2022 Nicholls Colonels football team

The 2022 Nicholls Colonels football team represented Nicholls State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Tim Rebowe, the Colonels compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the Southland. Nicholls played home games at Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium in Thibodaux, Louisiana.

2022 Nicholls Colonels football
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	3–8 (3–3 Southland)
Head coach	Tim Rebowe (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Rob Christophel (8th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple spread
Defensive coordinator	Tommy Rybacki (8th season)
Base defense	Multiple
Home stadium	Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium

2022 Southland Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 12 Southeastern Louisiana +^		5	–	1					9	–	4
No. 3 Incarnate Word +^		5	–	1					12	–	2
Northwestern State		4	–	2					4	–	7
Nicholls		3	–	3					3	–	8
Texas A&M–Commerce *		3	–	3					5	–	6
McNeese		2	–	4					4	–	7
Houston Christian		1	–	5					2	–	9
Lamar		1	–	5					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant * – Texas A&M–Commerce ineligible for FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division II Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason

Preseason poll

The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 20, 2022. The Colonels were picked to finish third in the conference.

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Southeastern Louisiana	90 (7)
2	Incarnate Word	86 (7)
3	Nicholls	79 (2)
4	McNeese State	61
5	Northwestern State	44
6	Texas A&M–Commerce	39
7	Lamar	25
8	Houston Christian	24

Preseason All–Southland Teams

The Southland Conference announced the 2022 preseason all-conference football team selections on July 13, 2022. Nicholls had a total of 10 players selected.

Offense

1st Team

• Collin Guggenheim – Running Back, SO
• Lee NeGrotto – Tight End/Halfback, SO
• K.J. Franklin – Wide Receiver, JR
• Evan Roussel – Offensive Lineman, SO
• Gavin Lasseigne – Placekicker, JR

