{"id":6800,"date":"2024-09-25T19:33:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T19:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=6800"},"modified":"2024-09-25T20:49:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T20:49:04","slug":"troy-football-finds-its-leader-in-devonte-ross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/09\/25\/troy-football-finds-its-leader-in-devonte-ross\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy Football finds its leader in Devonte Ross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 Despite a rocky start for Troy University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/troytrojans.com\/sports\/football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">football team<\/a>, the performance of one Trojan is giving fans some hope for the rest of the season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/troytrojans.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/devonte-ross\/10941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Devonte Ross<\/a> left Kinnick Stadium with three touchdowns, and earned special teams player of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Troy\u2019s new leading wide receiver earned two passing touchdowns, with 142 receiving yards on five receptions. Ross also returned a punt for a touchdown. Ross is the first to return one against the Hawkeyes in Kinnick Stadium since 49er\u2019s star running back Christian McCaffery in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s one of the first punts I\u2019ve ever caught,\u201d Ross said, \u201cI was a little nervous, but once [Iowa punter Tory Taylor] kicked it low I knew I was going to have a return, and my teammates did a great job blocking to set up a touchdown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"175\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/Ross.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6807 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Devonte Ross<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Position:&nbsp;Wide Receiver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Height: 5-11<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weight: 161<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A junior native of Cartersville Ga, Ross had quite the journey before joining the men of Troy. Ross was committed to Kentucky out of high school. Things didn\u2019t work out the way he had planned, so he followed former Wildcats defensive coordinator <a href=\"https:\/\/tulanegreenwave.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/coaches\/jon-sumrall\/7706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jon Sumrall<\/a> to the Wiregrass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since his arrival in Troy, Ross has learned from former greats like <a href=\"https:\/\/troytrojans.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/jabre-barber\/10305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jabri Barber<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/troytrojans.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/deshon-stoudemire\/10364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deshon Stoudemeyer<\/a>. \u201cThey were leaders who had experience,\u201d Ross praised the duo, \u201cjust seeing the way the work as a freshman showed me how to be successful on Saturdays.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/09\/24\/troy-picks-up-first-win-on-the-season-against-florida-am\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MORE FOR YOU:<\/strong> TROY picks up first win on the season against Florida A&amp;M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, with arrival of new head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/troytrojans.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/coaches\/gerad-parker\/1847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gerad Parker<\/a>, Ross wants to offer the same leadership through the transition that his previous teammates gave him. Ross wants to lead \u201cnot just by talking, but by leading by example.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ross has led by example since then, with another three touchdown game against Florida A&amp;M the following week. He and the Trojans look to conference play now with ULM coming to Veterans Memorial Stadium Saturday at&nbsp;6 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 Despite a rocky start for Troy University&#8217;s football team, the performance of one Trojan is giving fans some hope for the rest of the season. <\/p>\n<p>Devonte Ross left Kinnick Stadium with three touchdowns, and earned special teams player of the week.<\/p>\n<p>Troy\u2019s new leading wide receiver earned two passing touchdowns,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/09\/25\/troy-football-finds-its-leader-in-devonte-ross\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":6808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1772,1210,1338,65,1771,1773],"topics":[17],"class_list":["post-6800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-devonte-ross-football","tag-football","tag-gerad-parker","tag-troy-trojans","tag-troy-university-devonte-ross","tag-troy-university-wide-receiver","topics-troy-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6800"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6819,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6800\/revisions\/6819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6800"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=6800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}