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Kamden Sixkiller leads Campbell’s Orange team to 28-0 spring shutout

Campbell’s Orange team blanked White 28-0, and Kamden Sixkiller’s multiple touchdown throws made the Camels look unusually settled for a spring game.

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Kamden Sixkiller leads Campbell’s Orange team to 28-0 spring shutout
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A 28-0 shutout in a spring game does not settle a depth chart, but it did say something about Campbell’s offensive pecking order. Kamden Sixkiller controlled the Orange team’s attack, Stevie Keener hit for one of the day’s biggest plays, and the Camels left Barker-Lane Stadium looking sharper than most teams do in April.

Campbell’s Orange & Black Spring Football Game closed out the program’s 2026 spring sessions at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Barker-Lane Stadium and came during Alumni Weekend. The Orange team handled the White team from the start, and the final margin reflected more than a lopsided scrimmage script. It suggested Campbell’s first unit already has a clear rhythm, with Sixkiller operating as the steadying force.

Sixkiller, a transfer from McNeese, gave Campbell the kind of command that can carry over into the fall. At McNeese, he played in 13 games across the 2023 and 2024 seasons and threw for 1,513 yards and eight touchdowns while completing 129 of 242 passes with 10 interceptions. That background matters because Saturday’s showing did not feel like a quarterback still learning the framework. Sixkiller threw multiple touchdown passes and also showed up in the run game during his time at Campbell, where he paced the offense with 268 passing yards on 23-of-32 passing in a late-November game at Towson and added 28 rushing yards and another touchdown.

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The explosive connection to Keener was one of the clearest snapshots of what Campbell’s offense can look like when the timing is right. Keener, listed as a wide receiver on the roster, gave the spring game its most visible big-play moment and reinforced the idea that the Camels have at least one receiver capable of stretching the field when Sixkiller gets into a groove.

The broader takeaway is continuity. Campbell’s 2026 football schedule is already posted, and the spring finale offered one last public look before the program shifts fully toward the fall. A 28-0 result in a controlled setting does not predict September, but it does suggest Campbell is not starting from scratch. The Camels looked like a team with a quarterback who knows the offense, a receiver who can create separation, and enough structure to make the spring scoreboard matter.

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