NSU’s Ferguson, McNeese’s Blunt Among 17 Southland Standouts Vying for NFL Jobs
FRISCO, Texas – Seventeen Southland Conference football standouts from this past season begin their quest this weekend to play fulltime in the National Football League. Each NFL team will host a rookie minicamp either this weekend or next.
Nine former Southland student-athletes are undrafted free agents who have signed with an NFL team, while eight will participate in minicamp.
The list of former student-athletes is headlined by 2018 Associated Press All-Americans Jazz Ferguson from Northwestern State, BJ Blunt from McNeese, and Derick Roberson from Sam Houston State. Ferguson, an underclassman, is the reigning Southland Offensive Player of the year, while Blunt is the league’s Defensive Player of the Year.
Undrafted Free Agents Who Have Signed with an NFL Team
| UIW |
Justin Alexandre |
DE |
NY Jets (May 10-12) |
| UIW |
Silas Stewart |
LB |
Baltimore (May 3-5) |
| LU |
Rodney Randle |
DB/KR |
LA Chargers (May 10-12) |
| MCN |
BJ Blunt |
LB |
Washington (May 3-5) |
| NICH |
Damion Jeanpierre Jr. |
WR |
Carolina (May 10-12) |
| NSU |
Jazz Ferguson |
WR |
Seattle (May 3-5) |
| SHSU |
Davion Davis |
WR |
Minnesota (May 3-5) |
| SHSU |
Derick Roberson |
DE |
Tennessee (May 10-12 |
| SFA |
Chris Wilkerson |
LS |
San Francisco (May 3-5) |
Received an Invite to an NFL Rookie Minicamp
| UCA |
Jakari Dillard |
WR |
LA Chargers (May 10-12) |
| UCA |
Eric Jackson |
DE |
Oakland (May 3-5) |
| UIW |
Malik Harris |
DL |
Kansas City (May 4-6) |
| UIW |
Jamarkese Williams |
DB |
Minnesota (May 3-5) |
| MCN |
David Hamm |
RB |
Oakland (May 3-5) |
| MCN |
Alex Kjellsten |
P |
Chicago (May 3-5) |
| NICH |
Ronald Ollie |
DL |
Oakland (May 3-5) |
| NSU |
Obinna Iheoma |
LB |
Indianapolis (May 3-5 |