The Coastal Scouting Report
Coastal Carolina in many ways is similar to North Carolina A&T. The Chanticleers have a veteran quarterback in Zach MacDowall, and their offense has three different backs who can run the ball efficiently. The Chanticleers will rely heavily on running backs Tommy Fraser, Eric O’Neal and Jeremy Height. Each runner has over 100 yards rushing this season with Fraser leading the way with 135 yards on 29 carries. But only 35 yards separates the leading rusher from the third leading rusher – Jeremy Height. In the air, MacDowall has thrown for 495 yards and two touchdowns in three games, but he has also thrown four interceptions. Phillip Obah leads the Chanticleers defensively. He has 2 ½ tackles for loss and two sacks. Quinton Davis leads the team in sacks with three. Dasmond Stewart leads the team in tackles with 22.

A YEAR AGO AGAINST THE CHANTICLEERS
The Chanticleers will get a whole new look from the Aggies this season from the offensive sense. The Aggies offense failed to score any points against the Chanticleers in a 20-7 loss. The Aggies only score came on defense. There will be a different starting quarterback and the participants in the running game will be different. Giorgio Lowarance is the only receiver on this year’s team who caught a pass in last season’s game at Aggie Stadium. He made two catches for 22 yards. Defensively, Andre Thornton led the Aggies with 11 tackles and linebacker Jamison Hedgepeth intercepted a pass in the end zone for an Aggies touchdown. An injury prevented Zach MacDowall from playing in last year’s game. Brandon Whitley led the Chanticleers on the receiving end with four catches for 40 yards. Kenny Jones and Jonathan Morgan also caught passes for the Chanticleers. On the defensive side, Greensboro native Phillip Oboh had eight tackles with three for loss and a half sack. Derrick Frasier ended the game with six tackles.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN
If the Aggies want to finish above .500 for the first time in six seasons, they will have to make some leeway on the road. Five of the Aggies final seven games will come on the road. On Sept. 5, the Aggies ended a final woeful streak that stemmed from the 2005 season. Before beating Winston-Salem State, the Aggies had not won on an opponent’s home field in 22 games. That is over thanks to the Aggies 19-10 win at Bowman Gray Stadium. Their last win on a team’s home field came on Nov. 1, 2003 when the Aggies defeated Bethune-Cookman 13-7 in Daytona Beach, Fla. In fact, in the Aggies last 40 games away from Aggie Stadium, they are just 9-31 dating back to 2002. The Aggies last win away from Aggie Stadium was Oct. 8, 2005 when they defeated Morgan State 40-33 in overtime at FedEx Field. A win over Coastal Carolina will give them two wins away from home for the first time since 2005.

DEADLY DEFENSIVE ENDS
The Aggies combination of Jarrell Herring and Tyre Glasper are the most prolific defensive end duo in the MEAC. The two Detroit natives have combined for 42 tackles, 12 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks. There is no other defensive end duo with better numbers across the league over the first three weeks. Glasper and Herring are even out-tackling most linebacker duos in the conference.

1. Bryan Parker, John Williams
(FAMU, 45 tackles) -- LB’s

2. Julio Sanchez, Brandon Roundtree
(Hampton, 43 tackles) -- LB’s

3. Jarrell Herring, Tyre Glasper
(N.C. A&T, 42 tackles) DE’s

4. George Howard, Fred Davis
(Morgan State, 37 tackles) -- LB’s

5. Anthony Taylor, Mike Alphonse
(NSU, 36 tackles) -- LB’s

6. David Erby, Julius Wilkerson
(S.C. State, 34 tackles) -- LB’s

7. Keith Pough, Robert Parker
(Howard, 33 tackles) -- LB’s

8. M. Gable, A. Grant
(DSU, 31 tackles) -- LBs

9. R. Sandilands, Ryan Lewis
(B-CU, 27 tackles) -- LB’s