Billiot has been solid for WSSU offensive line

Winston Salem, N.C. - Darrell Billiot is one of the few Texas natives to have played football at Winston-Salem State, but he fits in fine.

The only senior starter on the offensive line, he came from Blinn Junior College in Texas two years ago and has been a starter since Day 1. He's one reason the third-ranked Rams (11-0) are in the Division II playoffs and preparing for a second-round game Saturday against No. 17 California (Pa.) at Bowman Gray Stadium.

"He's everything that we'd thought he'd be," line coach John Eder said of the 6-foot-3, 340-pound Billiot.

When Connell Maynor took over as coach in 2010, the Rams were in dire need of quality linemen. Eder heard about Billiot, who played at Blinn in 2009 when quarterback Cam Newton led the team to the national junior college championship.

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