Cougars host Seymour Friday at 6pm on Reynolds Field

TOP PHOTO: Taylor Ownbey’s Cougars will storm out of this field house later today to take on the Seymour Eagles for a preseason scrimmage

Print your copy of the Cougars 2025 Football schedule and see the full roster further in this story

By Clayton Carroll

JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF) – It’s almost football time in Campbell County, and as a matter of fact, it’s today. It’s Campbell County and Seymour meeting on Reynolds Field on Friday at 6pm in a preseason scrimmage.

The Cougar football team has been putting in preseason work on Reynolds Field in the heat, full-pads, and the weight room. All this practice and hard work will be put to its first test on Friday in a game that does not count toward the Orange-and-Blue’s record, but it will go a long way in preparing Campbell for its season.

The Seymour Eagles venture in from Northwest Sevier County to battle the Cougars in the first scrimmage of the season. The last time these two teams met on the gridiron was during the 2020 regular season. The Cougars prevailed 34-12 at Seymour Householder Field.

Cougar Quarterback Eli Lawson rifles the football downfield during Tuesday morning’s practice.

Both squads, Campbell and Seymour, are with new coaches at the helm of the program. For the visiting Eagles, it’s Caleb Olive. For the Cougars, it’s Taylor Ownbey who was the defensive coordinator last season for the Cougars.

Ownbey’s Coaching staff oversees a play from scrimmage.

Campbell has been working diligently up until this point and the work most definitely does not stop now. “This scrimmage is a great opportunity for our guys” said Coach Ownbey following a recent practice. “It allows us to see what we are doing well and fix the mistakes before it counts on August 22.” That’s the date of Campbell’s first regular season game at Lenoir City.

Second-team Cougars practice a run play

For three days last week, and all of this week, the Cougars were suited up in full pads and helmets; a time period the coaching staff is calls “Acclimation Week”.

Campbell’s first game where the score counts to its record is on August 22 at Lenoir City at 7pm. For their 15th straight season, Les Martin and Brent Allen will bring you the coverage of Cougar Football over the WLAF Doyle’s Tire Sports Network. The network spans ten WLAF media platforms. Watch over WLAF TV-1089 on Comcast-Xfinity,1450wlaf.com, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, and you can listen by way of WLAF Radio AM 1450 & FM 100.9 and Amazon Alexa.

#	Name	Grade	HT/WT	Position	#	Name	Grade	HT/WT	Position
0	KEVIN MOORE	12		WR/DB	50	MASON WILSON	9		OL/DL
1	ELI LAWSON	12		QB/DB	51	JOSH RAMSEY	12		OL/DL
2	AUSTIN JORDAN	12		RB/DB	52	HUNTER NORMAN	9		OL/DL
3	OWEN BLANKENBLICKER	11		WR/LB	53	HAYDEN RICE	11		OL/DL
4	KAI DePUY	9		RB/DB	54	LOGAN BELEW	12		OL/DL
5	SILAS WEAVER	11		QB/LB	55	GAVIN BERRY	10		OL/LB
6	NICHOLAS ROSE	9		WR/DB	56
7	CADEN IDLES	12		RB/LB	57	LANDON JOHNSON	9		OL/LB
8	JACK SEXTON	9		QB/DB	58	RYAN WEBB	12		OL/DL
9	KALEB RAYNOR	10		QB/DB	59
10	MAX BOSHEARS	10		QB/DB	60	JAYDEN WALLACE	9		OL/DL
11	TIMOTHY GIBSON	12		WR/DB	61	CHARLES JONES	12		OL/DL
12	PAXTON WORMSLEY	12		K	62	JUSTICE EVANS	10		OL/DL
13					63	ALEX GAMBILL	9		OL/DL
14	JESSE CHAPMAN	9		WR/DB	64	WILL GOINS	10		OL/DL
15					65	MICHAEL HAMILTON	9		OL/DL
16	KADDEN HUCKABY	12		RB/DB	66	TIMOTHY RUSSELL	10		OL/DL
17					67
18	LANDON CHADWELL	11		RB/LB	68
19	SAM SEXTON	11		WR/DB	69	AIDEN EVANS	12		OL/DL
20					70
21					71
22	TYLER KETTLEHAKE	11		WR/DB	72	JAKE LAWSON	12		OL/DL
23	EASTON AYERS	9		RB/DB	73	GAVIN PETREE	12		OL/DL
24	BRAYDON GRAHAM	10		RB/DB	74	CARTER WALKER	9		OL/DL
25	JACK STOOKSBURY	10		TE/LB	75	BRODY PIERCE	9		OL/DL
26	KIREN ANDERSON	11		RB/LB	76	JAXON OWENS	9		OL/DL
27	SKYLAR MOORE	9		WR/DB	77	GAGE FRALEY	11		OL/DL
28	JORDAN PERKINS	10		RB/LB	78
29	JEROME (LJ) NICHOLS	12		TE/LB	79
30	TITAN LONGMIRE	9		WR/DB	80
31	GARRETTE WILSON	9		WR/DB	81	DREW CROLEY	10		K/P
32	JAMES BOWLIN	9		WR/DB	82
33	LUKAS WOOD	9		WR/DB	83
34					84
35	BENTLEE GROSS	10		RB/LB	85
36	CADEN GARNER	10		RB/DB	86
37	KAYDEN WALLEN	9		WR/DB	87
38					88
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42						Coaching Staff Head Coach: Taylor Ownbey OC/OL/DL: Mark Romero QB/DB: Hunter White RB/LB: CJ Allen WR/DB: Chris Mayes OL/DL: Josh Heatherly
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44	JACK NORMAN	10		WR/DL
45	JAXSON NOE	9		TE/DL
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(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-08/01/2025-3PM)