DEFENSIVE LOSSES (* Starters)
DE: #13 John Franklin 6-4; 292 *
CB: #1 Tarrin Mitchell 5-10; 186 *
CB: #8 Trent Perriman 5-11; 184 *
CB: #11 Aaron Foy 5-11; 184
S: #28 Marion Walls 5-10; 196 *

OFFENSIVE LOSSES
RB: #7 Kijana Amous 5-10; 210 *
WR: #9 Trae Hart 5-11; 175 *
OL: #67 Jaxon Salinas 6-3; 300
OL: #69 Josh Keith 6-7; 318 *
TE: #86 Will Taylor 6-3; 248 *

RETURNING (Career stats including FBS transfer stats showing)

SENIORS:22
JUNIORS:19

QB:#12 Foster Sawyer 6-5; 230 (Sr.)
G:16;ATT:186;CMP:105;CP%:.56%;YDS:1056;TD:7;RTD:1;INT:5
QB:#10 Jake Blumrick 6-2; 202 (Jr.)
G:11;ATT:303;CMP:171;CP%:.57.0%;YDS:1654;TD:8;INT:7;R:95;YDS:151;TD:2
QB:#17 Zach Smith 6-2; 175 (So.)
G:4;ATT:21;CMP:11;CP%:.50%;YDS:90;TD:0;INT:1;R:5;YDS:5;TD:0
QB:#18 Zach Truelove 6-3; 195 (So.)
G:0;ATT:0;CMP:0;CP%:.0%;YDS:0;TD:0;INT:0

RB:#25 Juan Day 6-2; 228 (Sr.)
G:6;ATT:17;YDS:115;AVG:7.0;TD:1/REC:2;YDS:10;TD:1
RB:#27 Jacolby Whitaker 5-10; 194 (Sr.)
G:14;ATT:19;YDS:130;AVG:7.0;TD:1/REC:2;YDS:9;TD:0
RB:#32 Jamall Shaw 5-11; 215 (Jr.)
G:15;ATT:86;YDS:288;AVG:3.3;TD:1/REC:14;YDS:65;TD:0
RB:#29 Josh McGowen 5-9; 214 (So.)
G:9;ATT:33;YDS:129;AVG:4.0;TD:0/REC:7;YDS:24;TD:0
RB:#20 Dominic Williams 5-11; 205 (R/Fr.)
G:0;ATT:0;YDS:0;AVG:0.0;TD:0/REC:0;YDS:0;TD:0
RB:#00 Kam Session 5-8; 180 (R/Fr.)
G:0;ATT:0;YDS:0;AVG:0.0;TD:0/REC:0;YDS:0;TD:0

WR:#2 Frank Iheanacho 6-6; 225 (Sr.)
G:29;REC:40;YDS:388;TD:1
WR:#5 Terian Goree 6-3; 175 (Sr.)
G:32;REC:93;YDS:785;TD:5
WR:#4 Romellio Bentley 5-9; 175 (Sr.)
G:3;REC:3;YDS:9;TD:0
WR:#80 Tamrick Pace 6-3; 200 (Jr.) ALL-SLC (2nd Team)
G:22;REC:105;YDS:1481;TD:13
WR:#82 Cody Williams 6-3; 212 (Jr.)
G:18;REC:25;YDS:251;TD:1
WR:#81 Jonathan Sam 6-2; 205 (Jr.)
G:19;REC:2;YDS:37;TD:0
WR:#35 Tae Thomas 5-9; 175 (Jr.)
G:0;REC:0;YDS:0;TD:0
WR:#00 Lar'Darion Cobb 6-3; 205 (Jr.)
G:0;REC:0;YDS:0;TD:0
WR:#88 Dylan Parker 6-4; 200 (So.)
G:11;REC:1;YDS:17;TD:0
WR:#85 Darby Baldwin 6-2; 185 (So.)
G:0;REC:0;YDS:0;TD:0
WR:#00 David Crenshaw 6-1; 195 (So.)
G:0;REC:0;YDS:0;TD:0
WR:#22 Josh Thompson 5-10; 175 (R/Fr.)
G:0;REC:0;YDS:0;TD:0
WR:#19 Thomas Nolley 6-3; 200 (R/Fr.)
G:0;REC:0;YDS:0;TD:0

