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SWAC Grid Stars
Southern University's quarterback Quincy Richard along with Jaguar defensive backs Lenny Williams and Jarmaul George swept three of the four top post season individual honors in voting on the 2003 All-SWAC football team. The All-SWAC team is selected by the conference's football coaches and sports information directors.

Richard was named Offensive Player of the Year, Lenny Williams was selected the Defensive Player of the Year and George was tabbed Freshman of the Year. Alabama State running back Keldrick Williams was named Newcomer of the Year.

Richard, a 6-3, 210, senior from Opelousas, LA, led the Southern Jaguars to an 11-1 regular season, the SWAC West division title and a berth in the SWAC Championship football game. He led the conference (4th in nation) in passing efficiency passing (162.9%) for 3,270 yds (239-361-14) with 31 TDs and was named MVP of the Bayou Classic with a 552-yard, 5-TD passing performance.

Lenny Williams, who was named pre-season defensive player of the year at the beginning of the season, is a 6-0, 190, senior from Lake Charles, LA. He led the Jaguars in tackles (66) and spearheaded a defense that allowed opponents just 15.5 points per game. Southern ranked second in the SWAC in Total Defense (294.4 ypg).

Jamual George, a 6-0 180 freshman defensive back from New Orleans, LA, started eleven games as a true freshman, was sidelined prior to the Bayou Classic with a broken leg. On the season he had 50 tackles (4th on team) with three interceptions.

Williams, a 5-8, 205-pound sophomore from Montgomery, Al., finished the regular season with 1, 095 yds (91.2 ypg) second in SWAC rushing by just 2 yards.

Overall, Southern had eleven players picked (four on 2nd team), followed by Alabama A&M (4/3) and Alabama State (3/4) with seven. Grambling State picked up six selections (3/3), Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Texas Southern had four players named (1/3). Mississippi Valley State and Jackson State garnered three picks, followed by Prairie View with one player picked (1st team).

2003 All-SWAC Football Team
(as picked by the SWAC football coaches and sports information directors)
FIRST TEAM
Offense
OL- Kevin Harris, Alabama State (6-4, 308, Sr., Anniston, AL)
OL- Robert Louis, Alabama A&M (6-3, 266, Jr., Tampa, FL)
OL- Miniya Smith, Southern (6-7, 340, Jr., New Orleans, LA)
OL- Arnold Sims, Southern (6-6, 255, Jr., Houston, TX)
OL- Zephaniah Smalley, Alcorn State (6-2, 260, Sr., Dallas, TX)
TE- Jacob Wilson, Alabama A&M (6-1, 230, Sr., Mobile, AL)
QB- Quincy Richard, Southern (6-3, 210, Sr., Opelousas, LA)
RB- Jeremiah Bonds, Alabama A&M (5-9, 180, Sr., Huntsville, AL)
RB- Kenneth Peoples, Southern (6-0, 210, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC)
WR- Tramon Douglas, Grambling (6-0, 205, Sr., Baton Rouge, LA)
WR- Alfred Ard, Southern (6-0, 180, Jr., Kentwood, LA)
P Eric Hernandez, Prairie View A&M (6-0, 180, Fr., Pleasanton, TX)

Defense
DL- Michael Howleit, Alcorn State (6-2, 250, Jr., Chicago, IL)
DL- Timothy Parham, Alabama State (6-3, 255, Jr., Atlanta, GA)
DL- Lieutenant Dukes, Alabama A&M (6-3, 209, So., B'ham, AL)
DL- Maurice Troutman, Ark.-Pine Bluff (6'3, 265, Jr., Long Beach, CA)
LB- Ronald Dillon, Alabama State (5-11, 185, Jr., LB, Memphis, TN)
LB- Omega Logan, Alcorn State (5-9, 225, Sr., DeSoto, TX)
LB- Jarrette Prout, Miss. Valley St. (6-0,220; Jr., Boothville, LA
DB- Tyrone Parsons, Alcorn State (5-9, 180, Sr., Memphis, TN)
DB- Lenny Williams, Southern (6-0, 190, Sr., Lake Charles, LA)
DB- Octavius Bond, Grambling State, (6-1, 207, Sr., Chicago, IL)
DB- Jarmaul George, Southern (6-0, 180, Fr., New Orleans, LA)
PK- Brian Morgan, Grambling State, (6-0, 185, Jr., Groves, TX)
KR- Corey Alexander, Texas Southern (5-9 185 So., Houston, TX)

PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
Offensive
Quincy Richard Sr., QB, Southern
Defensive
Lenny Williams - Sr., DB, Southern
Newcomer
Keldrick Williams - So., RB, Alabama State
Freshman
Jarmaul George - Fr., DB, Southern

SECOND TEAM
Offense
OL- Travis Martin, Sr., Miss. Valley State; Jonathan Banks, Jr., Grambling State; Darryl Rodgers, Jr., Grambling State; Brandon Jones, So., Southern; Everett Rosette, Sr., Alabama State TE- Brian Jones, Jr., Arkansas-Pine Bluff QB- Donald Carrie, Jr., Alcorn State RB- Keldrick Williams, So., Alabama State; David Kennebrew, Fr., Jackson State WR- Chris Davis, Sr., Southern; Tim Manning, Sr., Jackson State P- Shane Phillips, So., Alcorn State

Defense
DL- Jonathan St. Cyr, Sr., Southern; Sydney Gordon, Jr., Texas Southern; Kerry Frazier, So., Alabama State; Brian Williams, Sr., Alcorn State; Lennard Patton, Jr., Grambling State; Robert Watson, Jr., Texas Southern; LB- Lionel Macklin, Sr., Alabama A&M; Tarus Morgan, Jr., Southern; Damondric Goins, Jr., Texas Southern DB- O'Keefe Henderson, Sr., Miss.Valley State; Martel Holt, Sr., Alabama A&M; Antoine Hill, Sr., Alabama State; Terrell Hammonds, Jr., Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Anthony Dillon, So., Jackson State PK- Rashad Cylar, Sr., Alabama A&M; KR- Cedric Bowen, Jr., Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Eight to go into SWAC HOF
Eight former Southwestern Athletic Conference athletes or administrators have been selected to be inducted into the SWAC Hall of Fame on Friday, December 12, 2003 in the Downtown Birmingham Sheraton's main Ballroom.

Marino Casem, a 1992 SWAC Hall of Fame inductee, will be the keynote speaker at the 2003 SWAC Hall of Fame luncheon.

The SWAC Hall of Fame Luncheon, which begins at 11:30am, is held in conjunction with activities surrounding the Southwestern Athletic Conference Football Championship week-end. The 2003 All-SWAC football team will be honored following the luncheon.

Listed below are the inductees with a short synopsis of their careers.
 Charlie "Choo-Choo" Brackins - Prairie View A&M
- "Choo-Choo" led the Panther football team to forty wins and only four losses between 1951-54. He quarterbacked them to four SWAC championships and two National championships. During this time he was also selected as an All-American quarterback. Brackins was later drafted by the Green Bay Packers.

 Paul Covington - Jackson State
- A member of the Jackson State Sports Hall of Fame, he served as a basketball coach before moving to the administrative side of athletics. He was the Tigers' assistant athletic director for many years.

 Grant Alan Dungee, III - Alcorn State
- He had a career that spanned over forty years at Alcorn State from 1957-89. During this entire time he as head coach of the women's and men's track and cross country teams and football assistant coach and scout. He served as Chair and Professor of Health and Physical Education from 1964-89.

 Alice Jackson - Grambling State
- As a member of the Grambling State Women's Track team, she was a finalist in the SWAC Championships 200m, 400m, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay teams. Jackson competed in the Pan American Games as a member of the USA team and won a gold medal in the 4x100m and 4x400m relay.

 Charles "Chuck" Prophet - Mississippi Valley State
- "Chuck" Prophet was a member of the Mississippi Valley State athletic program for 30 years. He spent ten years of his three-decade tenure in the role of Director of Athletics and served in a dual role as sports information director for a full twenty years. Prophet was a co-founder of the SWAC Football Press Tour and served as it's sole director for nineteen years.

 Dr. Dennis Thomas - Alcorn State
- A native of Heidelburg, Mississippi, Dennis entered Alcorn State at the age of 16 and embarked on a collegiate career that is still in the SWAC record books. In 1974, Thomas made major history as the first and only offensive lineman named as SWAC Offensive Player of the Year. He finished his career as a three-year letterman, a two-time Pittsburgh Courier 1st Team All-American, Black Mutual Sports Network All-American and Outstanding College Athletics of America (1974). Thomas is currently the commissioner of the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference.

 Davis Weathersby - Mississippi Valley State
- Weathersby was the head football coach and athletic director at Mississippi Valley state for seven years. He was known for his development of outstanding individual football players.

Sidney Williams - Southern
- Williams played for Southern from 1960 to 1964. In his senior year he was selected as an All-American, Williams played five seasons in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, Baltimore Colts and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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