August 12, 2015
2015 Season Preview Series - SWJCFC Outlook
Conference predictions and a rundown of top returning players in the Southwest
| PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH | ||||||
| TEAM | 2014 REC. | OFF RET. | DEF RET. | |||
| 1. | Trinity Valley | 12-0 (6-0) | 6 (12) | 5 (12) | ||
| 2. | Tyler | 8-3 (4-2) | 9 (12) | 8 (12) | ||
| 3. | Kilgore | 7-3 (4-2) | 3 (9) | 6 (13) | ||
| 4. | Navarro | 7-3 (4-2) | 4 (17) | 4 (12) | ||
| 5. | Blinn | 4-4 (2-4) | 4 (9) | 6 (10) | ||
| 6. | NE Oklahoma A&M | 5-6 (1-5) | 8 (15) | 9 (17) | ||
| 7. | Cisco | 2-6 (0-6) | 4 (5) | 7 (9) | ||
| TOP RETURNING QUARTERBACKS | |||||||||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | HT. | WT. | COMP-ATT | PASS YDS | YDS/COMP | PASS TD | INT | RUSH YDS | RUSH TD | |
| Richard Lagow | Cisco | 6' 6" | 250 | 162-270 | 2,958 | 11.0 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 0 | |
| Sederian Copeland | Tyler | 6' 0" | 180 | 130-225 | 1,900 | 8.4 | 20 | 3 | 500 | 7 | |
| Jerod Evans | Trinity Valley | 6' 4" | 230 | 70-107 | 1,001 | 9.4 | 14 | 2 | 358 | 5 | |
| TOP RETURNING RUNNING BACKS | ||||||||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | HT. | WT. | RUSH ATT. | RUSH YDS | YDS/ATT | RUSH TD | REC. YDS | REC. TD | |
| Cameron Booty | NE Oklahoma A&M | 5' 10" | 200 | 207 | 1,127 | 5.4 | 9 | 137 | 2 | |
| Ken Burks | Tyler | 5' 9" | 200 | 75 | 500 | 6.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kijana Amous | Navarro | 5' 10" | 195 | 54 | 416 | 7.7 | 6 | 27 | 0 | |
| Darrell Breedlove | Trinity Valley | 5' 8" | 185 | 54 | 396 | 7.3 | 2 | 148 | 2 | |
| TOP RETURNING WIDE RECEIVERS & TIGHT ENDS | |||||||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | HT. | WT. | POS. | REC. | REC. YDS | YDS/REC. | REC. TD | |
| Melvinson Hartfield | Tyler | 5' 10" | 190 | WR | 55 | 600 | 10.9 | 3 | |
| Ryan Parker | Tyler | 6' 2" | 190 | WR | 45 | 850 | 18.9 | 16 | |
| Marcus Daggs | Cisco | 6' 1" | 180 | WR | 35 | 620 | 17.7 | 9 | |
| Khalil Warren | NE Oklahoma A&M | 6' 2" | 210 | WR | 33 | 385 | 11.7 | 2 | |
| Alex Pina-Rhoden | Trinity Valley | 6' 2" | 190 | WR | 24 | 487 | 20.3 | 3 | |
| Gary McKnight | NE Oklahoma A&M | 6' 2" | 200 | WR | 22 | 357 | 16.2 | 2 | |
| Del'Michael High | Navarro | 6' 1" | 190 | WR | 21 | 256 | 12.2 | 1 | |
| Andre Wilson | Trinity Valley | 5' 10" | 175 | WR | 21 | 233 | 11.1 | 4 | |
| Emmanuel Harris | Trinity Valley | 5' 9" | 195 | WR | 21 | 203 | 9.7 | 1 | |
| Michael Watson | Kilgore | 6' 3" | 205 | WR | 17 | 214 | 12.6 | 3 | |
| Joe Lewis | Kilgore | 6' 3" | 200 | WR | 15 | 235 | 15.7 | 2 | |
| Garrett Barton | Kilgore | 5' 10" | 180 | WR | 7 | 94 | 13.4 | 1 | |
| TOP RETURNING OFFENSIVE LINEMEN | ||||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | HT. | WT. | GP | GS | |
| Ty Watkins | NE Oklahoma A&M | 6' 2" | 285 | 11 | 11 | |
| Conner Wood | NE Oklahoma A&M | 6' 5" | 310 | 11 | 11 | |
| Andru Kirby | Tyler | 6' 4" | 330 | 11 | 11 | |
| Spencer Hendee | Tyler | 6' 4" | 295 | 11 | 10 | |
| Brandon Upshaw | Tyler | 6' 1" | 285 | 11 | 10 | |
| Donovan Wheaton | Navarro | 6' 3" | 333 | 10 | 10 | |
| Brandon Niccum | Navarro | 6' 4" | 310 | 10 | 10 | |
| George Roberts | Trinity Valley | 6' 7" | 325 | 10 | 10 | |
| Matthew Bell | Kilgore | 6' 3" | 350 | 10 | 9 | |
| Ashmeed Ahamad | Kilgore | 6' 2" | 295 | 10 | 9 | |
| Morgan Hunt | Blinn | 6' 3" | 300 | 7 | 7 | |
| Karson Green | NE Oklahoma A&M | 6' 5" | 290 | 8 | 6 | |
| TJ Henson | Trinity Valley | 6' 5" | 300 | 12 | 5 | |
| Rex Printz | Trinity Valley | 6' 3" | 290 | 12 | 0 | |
| TOP RETURNING DEFENSIVE LINEMEN | |||||||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | HT. | WT. | TACK | TFL | SACKS | FF | FR | |
| Novis Cullom | NE Oklahoma A&M | 6' 3" | 290 | 66 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Junior Olie | Tyler | 6' 1" | 305 | 60 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Wheeler | Tyler | 6' 3" | 250 | 50 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| Garrett McBroom | NE Oklahoma A&M | 6' 3" | 255 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darrius Burris | NE Oklahoma A&M | 6' 2" | 245 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| JT Williams | Trinity Valley | 6' 2" | 295 | 38 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| TK Richardson | Cisco | 6' 2" | 270 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dequinton Osborne | Kilgore | 6' 0" | 275 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Henry Paul | Cisco | 6' 3" | 250 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Demontrai Lewis | Kilgore | 6' 3" | 225 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tralund Webber | Blinn | 6' 4" | 250 | 26 | 7 | 3.5 | 3 | 2 | |
