The defending HBCU national champion Jackson State Tigers are two weeks away from their Aug. 30 opener against Hampton, and head coach T.C. Taylor says his team is making steady progress through training camp.
“I’m very excited and pleased where we are as a football team,” Taylor said. “We had a solid scrimmage—one of my better ones as a head coach here. The defense created a turnover and scored, and we saw some great execution on offense.”
Taylor credited quarterback Ethan Terrell for stepping up in the battle for the backup spot behind All-American candidate Jacobian Morgan. “Ethan stepped up in that number two role as of right now,” he said. Terrell, a redshirt freshman from Detroit, competed last season but did not see game action. He’s battling with fellow redshirt freshman Parker Stofa and true freshman Jared Lockhart, a 6-foot-5 Charlotte native and three-star recruit who drew interest from several FBS programs before committing to Jackson State…