2012 Draft Interview: Jamarkus Gaskins, Safety, Albany State

JAMARKUS GASKINS

ALBANY, Georgia - Joe Gaiter: Who is Jamarkus Gaskins?

Jamarkus Gaskins: I’m a hard working individual though with dreams of one day accomplishing my ultimate goal of playing football at the professional level. I won’t be denied and I’ll do whatever it takes to make my dream a reality. Not just for me, but for my family and the ones closest to me.

Joe Gaiter: How will you prove yourself on the field?

Jamarkus Gaskins: I will prove myself on the field the same way I have been my whole life and that’s with hard work. My coach told me a long time ago hard works trumps talent all the time and I’ve learned to live by that.

Joe Gaiter: What are some of your goals in the NFL?

Jamarkus Gaskins: My first goal is to make some team’s roster. After that it’s just to continue to play the game I love and to hopefully one day see myself starting and winning championships.

Joe Gaiter: What are some of your accomplishments?

Jamarkus Gaskins: I was a 1st team All American. I was named the SIAC Defensive player of the year, Region 2 Defensive player of the year and Division 2 Defensive player of the year.

Joe Gaiter: What are your biggest strengths on the field?

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ASU lands two on SIAC preseason team as 2010 season opens Saturday

ALBANY, GA — Slow and steady wins the race. No, there aren’t any tortoises on the Albany State men’s and women’s cross country teams this year, but head coach Kenneth Taylor is stressing that saying all the same as his teams heads into its season-opening race against Troy University Saturday.

“Basically, we’re doing a lot of race-pace training,” said Taylor, who coaches both the men’s and women’s teams. “The first race is usually a shorter race, so we’re working on maintaining race pace, which may be slower than other runners’ (paces at other schools), but it’s better than (the possibility of our runners) overextending themselves.”

So despite the SIAC coaches predicting Tuesday that the Rams would finish in fifth (men) and sixth (women) in conference this year, Taylor said they’ll just focus on the track and what they have to do to improve.



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Albany State Rams open with rout of Kentucky State Thorobreds

FRANFORT, Ky. — Still looking for a quarterback at Albany State? Well, the Rams, who have been trying to decide for months who would be their starting QB, might have found the answer Saturday night — in of all places, Kentucky.

That’s where Stanley Jennings took over in the season and SIAC opener against Kentucky State. The Rams played both QBs but Jennings had the big night, completing 13-of-19 for 267 of Albany State’s 280 yards of passing offense, and he also threw three TD passes to help the Rams rip Kentucky State, 42-12.

“He made some good throws, and our offense had 418 yards of offense,’’ said Rams offensive coordinator Steve Smith, who was reached by phone after efforts to reach head coach Mike White were unsuccessful late Saturday night. “We (definitely looked) OK,’’ Smith said. “We started off slow and then we picked it up in the second half.’’

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