There's a terrific article in the Dallas Morning News Sports Day today (April 13) about SFA's Charles Demmings. It's the lead story in the sports section.

The article talks about his journey from little-known high school player at Mesquite Horn to a probable 2nd round selection in the upcoming NFL draft. Much of the story surrounds the change he made in his life both on and off the field when he was baptised while at SFA.

I'll try to post a link to the article in a day or two.

Not sure if this is behind a pay wall...

https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/cowboys/article/nfl-draft-hopeful-picked-sfa-leave-legacy-22199595.php

Took me 5 days, but just wrapped up over 100 end-of-year exit meetings with the @SFA_Football players. These Lumberjacks sure had a big smile on their face as I handed them their 2025 Southland Conference Championship rings 💍🏆#AxeEm🪓 #EastTexasTough💪 pic.twitter.com/S08GD5igsG

— Colby Carthel (@CoachCarthel) May 7, 2026

SFAXE93 said:

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Took me 5 days, but just wrapped up over 100 end-of-year exit meetings with the @SFA_Football players. These Lumberjacks sure had a big smile on their face as I handed them their 2025 Southland Conference Championship rings 💍🏆#AxeEm🪓 #EastTexasTough💪 pic.twitter.com/S08GD5igsG

— Colby Carthel (@CoachCarthel) May 7, 2026

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It looks like some of the meetings didn't go as well as the players expected.

Favor Awodyin and Tre Bates have been entered the transfer portal.

Thelumberyardsfa said:

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SFAXE93 said:

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Took me 5 days, but just wrapped up over 100 end-of-year exit meetings with the @SFA_Football players. These Lumberjacks sure had a big smile on their face as I handed them their 2025 Southland Conference Championship rings 💍🏆#AxeEm🪓 #EastTexasTough💪 pic.twitter.com/S08GD5igsG

— Colby Carthel (@CoachCarthel) May 7, 2026

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It looks like some of the meetings didn't go as well as the players expected.

Favor Awodyin and Tre Bates have been entered the transfer portal.

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Honestly, it looks like both barely had any snaps on the Defense side of things.

SCH890 said:

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Thelumberyardsfa said:

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SFAXE93 said:

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Took me 5 days, but just wrapped up over 100 end-of-year exit meetings with the @SFA_Football players. These Lumberjacks sure had a big smile on their face as I handed them their 2025 Southland Conference Championship rings 💍🏆#AxeEm🪓 #EastTexasTough💪 pic.twitter.com/S08GD5igsG

— Colby Carthel (@CoachCarthel) May 7, 2026

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It looks like some of the meetings didn't go as well as the players expected.

Favor Awodyin and Tre Bates have been entered the transfer portal.

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Honestly, it looks like both barely had any snaps on the Defense side of things.

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Very true, but I had hope for Favor. According to 247 sports he was the second highest recruit out of High school in history for SFA behind Myles Brooks

Thelumberyardsfa said:

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SCH890 said:

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Thelumberyardsfa said:

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SFAXE93 said:

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Took me 5 days, but just wrapped up over 100 end-of-year exit meetings with the @SFA_Football players. These Lumberjacks sure had a big smile on their face as I handed them their 2025 Southland Conference Championship rings 💍🏆#AxeEm🪓 #EastTexasTough💪 pic.twitter.com/S08GD5igsG

— Colby Carthel (@CoachCarthel) May 7, 2026

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It looks like some of the meetings didn't go as well as the players expected.

Favor Awodyin and Tre Bates have been entered the transfer portal.

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Honestly, it looks like both barely had any snaps on the Defense side of things.

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Very true, but I had hope for Favor. According to 247 sports he was the second highest recruit out of High school in history for SFA behind Myles Brooks

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True. I guess it's the lack of playtime. Kind of late to transfer in my eyes. But I guess we will see.

Thelumberyardsfa said:

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SCH890 said:

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Thelumberyardsfa said:

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SFAXE93 said:

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Took me 5 days, but just wrapped up over 100 end-of-year exit meetings with the @SFA_Football players. These Lumberjacks sure had a big smile on their face as I handed them their 2025 Southland Conference Championship rings 💍🏆#AxeEm🪓 #EastTexasTough💪 pic.twitter.com/S08GD5igsG

— Colby Carthel (@CoachCarthel) May 7, 2026

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It looks like some of the meetings didn't go as well as the players expected.

Favor Awodyin and Tre Bates have been entered the transfer portal.

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Honestly, it looks like both barely had any snaps on the Defense side of things.

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Very true, but I had hope for Favor. According to 247 sports he was the second highest recruit out of High school in history for SFA behind Myles Brooks

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When you look over those 247sports highest recruits, a majority of them barely played at SFA.

Myles Brooks (and he transferred), Carl Williams, and Lowote Jurkin are the only ones on that list that have started.

SFAXE93 said:

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Thelumberyardsfa said:

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SCH890 said:

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Thelumberyardsfa said:

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SFAXE93 said:

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Took me 5 days, but just wrapped up over 100 end-of-year exit meetings with the @SFA_Football players. These Lumberjacks sure had a big smile on their face as I handed them their 2025 Southland Conference Championship rings 💍🏆#AxeEm🪓 #EastTexasTough💪 pic.twitter.com/S08GD5igsG

— Colby Carthel (@CoachCarthel) May 7, 2026

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It looks like some of the meetings didn't go as well as the players expected.

Favor Awodyin and Tre Bates have been entered the transfer portal.

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Honestly, it looks like both barely had any snaps on the Defense side of things.

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Very true, but I had hope for Favor. According to 247 sports he was the second highest recruit out of High school in history for SFA behind Myles Brooks

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When you look over those 247sports highest recruits, a majority of them barely played at SFA.

Myles Brooks (and he transferred), Carl Williams, and Lowote Jurkin are the only ones on that list that have started.

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Yep. HS success doesn't always translate to Collegiate success. See Malachi Nelson for a prime example.