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2005 STATESMEN FOOTBALL 28 two-time All-District and All-Conference selection for the Mavericks...Claimed four consecutive Conference titles and the 2000 South-State title while at MCA...PERSONAL: Full name is John Marshall Burnett...Born December 4, 1985...Son of Dr. Walter and Marilyn Burnett...Has one brother, Andrew (16)...Burnett is majoring in Biology (Pre-Medicine). 7 7 • • Daryl Daryl Burton Burton 6-0 6-0 • • 195 195 • • Fr. Fr. • • • RS RS Quarterback Quarterback Grand Grand Prairie, Prairie, Texas Texas South South Grand Grand Praire Praire HS HS AT DELTA STATE: Will compete for the No.2 quarterback spot in the fall...One of the most highly recruited athletes in DSU football history...2004: Redshirted...PREP: Played four years for Coach David Fisher at South Grand Prairie High School in Grand Prairie, Texas...Named All-State, All-District and All-Area his senior year...Named Texas Offensive Player of the Year and Lowe’s Scholar Athlete in 2003...Holds SGPHS records for 9-0 start and most TD passes in a game (six)...PERSONAL: Full name is Daryl Jerome Burton, Jr....Born January 31, 1986...Son of Claude and Allison Spivey and Daryl Burton...Has three brothers, Chris (20), Derek (13) and Toddrick (12)...Majoring in Health, Physical Education and Recreation with a minor in Business Administration. 38 38 • • Timothy Timothy Byrd Byrd 5-8 5-8 5-8 • • 180 180 180 • • Jr. Jr. • • SQ SQ Safety Safety Collins Collins Collins Collins High High School School AT DELTA STATE: Will compete for a spot in the secondary this fall...Great athlete with good instincts and closing speed...2004: Redshirted...EAST CENTRAL CC: Played two seasons for Coach Terry Underwood at East Central Community College in Decatur...PREP: Played three years for Coach Bruce Merchant at Collins High School...Named All-District in Track for the Tigers...PERSONAL: Full name is Timothy Ray Byrd...Born September 22, 1982...Son of Linda Sue Byrd...Has three brothers, Shon Ray (28), Kelvin (21) and Ezekiel (16)...Majoring in General Business. 39 39 • • Jake Jake Cantrell Cantrell 6-0 6-0 • • 202 202 • • Jr. Jr. Jr. • • 2L 2L Safety Safety Sautee, Sautee, Ga. Ga. White White County County HS HS AT DELTA STATE: Will compete for a spot in the secondary this fall...Great athlete with good instincts and closing Meet the Statesmen speed...2004: Saw action in four games for the Statesmen last season primarily on special teams...Recorded five tackles...2003: Played in one game, registering one assisted tackle...2002: Sat out the year as a redshirt...Listed on the Gulf South Conference Academic Honor Roll...PREP: Played four years at White County High School for Coach Brent Brookshire...A two-time All-District and All-Conference selection...Named team MVP in 2002...Also lettered in baseball and basketball...PERSONAL: Full name is Jacob Paul Cantrell...Born May 22, 1984... Son of Tommy and Melinda Cantrell....Has one brother, Brian and one sister, Crystal... Majoring in Health, Physical Education and Recreation with a minor in History. 23 23 • • Adam Adam Chastain Chastain 5-9 5-9 • • • 220 220 • • Fr. Fr. • • RS RS Fullback Fullback Holly Holly Grove, Grove, Ark. Ark. Marvell Marvell Marvell Academy Academy AT DELTA STATE: Will compete for time in the backfield this fall...Great athlete with good blocking skills...Has solid instincts and speed...2004: Redshirted...PREP: Played four years for Coach Jimmy Jennings at Marvell Academy...Named All-District and All-Conference at MA...PERSONAL: Full name is Adam Lawrence Chastain...Born October 8, 1985...Son of Stanley and Terry Chastain...Has one brother, Brian (21)...Majoring in Business Administration. 59 59 • • Luke Luke Culpepper Culpepper 6-1 6-1 6-1 • • • 210 210 • • Soph. Soph. • • SQ SQ Linebacker Linebacker Carthage Carthage Carthage Leake Leake Academy Academy Academy AT DELTA STATE: Looking to break into the linebacker rotation this fall...A tremendous athlete with great closing speed and solid instincts...2004: Did not see action on the field...Solid contributor on the scout team...PREP: Played three years for Coach Bobby Madden at Leake Academy...Named All- State his senior year ...Also named Conference MVP...PERSONAL: Full name is Joseph Lucas Culpepper...Born June 3, 1983...Son of Scooter and Penny Culpepper...Majoring in Insurance with a minor in Business Administration. Follow the Statesmen this season on the official home for DSU Athletics on the web: www.gostatesmen.com 5 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 G

