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Northwest’s Minshew Named a Top Incoming Freshman by NJCAA
Northwest Mississippi Community College quarterback Gardner Minshew has been named one of the NJCAA’s Top Incoming Freshmen entering the 2015 football season, it was announced Tuesday.
A 6-foot-1, 210-pound product of Brandon High School, Minshew threw for 3,541 yards and 31 touchdowns as a senior, helping the Bulldogs go 12-2 and reach the Class 6A semifinals. The Bulldogs were 36-7 with him under center the last three seasons.
Minshew ended his time at Brandon as one of the metro area’s most successful quarterbacks with 11,222 career passing yards and 105 total touchdowns. He was an all-state and all-metro selection during his career and was named the South’s Offensive MVP in the 2014 Bernard Blackwell All-Star Game.
Minshew signed a National Letter of Intent with the Rangers on May 28 after walking-on the spring semester at Troy University. Former Bulldog teammates Jamison Goods, Jim Speights, Cris Ward and Titus Ivory will join Minshew on Northwest’s roster this season.
Article by Kevin Maloney at NWCCRANGERS.com
Portions of this story taken from The Clarion-Ledger.
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