2nd Team

• Kohen Granier – Quarterback, SR
• Mark Barthelemy – Offensive Lineman, SR

Defense

1st Team

• Perry Ganci – Defensive Lineman, JR

2nd Team

• Hayden Shaheen – Linebacker, SO
• Jordan Jackson – Defensive Back, JR

Personnel

2022 Nicholls Colonels football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 0 Neno Lemay Fr WR 1 Terry Matthews  So WR 2 K. J. Franklin Jr RB 3 John Carrington III Jr RB 4 Marquese Albert  So WR 5 David Robinson Jr. Jr WR 8 Al'Dontre Davis Sr TE 9 Lee Negrotto So QB 10 Leonard Kelly So QB 11 Dillon Monette  Fr QB 12 Jakob Foss  Fr WR 13 Mike Gray Jr.  Fr QB 15 Kohen Granier Sr QB 16 Christian Arceneaux Fr WR 17 Tank McMath Fr RB 19 Collin Guggenheim So RB 20 Jake Dalmado  Fr WR 23 Jason Barnes Jr. Fr RB 26 Dalen Gondron  Fr RB 28 Julien Gums Sr RB 30 Corey Warren Jr.  Fr WR 33 Kyler Paul Fr RB 35 Jaylon Spears  Fr TE 42 Ja'Cobey Lee Jr TE 43 Nathan Hebb So TE 49 Jacob Parker Jr OL 54 Cohen Barrilleaux Fr OL 57 Jeremiah James Jr OL 59 Baylee Trusty Sr OL 61 Reed Lambert So OL 62 Seth Trahan  Fr OL 63 Ethan Bairnsfather Jr OL 65 Donald Fleming Fr OL 66 Sameij Scott Fr OL 67 Owen Melville  So OL 68 Robbie Pizzolato  Fr OL 69 Zakk McKeehan Jr OL 70 Titus Jones Jr OL 71 Evan Roussel So OL 72 Cohen Troxclair Fr OL 73 Kerwin Mitchell Jr. Fr OL 74 DeAndre’ Keller So OL 75 Mark Barthelemy Sr OL 76 Ryan Bernard Fr OL 77 Mikhail Hill Sr OL 78 Jaden Ben So OL 79 Cru Blanchard  Fr WR 80 Scrappy Osby Fr WR 81 Treylin Whaley Fr TE 82 Brandon Hubicz  So WR 83 Dany'e Brooks  Fr WR 84 Navell Chopin So WR 85 Lance Williams  So WR 86 Tyren Montgomery Jr WR 87 Ja’Corey Wells  Fr TE 89 Logan Wilcox So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 6 Jordan Jackson Jr LB 7 Brandon Lairy Jr LB 10 Hayden Shaheen So LB 11 Quinton Sharkey Sr DB 12 Willie Butler Jr. Fr DB 14 Bryce Authement  So DB 16 James Tobin IV Sr DB 17 Ma’Lyk Smith Fr DB 18 Markeyvrick Eddie  So DL 18 Juan Monjarres Sr DB 20 Sterling McKeithen So DB 21 Elijah Winters Fr DB 21 Malik Woodery So DB 22 Tyreke Boyd So LB 23 Aaron Calcote Sr DB 24 Chancellor Hitchens  So LB 25 Elijah Reames Jr DB 26 Keontae Williams  So DB 27 Maurquel Price So DB 29 Chase Brown Sr DB 31 Tyler Morton So DB 32 Shawn Hall Jr DB 33 Logan Scott So DB 34 Paxton Martin So LB 36 Hayden Seneca  Fr DB 37 Hugh Gregory Hamer  Fr DB 37 Ethan Lee Fr LB 39 Connor Orgeron Fr DB 41 Zane McCrary  So LB 42 Lonnie Kinchen Fr DB 43 Caleb Lee  So LB 44 Eli Ennis Fr DL 45 Alex Villavaso Fr LB 47 Braydon Johnson Fr DL 48 Anthony Brown Fr DB 49 Josh Wax Fr LB 50 Ahmad Paige Fr LB 51 Tylan Turner So LB 52 Kaiden Jones Fr LB 52 Lance Rockwood Jr.  So DL 54 Marcus Dickey Fr DL 56 Rasheed Lovelace Fr LB 57 Hayden Cormier Fr LB 58 Kylin White  Fr DL 59 Deondre Diggs Sr DL 61 Moses Clark Fr DL 65 Christian Mannino  Fr DL 88 Theodore Tyler Jr DL 90 Joshua Martin Fr DL 91 Zack Bernard So DL 92 Elinus Noel III So DL 93 Jamiran James Jr DL 94 Nick Williams Fr DL 95 Dillion Davis  So DL 96 Glen Thurmond Sr DL 97 Dane Whalen So DL 98 Perry Ganci Jr DL 99 JaQuan Frank Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K/P 34 Patrick Vanderbrook  Fr K/P 38 Kylan Dupre Fr K/P 40 William Bryant Fr K 46 Gavin Lasseigne Jr P 48 Hayden Asprion Fr LS 50 Jackson McFarland  Fr LS 53 Dominic Brocato Sr	Head coach Tim Rebowe (LSU) Coordinators/assistant coaches Rob Christophel (Austin Peay State) Offensive coordinator/qb Tommy Rybacki (Jacksonville State) Defensive coordinator Russ Gisclair (Nicholls State) Tight ends Toren Joseph (Nicholls State) Safeties Tylan Martin (Jacksonville State) Running backs Darion Monroe (Tulane) Cornerbacks Sean Murphy (Millsaps College) Wide receivers Kyle Skierski (UC Davis) Offensive line Brian Wallace (Louisiana College) Defensive line Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Schedule

Nicholls finalized their 2022 schedule on March 3, 2022.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	4:00 p.m.	at South Alabama*	Hancock Whitney Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN3	L 7–48	15,101
September 10	7:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Monroe*	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	ESPN3	L 7–35	13,536
September 17	2:00 p.m.	at Southeast Missouri*	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	ESPN+	L 16–42	3,482
September 24	3:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State*	Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA	ESPN+	L 21–52	7,231
October 1	3:30 p.m.	at Northwestern State	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA (NSU Challenge)	ESPN+	L 33–36	3,883
October 8	6:00 p.m.	at Houston Christian	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN+	W 19–17	1,823
October 15	3:00 p.m.	No. 8т Incarnate Word ‡	Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA	ESPN+	L 14–49	5,122
October 22	3:00 p.m.	McNeese State	Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA	ESPN+	W 40–35	5,788
October 29	3:00 p.m.	at Lamar	Provost Umphrey Stadium Beaumont, TX	ESPN3	L 17–24	2,916
November 12	3:00p.m.	Texas A&M–Commerce	Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA	ESPN+	W 12–10	5,021
November 17	6:00 p.m.	No. 23 Southeastern Louisiana	Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium Thibodaux, LA (River Bell Classic)	ESPN+	L 17–40	7,911
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

‡The game vs. Incarnate Word was previously scheduled as a non-conference game, and was retained as such, even though both schools are still in the Southland Conference.

