE vs. Fort Valley State - Oct. 29 - (12th) 22,476 (+8,033)6 N. CAROLINA A&T vs. Florida A&M - Oct. 22 - (6th) 22,150 (+650) 7 TENNESSEE STATE vs. E. Kentucky - Oct. 15 - (5th) 21,053 (-1,091)8 ALABAMA STATE vs. Miles - Nov. 24 - (10th) 18,972 (-934)9 GRAMBLING vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff - Oct. 29 - (19th) 18,543 (+9,007)10 NORFOLK ST. vs. Morgan State - Oct. 29 - (11th) 18,405 (+3,282) 11 MILES vs. Central Sate - Oct. 8 - (NR) 16,81112 S. CAROLINA STATE vs. DelState - Oct. 22 - (24th) 15,489 (-4,332) 13 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M vs. Alabama State - Oct. 8 - (NR) 15,050 15 ALABAMA A&M vs. Alcorn State - Oct. 8 - (13th) 14,267 (+593)16 CLARK ATLANTA vs. Benedict - Oct. 15 - (NR) 13,92717 FORT VALLEY STATE vs. Central St. - Oct. 22 - (16th) 13,254 (+1,909)18 NC CENTRAL vs. Sav.annah State - Nov. 15 - (14th) 12,966 (+1,012)19 HAMPTON vs. Morgan State - Oct. 15 - (NR)` 12,12220 ALCORN STATE vs. Texas Southern - Oct. 15 - (1st) 11,142 (-18,987)21 ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF vs. Alcorn State - Oct. 15 - (15th) 10,501 (-936) 22 ALBANY STATE vs. Clark Atlanta - Oct. 22 - (18th) 10,273 (-461)23 TEXAS SOUTHERN vs. Jackson State - Oct 22 - (NR) 10,121

PASS EFFICIENCY CL G CM - AT - INT PCT YDS TDS AVG/G

1. Devante Kincade-GSU JR 12 218-341-4 63.9 3022 31 166.02. Austin Howard - SOU JR 11 192-330-8 58.2 2650 29 149.8 3. Kevin Lacey - TUS SR 11 126-225-6 56.0 1956 17 148.64. Ronald Butler -TNS SR 11 148-256-9 57.8 2132 21 147.85. Lamar Raynard - NCA SO 9 135-209-6 64.6 1489 14 140.86. Larry Brihm - BCU JR 8 101-176-4 57.4 1368 11 138.87. Malcolm Bell - NCC SR 12 179-299-14 59.9 2431 17 137.6