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Glanton ('02) making impact
Sep 13, 2004 8:00 AM
By Tannika King - Faculty
College football season got underway in earnest last weekend, and it didn't take long for former Darlington standout Mike Glanton to make an impact.
Glanton, a 5-foot-11, 175-pound junior cornerback who now plays for the University of the South, intercepted a pass and ran it back 56 yards for a touchdown in the Tigers' season-opening game against No. 20 Hampden-Sydney College in Sewanee, Tenn., on Saturday.
"The quarterback went into a three step drop and the receiver ran a 5-yard hitch," said Glanton. "I just broke the ball and kept moving once I got the interception."
Hampden-Sydney won the game, 35-17, but the Tigers gave a credible performance against one of the top Division III programs in the country.
"I felt like we played all right," said Glanton. "We kept fighting and that's all you can ask for out of the first game. We knew we'd have some missed assignments, but we kept playing hard and I think we did OK."
Glanton is a returning starter who had 60 tackles last year and was a second-team all-SCAC selection in 2003. He saw significant playing time as a freshman as well, posting 41 stops in his first year with the Tigers.
The University of the South, also known as Sewanee, is a Division III school and is a member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The school is located in Sewanee, Tenn., about 50 miles northwest of Chattanooga.
Football at the University of the South dates all the way back to 1891, but Glanton has his name on two of the school's single-season records: most return yards off interceptions (176 yards off 3 INTs) and highest average return yards per interception (58.7 yards per return).
Before Glanton broke them, both school records had stood since 1958. Including Saturday's pickoff, Glanton has four career interceptions, which he's returned for 232 yards, an average of 58 yards per return.
In all, the Tigers have four former Greater Rome players on their roster.
Along with Glanton, sophomore defensive back A.J. Jackson (5-11, 175), junior defensive end Miles Wellesley (6-1, 235) and freshman linebacker Jacob Cook (6-0,200) wear the purple and white of the University of the South. Jackson went to Model and Wellesley and Cook attended Darlington.
Wellesley, Jackson and Cook all played against Hampden-Sydney and registered tackles in Sewanee's loss.
Wellesley, who switched to defensive end from tight end this season, finished with three tackles, a tackle for loss and a sack. Jackson had a solo tackle and Cook notched a solo stop in the loss.
Glanton said playing at Sewanee has been a good experience and that he's glad he has teammates from Greater Rome to share it with.
"The school is academically challenging, and the chance to continue playing football is everything you can ask for," said Glanton. "I'm getting a degree from a good school, and football is just icing on the cake.
"(Having teammates from Greater Rome) did make things a little easier. Miles and I were in the same grade at Darlington, so we were friends before I came up here and our friendship has gotten stronger since we've been here."
*Written by Joseph Myers, Rome News-Tribune Sports Writer, published 9/8/04
Glanton, a 5-foot-11, 175-pound junior cornerback who now plays for the University of the South, intercepted a pass and ran it back 56 yards for a touchdown in the Tigers' season-opening game against No. 20 Hampden-Sydney College in Sewanee, Tenn., on Saturday.
"The quarterback went into a three step drop and the receiver ran a 5-yard hitch," said Glanton. "I just broke the ball and kept moving once I got the interception."
Hampden-Sydney won the game, 35-17, but the Tigers gave a credible performance against one of the top Division III programs in the country.
"I felt like we played all right," said Glanton. "We kept fighting and that's all you can ask for out of the first game. We knew we'd have some missed assignments, but we kept playing hard and I think we did OK."
Glanton is a returning starter who had 60 tackles last year and was a second-team all-SCAC selection in 2003. He saw significant playing time as a freshman as well, posting 41 stops in his first year with the Tigers.
The University of the South, also known as Sewanee, is a Division III school and is a member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The school is located in Sewanee, Tenn., about 50 miles northwest of Chattanooga.
Football at the University of the South dates all the way back to 1891, but Glanton has his name on two of the school's single-season records: most return yards off interceptions (176 yards off 3 INTs) and highest average return yards per interception (58.7 yards per return).
Before Glanton broke them, both school records had stood since 1958. Including Saturday's pickoff, Glanton has four career interceptions, which he's returned for 232 yards, an average of 58 yards per return.
In all, the Tigers have four former Greater Rome players on their roster.
Along with Glanton, sophomore defensive back A.J. Jackson (5-11, 175), junior defensive end Miles Wellesley (6-1, 235) and freshman linebacker Jacob Cook (6-0,200) wear the purple and white of the University of the South. Jackson went to Model and Wellesley and Cook attended Darlington.
Wellesley, Jackson and Cook all played against Hampden-Sydney and registered tackles in Sewanee's loss.
Wellesley, who switched to defensive end from tight end this season, finished with three tackles, a tackle for loss and a sack. Jackson had a solo tackle and Cook notched a solo stop in the loss.
Glanton said playing at Sewanee has been a good experience and that he's glad he has teammates from Greater Rome to share it with.
"The school is academically challenging, and the chance to continue playing football is everything you can ask for," said Glanton. "I'm getting a degree from a good school, and football is just icing on the cake.
"(Having teammates from Greater Rome) did make things a little easier. Miles and I were in the same grade at Darlington, so we were friends before I came up here and our friendship has gotten stronger since we've been here."
*Written by Joseph Myers, Rome News-Tribune Sports Writer, published 9/8/04
