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08/25/22 - Carlos Carriere, rSr/2023, Central Michigan + More +

Maryland transfer, senior Carlos Carriere is expected to have a large impact on the CMU offense. The 6'5" Alpharetta, Georgia product finished his Terrapin career with 480 receiving yards and six touchdowns on 38 receptions. Coming in, Carriere believes he can help the offense thrive. "We were very strong last year throwing and running the ball, so just continue to add to that aerial attack," Carlos said. "I feel like I'm a complete receiver, short, medium and down the field. So I'm just excited to show what I can do when I get it in my hands."

While playing with his brother for the first time helped draw Carlos to Mount Pleasant, CMU's recent success influenced his decision. "I believe team success brings along individual success, so that's why I was focused on the work ethic and culture that was already here at CMU," Carlos said. In addition to performing on the field, Slaughter said Carriere has been an asset to players in the wide receiver room, especially his brother, Matteo. "The main focus with Carlos is, he's trying to show his brother how to be a pro," Slaughter said. "Just a how to attack the day, every day, how to work. He's an incoming freshman, so you know, he doesn't know he doesn't know. When you're older you get it because you've been through that process. So it's good to have him in the room, not just for his brother but for the entire room." - Central Michigan Life

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WR Carlos Carriere, Central Michigan
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08/17/22 - Dallas Dixon, rSr/2023, Central Michigan + More +

Dallas Dixon is the top returnee among the receiving corps. He ranked third on the team with 45 catches and was second with 701 yards and eight touchdown receptions a year ago. Dixon is the clearcut leader in the position group and it's a role he has embraced. "Doing what I'm supposed to be doing," Dixon said of his approach to the leadership role. "Leading by example, being in my playbook, having extra meetings and extra talks with the guys when I'm supposed to, making sure they're in their playbook, making sure everybody's understanding the offense." There are a number of new faces at the position, led by senior Carlos Carriere, a transfer from Maryland and the older brother of freshman Matteo Carriere. Carlos Carriere is listed at 6-foot-5, 203 pounds and has helped provide not only size and a Big Ten pedigree, but a veteran presence to help Dixon - the two are the lone senior receivers on the roster - shoulder the leadership load. "It's a competition with him also," Dixon said. "'You make a play, I'm going to make a play too.' We hold each other to that type of standard." - Central Michigan Football

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WR Dallas Dixon, Central Michigan
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08/17/22 - *Lew Nichols III, rSo/2023, Central Michigan + More +

Ending last season as the nation's leading rusher, Lew Nichols III is the preeminent running back in the Central Michigan football backfield as the 2022 season approaches. As a redshirt freshman, Nichols finished 2021 with 1,848 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns on 341 carries, outpacing Michigan State's Kenneth Walker III and Iowa State's Breece Hall. Both Walker and Hall are currently in the NFL. "I wanted to follow up the season I had last year with this group of guys," Nichols said. "I mean, I didn't really put too much thought into that."

Instead, as the Chippewa offense looks to retool multiple positions, Nichols has stepped into a leadership role. Running Backs Coach Cornell Jackson said Nichols has gone about it in his way. "He's done a nice job helping the younger guys in the room," Jackson said. "He's done a nice job on the field motivating guys, but is he a rah-rah get-in-your-face type of player? No, he just turns up the volume with pads on. "I tell you what, he's having an unbelievable camp. Lew came in shape like he always does, keeping his chin down just a little bit, running hard. Good team leader." - Central Michigan Life

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RB *Lew Nichols III, Central Michigan
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08/11/22 - Maurice White, rSr/2024, Central Michigan + More +

Memphis senior defensive tackle Maurice White has entered the transfer portal, a source confirmed to The Commercial Appeal. White, who's in his fifth season, is no longer listed on the Tigers' roster. The source requested anonymity because an announcement has yet to be made public. White, who played 11 games last season, was on the roster when preseason practice started Wednesday. He was third on the team last season with 3 1/2 sacks among his 12 tackles. White was expected to add depth at defensive line with starter Morris Joseph transferring three weeks before spring practice. However, sophomore linemen Cam'Ron Jackson and Zy Brockington started the spring game and remain among the leaders for that position battle with practice underway. White arrived in 2020 as a transfer from East Mississippi Community College and played 11 games that season. - Memphis Commercial Appeal

