8 The Hampton Roads Messenger


Volume 10 Number 12


August 2016


MEAC kicks off 2016 football season in downtown Norfolk


Courtesy of Randy Singleton The MEAC officially kicked off its 2016 football season with a press luncheon at the Waterside Marriott Hotel in downtown Norfolk on Friday (July 29).


Coaches and top conference student-athletes discussed the upcoming season with the press, and mingled with fans and alumni. A&T was predicted to repeat as MEAC champion, while local teams, Hampton and Norfolk State, were predicted to finish fifth and sixth, respectively. A&T senior RB Tarik Cohen was named Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. SCSU senior LB Darius Leonard was named Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. The predicted order of finish for the 2016 season as selected by the MEAC’s head football coaches and sports information directors:


1) North Carolina A&T; 2) Bethune Cookman; 3) North Carolina Central; 4) South Carolina State; 5) Hampton; 6) Norfolk State; 7) Morgan State; 8) Florida A&M; 9) Delaware State; 10) Howard; 11) Savannah State


Erik Raeburn, Savannah State


Gary Harrell, Howard


Kenneth Carter, Delaware State


Alex Wood, Florida A&M


Fred Farrier, Morgan State


Latrell Scott, Norfolk State


Connell Maynor, Hampton


Buddy Pugh, South Carolina State


Jerry Mack, North Carolina Central


Terry Sims, Bethune Cookman


Rod Broadway. North Carolina A&T


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