Austin Peay Governors NCAA Football News

The Dyersburg native came to Austin Peay in Fall 2010 as a defensive end after playing linebacker and tight end at Dyersburg High School.

Austin Peay State University announced Saturday that former walk-on football player Jeremy Maze has lost a battle with nasopharyngeal cancer.

Austin Peay's leading receiver for the past three seasons will get his chance to play in the National Football League.

Woodward has coached since 1997 at both the high school and college level - the last seven years as the head football coach at Antioch High School.

The dominant win by Austin Peay's defense in the Red-White spring game cemented a role reversal demonstrated throughout the spring in Govs scrimmages and practices.

Last week, Jacob Sexton could only watch from the sideline during Austin Peay's second scrimmage.

With Austin Peay down to one healthy quarterback, walk on Timarious Mitchell, the Governors coaching staff had to devise a scoring system that would be fair to both the offense and defense.

The long, difficult road to success for a beleaguered Austin Peay defense starts with a veteran defensive line.