Last Chance U is now back with its third season on Netflix. It’s excellent again.In light of that
Womens Customized Atlanta Falcons Jerseys , it's time to catch up on where the show's alumni are for the 2018 season. These aren't all the players who went
through East Mississippi Community College during its two seasons or
Independence CC during Season 3, but they are the ones the show's featured most
prominently.(Some spoilers, obviously.)Season 1 at EMCCEMCC’s leadership got a
major shake-up at the end of 2016. Tempestuous head coach Buddy Stephens is
still at EMCC for 2018, but OC Marcus Wood is off the coaching staff, DC Ed
Holly left to become the head coach at Westminster Christian School in Florida,
and QB coach Clint Trickett left for the tight ends job at FAU.Buddy Stephens at
EMCCSteve Dietl / Courtesy of Sony PPerhaps more importantly, Brittany Wagner,
the players’ (and viewers’) favorite grown-up on campus, left to start an
athletic counseling business and join the staff of a Michigan high
school.Brittany Wagner at EMCCNetflixQB John Franklin III, formerly of Florida
State, was long hyped as Auburn's next star JUCO QB. At Auburn, he switched to
WR, then moved to Lane Kiffin’s “Last Strike U” at FAU. He’s now an undrafted DB
with the Chicago Bears.John Franklin III at FAUJasen Vinlove-USA TODAY SportsQB
Wyatt Roberts left to attend Mississippi State as a regular student, where Dan
Mullen invited him to walk on as a scout-teamer. Roberts is now entering the
steel industry. In 2016, Wagner joined the two Season 1 QBs at Auburn-MSU:RB
D.J. Law signed with UAB but didn’t join the Blazers. Injuries and academics
hampered him, and head coach Bill Clark said the RB could play in the NAIA
(non-NCAA college ball) or Canada.D.J. Law at EMCCNetflixDL Ronald Ollie, Season
1’s comic relief and most beloved player among viewers, transferred to FCS
Nicholls State. He recorded 41 tackles and this Piesman-worthy TD, then hoped to
transfer up to FBS, but will keep playing at Nicholls for 2018. DL Marcel Andry
followed Ollie, then completed his eligibility at Nicholls.Marcel Andry and
Ronald Ollie at EMCCNetflixDB C.J. Reavis became one of Marshall’s leading
tacklers for two years
www.falconscheapshops.com , then signed a UDFA deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Before EMCC, he was
expected to start for Virginia Tech until a murky dismissal.QB Chad Kelly,
mentioned a few times during the show as a former EMCC great, became the NFL
Draft’s Mr. Irrelevant out of Ole Miss and is on the Denver Broncos’ depth
chart.Chad Kelly in DenverRon Chenoy-USA TODAY SportsRB Isaiah Wright, who took
over for Law as the team's top RB in 2016, signed with Division II West Georgia
after a brutal year, but he left that school before the 2017 season. In
September 2017, he was charged in connection with a murder in Tennessee and
jailed. In August 2018, prosecutors dropped a homicide charge against him, as
Wright pleaded guilty to an aggravated robbery facilitation charge. Wright left
jail and received a five-year supervised probation sentence. Isaiah Wright at
EMCCNetflixThe Last Chance U packHow JUCO football works, explained quickly25 of
the greatest JUCO alumni everThe new head coach takes you to “football jail”LCU
director explains the show’s new universityQ&A with John Franklin III,
reality-show QB to NFL DBSeason 1 reviewSeason 2 reviewSeason 3 reviewSeason 2
at EMCCQB De'Andre Johnson was booted by FSU after video showed he'd punched a
woman at a bar. At EMCC, the show depicts Division I coaches being cautious
about showing interest in him. He played in only a handful of games for Kiffin’s
FAU in 2017, due to blood clots, but is competing for the Owls’ 2018 starting
job.DL Chauncey Rivers, kicked out by Georgia over weed, can now suit up for
Mississippi State after being ruled ineligible in 2017. He’ll be part of a
loaded rotation at the edge and is hopefully still making rap songs about how
much he loves his mom.LB Dakota Allen lost his spot at Texas Tech because of a
burglary charge but returned after leading EMCC in tackles and appearing to be a
model citizen on the show. He’s arguably Texas Tech’s best player heading into
2018.Dakota Allen at Texas TechMichael C. Johnson-USA TODAY SportsDL Tim Bonner
is also still at FAU. You wouldn't put it past Kiffin to add people just because
they're on a TV show, but Bonner — a former Louisville signee and Ole Miss
commit — certainly has talent. He saw action on special teams in 2017.Tim Bonner
at EMCCSteve Dietl / Courtesy of Sony PDL Kamonte Carter suited up for Pitt
against his former school, Penn State. Carter landing a Power 5 spot was likely
a surprise to EMCC position coach Davern Williams, based on their filmed
relationship. Carter’s now a redshirt junior at FCS Duquesne, yet another
Pennsylvania school.Kamonte Carter at EMCCSteve Dietl / Courtesy of Sony PQB
Vijay Miller
Atlanta Falcons T-Shirt , Johnson’s true freshman backup who was totally outmanned in his one start but then saved EMCC with a Hollywood-grade clutch throw, is now
throwing for a little team known as the San Diego Padres’ minor league
system.Season 3 at IndependenceThe show’s third year depicts the 2017 season at
Indy CC in Kansas. Head coach Jason Brown is still at Independence in 2018 after
leading a turnaround to 9-2 and a bowl win in 2017.Jason Brown at
IndependenceNetflixLaTonya Pinkard, who puts in extra time as a mentor to
several players and emerges as a much-needed contrast to the bellowing Brown, is
still at Indy as an associate English professor.Malik Henry, the show’s third
Florida State transfer QB in three years, was Indy’s primary passer for nine
games before freshman Drake Smith took over. Henry didn’t sign with a new
school.Malik Henry at IndependenceNetflixOT Tramonda Moore, who signed with
