2018 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team

The 2018 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team represented Texas A&M University–Commerce in the 2018 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Colby Carthel, who was in his sixth season at Texas A&M-Commerce. The Lions played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.

2018 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
2018 record10–3 (7–1 LSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Storm (6th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorScott Power (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 13,500)
2018 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 5 Tarleton State $^  8 –0     12 –1  
No. 9 Texas A&M–Commerce ^  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 25 Midwestern State  6 –2     8 –2  
Angelo State  4 –4     6 –5  
West Texas A&M  4 –4     6 –5  
Eastern New Mexico  4 –4     5 –6  
Texas A&M–Kingsville  2 –6     4 –7  
Texas–Permian Basin  1 –7     2 –9  
Western New Mexico  0 –8     0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA poll

The Lions finished the regular season with a record of 9–2 and second place in the conference. The team made the Division II Playoffs, losing in the regional semifinal to Tarleton State.

Previous season

The 2017 team finished with an overall record of 14–1. The team won the 2017 Division II Championship Game and quarterback Luis Perez was awarded the Harlon Hill Trophy.[1][2] This was the program's first Division II championship and second overall championship. The team's only loss was to instate rival Midwestern State.

Schedule

The schedule consisted of six home games and five away games in the regular season. The Lions hosted conference foes Texas A&M–Kingsville, Tarleton State, West Texas A&M, and Angelo State and traveled to Eastern New Mexico, Midwestern State, Western New Mexico, and Texas–Permian Basin.

The Lions hosted non-conference foes Lock Haven from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and Colorado State–Pueblo from the Great Plains Athletic Conference and traveled to William Jewell from the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.mTexas A&M–KingsvilleNo. 1
ESPN3W 37–36 2OT7,141
September 812:00 p.m.at William Jewell*No. 1
W 27–17650
September 158:00 p.m.at Eastern New MexicoNo. 1
W 21–111,601
September 226:00 p.m.No. 22 Colorado State–Pueblo*No. 1
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
L 13–236,737
September 296:00 p.m.Lock Haven*No. 9
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
W 68–68,488
October 7[lower-alpha 1]2:00 p.m.vs. No. 4 Midwestern StateNo. 9
W 20–198,122
October 134:00 p.m.No. 16 Tarleton StateNo. 7
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX (President's Cup)
L 21–476,875
October 201:00 p.m.at Western New MexicoNo. 18
W 55–70
October 274:00 p.m.West Texas A&MNo. 18
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX (East Texas vs. West Texas)
W 41–169,168
November 36:00 p.m.at Texas–Permian BasinNo. 16
W 20–173,958
November 104:00 p.m.Angelo StateNo. 14
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
W 41–136,887
November 171:00 p.m.at No. 5 Minnesota–Duluth*No. 15
W 33–171,029
November 241:00 p.m.at No. 6 Tarleton State*No. 15
L 28–345,231
  1. Kickoff was at 7:00 p.m. the night before at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, TX. The game was suspended at halftime tied 10–10 due to inclement weather. The second half of the game resumed the following day at the neutral site of Apogee Stadium in Denton.
Schedule Source:[3]

Roster
2018 Texas A&M–Commerce Football Roster

Quarterbacks

  •  7 Kane Wilson – Junior (6'4, 230)
  • 14 Gunnar Palacios – Freshman (6'0, 190)
  • 18 Chase Pemberton – Senior (6'4, 190)
  • 19 Preston Wheeler – Junior (6'3, 181)
  • 23 Mason Ray – Freshman (6'3, 210)

Running backs

  • 26 Carandal Hale – Sophomore (5'11, 190)
  • 32 Nate Davis – Freshman (5'9, 180)
  • 35 Ovie Urevbu – Senior (5'11, 210)
  • 38 E.J. Thompson – Sophomore (5'9, 200)
  • 46 Antonio Leali'ie'e – Sophomore (5'11, 210)

Wide receivers

  •  2 Marquis Wimberly – Senior (6'2, 205)
  •  3 Darrion Landry – Senior (6'3, 200)
  • 17 Ryan Stokes – Junior (6'3, 185)
  • 29 Michael Coley – Junior (6'2, 200)
  • 81 Arnezz Archie – Freshman (6'1, 170)
  • 83 Kelan Smith – Sophomore (6'1, 170)
  • 84 Deonta Adams – Freshman (6'1, 170)
  • 85 Chance Cooper – Sophomore (6'3, 200)
  • 86 Dequan Dudley – Junior (5'10, 160)
  • 87 Lorenzo Rosario – Senior (6'3, 200)
  • 88 Matt Childers – Freshman (6'4, 180)

Tight ends

  • 11 Tyler Guice – Junior (6'3, 250)
  • 15 Vincent Hobbs – Senior (6'3, 255)
  • 40 Drake Flores – Sophomore (6'3, 240)
  • 80 Dom Velasquez – Freshman (6'4, 240)

