WSSU’s Carrothers welcomes a challenge

Winston-Salem, North Carolina  --  Anthony Carrothers is small for a college quarterback — just 5-8 and 170 pounds — but he has a big appetite for winning.

Carrothers, a redshirt sophomore, could make his first start for No. 2 Winston-Salem State on Saturday, if senior Kam Smith can’t play against No. 15 Shippensburg in the second round of the Division II playoffs.

That might seem to be a daunting assignment for some players, but the confident Carrothers doesn’t shy away from challenges. Kickoff is set for noon at Bowman Gray Stadium.

“I tell people all the time he threw for 10,000 yards in high school, he won a championship as a true freshman at Grambling (State), and I don’t care how tall he is,” Coach Connell Maynor said. “He’s a winner, and he knows how to play quarterback. Winners know how to win, and they know how to get it done.

“That’s why he’s on this football team.”

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