2022 Northwestern State Demons football team

2022 Northwestern State Demons football
2022 Northwestern State Demons football
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	4–7 (4–2 Southland)
Head coach	Brad Laird (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Beau Blair (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Weston Glaser (1st season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Harry Turpin Stadium
	Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 Northwestern State Demons football team represented Northwestern State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Brad Laird, the Demons played their home games at Harry Turpin Stadium in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

2022 Southland Conference football standings
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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 Demons were picked to finish fifth in the conference.^[1]

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. Northwestern State had a total of 5 players selected.^[2]

Offense

2nd Team

Scooter Adams – Running Back, RS-JR

Defense

1st Team

Shemar Bartholomew – Defensive Back, SR
PJ Herrington – Defensive Back, SR

2nd Team

Isaiah Longino – Defensive Lineman, SR
Jomard Valsin – Defensive Lineman, SR

Schedule

Northwestern State finalized their 2022 schedule on January 17, 2022.^[3]^[4]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	2:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Montana*	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	ESPN+	L 0–47	24,096
September 10	6:00 p.m.	vs. Grambling State*	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA		L 21–47	12,591
September 17	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Miss*	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN3	L 10–64	26,202
September 24	3:35 pm	Lamar	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA	ESPN+	W 35–27	4,371
October 1	3:30 p.m.	Nicholls	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA (NSU Challenge)	ESPN+	W 36–33	3,883
October 8	2:00 p.m.	at Eastern Illinois*	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	ESPN+	L 27–35	3,153
October 15	6:00 p.m.	at Houston Christian	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN+	W 37–10	1,963
October 22	1:00 p.m.	No. 16 Southeast Missouri State*	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA	ESPN+	L 16–51	4,326
November 5	2:00 p.m.	at Texas A&M–Commerce	Memorial Stadium Commerce, TX	ESPN+	W 41–14	3,814
November 12	6:00 p.m.	at No. 25 Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (rivalry)	ESPN3	L 7–23	5,019
November 19	1:00 p.m.	No. 5 Incarnate Word	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA	ESPN+	L 7–66	3,142
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

At No. 3 Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	0	0	0	0	0
No. 3 Grizzles	13	13	7	14	47

Vs. Grambling State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	7	0	7	7	21
Tigers	14	27	6	0	47

At Southern Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	0	0	10	0	10
Golden Eagles	13	28	16	7	64

Lamar

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	10	0	3	14	27
Demons	0	21	14	0	35

Statistics

Statistics	Lamar	Northwestern State
First downs	24	20
Total yards	394	545
Rushing yards	92	179
Passing yards	302	366
Turnovers	1	2
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Lamar	Passing	Nick Yockney	19/39-1; 255 total yards; longest - 49 yards
	Rushing	Damashja Harris	11 attempts; 41 total yards; 13 long
	Receiving	Sevonne Rhea	2 receptions; 64 total yards; 41 long
Northwestern State	Passing	Zachary Clement	28/49-1; 366 total yards; 80 long
	Rushing	Kenneth Lacy	4 attempts; 83 yards; 55 long; 1 TD
	Receiving	Javon Antonio	9 receptions; 127 total yards; 49 long; 2 TDs

Nicholls

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

At Eastern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	7	0	7	13	27
Panthers	21	14	0	0	35

At Houston Christian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	24	0	0	13	37
Huskies	0	0	10	0	10

No. 16 Southeast Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Redhawks	23	14	14	0	51
Demons	3	0	13	0	16

At Texas A&M-Commerce

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	14	7	13	7	41
Lions	0	14	0	0	14

At No. 25 Southeastern Louisiana

Northwestern State Demons at Southeastern Louisiana Lions

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	0	0	7	0	7
Lions	7	16	0	0	23

at Strawberry Stadium, Hammond, LA

Date: November 12
Game time: 4:00 p.m.
Game weather: Cloudy
Game attendance: 5,019
Referee: Craig Heiser
TV: ESPN3

No. 5 Incarnate Word

Incarnate Word Cardinals at Northwestern State Demons

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 5 Cardinals	14	17	21	14	66
Demons	7	0	0	0	7

at Harry Turpin Stadium, Natchitoches, LA

Date: November 19
Game time: 1:05 p.m.
Game weather: Temperature: 47 • Wind: S 5 mph • Weather: Cloudy
Game attendance: 3,142
Referee: Gary Leeper
TV announcers (ESPN+): Patrick Netherton (play-by-play), Gary Reasons (analyst), and Tyler Moody (sideline)
Box Score