Long snapper

  • 82 Wyatt Leath – Sophomore (6'4, 245)
  

Offensive linemen

  • 53 Christian Hernandez – Sophomore (6'1, 265)
  • 61 Ty Cole – Sophomore (6'4, 290)
  • 62 Nic Smith – Freshman (6'5, 275)
  • 63 Solomon Ndukwe – Freshman (6'3, 300)
  • 64 Travis Dafft – Freshman (6'1, 255)
  • 65 Jonah Brown – Junior (6'5, 315)
  • 66 Emerald Faletuipapai – Junior (6'7, 350)
  • 67 Jackson Richmond – Freshman (6'4, 305)
  • 68 Kendall Mathis – Sophomore (6'3, 300)
  • 70 Abdul Shammaa – Junior (6'5, 310)
  • 71 Malik Ellis – Senior (6'6, 280)
  • 72 Brian Taylor – Junior (6'2, 275)
  • 73 Ryan Peschka – Junior (6'2, 290)
  • 74 Richard West – Freshman (6'6, 240)
  • 75 Coleton Lasseter – Sophomore (6'3, 225)
  • 76 Amon Simon – Sophomore (6'5, 275)
  • 77 Jordan Smith – Senior (6'4, 315)
  • 78 Daronte Shaw – Senior (6'5, 320)
  • 79 Matt Mora – Sophomore (6'7, 300)

Defensive linemen

  • 13 Josh Reynolds – Senior (6'4, 210)
  • 48 Vili Paea – Junior (6'3, 260)
  • 49 D.D. Fletcher – Junior (6'1, 270)
  • 51 Ty Reed – Freshman (6'2, 220)
  • 52 Peyton Searcy – Senior (6'0, 275)
  • 55 Pierre Leonard – Junior (5'10, 300)
  • 56 Montre Bonner – Junior (6'3, 230)
  • 69 Devin Beamon – Freshman (6'1, 290)
  • 90 David Brazil – Junior (6'0, 230)
  • 91 Elijah Earls – Sophomore (6'0, 240)
  • 92 J.R. Rocha – Freshman (6'0, 270)
  • 93 Jaylon Hodge – Sophomore (6'0, 275)
  • 94 Brandon Bascue – Freshman (6'4, 260)
  • 95 Dequan Wilson – Junior (6'5, 250)
  • 96 Dylan Davis – Freshman (6'3, 215)
  • 97 Nick Petitti – Freshman (6'4, 220)
  • 98 Deionte Haywood – Senior (6'3, 225)
  • 99 Michael Onuoha – Senior (6'5, 255)
  

Linebackers

  • 28 Mark Westbrook – Junior (5'11, 195)
  • 31 Jay Bias – Sophomore (5'9, 190)
  • 33 Neema Behbahani – Junior (6'1, 230)
  • 36 Tristen Slaughter – Senior (6'2, 210)
  • 39 Joe Butler – Junior (6'4, 215)
  • 43 Jaquorius Smith – Sophomore (5'9, 195)
  • 44 Dayne Douglass – Sophomore (6'2, 220)
  • 45 Jordan Johnson – Freshman (6'3, 205)
  • 47 Bryse Burris – Freshman (6'3, 205)
  • 50 Xavier Morris – Sophomore (6'1, 220)
  • 54 Garrett Blubaugh – Senior (6'2, 230)

Defensive backs

  •  1 L.A. Dawson – Junior (6'0, 180)
  •  4 Jalon Edwards-Cooper – Junior (5'11, 175)
  •  5 Felipe Chambers – Junior (6'1, 190)
  •  6 Danny Huckaby – Senior (6'1, 180)
  •  8 Kader Kohou – Sophomore (5'9, 190)
  • 10 Alex Shillow – Sophomore (5'10, 185)
  • 20 Dominique Ramsey – Sophomore (5'9, 180)
  • 21 Davion Bradley – Freshman (6'0, 175)
  • 22 Darent White – Senior (6'1, 160)
  • 24 Chris Smith – Senior (6'1, 170)
  • 25 Reggie Kincade – Senior (5'11, 170)
  • 27 Darius Williams – Freshman (5'9, 165)
  • 41 Rashad Fisher – Sophomore (5'10, 180)

Placekickers

  • 59 Jake Viquez – Sophomore (5'10, 190)
  • 60 Andrew Gomez – Sophomore (6'2, 210)
  • 89 Kristov Martinez – Senior (5'6, 135)

Punters

  • 37 Tristan Perry – Sophomore (6'1, 200)
  • 59 Jake Viquez – Sophomore (5'10, 190)

Game summaries

Texas A&M–Kingsville
See also: 2018 Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas football team
1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Javelinas 0 13 10 076 36
No. 1 Lions 0 0 13 1077 37

