Wide Receiver Preview with Coach Pennington –
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Spring Overview with Coach Justice ATHENS, W. Va. - A year ago the Concord University football team was faced with the task of replacing three of its top four wide receivers. This season the Mountain Lions have the luxury of returning all five of its wide outs that saw significant playing time in 2013. Add in players that redshirted a season ago as well as new recruits and Concord's 2014 wide receivers have potential to be the deepest and most explosive collection CU has seen at the position.
"The wide receiver corps at Concord is an experienced group," Concord receivers coach
John Pennington said. "We have a lot of guys coming back this spring and we are hoping to develop a little more explosiveness on the outside."
Pennington recently sat down to discuss the Mountain Lions' wide outs entering spring practice. To view the interview click
here.
Leading the unit is senior
Darrick Williams, who has played in a position-high 30 games in his Mountain Lions career. Williams is coming off of his finest season at Concord having caught a team-high 39 passes for 510 yards and a pair of touchdowns last year. Williams, who had at least four receptions in a game five times a season ago, begins his final season needing just 25 catches to rank 10
th at Concord in career receptions.
Junior wide receiver
Tiko Henderson had a breakout season as a sophomore in 2013, catching 34 passes for team-highs of 620 yards and three touchdowns. For his efforts, Henderson, who averaged 18.2 yards per reception, earned second team All-Mountain East Conference recognition. The Lancaster, Va. native registered over 100 yards in a game four times including a team season-high 143 vs. West Virginia State.
Sophomore
Davon McGill added six receptions, 107 yards and one touchdown while appearing in seven games as a freshman. The 6-3 target played his best football when it mattered most, catching four passes for 92 yards and one touchdown against Shepherd with the Mountain East Conference championship at stake.
Plagued by injuries the last two seasons, junior
Ryan Stewart is fully healthy and ready to return to his freshman season form when he scored 10 touchdowns while grabbing 44 passes and compiling 831 yards.
Junior
D.J. Holmes brings a veteran presence to the squad having played 21 games since coming to Concord in 2011. Holmes went for a career-best 90 yards on six catches, including his first collegiate touchdown, last year.
Sophomore
Casey Cottrell as well as redshirt freshmen
Tyler Dotson,
Paul Jones and
Deon Marion will also compete for time after not playing in 2013 as will junior
Albert Rose who moved to receiver this winter after spending the past three seasons at quarterback.
Concord head coach
Garin Justice brought in six players as part of CU's 2014 recruiting class that will begin their Mountain Lion careers at wide receiver in
Brandon Bohen,
Jermeil Douse, Christian Hedinger,
Mark Greenauer, Alex Lee and Jared Yates,
Part two of our Concord football spring preview series will look at the defensive line on Thursday with assistant coach
Pat Dawson.
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| Back From 2013 |
| Name | Year | Height | Weight | Note |
| Darrick Williams | SR | 6-2 | 200 | Starts senior season with 65 career receptions. |
| Tiko Henderson | JR | 5-9 | 195 | All-MEC selection in 2013 with 620 yards and three touchdowns. |
| D.J. Holmes | JR | 6-2 | 190 | Scored first collegiate touchdown in 2013. |
| Albert Rose | JR | 6-1 | 185 | Moving from quarterback to wide reciver this spring. |
| Ryan Stewart | JR | 5-9 | 175 | Scored 10 touchdowns as a freshman. |
| Casey Cottrell | SO | 6-1 | 165 | Did not appear in a game in 2013 |
| Davon McGill | SO | 6-3 | 220 | Caught four passes for 92 yards and a touchdown vs. Shepherd |
| Tyler Dotson | R-FR | 6-0 | 195 | Redshirted in 2013 |
| Paul Jones | R-FR | 6-2 | 190 | Redshirted in 2013 |
| Deon Marion | R-FR | 6-1 | 155 | Redshirted in 2013 |
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| New in 2014 |
| Name | Height | Weight | Hometown / Last School |
| Jermeil Douse | 6-0 | 180 | St. Petersburg, Fla. / Lakewood (Alabama State) |
| Mark Greenauer | 5-11 | 175 | Hayes, Va. / Gloucester |
| Christian Hedinger | 6-1 | 160 | Pineville, W. Va. / Wyoming East |
| Alex Lee | 6-4 | 170 | Chattaroy, W. Va. / Mingo Central High School |
| Jared Yates | 6-0 | 160 | Benwood, W. Va. / Bishop Donahue |
| Brandon Bohen | 5-9 | 170 | Phoenix, Ariz. / O'Connor |
