ATHENS, W.Va. – The offense defeated the defense 49-27 Saturday afternoon in the Concord University football team's spring game at Callaghan Stadium.
The first and fourth quarters featured live football with the offense receiving the ball at the 30-yard line, needing 70 yards to score a touchdown. In the second and third quarter, both teams received points in the grinder drill and offensive line/defensive line drill.
The Mountain Lions received rushing touchdowns from senior running back
Nick Loftin and sophomore JaVaughn Burrus. Meanwhile, redshirt freshman wide receiver
Hayden Porterfield caught a score from sophomore quarterback
Garrett Cropp. Junior tight end
Zen Clements hauled in a touchdown in the overtime session of the annual spring scrimmage.
The longest play of the game came on a 45-yard completion to sophomore wide receiver Garrett Gain to put the Mountain Lions in a first-and-goal situation at the 10-yard line. Sophomore wide receiver
Brandon Plyler caught a 36-yard pass from senior wide receiver
Paul Jones on a trick play to set up another CU score.
Junior linebacker
Andrew Jakubowsky had the lone turnover for the defense as he recovered a fumbled handoff inside the 50-yard line to extinguish a scoring chance for the offense.
Prior to the game, head coach
Paul Price announced the team's captains for the 2017 season with senior defensive backs Jeremiah and
Chaudlier Shepherd along with junior offensive lineman
Derek Dressler, senior punter
Garrett Lee and senior tight end
Jordan Bryant.
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