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Cade McNamara was not only the highest-profile addition at Iowa this winter, but one of the highest-profile additions via the transfer portal across the country. The former Michigan quarterback lost the starting job to J.J. McCarthy in 2022, but he was a third-team all-Big Ten honoree on a 2021 team that went to the College Football Playoff. McNamara completed 63 percent of his passes and threw 21 touchdowns and seven interceptions in his Michigan career. Iowa also added ex-Wisconsin quarterback Deacon Hill from the portal. Hill appeared in one game with the Badgers but did not attempt a pass.

It's no secret McNamara is the presumed No. 1 quarterback next year, barring unforeseen circumstances. "Cade is going to be - well, we'll see how Joe and the rest of the guys do - but Cade's likely going to be our quarterback next year," Petras said last month. As McNamara recovers from knee surgery, Labas and Hill should have no shortage of spring practice reps. The biggest question facing McNamara will be how much support will he have around him. He has two tight ends who could potentially play in the NFL, but question marks remain at wide receiver, offensive line and play-calling. - The Gazette

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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12/20/22 - Devontae Houston, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 5-10, 163 (DS#93 RB) + More +

2022 PHIL STEEL ALL-INDEPENDENT CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM: Devontae Houston, Connecticut,...Sophomore Devontae Houston is second on the team in rushing with 538 yards on 79 carries, a team-best 6.8 yards per rush. After missing a pair of games with injury, Houston returned for the UMass game and ripped off a 75-yard touchdown run on his first carry back. It was a career-long run for Houston and the longest play from scrimmage this season for UConn as well as the longest scoring play. In eight games he has run for a team-high 455 yards on 69 carriers, a 6.6 per carry average, with three scores. - Connecticut Football

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RB Devontae Houston, East Tennessee State
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12/13/22 - Jacolby Criswell, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-0, 230 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Former Morrilton and North Carolina quarterback Jacolby Criswell has committed to Arkansas during his official visit to Fayetteville. Criswell, 6-1 and 225 pounds, entered the transfer portal on Monday and made his way to Arkansas Friday night to start his visit. He announced his pledge on Twitter with "Excited to be playing in my home state next season. Ready to get to work with the boys." He becomes the third scholarship quarterback on the roster. Georgia prep quarterback Malachi Singleton is expected to sign with the Razorbacks during the early signing period that runs Dec. 21-23.

Second-year starting quarterback KJ Jefferson recently announced his plans to return to Arkansas for the 2023 season. Criswell signed with the Tar Heels in 2020 as a consensus 4-star prospect. He also had offers from Arkansas, Georgia, Miami, Ole Miss, Auburn, Oklahoma State and other schools. He backed up the ACC's Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year, Drake Maye, this season and appeared in three games. He completed 2 of 6 passes for 9 yards, and rushed 4 times for 39 yards. - Northwest Arkansas Times

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QB Jacolby Criswell, East Tennessee State
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12/04/22 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Quarterback has been one of the most scrutinized positions in Iowa football over the last few seasons. As the Hawkeyes enter into its bowl game later this month and subsequently the off-season, questions around the position still lingered. The biggest of all, would Iowa seek an option via the NCAA transfer portal. On Thursday night, one of the biggest transfer portal entries thus far announced his decision to join Iowa's program. Former Michigan quarterback Cade McNamara announced his transfer to Iowa via his Twitter account. The news was first reported by David Eickholt of 247sports and Pete Thamel of ESPN. During his career at Michigan, McNamara passed for over 3,000 yards and held a 3:1 touchdown to interception ratio. He will have two years of eligibility remaining.

McNamara is most notable for leading Michigan to the 2021 Big Ten championship and College Football Playoff as the staring quarterback. During 2021 he passed for 2,576 yards, 15 touchdowns and six interceptions while completing 64% of his passes. However, he lost a starting quarterback battle with current Michigan starter JJ McCarthy early in the 2022 season and served as Michigan's backup; his season later ended to a knee injury. His commitment to Iowa is the first of likely several additions via the NCAA transfer portal. - Iowa City Press-Citizen

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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12/02/22 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Although action doesn't officially start until Monday, among the reported quarterbacks in transfer portal or planning to join as of Dec. 1 is Michigan's Cade McNamara: McNamara, who has two seasons of eligibility remaining, already has committed to Iowa out of the portal. He guided Michigan to the College Football Playoff as the Wolverines' starter last season, then lost his starting job this season to J.J. McCarthy. He is a game manager-type, and his decision to transfer to offense-challenged Iowa certainly is...interesting. - NFL Draft Scout and online sources

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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12/02/22 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Cade McNamara, the backup quarterback at Michigan this season, has announced he'll transfer to Iowa. McNamara tweeted "New Beginning" with a picture of him in an Iowa uniform Thursday night. He presumably will go into next season as the front-runner for the starting job and have two seasons of eligibility. McNamara started every game for the Wolverines in 2021 but lost the job to J.J. McCarthy after the opener. McNamara appeared in the second and third games, taking a total of 16 snaps, and didn't play again.

