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12/18/22 - *Demario Douglas, rSo/2023, Liberty + More +

Slot receiver DeMario Douglas has arguably been the Flames' most important offensive weapon over the past two seasons. He has racked up 1,678 yards and 12 touchdowns on 125 catches to easily outpace every other receiver on the roster. Douglas, who is a fourth-year sophomore, is draft eligible after completing his undergraduate in sport management. Will he test the NFL Draft waters or potentially return with two years of eligibility remaining? "I'm going to wait until after the bowl game," Douglas said Wednesday. "I'm here right now with the team and I feel like nothing's in the way of that."

The 5-foot-8, 170-pound Douglas revealed earlier this season he is the first man in his family to graduate from college. He celebrated a birthday last Thursday by taking his final class of the semester and then calling his family. "I had my last class on my birthday and then I called my mom and them and burst into tears," he said. "It's like, I'm the first to do it. It's crazy, it's definitely crazy." - Lynchburg News and Advance

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WR *Demario Douglas, Liberty
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12/10/22 - Durrell Johnson, rSr/2023, Liberty + More +

2022 WALTER CAMP SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: DL Durrell Johnson, Liberty,...Johnson is the fifth player in program history to be named to the Walter Camp All-America team and the first at the FBS level (RB Rashad Jennings - 2008; K Matt Bevins - 2009 and 2010; RS Kevin Fogg - 2011; S Jacob Hagen - 2014). This is the second All-America honor of Johnson’s three-year Liberty career. He was also named to the Phil Steele Postseason All-America fourth-team in 2020. Johnson finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in the country in tackles for a loss (1.9 per game) and leads the nation with 22.5 tackles for a loss (95 yards). He is one of only two FBS players in the country with 20-plus tackles for a loss in 2022, joining USC’s Tuli Tuipulotu (20.0 TFLs).

The native of Baltimore, Md., also ranks No. 3 in the country with three forced fumbles and No. 34 in the country in sacks (8.0/0.67 per game). Johnson has recorded 49 tackles during the 2022 season (32 solo, 17 assisted). He has also added four pass breakups, two quarterback hurries and an interception. He has finished six of Liberty’s 12 games in 2022 with five or more tackles. Since transferring to Liberty prior to the 2020 season, Johnson has tallied 112 career stops (73 solo, 39 assisted), along with 40.0 tackles for a loss and 16.5 sacks in 32 games played. - Liberty Football

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DE Durrell Johnson, Liberty
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11/11/22 - Billy Lucas, rJr/2026, Liberty + More +

NOV 7 NEC FOOTBALL PRIME PERFORMER: Billy Lucas, DUQ (RB, So.),...Lucas rushed the ball 30 times for 170 yards and a pair of touchdowns in Duquesne's overtime victory against NEC preseason favorite Sacred Heart. The sophomore running back was key in the Dukes' first, and only, drive in the extra session, toting the ball four times and catching a pass before crossing the goal line from eight yards out for the eventual game-winning score. - NEC Football

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RB Billy Lucas, Liberty
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11/10/22 - Dae Dae Hunter, rJr/2024, Liberty + More +

Conference USA's new media rights deal with ESPN and CBS will include midweek football games throughout October as the league tries to increase visibility similarly to the way the Mid-American Conference has by playing on Tuesdays and Wednesdays late in the season. The multiyear deal announced Thursday starts next season as Conference USA goes through extensive membership turnover. Six current C-USA members are leaving after this season to join the American Athletic Conference. Liberty, Jacksonville State, New Mexico State and Sam Houston State are joining C-USA next year and Kennesaw State is scheduled to join in 2024.

C-USA will eventually be a 10-school conference, keeping UTEP, Florida International, Middle Tennessee, Louisiana Tech and Western Kentucky. The new deal gives CBS Sports Network the top weekly selection of C-USA football games and men's basketball games. CBS Sports Network will also air the C-USA football championship, the men's basketball tournament semifinals and championship game, the women's basketball championship game and conference title games for baseball and softball. - AP College Football

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RB Dae Dae Hunter, Liberty
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11/05/22 - Billy Lucas, rJr/2026, Liberty + More +

Billy Lucas ran for 170 yards and his 8-yard run in overtime lifted Duquesne to a 35-28 victory over Sacred Heart on Saturday. The Dukes had the first possession of overtime and turned to Lucas immediately. He had four rushes and one pass reception among Duquesne's five plays. Sacred Heart's possession ended when the Dukes' Jayden Johnson and Jon Muehlbauer stopped Rob McCoy for a loss of 2 yards on fourth down from the 16-yard line.