Game summaries

At South Alabama

See also: 2022 South Alabama Jaguars football team

Nicholls Colonels (0–0) at South Alabama Jaguars (0–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	0	0	0	7	7
Jaguars	10	17	14	7	48

at Hancock Whitney Stadium, Mobile, AL

• Date: September 3, 2022
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. CDT
• Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 88 °F (31 °C) • Wind: SE 4 mph
• Game attendance: 15,101
• Referee: Javarro Edwards
• TV announcers (ESPN3): J.D. Byars (play-by-play) and Pat Greenwood (analyst)

Game information

First Quarter (4:05) USA – La'Damian Webb 15-yard run, Diego Guajardo kick (Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 2:48; South Alabama 7–0) (1:54) USA – Diego Guajardo 39-yard field goal (Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards, 1:29; South Alabama 10–0) Second Quarter (13:50) USA – Jalen Wayne 52-yard pass from Carter Bradley, Diego Guajardo kick (Drive: 4 plays, 83 yards, 1:17; South Alabama 17–0) (9:27) USA – Carter Bradley 4-yard run, Diego Guajardo kick (Drive: 1 play, 4 yards, 0:08; South Alabama 24–0) (1:30) USA – Diego Guajardo 48-yard field goal (Drive: 14 plays, 54 yards, 5:26; South Alabama 27–0) Third Quarter (6:58) USA – Jalen Wayne 37-yard pass from Carter Bradley, Diego Guajardo kick (Drive: 4 plays, 66 yards, 1:17; South Alabama 34–0) (3:52) USA – Braylon McReynolds 18-yard pass from Carter Bradley, Diego Guajardo kick (Drive: 5 plays, 60 yards, 2:07; South Alabama 41–0) Fourth Quarter (14:24) NSU – Julien Gums 10-yard run, Gavin Lasseigne kick (Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:28; South Alabama 41–7) (11:22) USA – La'Damian Webb 2-yard run, Diego Guajardo kick (Drive: 7 plays, 77 yards, 2:56; South Alabama 48–7)

Statistics	NICH	USA
First downs	10	24
Total yards	165	508
Rushing yards	59	176
Passing yards	106	332
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	15–28–1	26–35–0
Time of possession	25:11	34:49

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Nicholls	Passing	Kohen Granier	15/27, 106 yards, INT
	Rushing	Julien Gums	9 carries, 33 yards, TD
	Receiving	Neno Lemay	3 receptions, 40 yards
South Alabama	Passing	Carter Bradley	17/25, 260 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	La'Damian Webb	18 carries, 98 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Jalen Wayne	3 receptions, 98 yards, 2 TD

At Louisiana-Monroe

See also: 2022 Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks football team

1 2 3 4 Total Nicholls 7 0 0 0 7 • ULM 0 21 7 7 35 Date: September 10 Location: Malone Stadium (Monroe, LA) Game start: 7:00 p.m. Game attendance: 13,536 Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C) • Weather: Sunny • Wind: N 8 MPH Referee: Chris Tallent Television network: ESPN3

Statistics	ULM	Nicholls
First downs	14	23
Total yards	306	424
Rushing yards	75	167
Passing yards	231	257
Turnovers	1	0
Time of possession	28:45	31:15

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
ULM	Passing	Chandler Rogers	20–25, 253 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Malik Jackson	12 carries, 55 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Alred Luke	3 receptions, 72 yards
Nicholls	Passing	Kohen Granier	26–42, 231 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	Julien Gums	9 carries, 35 yards
	Receiving	Lee Negrotto	2 receptions, 43 yards

At Southeast Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	0	7	9	0	16
Redhawks	7	14	14	7	42

See also: 2022 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Gamecocks	14	21	17	0	52
Colonels	7	7	0	7	21

See also: 2022 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

At Northwestern State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	7	17	3	6	33
Demons	0	14	7	15	36

See also: 2022 Northwestern State Demons football team and NSU Challenge

At HCU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	3	3	7	6	19
Huskies	0	0	14	3	17