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DE Maurice White, Central Michigan
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08/08/22 - Maurice White, rSr/2024, Central Michigan + More +

Former Memphis defensive tackle Maurice White has decided to enter the transfer portal, Frank Bonner II of the Daily Memphian reports. Just 26 days before Memphis' first game of the season, White decided to enter the transfer portal. The senior defensive tackle was third on the team last season with three sacks and totaled 12 tackles. The fifth-year senior would have added depth on the defensive line, and his position will likely be filled by either Cam'Ron Jackson or Zy Brockington. - Daily Memphian

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DE Maurice White, Central Michigan
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08/03/22 - *Lew Nichols III, rSo/2023, Central Michigan + More +

2022 PRESEASON WALTER CAMP PLAYER OF YEAR PLAYER TO WATCH: Lew Nicholls, RB, sophomore, Central Michigan,...Nichols was earlier named to the Maxwell Award Watch List and was named a candidate for the Doak Walker Award. Nichols, a sophomore from Detroit, led the nation in rushing in 2021 with 1,848 yards and all-purpose yardage with 2,186 yards. He scored 18 touchdowns, was named the Mid-American Conference Offensive Player of the Year and earned the team's Herb Deromedi Most Valuable Player Award. - Central Michigan Football

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RB *Lew Nichols III, Central Michigan
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07/25/22 - *Lew Nichols III, rSo/2023, Central Michigan + More +

2022 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD CANDIDATE: Lew Nichols, III (So.), Central Michigan,...Making this watch list is significant because despite leading the nation in rushing, running back Lew Nichols (5-10. 220) was not selected as a semifinalist for the Doak Walker Award last season. Going back to his 2019 season, Nichols appeared in four games for Central Michigan, carrying 19 times for 89 yards. As a redshirt freshman during the COVID 19-shortened 2020 season, Nichols rushed for 196 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns in a 31-23 victory over rival Eastern Michigan. For the season, he rushed for 508 yards on 78 carries, an average of 6.5 yards per carry. He won the MAC freshman of the year award. Due to special eligibility rules enacted for the 2020 season, Nichols repeated as a redshirt freshman in 2021. He led all players in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) with 1,710 rushing yards. - Nichols' Wikipedia page

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RB *Lew Nichols III, Central Michigan
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07/19/22 - *Lew Nichols III, rSo/2023, Central Michigan + More +

2022 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: Lew Nichols III, Central Michigan,...In 2021, Central Michigan running back Lew Nichols III (5-10, 220) led Football Bowl Subdivision in rushing yards, 1,848; and yards per game, 142.2 … led the nation in carries, 341 … tied for ninth nationally in rushing touchdowns (16) and tied for 11th in total touchdowns (18) … also caught 40 passes for 338 yards and two touchdowns … ranked first in all-purpose yards, 2,186; and all-purpose yards per game, 168.2 … named Mid-American Conference Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-MAC honors … voted as team's Herb Deromedi Most Valuable Player Award winner.

Selected to Phil Steele's All-America Fourth Team and All-MAC First Team … Pro Football Focus All-MAC First Team selection … rushing yardage total and rushes are the second most in program history … rushing touchdowns are the fourth most in program history … total touchdowns tie for the third most in program history … ran for at least 100 yards in 10 games, including seven games of at least 150 yards, and two 200-yard efforts … closed the season in dominant fashion, carrying 149 times for 766 yards (5.1 ypc) and nine touchdowns in the final four contests - Central Michigan Football

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RB *Lew Nichols III, Central Michigan
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06/14/22 - *Lew Nichols III, rSo/2023, Central Michigan + More +

Ten Central Michigan football players have earned 2022 All-Mid-American Conference honors from Athlon Sports. CMU running back Lew Nichols III and punter Luke Elzinga were named to the first team, while wide receiver Dallas Dixon, center Jamezz Kimbrough, defensive lineman John Wesley Whiteside and placekicker Marshall Meeder were named to the second team. Chippewa cornerback Donte Kent was named to the third team, while tight end Joel Wilson and defensive linemen Robi Stuart and Thomas Incoom were named to the fourth team. The Chippewas are scheduled to open the season on Sept. 1 at Oklahoma State. - Central Michigan Football

