With UT Martin next, Hill sees JSU maturing

The Anniston Star
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Page 3D
JACKSONVILLE STATE FOOTBALL
With UT Martin next, Hill sees JSU maturing
BY MIKE PERRIN
Star Sports Correspondent
Cornerbacks get a lot of
attention. Like long snappers — who normally don’t
— that attention often
comes when things go
wrong on the football field.
Ask any cornerback
how they handle the spotlight when it’s particularly
harsh after a big play by
the offense, and you’ll
hear something like what
Jacksonville State’s Jaylen
Hill said: “You have to
have a short-term memory. You can’t make every
play, but you have to limit
the amount of plays being
made to your side.
“Have a short-term
memory and
a good
mindset,”
he said.
“Keep
being
confident
in what
UT Martin at you do.”
CorJacksonville
nerState
backs
Saturday,
also
ESPN3, 3 p.m. have
a reputation, reinforced by
NFL stars such as Richard
Sherman and long before
him superstar Deion Sanders, for trash talking with
equally loudmouthed wide
receivers. Hill said he talks
a little, but it’s not especially trashy.
“I try not to be too talky,”
the fourth-leading tackler
for the Gamecocks said. “I
want my actions to do the
talking. We do talk backand-forth with the receivers and there’s some trash
talking. Some of it though,
is to encourage each other.
I’m not encouraging them
to do better, but I like to
tell them give us their best
effort and make it a good
game.”
Hill, a redshirt sophomore from Marietta, Ga.,
is second on the team in
solo tackles with 17 of his
18 stops being unassisted.
He has two pass break-ups
and two passes defended
for the Gamecocks (3-1, 1-0
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Jacksonville State cornerback Jaylen Hill (11) has 18 tackles this season.
Ohio Valley Conference),
who play host to Tennessee-Martin (1-3, 0-2) on
Saturday at 3 p.m. He said
the JSU defense — fifth in
the league stats, allowing
376 yards a game — is coming together.
“I feel like we have
learned how to play together. Basically, we’re learning to mature overall as a
defense and helping each
fensive coordinators David
Blackwell and Brandon
Hall stressed takeaways
in the preseason, but so
far the Gamecocks have
just two interceptions and
haven’t pounced on any
of their opponents’ five
fumbles.
Hill’s cornerback partner Jermaine Hough has
both of the interceptions,
one he returned for a score
against West Alabama.
“We’re still talking about
turnovers at practice,” Hill
said. “We’ve had plenty of
opportunities, but we have
to capitalize and come up
with more turnovers. We
strive for that every day
at practice. It doesn’t go
unspoken.
“You have to know what
defense you’re in, where
the open slots are in the
defense and play your technique against your man.
Once you do that, he will
lead you to the ball. There
are many ways you can
play the ball — watch his
eyes or, if you’re in good
enough position, you can
look and see where the ball
is. It comes with repetition,
how comfortable you are
playing that receiver and
the ball.”
JACKSONVILLE STATE SEASON STATISTICS
JSU
Opp.
