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MJ Morris has given No. 21 North Carolina State the spark it needed. The first-year passer threw for three scores while the Wolfpack's defense thrice picked off Sam Hartman to beat No. 20 Wake Forest 30-21 on Saturday night. He threw for 210 yards in becoming the first true freshman in more than 22 years to start for the Wolfpack (7-2, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), following his three-TD effort in last week's comeback home win against Virginia Tech. This performance, though, came against a ranked instate foe featuring a veteran star quarterback in Hartman leading a high-scoring offense. "He's way ahead of where we thought he would be at this point in his career," Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren said of Morris. Morris hit Darryl Jones for two of his touchdowns and Keyon Lesane for another to lead the offense.

He also directed a key late drive that took four minutes off the clock and set up Christopher Dunn's 25-yard field goal to make it a two-possession game with 2:54 left. And it was another boost for a team that lost preseason ACC player of the year Devin Leary at quarterback to a season-ending injury less than a month ago. "That's one of the things Coach Doeren told me last week: "Just bring that juice because the whole team is going to revolve around you," Morris said. Meanwhile, the Wolfpack's veteran defense got after Hartman for four sacks and plenty of pressure up front. The unit also got an early boost by standing up when the Demon Deacons got a first-and-goal at the 1-yard line, forcing three straight negative-yardage plays followed by a missed field goal. This wasn't the type of performance Dave Clawson wanted from his Demon Deacons (6-3, 2-3), who lost at Louisville last week while committing eight turnovers - six by Hartman in the third quarter alone. Hartman threw for 397 yards and connected with Taylor Morin and A.T. Perry for touchdowns in this one, while Perry had 12 catches for 159 yards. But the Demon Deacons managed just 17 yards rushing to put everything on Hartman's right arm. - NC State/AP College Football

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QB MJ Morris, Coastal Carolina
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10/27/22 - MJ Morris, rJr/2027, Coastal Carolina, 6-1, 209 (DS#999 QB) + More +

First-year quarterback MJ Morris threw for three second-half touchdowns to help No. 24 North Carolina State rally from 18 points down in the third quarter to beat Virginia Tech 22-21 on Thursday night. Morris took over for starter Jack Chambers to lead an unexpected comeback for the Wolfpack (6-2, 2-2 Atalntic Coast Conference), who trailed 21-3 after Grant Wells' 20-yard TD keeper with 4:02 in the third quarter. Instead, N.C. State somehow found a way to make its biggest comeback since rallying from 27 down to beat Maryland in 2011. It also marked the Wolfpack's second comeback from a double-digit deficit after halftime this month, going back to a rally from 17-3 down at the break against Florida State.

This one was arguably more critical for a team that had been reeling offensively since losing quarterback and preseason ACC player of the year Devin Leary to a season-ending injury in that Florida State win. But after looking like every yard was a struggle, Morris and the Wolfpack started pushing the ball downfield and connecting to suddenly change momentum. It started with a 35-yard deep throw from Morris to Thayer Thomas with 1:42 left in the third. Morris followed with a 7-yard score to Trent Pennix early in the fourth, then hit Thomas again on a short throw that the receiver cut up the middle of the field and scored from 18 yards out with 7:38 mark. After its veteran defense forced a three-and-out, the Wolfpack kept the chains moving on a final drive that ate up the last 5:35 to seal the win. Thomas finished with 10 catches for 118 yards and the two scores for the Wolfpack. Wells ran for two scores and hit Kaleb Smith for an 85-yard score in the third for the Hokies (2-6, 1-4). - NC State/AP College Football

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QB MJ Morris, Coastal Carolina
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10/20/22 - Sam Pinckney, rSr/2024, Coastal Carolina, 6-3, 223 (DS#93 WR) + More +