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RB *Lew Nichols III, Central Michigan
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03/05/22 - Luke Goedeke, Sr/2022, Central Michigan + More +

Luke Goedeke had designs on being an NFL tight end when he reported for his first day of football practice at Central Michigan in 2018, even if his coaches secretly saw his future at a different position. A transfer from Division III Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Goedeke showed up to the equipment room and was told the only cleats available in his size were for an offensive lineman. Undeterred, Goedeke spent the next week and a half slipping and sliding across the practice field before he approached his position coach, Tavita Thompson, and asked what he could do to crack the playing rotation.

Thompson, a former Oregon State offensive tackle, suggested Goedeke switch to offensive line. "They told me this past year, which I had a feeling that was the plan all along, to just transition me to the offensive line," Goedeke said. "But it worked out in the end, so no complaints." Once a self-described "negative two-star" recruit, Goedeke now projects as a mid-round pick and one of the best feel-good stories in April's NFL draft. - Central Michigan Life

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OG Luke Goedeke, Central Michigan
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02/28/22 - Bernhard Raimann, rSr/2022, Central Michigan + More +

2021 ALL-MAC FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Offensive Lineman - Bernhard Raimann, Central Michigan,...Raimann came to Central Michigan after spending his high school days as a foreign exchange student at Delton-Kellogg High School. He moved to tackle prior to the 2020 season and has developed into one of the very best at his position in the nation and is projected by many to be a first-round NFL draft pick. - Central Michigan Football

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OT Bernhard Raimann, Central Michigan
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02/28/22 - *Lew Nichols III, rSo/2023, Central Michigan + More +

2021 ALL-MAC FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Running Back - Lew Nichols III, Central Michigan,...Nichols, a redshirt freshman running back from Detroit, earned the MAC Freshman of the Year Award in 2020. He leads the nation in rushing with 1,710 yards and in all-purpose yardage with 2,010 yards. Nichols is the sixth Chippewa to be named the MAC Offensive Player of the Year and the first since Dan LeFevour in 2009. - Central Michigan Football

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RB *Lew Nichols III, Central Michigan
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02/28/22 - Kalil Pimpleton, Sr/2022, Central Michigan + More +

2021 ALL-MAC FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Wide Receiver - Kalil Pimpleton, Central Michigan,...Pimpleton, who hails from Muskegon, leads the MAC in average punt return yardage, 20.25 yards, and returned two punts for touchdowns this season. Both of those returns for touchdowns came in a 42-30 victory at Western Michigan; one covered a CMU-record 97 yards and stands as the third-longest punt return in MAC history. It marks the third time in CMU history that a Chippewa has earned the MAC Special Teams Player of the Year Award. Antonio Brown brought home the honor to Mount Pleasant in 2008-09. - Central Michigan Football

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WR Kalil Pimpleton, Central Michigan
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02/28/22 - Luke Goedeke, Sr/2022, Central Michigan + More +

2021 ALL-MAC FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Offensive Lineman - Luke Goedeke, Central Michigan,...Central Michigan football standouts Lew Nichols III and Kalil Pimpleton earned individual honors from the Mid-American Conference today as the league released its 2021 all-conference team and individual award winners. Pimpleton, who also plays wide receiver, and Nichols were named to the All-MAC First Team offense along with Chippewa tackles Luke Goedeke and Bernhard Raimann. - Central Michigan Football

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OG Luke Goedeke, Central Michigan
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02/28/22 - Marion Lukes, rSr/2025, Central Michigan + More +

2021 ALL-MAC THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Kickoff Return Specialist - Marion Lukes, Central Michigan,...CMU wide receivers JaCorey Sullivan and Dallas Dixon were named to the All-MAC Third Team offense, and the Chippewas' Marion Lukes earned a spot on the third team as a return specialist. - Central Michigan Football

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