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10/12/22 - Chase Lasater, rSr/2023, Eastern Kentucky + More +

SEPT 12 ASUN FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chase Lasater, Eastern Kentucky, Senior, Linebacker, Orange Park, Fla.,...First Career ASUN Defensive Player of the Week award; fifth all-time honor for Eastern Kentucky...Led the Colonel defense with a season-high 12 tackles in 59-57 7OT win at Bowling Green...Posted six solo stops along with five assists...Notched one TFL (-3 yards) in the upset bid on the Falcons' home turf...Helped EKU defense hold Bowling Green out of the end zone in two of the Falcons' final three overtime possessions...Other Nominees: Kam Ruffin, Austin Peay; Markail Benton, Jacksonville State; Garland Benyard, Kennesaw State. - ASUN Conference Football

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ILB Chase Lasater, Eastern Kentucky
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10/12/22 - Parker McKinney, rSr/2024, Eastern Kentucky + More +

SEPT 5 ASUN FOOTBALL CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Parker McKinney, Eastern Kentucky, Junior, Quarterback, Coalfield, Tenn.,...Fifth Career ASUN Offensive Player of the Week award; sixth overall selection for EKU...Accounted for 400 yards of total offense and four touchdowns against FBS opponent Eastern Michigan...Passed for 351 yards, going 35-of-51 and three touchdown passes...Added 49 yards rushing on seven carries including one score...Currently leads the ASUN in completions, attempts and passing yards per game. - ASUN Conference Football

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QB Parker McKinney, Eastern Kentucky
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10/01/22 - Parker McKinney, rSr/2024, Eastern Kentucky + More +

Parker McKinney threw for 331 yards and ran for three scores, Braedon Sloan scored the winning touchdown and Eastern Kentucky defeated Southern Utah 35-28 on Saturday night. Although Eastern Kentucky (3-2) never trailed, the game was tied after each Southern Utah touchdown and EKU never led by more than seven points. The final tie was at 28-all after Southern Utah's Justin Miller and Isaiah Williams connected for a 19-yard touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter. After an EKU punt and a missed field goal by Southern Utah, McKinney drove the Colonels 76 yards in seven plays for the go-ahead touchdown - a 27-yard run by Sloan with 6:13 remaining. After Sloan's touchdown, Southern Utah (3-2) drove to the EKU 22 before turning the ball over on downs. The Colonels ran out the clock. McKinney was 21 of 26 passing with one touchdown, a 34-yard pass to Sloan. On the ground, McKinney had 11 carries for 65 yards. Sloan had 20 carries for 88 yards rushing. Miller completed 21 of 29 passes for 251 yards for the Thunderbirds. - AP College Football

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QB Parker McKinney, Eastern Kentucky
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09/17/22 - Parker McKinney, rSr/2024, Eastern Kentucky + More +

Parker McKinney threw for four touchdowns to tie the Eastern Kentucky career record and the Colonels welcomed back Walt Wells with a 40-17 victory Saturday night over Charleston Southern three weeks after the coach was hospitalized after a "cardiac episode" in his campus office. Wells returned to coach the Colonels on the sideline after landing in intensive care on Aug. 28 and spending several days in the hospital. He did travel to Ohio last weekend as a sideline observer and watched EKU go seven overtimes to beat Bowling Green 59-57. "It was a great test for my heart," he said at his weekly press conference on Tuesday, and added that he had a couple of broken ribs and a cracked sternum. McKinney tied TJ Pryor (2009-12) as EKU's career TD passing leader at 51 with his 5-yarder to Jyran Mitchell late in the game.

Interceptions by Josh Hayes and Eli Hairston led to 10 points in the third quarter and the Colonels (2-1) added another score after Jayden Higgins had consecutive receptions of 47 and 41 yards, the latter for a TD. Higgins had a career-high 175 yards receiving on seven catches. Jaden Smith scored EKU's first touchdown, returning a punt 56 yards then completing the drive with an 8-yard scoring catch. The Colonels led 16-0 after touchdown passes to Smith and Dakota Allen before the Buccaneers (0-3) rallied to close within 16-10 at halftime. - Eastern Kentucky/AP College Football

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QB Parker McKinney, Eastern Kentucky
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09/10/22 - Parker McKinney, rSr/2024, Eastern Kentucky + More +

Parker McKinney threw for 324 yards with three touchdowns and hit Braedon Sloan with the winning two-point conversion as Eastern Kentucky defeated Bowling 59-57 on Saturday in a game that went to seven overtime periods. Bowling Green had the ball first in the seventh overtime and Matt McDonald threw incomplete, leaving the door open for Eastern Kentucky to finish one of the longer games in NCAA Division I history. Eastern Kentucky scored 24 consecutive points to turn a 17-7 deficit into a 31-17 lead only to see the Falcons answer with three consecutive touchdowns of their own for a 38-31 lead.

