BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- When Southern football coach Dawson Odums walks through the halls of the Jaguars coaches offices, he makes sure to stop and talk with every one of his assistant coaches.
Like an overanxious parent hovering over his children, Odums speaks with his coaching staff often, even if there isn’t anything in particular he needs to check on. Right now, there isn’t much happening in the fieldhouse, outside of routine paperwork.
But this is just the calm before the storm. On Wednesday, the Jaguars report for camp.
“It’s double-checking, triple-checking, quadruple-checking and making sure we’re all on the same page,” Odums said. “We know what we’re doing, we’ve had the chance to do it, we’re going to continue to do it and we’re going to get better while we do it.”
The start of preseason camp has become one of the most important times of the year for Southern after the Jaguars were unable to hold spring practice for the second straight season because of NCAA sanctions.
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FIRST TEAM | ||
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Alicia Cooper
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Prairie View A&M
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F
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Kela Gray
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Howard
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F
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Aaliyah Lewis
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Alabama State
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M
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Laadi Issaka
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Mississippi Valley State
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M
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Ariela Lewis
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Alabama State
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M
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Jalana Ellis
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Jackson State
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M
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Sara Vaughn
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Howard
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D
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Kendall Hamilton
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Howard
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D
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Kyleigh Io
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Jackson State
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D
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Makayla Johnson
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Texas Southern
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G
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Faith Toennies
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Jackson State
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SECOND TEAM | ||||
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Heather Craddock
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Mississippi Valley State
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F
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Whitney White
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Howard
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Emily Fleming
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Alabama State
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M
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Mariana Balboa
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Mississippi Valley State
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M
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Kalen Roberts
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Jackson State
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M
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Anna Mitchell
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Howard
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M
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Sie’Yara Wells
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Jackson State
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D
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Zakiya Muhammad
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Howard
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D
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Kayla Edwards
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Alabama State
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D
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Sandra Bond
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Howard
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G
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Mackenzie Diotte
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Howard
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Howard
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Mississippi Valley State
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Alabama State
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4
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Jackson State
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5
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Prairie View A&M
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6
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Arkansas-Pine Bluff
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7
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Texas Southern
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8
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Alabama A&M
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9
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Southern
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10
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Grambling State
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11
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Alcorn State
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