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  SEPT 5 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL: Ivan Pace Jr., Sr., LB, Cincinnati,...Had 12 tackles with a sack and 3.5 tackles for loss in a 34-21 loss at No. 19 Arkansas. - American Athletic Conference Football

Sr/2023 ILB Ivan Pace Jr., Cincinnati
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  2022 PRESEASON WUERFFEL TROPHY (COMMUNITY SERVICE) WATCHLIST: Wilson Huber, Cincinnati, Sr., LB,...Huber has already earned a bachelor's and master's degree from UC while earning his real estate license this summer. The Indianapolis native appeared in all 14 games as a reserve linebacker and special-teams ace, registering 15 tackles (nine solo) with four TFLs and three sacks, including a heavy presence on third-down packages. He also recovered a fumble on a kickoff at Notre Dame and blocked a punt against SMU, in addition to sacks against Temple and SMU, plus a TFL versus UCF. He also picked up a sack on Heisman Trophy-winning QB Bryce Young against No. 1 Alabama in the College Football Semifinals at the 86th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. Huber also collected CoSIDA Academic All-District honors and was named the Cotton Bowl's Dan S. Petty Scholar-Athlete Award honoree for UC. - Cincinnati Football

rSr/2023 OLB Wilson Huber, Cincinnati
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  When the Arizona State Sun Devils football team takes the field for the first time of the 2022 regular season against Northern Arizona on Sept. 1, they will be doing so with a new man under center. After three seasons with Jayden Daniels running the offense, it's time for the Emory Jones show to take control of the Sun Devils' offense. ASU head coach Herm Edwards named Jones the team's 'QB1' on Thursday, after a training camp battle with fellow quarterbacks Paul Tyson and Trenton Bourguet. "It's a lot different, a different landscape for me," Jones told Arizona Sports' Burns & Gambo about his new home. "It's been a smooth transition for me, though." Jones, the LaGrange, Georgia native who spent the first four years of his collegiate career at Florida, traded the southern humidity for the Valley heat.

The quarterback, however, said he went on a trip to Arizona during spring break this year before making the decision to transfer. After participating in spring ball at Florida under new head coach Billy Napier, Jones entered the transfer portal. He said he was in contact with Oklahoma, Notre Dame and UCF before ultimately making the decision to head to ASU. "It really wasn't hard, I only took one official visit and it was here," Jones said. "Coach Herm, throughout the recruitment, he talked to me and my mom almost every day." Comparing it to his recruitment as a high schooler, Jones said he knew exactly what he was looking for, which was ultimately support. "I knew that he would take care of me on and off the field and put me in the best position to be successful," Jones said. - Arizonasports.com

rSr/2024 QB Emory Jones, Cincinnati
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  The quarterback debate at Arizona State is over and it ended the way most thought it would. Florida transfer Emory Jones has been named the starter for the Sun Devils' Sept. 1 regular season opener against Northern Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium. The announcement was made by head coach Herm Edwards after Thursday's practice. Edwards said he met with the players and gave them official word Wednesday night. "It's always tough at that position because only one guy can play," Edwards said. "They were disappointed but we had good competition. They all got better." Edwards says Jones' versatility was a key. "He's the guy that has proven he can move the team in a bunch of ways. He can make some unannounced plays. The play that is not scripted. The competition was good for him to earn the trust of his teammates and the coaching staff and all the other guys improved too.

