Tag: James Lowery

Tennessee State’s Draylen Ellis and James Lowery earn BigSout-OVC Weekly honors

Brandon King

The Big South-OVC announced their weekly football honors and two Tennessee State players garnered the weekly accolades. Quarterback Draylen Ellis was named Offensive Player of the Week and kicker James Lowery was named Special Teams Player of the Week.  Draylen Ellis | Quarterback | Tennessee State | Grad In the Tigers’ 41-21 season-opening win over Mississippi Valley in the John Merritt Classis, Ellis completed 21-of-31 passes for a career-high 356 yards and three touchdowns. In helping the Tigers surge to a 31-0 halftime lead over the Delta Devils, Ellis was…

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Tennessee State’s Lowery named Big South-OVC Special Teams Player of the Week

Brandon King

Tennessee State kicker James Lowery was named Co-Big South-OVC Special Teams Player of the Week. In the Tigers 27-20 win over Kennesaw State on Saturday, the junior kicker belted a career-long 51 yard kick and also connected from 41-yards, extending his streak of consecutive kicks to five, all of which have come from at least 40-yards. Lowery was also 3-3 on extra points on the afternoon. This was the second time on the season Lowery has earned all-Conference honors.

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TSU’s James Lowery named OVC-Big South Special Teams Player of the Week

Brandon King

Tennessee State kicker earned OVC-Big South Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance Saturday against Gardner-Webb. Lowery, a redshirt junior, on two crucial field goals in Tennessee State’s 27-25 win over Gardner Webb in the John Merritt Classic. He connected on a then career long 49-yard field goal with 6:32 left in the contest that pushed the TSU lead to 24-19.  Less than six minutes later and the Tigers down by a point at 25-24, he would be called upon once again, and he would come through, converting a…

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