Southern University Football PreviewBATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- Looking to build on last year’s second-place SWAC West finish, the Southern Jaguars return seven starters on both sides of the ball.
Seventh-year head coach Dawson Odums is looking to replace quarterback Austin Howard and running Herb Edwards from an offense which ranked fourth in the SWAC in scoring (27.4 points per game), third in rushing (162.3 yards per game), fifth in passing (210.6 ypg) and third in total offense (372.9 ypg).
Odums said Monday that John Lampley has received the starting nod over fellow sophomores Bubba McDaniel and Ladarius Skelton for Saturday’s season opener at TCU. Appearing in seven games in a backup role last year, Lampley completed 14-of-26 passes for 114 yards and added 118 yards rushing.
Upon announcing Lampley as the starter, Odums said all three quarterbacks would see action in the first three games leading up to conference play.
Southern also has a long list of candidates at running back. Devon Benn (87 carries, 459 yards, 4 touchdowns) is the top returning rusher from last year’s 7-4 squad (7-2 SWAC). Darbben Profit, who injured his hamstrong shortly before the 2017 season opener, is pushing for playing time along with Alabama Birmingham transfers Alexander Rodriguez and Carlos Stephens.
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