Statistics

StatisticsTAMUKTAMUC
First downs2024
Total yards414396
Rushing yards9494
Passing yards320302
Turnovers23
Time of possession35:0524:55
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Texas A&M–KingsvillePassingKoy Detmer, Jr.33/46, 320 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
RushingJeff Carr9 rushes, 33 yards
ReceivingTy Chisum5 receptions, 82 yards, 2 TD
Texas A&M–CommercePassingPreston Wheeler23/48, 302 yards, 3 TD, INT
RushingOvie Urevbu14 rushes, 62 yards
ReceivingMarquis Wimberly8 receptions, 99 yards, TD

at William Jewell
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Lions 14 10 3 0 27
Cardinals 0 7 3 7 17

Statistics

StatisticsTAMUCWJC
First downs1919
Total yards346249
Rushing yards12293
Passing yards224156
Turnovers31
Time of possession26:1033:50
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Texas A&M–CommercePassingPreston Wheeler25/31, 181 yards, TD, 2 INT
RushingCarandal Hale16 rushes, 81 yards, TD
ReceivingChance Cooper8 receptions, 103 yards
William JewellPassingWill Schneider19/33, 156 yards, TD
RushingWill Schneider20 rushes, 79 yards, TD
ReceivingBulla Graft7 receptions, 69 yards, TD

at Eastern New Mexico
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Lions 14 0 0 7 21
Greyhounds 0 3 0 8 11

Statistics

StatisticsTAMUCENMU
First downs1414
Total yards289215
Rushing yards186209
Passing yards1036
Turnovers12
Time of possession22:4237:18
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Texas A&M–CommercePassingPreston Wheeler11/30, 103 yards, INT
RushingCarandal Hale14 rushes, 101 yards, TD
ReceivingMarquis Wimberly1 reception, 30 yards
Eastern New MexicoPassingWyatt Strand2/7, 6 yards, INT
RushingPaul Terry24 rushes, 88 yards, TD
ReceivingRussell Montoya1 reception, 4 yards

Colorado State–Pueblo
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 ThunderWolves 0 6 10 7 23
No. 1 Lions 10 0 0 3 13

Statistics

StatisticsCSUPTAMUC
First downs159
Total yards299179
Rushing yards21540
Passing yards84139
Turnovers25
Time of possession36:3023:20
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Colorado State–PuebloPassingBrandon Edwards11/28, 84 yards
RushingMarche Dennard17 rushes, 72 yards
ReceivingJohn Todd3 receptions, 29 yards
Texas A&M–CommercePassingKane Wilson7/15, 108 yards, INT
RushingE.J. Thompson15 rushes, 48 yards
ReceivingRyan Stokes4 receptions, 60 yards

Lock Haven
1 2 3 4 Total
Bald Eagles 0 0 6 0 6
No. 9 Lions 14 24 16 14 68

Statistics

StatisticsLHUTAMUC
First downs1226
Total yards268612
Rushing yards52121
Passing yards216491
Turnovers01
Time of possession31:1628:44
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Lock HavenPassingCameron Tobias22/42, 205 yards, TD
RushingChantz Swartz9 rushes, 19 yards
ReceivingJalen Jackson9 receptions, 81 yards
Texas A&M–CommercePassingKane Wilson20/31, 373 yards, 4 TD
RushingNate Davis4 rushes, 62 yards, TD
ReceivingMarquis Wimberly9 receptions, 195 yards, 2 TD

vs. Midwestern State
See also: 2018 Midwestern State Mustangs football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Lions 10 0 3 7 20
No. 4 Mustangs 7 3 7 2 19

Statistics

StatisticsTAMUCMSU
First downs2427
Total yards420426
Rushing yards190192
Passing yards230234
Turnovers31
Time of possession29:3230:28
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Texas A&M–CommercePassingKane Wilson17/28, 230 yards, TD, 2 INT
RushingE.J. Thompson26 rushes, 150 yards
ReceivingRyan Stokes7 receptions, 93 yards, TD
Midwestern StatePassingLayton Rabb22/47, 234 yards, INT
RushingVincent Johnson17 rushes, 108 yards, TD
ReceivingJuwan Johnson6 receptions, 106 yards

Tarleton State
See also: 2018 Tarleton State Texans football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Texans 10 14 3 20 47
No. 7 Lions 7 7 7 0 21

Statistics

StatisticsTSUTAMUC
First downs2817
Total yards485363
Rushing yards282131
Passing yards203232
Turnovers02
Time of possession29:2030:40
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Tarleton StatePassingBen Holmes16/31, 203 yards, 3 TD
RushingXavier Turner26 rushes, 166 yards, 2 TD
ReceivingSavon Rollison3 receptions, 78 yards, TD
Texas A&M–CommercePassingKane Wilson18/31, 232 yards, TD
RushingCarandal Hale13 rushes, 61 yards
ReceivingRyan Stokes3 receptions, 73 yards

at Western New Mexico
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Lions 0 34 14 7 55
Mustangs 0 7 0 0 7

