COMMERCE – Texas A&M University-Commerce defensive back Kader Kohou has been named to the College Football America Yearbook's Preseason Starting Lineup, while the Lions are ranked eighth nationally in the preseason publication.
 
Kohou (Euless – Trinity) is returning for his final season of eligibility after earning first team all-Lone Star Conference honors in 2019 and second team all-LSC honors in 2018. In 2019, he recorded 27 tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss and had three interceptions, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and five pass breakups.
 
For his career, Kohou has played in 33 games with 87 total tackles, seven tackles for loss, five interceptions, and 31 passes defended. He's forced four fumbles and recovered three, while returning an interception for a touchdown in each of the last two seasons.
 
The Lions are picked eighth nationally in the CFA Yearbook preseason poll, and are the only LSC team in the top 30. Two opponents on the 2021 schedule are nationally ranked, with West Florida in the No. 1 spot and Colorado State-Pueblo in the No. 15 position.
 
2021 College Football America Division II Preseason Top 30

1.	West Florida
2.	Minnesota State
3.	Slippery Rock
4.	Ferris State
5.	Notre Dame (Ohio)
6.	Northwest Missouri State
7.	Lenoir-Rhyne
8.	A&M-COMMERCE
9.	Valdosta State
10.	Kutztown
11.	Central Missouri
12.	Ouachita Baptist
13.	Indiana (Pa.)
14.	Carson-Newman
15.	Colorado State-Pueblo
16.	Shepherd
17.	Colorado School of Mines
18.	Bowie State
19.	Wingate
20.	Indianapolis
21.	Lindenwood
22.	Harding
23.	West Chester
24.	Miles
25.	Tiffin
26.	Sioux Falls
27.	Augustana (S.D.)
28.	Henderson State
29.	Truman State
30.	Ohio Dominican

 
2021 College Football America Division II Starting Lineup
Offense

QB	Mak Sexton	Pittsburg State
RB	Shomari Mason	West Florida
RB	Marvin Campbell	Ferris State
WR	MJ Link	UT Permian Basin
WR	Henry Litwin	Slippery Rock
TE	Zach Ojile	Minnesota Duluth
OL	Tanner Owen	Northwest Missouri State
OL	Jared Gossen	Minnesota State
OL	Dylan Pasquali	Ferris State
OL	Brandon Nicholson	Notre Dame (Ohio)
C	Tytus Timoteo	Central Washington

 
Defense

DL	Chad Kuhn	Slippery Rock
DL	Nicholas White	Gannon
DL	Reggie Micheaux	Findlay
DL	Dennis Johnson	Grand Valley State
LB	Drew Seers	Lindenwood
LB	Guam Lee	Notre Dame (Ohio)
LB	Bradley Burrows	Mercyhurst
DB	Demetri Morsell	Bowie State
DB	Kendall Williams	Carson-Newman
DB	Kader Kohou	A&M-COMMERCE

 
Special Teams

P	Cameron Scott	Harding
PK	Chase Allbaugh	Lenoir-Rhyne
KR	Kylan Harrison	Midwestern State
PR	Tobias Harris	West Texas A&M
AP	Deshaun Wethington	Chowan

 
Lion Football opens the season on Thursday, September 2, at Colorado State-Pueblo, then plays at Globe Life Field in Arlington against Midwestern State on Saturday, September 11, with tickets available at LionAthletics.com/GLP with the promo code "LIONS". The West Florida game on Saturday, September 18, is the first of six home games. Season tickets are available at WeAreLionsTix.com or by calling (903) 468-8756.