| James Judie | Navarro | 6' 5" | 260 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricci Simmons | Kilgore | 6' 1" | 235 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ugonna Nwarie | Trinity Valley | 6' 2" | 250 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Da-Itekena Cheetham-West | Blinn | 6' 4" | 290 | 18 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Trey August | Trinity Valley | 5' 11" | 275 | 16 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tremaine Whittley | Navarro | 6' 4" | 260 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jonathan Taylor | Trinity Valley | 6' 3" | 225 | 15 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| TOP RETURNING LINEBACKERS | ||||||||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | HT. | WT. | TACK | TFL | SACKS | FF | FR | INT | |
| Tupe Saunoa | Tyler | 6' 0" | 235 | 115 | 6 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Somari Wright | Tyler | 6' 2" | 250 | 111 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Justin Johnson | Blinn | 6' 2" | 228 | 81 | 12.5 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Baccus | NE Oklahoma A&M | 6' 3" | 215 | 76 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mar'Quarveon Jones | Trinity Valley | 6' 1" | 215 | 50 | 6 | 0.5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tyquae Russell | NE Oklahoma A&M | 6' 1" | 200 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Fred'Arian Ashley | NE Oklahoma A&M | 6' 1" | 205 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jakorey Whitaker | Trinity Valley | 6' 1" | 205 | 25 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Marcel Thomas | Trinity Valley | 5' 10" | 210 | 22 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TOP RETURNING DEFENSIVE BACKS | |||||||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | HT. | WT. | TACK | FF | FR | PBU | INT | |
| J'Marcus Rhodes | Kilgore | 6' 1" | 195 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Dakota Diessner | NE Oklahoma A&M | 5' 11" | 190 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Paul Hunter | Trinity Valley | 5' 10" | 180 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jerrell Sykes | Kilgore | 5' 10" | 175 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jamal Jones | Trinity Valley | 5' 11" | 195 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Soloman McGinty | Tyler | 6' 1" | 195 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Terrell Williams | NE Oklahoma A&M | 6' 4" | 210 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Paul Lewis | Trinity Valley | 5' 7" | 165 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Maurice Chandler* | NE Oklahoma A&M | 6' 1" | 190 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| De'Ondre Toler | Kilgore | 5' 11" | 180 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Byron Walker | Navarro | 6' 0" | 195 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jaylon Bowden | Blinn | 5' 11" | 185 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Davin Pierce | Blinn | 6' 2" | 190 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T'Kevian Rockwell | Blinn | 6' 1" | 207 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Wilkinson | NE Oklahoma A&M | 6' 0" | 180 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Chris Coby | Trinity Valley | 6' 0" | 175 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Aaron Foy | Navarro | 6' 0" | 173 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| TOP RETURNING KICKERS | |||||||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | HT. | WT. | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | FG LONG | |
| Leo Peralta | Trinity Valley | 5' 10" | 185 | 95 | 96 | 11 | 16 | 45 | |
| Gabriel Rui | NE Oklahoma A&M | 5' 10" | 220 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 37 | |
| Eric Piccione | Blinn | 5' 10" | 182 | 50 | 59 | 4 | 7 | 28 | |
| TOP RETURNING PUNTERS | |||||||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | HT. | WT. | PUNTS | NET | AVG. | LONG | IN20 | |
| Cole Moos | NE Oklahoma A&M | 6' 0" | 180 | 64 | 2,410 | 37.7 | 68 | 15 | |
| TOP RETURNING KICK RETURNERS | ||||||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | HT. | WT. | KR | YDS | AVG. | TD | |
| Melvinson Hartfield | Tyler | 5' 10" | 190 | 16 | 500 | 31.3 | 0 | |
*Returning All-American