RUSSELLVILLE — Arkansas Tech football team and head coach Kyle Shipp are set to conclude the spring portion of their season on Friday, April 12 as they will play their annual Green and Gold intrasquad game. The game will be played under the lights at Simmons Bank Field at Thone Stadium and is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.
The construction of the rosters is a bit different from a typical intrasquad spring game as this year's game will pit offense versus defense rather than a mix of both on two separate teams. For the entirety of the game, the offense will don the Gold uniforms, while the defense will wear the green unis for the contest.
Scoring for the game will also be slightly different than a normal game as points can be scored for both the offense and defense on a given series.
For example, normal offensive scoring rules will apply for the offense as they must score touchdowns or successfully kick field goals. The defense, however, can also score points on a drive in a myriad of ways and below is the breakdown of how the defense can score points.
Defensive Touchdown - 6 points
Turnovers Forced - 3 points
Fourth-Down Stop - 2 points
Sack - 1 point
Force a Three-and-Out - 2 points
Force a Field Goal Attempt inside the 25-yardline - 1 point
The game itself will have a running clock with 15 minutes at the start of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd quarters. When the clock hits two minutes before halftime, however, the clock will revert to normal as the team will work on a 2-minute drill.
Both sides will get three timeouts per half.
Halftime will be 10 minutes in length.
The 4th quarter will be a 10-minute period, but still have a running clock.
The clock will stop for all extra points, punts and change of possessions.
If the game is forced into overtime, that will be played out as a Red Zone competition.
Below are the rosters for the game:
DEFENSE - GREEN
No. Name Pos. Cls. Ht. Wt. Hometown Previous School
1 Matt Arnold DB RsSr. 6'0 185 Texarkana, Texas Texas HS
2 Javon Love DB GrSr. 6'1 200 Carbondale, Ill. Quincy Univ.
3 Jyrin Steward LB Jr. 6'2 235 El Dorado. Ark. El Dorado HS
4 Tyrique Jones DB RsSo. 6'0 175 Crossett, Ark. Crossett HS
5 CJ Palmer DB Jr. 6'1 185 Pocahontas, Ark. Pocahontas HS
6 Braxton Johnson DL Jr. 6'0 275 North Little Rock, Ark. North Little Rock HS
7 Jalen Pettus DB Jr. 5'10 160 Little Rock, Ark. North Little Rock HS
8 Caleb Arnold DB Jr. 6'2 200 Texarkana, Texas Lamar Univ.
9 Ben Stegall DB Jr. 5'10 180 Germantown, Tenn. Houston HS
10 Vershaud Richardson DL GrSr. 6'3 245 Paris, Texas Arkansas State Univ.
12 Will Stegall DB Jr. 5'10 170 Germantown, Tenn. Houston HS
17 Cam'ron Holmes LB RsJr. 5'10 205 Wynne, Ark. Northeastern State Univ.
19 Damien Jordan DB RsSo. 5'11 175 Southaven, Miss. Desoto Central HS
22 Christian Stafford DB RsJr. 6'0 180 Lufkin, Texas Lufkin HS
23 Jaden Duhart DB RsJr. 5'10 170 Texarkana, Texas Texas HS
24 Kylan Crite DB So. 6'2 180 Newport, Ark. Newport HS
26 Kam Dickerson DB So. 5'11 175 Atlanta, Texas Northeastern State Univ.
27 Tony Mckay DB So. 5'10 185 Jonesboro, Ark. Jonesboro HS
28 Jay Morman DB RsFr. 6'4 185 Jonesboro, Ark. Valley View HS
29 Nichalon Smith DB RsJr. 5'9 165 Monticello, Ark. Monticello HS
30 Blake Brown LB So. 6'1 205 Jonesboro, Ark. Nettleton HS
31 Peyton Tatum LB RsFr. 6'1 200 Booneville, Ark. Booneville HS
32 Davian Vayson LB Jr. 6'0 210 Maumelle, Ark. North Little Rock HS
35 Armando Harper LB RsJr. 6'0 215 Gurdon, Ark. Gurdon HS
36 Tyree Woods LB RsFr. 6'2 230 Houston, Texas West Texas A&M
37 Joe Adams DB RsFr. 6'1 185 Pea Ridge, Ark. Central Methodist Univ.
41 Logan Tymeson K/P So. 5'10 160 Bentonville, Ark. Bentonville HS
43 KJ Sims LB RsFr. 6'1 225 Pine Bluff, Ark. Pine Bluff HS
44 Isreal Whitmore DL Jr. 6'2 245 Ackerman, Miss. Arkansas State Univ.
45 Marion Slater LB RsSo. 6'2 235 Centerton, Ark. Rogers HS
46 Caleb Troxler LB RsJr. 5'11 235 West Memphis, Ark. Lyon College
47 Tyler Lorenzen DL RsSo. 6'4 245 Moore, Okla. Northeastern State Univ.
51 Tyler Mosley DL RsFr. 5'10 245 Bryant, Ark. Bryant HS
56 Xavier Robinson LB RsFr. 6'2 220 Zachary, La. Zachary HS
76 Demarius Grant DL RsSo. 6'0 300 Hot Springs, Ark. Fountain Lake HS