Meet the Statesmen 34 34 • • A.J. A.J. Davis Davis Davis 5-11 5-11 • • 221 221 • • Fr. Fr. • • RS RS Fullback Fullback Gardendale, Gardendale, Ala. Ala. Ala. Gardendale Gardendale HS HS AT DELTA STATE: Will compete for a spot in the Statesmen backfield...2004: Redshirted...PREP: A three-year letter winner at Gardendale High School in Gardendale, Alabama...Played for Coach David Norwood...A two-time All-Conference, All-District and All-Area selection at running back...Helped the Rockets to two Region titles...PERSONAL: Full name is Anthony Charles Davis, Jr....Born April 21, 1986...Son of Anthony and Patience Davis...Has one sister, Tamara (10)...Major is undecided. 3 3 • • Robert Robert Davis Davis 5-10 5-10 5-10 • • • 180 180 • • • Jr. Jr. • • 2L 2L Wide Wide Receiver Receiver New New Orleans, Orleans, Orleans, La. La. De De LaSalle LaSalle High High School School AT DELTA STATE: Will compete for top spot in the Statesmen receiving corp this season...2004: Played in eight games making five starts at the slot receiver position...Caught 38 passes for 471 yards with four touchdowns...Averaged 58.9 yards receiving per game...2003: One of the leading receivers for the Statesmen...played in eleven games, starting seven...caught 53 passes for 546 total yards... caught 12 passes for 130 yards against Southern Arkansas...2002: Sat out the season as a redshirt ...PREP: Earned three letters at De La Salle High for Coaches Gwaine Matthews and Darren Barrier...Twice named All-District and All-Area for the Cavaliers...Named team MVP his senior year...PERSONAL: Full name is Robert Lee Davis...Born on May 25, 1983...Son of Argie J. Johnson...Majoring in Insurance and Real Estate. CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS YR GMS NO YDS AVG LNG TD ‘03 11 53 546 10.6 84 0 ‘04 8 38 471 12.4 43 4 Totals 19 91 1017 11.7 84 4 22 22 • • Steven Steven Davis Davis 6-0 6-0 • • 205 205 • • So. So. • • 1L 1L Runningback Runningback Independence Independence Independence Independence Independence HS HS AT DELTA STATE: Will compete for time in the Statesmen backfield after a stellar freshman season...2004: Played in eight games for the Statesmen...Primarily used as a blocking fullback...Finished the season with 14 carries for 69 yards “Where Champions Play” ...Averaged 4.9 yards per carry and 8.9 yards per game on the ground...2003: Redshirted...PREP: Played four seasons at Independence High School in Independence...PERSONAL: Full name is Steven Davis...Majoring in Education. 99 99 • • Chris Chris Eccles Eccles 6-1 6-1 • • 275 275 • • So. So. • • 1L 1L Defensive Defensive Defensive Tackle Tackle Pensacola, Pensacola, Fla. Fla. Pensacola Pensacola HS HS AT DELTA STATE: Will compete for starting spot in the Statesmen defensive front...2004: Played in eight games making 15 tackles with three tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks...Also recorded one pass break-up...PREP: Played three years for Coach Mike Bennet at Pensacola High School...Lettered three years for the Tiger basketball team as well...PERSONAL: Christopher Robin Eccles...Born January 17, 1984...Son Gloria Eccles...Majoring in Excercise Science with a minor in Biology. 41 41 41 • • Michael Michael Eubanks Eubanks 6-2 6-2 • • 215 215 • • So. So. So. • • 1L 1L Linebacker Linebacker Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland High High School School AT DELTA STATE: Will help anchor the Statesmen defense from his linebacker spot...2004: Played in nine games with six starts for the Statesmen...Played at outside linebacker and rush-end positions...Finished the season with 18 tackles, three sacks, two tackles for loss and two quarterback hurries...Named to the GSC Academic Honor Roll as a true freshman...PREP: Played three seasons at Cleveland High School for Coach Mickey Sellers...Named First Team All-State by the Clarion Ledger his senior year...Recorded 386 career tackles with 98 tackles for loss and 21 sacks for the Wildcats...A three-time All-Area selection...Helped guide the Wildcats to the North-half Championship and a berth in the MHSAA Championship game as a senior...National Honor Society Member...National Merit Scholar...PERSONAL: Full name is Michael Jamaal Eubanks...Born April 12, 1986...Son of Melvin and Carolyn Eubanks...Has three brothers, John (21), Roderick (30) and Renardo (31) and three sisters, Haley (17), Stephanie (28) and Jazmyn (11)...Father played football at Alcorn State University and brother (John) currently plays football at the University of Southern Mississippi...Majoring in Biology (Pre-Medicine) and Chemistry. Michael Eubanks is Delta State’s 2005 nominee for the American Football Coaches Association “Good Works” Team. G 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 29