TE:#15 Ryan Cottingame 6-3; 228 (Sr.)
G:22;REC:0;YDS:0;TD:0
TE:#87 Allen Arclies III 6-4; 235 (So.)
G:4;REC:3;YDS:33;TD:0
TE:#84 Mark Reed 6-1; 220 (So.)
G:0;REC:0;YDS:0;TD:0
TE:#00 Tony Gilbert II 6-1; 235 (So.)
G:0;REC:0;YDS:0;TD:0

OL:#75 Josiah Hunter 6-4; 317 (Sr.)
OL:#68 William Youngberg 6-4; 300 (Sr.)
OL:#65 Hayden Scott 6-2; 292 (Sr.)
OL:#74 Matthew Mora 6-7; 300 (Jr.)
OL:#52 A.J. Brown 6-2; 300 (Jr.)
OL:#64 Travis Lock 6-3; 290 (Jr.)
OL:#71 Devonte Jones 6-3; 310 (Jr.) (ALL-SLC HM)
OL:#78 Jimmy Price 6-4; 285 (So.)
OL:#76 Cooper Williams 6-4; 305 (So.)
OL:#66 Zach Mack 6-3; 302 (So.)
OL:#53 Marcos Herrera 6-2; 285 (R/Fr.)
OL:#00 Brent Maldonado 6-2; 295 (R/Fr.)
OL:#00 Nick Langlois 6-2; 260 (R/Fr.)

K:#36 Storm Ruiz 5-10; 170 (Jr.)
FGA:35;FGM:27;LNG:44;APAT:65;MPAT:65
K:#00 Kyle Murdock 5-6; 150 (Fr.)
FGA:0;FGM:0;LNG:0;APAT:0;MPAT:0
K:#00 Hogan Keasler 6-0; 165 (Fr.)
FGA:0;FGM:0;LNG:0;APAT:0;MPAT:0

LS:#51 Chris Wilkerson 6-2; 244 (Sr.)

DE:#94 Demetrion Amie 6-4; 272 (Sr.)
G:26;TKL:34;TFL:7.5;SCK:4.5;FF:1;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0;BLK:1
DE:#57 Gary Sampson 6-3; 258 (Jr.)
G:20;TKL:18;TFL:2.5;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:3
DE:#90 Jerry Blanks 6-1; 252 (So.)
G:3;TKL:0;TFL:0.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0
DE:#91 Holland Malone 6-5; 220 (R/Fr.)
G:0;TKL:0;TFL:0.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0

DT:#93 Lamont Alexander 6-3; 305 (Sr.) (ALL-SLC HM)
G:32;TKL:91;TFL:7.5;SCK:3.5;FF:0;FR:1;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0
DT:#99 Shaq Anderson 6-1; 305 (Sr.)
G:19;TKL:47;TFL:5.5;SCK:3.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:4
DT:#00 Cristian Benavidez 6-1; 290 (Sr.)
G:0;TKL:0;TFL:0.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0
DT:#55 Paul Hill 6-1; 290 (Jr.)
G:15;TKL:6;TFL:0.5;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0
DT:#77 Rayshad Nichols 6-3; 300 (So.)
G:11;TKL:36;TFL:7.5;SCK:1.0;FF:0;FR:2;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:5
DT:#92 Larron Cox 6-2; 282 (So.)
G:11;TKL:16;TFL:1.5;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:1;PBU:1;INT:0;QBH:0

