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2019 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team

The 2019 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team represented Texas A&M University–Commerce as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) the 2019 NCAA Division II football season. They were first-year head coach David Bailiff. Bailiff replaced Colby Carthel, who left Commerce to become the head football coach at Stephen F. Austin State University. The Lions compiled an overall record an 11–3 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, placing second in the LSC. Texas A&M–Commerce qualified for the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs for the fifth straight season and the eighth time since joining the NCAA in 1982. They finished as national quarterfinalists for the third time in program history.

2019 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Ranking
AFCANo. 11
Record11–3 (7–1 LSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBilly Riebock (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorXavier Adibi (1st season)
Base defense4–2–5/4–3 hybrid
Home stadiumErnest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2021 →
2019 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 9 Tarleton State $^   8 – 0     11 – 1  
No. 11 Texas A&M–Commerce ^   7 – 1     10 – 3  
Angelo State   5 – 3     8 – 3  
West Texas A&M   5 – 3     8 – 3  
Eastern New Mexico #   4 – 4     8 – 4  
Midwestern State   3 – 5     5 – 6  
UT Permian Basin   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Texas A&M–Kingsville   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Western New Mexico   1 – 7     1 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • # – Heritage Bowl participant
Rankings from AFCA Coaches poll

Personnel

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2019 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 2 Miklo Smalls   So
RB 6 J. T. Smith Jr
TE 11 Tyler Guice Sr
TE 12 Drake Flores   Jr
QB 16 Mason Ray   So
WR 17 Ryan Stokes Sr
WR 18 Jeremiah Bridges So
QB 19 Preston Wheeler   Sr
WR 21 Christion Brewington So
RB 26 Carandal Hale   Jr
RB 29 Spencer Long Fr
RB 34 E. J. Thompson Jr
RB 37 Jemal Williams So
WR 38 Eric Hebert Fr
TE 40 Caleb Cilumba Jr
TE 41 Alex Carswell Jr
RB 43 JaQuorius Smith   Jr
RB 46 Antonio Leali'ie'e   Jr
RB 47 Chris McPhaul So
OL 51 Amon Simon Jr
OL 53 Christian Hernandez Jr
OL 61 Dawson Holley Fr
OL 62 Graham Eeds Fr
OL 63 Solomon Ndukwe   So
OL 64 Travis Dafft   So
OL 67 Jackson Richmond   So
OL 68 Kendall Mathis   Jr
OL 70 Dixon Siuele Jr
OL 71 Deion Malone Sr
OL 72 Brian Taylor   Sr
OL 73 Myron Aiava Jr
OL 74 Richard West   So
OL 75 Coleton Lasseter   Jr
OL 77 Kendrick Murphy Fr
OL 78 Noah Harris   Fr
OL 79 Matt Mora   Jr
WR 80 Darian Owens Jr
WR 81 Arnezz Archie   So
WR 83 Kelan Smith   Jr
WR 84 Greg Craddock So
WR 85 Chance Cooper Jr
WR 87 Lorenzo Rosario   Sr
WR 88 Matt Childers   So
WR 89 Rayshawn James Fr
TE Jackson Allen Fr
WR Andrew Armstrong Fr
OL James Clark III Fr
WR Rashad Dixon Fr
WR Austin Dodd Fr
WR Max Epps Fr
QB Shane Gosson   So
RB Cameron Grant Fr
TE Nathan Jester Fr
WR Devin Johnson   Fr
OL Brandon Laird Fr
RB Koby Leavatts Fr
WR Daelan Loyden Fr
OL Hunter Miller Fr
WR De'Rondre Moore Fr
OL Stephen Nevarez   Fr
OL Kelvin Scott Fr
WR Aniyah Spencer Fr
WR Landry Tyson Fr
WR Devlen Woods Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 1 L.A. Dawson Sr