2005 STATESMEN FOOTBALL<br />

28<br />

two-time All-District <strong>and</strong> All-<strong>Conference</strong> selection for <strong>the</strong><br />

Mavericks...Claimed four consecutive <strong>Conference</strong> titles <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>2000</strong> <strong>South</strong>-State title while at MCA...PERSONAL: Full name is<br />

John Marshall Burnett...Born December 4, 1985...Son of Dr.<br />

Walter <strong>and</strong> Marilyn Burnett...Has one bro<strong>the</strong>r, Andrew<br />

(16)...Burnett is majoring in Biology (Pre-Medicine).<br />

7 7 • • Daryl Daryl Bur<strong>to</strong>n<br />

Bur<strong>to</strong>n<br />

6-0 6-0 • • 195 195 • • Fr. Fr. • • • RS<br />

RS<br />

Quarterback<br />

Quarterback<br />

Gr<strong>and</strong> Gr<strong>and</strong> Prairie, Prairie, Texas<br />

Texas<br />

<strong>South</strong> <strong>South</strong> Gr<strong>and</strong> Gr<strong>and</strong> Praire Praire HS<br />

HS<br />

AT DELTA STATE: Will compete for <strong>the</strong><br />

No.2 quarterback spot in <strong>the</strong> fall...One<br />

of <strong>the</strong> most highly recruited athletes in<br />

DSU football his<strong>to</strong>ry...2004: Redshirted...PREP: Played four years<br />

for Coach David Fisher at <strong>South</strong> Gr<strong>and</strong> Prairie High School in<br />

Gr<strong>and</strong> Prairie, Texas...Named All-State, All-District <strong>and</strong> All-Area<br />

his senior year...Named Texas Offensive Player of <strong>the</strong> Year <strong>and</strong><br />

Lowe’s Scholar Athlete in 2003...Holds SGPHS records for 9-0<br />

start <strong>and</strong> most TD passes in a game (six)...PERSONAL: Full<br />

name is Daryl Jerome Bur<strong>to</strong>n, Jr....Born January 31, 1986...Son<br />

of Claude <strong>and</strong> Allison Spivey <strong>and</strong> Daryl Bur<strong>to</strong>n...Has three<br />

bro<strong>the</strong>rs, Chris (20), Derek (13) <strong>and</strong> Toddrick (12)...Majoring in<br />

Health, Physical Education <strong>and</strong> Recreation with a minor in<br />

Business Administration.<br />

38 38 • • Timothy Timothy Byrd<br />

Byrd<br />

5-8 5-8 5-8 • • 180 180 180 • • Jr. Jr. • • SQ<br />

SQ<br />

Safety<br />

Safety<br />

Collins<br />

Collins<br />

Collins Collins High High School<br />

School<br />

AT DELTA STATE: Will compete for a<br />

spot in <strong>the</strong> secondary this fall...Great<br />

athlete with good instincts <strong>and</strong> closing<br />

speed...2004: Redshirted...EAST CENTRAL CC: Played two<br />

seasons for Coach Terry Underwood at East Central Community<br />

College in Decatur...PREP: Played three years for Coach Bruce<br />

Merchant at Collins High School...Named All-District in Track<br />

for <strong>the</strong> Tigers...PERSONAL: Full name is Timothy Ray Byrd...Born<br />