Coastal Carolina football wide receiver Sam Pinckney has been added to the 2022 Biletnikoff Award watch list, the Tallahassee Quarterback Club (TQC) Foundation, Inc., the Florida-based creator and sponsor of the prestigious Biletnikoff Award, announced on Wednesday. Pinckney was also named to the 2020 Biletnikoff Award watch list while at Georgia State. The Biletnikoff Award annually recognizes the college football season's outstanding FBS receiver. Any player, regardless of position - wide receiver, tight end, slot back, and running back - who catches a pass is eligible for the award. As such, the Biletnikoff Award recognizes college football's outstanding receiver, not merely college football's outstanding wide receiver. In his first season as a Chant, the graduate transfer leads the team with 44 receptions for 623 yards and one touchdown. He is second on the team with an average of 14.16 yards per catch this year and has recorded three 100-yard receiving games on the year. - Coastal Carolina football

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WR Sam Pinckney, Coastal Carolina
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08/16/22 - Clayton Isbell, rSr/2024, Coastal Carolina, 6-2, 221 (DS#71 OLB) + More +

Utah defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley likes what new safety Clayton Isbell brings to the defense. Isbell transferred to the Utes after playing two seasons at Illinois State. His sophomore season, he collected 62 tackles and three interceptions. Now, Isbell is making an impression in fall camp. "He covers a lot of ground. He's rangy. The more he understands our scheme, the faster he's going to play. With that length, he poses some problems in man-to-man coverage against tight ends," Scalley said. "He's shown up and done a nice job. He's a guy that you can coach hard, too. Sometimes the newcomers, you coach them hard and they look at you like you've got 10 heads. But he's another coach that was coached well."

Isbell said that's one of his strengths - learning from coaches. "The coaches here love the players. You show love by the way they teach and the way they coach," he said. "Through my college experience I've learned to trust coaches and trust the process." Safeties Cole Bishop and R.J. Hubert have been helping Isbell in camp. "Anytime I have questions or when I mess up, they correct me and pick me up," Isbell said. How are the safeties faring in camp? "The safeties are looking really good. A lot of experience," Isbell said. "They may be young in academics but on the field they definitely have some time and have game experience. We're looking good." - Deseret News

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OLB Clayton Isbell, Coastal Carolina
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08/12/22 - Kennedy Roberts, rSr/2024, Coastal Carolina, 6-1, 287 (DS#124 DT) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ALLSTATE AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM NOMINEE: Kennedy Roberts, Coastal Carolina University,...A 2021 Wuerffel Trophy preseason watch list member, Roberts is a three-time member of the Dean's List at CCU and has volunteered in the community at events such as Tim Tebow's "Night to Shine" Prom, Caring for Kindergartners, Centenary United Methodist Church-Pumpkin sale, and at the local Boys and Girls Club. On the field for the Chants, he has totaled 29 tackles, including 1.0 tackle-for-loss and 0.5 sacks over 34 games played. He has also blocked a kick on special teams. - Coastal Carolina Football

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DT Kennedy Roberts, Coastal Carolina
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08/05/22 - Micheal Mason, rSr/2024, Coastal Carolina, 6-2, 276 (DS#42 DT) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DL Micheal Mason, Sr., DL, Wofford,...Mason, a senior from Florence, S.C., played in eight games with six starts and recorded 44 total tackles. He led the team with 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. He was named first team All-Southern Conference in the spring of 2021, while earning second team honors in 2019 and 2021. - Wofford Football

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DT Micheal Mason, Coastal Carolina
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08/02/22 - DJordan Strong, rSr/2023, Coastal Carolina, 5-10, 187 (DS#81 CB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY WATCHLIST: CB D'Jordan Strong, Coastal Carolina,...Strong recorded seven pass breakups in conference play in 2021, which ranked sixth in the Sun Belt, and anchored the "Black Swarm" defense that was second in the Sun Belt with the fewest passing yards allowed (190.3) and fewest points allowed per game (21.6). He registered a season-high four tackles and two pass breakups in the home win over UMass (Sept. 25) and also had four tackles in the 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl win over Northern Illinois (Dec. 17). - Coastal Carolina Football