The departure of three-year starter Jayden Daniels to the transfer portal created a void at that position. The Sun Devils had five athletes competing for that spot in the spring but no one separated himself from the rest of the pack. Jones, a 6-foot-2, 210-pounder, was added to the mix in May, six weeks after he hit the transfer portal after three years in a Gator uniform. "I know one thing: When he throws the ball, he doesn't throw a lot of curveballs," Edwards said, earlier this month when discussing Jones. "It's fast. So you better be ready cause it's going to get on you. It gets on you fast. You don't have your head around, your hands ready, it can bounce off you. So you gotta get your head around. And that's the timing of receivers and quarterback." Jones completed 64.7% (224-for-346) of his passes in 2021 for 2,734 yards and 19 touchdowns but had 13 interceptions. - Arizona Republic

rSr/2024 QB Emory Jones, Cincinnati
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  The way West Virginia plays its unique defense, the position they dub "the Bandit" is crucial to its success. But just what the heck is "the Bandit" and how you would he define the perfect "Bandit"? That was the question dropped upon Jared Bartlett, the personification of the position. "I would say the perfect bandit is a guy who can rush and affect the quarterback; someone who can drop back and affect the pass game; someone who can affect the run; someone who can set the edge. It's like a mixture of a D-end, a linebacker and a nickel." It's sort of, if we might dare use a term being used far too loosely and too much around the Mountaineer camp as they put together the team that will face Pitt on Thursday night, Sept. 1, to open the 2022 college football season, a Swiss Army knife.

He is big, but not too big; fast enough to drop into coverage; vicious enough drop ball carriers; fast and vicious enough to rush around or through pass protectors and bring down a quarterback before he can release the ball. The perfect "Bandit" is, in reality, the perfect football player. Bartlett possesses all those raw abilities but they all did not exactly come easily to him. "Pass rushing came naturally to me," Bartlett admitted. "They had me on the edge when I first came here. That was the most simple thing I could learn. The drops and coverages, that took a little time to learn because when I was in high school I wasn't a cover guy. I played mostly played mostly D-end. "The run fits, as far filling the gaps when I'm in the box, it took me a little while to learn that but I picked it up quicker than the pass coverage." - Charleston Gazette-Mail

rSr/2025 OLB Jared Bartlett, Cincinnati
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  2022 PRESEASON ALLSTATE AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM NOMINEE: Wilson Huber, University of Cincinnati,...Appeared in all 14 games as a reserve linebacker and special-teams ace in 2021, registering 15 tackles (nine solo) with four TFLs and three sacks...Appeared in most third-down packages. - Cincinnati Football

rSr/2023 OLB Wilson Huber, Cincinnati
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  Ohio State football expected second-year running back Evan Pryor to work his way into becoming a significant piece of the offense this season. That plan ended when Pryor suffered a knee injury in practice this week, cleveland.com can confirm. Rivals' Austin Ward first reported the injury is expected to cost Pryor the entire 2022 season. "Learning how to embrace the obstacles life may throw your way," Pryor said in a Twitter post on Monday. The loss of Pryor leaves OSU with three scholarship running backs available - returning starter TreVeyon Henderson, third-year backup Miyan Williams and true freshman Dallan Hayden.

Pryor, a top 100, four-star prospect in the 2021 class, used a redshirt while playing only four games last season. He rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries in mop-up duties. However, he was expected to have more involvement this fall, though still third on the depth chart behind Henderson and Williams. Pryor showed some of what he was capable of in the spring game, rushing for 106 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries. - Cleveland Plain Dealer

rJr/2026 RB Evan Pryor, Cincinnati
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  2022 PRESEASON ROTARY LOMBARDI AWARD WATCHLIST: Lorenz Metz, Cincinnati, Sr OG,...Metz started in eight games at right guard en route to All-AAC First Team and CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. The Neuötting, Germany, native has 21 starts in his career, playing guard and both tackle spots, and graduated in December with a degree in industrial management. He was one of the standouts on an offensive line paved the way for UC's offense to average the ninth-most yards per play (6.71) in the country. UC ranked second the AAC in yards per rush (5.22), and the offensive line gave up only 53 tackles for loss all season long, which was the seventh-fewest in the nation. - Cincinnati Football

