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WEEK 12 SOCON SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jackson Crosby, Gr., WR, East Tennessee State (Six Mile, SC),...Crosby had perhaps the biggest special teams play of the day for ETSU in its win at No. 25 Western Carolina on Saturday afternoon. He powered through to block a punt with just five seconds left in the third quarter, and his team was clinging to a 38-35 lead. The block set the Bucs' offense up nicely at the Western Carolina five, and power back Jason Albritton bulled into the end zone on the first play of the fourth quarter for a 45-35 ETSU lead that would hold. Crosby has played a key role on special teams this season after transferring from Clemson. Other nominees: John McConnell (Mercer). - SoCon Football

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WR Jackson Crosby, East Tennessee State
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11/22/25 - Devontae Houston, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 5-10, 163 (DS#92 RB) + More +

Devontae Houston ran for 125 yards and two touchdowns, Jacolby Criswell threw for 244 yards and another score, and East Tennessee State closed its regular season with a 28-26 victory over The Citadel on Saturday. East Tennessee State (7-5, 5-3 Southern) secured seven wins for the second season in a row and coach Will Healy has the second-most wins by a first-year coach in program history, tied with Paul Hamilton in 1997 and Tre Lamb in 2024. Houston's 15-yard touchdown run with 42 seconds left in the first half gave ETSU a 28-14 lead.

The Citadel scored all 12 second-half points, the last on a 33-yard field goal with 7:37 remaining. The Bulldogs had a 39-yard touchdown through the air on the scoring run, but the two-point conversion attempt was no good when Mike Jenkins batted away a pass in the end zone. Quentin Hayes threw for 200 yards but he was intercepted twice for The Citadel (4-8, 3-5), which lost its third straight including 49-0 at then-No. 6 Mississippi. He also led the Bulldogs with 18 carries for 103 yards. Garrison Johnson Sr. and Beau Herrington each had a rushing score. ETSU was coming off a 52-point performance against Western Carolina in which Criswell and Jackson Byrd combined for six passing touchdowns to set the program's single-game record. ETSU entered needing 421 total yards to break the program's record for yards in a season set by the 2021 squad at 5,319 but came up just short after finishing with 409. - AP College Football

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RB Devontae Houston, East Tennessee State
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11/15/25 - Jackson Byrd, Fr/2029, East Tennessee State, 6-0, 190 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Jackson Byrd threw the first three touchdowns of his collegiate career and East Tennessee State defeated Western Carolina 52-35 on Saturday. Jackson came on for the Buccaneers (6-5, 4-3 Southern) in with 10 minutes left in the third quarter after starting quarterback Jacolby Criswell hit his head and his helmet came off following a 20-yard scramble to the WCU 10-yard line. Jackson grabbed his head after the tackle and was helped off the field. Three plays later Jackson threw a 5-yard TD pass to Ephraim Floyd for a 30-28 lead.

After WCU (6-5, 5-2) grabbed the lead back late in the third quarter on Taron Dickens' 61-yard pass to Michael Rossin, the Buccaneers scored 21 unanswered points, including Byrd TD passes of 42 yards to Hakeem Meggett and 32 yards to Jeremiah Harrison. Byrd's three TD passes came on just five completions on eight attempts for 123 yards. Criswell was 17-of-29 for 271 yards and three touchdowns. ETSU's Jeremiah Harrison had 139 yards receiving and two scores and Hakeem Meggett 113 and two TDs. Jason Albritton rushed for 125 yards on 20 carries with a TD. Dickens was 33-of-48 for 426 yards and two touchdowns for the Catamounts. WCU led by 28-24 at halftime after scoring four second-quarter TDs, including Cam'Ron Dabney's 44-yard scoop-and-score. - AP College Football

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QB Jackson Byrd, East Tennessee State
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11/08/25 - Devontae Houston, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 5-10, 163 (DS#92 RB) + More +

Devontae Houston ran for 151 yards and two touchdowns and East Tennessee State beat Samford 38-14 on Saturday. The Buccaneers (5-5, 3-3 Southern Conference) totaled 600 yards with 363 through the air and 237 on the ground. ETSU's Jacolby Criswell threw for 261 yards and two touchdowns, hitting Karim Page for 26 yards in the first quarter and tight end Charlie Browder from 10 yards in the third. Backup Ephraim Floyd connected with Xavier Gaillardetz for a 70-yard score on his only attempt. Gaillardetz finished with three catches for 113 yards, and Jeremiah Harrison added four receptions for 95.