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CB DJordan Strong, Coastal Carolina
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07/16/22 - Micheal Mason, rSr/2024, Coastal Carolina, 6-2, 276 (DS#42 DT) + More +

Wofford will miss starting linebackers Joe Beckett and John Beckley - they started all 11 games last year and were the team's leading tacklers - but there aren't many other holes on the defense going into fall camp. The Terriers are bringing back eight starters, including the entire three-man defensive front. That defensive line showed promise last year led by Micheal Mason, who made the All-Southern Conference second team with 44 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and two forced fumbles. The 6-foot-3, 270-pound senior out of South Carolina plays defensive end opposite Chuck Smith, with Brandon Maina at nose. Maina made the Southern Conference's All-Freshman team last year. - Roanoke Times

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DT Micheal Mason, Coastal Carolina
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05/06/22 - Enock Makonzo, rSr/2022, Coastal Carolina, 5-11, 195 (DS#999 SS) + More +

Coastal Carolina's Enock Makonzo was chosen by the Edmonton Elks as the No. 4 overall pick in the first round of the 2022 Canadian Football League (CFL) Draft on Tuesday night. He is the first Coastal Carolina player to be taken in the CFL Draft. He finished his CCU career with 150 total tackles, including 79 solo stops and 71 assisted tackles, 21.5 tackles-for-loss, 2.0 sacks, one pass breakup, five forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries. As a redshirt senior in 2021, Makonzo was third on the team in total tackles with 71.0, third in solo tackles with 30, and third in assisted tackles with 41. He was tied for second in tackles-for-loss with 10.0 and tied for the team lead with three forced fumbles. - Coastal Carolina Football

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SS Enock Makonzo, Coastal Carolina
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12/16/21 - Jaivon Heiligh, Sr/2022, Coastal Carolina, 6-1, 202 (DS#65 WR) + More +

2021 ALL-SUN BELT THIRD TEAM (COACHES): RS - Jaivon Heiligh, Coastal Carolina (Sr., RS - Venice, Fla.),...On top of earning first-team recognition as a wide receiver, Heiligh picked up third-team accolades as a return specialist. As a punt returner this season, Heiligh returned 13 punts for 77 yards, an average of 5.9 per return. Most importantly, he has no fumbles or muffed punts and has been excellent in setting up the Chants' offense in favorable spots on the field throughout the season. When he does return the kick, he has returned four punts for 12 yards or more on the season. - Coastal Carolina Football

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WR Jaivon Heiligh, Coastal Carolina
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12/16/21 - Alex Spillum, rSr/2022, Coastal Carolina, 6-2, 188 (DS#29 FS) + More +

2021 ALL-SUN BELT THIRD TEAM (COACHES): DB - Alex Spillum, Coastal Carolina (RS Sr., DB - Chanhassen, Minn.),...An All-Sun Belt third-team pick last year as well, Spillum had another all-conference season in 2021, as he finished the regular season with 52.0 tackles, 0.5 tackles-for-loss, five pass breakups, and a team-high two interceptions. He also leads the Sun Belt and is second in all of FBS with two blocked kicks, one of which he recovered for a touchdown in the win over Kansas (Sept. 10). The Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week after the win over Georgia Southern (Nov. 6), Spillum had 37 total tackles, two interceptions, three pass breakups, and one blocked kick which was returned for a touchdown in Sun Belt Conference play. - Coastal Carolina Football

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FS Alex Spillum, Coastal Carolina
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12/16/21 - Trey Carter, rSr/2022, Coastal Carolina, 6-1, 295 (DS#999 OG) + More +

2021 ALL-SUN BELT THIRD TEAM (COACHES): OL - Trey Carter, Coastal Carolina (Super Sr., OL - Monroeville, Ala.),...One of just two players in Sun Belt history to be a five-time All-Sun Belt honoree, Carter received third-team accolades this season after being named to the first team in 2020, the third team in 2019, and an honorable mention in both 2017 and 2018. Carter has played in and started 60-straight games, every game since redshirting as a true freshman in 2016. He has been the leader up front all season long for an offensive line team that has been named to the Joe Moore Award list each of the last two years.