SCORING
130
130
Points Per Game
32.5
32.5
Points Off Turnovers
14
110
FIRST DOWNS
107
75
Rushing
61
25
Passing
37
36
Penalty
9
14
RUSHING YARDAGE
1026
494
Yards gained rushing
1143
605
Yards lost rushing
117
111
Rushing Attempts
207
147
Average Per Rush
5.0
3.4
Average Per Game
256.5
123.5
TDs Rushing
10
5
PASSING YARDAGE
884
1010
Comp-Att-Int
70-119-7
77-115-2
Average Per Pass
7.4
8.8
Average Per Catch
12.6
13.1
Average Per Game
221.0
252.5
TDs Passing
6
10
TOTAL OFFENSE
1910
1504
Total Plays
326
262
Average Per Play
5.9
5.7
Average Per Game
477.5
376.0
KICK RETURNS: #-Yards
16-379
16-320
PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards
3-17
7-24
INT RETURNS: #-Yards
2-34
7-145
KICK RETURN AVERAGE
23.7
20.0
PUNT RETURN AVERAGE
5.7
3.4
INT RETURN AVERAGE
17.0
20.7
FUMBLES-LOST
3-2
5-0
PENALTIES-Yards
33-356
22-202
Average Per Game
89.0
50.5
PUNTS-Yards
21-830
28-1185
Average Per Punt
39.5
42.3
Net punt average
38.4
41.7
KICKOFFS-Yards
24-1459
22-1249
Average Per Kick
60.8
56.8
Net kick average
40.2
35.0
TIME OF POSSESSION/Game
30:26
29:34
3RD-DOWN Conversions
27/64
13/52
3rd-Down Pct
42%
25%
4TH-DOWN Conversions
4/6
4/6
4th-Down Pct
67%
67%
SACKS BY-Yards
8-55
7-60
MISC YARDS
3
0
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED
17
17
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS
4-5
4-6
ON-SIDE KICKS
0-0
0-1
RED-ZONE SCORES
(14-19) 74% (14-16) 88%
RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (12-19) 63% (11-16) 69%
PAT-ATTEMPTS
(16-16) 100% (16-16) 100%
ATTENDANCE
18912
100309
Games/Avg Per Game
1/18912
3/33436
Neutral Site Games
0/0
Score by quarters
Jacksonville State
Opponents
1st 2nd
35 41
49 45
3rd 4th OT—Tot
34 14 6—130
10 23 3—130
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
Att Yds Avg TD
DaMarcus James
75 345
4.6
5
Eli Jenkins
40 247
6.2
4
Troymaine Pope
33 235
7.1
0
Miles Jones
37 161
4.4
1
Christian LeMay
10
50
5.0
0
Calen Campbell
6
16
2.7
0
Josh Barge
1
2
2.0
0
Max Shortell
5 -30 -6.0
0
Total
207 1026
5.0 10
Opponents
147 494
3.4
5
PASSING
Eli Jenkins
Max Shortell
Christian LeMay
Total
Opponents
other out,” Hill said. “We’re
just playing every play
to the best of our ability.
We’re striving to communicate better every day in
practice.
“We come in with mindset to play one snap at a
time. Three plays equal one
series. If we handle our job
every play, the chips will
fall our way.”
Jacksonville State co-de-
Effic C-A-I
126.0 39-62-5
128.7 21-40-1
120.3 10-17-1
126.1 70-119-7
165.9 77-115-2
Pct
62.9
52.5
58.8
58.8
67.0
Long
26
48
47
19
18
5
2
3
48
64
Yds TD Long
506 2 88
269 3 43
109 1 44
884 6 88
1010 10 75
JACKSONVILLE STATE’S
2014 SCHEDULE
Aug. 29, at Michigan State
Sept. 6, at Chattanoonga
L, 45-7
W, 26-23
Sept. 20, vs. West Alabama W, 45-34
Sept. 27, at Murray State
W, 52-28
Oct. 4, vs. Tennessee-Martin 3 p.m.
Oct. 11, at Tennessee State
2 p.m.
Oct. 25, vs. Tennessee Tech
3 p.m.
Nov. 1, vs. Austin Peay
3 p.m.
Nov. 8, at Eastern Kentucky
Noon
Nov. 15, vs. Eastern Illinois
3 p.m.
Nov. 22, vs. SE Missouri
1 p.m.
Calen Campbell
16
Spencer Goffigan
0
Ty Anderson
0
Max Shortell
-30
Total
1026
Opponents
494
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Josh Barge (12) leads Jacksonville State with 22 receptions for 333 yards.
