2015 EMCC Football News
East Mississippi Community College is scheduled to conduct three separate summer football camps during the month of June on the Scooba campus.
For the third time in the last four years, East Mississippi Community College has produced an NFL Draft selection. Former EMCC and University of Alabama defensive lineman Jarran Reed was selected during Friday night’s second round by the Seattle Seahawks as the 49th pick overall in this year’s professional draft held in Chicago.
Former East Mississippi Community College President Dr. Thomas L. “Tommy” Davis Jr. was one of 15 individuals inducted into the Mississippi Community and Junior College Sports Hall of Fame during Tuesday night’s 10th annual induction banquet held at the Clyde Muse Center on Hinds Community College’s Rankin Campus.
The East Mississippi Community College football program will be hosting the Inaugural EMCC Football Golf Tournament on Friday, April 29, at Lion Hills in Columbus.
An additional six East Mississippi Community College football players officially signed National Letters of Intent during Wednesday's national signing day activities on the Scooba campus. Joining EMCC's prior signees who inked during the mid-year signing period for junior college transfers, a total of 16 players from this past year's MACJC North Division championship team are set to continue their football careers at the four-year university level.
A total of 32 incoming football players were announced Wednesday by head coach Buddy Stephens of the three-time NJCAA National Champion Lions of East Mississippi Community College.
East Mississippi Community College head football coach Buddy Stephens has announced the additions of defensive coordinator Ed Holly and defensive backs coach Justin Sanders to the Lions' football coaching staff.
With another exciting college football bowl season set to kick off this weekend, the three-time NJCAA Champion Lions of East Mississippi Community College look to be represented in a dozen different postseason contests by as many as 21 former EMCC gridiron standouts.
The seventh-ranked East Mississippi Community College football team had eight players earn second-team honors on the 2015 MACJC All-State Football Team, as officially released Monday by the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges office headquartered in Jackson.
Transfer quarterback John Franklin III accounted for six touchdowns and nearly 300 yards of total offense in one half of play to propel the third-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College to a 48-0 road victory over Mississippi Delta Community College during Thursday's abbreviated regular-season finale played at Jim Randall Field.
As MACJC North Division football champions for the seventh time in eight seasons, the third-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College are set to close out the regular season by traveling to Moorhead to take on Mississippi Delta Community College Thursday evening. Kickoff for EMCC's regular-season finale is set for 7 p.m. at Jim Randall Field on the MDCC campus.
Clinching their seventh MACJC North Division football title in eight years, the eighth-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College also secured a No. 1 seed for the upcoming state playoffs by earning a 49-16 home victory over No. 4 Northwest Mississippi Community College Thursday evening at Sullivan-Windham Field.
In one of the most anticipated junior college football games of the season, the eighth-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College are set to play host to No. 4 Northwest Mississippi Community College during Thursday's MACJC North Division showdown that will also give the winner an opportunity to host this year's MACJC State Championship Game. Kickoff for EMCC's regular-season home finale at Sullivan-Windham Field is slated for 7 p.m. on the Scooba campus.
East Mississippi Community College sophomore quarterback Wyatt Roberts has been named the MACJC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance during the Lions' 44-28 road victory over Holmes Community College a week ago in Goodman.
Aiming for a fifth consecutive MACJC North Division title, the sixth-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College claimed a 44-28 road victory over Holmes Community College Thursday evening at Ras Branch Field.
The sixth-ranked Lions of East Mississippi Community College are set to begin the second half of their regular-season division slate by hitting the road for the second straight week to take on the Bulldogs of Holmes Community College Thursday evening. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Ras Branch Field in Goodman.