The two-time team captain is part of the offensive line unit that leads the way for an offense that leads the nation in third-down conversion percentage (54.1) and team passing efficiency (190.63). The Chants lead the Sun Belt in third-down conversion percentage (54.1), fourth-down conversion percentage (75.0), completion percentage (70.2), first downs gained (287), fewest interceptions thrown (4), passing yards per completion (15.33), rushing offense (231.2), scoring offense (40.4), and total offense (493.1). The offensive line group has allowed just 21 sacks on the season and just 61 tackles-for-loss, averages 1.75 and 5.08 per game which both rank at the top of the Sun Belt. - Coastal Carolina Football

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OG Trey Carter, Coastal Carolina
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12/16/21 - Jeffrey Gunter, rSr/2022, Coastal Carolina, 6-4, 256 (DS#18 DE) + More +

2021 ALL-SUN BELT SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DL - Jeffrey Gunter, Coastal Carolina (RS Sr., DL - Durham, N.C.),...A three-time All-Sun Belt selection having picked up first-team honors in both 2018 and 2020, Gunter earned second-team accolades this season in which he was a do-it-all bandit end for the Chants defense. The redshirt senior finished the regular season with 41 tackles, 10.0 tackles-for-loss, 6.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, five quarterback hurries, and one blocked kick. His 10.0 tackles-for-loss are second on the team and ninth in the Sun Belt, while his 6.5 sacks are second on the team and eighth in the Sun Belt. Gunter has tallied five tackles or more three times and a tackle-for-loss in seven games on the year. - Coastal Carolina Football

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DE Jeffrey Gunter, Coastal Carolina
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12/16/21 - Enock Makonzo, rSr/2022, Coastal Carolina, 5-11, 195 (DS#999 SS) + More +

2021 ALL-SUN BELT HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): SPUR - Enock Makonzo (RS Sr., SPUR - Lachine, Quebec, Canada),...Makonzo, who garnered his second All-Sun Belt honorable mention honor this year, was all over the field this season for the Chants. The redshirt senior is third on the team in total tackles with 60.0, fourth in tackles-for-loss with 9.0, and is tied for the team lead with three forced fumbles. The spur linebacker/defensive back, finished conference play with 35 tackles, 4.0 tackles-for-loss, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery. He had a career-high 11 tackles in the win over Troy (Oct. 28) and has tallied five tackles or more in seven games on the year. - Coastal Carolina Football

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SS Enock Makonzo, Coastal Carolina
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12/16/21 - Teddy Gallagher, rSr/2022, Coastal Carolina, 6-0, 225 (DS#49 ILB) + More +

2021 ALL-SUN BELT HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): LB - Teddy Gallagher (Super Sr., LB - Los Angeles, Calif.),...A two-time co-captain and leader of the "Black Swarm" defense, Gallagher has picked up all-conference recognition for the third-straight season after receiving third-team honors in both 2019 and 2020. The super senior finished the regular season second on the team with 77 tackles to go along with 8.0 tackles-for-loss, 2.0 sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, one pass breakup, and five quarterback hurries. His 77 tackles on the season ranks 10th in the Sun Belt, while his 54 total tackles in Sun Belt Conference play ranked 11th overall. He has registered five tackles or more in nine games on the year, including posting a season-high 11 stops at Appalachian State (Oct. 20) and 10 stops in the regular-season finale at South Alabama (Nov. 26). In his four years at CCU, he has totaled 294 career tackles and is just six stops shy of becoming just the fourth Chanticleer in program history to reach 300 career tackles. - Coastal Carolina Football

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ILB Teddy Gallagher, Coastal Carolina
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