The second HBCU head coaching vacancy was filled when Southern hired head coach Eric Dooley. We're proud to announce that WR JOSH LANIER ( has been selected for the ✊? /DIDj3Nf3zz See the list of all FCS selections below. Norfolk State defensive end Chris Myers, Prairie View A&M offensive lineman Danny Garza, Jackson State wide receiver Josh Lanier, Arkansas-Pine Bluff wide receiver Josh Wilkes and Delaware State wide receiver Trey Gross are the newest editions to the post-season all-star game that features the best players from HBCUs around the country. We're proud to announce that WR WILL VEREEN ( has been selected for the ✊? /qrHoSNUXgrįive players earned invites to the HBCU Legacy Bowl, bringing the total FCS participants to 19.
The HBCU Legacy Bowl will be held Februat Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, LA. RB Isaiah Totten, North Carolina Central.WR Ryan McDaniel, North Carolina Central.
RB Jah-Maine Martin, North Carolina A&T.
Vereen is the 20th FCS participant and the sixth FCS wide receiver selected to the post-season all-star game that features the best players from HBCUs around the country. He's going to get you right on the football field but he demands excellence outside of football.South Carolina State wide receiver Will Vereen was selected to the HBCU Legacy Bowl. "He's going to demand the best out of everybody and get the most out of everybody, even if it's just a little bit," he said. Jacquet also said the process might not be smooth for every player as Napier tries to establish his own brand of culture within the Gator program. Robinson and Sims (Washington) are in the NFL and Jones became a starter for the Tide. "We had three All-American-type players in Monroe and we all signed with Alabama," Robinson said, referring to himself, wide receiver Cameron Sims and safety Hootie Jones, who were either four- or five-star high school recruits. Robinson raised a point for anyone concerned about Napier's recruiting ability. Within two or three years, he will have Florida as one of the top programs in the country for sure." The second year came around, and we were the cream of the crop. "Our first year, we weren't the best team. "It's not going to be night and day the first year," Jacquet said. Louisiana then went 32-5 in the next three seasons, winning the Sun Belt's West Division title all three years. The Cajuns were 7-7 in Napier's first season but went 6-2 over the final eight games of the regular season, got a spot in the Sun Belt Conference championship game, lost, and then played in the Cure Bowl. Napier took over a Louisiana program that fell on difficult times both on the field (the Cajuns were 15-22 in the three years before he took over in 2018) and off (previous coach Mark Hudspeth had 22 victories vacated between 2011-2014 because of major NCAA violations). Jacquet said the process might not be immediate. Jacquet said Napier has a familiar refrain: “Practice makes permanent.” The standard is what it is and if you can't abide by it, he will find someone else who will." he demands excellence all day, every day. "From walk-throughs, meals, the way you wear your. "Once I got the NFL, I was ready from day one, just because of how organized, how demanding he was about everything," Jacquet said. Michael Jacquet III, a cornerback on the Jaguars practice squad, played for Napier at Louisiana from 2018-20 and said he quickly discovered the culture Napier tried to instill - which helped prepare him for the NFL. View Gallery: Billy Napier through the years in pictures