See also: 2022 Houston Christian Huskies football team

No. 8т Incarnate Word

See also: 2022 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team

Incarnate Word Cardinals at Nicholls Colonels

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 8т Cardinals	14	7	21	7	49
Colonels	0	7	0	7	14

at Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium, Thibodaux, LA

• Date: October 15
• Game time: 3:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Sunny
• Game attendance: 5,122
• Referee: Gary Leeper
• TV announcers (ESPN+): Jack Benjamin (play-by-play) and Ronnie Rantz (analyst)
• Box Score

Game information

First Quarter UIW – 8:15 CJ Hardy 30 yard pass from Lindsey Scott Jr., Carson Mohr kick UIW 7–0 Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, 1:46 UIW – 4:47 Taylor Grimes 4 yard pass from Lindsey Scott, Jr., Carson Mohr kick UIW 14–0 Drive 7 plays 50 yards 2:30 Second Quarter UIW – 13:30 Marcus Cooper 7 yard pass from Lindsey Scott, Jr., Carson Mohr kick UIW 21–0 Drive 13 plays, 79 yards, 4:58 NSU – 6:16 Lee Negrotto 17 yard pass from Kohen Granier, Gavin Lasseigne kick UIW 21–7 Drive 8 plays, 63 yards, 3:43 Third Quarter UIW – 12:19 Marcus Cooper 14 yard run, Carson Mohr kick UIW 28–7 Drive 9 plays, 81 yards, 2:36 UIW – 6:41 Taylor Grimes 20 yard pass from Lindsey Scott, Jr., Carson Mohr kick UIW 35–7 Drive 10 plays, 80 yards, 4:02 UIW – 1:48 Darion Chafin 15 yard pass from Lindsey Scott, Jr., Carson Mohr kick UIW 42–7 Drive 10 plays 85 yards 3:13 Fourth Quarter NSU – 14:04 Leonard Kelly 1 yard run, Gavin Lasseigne kick UIW 42–14 Drive 9 plays, 63 yards, 2:44 UIW – 9:41 Jaelin Campbell 14 yard pass from Steven Duncan, Carson Mohr kick UIW 49–14 Drive 10 plays, 75 yards, 4:23 Passing UIW – Lindsey Scott Jr. 27/36, 327 YDS, 5 TD NSU – Leonard Kelly 12/26, 114 YDS, 2 INT Rushing UIW – Marcus Cooper 20 ATT, 137 YDS, 1 TD NSU – Collin Guggenheim 9 ATT, 78 YDS Receiving UIW – Taylor Grimes 10 REC, 125 YDS, 2 TD NSU – Lee Negrotto 3 REC, 46 YDS, 1 TD

McNeese

See also: 2022 McNeese State Cowboys football team

McNeese State Cowboys at Nicholls Colonels

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	22	7	6	35
Colonels	7	7	20	6	40

at Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium, Thibodaux, LA

• Date: October 22
• Game time: 3:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Sunny
• Game attendance: 5,788
• Referee: Nolan Dumas
• TV: ESPN+

At Lamar

See also: 2022 Lamar Cardinals football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	0	3	14	0	17
Cardinals	0	14	7	3	24

Statistics

Statistics	Nicholls	Lamar
First downs	23	16
Total yards	365	344
Rushing yards	170	267
Passing yards	195	77
Turnovers	0	0
Time of possession	19:24	30:36

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Nicholls	Passing	Kohen Granier	18/29; 148 total yards; long 67 yards
	Rushing	Julien Gums	21 attempts; 100 total yards; long 10 yards
	Receiving	David Robinson	3 receptions; 80 yards; long 67 yards
Lamar	Passing	Michael Chandler	6/13; 77 yards total; long 25 yards
	Rushing	Khalan Griffin	17 attempts; 134 total yards; long 35 yards
	Receiving	S. Rhea	3 receptions; 31 total yards; long 15 yards

Texas A&M-Commerce

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	10	0	0	0	10
Colonels	0	3	7	2	12

See also: 2022 Texas A&M-Commerce Lions football team

No. 23 Southeastern Louisiana

See also: 2022 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team and River Bell Classic

Southeastern Louisiana Lions at Nicholls Colonels

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Lions	10	20	7	3	40
Colonels	7	10	0	0	17

at Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium, Thibodaux, LA

• Date: November 17
• Game time: 6:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Sunny
• Game attendance: 7,911
• Referee: Ed Bourgeois
• TV: ESPN+