Keaton said Stillman players must show improvement

MONTGOMERY, Alabama  --  Stillman College coach Teddy Keaton isn’t sure whether his team is ready to improve on last year’s injury-riddled season.

The 5-6 Tigers graduated 22 seniors and while Keaton was impressed with several aspects of spring practice, he’s not sure whether fans will see improvement from the Tigers this fall until he sees several of the unproven players in action.

“I can’t determine that until I see what we’ve got,” he said. “I know I was very optimistic when the spring ended. The guys who were role players last year, I think they stepped in and transitioned pretty good. So it’s how much they put into the offseason and when they come back to camp, we’ll see where they’re at. There’s more to it than just the physical part of it.”

Keaton was in Montgomery on Monday for the annual Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference media day, where it was unveiled that his Tigers were picked to finish third in the SIAC Western Division behind 2014 champion Tuskegee and Miles College.

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