D2Football.com puts Sullins on Elite 100 Watch List
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Carson-Newman senior running back Jayden Sullins (Cullman, Ala.) has been named to D2Football.com's Elite 100 Watch List, the organization announced Sunday evening.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Carson-Newman senior running back Jayden Sullins (Cullman, Ala.) has been named to D2Football.com's Elite 100 Watch List, the organization announced Sunday evening.
Sullins is listed as a member of the "squad" players. This gives Carson-Newman a player on the watch list for a second consecutive season after Major Williams' selectoin last year.
The D2Football.com Elite 100 Watch List was selected by the staff of D2Football.com with the input of numerous sitting head coaches as well as professional football scouting veteran Josh Buchanan. The players listed in this release represent the official watch list for the D2Football.com 2025 Elite 100 Team, which will be announced at the conclusion of the season. The team includes first and second team selections for offense, defense and special teams along with 25 "Squad" players for offense and defense. Squad players are equivilent to "honorable mention" selections in similar national recognition lists.
Carson-Newman's 29th all-time 1,000 yard rusher, averaging just short of 100 yards per game, Sullins earned SAC Player of the Week honors and TSWA State Player of the Week honors for one of his two, 200-yard rushing days on the season. Sullins exploded against Barton (Oct. 5) when he rushed 31 times for 261 yards and a score. He followed that up two weeks later with a 235-yard day on 25 carries against UVA Wise (Oct. 19). Sullins had 11 rushing TDs on the season, the third-most in the SAC. He wrapped the year with 1,224 yards rushing, the most in the South Atlantic Conference and the eighth-most nationally. His 1,224 yards rushing put him 16th for a single-season in school history. Sullins had five, 100-yard performances on the season, including four in Carson-Newman's last six games.
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