JCSU’s Carlo Thomas and Coach Kermit Blount Earn CIAA Weekly Honors

Charlotte, N.C. (Oct. 20, 2015) – Johnson C. Smith safety Carlo Thomas and head coach Kermit Blount earned CIAA weekly honors as named by the league on Tuesday morning.Thomas, an East Orange, N.J. product, earned the league’s Defensive Back of the Week award after setting a new CIAA record and JCSU school record by intercepting four Fayetteville State passes.  He returned two of those picks for scores, the first for 43 yards and the second for 24 yards in the fourth quarter.

Blount, in his first season as the head Golden Bull, gained his first conference win at JCSU as well as the first home win under his tutelage to earn the league’s Coach of the Week accolade.

JCSU will entertain Southern Division foe Shaw in the annual homecoming game.  Kickoff will be at 1:00 p.m. at Eddie McGirt Field and the Irwin Belk Complex.