Game information

First Quarter

NSU – 9:59 LC Greenwood 1 yard pass from Zachary Clement, Eddie Godina kick
NSU 7–0 Drive 12 plays, 75 yards, 5:01
UIW – 6:19 Darion Chafin 10 yard pass from Lindsey Scott Jr., Carson Mohr kick
Tied 7–7 Drive 10 plays, 66 yards, 3:34
UIW – 0:11 Taylor Grimes 16 yard pass from Lindsey Scott, Jr., Carson Mohr kick
UIW 14–7 Drive 8 plays, 80 yards, 2:42

Second Quarter

UIW – 8:40 Lindsey Scott, Jr. 18 yard run, Carson Mohr kick
UIW 21–7 Drive 6 plays, 45 yards, 1:17
UIW – 4:24 Jaelin Campbell 4 yard pass from Lindsey Scott, Jr., Carson Mohr kick
UIW 28–7 Drive 6 plays, 65 yards, 1:40
UIW – 0:00 Carson Mohr 31 yard field goal
UIW 31–7 Drive 3 plays, 44 yards, 0:18

Third Quarter

UIW – 14:18 Darion Chafin 51 yard pass from Lindsey Scott, Jr., Carson Mohr kick
UIW 38–7 Drive 3 plays, 63 yards, 0:37
UIW – 7:07 Marcus Cooper 67 yard run, Carson Mohr kick
UIW 45–7 Drive 2 plays, 90 yards, 0:41
UIW – 2:46 Darion Chafin 48 yard pass from Lindsey Scott, Jr., Carson Mohr kick
UIW 52–7 Drive 5 plays, 71 yards, 1:11

Fourth Quarter

UIW – 14:46 Marcus Cooper 78 yard run, Carson Mohr kick
UIW 59–7 Drive 2 plays, 79 yards, 0:21
UIW – 8:04 Jarrell Wiley 39 yard run, Carson Mohr kick
UIW 66–7 Drive 5 plays, 74 yards, 1:30

Passing

UIW – Lindsey Scott Jr. 24/36, 382 YDS, 5 TD
NSU – Zachary Clement 28/25, 239 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

