NFL Network’s Steve Wyche Explains Why The NFL HBCU Combine Matters
NFL Network's Steve Wyche explained on Monday during an interview on NFL.com the benefits of having an NFL HBCU Combine, citing that many black...
Albany State Announces Its 2020 Football Schedule
ALBANY, Ga. – Albany State University has announced its 2020 football schedule. For ASU fans, the slate has a familiar look, as the Golden...
Four Decades Later: The Road To The Orange Blossom Classic Revival
In 1933, a Florida A&M University administrator, J.R.E.Lee Jr., who happened to be the son of the university’s president, J.R.E. Lee Sr., founded the...
Texas Youth Football Teams Wear HBCU Jerseys
Many college athletes want to make it to the NFL, but a few younger athletes in Texas, remind them that they have already achieved...
Former Local HBCU Stars Lead Defenders To First XFL Win
By Mark F. GrayAFRO Staff Writermgray@afro.com
In a town used to inauguration days, the dawn of a new beginning for professional football’s attempt at a...
NFL Recently Created HBCU Combine Will Highlight Some Stars From Black Colleges
The NFL recently announced that it will conduct its Combine Series from March 27-29, featuring the Regional Combine Invitational (RCI) and the Historically Black...
Miles College’s Football Program Is Getting A Boost Thanks To $50K Donation From Bucs...
Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Jameis Winston recently blessed an HBCU in Alabama with a sizeable financial donation. The $50,000 donation will help to boost...
FAMU Set To Land Kansas State QB Transfer John Holcombe
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) — It appears as though Florida A&M football has found life after Ryan Stanley: Former Kansas State Quarterback John Holcombe announced...
Former HBCU Running Back Lenard Tillery Looks For Redemption In XFL
Once upon a time, the HBCU sent many football players into the NFL. Actually, nearly 10 percent of the inducted Hall of Famers are...
S.C. State’s Buddy Pough Named BOXTOROW Coach Of The Year
ORANGEBURG, SC—South Carolina State head football coach Buddy Pough has been named the BOXTOROW Coach of the Year.
Pough had the biggest turnaround of the...
North Carolina A&T State Aggies Win Celebration Bowl, Third Time In A Row
ATLANTA, GA — "North Carolina A&T Aggies wins their 3rd straight Celebration Bowl title in a 64-44 shootout victory over Alcorn State on Saturday,"...
FAMU Quarterback Ryan Stanley Finalist For The Black College Football Player Of The Year
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Florida A&M University's redshirt senior quarterback Ryan Stanley has been announced as one of the finalist for the Black College...
Southern University Defeats Grambling State To Win 2019 Bayou Classic
Yesterday, on Sunday, December 1, 2019, outside of typical practice and policy, the following article was re-published minus proper attribution to the original journalist,...
Alcorn Beats Jackson State To Secure Home Field For SWAC Championship
JACKSON, Miss. – A huge first half was more than enough for the Alcorn State University football program as it downed Jackson State 41-6 Saturday at Mississippi Veterans...
NCA&TSU Crushes NCCU Again And Heads To Celebration Bowl
GREENSBORO – North Carolina A&T fans have grown accustomed to spending a weekend in Atlanta watching Aggies football in an NFL stadium. Why change things...
100 Best HBCU Football Players of All Time
Football teams from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) have been competing since Dec. 27, 1892, when Johnson C. Smith (then known...
Undefeated Bowie State Football Climbs To #11 in AFCA Week 10 Poll
WACO, Texas – The Bulldogs of Bowie State ascend to No.11 in the latest AFCA Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll released today following Saturday's...
Three Jackson State Football Players Arrested, One Charged With Manslaughter
A Jackson State University football player has been suspended after being charged with vehicular manslaughter. Tiffany Harris, 36, of Byram, was killed in April after being...