East Tennessee State opened with Houston's 45-yard touchdown run at 13:40 of the first quarter, added Floyd's 70-yarder 36 seconds later, then made it 21-0 on Criswell's strike to Page. The Buccaneers led 24-7 at halftime and pushed it to 38-7 in the third on Browder's touchdown and Houston's second scoring run, a 40-yarder with 9:57 left in the quarter. Samford's (1-9, 1-7) Quincy Crittendon threw a 20-yard touchdown to C.J. Evans in the first quarter and Brady Stober added a 25-yard touchdown to Calvin Jones late in the fourth. Jones caught five passes for 54 yards and Sam Pickett III had three receptions for 90. The Bulldogs attempted 37 rushes but averaged just 1.5 yards per carry for a total of 56 yards. - AP College Football

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RB Devontae Houston, East Tennessee State
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10/25/25 - Devontae Houston, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 5-10, 163 (DS#92 RB) + More +

Devontae Houston recorded the only two touchdowns for East Tennessee St. in a 14-10 win over Wofford on Saturday. Houston, who scored from 28 yards and 6 yards out in the first quarter, led the team with 94 yards. Quarterback Cade McNamara was injured on the last play of the first quarter. His brother, Jake, stepped under center and recorded 97 passing yards and played the rest of the game. McNamara went 12-for-13 with 103 yards before leaving the game. Wofford (2-6, 1-3 Southern Conference) scored their only touchdown of the game in the first quarter, off a 17-yard rush by Colby Alexander. Sam Spence hit a 34-yard field goal in the second quarter. East Tennessee (4-5, 2-3) extended its win streak over Wofford to three straight games. Wofford holds the all-time series with a record of 9-4. - AP College Football

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RB Devontae Houston, East Tennessee State
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10/21/25 - Xavier Gaillardetz, rJr/2027, East Tennessee State, 6-0, 204 (DS#999 WR) + More +

WEEK 8 SOCON SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Xavier Gaillardetz, R-Jr., WR, ETSU, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada,...Gaillardetz scored ETSU's first points of the day as the Buccaneers topped VMI, 45-10, on Saturday. Following a 3-and-out by the ETSU defense to begin the game, the redshirt junior from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada returned a punt for 80 yards for a touchdown. Gaillardetz's return marked the first punt return touchdown for the Bucs since 2018. Other nominees: Reice Griffith (Mercer) and Marcus Trout (Western Carolina). - SoCon Football

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WR Xavier Gaillardetz, East Tennessee State
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10/14/25 - Xavier Gaillardetz, rJr/2027, East Tennessee State, 6-0, 204 (DS#999 WR) + More +

WEEK 7 SOCON SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Xavier Gaillardetz, R-Jr., WR, ETSU, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada,...Gaillardetz scored ETSU's first points of the day as the Buccaneers topped VMI, 45-10, on Saturday. Following a 3-and-out by the ETSU defense to begin the game, the redshirt junior from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada returned a punt for 80 yards for a touchdown. Gaillardetz's return marked the first punt return touchdown for the Bucs since 2018. Other nominees: Reice Griffith (Mercer) and Marcus Trout (Western Carolina). - SoCon Football

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WR Xavier Gaillardetz, East Tennessee State
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10/11/25 - Devontae Houston, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 5-10, 163 (DS#92 RB) + More +

Xavier Gaillardetz had an 80-yard punt return touchdown less than two minutes into the game, Jake McNamara threw for 176 yards and two touchdowns and East Tennessee State routed VMI 45-10 on Saturday. The Buccaneers (3-4, 1-2 Southern Conference) scored the first 31 points, with Jeremiah Harrison and Ephraim Floyd each catching scores and Devontae Houston scoring on the ground.

Houston led with 76 yards rushing on 12 carries, and Jason Albritton added 56 yards and a rushing score on 10 carries. Khalil Eichelberger had 53 yards on 11 carries. The Bucs ran for 284 yards to VMI's 13, and outgained the Keydets 509-82. Jackson Byrd scored his first career rushing touchdown on a 20-yard dash in the final minute. He also completed his only pass attempt for 13 yards. The Keydets (1-5, 0-2) have lost four straight games, with their lone win coming against Division II Ferrum College. - AP College Football

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RB Devontae Houston, East Tennessee State
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09/21/25 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Cade McNamara passed for 268 yards and ran for a 9-yard touchdown, Ephraim Floyd had 12 receptions for 145 yards and East Tennessee State beat Elon 26-16 on Saturday night. Jason Albritton scored on a 1-yard run that made it 17-10 with eight seconds left in the second quarter. On the first play of the drive, McNamara connected with Floyd for a 45-yard gain. Khalil Eichelberger capped a 12-play, 87-yard drive that took five minutes, 37 seconds off the clock and gave ETSU (2-2) a 26-10 lead with 7:37 left in the game. Landen Clark hit Landyn for a 48-yard gain, ran for 11 yards and then threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Fuhrmann less than two minutes later but Elon (2-2) never got the ball back. The Phoenix had 70 yards rushing on 30 attempts and converted 2 of 11 third downs. Kickoff had originally planned for 5:30 p.m. local time but was delayed 2 1/2 hours due to inclement weather. - AP College Football

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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09/02/25 - Devontae Houston, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 5-10, 163 (DS#92 RB) + More +

WEEK 1 SOCON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Devontae Houston, Gr., RB, ETSU, Roanoke, Ala.,...Houston scored a pair of touchdowns in the Buccaneers' 45-17 victory over Murray State on Saturday. The product of Roanoke, Alabama, rushed for 128 yards on 14 carries, marking the fourth time in his ETSU career that he surpassed 100 yards rushing. The graduate student's first score came in the first quarter from the 1-yard line, and his second was in the third quarter from the 7-yard line. Houston's big game helped ETSU rush for 392 yards, which is the team's highest single-game total since 2021. Other nominees: Owen Sweeney (VMI) and Patrick Boyd Jr. (Western Carolina) - SoCon Football

