Category: Eastern Kentucky Colonels
EKU's Molden Climbs Draft Lists
Antwaun Molden arrived in Indianapolis for the NFL combine last month basically as an unknown prospect to a wide range of scouts.
He left Indianapolis several days later with an arrow pointing up next to his name.
Approaching the combine as if it… more »
EKU's Molden Likely to be Taken in First 3 Rounds of This Year's NFL Draft
Antwaun Molden may not have been considered a big-time prospect when he arrived at the National Football League’s annual scouting combine earlier this year in Indianapolis.
But, he certainly is now.
The former Eastern Kentucky University cornerbac… more »
QB Flacco Heads List of Small-School Draft Surprises
The USA Today goes over what many FCS watchers have known for a long time: these kids can play.
NFL executives can analyze film and pour over combine numbers searching for just the right quarterback in the 2008 NFL draft. Or they could just call Core… more »
FAMU Football Hires Two E. Kentucky Assistants
Florida A&M head football coach Joe Taylor has completed the assembly of his coaching staff with the hiring of defensive coordinator Orlando Mitjans and special teams coach J.B. Gibboney, both coming from Eastern Kentucky.
Mitjans was the seconda… more »
Small School NFL Scouting Combine Invitees
Every year around this time of year thousands of college football players from around the country are waiting anxiously for the NFL Scouting Combine list to be published. For most of the top division 1 players, the list is uneventful, already assured of… more »
Super Fat Tuesday
Sure it's "Super Tuesday" and it's "Fat Tuesday". But only one day before high schools ceremonies where their players sign national letter of intent on National Signing Day, many followers of college football had their own "Super Fat Tuesday" compiling… more »
EKU's Molden Set To Suit Up In All-Star Football Game
Richmond, Ky. – Senior football player Antwaun Molden will strap on the EKU helmet one more time this weekend when he participates in the second annual Texas vs. the Nation Collegiate All-Star Bowl in El Paso, Texas.
The game will be televised natio… more »
AAFL Draft Features 47 FCS Alumni
The All-American Football League, a for-profit, professional football league, held their inaugural draft on Saturday, January 26th. In that draft were 47 alumni of schools who played Football Championship Subdivision football (formerly known as I-AA fo… more »
Eastern Kentucky's Hood prepares to be the man in charge
While Dean Hood mulled over Eastern Kentucky University's football coaching job, he spoke with a longtime friend, Florida coach Urban Meyer, who grew up with Hood in Ashtabula, Ohio. Even though they played for rival high schools, they've been close sin… more »
Hood to be named Eastern Kentucky head coach
RICHMOND — The Richmond Register has confirmed that Wake Forest defensive coordinator/secondary coach Dean Hood will be named the new head football coach at the Eastern Kentucky University.
The school announced Monday afternoon the new coach will be… more »
Candidates for EKU Job Emerging
RICHMOND — Speculation continues to build about who will be selected as Danny Hope’s successor at Eastern Kentucky University, but school officials aren’t saying much, if anything, about the situation.
Still, it would appear that five candidates have… more »
Eastern Kentucky Head Coach Hope reportedly leaving for Purdue
By Nathan Hutchinson, Richmond Register Sports Editor
RICHMOND — Several media outlets are reporting that Eastern Kentucky University football coach Danny Hope is set to join the coaching staff at Purdue University, perhaps as early as Friday.
Th… more »