Down seven with 3:39 remaining in the fourth quarter, McKinney led the Colonels 75 yards in 14 plays, culminating in a 3-yard touchdown pass to Jayden Higgins on the final play of regulation. EKU chose to kick the extra point to force overtime. Both teams scored touchdowns on their two full possessions in overtime and both missed a two-point try after their second touchdown, sending the game to two-point conversions tied at 51. In addition to his winning catch, Sloan ran for one of the two-point conversions. Higgins caught two TD passes for EKU and Jaden Smith had seven receptions for 102 yards. Sloan had 56 rushing yards with two touchdowns and caught seven passes for 52 yards. - Eastern Kentucky/AP College Football

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QB Parker McKinney, Eastern Kentucky
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08/26/22 - Marquae Kirkendoll, rJr/2025, Eastern Kentucky + More +

Eastern Kentucky defensive back Marquae Kirkendoll has been charged with robbing a postal carrier in New Mexico and suspended from the team. According to documents filed in federal court in New Mexico this week, the 21-year-old Kirkendoll was also charged with stealing a key from the carrier used to open mail bags and lock boxes, as well as brandishing a gun, aiding and abetting, and conspiracy. Kirkendoll transferred from New Mexico to Eastern Kentucky in January. His lawyer, Adele Burt Brown, did not immediately return a message seeking comment. Also charged in the Jan. 18 robbery was another former UNM player, Rayshawn Boyce, who was arrested in February. Boyce faces an additional charge of knowingly possessing a firearm after being convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence, the documents state. Kirkendoll was charged on Tuesday, and Eastern Kentucky football spokesman Rixon Lane said the player was suspended the next day after the program learned of his arrest. - AP College Football

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FS Marquae Kirkendoll, Eastern Kentucky
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08/09/22 - Matthew Jackson, rSr/2023, Eastern Kentucky + More +

2022 PHIL STEELE/DRAFT SCOUT ASUN PRESEASON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: LB Matthew Jackson, Eastern Kentucky, Sr.,...The ASUN and Phil Steele ASUN Preseason Defensive Player of the Year, Jackson led the conference in tackles last season (102) and led the Colonels in tackles for loss (11.0). The Nashville, Tenn., native also registered 3.5 sacks, eight pass breakups, two interceptions, and two forced fumbles during the 2021 campaign. The redshirt senior was named the ASUN Defensive Player of the Week after setting season highs with 14 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, and two pass breakups against Central Arkansas. He also tallied 12 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, one interception, and one forced fumble against Austin Peay. - Eastern Kentucky Football

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OLB Matthew Jackson, Eastern Kentucky
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08/05/22 - Matthew Jackson, rSr/2023, Eastern Kentucky + More +

2022 PRESEASON STATS PERFORM FCS THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: LB - Matthew Jackson, 6-2, 205, redshirt senior, Eastern Kentucky,...The Nashville, Tenn., native led the league with 102 tackles and ranked second in the conference with 10 tackles for loss last season. He also notched 3.5 sacks, eight pass breakups, two interceptions, and two forced fumbles. The Colonels open the 2022 season on Sept. 2 at Eastern Michigan. - Eastern Kentucky Football

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OLB Matthew Jackson, Eastern Kentucky
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08/04/22 - Parker McKinney, rSr/2024, Eastern Kentucky + More +

2022 PRESEASON WALTER PAYTON AWARD WATCH LIST: QB Parker McKinney, Eastern Kentucky, R-Jr., 6-3, 208,...An all-ASUN performer last season, McKinney set the single-season program record for completions (229) and became just the second player in program history to surpass 3,000 total yards of offense in a season (3,025). The Coalfield, Tenn., native completed 60.7 percent of his passes and tossed 18 touchdowns while rushing for 596 yards and six touchdowns. McKinney threw for 2,429 yards, good for third on EKU's single-season passing list. He finished the season ranked 20th in the FCS in completions per game (20.8) and 25th in points responsible for (150). The redshirt junior tied his career high with four touchdown passes and threw for 290 yards while adding 98 on the ground in EKU's regular-season finale win over Jacksonville State. He passed for a season-high 338 yards against Sam Houston and threw for 273 yards and rushed for 100 against Stephen F. Austin. - Eastern Kentucky Football

