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Tennessee State was picked fifth in the 2015 OVC preseason football poll.
Tennessee State returns 58 players from last year's team that was 6-6 overall, including five offensive and three defensive starters. A season ago
Rod Reed's team ranked 11th nationally in total defense (303.3 yards/game) in addition to forcing 25 total turnovers, which was the 29th best total in the country.
Among the team's returning players is Preseason All-OVC selection
Gabe Terry who had 11.5 sacks last season in his first year in a TSU uniform. Also returning is senior defensive back
Bernell Brooks who had two interceptions and six pass breakups a season ago.
Offensively the team will have a new signal caller as junior
Ronald Butler takes over as the starting quarterback. Butler saw time as a starter as a freshman in 2013 (throwing for 1,405 yards and 13 touchdowns) but was the backup last season, passing for 420 yards and a touchdown in limited action.
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