The Hawkeyes (7-5) finished the regular season 130th out of 131 Bowl Subdivision teams in total offense and averaged just 17.4 points per game. Spencer Petras struggled most of the season as Iowa's starter and missed most of last week's game against Nebraska with an upper body injury. He has one year of eligibility, if he decides to use the waiver granted because of the COVID-19 season in 2020. Alex Padilla, who backed up Petras, is in the transfer portal. Joe Labas also is on the roster. - AP College Football

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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11/28/22 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Michigan quarterback Cade McNamara has entered the transfer portal, team spokesman Dave Ablauf confirmed on Monday. McNamara had a season-ending injury to his right knee on Sept. 17 against Connecticut, one game after J.J. McCarthy won the starting job. McCarthy will lead the second-ranked Wolverines against Purdue on Saturday night in the Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis, needing a win to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff. Last year, McNamara helped Michigan end an eight-game losing streak to rival Ohio State and go on to win the conference championship for the first time since 2004. The third-team All-Big Ten player in 2021 threw for 2,576 yards with 15 touchdowns and six interceptions.

McNamara, who is from Reno, Nevada, can potentially play at another school for two seasons. He redshirted as a freshman in 2019 and the NCAA has given any student-athlete from the 2020-21 school year an extra year of eligibility. Coach Jim Harbaugh allowed McNamara and McCarthy to start a game this season before deciding who would be the first-string quarterback. That did not sit well with the returning starter. "I would definitely say it's pretty unusual," said McNamara, sounding surly, after a win over Colorado State in his last start. "It was kind of a thing that I wasn't expecting. By the end of camp, I thought I had my best camp and put myself in a good position." Earlier this month, McNamara posted a picture of himself in a wheelchair with a brace over a protective wrap on his right leg after being under the care of Los Angeles Rams and Dodgers team doctor Neal ElAttrache. - AP College Football

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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11/28/22 - William McRainey, rSr/2025, East Tennessee State, 5-11, 228 (DS#100 ILB) + More +

2022 ALL-BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM: LB - William McRainey, Jr., Gardner-Webb,...McRainey, who earned his third-straight All-Big South Conference honor at linebacker, was also honored as the league's Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the first time. The team's leading tackler with 92 hits, McRainey carries a 3.59 cumulative GPA in his major of Economics and Finance. A two-time Academic All-District selection, McRainey is an Academic All-America candidate in 2022. In addition to his 92 stops, McRainey added 9.0 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, one interception and two fumble recoveries. He was named Big South Defensive Player of the Week twice in 2022. - Gardner-Webb Football

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ILB William McRainey, East Tennessee State
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11/22/22 - Ty Anderson, Sr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-0, 210 (DS#89 OLB) + More +

2022 BIG SOUTH DEFENSIVE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Ty Anderson, LB, Fr., Gardner-Webb,...Ty Anderson (Thomasville, Ga.) is the third Gardner-Webb player to be voted as Big South's Defensive Freshman of the Year in the award's five-year history. He played all 11 games and was GWU's top tackler among freshman with 33 stops. Anderson had 4.5 tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks, two quarterback pressures and recorded a 45-yard pick-six interception return at Marshall. He was the Big South Freshman of the Week and honorable mention National Freshman of the Week on Oct. 3. Anderson earned 23 points and six first-place votes in the balloting, ahead of North Carolina A&T's Caleb Jones (17 points and two first-place votes) and Campbell's Myles Rowser (16 points and one first-place vote). - Big South Football

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OLB Ty Anderson, East Tennessee State
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11/22/22 - William McRainey, rSr/2025, East Tennessee State, 5-11, 228 (DS#100 ILB) + More +