Oklahoma State out of high school, remained a four-star at Indy and went to
Oklahoma, which both Moore and the Sooners wanted all along. But the Sooners
dismissed him in November. After a strong 2017 that included 518 total yards in
the season’s two biggest games (and a lot of those big runs behind Moore), RB
Rakeem Boyd is at Arkansas. He’s a former Texas A&M three-star.RB Kingston
Davis, who struggled for playing time behind Boyd and the hard-running Jamal
Scott, landed at UAB.WR Carlos Thompson, the star receiver who’s out of Division
I eligibility after signing at Texas Tech in 2013, is now at Division II
Missouri Western State, the school whose recruiter brags on the show about a
very expensive Jumbotron.WR Calvin Jackson Jr. signed with Washington State. The
Floridian’s WSU connection is via a Cougars assistant who coached at Toledo,
where Jackson was previously committed.Rakeem Boyd, Malik Henry, and Calvin
Jackson Jr. at IndependenceNetflixCB Delrick Abrams Jr., an unrated recruit out
of high school, gained a load of Power 5 offers while at Indy, committing to
play in 2018 for Colorado
Atlanta Falcons Hats , but finishing his 2017 season for the Pirates first. DT Emmit Gooden, a four-star Arkansas commit during most of LCU’s Season 3, has a
chance to start for Tennessee in 2018. That’s full circle, because the Vols were
the West Tennessee native’s first offer, four years earlier.In June, LB Bobby
Bruce was charged with armed robbery near his hometown of Titusville, Florida.
Indy doesn’t expect him back.OL Kerry Buckmaster, who had no offers out of high
school and is shown battling injury and a position switch, is now at Division II
Lindenwood.Season 4?Guess we’ll see how things go IRL for ICC this year. The
Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2018 season began without Le’Veon Bell. It may end that
way, too.Despite reports that Bell planned to rejoin the Steelers during the
team’s Week 7 bye, that did not happen. Then he didn’t return before the trade
deadline. And now, according to reports, it looks like he won’t return at all
this fall.Bell’s prolonged absence is due to a contract dispute with the
Steelers that began well over a year ago, but has reached a boiling point and
will almost definitely end with the running back on a different roster in
2019.The battle between the Steelers and Bell has even threatened to split the
locker room with some players on the team calling out his “tiresome antics” and
calling his holdout “stupid” and selfish. It caused other players on the team,
like star receiver Antonio Brown, to jump to Bell’s defense.After Bell missed
the first two weeks of the regular season, the Steelers even stripped his name
from the roster and depth chart. What does Le’Veon Bell want?The 26-year-old
running back has been one of the most dangerous offensive weapons in the NFL
since he entered the league in 2013, but still hasn’t had the opportunity to
negotiate his worth on the open market. In each of the last two offseasons, the
Steelers have used the franchise tag to keep Bell from having a chance to hunt
for big money.Bell isn’t hurting for money with a one-year, $14.5 million
franchise tender from the Steelers, but the team’s last chance offer in the
summer for a long-term deal with the running back included just $10 million
guaranteed.Now he has no choice but to show up on the one-year
Atlanta Falcons Hoodie , $14.5 million deal or forfeit his game checks. He’s losing more than $850,000 each game he stays home.Why won’t he show up?With Bell almost
guaranteed to leave in free agency, the Steelers have no reason not to squeeze
every drop of value out of the star. He led the league in touches in 2017, and
Pittsburgh can now crank that total up even further.If Bell hopes to be as
valuable as possible in March, it makes sense for the running back to worry
about his snap count and leave as much tread as possible for teams to invest
in.So there’s logic behind Bell sitting out some games in 2018 to better set
himself up in 2019.How long will he sit out?If reports are true, Bell’s 2018 is
over before it even began.By not signing his franchise tender by Week 1, he
forfeited $855,000 and he’ll continue to cut into that total the longer he sits.
The longest he could do is sit out until Week 11, because if he waits any longer
the 2018 season wouldn’t count and he’d be stuck under contract with the
Steelers in 2019 too.Either way, the Steelers didn’t expect him back any time
soon from the start:When his agent suggested that his holdout could be lengthy,
he also said that Bell intends for 2018 to be the best statistical season of his
career. That seems unlikely now.Until he shows up the Steelers are relying on
2017 third-round pick James Conner to handle the load. And in Week 1, Conner
looked up to the task. While Pittsburgh opened the season with a 21-21 tie
against the Browns, Conner had 36 touches for 192 all-purpose yards with two
touchdowns. In subsequent games, he struggled some, but has since rebounded with
four straight 100-yard games. He’s currently the league’s No. 2 rusher in terms
of total yardage.Could he be traded?Nope. Any chance of that ended at the trade
deadline back on October 30.Trade rumors had gone back and forth about Bell
since the start of the season. On the day of the team’s regular season opener,
Schefter said the Steelers had “no interest in dealing” Bell:But after an 0-1-1
start to the year with plenty of drama that was exacerbated by Bell’s absence,
that tune changed:Now, we’re back to the “it’s probably not happening”
category.It was going to be difficult, anyway, because the Steelers weren’t
getting any value for Bell that tops the eventual compensatory pick they’d get
if the running back leaves in free agency.
