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HBCU Football: High Draft Grades for Land, WR Leaves Jackson State, NCCU Gets Championship Rings

The HBCU Legends Sports Beat shares an FAMU Rattler receives high grades among the FCS draft hopefuls, another JSU Tiger will enter the NCAA transfer portal, and NCCU celebrates its 2022 HBCU National Championship.

Kyle T. Mosley

The HBCU Legends Sports Beat shares an FAMU Rattler receives high grades among the FCS draft hopefuls, another JSU Tiger will enter the NCAA transfer portal, and NCCU celebrates its 2022 HBCU National Championship.

ISAIAH LAND LANDS HIGH FCS GRADES

The lanky and quite speedy linebacker out of Florida A&M, Isaiah Land, graded high in evaluating FCS draft prospects in a roundtable with Eric Galko (Optimum Scouting), Emory Hunt (Football Gameplan/CBS Sports), and Ric Serritella (NFL Draft Bible/SI).

ISAIAH-LAND

Chris Haley (The Analyst) quizzed the NFL Draft experts on their top-five FCS draft-eligible players. HBCU All-American Isaiah Land was rated high by Galko and Serritella.

  1. Galko: No. 4 - Land projects for the 4th or 5th round.
  2. Serritella: No. 3 - Land project for the 4th round.

Surprisingly, the 'Czar of the Playbook' (Hunt) didn't have an HBCU prospect in his top-five candidates.

Willie Gaines
Willie Gaines; Credit: Gaines Twitter Account

WR WILLIE GAINES ENTERS THE PORTAL

First, Sy'veon Wilkerson jettisons the Jackson State football program to enter the NCAA transfer portal. We've learned that speedy wideout Willie "Big Play" Gaines will do the same. 

Gaines played in 13 games for the Tigers in 2022. He caught 27 passes for 446 yards (16.5 yds/catch) and five touchdowns. His longest reception was an 86-yard bomb from Shedeur Sanders against Grambling State to go up 51-17 and ice the game on Sept. 17, 2022.

Gaines has big-play ability, and his speed to blazing. Let's keep an eye on where he lands.

NCCU CELEBRATES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Over the weekend, the NCCU Eagles celebrated their 2022 HBCU National Championship at a ring ceremony held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Cary, NC, on Friday, Apr. 14. NCCU Class of 2008 alum and former record-setting quarterback Jordan Reid (ESPN) gave the keynote address to the team at the event.

The coaches and players received their National Championship rings with the Eagles logo surrounded by diamonds inside of football with the wording National and Champions engraved on each side of the rings' face. Congratulations Eagles!!!

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Kyle T. Mosley
KYLE T. MOSLEY

I am Kyle T. Mosley, the Founder, Managing Editor, and Chief Reporter for the HBCU Legends, Saints News Network, and Pelicans Scoop on FanNation a Sports Illustrated team channel since October 2019.  Morehouse Alum, McDonogh #35 Roneagles (NOLA), Drum Major of the Tenacious Four.  My Father, Mother, Grandmother, Aunts and Uncles were HBCU graduates! Host of "Blow the Whistle" HBCU Legends, "The Quad" with Coach Steward, and "Bayou Blitz" Podcasts. Radio/Media Appearances:  WWL AM/FM Radio in New Orleans (Mike Detillier/Bobby Hebert),  KCOH AM 1230 in Houston (Ralph Cooper), WBOK AM in New Orleans (Reggie Flood/Ro Brown), and 103.7FM "The Game" (Jordy Hultberg/Clint Domingue), College Kickoff Unlimited (Emory Hunt), Jeff Lightsly Show, and Offscript TV on YouTube. Television Appearance: Fox26 in Houston on The Isiah Carey Factor, College Kickoff Unlimited (Emory Hunt). My Notable Interviews:  Byron Allen (Media Mogul), Deion Sanders (Jackson State University, Head Coach), Tomekia Reed (Jackson State Lady Tigers Basketball Coach), Taylor Rooks (NBA Reporter), Swin Cash (VP of Basketball - New Orlean Pelicans), Demario and Tamala Davis (NFL Player), Jerry Rice (Hall of Famer), Doug Williams (HBCU & NFL Legend), Emmitt Smith (Hall of Famer), James "Shack" Harris (HBCU & NFL Legend), Cris Carter (Hall of Famer), Solomon Wilcots (SiriusXM NFL Host), Steve Wyche (NFL Network), Jim Trotter (NFL Network), Travis Williams (Founder of HBCU All-Stars, LLC), Malcolm Jenkins (NFL Player), Cam Jordan (NFL), Demario Davis (NFL), Allan Houston (NBA All-Star), Drew Brees (Former NFL QB), Deuce McAllister (Former NFL RB), Willie Roaf (NFL Hall of Fame), Jim Everett (Former NFL Player), Quinn Early (Former NFL Player), Dr. Reef (NFL Players' Trainer Specialist), Nataria Holloway (VP of the NFL). I am building a new team of journalists, podcasters, videographers, and interns.  For media requests, interviews, or interest in joining HBCU Legends, please contact me at kmosley@hbcusi.com. Follow me:

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