Neither team led by more than seven points in a matchup of teams that had been expected to contend for the Northeast Conference Championship. Sacred Heart (4-5, 2-3) was eliminated last week and Duquesne (3-6, 2-3) was never a factor in the league race. Joe Mischler completed 18 of 28 passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns for Duquesne. In addition to his overtime score, Lucas had a 1-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Marquez McCray was 20-of-26 passing for 213 yards with two touchdowns for Sacred Heart. Kenneth Womack had eight receptions for 123 yards with a touchdown. The Dukes had lost two in a row at home and avoided their first three-game home losing streak since 2009. - Duquesne/AP College Football

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RB Billy Lucas, Liberty
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10/22/22 - Dae Dae Hunter, rJr/2024, Liberty + More +

Dae Dae Hunter ran for 213 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries, Shedro Louis added two rushing TDs and Liberty scored the final 38 points as the Flames beat BYU 41-14 Saturday night. Johnathan Bennett completed 22 of 29 passes for 247 yards and touchdowns for Liberty (7-1). The Flames have won five in a row since a 37-36 loss to No. 13 Wake Forest on Sept. 17. Liberty in the only FBS Independent with fewer than three losses this season.

Jaren Hall threw touchdown passes of 46 yards to Puka Nacua and 20 yards to Isaac Rex less than 2 minutes apart to give BYU (4-4) a 14-3 lead late in the first quarter. Liberty answered with an 11-play, 85-yard drive capped when Louis scored on a 3-yard run and Bennett threw a 5-yard TD pass to Austin Henderson to give the Flames the lead for good with about 5 minutes remaining in the first half. Hall finished 16-of-34 passing for 187 yards. The Cougars, who have lost three in a row, finished with 71 yards rushing on 16 carries. - Liberty/AP College Football

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RB Dae Dae Hunter, Liberty
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10/15/22 - Dae Dae Hunter, rJr/2024, Liberty + More +

Dae Dae Hunter's fourth-quarter touchdown run from a yard out lifted Liberty to a 21-20 win over Gardner-Webb in a non-conference game on Saturday. Liberty earned its sixth win of the season and fourth straight following a 37-36 loss to No. 19 Wake Forest. Shedro Louis scored on a short run early in the second quarter to put Liberty up 14-7, but the Bulldogs rallied behind two Jay Billingsley field goals, the longest from 41 yards out, and Bailey Fisher's 10-yard touchdown strike to T.J. Luther to take a 20-14 lead early in the fourth quarter. Hunter's score capped a 10-play, 67-yard drive by the Flames Fisher was 23 of 43 for 239 yards and a touchdown but was picked off twice. T.J. Luther had eight catches for 131 yards for Gardner-Webb (2-5), his fourth 100-yard receiving game of the season. Narii Gaither 21 carries for 100 yards and a touchdown. Johnathan Bennett was 17 of 30 for 222 yards and a touchdown, but threw two interceptions. Hunter finished with 76 yards on nine carries for Liberty (6-10). - Liberty/AP College Football

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RB Dae Dae Hunter, Liberty
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10/14/22 - Billy Lucas, rJr/2026, Liberty + More +

SEP 12 NEC PRIME PERFORMER: Billy Lucas, DUQ (RB, So.),...Lucas rushed for 136 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead Duquesne to a 34-14 win against Thomas More in its home opener on Saturday. The sophomore running back was one yard shy of a career high after averaged 7.2 yards on 19 carries. - NEC Football

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RB Billy Lucas, Liberty
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10/02/22 - Dae Dae Hunter, rJr/2024, Liberty + More +

