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Andrew Burnette had three touchdown runs that included a 25-yarder in overtime, Jakari Foster had two of Louisiana Tech's four interceptions, and the Bulldogs overcame a 21-point, third-quarter deficit to beat Liberty 34-28 on Saturday night. Foster picked off an Ethan Vasko pass on the second play of overtime before Burnette broke loose for the game winner on the next play. Vasko threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Jenkins that stretched Liberty's lead to 28-7 with 7:39 remaining in the third quarter, but he ended the Flames' next three drives with interceptions.

Trey Kukuk completed 13 of 20 passes for 118 yards and scored twice on the ground, finishing with 143 yards on 19 carries. Burnette added 93 yards rushing on 17 carries for Louisiana Tech (6-5, 4-3 Conference USA). Kukuk had a 31-yard touchdown run and a 29-yarder, sandwiched around a Burnette 3-yard TD run, that tied it 28-all with 7:05 left in the fourth quarter. Evan Dickens ran the ball 30 times for 228 yards and had two touchdowns for Liberty (4-7, 3-4). Vasko was 8-of-21 passing for 141 yards with a touchdown pass and the four picks. - Louisiana Tech/AP College Football

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SS Jakari Foster, Louisiana Tech
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11/19/25 - Landon Nelson, rSr/2026, Louisiana Tech, 6-1, 305 (DS#54 C) + More +

WEEK 10 CONFERENCE USA OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Landon Nelson, LA Tech - R-Sr. - C - Underwood, Iowa,...Nelson made his seventh start of the season at center and helped the Bulldogs rush for 425 yards, the third most in school history (most since 1991), and six touchdowns on the ground (most since 2015). The Bulldogs had two running backs rush for over 100 yards, marking the first time since Nov. 18, 2017, versus UTEP that two Bulldogs eclipsed 100 yards on the ground in the same game. Tech's 55 points were the most points scored by the Bulldogs since Sept. 26, 2020. The Bulldogs posted 646 total yards, the third most ever by LA Tech in a CUSA game and the most since 2019. - Conference USA Football

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C Landon Nelson, Louisiana Tech
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10/31/25 - Clay Thevenin, So/2028, Louisiana Tech, 5-09, 202 (DS#999 RB) + More +

Clay Thevenin rushed for 143 yards and three scores, Blake Baker had a touchdown pass and a touchdown run and Louisiana Tech breezed to a 55-14 victory over Sam Houston on Friday night. Baker completed 17 of 21 passes for 221 yards with an interception to help Louisiana Tech (5-3, 3-2 Conference USA) beat winless Sam Houston (0-8, 0-5). He added 42 yards on seven carries. Baker threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Devin Gandy on the game-opening drive, and Thevenin added a 6-yard touchdown run midway through for a 14-0 lead after one quarter.

Thevenin ended an 82-yard drive with a 50-yard touchdown run and the Bulldogs led 21-0 early in the second. Baker ran it in from a yard out to cap an eight-play 95-yard drive and Louisiana Tech led 27-0 at halftime after the extra-point kick was missed. Elijah Green had touchdown runs covering 28 and 80 yards in the third quarter to get Sam Houston on the scoreboard. But Omiri Wiggins had a 16-yard touchdown run and Thevenin added a 25-yarder for a 41-14 advantage heading to the fourth quarter. Jacob Fields picked off a Hunter Watson pass and returned it 85 yards for a touchdown, and Andrew Burnette scored on a 66-yard run to set the final margin. Wiggins finished with 136 yards on 14 carries as the Bulldogs piled up 425 of their 646 yards on the ground. Green had a career-high 191 yards on 10 rushes for Sam Houston. Watson totaled 193 yards on 14-for-33 passing with an interception. - Louisiana Tech/AP College Football

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RB Clay Thevenin, Louisiana Tech
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09/29/25 - John Hoyet Chance, rFr/2029, Louisiana Tech, 6-1, 219 (DS#4 P) + More +

WEEK 5 CONFERENCE USA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: John Hoyet Chance, LA Tech - Fr. - P/K - Shreveport, La.,...Chance set a new career high with a 68-yard punt, while averaging 49.17 yards on six punts in the Bulldogs' (4-1, 2-0 CUSA) 30-11 win at UTEP. He had two punts travel 50 or more yards, two downed inside the 20, and two that were fair caught. Chance was a perfect 6-6 on touchbacks during kickoff opportunities. - Conference USA Football

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P John Hoyet Chance, Louisiana Tech
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09/29/25 - Alonzo Jackson Jr., rFr/2029, Louisiana Tech, 6-1, 227 (DS#999 ILB) + More +