UIW – Marcus Cooper 20 ATT, 254 YDS, 2 TD
NSU – Jordan Banks 17 ATT, 39 YDS

Receiving

UIW – Darion Chafin 6 REC, 143 YDS, 3 TD
NSU – Zach Patterson 8 REC, 64 YDS

Personnel

2022 Northwestern State Demons football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	Javon Antonio	Jr
QB	`2`	Kaleb Fletcher	Sr
WR	`3`	LC Greenwood	Sr
WR	`4`	Ke’Nard King	So
WR	`5`	Jaren Mitchell	Jr
RB	`6`	Scooter Adams	Jr
WR	`7`	Kareame Cotton Jr.	Fr
RB	`8`	Garrison Johnson	Jr
WR	`9`	Andy Pierre-Antoine	Sr
WR	`10`	Zach Patterson	Jr
WR	`11`	Jaheim Walters	Fr
QB	`13`	Zachary Clement	So
QB	`15`	Miles Fallin	Sr
QB	`16`	Chance Newman	Jr
WR	`17`	Jamel Thomas	Sr
QB	`18`	Gabe Smith	Fr
QB	`19`	B J Higgins	Fr
WR	`20`	Hogan Wasson	Fr
RB	`21`	Kolbe Burrell	So
RB	`25`	London Williams	Fr
RB	`28`	Kennieth Lacy	So
WR	`30`	Micah Jernigan	So
RB	`35`	SirMichael Veasley	So
WR	`39`	Ian Bell	Fr
RB	`42`	Jay Sturgis	Fr
TE	`43`	Jaylon Glosson	Fr
OL	`50`	Cameron Vaughn	So
OL	`51`	Teeshaun Turpin	Sr
OL	`53`	Landon Blubaugh	Fr
OL	`56`	Matt Mabry	Jr
OL	`57`	Riley Birdwell	Fr
OL	`58`	Coby James	Fr
OL	`64`	Brody Heard	Fr
OL	`65`	Brayden Staggs	So
OL	`66`	D'Andre Richard	So
OL	`67`	Jordan Cooper	So
OL	`68`	Kaden Garcia	Fr
OL	`69`	Ryan Lira	Fr
OL	`70`	Alyzcha Ulufale-Hentz	Jr
OL	`71`	Stevie Ballard	So
OL	`72`	Rod Chaney	Jr
OL	`75`	Jordan McClaine	Fr
OL	`77`	Joey Milburn	Sr
WR	`81`	T.J. Johnson	Fr
TE	`82`	Monte Johnson	Fr
WR	`83`	Drake Beck	Sr
TE	`84`	Travon Jones	Fr
WR	`85`	Christian Thomas	Fr
WR	`86`	Duce Hart	Fr
WR	`87`	Caleb LaBoy	Sr
WR	`88`	Stanley King	So
WR	`89`	Dane Wallace	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`0`	Jomard Valsin	Sr
S	`1`	Keenan Leachman	Jr
S	`2`	PJ Herrington	Sr
CB	`3`	Shemar Bartholomew	Sr
CB	`4`	Cedric Anderson	Jr
LB	`5`	Josh Clarke	Sr
LB	`6`	Jordan Banks	Fr
CB	`7`	William Hooper	Sr
LB	`10`	Dez Williams	So
S	`11`	Jacob Washington	Jr
CB	`13`	AJ Burns	Fr
S	`14`	Cadillac Rhone	Fr
CB	`15`	Ty Hall	So
S	`17`	DJ Johnson	Fr
CB	`18`	Dante Thomas	Fr
LB	`19`	Kwame Sarkodie	Jr
S	`20`	Kevin Davis Jr.	So
LB	`21`	Jared Pedraza	So
S	`22`	Jabari Reddock	Sr
S	`23`	Ronnie Caldwell	So
S	`24`	Tay Coleman	So
S	`25`	Isaiah Robinson	So
LB	`26`	Christian Hawkins	Fr
S	`27`	Antwon Fegans	Fr
S	`29`	Trey Williams	Sr
DE	`30`	Miles Dickens	Jr
LB	`31`	Matthew Broad	So
S	`32`	Ara Rauls III	So
DE	`33`	Isaiah Longino	Sr
LB	`35`	Ja’Quel Mack	Fr
DL	`36`	Christian Thomas	Fr
CB	`38`	Daniel Dufour	Fr
LB	`40`	Tory Morgan	Fr
LB	`42`	Jaeden Ward	Jr
LB	`43`	Kyren Brown	So
LB	`45`	Danny Sears	Fr
DE	`48`	John Daigle	So
LB	`49`	Race Moser	Sr
DT	`50`	Koruth Wilson	Fr
LB	`51`	Chad Gooden Jr.	Fr
DL	`54`	Kendal Harmon	Fr
DT	`55`	JaQuon Lott	Jr
DT	`59`	Maurice Campbell II	Jr
DL	`91`	Kevondre Burton	Fr
DL	`93`	Ray Gibson	So
DL	`95`	Johnny Mitchell	Fr
DL	`96`	JaBralen Yarber	Jr
DT	`99`	Donovan Green	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K, P	`9`	Eddie Godina	Sr
K, P	`46`	Scotty Roblow	So
LS	`47`	Andrew Barnhill	Fr
LS	`55`	Sawyer Benson	Fr

Head coach

Brad Laird (Northwestern State)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

De'Von Lockett (Bethel (TN))
Defensive backs
Beau Blair (Stephen F. Austin)
Offensive line
Weston Glaser (Sam Houston State)
Defensive coordinator
Manny Harris (Texas–San Antonio)
Wide receivers
Jordan Hopkins (Lamar)
Defensive line
Josh Jones (Arkansas Tech)
Safeties
Kyle Washington (Angelo State)
Quarterbacks
Peyton Cox (Mississippi)
Tight ends

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

References

^ "SOUTHEASTERN VOTED TO TOP SPOT IN SOUTHLAND FOOTBALL PRESEASON POLL". Southland Conference. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
^ "Southland Announces 2022 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
^ Jason Pugh (January 17, 2022). "... Northwestern State's 2022 football schedule". Crescent City Sports. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
^ Kevin Kelley (January 17, 2022). "Northwestern State announces 2022 football schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved June 15, 2022.

[1] "SOUTHEASTERN VOTED TO TOP SPOT IN SOUTHLAND FOOTBALL PRESEASON POLL". Southland Conference. Retrieved July 20, 2022.

[2] "Southland Announces 2022 Preseason All-Conference Football Teams". www.southland.org. Retrieved July 13, 2022.

[3] Jason Pugh (January 17, 2022). "... Northwestern State's 2022 football schedule". Crescent City Sports. Retrieved June 15, 2022.

[4] Kevin Kelley (January 17, 2022). "Northwestern State announces 2022 football schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved June 15, 2022.

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