DB 3 Sammy Gray Sr
DB 4 Jalon Edwards-Cooper   Sr
DB 8 Felipe Chambers Sr
DB 8 Kader Kohou   Jr
DB 10 Alex Shillow   Jr
DB 13 Christian Wise   Fr
LB 15 Terrell Collins Sr
DB 20 Dominique Ramsey   Jr
DB 22 Darent White   Sr
DL 23 Elijah Earls   Jr
DB 24 Kyevon Rider   Fr
DB 25 Daryion Taylor   Fr
DB 27 Darius Williams   So
LB 28 Mark Westbrook Sr
LB 31 Jay Bias   Jr
DB 32 Mekhi Roberson   Fr
LB 33 Neema Behbahani   Sr
LB 35 Peter Kazibwe Jr
LB 39 Joe Butler Sr
LB 44 Dayne Douglass Jr
DB 45 Basil Shabazz Jr
DL 48 Vili Paea Sr
DL 49 Demondre Lauderdale Jr
LB 50 Xavier Morris   Jr
DL 52 Peyton Searcy   Sr
DL 54 Devin Beamon So
DL 55 Pierre Leonard Sr
DL 58 Ty Reed   So
DL 90 David Brazil Sr
DL 91 Austin Vaimili Sr
DL 93 Jaylon Hodge Jr
DL 94 Brandon Bascue   So
DL 95 Tali Amosa Jr
DL 96 Dylan Davis   So
DL 97 Chris Williams Sr
DL 98 Mark Brown   Fr
DL 99 Ronathon Elmore So
DB Jordan Austin Fr
S Dennis Barnes Fr
DL Tank Bell Fr
DL Jack Bussey Fr
S Larry Cooper Fr
DL Isaiah Curry Jr
LB Uzo Ebinama Fr
S Xzavion Florence Fr
DB Gerard Franklin   Fr
DL Clifford Funderburk Fr
DB George Gipson Jr. Fr
DB Ibrahim Hassan Fr
DB Jack Hurd   Fr
LB Bryson Jenkins   Fr
LB Myles Jones Fr
LB DeQuavion Ludd Fr
DB Champ Mathis Fr
LB Ryan Moore   Fr
S Darius Myers Fr
DB Kendall Paul Fr
DL Nick Petitti   So
DB Jordan Polk Fr
LB Roman Punch Fr
DB Kobe Savage Fr
DB Jireh Thompson   Fr
LB Jordan Wells Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K, P 9 Jake Viquez   Jr
K 36 Andrew Gomez Jr
LS 47 Chance Work   Fr
K 57 Emmanuel Adagbon   Fr
LS 82 Wyatt Leath Jr
P Mitchell McGarry Fr
K Jacob Zepeda   Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Billy Riebock Offensive coordinator
  • Xavier Adibi Defensive coordinator
  • Famika Anae Offensive line
  • Mitch Ferrick Wide receivers
  • Jaylon Finner Safeties
  • Casey Walker Defensive line
  • Kyle Williams Assistant defensive coordinator/Cornerbacks
  • Jack Welch Special teams coordinator/Running backs
  • Payton Pardee Outside wide receivers
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Texas A&M–Commerce announced its 2019 football schedule in January 2019. The Lions played 11 regular season games and finished the regular season 9–2. They were ranked as high as 11th during the season.[1]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 76:00 p.mSelección Nuevo Leon*No. 13
W 83–07,319
September 143:05 pmat Western Oregon*No. 12
W 34–272,890
September 216:00 pmEastern New MexicoNo. 12
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
W 45–277,968
September 287:00 pmat No. 20 Colorado State–PuebloNo. 11
L 17–246,921
October 57:00 pmat Texas A&M–KingsvilleNo. 21
W 33–62,712
October 126:00 pmMidwestern StateNo. 20
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
ESPN3W 54–287,446
October 196:00 pmat No. 4 Tarleton StateNo. 20
L 21–3511,513
October 264:00 pmWestern New MexicoNo. 23
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
NEXSTARW 62–218,154
November 24:00 pmat West Texas A&MNo. 24
  • Buffalo Stadium
  • Canyon, TX (East Texas vs. West Texas)
ESPN3W 34–206,734
November 94:00 pmUT Permian BasinNo. 24
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
W 44–136,233
November 163:00 pmat Angelo StateNo. 23
NEXSTARW 17–32,972
November 231:00 pmat No. 3 Tarleton State*No. 21
W 23–168,214
November 301:00 pmat No. 7 Colorado Mines*No. 21
W 23–31,446
December 71:00 pmat No. 4 Minnesota State*No. 21
L 21–421,352
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