WEEK 5 CONFERENCE USA FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Alonzo Jackson Jr., LA Tech - R-Fr. - LB - Haynesville, La.,...After losing All-CUSA linebacker Kolbe Fields to injury in the game, Jackson stepped up in a big way, registering a 23-yard interception return for a touchdown, six tackles, four solo stops, 1.5 tackles for loss, two pass breakups and one quarterback hurry. His interception return for a score marked the fifth defensive score of the season for LA Tech and sealed the 30-11 win over UTEP in the fourth quarter. He set career highs in tackles, TFLs, and pass breakups, while the interception and touchdown were the first of his career. Jackson had not recorded any tackles coming into the night, mostly seeing time on special teams during the first four games. - Conference USA Football

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ILB Alonzo Jackson Jr., Louisiana Tech
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09/22/25 - Kolbe Fields, rSr/2026, Louisiana Tech, 6-0, 220 (DS#36 OLB) + More +

WEEK 4 CONFERENCE USA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kolbe Fields, LA Tech - R-Sr. - LB - New Orleans, La.,...The CUSA Preseason Defensive Player of the Year led the Bulldogs (3-1, 1-0 CUSA) to a 30-20 win over Southern Miss, securing their best four-game start since 2020 and first 3-0 start at home since 2019. Fields recorded his first career interception return for a touchdown and led the team with nine tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks. The redshirt senior has led the Bulldogs in tackles in three of the team's four games. - Conference USA Football

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OLB Kolbe Fields, Louisiana Tech
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09/20/25 - Blake Baker, rSo/2028, Louisiana Tech, 6-5, 224 (DS#28 QB) + More +

Blake Baker threw for 239 yards and ran for a touchdown as Louisiana Tech built a big first-half lead and held off Southern Miss for a 30-20 victory on Saturday night. Baker's 73-yard pass to Eli Finley helped set up his 1-yard touchdown run about a minute into the game. Omiri Wiggins and Clay Thevenin scored on short-yardage runs, sandwiched between Kolbe Fields' 48-yard pick-6, to help stake Louisiana Tech (3-1) to a 30-10 halftime lead.

Reed Harradine added a 30-yard field goal late in the third quarter for Southern Miss (2-2). Braylon Braxton threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Carl Chester with 22 seconds to play. Braxton was 28-of-47 passing for 392 yards with two touchdowns. Chester finished with five receptions for 152 yards. Kyirin Heath also had a touchdown catch for the Eagles. In the fourth quarter, Southern Miss punted twice and turned the ball over on downs from Louisiana Tech's 40 before Chester's late TD catch. The Eagles had 514 yards of offense compared to the Bulldogs' 340, but they were 7 of 17 on third-down conversions and 0 for 2 on fourth down. - Louisiana Tech/AP College Football

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QB Blake Baker, Louisiana Tech
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09/15/25 - John Hoyet Chance, rFr/2029, Louisiana Tech, 6-1, 219 (DS#4 P) + More +

WEEK 3 CONFERENCE USA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: John Hoyet Chance, LA Tech - R-Fr. - K/P - Shreveport, La.,...Chance becomes the season's first repeat winner of Special Teams Player of the Week after he continued his strong start to the season Saturday, connecting on a 55-yard field goal for LA Tech's first score of the game in a 49-14 thumping of NM State. The kick tied for the third-longest in program history. Chance also punted four times for an average of 46.5 yards per punt. He had two 50+ yard punts while landing one inside the 20-yard line. - Conference USA Football

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P John Hoyet Chance, Louisiana Tech
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09/14/25 - Blake Baker, rSo/2028, Louisiana Tech, 6-5, 224 (DS#28 QB) + More +

Blake Baker accounted for 285 yards and two touchdowns to lead Louisiana Tech to a 49-14 win over New Mexico State on Saturday night in the Conference USA opener for both teams. Baker was 8-for-16 passing for 182 yards and rushed for 103 yards on 15 attempts. Omiri Wiggins and Clay Thevenin each added 68 yards on the ground. Wiggins and Andrew Burnette both scored rushing touchdowns. Jadon Mayfield forced a fumble and Jacob Bradford returned the ball 20 yards for a touchdown for Bulldogs (2-1, 1-0) early in the fourth quarter. Logan Fife was 16-for-33 passing for 278 yards and threw two touchdowns and two interceptions for New Mexico State (2-1, 0-1). PJ Johnson III caught seven passes for 159 yards and a touchdown. - Louisiana Tech/AP College Football

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QB Blake Baker, Louisiana Tech
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09/01/25 - John Hoyet Chance, rFr/2029, Louisiana Tech, 6-1, 219 (DS#4 P) + More +

WEEK 1 CONFERENCE USA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: John Hoyet Chance, LA Tech - R-Fr. - P - Shreveport, La.,...Chance pulled double duty as the kickoff specialist and the punter in the Bulldogs' opener against SLU. The redshirt freshman punted seven times for 336 yards for an average of 48.0 yards per kick. He recorded a long punt of 59 yards, while four of his punts went for 50+ yards and landed three inside the 20-yard line. - Conference USA Football