LB:#50 Ryan Woods 6-1; 220 (Sr.)
G:21;TKL:77;TFL:9.5;SCK:0.5;FF:0;FR:1;PBU:1;INT:0;QBH:1
LB:#49 Terrance Potts 6-2; 225 (Sr.)
G:11;TKL:19;TFL:1.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:1;QBH:0
LB:#42 Teddy Britton 5-11; 226 (Jr.)
G:22;TKL:57;TFL:7.5;SCK:0.0;FF:2;FR:0;PBU:1;INT:0;QBH:4
LB:#54 Spencer Choka 6-0; 228 (Jr.)
G:22;TKL:66;TFL:7.0;SCK:2.0;FF:0;FR:1;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:2
LB:#43 Anthony Jacobs 5-11; 225 (Jr.)
G:20;TKL:65;TFL:4.5;SCK:0.5;FF:1;FR:0;PBU:2;INT:0;QBH:0
LB:#98 Jack Martin 6-4; 252 (Jr.)
G:13;TKL:14;TFL:0.5;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0
LB:#46 Sloan Rodberg 6-3; 225 (So.)
G:9;TKL:15;TFL:0.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:1;INT:0;QBH:0
LB:#44 Bert Morris 6-1; 220 (So.)
G:11;TKL:11;TFL:0.5;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0
LB:#23 Michael McCain 6-0; 200 (So.)
G:1;TKL:0;TFL:0.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0
LB:#53 Kyle Cannella 6-2; 215 (So.)
G:0;TKL:0;TFL:0.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0

S:#3 Lawrence Ghansah 6-0; 195 (Sr.)
G:32;TKL:98;TFL:5.5;SCK:1.5;FF:1;FR:0;PBU:3;INT:2;QBH:0
S:#6 Bryce Gemmel 6-1; 205 (Sr.)
G:4;TKL:2;TFL:0.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0
S:#33 Alize Ward 5-10; 195 (Jr.) (ALL-SLC 2nd Team)
G:22;TKL:134;TFL:5.5;SCK:0.5;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:12;INT:5;QBH:0;TD:1
S:#38 Trenton Gordon 5-11; 195 (So.)
G:10;TKL:76;TFL:1.5;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:1;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0
S:#34 Gavin Roland 5-11; 195 (So.)
G:9;TKL:10;TFL:0.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0
S:#24 Paten Snell 6-3; 205 (So.)
G:0;TKL:0;TFL:0.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0
S:#30 Javon McInnis 5-10; 200 (R/Fr.)
G:0;TKL:0;TFL:0.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0

CB:#40 Zack Kanipes 5-7; 165 (Sr.)
G:19;TKL:18;TFL:2.0;SCK:1.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:1;INT:0;QBH:0
CB:#21 Davelle Fox 5-11; 185 (Sr.)
G:8;TKL:9;TFL:0.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0
CB:#26 Eli Jones 5-11; 170 (So.)
G:8;TKL:5;TFL:1.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0
CB:#31 Caleb Lawton 5-11; 175 (So.)
G:10;TKL:1;TFL:0.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0
CB:#17 Drake Moore 5-10; 185 (So.)
G:0;TKL:0;TFL:0.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0
CB:#37 Nathan Giles 6-0; 170 (R/Fr.)
G:0;TKL:0;TFL:0.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0
CB:#00 Jordan Murray 5-10; 165 (R/Fr.)
G:0;TKL:0;TFL:0.0;SCK:0.0;FF:0;FR:0;PBU:0;INT:0;QBH:0

P:#45 Caleb Lewallen 5-10; 190 (Sr.)
P:152;YDS:5,975;AVG:39.3;LNG:63;IN20:23;TB:8
P:#00 Logan Burke (Fr.) 5-11; 178 (So.)
P:0;YDS:0;AVG:0;LNG:0;IN20:0;TB:0
P:#00 Ryan Harwell 6-2; 170 (So.)
P:0;YDS:0;AVG:0;LNG:0;IN20:0;TB:0

RECRUITS
ATH: JaTerious Evans 6-2; 180
WR: Braison Rudd 6-3; 180 *** (247Sports)
WR: Quentyvian Borders 6-3; 180
OL: Jeffrey Rose 6-5; 273 ** (Scout)
LB: Melvin Larkins III 6-2; 220

I'm torn about the schedule next year. We've got Mississippi St and then an unnamed non-conference opponent. If it's Southern Utah then you count on us starting 0-2 with loads of injuries. That basically guarantees a couple of early conference losses. (We typically start with McNeese and Central Arkansas early. My guess is that we start 1-3. From there it's a total crap shoot. Maybe a miracle happens???? We win 5 of 7 down the stretch and finish 6-5. Not much room for error. When I say 6-5 I'm considering both non-conference games as losses. Blank Big Sky team and Mississippi St. (we have an atrocious record against the Big Sky). So that's two losses off the bat. Conque has never beaten Sammie since he moved to Nacogdoches so that's a loss. McNeese will be tough guaranteed. 4 losses right off the bat and even the most optimistic person knows we aren't going to beat Miss St or Big Sky opponent (it just doesn't happen). Basically we have to sweep UIW, HBU, ACU, Lamar and Nicholls and pick up a win against SELA. I think they are on the upswing.