Dae Dae Hunter ran for 121 yards and accounted for three touchdowns to lead Liberty to a 38-24 victory over Old Dominion on Saturday night. Hunter carried the ball 15 times that included touchdown runs of 29 and 32 yards. In the fourth quarter, Hunter caught a screen pass from Johnathan Bennett and then broke a tackle, ran to the opposite side of the field and into the end zone to cap a 99-yard drive. The 41-yard catch-and-run ended the scoring with 6:55 remaining. Kaidon Salter completed 10 of 19 passes for 170 yards with two touchdown passes and two interceptions for Liberty (4-1). Shedro Louis added 109 yards rushing on 16 carries. Hayden Wolff was 27-of-46 passing for 297 yards with a pair of TD passes for Old Dominion (2-3). - AP College Football

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RB Dae Dae Hunter, Liberty
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09/24/22 - Dae Dae Hunter, rJr/2024, Liberty + More +

Jonathan Bennett threw two touchdown passes and Dae Dae Hunter ran for the clinching touchdown as Liberty defeated Akron 21-12 on Saturday night. Bennett threw touchdown passes of 22 yards to Khaleb Coleman and 30 to Treon Sibley to put the Flames (3-1) up 14-0 in the first minute of the second quarter. The Zips (1-3) had a chance to tie it early in the fourth. DJ Irons hit Alex Adams for an 11-yard score to pull Akron within 14-12 but Irons was stopped on a 2-point conversion run. The Zips final four drives did not produce a threat. Bennett, Liberty's third-string quarterback, was 13 of 27 for 152 yards and an interception. With the offense struggling following the early lead, fourth-straight quarter Nate Hampton entered the game to engineer the key drive.

Starting on their own 48, Hunter carried four times, including a 31-yard burst, and Hampton had back-to-back carries for 12 yards. Eventually Hunter capped it with a 1-yard plunge. Hunter finished with 118 yards on 18 carries. Irons was 29 of 52 for 269 yards. The Flames lost quarterback Charlie Brewer in the first quarter of the season opener and Kaidon Salter, who started the last two games, sat out with a groin injury after nearly leading the Flames past Wake Forest last week. - Liberty/AP College Football

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RB Dae Dae Hunter, Liberty
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09/10/22 - Kaidon Salter, rJr/2026, Liberty + More +

Kaidon Salter passed for 202 yards and ran for a touchdown, leading Liberty to a 21-14 victory over UAB on Saturday. Dae Dae Hunter and Shedro Louis also had rushing touchdowns for the Flames (2-0). Salter led Liberty in rushing with 79 yards on 14 carries. He was 13-of-25 passing. Liberty trailed 7-0 after the first quarter then chalked up its three rushing touchdowns for a 21-7 lead early in the fourth. After UAB's DeWayne McBride scored on a 9-yard run to make it 21-14 the Flames ran the final 3:08 off the clock, picking up three first downs on the ground in the process. Jermaine Brown had a 31-yard run for UAB's other touchdown. McBride had 177 yards on 20 carries and Brown carried 17 times for 91 yards the Blazers (1-1). There were no passing touchdowns and no field goals in the game. - Liberty/AP College Football

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QB Kaidon Salter, Liberty
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09/04/22 - Kaidon Salter, rJr/2026, Liberty + More +

Kaidon Salter, Liberty's third quarterback on the night, connected with Demario Douglas in the corner of the end zone for the two-point conversion in the fourth overtime to lift Liberty past Southern Mississippi on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. Liberty stuffed Southern Miss running back Frank Gore Jr. just outside the goal line to end it. Each team missed field goal attempts in the first overtime periods. Liberty's Nick Brown kicked a 26-yard field goal in the third overtime while Briggs Bourgeois answered with a 53-yarder for Southern Miss.