Statistics

StatisticsTAMUCWNMU
First downs2014
Total yards349263
Rushing yards143157
Passing yards206106
Turnovers23
Time of possession26:5433:06
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Texas A&M–CommercePassingKane Wilson12/21, 136 yards, 2 TD, INT
RushingNate Davis14 rushes, 55 yards, TD
ReceivingMarquis Wimberly6 receptions, 97 yards, 2 TD
Western New MexicoPassingGabriel Tomaszewski6/15, 56 yards, 2 INT
RushingArkemus Baskerville10 rushes, 74 yards
ReceivingKourde Roberts3 receptions, 41 yards

West Texas A&M
See also: 2018 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Buffaloes 7 6 3 0 16
No. 18 Lions 7 10 17 7 41

Statistics

StatisticsWTTAMUC
First downs1216
Total yards286375
Rushing yards22244
Passing yards264131
Turnovers30
Time of possession27:4632:14
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
West Texas A&MPassingJustin Houghtaling21/32, 264 yards, INT
RushingMarshawn Brown5 rushes, 29 yards, TD
ReceivingPayton Gonzales4 receptions, 79 yards
Texas A&M–CommercePassingKane Wilson12/15, 131 yards, TD
RushingOvie Urevbu20 rushes, 118 yards
ReceivingRyan Stokes3 receptions, 85 yards

at Texas–Permian Basin
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Lions 10 3 0 7 20
Falcons 7 7 0 0 14

Statistics

StatisticsTAMUCUTPB
First downs1810
Total yards400137
Rushing yards195-69
Passing yards205206
Turnovers21
Time of possession34:5625:04
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Texas A&M–CommercePassingKane Wilson19/29, 205 yards
RushingOvie Urevbu27 rushes, 195 yards
ReceivingKelan Smith8 receptions, 93 yards
Texas–Permian BasinPassingTaylor Null18/34, 179 yards, 2 TD
RushingLeroy Giles4 rushes, 4 yards
ReceivingKristian Brown4 receptions, 86 yards, TD

Angelo State
1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 13 0 0 0 13
No. 14 Lions 14 13 14 0 41

Statistics

StatisticsASUTAMUC
First downs821
Total yards243451
Rushing yards80230
Passing yards163221
Turnovers12
Time of possession25:4034:20
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Angelo StatePassingPayne Sullins14/37, 163 yards, INT
RushingTony Jones7 receptions, 42 yards
ReceivingLawson Ayo5 receptions, 83 yards
Texas A&M–CommercePassingKane Wilson16/28, 221 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
RushingOvie Urevbu30 rushes, 184 yards, 2 TD
ReceivingVincent Hobbs3 receptions, 63 yards, TD

at Minnesota–Dululth (Regional Quarterfinal)
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Lions 10 7 7 9 33
No. 5 Bulldogs 0 14 0 3 17

Statistics

StatisticsTAMUCUMD
First downs1313
Total yards276188
Rushing yards6342
Passing yards213146
Turnovers22
Time of possession28:4331:17
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Texas A&M–CommercePassingKane Wilson14/31, 213 yards, TD, 2 INT
RushingOvie Urevbu27 rushes, 65 yards, TD
ReceivingRyan Stokes5 receptions, 100 yards
Minnesota–DuluthPassingBen Everhart10/20, 79 yards, INT
RushingMike Rybarczyk12 rushes, 21 yards
ReceivingObi Ibeneme3 receptions, 48 yards

at Tarleton State (Regional Semifinal)
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Lions 3 6 6 13 28
No. 6 Texans 0 17 10 7 34

Statistics

StatisticsTAMUCTSU
First downs2119
Total yards386556
Rushing yards-2350
Passing yards388206
Turnovers34
Time of possession30:3029:30
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Texas A&M–CommercePassingKane Wilson25/60, 388 yards, TD, INT
RushingOvie Urevbu9 rushes, 15 yards
ReceivingMarquis Wimberly7 receptions, 139 yards
Tarleton StatePassingBen Holmes10/21, 206 yards, TD, 2 INT
RushingDaniel McCants19 rushes, 181 yards, 2 TD
ReceivingDeShun Qualls3 receptions, 91 yards, TD

Rankings
See also: 2018 NCAA Division II football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
AFCA 1 1 1 1 9 9 7 18 18 16 14 14 15 9

References
  1. Cavadi, Wayne. "Texas A&M-Commerce wins first DII national championship". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  2. "Texas A&M-Commerce's Luis Perez wins 2017 Harlon Hill Trophy". National Collegiate Athletic Association. December 14, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  3. "2018 Football Schedule". Texas A&M University–Commerce Athletics. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
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