The 2023 season's largest margin: Jacksonville State 49, East Tennessee State 3. A 46-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The Winning Chapter
Jacksonville State's 2023 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Zion WebbQB1,437 passing yards
- Logan SmothersQB735 passing yards
- Malik JacksonRB897 rushing yards
- Ron WigginsRB468 rushing yards
- Anwar LewisRB452 rushing yards
- Perry CarterWR687 receiving yards
- Quinton LaneWR346 receiving yards
- Sean BrownTE294 receiving yards
- Quae DrakeLB92 tackles
- Kolbi FuquaDB86 tackles
- Fred PerryS75 tackles
- Chris HardieDE7.5 sacks
- Curley Young Jr.EDGE4.5 sacks
- Jaylen SwainEDGE4 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: Jacksonville State 13, Liberty 31. A 18-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Jacksonville State beat Louisiana 34-31 in the postseason.
"Rock the House"
2023 is a middle chapter for Jacksonville State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.