| The Troy Trojans have dominated the Sun Belt | | | | but 4,000 passer, quarterback Levi Brown is gone. |
| conference on Football Picks the past 4 seasons, | | | | The new starter will be Jamie Hampton, who was |
| but the Trojans look a little vulnerable in 2010. 13 | | | | the starter in 2008 until he went down with a |
| starters are gone from last season and most of | | | | knee injury midway through the season. Brown |
| it is star power. Also gone is offensive coordinator | | | | stepped in and Hampton was an after thought |
| Neal Brown, who took the same job at Texas | | | | until this spring. DuJuan Harris and Shawn |
| Tech. Receivers coach Kenny Edenfield was | | | | Southward are two very good running back that |
| promoted to replace Brown, and he'll have six | | | | combined for 22 rushing touchdowns last season. |
| returning starter on the unit to work with. The | | | | Jerrel Jernigan could be the best wide receiver in |
| defensive unit has just three starters back. Coach | | | | the Sun Belt and he is part of a deep receiving |
| Gary Blakeney is entering his 20th season with | | | | corps. The starter return on the offensive line. |
| Troy. Only Joe Paterno of Penn State and Frank | | | | The best player on the line is Center Tyler Clark, |
| Beamer of Virginia Tech have been on the job | | | | who moved from guard in spring drills and could |
| longer among active coaches. The Trojans should | | | | easily be the best player at his new position in the |
| know fairly early in the college football season | | | | conference. |
| about it's league title hopes, as they have back to | | | | Troy annually has the most athletic defense in the |
| back games with Arkansas State and Middle | | | | Sun Belt conference. That will probably be the |
| Tennessee. Troy also has non conference games | | | | case again this season, but this time around, it |
| at Oklahoma State and in late November, they | | | | maybe a bunch of inexperienced talented players. |
| travel to South Carolina to face the Gamecocks. | | | | The defensive line will be all new players, the |
| The 2009 Troy Trojans ranked 3rd in the FBS in | | | | player to watch will be tackle Sidell Corley, who |
| yards per game averaging 487.7, the unit also | | | | transferred from the University of Alabama. |
| ranked 3rd in passing yards, averaging 336.5 | | | | Senior Daniel Sheffield is the only returning starter |
| yards per game, 58th in college football, averaging | | | | at linebacker, but they will be ok at this position |
| 151.2 yards per game on the ground and the | | | | because of the depth thy had last year. |
| team ranked 16th in scoring, averaging almost 34 | | | | Cornerback Bryan Willis played at a high level as a |
| points per game. The defense was at the bottom | | | | redshirt freshman last season, and he will be a |
| of college football in most categories, they ranked | | | | future star, in the mold of former Troy Trojan |
| 104th overall, giving up 426.7 yards per contest, | | | | and 1st round draft pick Leodis McKelvin. Safety |
| 118th against the past letting opponents throw for | | | | Barry Valcin is another guy the coaches can count |
| an average of 286.8 yards per game, they | | | | on and junior college transfer Jimmie Anderson will |
| Trojans ranked 57th in college football, giving up | | | | start opposite Willis. |
| 139.9 yards per contest and the defensive unit | | | | Troy went 9-3 overall in college football last |
| gave up 29.8 points per contest. | | | | season, they were 8-4-1 against the spread, going |
| The Trojans scored and average of 41.3 points | | | | over the betting odds total 9 times and under 4 |
| per contest in 2009, going 8-0 in the conference | | | | times. |
