HBCU Football 2025: Alabama A&M roster trends

HBCU might have found its starting quarterback. He's been in college for 7 years

If college football had a journeyman award, Cornelious “Quad” Brown IV would be a top contender. Brown will begin his seventh season of collegiate football, a journey that has taken him to Alabama A&M, where he could be the Bulldogs next starting quarterback. “I’ve worked hard for this opportunity, and I never take it lightly,” Brown told FOX 54. “I want to show Coach (Sam) Shade, the team, and myself that every step I’ve taken was earned — noth…

HBCU Football 2025: Alabama A&M roster trends

The 2025 Alabama A&M Bulldogs are stepping into a new chapter of HBCU football. Under first-year head coach Sam Shade—fresh off leading Miles College to the 2024 SIAC title—the Bulldogs have built a roster rooted in regional talent and bolstered by a wave of transfers, particularly from other HBCUs. Shade replaces Connell Maynor and inherits a program eager to reclaim its position in the SWAC. Alabama Dominates the Map A close look at the 2025 r…