Statesmen to the 2000 Gulf South Conference and

2005 STATESMEN FOOTBALL
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5 5 • • Scott Scott Scott Eyster
Eyster
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2L
Quarterback
Quarterback
Hammond, Hammond, La.
La.
Hammond Hammond High High School
School
AT DELTA STATE: 2005 HARLON
HILL CANDIDATE...Set to become
the all-time leading passer in Delta State football
history...Needs 64 yards to break Scott Butler’s career
passing yardage record (6,917)...Continued to shine as the
starting quarterback for the Statesmen in 2004...Led the GSC
in passing at 336.9 yards per game...Top returning
quarterback in the GSC in 2005...2004: Completed 229 of
371 passes for 3,369 yards with 28 touchdowns and only
seven interceptions...Led the GSC and set a new school
record in completion percentage (61.7)...Set new school
record for total offense (508 yards) vs. Valdosta State (10-
2)...Set career touchdown passes record with 57...Set a
new single
game record for
TD passes with
six versus UCA
(10-16)...Threw
for 400+ yards in
three seperate
contests and
eclipsed the 300yard
mark on
four other
Eyster at the 2004 Conerly Award banquet
ocassions...He
was named a finalist for Cellular South Charles Conerly Award,
annually awarded to Mississippi’s top collegiate football
player, for a second straight year...Selected Second Team
All-GSC and First Team All-Academic
GSC...Named GSC Offensive Player of the Week
four times...Named Don Hansen’s National Player
of the Week after throwing for 483 yards versus
VSU on 10-2...2003: Exploded onto the scene with
a record-setting freshman campaign, capturing
second team All-Gulf South Conference and GSC
Freshman of the Year honors... led the Statesmen
to the No.1 passing offense in the country...was
named D2Football.com and Don Hansen’s Football
Gazette National Player of the Week after throwing
for 446 yards and four touchdowns against Arkansas
Tech...both set new school records...Listed on the
Gulf SouthConference Academic Honor Roll...2002:
Sat out the season as a redshirt...PREP: Played
Meet the Statesmen
quarterback at Hammond High...Named First Team
All-District in 2000 and 2001...Played for coach
Carmen Moore...Named District 6-5A Offensive MVP
in 2001...Named All-State Honorable Mention by the
Louisiana Sports Writers...Made second team All-
District in baseball three times - at three different
positions (catcher, shortstop, and pitcher)...Also
quite the accomplished golfer...Played in 5-A state golf
championships...PERSONAL: Born April 2, 1984…Married
to the former Jayme Brooks...The couple has one daughter,
Riley (1)...Son of Warren and Brenda Eyster…Has one sister,
Lauren…Majoring in Business Administration.
Scott and Jayme
Eyster with daughter,
Riley.
Scott Eyster’s Career Honors
2005 Daktronics Pre-Season All-American
2004 All-GSC Second Team
2004 GSC All-Academic First Team
2004 Daktronics Second Team All-Region
2004 Four-time GSC Player of the Week
2004 Don Hansen’s National Player of the Week
2003 GSC Freshman of the Year
2003 All-GSC Second Team
2003 GSC Academic Honor Roll
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