2018 College Football Team Previews: Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
Location: Monroe, LA
Coach: Matt Viator (8-16 @ULM, 86-49 overall) 3rd Season
Stadium: Malone Stadium (Capacity: 27,617)
CSJ Projections:
4th: Sun Belt (2nd West Division)
4th: Louisiana
111th: FBS
132nd: Division I
2017 In A Sentence: The Warhawks had no trouble scoring (averaged just short of 34 points per game and scored over 50 a school record four times) but the problem was stopping the opposition (defense gave up 41 points per game) to lead to a 4-8 overall mark.
Biggest Shoes to Fill: OT Frank Sutton anchored an offensive line that helped ULM rank among the Sun Belt leaders in scoring offense (second at 33.9 points per game), total offense (second at 458.2 yards per game), passing offense (third at 287.9 ypg) and rushing offense (fourth at 170.3 ypg). He is one of three starters lost upfront.
Key Player: QB Caleb Evans is one of the nation’s most exciting offensive play-makers. The now-junior finished completing 61% of his passes for 2,868 yards and 17 scores with just six picks, and ran for 579 yards and 13 touchdowns. He will throw to a talented receiving corps, led by All-America all-purpose performer Marcus Green (54 catches, 812 yards, five TDs) and R.J. Turner (38 catches, 693 yards).
Fearless Prediction: The Warhawk offense should an exciting brand of football and will score a lot of points again. The question will be if the defense can turn things around and at least slowdown the opposition. If that can happen, ULM very well could go to a bowl game for the first time since 2012.
Originally from LaMoure, North Dakota, Kent is a 1996 graduate of North Dakota State University. His prior writing experience is over 15 years having previously worked with D2football.com, I-AA.org, and College Sporting News before coming to College Sports Journal in 2016. His main focus is college football is the Missouri Valley Football Conference within the Division I FCS. And in 2017, he began also to look at the FBS Group of Five conferences of the American Athletic, Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West, and Sun Belt.
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