September 22, 1982...Son of Linda Sue Byrd...Has three<br />

bro<strong>the</strong>rs, Shon Ray (28), Kelvin (21) <strong>and</strong> Ezekiel (16)...Majoring<br />

in General Business.<br />

39 39 • • Jake Jake Cantrell<br />

Cantrell<br />

6-0 6-0 • • 202 202 • • Jr. Jr. Jr. • • 2L<br />

2L<br />

Safety<br />

Safety<br />

Sautee, Sautee, Ga.<br />

Ga.<br />

White White County County HS<br />

HS<br />

AT DELTA STATE: Will compete for a<br />

spot in <strong>the</strong> secondary this fall...Great<br />

athlete with good instincts <strong>and</strong> closing<br />

Meet <strong>the</strong> <strong>Statesmen</strong><br />

speed...2004: Saw action in four games for <strong>the</strong> <strong>Statesmen</strong> last<br />

season primarily on special teams...Recorded five tackles...2003:<br />

Played in one game, registering one assisted<br />

tackle...2002: Sat out <strong>the</strong> year as a redshirt...Listed on <strong>the</strong> <strong>Gulf</strong><br />

<strong>South</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> Academic Honor Roll...PREP: Played four<br />

years at White County High School for Coach Brent<br />

Brookshire...A two-time All-District <strong>and</strong> All-<strong>Conference</strong><br />

selection...Named team MVP in 2002...Also lettered in baseball<br />

<strong>and</strong> basketball...PERSONAL: Full name is Jacob Paul<br />

Cantrell...Born May 22, 1984... Son of Tommy <strong>and</strong> Melinda<br />

Cantrell....Has one bro<strong>the</strong>r, Brian <strong>and</strong> one sister, Crystal...<br />

Majoring in Health, Physical Education <strong>and</strong> Recreation with a<br />

minor in His<strong>to</strong>ry.<br />

23 23 • • Adam Adam Chastain<br />

Chastain<br />

5-9 5-9 • • • 220 220 • • Fr. Fr. • • RS<br />

RS<br />

Fullback<br />

Fullback<br />

Holly Holly Grove, Grove, Ark.<br />

Ark.<br />

Marvell Marvell Marvell Academy<br />

Academy<br />

AT DELTA STATE: Will compete for time<br />

in <strong>the</strong> backfield this fall...Great athlete<br />

with good blocking skills...Has solid<br />

instincts <strong>and</strong> speed...2004: Redshirted...PREP: Played four<br />

years for Coach Jimmy Jennings at Marvell Academy...Named<br />

All-District <strong>and</strong> All-<strong>Conference</strong> at MA...PERSONAL: Full name is<br />

Adam Lawrence Chastain...Born Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 8, 1985...Son of<br />

Stanley <strong>and</strong> Terry Chastain...Has one bro<strong>the</strong>r, Brian<br />

(21)...Majoring in Business Administration.<br />

59 59 • • Luke Luke Culpepper<br />

Culpepper<br />

6-1 6-1 6-1 • • • 210 210 • • Soph. Soph. • • SQ<br />

SQ<br />

Linebacker<br />

Linebacker<br />

Carthage<br />

Carthage<br />

Carthage<br />

Leake Leake Academy<br />

Academy<br />

Academy<br />

AT DELTA STATE: Looking <strong>to</strong> break in<strong>to</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> linebacker rotation this fall...A<br />

tremendous athlete with great closing<br />

speed <strong>and</strong> solid instincts...2004: Did not see action on <strong>the</strong><br />

field...Solid contribu<strong>to</strong>r on <strong>the</strong> scout team...PREP: Played three<br />

years for Coach Bobby Madden at Leake Academy...Named All-<br />

State his senior year ...Also named <strong>Conference</strong><br />

MVP...PERSONAL: Full name is Joseph Lucas Culpepper...Born<br />

June 3, 1983...Son of Scooter <strong>and</strong> Penny Culpepper...Majoring<br />

in Insurance with a minor in Business Administration.<br />

Follow <strong>the</strong> <strong>Statesmen</strong> this season<br />

on <strong>the</strong> official home for DSU<br />

Athletics on <strong>the</strong> web:<br />

www.gostatesmen.com<br />

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