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Community College. received votes in the poll. Eleven MACJC players were named as NJCAA Pre-Season All-Amer i– cans, with seven of those hmding on t he first team. Making the first team offensive squad are Itawamba quarter back Tyson Lee, East Mississip– pi Community College running back LeGarrette Blount. Copiah-Lincoln offensive lineman Edward Prince a nd Pearl River place-kicker Brad Bing- hrum. · First-team defenders are Co-Lin defensive end Raven Gray, Southwest Mississippi linebacker Jeff Martin and J ones County JC defens ive back Justin Matthew. On the second team from Mississippi are Itawamba wide r eceiver Chris Wil– son, Coahoma defensive end Derrick Chatman , ltawamba linebacker Qu inten Pierce and East Mississippi Community College defensive back Derrick Boyd.

The. thing about '\lJssissippi junior college football is the abili– ty to turn it around in a hurry. Take Co-Lin for instance. 'l'lw Wolve~ wtmt fmm two wins to nine in Ol\8 season. "There is ahvays going to be somebody that comes up and surprise,:; every– bu(ly elsE.>.'' Underwood said "I h.:1pe that we are that team that surprises everyuod~: I'm looking for– ward to the season opener against Scooba. That's a big rivah·y game and of Scooba improves as much this year as they did last year. they could be 'that team that jumps up and surprises everybody. I know they've got an awful– ly good running back and he'll be hard to handle." Rounding out the national preseason top five are Snow (Utah) College at No. 2, followed by Blinn (Texas). Butler (Kan.) CommlitlhY College and Georiga l\Iilitary College. Two vther Mississippi teams, l• ,r es County .Jun– ior Coli

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l~'gE.' ,, ~u ·~L l t- Hin.·1~ Gulf Coast I II I ,f,in ;we clll in the \'uufl '.lith East Central. , nl that's doesn't mean t nt tlv' long-time coach is ttll'lh.'ing in the to~el 1 ]lr 1 (• t lw ~eason begins. · v~·,, i1 el like our talent I l.i••l i~; mueh improved," ! "'I 1 \', PPil said. ··1 don't 1 11n··; if WP have as much •t'> l\::8rl Hlver but •. : ' 1 '1ll v flr,p•;.. ~\s far as r ·, , • uttH.:r tea.ms, you t ·.aP\ have to wait and see t l~-''i.l on the field or on 1 h il"'OJ e you can rt'ally L:tt'l • :line how the leo:;ue ~' Jifl'1 to hll out.'' - .

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