My blah blah blah rant is over. The best. VERY BEST it looks for us next year is 6-5. And that's with a few things falling are way.

BigJack85 said:

---

I'm torn about the schedule next year. We've got Mississippi St and then an unnamed non-conference opponent. If it's Southern Utah then you count on us starting 0-2 with loads of injuries. That basically guarantees a couple of early conference losses. (We typically start with McNeese and Central Arkansas early. My guess is that we start 1-3. From there it's a total crap shoot. Maybe a miracle happens???? We win 5 of 7 down the stretch and finish 6-5. Not much room for error. When I say 6-5 I'm considering both non-conference games as losses. Blank Big Sky team and Mississippi St. (we have an atrocious record against the Big Sky). So that's two losses off the bat. Conque has never beaten Sammie since he moved to Nacogdoches so that's a loss. McNeese will be tough guaranteed. 4 losses right off the bat and even the most optimistic person knows we aren't going to beat Miss St or Big Sky opponent (it just doesn't happen). Basically we have to sweep UIW, HBU, ACU, Lamar and Nicholls and pick up a win against SELA. I think they are on the upswing.


My blah blah blah rant is over. The best. VERY BEST it looks for us next year is 6-5. And that's with a few things falling are way.

---

Tell us how you REALLY feel, 85.

Sometimes a little (or in this case Big) rant goes a long way. I mean another year of basically the same is what's depressing. If I thought there was a wild chance of us getting to 7-4 I might be moderately enthusiastic. That's really hard to imagine given that on paper and statistics (Billy Bean) we already are likely to lose 4 - 5 games. Everything I mean everything has to go are way to get to 7-4. Even then we'll be losing a senior qb next year so 2019 sets up to be a disaster. So what do we Hope and pray that Conque recruits the best junior college transfers ever to come to Nacogdoches and build an actual division 2 o-line (not the naia thing we have) and build forward. Yikes.

11-0 Southland Conference champions with a trip to the FCS title game.
Foster Sawyer wins the Walter Payton award.
Clint Conque wins coach of the year.

I like 03's version better.

I remember The Hot Biscuit. There was one in Longview and Nac

BigJack85 said:

---

edstile said:

---

SFA_03 said:

---

11-0 Southland Conference champions with a trip to the FCS title game.
Foster Sawyer wins the Walter Payton award.
Clint Conque wins coach of the year.

---

If we go 11-0 and then march to a FCS national title then I do hereby solemnly pledge to give my entire life's savings to SFA Athletics, as well as go out and get a full time job flipping burgers at Whataburger and donate all my Whataearnings to SFA Athletics. I'll even throw in my wife in the deal (but not my dog). Heck, I'll even do it if we lose our first playoff game and finish 11-1.

Who else is willing to join me in making this pledge?

---

I'm in minus the Whataburger. I'll open a new and improved version of "The Hot Biscuit" Anyone remember that place???

---

Is there still one in Jacksonville?

41 upper class with a 63 scholarship limit. Youth cannot be an excuse next year. What will it be?

Maybe it'll be our first year with Clint where over half the starters aren't injured.

BigJack said:

---

I'm in minus the Whataburger. I'll open a new and improved version of "The Hot Biscuit" Anyone remember that place???

---

A great place to go after a night at BJ's, Cotton Eyed Joe, or Cross Roads.

As a poor college student I usually ended up at Taco USA.

Big Jack, SFA did beat Weber State, a Big Sky team, in 2014 - Conque's first year at SFA. Weber also had a new coach that year. Let's see how each team has done with their new coaches.

