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ECCC-------------------- 'We're going to be aggres– play this fall .

Conference team," Anderson said. "Wilson will be one of the bett er interior linemen this year and was a top 12 tackl er in the league last year as a freshman (42 tack– les and 12 assists). Demarcus is a third-year player... and is referred to as the 'old man' on the team. He is also a quality player." Anderson said the kicking

'Mr. Football' two years ago, accounted for 50 touchdowns as a high school senior and is a tremendous athlete, as is Dustin Land (6', 215) of Mil– ton (Fla. ) High School, who originally signed with Iowa State. They both have tremendous speed and pos– sess great skills , which is what you have to have in the quarterback position. We are excited about both those gu} s." sa1d Anderson. Anderson said he is also impressed \\;th several fresh– man linemen expected to bat– tle for starting roles, includ– ing Cottrell1Iiller, a 6-7, 295- pound right tackle and Tate Rogers, a 6-1, 280- pound offensive Lineman, both from Louisville; McKenzie Lee, a 6-4, 325-pound left tackle from N a nih Waiya ; and Andre Lucious , a 6', 310- pound offensive guard from Tuscaloosa (Ala.) County. Defensive ly, Anderson sai d the Wa rriors will be "faste r ... more aggressive ... and will apply more pressure" during each

s ive ...wide open ... and will have more playmakers on offense which means we should be able to execute more big plays this year," said Anderson. But the key to a successful offense obviously falls with the quarterback, which EC must find prior to the season opener with Northeast Mis– sissippi Community College Thursday, Sept. 2, in Decatur. Emmanuel Taylor, the War– rior signal caller the past two seasons, is continuing his career at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Taylor and the EC offense was ranked third overall 1n the state and ninth in the nation by amassing 3,813 yards, a 423-yard average per contest. Anderson knows replaCUlg Taylor will not be easy, but he has confidence in several incoming p layers who are vying for the quarterback position . "Blake Matherne (5-9, 180), who was Louisiana 's

'We're going to fly around, move around and swarm the football," said Anderson, who has turned the defense over to Blake Frazier, a former defensive coordina tor at Northwest Mississippi Com– munity College in Senatobia. "Our players did a great job learning our new defen– sive philosophy and working with Coach Frazier," he said. "I'm really excited about our defense." Top defensive returnees include cornerback Gabe Loper (6-3; 195), a product of Newton County High School, defensive lineman Khalid Wilson (6-1 , 315) of Wilson Academy in New Orleans and linebacker DeMarcus Lewis (5-11, 185) of Quitman. Anderson said Loper and Wilson are receiving a lot of attention on the Division I level. · "Gabe will be one of our defensive leaders this fall and we expect great things from him. He will probably sign wi t h a Southeastern

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