S. Illinois taps Straughan

Colton's Josh Straughan, who played quarterback at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Ala., will be the starting quarterback for South Illinois University at Carbondale when they open their season Saturday. Straughan, who was a three-year starter at Stillman, graduated there last December and transferred to Southern Illinois for the spring semester.

He was an all-conference player at Stillman in 2014, but did not play last year because of an injury so he has remaining eligibility to play college ball.

Straughan was among four quarterbacks competing for the top job at SIU and was named starter Wednesday, Aug. 24. They will open their season at Florida Atlantic Saturday.

Straughan threw 141 touchdown passes while playing eight-man football with the Wildcats.