Category: North Carolina A&T Aggies
Marshall Loses Two Players to MEAC Schools
Marshall has lost a pair of football players to Division I-AA programs.
Sophomore defensive tackle Shane Moore will play for Norfolk State in the fall, while redshirt freshman offensive guard Sergio Glenn will play for North Carolina A&T.
Both… more »
NC A&T Football Player Dies in Spring Heat
GREENSBORO — The N.C. A&T community began Wednesday with prayers for football player Chad Wiley, but then learned he was already gone.
"Nothing is fail-safe in life," interim Athletics Director Wheeler Brown said at a Wednesday afternoon news con… more »
Historic Aggie/Eagle Rivalry Moves To Historic Stadium
NCCU, NC A&T to Play Oct. 4 Football Game at Memorial Stadium in Charlotte.
DURHAM, N.C. - In order to accommodate an anticipated crowd that exceeds the capacity of its own stadium, North Carolina Central University will move its home football ga… more »
Hall of Fame On Resume for Four FAMU Football Coaches
Tim Edwards one day may regard his term as a coach at Florida A&M in much the same way his boss Joe Taylor remembers the years he spent in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
While Taylor credits the oldest historically black confer… more »
HBCU's Talent-Rich For NFL Scouts
This USA Today columnist talks about how Historically Black Colleges & Universities - still - produce great NFL talent.
Historically black colleges and universities have produced two of the greatest players in NFL history — Jackson State running… more »
HBCUs struggling to survive
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- As a record-setting superstar quarterback at Grambling State, Doug Williams enjoyed all the glory and fame that goes with being a shark swimming in a kiddie pool.
As a head coach at his alma mater, Williams lived in the underbell… more »
NC A&T Works To End Skid
Coach Lee Fobbs of N.C. A&T, whose football team is on a 27-game losing streak, hopes that his latest recruiting class can turn things around.
Fobbs signed 27 players for this fall’s recruiting class, and it includes two Winston-Salem players - C… more »
Local DL headed to Aggieland (NC A&T)
Weldon's Lyons signs on at North Carolina A&T State University.
WELDON - Antione Lyons was probably a long shot to play college football four years ago.
He wasn't a model student and didn't appear to be college-bound on an athletic scholarship… more »
Diversity on Their Fields
The Washington Post weighs in on a new trend: some historically black colleges & universities are recruiting more white players for football.
Joey Christine spent two years waiting for a scholarship offer. An All-Met offensive lineman at Sherando… more »
AIFA Columbus Lions Re-Sign Ravenell
Columbus, GA (Jan 23, 2008) - The Columbus Lions of the American Indoor Football Association are proud to announce they have re-signed defensive back Eddie Ravenell (6'0", 220) for their pursuit of an AIFA championship.
Ravenell was called for a… more »
Hiring assistants first on Taylor's to-do list
Joe Taylor didn't waste any time getting down to business.
Florida A&M's new football coach started meeting players on Monday, his first day on the job. He also started assembling a coaching staff.
Fancy lunches will have to wait for another d… more »
W&M football assistant joins Joe Taylor at Florida A&M
Coach Taylor fills out his staff at FAMU with coach Steven Jerry from William & Mary, and some folks from his former staff at Hampton.
Hampton - Former Hampton University football coach Joe Taylor is building his staff at Florida A&M with a d… more »
