By Cody Futrell
The River Oaks Mustang football team is busy preparing for the fall football season and they recently added one of the parish’s top running backs to their roster.
Teshadi Talton, a senior running back who starred at West Monroe High School the past two seasons, will play his senior year at River Oaks after exhausting his eligibility with the Louisiana High School Athletic Association.
LHSSA rules prohibit players from playing athletics if they turn 19 before Sept. 1. MAIS rules allow players who are still 18 on Aug. 1 to play athletics.
“Teshadi is very talented,” River Oaks head coach Robert Hannah said. “He will be a great addition to the talented group of running backs that we already have.”
The Mustangs are working out three days per week in preparation for the upcoming season and their full camp which opens during the first week of August.
The prospect of adding even more offensive firepower to a River Oaks team that went 11-2 last season will be something special for River Oaks fans. The Mustangs will be able to do some exciting things with so many talented athletes on the field at any give moment.
“We’ll be getting each one of them touches,” Hannah said. “When they are not lined up at running back we will be able to use them as slot back.”
Joining Talton in the backfield will be senior running back Vincent Moore. Moore also plays defensive back for the Mustangs and recently ran a 4.48 40-yard dash at the FCA camp held in West Monroe.
The talents and strong work ethic of the multi-sport star has garnered football scholarship offers from the University of Louisiana-Monroe, University of Louisiana-Lafayette and McNeese State University among others.
The Mustangs coaching staff also anticipates having more depth along the defensive line than in recent years. The Mustangs will now be playing a 4-3 defensive alignment to give the defense an extra presence along the line of scrimmage.
“We will have an even front this season,” Hannah said. “We have some guys returning there and moving up that can play and really help us.”
Some of the returning starters that are expected to be a rushing defensive force for the Mustangs include seniors Seth Lawrence and Brogan Brasseaux and junior Gentry Johnston in the trenches.
Hannah, who has gone 132-51 during his tenure as River Oaks football coach, continues to work the team in evening workout sessions of strength and conditioning drills that will prepare the squad for the heat and humidity that will greet them in full pads just weeks from now.
Teshadi Talton, a senior running back who starred at West Monroe High School the past two seasons, will play his senior year at River Oaks after exhausting his eligibility with the Louisiana High School Athletic Association.
LHSSA rules prohibit players from playing athletics if they turn 19 before Sept. 1. MAIS rules allow players who are still 18 on Aug. 1 to play athletics.
“Teshadi is very talented,” River Oaks head coach Robert Hannah said. “He will be a great addition to the talented group of running backs that we already have.”
The Mustangs are working out three days per week in preparation for the upcoming season and their full camp which opens during the first week of August.
The prospect of adding even more offensive firepower to a River Oaks team that went 11-2 last season will be something special for River Oaks fans. The Mustangs will be able to do some exciting things with so many talented athletes on the field at any give moment.
“We’ll be getting each one of them touches,” Hannah said. “When they are not lined up at running back we will be able to use them as slot back.”
Joining Talton in the backfield will be senior running back Vincent Moore. Moore also plays defensive back for the Mustangs and recently ran a 4.48 40-yard dash at the FCA camp held in West Monroe.
The talents and strong work ethic of the multi-sport star has garnered football scholarship offers from the University of Louisiana-Monroe, University of Louisiana-Lafayette and McNeese State University among others.
The Mustangs coaching staff also anticipates having more depth along the defensive line than in recent years. The Mustangs will now be playing a 4-3 defensive alignment to give the defense an extra presence along the line of scrimmage.
“We will have an even front this season,” Hannah said. “We have some guys returning there and moving up that can play and really help us.”
Some of the returning starters that are expected to be a rushing defensive force for the Mustangs include seniors Seth Lawrence and Brogan Brasseaux and junior Gentry Johnston in the trenches.
Hannah, who has gone 132-51 during his tenure as River Oaks football coach, continues to work the team in evening workout sessions of strength and conditioning drills that will prepare the squad for the heat and humidity that will greet them in full pads just weeks from now.
