Concord Concludes Season Versus West Virginia State

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ATHENS, W.Va. - The Concord University football team's season will come to a close 1:00 p.m. Saturday when it takes on West Virginia State at Callaghan Stadium on Senior Day.

LIVE COVERAGE
Audio: Jason "Moose" Reed and Steve Cox will have full play-by-play coverage of Saturday's game versus West Virginia State on 97.3 FM "Willie" or online at mywillie.com
Stats: The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live in-game statistics on Saturday.
Online Video: Live streaming video will be available at www.concord.edu/mltv

MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
• Prior to Saturday's game, Concord will recognize 20 seniors.

• The 20 players recognized on Saturday will be offensive lineman Tyler Billings, linebacker Austin Dotson, kicker Andy Ellington, defensive back LaKeem Goode, defensive lineman Brandon Hazzard, wide receiver Tiko Henderson, defensive back Derrick Johnson, running back Calvinaugh Jones offensive lineman Tyler Kerr, linebacker Brandon Martinez, defensive lineman Ervin Moore, defensive lineman Taylor Moore, defensive back Jocorey Robins, linebacker Cade Rogers, wide receiver Albert Rose, offensive lineman Luis Serrano, wide receiver Ryan Stewart, defensive lineman Brandon Taylor, fullback Shaun Workinger and running back Kiatrell Zachery.

• The four-year senior class has won 32 games which is the second-most over a four-year period since 2000.

• Only the senior class of 2014 which won 35 games has won more since the start of the century.

• Additionally, this year's senior class has compiled a home record 20-4 with three of those losses coming eventual conference champions.

• Of the 20 seniors, nine of them have been named to an all-conference team at least once and three, Ellington, Johnson and Jones have been named to all-region teams.Last time out, the Mountain Lions dropped a 30-25 decision at Glenville State as the Pioneers scored the go-ahead touchdown with 16 seconds remaining in the contest.

• Jones went over 100  rushing yards for the fifth straight game by running for 130 yards and his 13th touchdown of the season.

• Additionally, Jones secured his third consecutive season of 1,000 or more yards rushing.

• Jones now has 1,020 yards rushing, trailing Glenville State's Tevin Drake by one yard for the MEC lead.

• Dotson went over the 200-tackle milestone by collecting eight tackles on the afternoon and helping to cause two safeties for the Concord defense on the afternoon.

• The Pound, Virginia native now has 202 tackles for his career and can move into the top 10 by collecting eight more tackles versus WVSU.

• The 28 tackles Dotson has racked up over the last three games is the best three-game stretch of Dotson's career.

• Additionally, Moore also reached 200 tackles for his career by notching 10 tackles against the Pioneers.

• Moore also got his 20th career sack with a fourth-quarter takedown of GSC's Dante Roberts.

• Moore is just one of two Mountain Lions to tally 20 sacks in a career, and he also ranks in the top 20 nationally among active players in sacks.

• With two safeties, on back-to-back defensive possessions, Concord has caused four safeties this season.

• Also defensively for the Mountain Lions, sophomore defensive back Chaudlier Shepherd intercepted two passes and broke up another four passes, setting single-game highs for his career in both statistical categories.

• Shepherd has a team-leading four interceptions this season, and has five for his career.

• Shepherd became the first Concord player to have a multi-interception game this season and is the first since  Josh Clark in November 2013 versus UVa.-Wise.

• In Saturday's game, Henderson set season-highs in catches (six) and receiving yards (94).

• Martinez recorded seven tackles, matching his career high and over his last three games, the San Jose, California native has 19 tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack.

• Even though junior quarterback Brian Novak didn't throw for a touchdown, he ran for his first rushing touchdown of the season versus GSC.

• Novak still needs four touchdowns to break the all-time passing touchdown record at Concord.

• Last season, Novak had a career-high five touchdown passes at West Virginia State as he threw as found Stewart for four touchdown and also connected with sophomore wide receiver TJ Smith for a fifth score.

• Novak was also very efficient in his performance against the Yellow Jackets as he was 14-for-17 for 295 yards and five touchdowns.

• Hazzard collected a career-high 11 stops with a tackle for loss while Johnson had a then career-high nine tackles to go along with his first career interception at CU.

• Also picking off his career pass versus West Virginia State was sophomore defensive back Jeremiah Johnson.

• In his last two games against West Virginia State, Henderson has nabbed eight catches for 207 yards and two touchdowns.

• Heading into Saturday's game, Novak needs 83 yards to tally 2,000 yards for the season.

SCOUTING WEST VIRGINIA STATE
• A familiar face will be calling the offensive plays for West Virginia State.

• Former CU special teams coach and offensive position coach John Pennington took over as WVSU's offensive coordinator in January.

• The Yellow Jackets are averaging 32.6 points per game, fifth-best in the league.

• Yellow Jackets' quarterback Matt Kinnick leads the conference in passing yards (2,525) and is tied for second in touchdown passes (18).

• Kinnick's top target Quinton Gray has hauled in 708 yards receiving and three touchdowns.

• Defensively, Dennis Gardeck and Mitchell Rowell are tied for fifth in the MEC in tackles with 78 while Stevin Gomez is tied with Shepherd for the league lead in interceptions.

• Concord has won six straight games in the series dating back to 2008.

A CONCORD WIN WOULD...
• A Concord win woud give CU a seventh straight win over WVSU.

• A Concord win would give the Mountain Lions 21 home wins over the last four years.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
110-  Concord has outscored its opponents by 110 points in the second and third quarters this season.

87-  Junior wide receiver Javares McRoy had a kickoff return of 87 yards last Saturday.

5- Concord has had five wins every season since 2008.