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- ↑ "J.P. Piper". Nicholls State Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ↑ "J.P. Piper". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
- ↑ "Nicholls Parts Ways with J.P. Piper". Nicholls State Official Athletic Site. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
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