FAMU Rattlers Return Home for MEAC Showdown with S.C. State

Pack up the luggage and break out the grill and tent, the Rattlers finally return home to play in their home opener this Saturday.

FAMU senior cornerback Qier Hall adds, "It feels great to be at home. We want to play in front of our fans and show them the Rattlers defense, and show how the Rattlers will win this MEAC championship."

Grad assistants get second chance at football »

Former offensive tackle Javier Wallace just didn't feel right doing an 8-to-5 routine after he graduated from Florida A&M this past spring. He decided to return for graduate studies and suddenly found a cure for the boredom the hours after his day job usually brought.

He's back on the football field. As part of the requirement for his graduate program, Wallace was given a handful of options to work a job on campus for 20 hours each week. He chose to become a graduate assistant on coach Joe Taylor's staff, making a move that has propelled many before him into full-time coaching jobs.

FAMU's Graham has mentality of a leader

Since two seasons ago when he beat out senior inside linebacker Vernon Wilder for the starting job, Alvis Graham has been trying to prove that he is leader of the Florida A&M defensive unit.

He made his case even more emphatically last Saturday as arguably one of few impact players during the Rattlers loss to Tennessee State University in the Atlanta Classic. Graham made 13 tackles, which makes him the defensive leader on the team with 31 tackles in their first four games.



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