rSr/2023 OT Lorenz Metz, Cincinnati
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  The standard at the safety position is sky high at the University of Cincinnati. The Bearcats have had four safeties drafted to the NFL in Luke Fickell's five seasons as head coach. Three of those safeties are currently vying for prominent roles on their respective teams. As Darrick Forrest (Washington Commanders), James Wiggins (Arizona Cardinals) and Bryan Cook (Kansas City Chiefs) are working through NFL training camp, their former Bearcats teammate, Ja'von Hicks, is working to uphold the standard they set at Cincinnati. "It has its moments where it has its highs," Hicks said of the responsibility of upholding that standard. "I enjoy leading the young guys. And then there's times where it's also stressful, being that I'm the only real veteran in the safety room. I'm OK with it, though. Put everything on my shoulders. I'm OK with leading the young bulls."

Hicks could've tried his luck in the 2022 NFL Draft like his longtime friend Cook, but he decided instead to stay at Cincinnati for one more season thanks in large part to the efforts of Bearcats co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach Colin Hitschler. "Last year, he was a vocal leader," Hitschler said. "Him and Cook were a steady presence in the back end of one of the best secondaries in the country. He's been there and done it. It's great to have him back. It was a huge recruiting battle to bring him back for a fifth year. It was as important as any recruiting battle there is. From a leadership standpoint, he just brings that calmness to the room." With 29 career starts, including starting all 14 games alongside Cook and All-American cornerbacks Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner and Coby Bryant last season, Hicks is now the undisputed leader of Cincinnati's defensive backfield. - Cincinnati Enquirer

rSr/2023 FS Javon Hicks, Cincinnati
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  When asked to describe what a bandit should be within the schematics of West Virginia's defense, redshirt sophomore Jared Bartlett gave quite an extensive answer. "I would say the perfect bandit is someone who can rush and affect the quarterback, someone who can drop back and affect the pass game, someone who can fit the run, someone who can set the edge or fit inside on run gaps," Bartlett said during a media session on Wednesday. "It's like a mixture between [a defensive] end, an inside linebacker and a nickel[back]." Sort of sounds like an all-around defensive player, doesn't it? "That's what a bandit is," Bartlett insisted.

That's quite a list of expectations, but it's a list to which Bartlett holds himself as the Mountaineers prepare for their first preseason scrimmage on Thursday. Bartlett has certainly shown flashes in his three seasons. He was the Big 12 defensive player of the week after a three-sack performance in a win over Virginia Tech last year. He has 59 tackles and seven sacks to his credit for his career. But the bandit - a hybrid position between a linebacker and a defensive lineman - should be a difference-maker in all facets of the defense, as Bartlett said. The quest for consistency has been his biggest quest this offseason. "The way I've been practicing lately is taking it day by day," Bartlett said. "Once you establish consistency and continue to play at a high level, good things happen, so that's my mindset right now." - Gazette Mail

rSr/2025 OLB Jared Bartlett, Cincinnati
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  The University of Cincinnati football team is moving on from three key defensive linemen after their College Football Playoff appearance following the 2021 season. Defensive end Myjai Sanders was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals. Defensive tackle Curtis Brooks went to the Indianapolis Colts, and defensive tackle Marcus Brown graduated. For head coach Luke Fickell and defensive coordinator Mike Tressel, there are plenty of gaps to fill.

With 24 days left before Cincinnati faces SEC foe Arkansas on Sept. 3, the clock is ticking. Luckily, the Bearcats have a solid base of defensive linemen in Jowon Briggs (junior), Malik Vann (graduate), Jabari Taylor (graduate) and Dominique Perry (redshirt sophomore). "All these different dudes who can play some football," junior center Jake Renfro said. "As an offensive lineman, we go against those dudes every day. We're making each other better, fighting for those reps, getting really good work in." Renfro said the mentality, iron sharpens iron, really comes into fruition when facing people like Briggs, who he called one of the strongest guys he's ever seen in his life. - Cincinnati Enquirer