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QB Parker McKinney, Eastern Kentucky
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08/04/22 - Matthew Jackson, rSr/2023, Eastern Kentucky + More +

2022 PRESEASON BUCK BUCHANAN AWARD WATCH LIST: LB Matthew Jackson, Eastern Kentucky, R-Sr., 6-2, 205 (2021 Finalist),...The ASUN and Phil Steele ASUN Preseason Defensive Player of the Year, Jackson led the conference in tackles last season (102) and led the Colonels in tackles for loss (11.0). The Nashville, Tenn., native also registered 3.5 sacks, eight pass breakups, two interceptions, and two forced fumbles during the 2021 campaign. - Eastern Kentucky Football

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OLB Matthew Jackson, Eastern Kentucky
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07/27/22 - Matthew Jackson, rSr/2023, Eastern Kentucky + More +

2022 PRESEASON ASUN FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM: LB Matthew Jackson, Eastern Kentucky, Sr., Nashville, Tenn.,...Jackson is coming off a 2021 campaign in which he was a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award and was named the Phil Steele ASUN Defensive Player of the Year after leading the league with 102 tackles and ranking second in the conference with 10 tackles for loss. He also notched 3.5 sacks, eight pass breakups, two interceptions, and two forced fumbles. Jackson started all 11 games last season and was named to the coaches' All-ASUN team. One of just two unanimous selections for the Preseason All-ASUN team, Jackson totaled double-digit tackles in five different games for the Colonels. The Nashville, Tenn., native was a preseason third-team STATS Perform All-American selection last season and was the ASUN Defensive Player of the Week after racking up 14 tackles, 3.0 TFLs, 2.0 sacks, and a forced fumble in a 38-35 win at Central Arkansas on Oct. 16. - Eastern Kentucky Football

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OLB Matthew Jackson, Eastern Kentucky
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07/27/22 - Joseph Sayles, rSr/2023, Eastern Kentucky + More +

2022 PRESEASON ASUN FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM: DB Joseph Sayles, Eastern Kentucky, Sr., Alpharetta, Ga.,...Sayles started all 11 games for the Colonels last season and was tabbed as a Phil Steele Second-Team All-ASUN selection. The Alpharetta, Ga., native totaled 42 tackles, including one tackle for loss and tied for team lead with three interceptions on the season. He also broke up six passes, forced one fumble, and blocked one kick. - Eastern Kentucky Football

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CB Joseph Sayles, Eastern Kentucky
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07/27/22 - Eli Hairston, rSr/2024, Eastern Kentucky + More +

2022 PRESEASON ASUN FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM: LB Eli Hairston, Eastern Kentucky, Jr., Columbus, Ohio,...Hairston, a native of Columbus, Ohio, was a Phil Steele Second-Team All-ASUN honoree after making nine starts and appearing in all 11 game last season. He ranked third on the team with 49 tackles, including 3.0 tackles for loss, and recorded two interceptions. - Eastern Kentucky Football

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ILB Eli Hairston, Eastern Kentucky
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07/27/22 - Kelton Dawson, rSr/2023, Eastern Kentucky + More +

2022 PRESEASON ASUN FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM: DL Kelton Dawson, Eastern Kentucky, Sr., Stockbridge, Ga.,...Dawson earned Phil Steele Second-Team All-ASUN honors after playing in all 11 contests last season. A native of Stockbridge, Ga., he totaled 31 tackles, including 6.5 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks, while forcing two fumbles. - Eastern Kentucky Football

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DE Kelton Dawson, Eastern Kentucky
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07/27/22 - Howard Watkins Jr., rSr/2023, Eastern Kentucky + More +

2022 PRESEASON ASUN FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM: C Howard Watkins Jr., Eastern Kentucky, Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio,...Watkins was named Phil Steele Third-Team All-ASUN after starting nine games at center and one at right guard last season. The Cincinnati, Ohio, native helped the Colonels accumulate over 400 yards of offense in five of the final seven games of the season. - Eastern Kentucky Football

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