The Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils football program is the intercollegiate

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

team for the

University of Arkansas at Monticello The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) is a public university in Monticello, Arkansas with Colleges of Technology in Crossett and McGehee. UAM is part of the University of Arkansas System and offers master's degrees, baccalaureate degre ...

located in the U.S. state of

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. The team competes in the

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and are members of the Great American Conference. Arkansas–Monticello's first football team was fielded in 1911. The team plays its home games at Willis "Convoy" Leslie Cotton Boll Stadium in

Monticello, Arkansas Monticello ( ) is a college town in, and the county seat of, Drew County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 9,467. Founded in 1849 in the Arkansas Timberlands near the Arkansas Delta region, the city has long ...

. The Boll Weevils are coached by Hud Jackson.

Conference Affiliations

* Independent (1911 - 1941, 1943 - 1944, 1946 - 1960) * No Team (WWII) (1942, 1945) *

Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference The Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference (AIC) was an athletic conference in existence from 1927 or 1928 to 1995 affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The conference membership consisted entirely of colleges ...

(1961 - 1994) *

Gulf South Conference The Gulf South Conference (GSC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the Southeastern United States. History Originally known as the Mi ...

(1995 - 2010) * Great American Conference (2011–present)

Playoff appearances

NAIA

The Boll Weevils made two appearances in the NAIA playoffs, with a combined record of 2–2.

Boll Weevils in professional football

Active

As of May 2018, there is a total of one Boll Weevil listed on team rosters in the NFL, CFL, and AFL. *

Eric Crocker Eric Crocker (born May 20, 1987) is a former American football cornerback. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Talons in 2012. He played college football at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Early years Crocker grew up in S ...

, DB for the

Portland Thunder The Portland Steel were a professional arena football team based in Portland, Oregon and members of the Arena Football League (AFL). The team started as the Portland Thunder, joining the AFL in 2014 as an expansion team along with the Los Ange ...

* Clarence Denmark, WR for the

Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division. They play their home games at IG Fie ...

* D. J. Stephens, WR for the

San Antonio Talons The San Antonio Talons were a professional arena football team based in San Antonio, Texas. They played in the Arena Football League (AFL). Their home arena was the Alamodome, following their relocation to San Antonio for the 2012 season. The t ...

Jalen Tolliver Jalen Tolliver (born December 30, 1995) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at Arkansas–Monticello, and was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent after the 2018 NFL Draft ...

, WR for the

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Rivalries

Southern Arkansas Muleriders

References

External links

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