rSr/2024 DT Jowon Briggs, Cincinnati
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  Gino Guidugli, who has served as Cincinnati's quarterbacks coach since 2018, is taking over the offense this season after Fickell's longtime offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock joined Brian Kelly at LSU. Guidugli acknowledged that Prater and Bryant are vastly different quarterbacks. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound Bryant is more of a pocket passer, while Prater, the 6-foot-4, 200-pound 2019 Ohio Mr. Football from Wyoming High School, possesses a more athletic, dual-threat skill set. Guidugli said Prater's and Bryant's reps will rotate differently each day, as he is scripting practices in a way that caters to each player's strengths to give them both an opportunity to succeed. "Hopefully, when it's all said and done, the arrows are pointing in one direction and it's not that tough a decision," Guidugli said. "They're really both playing their ass off." - Cincinnati Enquirer

rSr/2025 WR Evan Prater, Cincinnati
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  The college football punditry class is not misguided in thinking the single biggest key to UK success this season is whether Buford and Flax can play at a level similar to that at which recent Kentucky tackles George Asafo-Adjei (seventh round, New York Giants, 2019); Landon Young (sixth round, New Orleans Saints, 2021); and Darian Kinnard (fifth round, Kansas City Chiefs, 2022) have performed. "I think our tackles are pretty good," new UK offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello says. "I think they are going to surprise people." Though both began their football journeys in Motown, Buford and Flax arrived in Lexington facing opposite personal challenges to getting on the field.

Buford was ranked the No. 24 offensive tackle prospect in the class of 2020 by 24/7 Sports, praised by the recruiting geeks for his athleticism. However, the product of Detroit's Martin Luther King High School needed to add bulk to his 6-foot-3 frame in UK's conditioning program to hold up against SEC pass rushers. "I came in (to college), probably, 275 pounds," Buford says. "Right now, today, I weighed in at 312 pounds. After practice, it was 308. So I am kind of right where I need to be." At 6-3, Buford does not have the prototypical height of a Southeastern Conference offensive tackle. "I think they kind of 'shorted me," Buford says with a grin. "I might be 6-4." Stand next to him and observe how long his arms are, and you decide it is not just happy talk when UK coaches say, height not withstanding, Buford has the length to play left tackle vs. SEC pass rushers. - Herald Leader

rSr/2025 OG Deondre Buford, Cincinnati
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  Derrick Canteen can remember the last time he felt this healthy - which is a good thing in this context, but it came after a bad thing. "I'm 100% healthy," the redshirt junior cornerback said Wednesday on the first day of fall practice for the Georgia Southern football team. "The last practice was 2021, early in the season going into FAU - that was the last time I could say that." Canteen had trained hard to follow his breakout season of 2020, when he was a Freshman All-American and All-Sun Belt Conference first team after tying for the FBS lead and tying a program record with six interceptions. He had practiced and prepared for the second game of the 2021 season on Sept. 11 at Florida Atlantic, where he recorded one tackle before tearing his pectoral muscle and missing the rest of the season.

Though he was around the team on the sidelines, Canteen was missed greatly on the field as the Eagles' defensive secondary suffered though numerous injuries, inconsistent lineups and inexperienced players pressed into service. The team's overall struggles in a 3-9 campaign were reflected in the defense. Georgia Southern ranked 126th of 130 FBS teams, having yielded 3,474 yards, 289.5 per game, and 28 passing TDs. "It was all a learning experience," said Canteen, an Evans High School graduate. "We had young guys. We had different people at different places, but it was a learning experience. I think what we learned from last year, we'll carry to this year." - Savannah Morning News

rSr/2025 CB Derrick Canteen, Cincinnati
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  2022 PRESEASON PHIL STEELE/DRAFT SCOUT IVY LEAGUE FIRST TEAM: Trevor Radosevich, Penn, Sr.,...Started all 10 games at center in 2021...Second-team All-Ivy...Part of an offensive line that averaged more than 125 rushing yards per game. - Pennsylvania Football

rSr/2024 C Trevor Radosevich, Cincinnati
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