2007

• • COLLEGE FOOTI EAST CENTRAL COMMON Unde~ood, Warriors

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~tandout at Tuscaloosa (Ala.) County, has a tremendous amount of talent" and "knows what it takes to win." Underwood also has praise for fresh– man quarterback Jacob Massey of Union. "Jacob is a really good athlete and has had a great preseason camp. He's been here all summer working out and going to school and his efforts have really paid off. I really feel good about Deon and Jacob running the offense." Expected to be the "workhorse" in the Warrior backfield is sophomore run– ning back Roosevelt Ross, a 5-8, 190- pound product of Ocala-Forest High School in Ocala, Fla. "Roosevelt has a great attitude and we expect him to have another productive season," Underwood stated. Ross will sharing running back duties with Maurice Langston, a redshirt fresh– man and Northeast Lauderdale High School product. "Maurice is a strong leader and a great talent," Underwood said. "I look for big things from him and Roosevelt this year.'' Returning at wide receiver is Freddie Parham, a 5-11, 180-pound product of St. Clair County High School in Odenville, Ala. Parham. a University of Southern Mississippi sign('C, played in every

By Bubby Johnston special to The Star

DECATUR - After several years of trying a variation of the "West Coast" offense, East Central Community College head football coach Terry Underwood said it's time for a change– time to return to the "run first" offense the Warriors successfully used in the late 1990s. Underwood, who begins his lOth year leading the ECCC football program and second stint leading the offense, hopes the "new" offensive attack in 2007 will produce the same results experienced by the 1999 Warriors; who qualified for the state playoffs en route to an 8-3 record. The first test of the "new offense" takes place against longtime rival East Mississippi Community College tonight Kickoff is set for 6:30p.m. on the Scooba campus. "vVe decided it was time to go back to what we have successfully done in the past- and that's run the ball first, then complement the running game with play action passes and a short passing game," said Underwood, who will also coach quarterbacks and running backs. The Warrior offense will be led by first-year quarterback Deon Williams, a transfer from \'aldosta (Ga.) State. Underwood said Williams, a former