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2017 Football Roster

1 DeAndre Black

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Prev School Schenley HS (Monmouth)
  • Major Business Management

Biography

At Midwestern State

Individual Awards
Don Hansen Football Gazette All American (1)
2016 (2nd)
Don Hansen Football Gazette All-Super Region Four (1)
2016 (1st)
All-Lone Star Conference (2)
2016 (2nd), 2017 (2nd)
LSC Special Teams Player of the Week (1)
10/31/16

Senior (2017)
made eight starts at wide receiver earned second-team All-Lone Star Conference honors... fourth on the team with 26 receptions for 488 yards and four touchdowns... averaged team-best 18.8 yards per catch... led team with a kick return average of 22.6 yards returning 14 kicks for 317 yards with a long of 39... averaged 6.2 yards on 11 punt returns with a long of 24 yards... made season-high seven catches for 177 yards and two touchdowns in a 66-8 rout of UT Permian Basin (10/28)... his 94-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter against UT Permian Basin is the second longest in school history... scored on a 56-yard catch down the left sideline to help MSU knock off No. 2 Texas A&M-Commerce 47-42 (10/7)... made five catches for 72 yards in a 41-27 win at Angelo State (10/14)... had four receptions for 70 yards including a 41-yarder in a 45-3 rout of West Texas A&M (10/21)... made two catches for 64 yards including a 53-yard TD in a 45-42 overtime win over Tarleton State (11/4)... made season-long 39-yard kickoff return in opener versus Quincy (Ill.) (8/31)... recorded a 24-yard punt return against Texas A&M-Kingsville (9/16) and another 20-yard return versus Texas A&M-Commerce (10/7)...

Junior (2016)
earned Don Hansen Football Gazette second-team All-America honors and was a second-team All-Lone Star Conference performer as a return specialist... ranked second NCAA Division II and led the LSC in punt return average at 18.6 yards per return... rated 55th nationally and second in the LSC with 605 combined kick return yards... logged punt returns of 59 and 55 yards at West Texas A&M (10/22)... his 104 yards off of punt returns against West Texas A&M were the fourth most in program history... earned LSC Special Teams Player of the Week honors after returning a punt 67 yards for a touchdown in a 76-21 win over UT-Permian Basin (10/29)... compiled 223 yards off of 12 punt returns with one touchdown... returned 17 kicks for 382 yards (22.5 yards per return) with a long return of 67 yards against Eastern New Mexico (11/12)... appeared in 10 games making eight starts at the X receiver spot... second on the team making 31 receptions ofr 398 yards and four touchdowns... made season-high eight receptions for 89 yards against Eastern New Mexico (11/12)... logged three receptions for a campaign-best 92 yards including TD receptions of 18 and 57 yards in a 28-21 win over Angelo State (10/15)... had five catches for 68 yards in a 26-25 victory over No. 4 Texas A&M-Commerce (10/8)... caught five aerials for 60 yards with a 21-yard touchdown in the opening round of the NCAA Division II Playoffs at Ferris State (11/19)...

At Monmouth

Junior (2015)
participated in spring drills but did not appear in a game...

At Lackawanna College

Sophomore (2014)
competed two seasons at Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pa... earned all-conference honors finishing second on the squad with 25 receptions for 448 yards and four touchdowns... carried the ball 15 times for 67 yards and two touchdowns... returned two punts for touchdowns logging 446 yards on 22 returns for an average of 20.3 yards... caught five passes for a season-high 128 yards and a touchdown against ASA New York (10/11)... scored receiving touchdowns in three consecutive games against Nassau (9/27), Erie (10/4) and ASA New York (10/11)... returned a punt 65 yards for a touchdown in a 33-6 win at Erie (10/4)... delivered a 56-yard punt return for a TD in a 22-7 win at Dean (11/1)...

Freshman (2013)
played in nine games as a true freshman... led team with 35 receptions for 357 yards and two touchdowns... returned four punts for 52 yards for an average of 13.0... team's top kick returnman averaging 20.8 yards on 13 tries... made season-high nine catches for 78 yards in a 25-19 at Globe Tech (9/7)... scored receiving touchdowns in consecutive games at Monroe College (10/19) and Dean (11/2)...

At Schenely High School
a member of the last graduating class at Schenely High in Pittsburgh... competed as a wide receiver for coach Jason Bell...

Personal
son of Donnie and Jacqui Black...

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2016Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 180 lbs
    22
  • 1

    2017Senior

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 185 lbs
    1