AMERICAN URBAN RADIO NETWORKS ANNOUNCES
1996 BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL ALL-AMERICA TEAM

Pittsburgh, PA, January 7, 1997- The SBN Sports Network, a division of American Urban Radio Networks (AURN), named its 1996 Black College football All-America Football Team today. Florida A&M University leads the way with four players selected.

Howard University quarterback Ted White is the Offensive Player of the Year. Hampton University linebacker Darrell Flythe is the Defensive Player of the Year. Florida A&M coach Billy Joe was named Coach of the Year. In total, 24 players were named to the team. Four players, Raleigh Roundtree, Demetrius Billie, Carlos Leach and Telley Priester, made the team for the second consecutive year.

Offensive Player of the Year: Ted White, Howard University. The sophomore signal caller led NCAA Division I -AA in passing efficiency. White set an MEAC record with 36 touchdown passes. He completed 60 per cent of his passes for 2,812 yards.

Defensive Player of the Year : Darrell Flythe, Hampton University. The senior linebacker set an MEAC record with 169 tackles. He intercepted two passes and returned one for a touchdown.

Coach of the Year: Billy Joe, Florida A&M. Coach Joe's Rattlers went 7-0 in the MEAC and 9-3 overall. Florida A&M finished one point behind Howard in voting for the Black College Football National Championship.

The 1996 SBN Sports Black College All-America Team will be honored at a gala banquet Saturday, March 1, 1997 at the Ritz-Carlton in Atlanta, GA. During the past 23 years, over 1.2 million dollars in scholarships have been donated to black colleges and universities through the SBN Sports Black College All-American Awards Banquet.

AURN is the only African-American owned radio network in the United States with offices and bureaus in New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Washington, DC and Los Angeles.

SBN SPORTS
1996 BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL
ALL-AMERICA TEAM

0FFENSE

QB  Ted White           Howard University       6-4     215     So.

RB  Kenny Bynum         South Carolina State    5-11    190     Sr.
     Antonio Leroy       Albany State            5-10    200     Sr.

WR  Robert Wilson       Florida A&M             6-0     190     Sr.
     Antwuan Wyatt       Bethune-Cookman         6-1     195     Sr.

TE  Ronald Boone        Norfolk State           6-5     245     Sr.

OL  Rayfield Adams      Jackson State           6-3     330     Sr.
     Demetrius Billie    Florida A&M             6-1     303     Sr.
     Jamie Nails         Florida A&M             6-7     377     Jr.
     Raleigh Roundtree   South Carolina State    6-5     305     Sr.
     Chris Williams      Southern University     6-5     319     So.

K   Carlos Leach        Southern University     5-10    180     Sr. 

DEFENSE

DL  Carlos Lockhart     Jackson State          6-2     240     Sr.
     Nick Lopez          Texas Southern         6-4     240     Sr.
     Tony Hairston       Alabama A&M            6-1     280     Sr.
     LaTori Workman      Winston-Salem State    6-4     280     Sr.

LB  Otha Evans          Jackson State          5-11    185     Sr.
     Darrell Flythe      Hampton University     6-3     240     Sr.
     Cedric Liddell      Florida A&M            6-1     250     Sr.

DB  Britt Henderson     Savannah State         6-1     190     Sr.
     Billy Jenkins       Howard University      6-0     195     Sr.
     Telley Priester     Virginia State         5-9     160     Jr.
     Sean Woodson        Jackson State          6-2     202     Sr.

P   Monty Key           North Carolina A&T     6-5     215     Sr.

Offensive Player of the Year - Ted White, Howard University

Defensive Player of the Year - Darrell Flythe, Hampton University

Coach of the Year - Billy Joe, Florida A&M