Hampton Pirates NCAA Football News

LaMarcus Coker says when failed his fourth drug test, ending his football career at Tennessee, he had reached a point where he couldn't be helped.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Saturday wasn't just a historic occasion for Joe Taylor as one of the coaches in the first Russell Athletics Senior Bowl.

Florida A&M's Leroy Vann got the first HBCU Bowl all-star game off to a fast start Saturday.

Isaiah Thomas recognized a few faces at the Sprig Gardner Tournament at East Hampton High School on Saturday, but overall, he was quite unfamiliar with the competition.

Donovan Rose shakes up his HU coaching staff. By Melinda Waldrop 247-4634 December 12, 2009 Donovan Rose's second year as Hampton University 's football coach will look a little different than his first.

A look at some of the players at the East Coast Bowl, an all-star game featuring Division I-AA, Division II and Division III prospects, who helped themselves with a strong week of practice and in Saturday's game: Hampton RB Lamarcus Coker grabbed everyone's attention when he ran the 40-yard dash on FieldTurf in 4.39 and 4.27 seconds, then continued ...

Hampton's LaMarcus Coker earned game MVP honors at the East Coast Bowl in Petersburg, rushing for 204 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries Saturday as the South team beat the North.

N.C. A&T running back Mike Mayhew was named MEAC Rookie of the Year on Wednesday in voting by the league's coaches and sports information directors.

Domanick West ran for two touchdowns as Morgan State defeated Hampton 16-13 on Saturday in the season finale for both teams.

Hampton put up nearly 500 yards of offense on Saturday, but penalties and mental errors kept nipping at its heels as they have all season.

The element of surprise was nowhere to be found within Phillip Fulmer's office as LaMarcus Coker sat before his coach.

A year ago, the only consistency in Jonathan Plisco's punting was the lack of it.

Hampton University played perhaps its most complete game of the season in shutting out Florida A&M 25-0 this weekend, but just 1,931 fans - nearly 15,000 short of Armstrong Stadium's capacity - were on hand to see it.

When defensive tackle Lyman Reed turned away Hampton University's running back LaMarcus Coker on fourth-and-1 from FAMU's 13-yard-line, that was one of few hopeful moments in the game.

HAMPTON, Va. - Quarterback Curtis Pulley could only watch from the sideline and FAMU's defense couldn't find its footing on a soggy field as the Rattlers playoff hopes all but slipped away.

Time: Today at 1 p.m. n Site: Armstrong Stadium, Hampton, Va. n Online: Live-game blog on RattlerNews.com. n TV: None.

As if FAMU's speed and multiple weapons weren't enough, Donovan Rose has got to figure something in his game plan that would help his Hampton University football team score points in the second half.

Hampton University will face a pair of dangerous threats this Saturday in Florida A&M quarterback Chris Pulley and punt returner LeRoy Vann.

Jonathan Moment ran for three touchdowns as Bethune-Cookman beat Hampton 27-24 on Saturday.

There's no doubt Hampton's defensive line has talent. The problem came in putting all that potential to use.