SOUTHERN CONFERENCE PREVIEW PART V

UP CLOSE: APPALACHIAN STATE

By Josh Buchanan - Small School Insider


RETURNING STARTERS
Offense: 5
Defense: 7
Special Teams: 2
Total: 14


KEY RETURNEES

QB Armanti Edwards, Jr., RB Devon Moore, Jr., WR James Hill, Sr., WR TJ Courman, Sr., WR Tavaris Washington, Jr., WR/RS CoCo Hillary, Soph., WR Brian Quick, Fr., WR Josh Johnson, Jr., OT Brad Coley, Sr., OT Jonathan Bieschke, Sr., OG Daniel Kilgore, Soph., OG Mario Acitelli, Jr., C Brett Irvin, Soph., DE Tony Robertson, Jr., DT Anthony Williams, Jr., DT Gordy Whitte, Fr., DT Daniel Finnerty, Jr., LB Pierre Banks, Sr., LB DJ Smith, Soph., LB Jacque Roman, Jr., CB Cortez Gilbert, Jr., CB Jared Reine, Soph., S Leonard Love, Sr., S Mark LeGree, Soph., P Neil Young, Sr.

KEY LOSSES

QB Trey Elder, RB Kevin Richardson, WR Dexter Jackson, WR Hans Batichon, TE Nic Cardwell, OG Kerry Brown, OG John Holt, C Scott Suttle, DE Gary Tharrington (academics), CB Jerome Touchstone, CB Justin Woazeah, FS Corey Lynch, SS Titus Howard, K Julian Rauch, LS Russell Wilson

KEY NEWCOMERS

RB Rod Chisholm (HS), RB Devin Radford (Virginia Tech), TE Jordan Gary (HS), DE Quavian Lewis (Vanderbilt), DE Lanston Tanyi (HS), DT Malcolm Bennett (JUCO), LB Terrence McLean (HS), CB Ed Gainey (HS), CB Ingram Bell (HS), S Justin Lloyd (HS), and S DeMorris Brooks (JUCO).

HONORS CANDIDATES

QB Armanti Edwards, Jr., RB Devon Moore, Jr., WR TJ Courman, Sr., WR/RS CoCo Hillary, Soph., OT Brad Coley, Sr., OG Mario Acitelli, Jr., DE Tony Robertson, Jr., DT Anthony Williams, Jr., DT Malcolm Bennett, Jr., LB Pierre Banks, Sr., LB DJ Smith, Soph., LB Jacque Roman, Jr., CB Cortez Gilbert, Jr., S Leonard Love, Sr.

TOP 5 PLAYERS

1. QB Armanti Edwards, Jr.
2. LB Pierre Banks, Sr.
3. DT Anthony Williams, Jr.
4. LB DJ Smith, Soph.
5. WR/RS CoCo Hillary, Soph.