2016 ICC Football News

A pair of Itawamba Community College sophomores have signed National Letters of Intent to continue their football careers at the next level.

Itawamba Community College had its tryout rained out on Wednesday, but head football coach Sean Cannon announced Thursday that they have rescheduled the tryout for Wednesday March 22 on the Fulton Campus.

Itawamba Community College head football coach Sean Cannon announced Tuesday that the program’s tryout scheduled for Wednesday, March 1 has been cancelled due to inclement weather.

Itawamba Community College’s Cody Shelton has signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his education and football career at Livingstone College.

Ripley natives Dorian Gaston and Isaiah Howard have signed national letters of intent to continue their careers as student-athletes with the Lamar University football program next season.

Sophomore running back Octavious Matthews signed a national letter of intent to continue his football career at the University of Kansas on Wednesday.

"We did lose some really good players off last year's squad," said Cannon. "I think we were able to get some guys to come in to replace those guys in those positions. I feel like the first official day that we were able to meet a lot of our needs."

Itawamba Community College head football coach Sean Cannon announced Monday that his program will hold tryouts Wednesday February 15 and March 1 on the Fulton Campus.

The ICC football team left its mark in the recently updated National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) football record book after breaking a 20-year-old passing record this past season.

Coach Ray Williams has been nominated as a candidate for the International World Games Association (IWGA) Athlete of the Year.

Freshman wide receiver Terry Williams (Southaven) has been named a 2016 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Second Team All-American, announced by the NJCAA Football Committee.

Eight student-athletes from the nationally ranked Itawamba Community College football program signed a national letter of intent on the first day of the mid-term signing period.

Over the last two years, ICC has sent an abundance of student-athletes to play football at the next level. Currently, ICC has 28 former Indian standouts on rosters from NAIA to FBS (Division 1). Also, ICC has 3 former student-athletes who stood out when they went to the next level and are currently on NFL rosters. Find out how they are doing this season.

The 2016 football season came to an official close last weekend and the Itawamba Community College football program caps off the year with at No. 19 in the final National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Rankings that were released Monday.

Itawamba Community College sophomore quarterback Peyton Bender took his official visit to the University of Kansas this weekend and committed to join the Jayhawks program.

ICC had four players earn Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) All-State and National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-Region honors when the league announced its postseason awards on Monday.