Weber:
2014 2-10,
2015 6-5,
2016 7-5 with a 1st round playoff loss to Chattanooga,
2017 9-2 will play Western Illinois in the playoffs this Saturday

SFA:
2014 8-5 with a 1st round loss to Northern Iowa.
2015 4-7,
2016 5-6,
2017 4-7

Good to hear no excuses. To be clear I'm not in the camp of 9-2 or bust. I would say 7 is the bare minimum. 8-3 is palatable.

The SLC in 2018 will be pretty wide open and I think completely different than in 2017.

SHSU will have a better defense with all the returning experience despite losing their GOAT PJ Hall, but are losing so much firepower on offense to graduation it will be interesting to see if the Bearkats can strike gold on offense again.

UCA will be replacing some key pieces on offense and will have a complete unknown at QB. Defensively will still be dominant.

Nicholls State will likely be the head of the conference with Fourcade and that phenomenal offensive line returning.

McNeese fans are not confident about their team at all next season with all the pieces they'll be replacing, but McNeese also has the most storied program in the SLC so they'll likely be back just as strong.

SLU is a wild card.

NWST will be completely rebuilding. New coach. New players. New system.

UIW and HBU will still be themselves.

ACU will be much improved. I'm glad we don't have to go to Abilene next season.

And I guess that leaves us. Honestly we're loaded on offense, but have no depth to speak of(see Jake Blumrick's 2017 stats). If we can stay healthy, I think Foster Sawyer and our experienced receivers should be very potent. I think it's a matter of playing to our strength on offense and have a down field passing game. Defensively I love the direction we're going and expect us to improve there. It will be 100% a matter of if we can stay healthy or not. If we can, 8 wins and a playoff berth should absolutely be our goal. Of course Sam Houston is a must win, especially now that they should be rebuilding, and NWST is also a must win. Both are fireable games unless we're something and 0 entering the BOTPW or have the playoffs on lock by NWST.

Looks like RB coach Jake Brown has gone back to TCU.

Without a solid offensive line we're still a 6-5 , 7-4 team at best.

BigJack85 said:

---

Without a solid offensive line we're still a 6-5 , 7-4 team at best.

---

100%

Absolutely. We haven't had a solid offensive line since the 2014 season. That being said I think the returning experience on the offensive line is definitely a good sign. Hopefully that experience will be on display.

Crowton is relieved of his duties as OC. Team will wait until after National Signing Day to announce a replacement

Home game with Tarleton State will replace Southern Utah on the schedule.

Fly on the Wall said:

---

Home game with Tarleton State will replace Southern Utah on the schedule.

---

. Tarleton wont be easy. Lose and Conque is gone.

Fly on the Wall said:

---

Crowton is relieved of his duties as OC. Team will wait until after National Signing Day to announce a replacement

---

That was a short stay. Was he demoted or released? In his defense, it was hard for him to be successful when most of his best players were nursing injuries.

BigJack85 said:

---

Fly on the Wall said:

---

Home game with Tarleton State will replace Southern Utah on the schedule.

---

. Tarleton wont be easy. Lose and Conque is gone.

---

If the Jacks can't beat little ol' Tarleton then Heaven help us!

Where are you getting your information?

The Texans were 6-6 (3-3 on the road) ending the season on a 3 game losing streak.

They did take #4 Midwestern State to OT losing 42-45 in Wichita Falls and lost by 12 to National Champion Texas A&M Commerce 21-33.

They return 41 seniors for 2018.

SFAXE93 said:

---

Shannon Dawson Left for West Virginia (Now OC at Southern Miss) (3 Seasons) 2008-10
Mike Nesbitt Left for Houston (Was HC at West Texas A&M) (1 Season) 2011
Richard Olin Fired (Retired) (1 Season) 2012
Chris Truax Harper Staff (ESPN Radio Baton Rouge) (1 Season) 2013
Matt Kubik Left for Louisiana-Monroe (2 Seasons) 2014-15
Gary Crowton ? (2 Seasons) 2016-17

6 OCs since 2010 at SFA

Next!

---

Bear Bryant (and a couple of other coaches with similar comments) once said that you can't make chicken salad without the chicken.

In fairness 2010-2013 we had consistently the #1 offense in the FCS. We just had the literal worst defense in the FCS too.

True