Tuskegee Football

Tuskegee football’s Division II preseason respect

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com)  With just 82 days before the college football season opens across the country, preseason polls are beginning to be released by several national publications. Tuskegee, fresh off a quarterfinal appearance in the 2015 NCAA Division II playoffs, has made an appearance in two publications that have been released in the last month. The Golden Tigers, 10-3 a season…

Tuskegee’s Ratliff tabbed ASWA Small College Athlete of the Year

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (goldentigersports.com) —  Jewell Ratliff made a name for himself during the 2015 season, topping each performance with another for the record books throughout the record-breaking season for the Tuskegee University football team. Six months after playing his final collegiate game in the NCAA Division II playoffs, Ratliff was named the Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA) Small College Athlete of…

SIAC: Tuskegee football’s GPA tops of the conference

ATLANTA, GA  (goldentigersports.com) —  Four hundred and forty-seven student-athletes were named to the Commissioner’s All-Academic Team for maintaining at least a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average throughout the 2015-16 academic year. One hundred and nine student-athletes were placed on the All-Academic Team in their respective sport. Student-athletes with a 3.2 or higher were considered for All-Academic Team honors. The…

Tuskegee football’s impressive turnstile numbers

INDIANAPOLIS (goldentigersports.com)  For the second consecutive year, and the sixth time in school history, the Tuskegee University football program finished second in attendance in NCAA Division II according to the numbers released by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Tuskegee, which finished the season 10-3 overall and in the quarterfinals of the DII playoffs, averaged 10,663 fans per game this year…