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The Braves gave the fans a little taste of what to expect this fall season. Star quarterback John Gibbs, Jr. looked very impressive moving the chains and staying poised for the gold team while backup quarterback Lenorris Footman proved he could get the job done as well for the purple squad.
The gold team struck first on a 18 yard scamper by Robert Clay to go ahead 6-0. A few minutes later kicker Haiden McCraney nailed a 41-yard field goal to extend the gold teams' lead to 9-0.
But the purple team went to work led by Footman who had a huge rush for 22 yards which set up a one-yard touchdown run by junior college transfer Darryan Ragsdale to cut the lead to 9-6.
Starkville native Billy Shed caught a three-yard dagger from Footman to give the purple sqaud the lead 14-9.
Second Team All-SWAC wide receiver Jordan Payne retook the lead for the gold team when Gibbs hit down the sideline for 64-yard touchdown making the score 16-14.
The defense played an outstanding spring game on both sides but it was the purple squad who came up big. Jamil Cooks intercepted a pass in the second half for and returned it for the game-winning touchdown as purple defeated gold 21-16.
Defensive back, Kylan Johnson, also intercepted a pass for the purple squad.
"I thought we played very physical this afternoon and it was also a hard,clean scrimmage between our guys," stated Head Coach Jay Hopson. "Certainly there are plenty of areas we need to clean up before we wrap spring practice but other than that our guys got after each other which shows the competitiveness in our ball club."
The Braves will practice for another week in and half before closing out spring practice as they continue to prepare for the 2014 season home opener on August 30th against Virginia University of Lynchburg.
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