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P John Hoyet Chance, Louisiana Tech
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09/01/25 - Mekhi Mason, rJr/2027, Louisiana Tech, 6-1, 230 (DS#50 ILB) + More +

WEEK 1 CONFERENCE USA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mekhi Mason, LA Tech - R-Jr. - LB - Pembroke Pines, Fla.,...Mason had a game to remember on Saturday as he celebrated his birthday with nine tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and two sacks on Saturday against Southeastern. His 4.5 TFLs are the third-most tackles for loss in a single game in program history and the most in a game since 2018. Mason was a vital part of Tech's (1-0) defense that earned a shutout over Southeastern, while holding the Lion offense to just 273 total yards in the contest. - Conference USA Football

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ILB Mekhi Mason, Louisiana Tech
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08/30/25 - Kam Franklin, rSo/2028, Louisiana Tech, 6-2, 205 (DS#999 SS) + More +

Kam Franklin had an 80-yard fumble recovery touchdown, defensive lineman Zion Nason recorded his first career interception, and defense led the way in Louisiana Tech's season-opening 24-0 win over Southeastern Louisiana. Drew Henderson's 19-yard field goal as time expired in the half was the first score of the game. The Bulldogs offense came alive early in the second half with touchdowns on back-to-back drives. Omiri Wiggins found open space on a checkdown and scored a 17-yard receiving touchdown, and Clay Thevenin ran it in from 2 yards out just four minutes later.

Bulldogs quarterback Trey Kukuk completed 14 of his 19 passing attempts for 130 yards and one touchdown, and added 48 yards rushing on 17 attempts. Kukuk's start marked the sixth season in a row with a different opening day quarterback for Louisiana Tech. Eli Finley led the Bulldogs with 59 receiving yards on four receptions. Carson Camp completed 11 of 22 attempts for 122 passing yards to pace the Lions. Luke Besh hauled in three receptions for 59 yards, and Jaedon Henry had 31 rushing yards on eight attempts. - Louisiana Tech/AP College Football

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SS Kam Franklin, Louisiana Tech
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12/27/23 - Michael Richard, Jr/2027, Louisiana Tech, 5-10, 185 (DS#17 FS) + More +

2023 CONFERENCE USA FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Michael Richard, LA Tech, DB,...LA Tech DB Michael Richard was selected as the CUSA Freshman of the Year after a breakout campaign for the Bulldogs. The New Orleans native appeared in all 12 games for the Bulldogs, making six starts and leading all CUSA freshmen in pass breakups with seven. He totaled 32 tackles with 1.5 TFL and a pair of quarterback hurries. According to Pro Football Focus, he posted an 83.5 coverage grade, which ranked fourth among all CUSA defensive backs and opponents completed just 40 percent of passes (14-35) against him. In addition to his prowess in the secondary, Richard also made an impact on special teams, returning a blocked punt for a touchdown in the season finale against Jax State. - Conference USA Football

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FS Michael Richard, Louisiana Tech
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02/06/23 - Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim, rSr/2025, Louisiana Tech, 6-0, 200 (DS#195 WR) + More +

Odieu Hiliare and Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim put up impressive numbers together at Alabama A&M. The two wide receivers want to do the same thing at Bowling Green State University. Hiliare and Ibrahim, Florida natives who excelled together for three seasons at the Football Championship Subdivision school, have reunited in northwest Ohio. Ibrahim transferred to BGSU in mid-January, around one year after Hiliare joined the Falcons. "When we first came to A&M, met in the 2019 summer, we told each other we're going to start something together and we're going to finish it together," Ibrahim said. "We started at A&M, and we're going to finish at Bowling Green." Hiliare and Ibrahim both have one season of eligibility remaining. The duo will be aiming to recreate the magic when they combined for nearly 2,000 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns the last time they played together in 2021. - Toledo Blade

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WR Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim, Louisiana Tech
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01/30/23 - Craig Williams, rSr/2024, Louisiana Tech, 5-08, 168 (DS#999 WR) + More +

Former Baylor running back Craig "Sqwirl" Williams announced that he's transferring to Louisiana Tech after recently entering the transfer portal. Williams arrived at Baylor in 2018 and redshirted that season before injuries derailed him much of the next three seasons. However, he delivered a strong season as a fifth-year junior in 2022 as he rushed for 557 yards and four touchdowns. He enjoyed his best game against Oklahoma in Norman as he rushed for 192 yards and two touchdowns to lead Baylor to a 38-35 win. - Waco Tribune Herald

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WR Craig Williams, Louisiana Tech
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