ST PETERSBURG BOWL

ACADEMIC SUCCESS
OUTSTANDING APR QUALIFIED MSU FOR BOWL
• The Bulldogs qualified for a bowl with their outstanding NCAA
Academic Progress Rate (APR). MSU’s APR of 971 is 12 points
better than the national average and second-best among the 12
teams who finished 5-7.
“We are getting to go to a bowl game because
of academics and because of the work our guys
have done. I think it is one of the great lessons
that guys in our program will learn during their
whole career here that is was academics and
things off the field that got them rewarded with
this trip this year.”
- MSU head coach Dan Mullen
GRADE POINT AVERAGES
• The Bulldog football program tied its second-highest fall GPA
since 1994 this semester. True freshman defensive lineman Jeffery
Simmons, an SEC All-Freshman Team member, earned a 4.0 GPA
in his first fall semester. Other scholarship players to post a 4.0 this
semester: Brandon Holloway, Cedric Jiles and Cam Dantzler.
18 GRADUATES TO APPEAR AT ST.
PETERSBURG BOWL
• A total of 18 members of the 2016 MSU football team will be
wearing the graduation patch in the St. Petersburg Bowl. Fifteen
members of the squad earned their degrees earlier this December,
while three had already graduated. The graduates are:
Nelson Adams
Richie Brown - currently working on his MBA
Johnathan Calvin
Kelan Chairs
Will Coleman
Kivon Coman
Torrey Dale
Devon Desper
Donald Gray
Brandon Holloway
A.J. Jefferson
Cedric Jiles
Jocquell Johnson
Fred Ross
Justin Senior
Ashton Shumpert
DeAndre Ward
Damian Williams
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