RECEIVING
Josh Barge
Markis Merrill
Anthony Johnson
J.D. Williams
Ruben Gonzalez
Troymaine Pope
Dalton Screws
Bo Brummel
Spencer Goffigan
Miles Jones
Jarren Johnson
Darrius Stephens
Ty Anderson
Total
Opponents
No. Yards
22 333
10 173
9
59
6
59
5
83
4
34
3
27
3
21
3
13
2
27
1
26
1
17
1
12
70 884
77 1010
Avg TD
15.1
3
17.3
3
6.6
0
9.8
0
16.6
0
8.5
0
9.0
0
7.0
0
4.3
0
13.5
0
26.0
0
17.0
0
12.0
0
12.6
6
13.1 10
Long
43
88
23
32
44
20
12
8
9
24
26
17
12
88
75
PUNT RETURNS
Josh Barge
Total
Opponents
No. Yards
3
17
3
17
7
24
Avg TD
5.7
0
5.7
0
3.4
0
Long
12
12
11
INT. RETURNS
Jermaine Hough
Total
Opponents
No. Yards
2
34
2
34
7 145
Avg TD
17.0
1
17.0
1
20.7
2
Long
34
34
55
KICKOFF RETURNS
Troymaine Pope
Jarren Johnson
J.D. Williams
Josh Barge
Total
Opponents
No. Yards
7 127
4
94
4 158
1
0
16 379
16 320
Avg TD
18.1
0
23.5
0
39.5
0
0.0
0
23.7
0
20.0
0
Long
34
30
90
0
90
41
SCORING
TD
D. James
5
Connor Rouleau 0
Eli Jenkins
4
Josh Barge
3
Markis Merrill 3
Miles Jones
1
J. Hough
1
Total
17
Opponents
17
PATs
FGs Kick Rush Rcv PassDXP SafPts
0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30
4-516-16 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 28
0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24
0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18
0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
4-516-16 0-0 0 0-0 0 0130
4-616-16 0-0 0 0-0 0 0130
PUNTING
No. Yards
Hamish MacInnes 20
814
Max Shortell
1
16
Total
21
830
Opponents
28 1185
ALL-PURPOSE Rush
Troymaine Pope 235
Josh Barge
2
DaMarcus James 345
Eli Jenkins
247
J.D. Williams
0
Miles Jones
161
Markis Merrill
0
Jarren Johnson
0
Ruben Gonzalez
0
Anthony Johnson
0
Christian LeMay
50
Jermaine Hough
0
Dalton Screws
0
Bo Brummel
0
Darrius Stephens
0
Rcv
34
333
0
0
59
27
173
26
83
59
0
0
27
21
17
Avg
40.7
16.0
39.5
42.3
PR
0
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Long
57
16
57
70
FC
8
0
8
8
KR Total
127 396
0 352
0 345
0 247
158 217
0 188
0 173
94 120
0
83
0
59
0
50
0
34
0
27
0
21
0
17
0
13
12
0
884
1010
0
0
0
0
17
24
0
16
0
13
0
12
0
-30
379 2340
320 1993
Tackles
DEFENSIVE LEADERS Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds
Ben Endress
22
8
30 3.5 - 13
Michael Carlisle
13
8
21 3.0 - 22
Jermaine Hough
11
8
19
0
Jaylen Hill
17
1
18
1.5 - 7
Folo Johnson
11
6
17
0.5 - 1
Debarriaus Miller
9
7
16
0
JaJuan Lee
10
5
15
1.0 - 2
Devaunte Sigler
12
3
15
4.0 - 8
Chris Landrum
6
4
10 6.0 - 24
Dawson Wells
7
3
10
2.0 - 7
Tre’ Garland
6
4
10 1.5 - 15
LaMichael Fanning
9
0
9
0
Darius Jackson
7
1
8 2.0 - 10
Siran Neal
6
1
7
0
Caleb Lawrence
2
4
6
0
Nigel Terrell
5
1
6
0.5 - 1
Terrence Pendleton
2
4
6
1.5 - 1
Allan Carson
4
2
6
1.0 - 4
Santavious Oden
3
3
6
0
Dustin Gayton
4
2
6
0
Kyle Pope
3
2
5
0
Bryant Mitchell
4
0
4
0
Jeremy Harrison
2
1
3
0
Spencer Goffigan
2
0
2
0
Reggie Hall
2
0
2
0
Bo Billups
1
0
1
0
Troymaine Pope
1
0
1
0
Greg Clark
0
1
1
0
TEAM
1
1
0
1
Ruben Gonzalez
1
0
1
0
Miles Jones
1
0
1
0
Jarren Johnson
1
0
1
0
Nick Johnson
1
0
1
0
Dalton Screws
1
0
1
0
Omari Jones
0
1
1
0
Total
187
80
267 28 - 115
Opponents
210 132
342 28 - 111

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