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Selección Nuevo Leon

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1 2 3 4 Total
SNL Lions 0 0 0 0 0
No. 13 TAMUC Lions 43 6 27 7 83

At Western Oregon

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Lions 3 7 10 14 34
Wolves 0 13 0 14 27

Eastern New Mexico

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1 2 3 4 Total
Greyhounds 3 3 8 13 27
No. 12 Lions 14 10 7 14 45

At No. 20 Colorado State–Pueblo

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Lions 3 7 7 0 17
No. 20 ThunderWolves 0 10 7 7 24

At Texas A&M–Kingsville

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Lions 7 5 21 0 33
Javelinas 0 6 0 0 6

Midwestern State

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See also: 2019 Midwestern State Mustangs football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 7 7 7 7 28
No. 20 Lions 17 14 14 9 54

At No. 4 Tarleton State

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See also: 2019 Tarleton State Texans football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Lions 0 7 7 7 21
No. 4 Texans 14 7 7 7 35

Western New Mexico

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 7 0 7 7 21
No. 23 Lions 13 14 14 21 62

At West Texas A&M

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Lions 13 7 0 14 34
Buffaloes 7 6 7 0 20

At Angelo State

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Lions 7 0 0 10 17
Rams 3 0 0 0 3

At No. 3 Tarleton State (Regional Quarterfinal)

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Lions 7 6 10 0 23
No. 3 Texans 10 0 3 3 16

At No. 7 Colorado Mines (Regional semifinal)

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Lions 7 0 13 3 23
No. 7 Orediggers 3 0 0 0 3

At No. 4 Minnesota State (Regional final)

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Lions 14 0 0 7 21
No. 4 Mavericks 7 14 7 14 42

Rankings

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See also: 2019 NCAA Division II football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011Final
AFCA13121211212020242424232111
D2Football1312121120201924242322207

Postseason awards

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All-Americans

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  • Dominique Ramsey, First Team All-Purpose
  • Amon Simon, Second Team Defensive Line

All-Lone Star Conference

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LSC Superlatives

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  • Academic Player of The Year: Alex Shillow
  • Offensive Lineman of The Year: Amon Simon

LSC First Team

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  • Deion Malone, Offensive Line
  • Amon Simon, Offensive Line
  • Antonio Leali'ie'i, Running Back
  • Dominique Ramsey, Kick Returner & Defensive Back
  • Kader Kohou, Defensive Back

LSC Second Team

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  • Miklo Smalls, Quarterback
  • Ryan Stokes, Receiver
  • Jake Viquez, Place Kicker
  • Chris Williams, Defensive Line
  • Jaylon Hodge, Defensive Line
  • Terrell Collins, Linebacker
  • Alex Shillow, Safety

LSC Honorable Mention

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  • Christian Hernandez, Offensive Line
  • Tyler Guice, Tight End
  • Chance Cooper, Receiver
  • LA Dawson, Cornerback
  • Andrew Gomez, Punter
  • Wyatt Leath, Deep Snapper [2]

References

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  1. ^ "A&M-Commerce releases 2017 football schedule and initial ticket information" (Press release). Texas A&M University Commerce Department of Athletics. December 12, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  2. ^ "A&M-Commerce Football Award History" (Press release). Texas A&M University Commerce Department of Athletics. December 12, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2019.[permanent dead link]
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