Salter lofted a 10-yard touchdown pass to Douglas in the corner of the end zone that tied it 17-17 with 11:30 remaining. Salter was picked off on the Flames' next possession that led to Gore's 5-yard TD run. But Salter answered with a a 23-yard touchdown strike to Douglas with with 36 seconds remaining in regulation. Salter replaced backup quarterback Jonathan Bennett early in the fourth quarter. Eric Scott Jr. stepped in front of Bennett's intended receiver and then high-stepped 22 yards into the end zone that gave Southern Miss a 17-10 earlier in the fourth. Gore tied it at 10 for the Golden Eagles when he took a direct snap, slipped one tackle and ran along the left sideline before being pushed into the end zone for a 46-yard touchdown early in the third. Gore finished with 178 yards rushing on 32 carries. Bennett was 7-of-18 passing for 37 yards, with two interceptions and an 18-yard TD run. - Liberty/AP College Football

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QB Kaidon Salter, Liberty
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09/01/22 - Charlie Brewer, rSr/2023, Liberty + More +

2022 PRESEASON JOHNNY UNITAS GOLDEN ARM AWARD WATCH LIST: Charlie Brewer, Liberty,...This is the second time in Brewer's career he has been named to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award watch list. After leading Baylor to an appearance in the 2020 Sugar Bowl and 11-3 record, Brewer was named to the watch list prior to the 2020 season. During his four-year playing career at Baylor (2017-20), Brewer led the Bears with 9,700 passing yards and 65 touchdowns. He is the second player in Baylor history with 10,000 career total yards (9,700 passing and 1,039 rushing). The quarterback also completed 63.5 percent of his pass attempts at Baylor (828-of-1,304) in 44 career games. The native of Austin, Texas, has been named to multiple preseason award watch lists during his playing career: 2020 Davey O'Brien Award, 2020 Maxwell Award, 2020 Manning Award, 2020 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and the 2019 Maxwell Award watch list. - Liberty Football

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QB Charlie Brewer, Liberty
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08/22/22 - TreShaun Clark, rSr/2024, Liberty + More +

No defensive lineman has been as consistent as TreShaun Clark over the last three seasons. The Danville native, a starter at end since his freshman season, has the highest ceiling in terms of NFL potential with his size, athleticism and ability to make plays in both the run and pass game. Clark posted a career-high 44 tackles in 2021, but his sack numbers dropped a tad after recording 5.5 sacks in 2020. Teams were scheming to slow him down off the edge, but with a healthy Durrell Johnson at bandit and arguably stronger interior linemen, Clark has the opportunity to see an increase in his production.

Clark took a step forward in being a leader in the locker room in 2020 when he helped organize a Black Lives Matter rally on campus, and he's only becoming more and more vocal in working with his teammates during practices and in games. "Those guys have been exactly what I want them to be. Durrell is more vocal, TreShaun is more vocal, they're leading by example," Garrett said. "Here's a great example of those guys' leadership. During a special teams block, those guys are watching film as a D-line. The entire D-line, and we have guys like Kendy and Dennis and Durrell and TreShaun leading that meeting amongst those guys. I think that's really good and a good sign of the leadership that they're showing." - Lynchburg News and Advance

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OLB TreShaun Clark, Liberty
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08/13/22 - Quinton Reese, rSr/2025, Liberty + More +

Ahmad Walker and Quinton Reese were familiar faces around Liberty's indoor practice facility during spring practices. The two sported blue non-contact jerseys and couldn't participate in drills, but they were eager observers as they absorbed everything in front of them. The defense was undergoing a transformation under new coordinators. Walker and Reese weren't practicing or running through the intricacies of new schemes. Instead, they were visualizing each move and spending time in the film room, ensuring they were ready for training camp.

Not bad for a sophomore linebacker like Walker or a redshirt sophomore safety like Reese, two players who are expected to be significant contributors for a defense looking to build on back-to-back campaigns of finishing 11th nationally in total defense. "It was a pretty good learning experience with what we're doing with the new defense and everything," Walker said of approaching the spring practices. "I feel like it's going to be good for the defense, and I feel like we'll be able to play faster and smarter." Walker had scheduled surgery to clean up some damage in one of his knees, something position coach Josh Aldridge said "wasn't anything major," and Reese finally got back on the field earlier this month after suffering a torn bicep in the Flames' 41-13 win over Middle Tennessee on Oct. 9, 2021. The injury kept Reese out for the final six regular-season games and the Flames' lopsided win over Eastern Michigan in the LendingTree Bowl. - Lynchburg News and Advance

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