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RB Devontae Houston, East Tennessee State
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08/30/25 - Devontae Houston, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 5-10, 163 (DS#92 RB) + More +

Devontae Houston ran for 128 yards and two of East Tennessee State's five rushing touchdowns, leading the Buccaneers to a 45-17 season-opening win over Murray State on Saturday. The Bucs opened the Will Healy era with a dominant offensive display that piled up 572 total yards, with 392 yards on the ground. Healy is ETSU's third coach in the past three seasons. Khalil Eichelberger and Houston scored on short runs and Cade McNamara passed 26 yards to Jeremiah Harrison for another score as the Buccaneers took a 24-3 halftime lead. Murray State scored twice in the third quarter to make it 24-17 but the Bucs responded with touchdowns runs by Houston, Eichelberger and D'Marius Rucker to close it out. McNamara completed 12 of 17 passes for 124 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Murray State's Jim Ogle was 22 of 35 passing for 226 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. Darius Cannon caught 11 passes for 86 yards. - AP College Football

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RB Devontae Houston, East Tennessee State
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08/31/24 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Cade McNamara threw three second-half touchdown passes and No. 25 Iowa cruised to a season-opening victory without coach Kirk Ferentz, pounding Illinois State 40-0 on Saturday. Ferentz served a one-game suspension imposed by the university for a recruiting contact violation that is under investigation by the NCAA. Assistant coach Seth Wallace ran the team in his absence. It was the first game Ferentz had missed in his 26 seasons as the Hawkeyes' coach. McNamara, who missed the final nine games of last season with a knee injury, threw touchdown passes of 7 and 19 yards to freshman wide receiver Reece Vander Zee. He also tossed a 31-yard TD pass to Jacob Gill to help the Hawkeyes pull away after leading 6-0 at halftime. Kaleb Johnson rushed for 119 yards, including touchdown runs of 64 and 18 yards in the fourth quarter.

McNamara, who completed eight consecutive passes to open the second half, finished 21-of-31 passing for 251 yards. It was the first game for new Iowa offensive coordinator Tim Lester, who is taking over a unit that finished last in the nation in total offense last season and averaged just 15.4 points per game, which ranked 129th out of 130 FBS teams. Iowa posted 147 yards of total offense and two Drew Stevens field goals in the first half, but it had 180 yards and 11 first downs in the third quarter. The Hawkeyes finished the game with 492 yards of total offense. Iowa's defense held Illinois State to 189 yards, sacking Tommy Rittenhouse four times. Rittenhouse was 10-of-20 passing for 119 yards. - AP College Football

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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11/27/23 - William McRainey, rSr/2025, East Tennessee State, 5-11, 228 (DS#100 ILB) + More +

2023 ALL-BIG SOUTH-OVC FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION FIRST TEAM: LB - William McRainey, Gr., Gardner-Webb,...McRainey was a First Team All-Conference selection for the third straight season. The senior led Gardner-Webb in the regular season with 90 tackles, picking up 11 tackles in back-to-back games against Austin Peay and Robert Morris, and 14 tackles, along with an interception, against Eastern Kentucky. McRainey now has 323 tackles for his career, just the 20th player in GWU football history to do so and the 13th most for any Gardner-Webb player in program history. McRainey also had five pass break ups, including one on a two-point conversion to preserve a 45-44 win for GWU over Bryant. - Gardner-Webb Football

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ILB William McRainey, East Tennessee State
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11/26/23 - William McRainey, rSr/2025, East Tennessee State, 5-11, 228 (DS#100 ILB) + More +

2023 BIG SOUTH-OVC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: William McRainey, LB, Gr., Gardner-Webb,...McRainey graduated with a Bachelor of Sciences in Economics & Finance in July 2023 with a 3.55 G.P.A. and is currently holds a 4.00 G.P.A. while working on his Masters of Business Administration (MBA). The linebacker was one of 39 semifinalists this season for the William V. Campbell Trophy. He is also active on campus and in the community, helping with various community service projects. On the field, McRainey is a captain for the Runnin' Bulldogs team that won a share of the Big South-OVC Championship and earned a bid to the FCS Playoffs. He finished the regular-season with 90 tackles and third in the league with 8.18 stops per game. - Big South-OVC Football Association

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ILB William McRainey, East Tennessee State
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03/04/23 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

The two most marquee names from Iowa's transfer class are Erick All and Cade McNamara, who were team captains and All-Big Ten performers at Michigan. Both sustained injuries last season and questions loomed during their recruitment about their availability for spring practice. Thursday offered a chance for updates. McNamara (knee) said he is ahead of schedule, participating in every weight-room session and throwing. He expects to participate and be 100% by the end of spring practice in late April. All (back) was less definitive but said all signs are pointing to spring participation. "I feel great but it's just a process," All said. "It's kind of like playing the time game, but for the most part I'm moving good and hopefully I'll be out there. It's been a while since I've felt this good." - Iowa City Press-Citizen

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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