CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Johnson C. Smith football is predicted to finish near the bottom of the CIAA South.The Golden Bulls were picked fifth in the six-team division in a preseason poll of league coaches at Thursday’s media conference in Petersburg, Va. JCSU, which was the preseason No. 5 pick in 2011, went 6-5 (4-3 CIAA), finished third in the South and won the Pioneer Bowl.
The Golden Bulls, who are looking to post consecutive winning seasons for the first time since 1973, return 21 lettermen and 12 starters in 2012, including quarterback Keahn Wallace, the CIAA offensive rookie of the year. They also return all-CIAA defensive end Derrick Johnson (Hopewell High) and offensive tackle Rico Arellano (Butler), both of whom were named to the 2012 preseason all-conference team.
Four South teams were among the coaches’ top five squads, with 2011 division champion and Division II semifinalist Winston-Salem State the preseason No. 1.
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