2022 BIG SOUTH SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: William McRainey, LB, Jr., Gardner-Webb,...McRainey (Shallotte, N.C.) is a 3.59 student majoring in economics/finance, and has been a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree twice in his career (2021 and 2022). He was also voted First-Team All-Conference for this season after recording 92 tackles, 9.0 tackles-for-loss and 5.5 sacks. - Big South Football

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ILB William McRainey, East Tennessee State
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11/21/22 - William McRainey, rSr/2025, East Tennessee State, 5-11, 228 (DS#100 ILB) + More +

NOV 21 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Gardner-Webb linebacker William McRainey (Shallotte, N.C.) had 10 tackles (six solo), 1.5 tackles for loss, and forced (and recovered) a fumble in helping GWU to win the conference championship. He helped limit the Aggies to just 87 yards rushing on 22 attempts, with 32 yards in losses after team sacks and TFL. McRainey and the defense limited A&T to 4-of-12 on third downs and no sustained touchdown drives (75 yards or more and three minutes-plus). Also nominated for Defensive Player of the Week: Ryan Saddler (Bryant) and CJ Tillman (Campbell). - Big South Football

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ILB William McRainey, East Tennessee State
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11/09/22 - William McRainey, rSr/2025, East Tennessee State, 5-11, 228 (DS#100 ILB) + More +

OCT 31 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Gardner-Webb linebacker William McRainey (Shallotte, N.C.) tallied 11 tackles (eight solo), one sack for minus-10 yards and two pass break-ups in Gardner-Webb's 48-40 Big South win over Bryant. He had five tackles in the fourth quarter, and his PBU with 19.3 seconds left in the game on fourth down at the GWU 32-yard line ended Bryant's comeback attempt. McRainey's sack came on a second down play with just under four minutes remaining that limited the Bulldogs to a field goal four plays later. Four of McRainey's four tackles resulted in no gain, and his two pass break-ups were in the final period. - Big South Football

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ILB William McRainey, East Tennessee State
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11/09/22 - William McRainey, rSr/2025, East Tennessee State, 5-11, 228 (DS#100 ILB) + More +

OCT 31 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Gardner-Webb linebacker William McRainey (Shallotte, N.C.) made the most of his first career start with three catches for 78 yards and two touchdowns in Gardner-Webb's victory over Bryant. Entering the contest with just four receptions for 40 yards and no scores, Burns first tied the game at 14-14 with a 71-yard catch-and-run to end the first quarter. His second catch of the day was a 4-yard touchdown to put GWU ahead, 48-29, while his final reception resulted in a first down later in the fourth quarter. Also nominated for Freshman of the Week: Chaney Fitzgerald (Campbell) and Wesley Graves (North Carolina A&T). - Big South Football

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ILB William McRainey, East Tennessee State
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10/14/22 - Jacob Saylors, rSr/2023, East Tennessee State, 5-10, 199 (DS#54 RB) + More +

OCT 10 SOCON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jacob Saylors, Sr., RB, ETSU, Jasper, Tenn.,...ETSU running back Jacob Saylors ran for 183 yards and a career-high tying three touchdowns on a career-high 29 carries in Saturday's 44-21 win at VMI. The 183 yards are the third-most in a game in Saylors' career and marked his 10th career 100-yard game. Saylors, whose 29 rushing attempts are the most for any SoCon player this season, averaged 6.3 yards per carry. The senior from Jasper, Tennessee, also had three catches for 22 yards and one kickoff return for 20 yards, giving him 225 all-purpose yards for the day. Other nominees: Dominic Roberto (Furman), Fred Payton (Mercer), Michael Hiers (Samford), Leroy Thomas (VMI), Clayton Bardall (Western Carolina) and Kyle Parsons (Wofford). - SoCon Football

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RB Jacob Saylors, East Tennessee State
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10/11/22 - Ty Anderson, Sr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-0, 210 (DS#89 OLB) + More +

OCT 3 BIG SOUTH FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Gardner-Webb linebacker Ty Anderson (Thomasville, Ga.) tallied nine tackles, 1.5 tackles-for-loss, two quarterback hurries and a 45-yard interception return for a touchdown at Marshall. Entering the game with just eight stops all season, Anderson established a career-high for tackles and was part of a defense that held Marshall to a 14-7 edge at halftime and forced eight punts on the day. Also nominated for Freshman of the Week: NaQuari Rogers (Campbell) and Avarion Cole (North Carolina A&T). - Big South Football

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OLB Ty Anderson, East Tennessee State
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