FAMU Orange and Green Game Recap

 The annual orange and green game took place Saturday, April 19, where the orange (offense) defeated the green (defense) 30-27 in a scrimmage-style scoring system.  Points were distrupited in the same fashion as a usual collegiate football game, touchdowns, field goals and extra points. But, the defense gained three points for each three-and-out,  interception and fumble recovery.

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With the presumed starting running back Demond Buice resting, Willie Oralus was FAMU's leading rusher with 77 yards on nine carries. Returning walk-on running back Omari Albert was right behind Oralus, rushing for 60 yards on eight carries and Willie Thomas had 50 on eight.

The big receiver Casey Glines had a productive day with three catches for 41 yards and a touchdown. Local product, Montavious Williams of Godby High school, burst onto the scene with 69 yards on three catches with a TD. 

Head coach Earl Holmes was pleased with his team this spring. He got the opportunity to see everyone in game-like situations, and he believes he found the answers to some serious questions.

 “Anytime you’re going out and competing against each other… it’s going to make the team better,” Holmes said. “(We) gave everybody a fair look and evaluation, and we (saw) who really wants it."

One answer Holmes does not have is who is going to be the team’s starting signal caller.

After staring quarterback Damien Fleming concluded an unimpressive season with a foot injury, redshirt freshman Carson Royal stepped in the last two games finishing 1-1 as a starter.

With Fleming still nursing his injury, Royal got the start in the spring. Royal completed 6 out of 11 for 115 yards and a TD

“Carson led us (today), of course we miss Damien, but we can’t repeat what happened last year, this year,” Holmes said.

But, the starting quarterback position is still up for grabs as the team acquired two transfer quarterbacks, Shazzon Mumphrey and Brian Blackburn, and the Rattlers are still anticipating Fleming’s return.

After seeing Royal and his two new guys in action, I'm sure Holmes values all of his quarterbacks, but he, probably, values the competition even more. 

“He (Royal) finished on a good note, but at the same time we got some guys behind him, and they’re inching to play too,” Holmes said. “Everybody is only one play away from playing so it’s good to have depth.”

In addition to the competition at QB, Holmes’ defense has a few positional battles, with the game tied at three, the green broke away with a fumble recovery that was housed by Neal Cunningham, a redshirt freshman safety.

 “When I seen that ball come out, I was thinking score, score, score,” Cunningham said.

Although Cunningham made a big play from a position that lost three top players to graduation, John Ojo, Jonathan Pillow and Devan Roberts, he is still fighting for FAMU’s starting safety position.

“I’m still working on solidifying my position, that’s my first main goal,” Cunningham said.

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FAMU Fires Clemon Johnson

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Florida A&M recently told Clemon Johnson he would be placed on administrative leave with until July 29, then, his four-year contract will be terminated. Reported by the Tallahassee Democrat.

It was also reported that Johnson reached out to St. Clair Murraine, a Tallahassee Democrat sports writer to bare the news.

Johnson, a former FAMU standout who sustained a 10-year career in NBA, most notably with the Philadelphia 76ers, has not obtained a winning season in his three years with the Rattlers.

Johnson's termination follows FAMU's hire of their new President, Elmira Mangum, PhD., and Athletic Director, Kellen Winslow.

Despite a 14-18 finish last season, Johnson's best year, he was unable to keep his job.

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FAMU Officially Hires Kellen Winslow As New Athletic Director

Florida A&M has officially named College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Kellen Winslow as the university’s new athletic director. Dr. Elmira Mangum, FAMU’s newly appointed President, announced the hire earlier today at a ceremony held for the former first-round pick inside FAMU’s Al Lawson Multipurpose Center. The former tight end will start his new position Tuesday, May 15.

“It’s his passion for the true meaning of the student-athlete that first brought him my attention,” said Mangum. “I look forward to working closely with him to develop outstanding student athletes and a championship-caliber environment.”

Winslow was the 13th overall selection in the 1979 NFLDraft, and he prospered in the NFL with an historic nine-year career with San Diego Chargers.

Winslow said the combination of meeting with President Magnum during Super Bowl weekend in New York is what led him to take this job.

“For me it just clicked,” Winslow said. “I liked her approach to the world of academia as well as sports and how (they) play a partnership together and it just made sense… She was very impressive, and I’m on the right team.”

Before he dominated the NFL for almost a decade, Winslow attended the University of Missouri in 1975, where he was named the Big Eight Player of the Year for his academic and athletic success.

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Winslow previously served as vice president for athletics and wellness at Lakeland College in Plymouth, Wis., and he was the director of planning and new business development at Disney’s Wide World of Sports.

Despite only one gig as a school’s athletic director, Winslow feels he is more than qualified for this role.

"Everything that I've done in the past is preparation for what I'm doing today," Winslow said. "I played chess in high school, I didn't understand football until I realized it was a game of chess, and I was a knight. So, that experience which seems to have nothing to do with football is everything to me because it's all interrelated, same here." 

Winslow is replacing Michael Smith, who served 10 months as the interim athletic director after FAMU fired Derek Horne, who was the universities athletic director for three years. 

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