Football is just around the corner, and we at BigCountryPreps.com are committed to bringing you the information you need to prepare for your favorite team’s season.
We’ll be releasing our Big Country Preps Preseason Football Preview, the most comprehensive look at the upcoming Big Country football season anywhere, on Wednesday, Aug. 16. But you won’t have to wait until then to sate your gridiron appetite.
Leading up to the first day of fall football practice on July 31, we’ll be spotlighting each 11-man team in the area and posing some of the key questions they’ll face in 2023 as part of our annual “Countdown to Two-a-Days” series.
We continue in Class 3A Division I with the Jim Ned Indians. On Saturday we will take a look at the Brock Eagles, followed by the Snyder Tigers on Sunday.
JIM NED INDIANS
LAST YEAR’S RECORD
- 8-4 overall, 5-0 District 3-3A Division I
ONE KEY STAT
- The Indians have had five consecutive winning seasons, posting a combined 59-16 record over that stretch.
TWO NAMES TO KNOW
- Senior RB Brayden Shipman (Rushed for 1,124 yards and 8 touchdowns in 2022)
- Senior OL Jake Whitley (Graded out at 97 percent with 89 knockdowns and 39 pancakes in 2022)
THREE BURNING QUESTIONS
- What kind of quarterback play can the Indians expect this season from junior Gray Beasley?
- With Brayden Shipman back at running back and four of five offensive line starters returning, how good can Jim Ned’s running game be this fall?
- Who will emerge as the Indians’ defensive leaders around end Carter Lange and linebacker Trey Hicks?
DON’T MISS BIG COUNTRY PREPS PRESEASON FOOTBALL PREVIEW ON AUG. 17!