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Draft Scout College Football Player News: Louisiana Tech
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2020 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE USA TEAM (COACHES): LS Reeves Blankenship, Jr., Louisiana Tech,...Blankenship was named second team all-Conference USA in 2019, an all-Conference USA honorable mention in 2018 and was named to the Conference USA all-Freshman team in 2018. The native of Springfield, La., played in all 13 games during the 2019 season as LA Tech's starting deep snapper. During the campaign, the Bulldogs did not give up a blocked punt or field goal with Blankenship as the starting deep snapper. - Louisiana Tech Football
rSr/2023  LS Reeves Blankenship, Louisiana Tech
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2020 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE USA TEAM (COACHES): RB Justin Henderson, Sr., Louisiana Tech,...Henderson, a native of Lake Wales, Fla., was named second team all-Conference USA in 2019 after leading LA Tech with 188 carries for 1,062 yards and 15 touchdow ns. Henderson became the 13th Bulldog in program history to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season, while his 15 rushing touchdowns led C-USA and tied for the seventh most in a single season in program history. He also recorded 20 receptions for 200 rec eiving yards and a touchdown during the 2019 campaign. Henderson was an all-Louisiana honorable mention and named the Independence Bowl Outstanding Offensive Player in 2019. - Louisiana Tech Football
rSr/2021 RB Justin Henderson, Louisiana Tech
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The 2020 college football season may be up in the air, but that didn't stop Louisiana Tech from bringing in another transfer onto the team. Penn State graduate transfer D.J. Brown announced his commitment to the Bulldogs via his Twitter page Monday after noon, becoming the 12th total transfer and sixth from other FBS programs in this year's recruiting cycle to decide on Tech. Following three seasons playing cornerback with the Nittany Lions, Brown entered his name into the transfer portal back in Februar y and will have two years of eligibility remaining. After redshirting a freshman season in 2017 and not garnering any game action in 2018, Brown, a Fairburn, Georgia native and a former three-star prospect out of Creekside High School, appeared in seven games last season and recorded five tackles and pass breakup for Penn State. - Monroe News Star
rSr/2023 CB DJ Brown, Louisiana Tech
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TCU football coach Gary Patterson apologized for himself Tuesday for repeating a racial slur when telling a player to stop using the slur in team meetings. Patterson's tweet came a day after school Chancellor Victor Boschini said the nearly 20-year leade r of TCU's program, who is white, had apologized for using the slur during a confrontation with linebacker Dylan Jordan, who is Black, at practice. "I apologize for the use of a word that, in any context, is unacceptable," Patterson wrote on Twitter. "I have always encouraged our players to do better and be better and I must live by the same standards." Patterson confirmed what senior center Kellton Hollins had already posted on Twitter: that the coach met with seniors and the team's leadership council a day after the testy exchange with Jordan. Hollins indicated the issue had been addressed. "Our players, past and present have always been the strength of our program," Patterson wrote. "These men are and always will be my motivation and driving force." - AP College Football
rSr/2022 C Kellton Hollins, Louisiana Tech
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2020 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: RB Justin Henderson, Louisiana Tech,...The redshirt senior is looking to build upon a stellar season in 2019 when he earned Second Team All-Conference USA honors after leading the 'Dogs on the ground with 188 carr ies for 1,062 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns. He became the 13th Bulldog in program history to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season. The 15 rushing touchdowns led C-USA and tied for the seventh most in a single season in school history. The Lake Wale s, Florida native also recorded 20 receptions for 200 receiving yards, helping amass a team-high 1,278 all-purpose yards. - Louisiana Tech Football
rSr/2021 RB Justin Henderson, Louisiana Tech
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2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Reeves Blankenship, Louisiana Tech, junior, long snapper,...Mote, a redshirt junior at guard, and Reeves Blankenship, a redshirt junior at deep snapper, have accumulated the most community service hours on the f ootball team while at LA Tech. Mote has played in 17 games on the offensive line, including all 13 of the 2019 season. Blankenship was a Second Team All-Conference USA selection last year as the Bulldogs starting deep snapper. - Louisiana Tech Football
rSr/2023 LS Reeves Blankenship, Louisiana Tech
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2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Joshua Mote, Louisiana Tech, junior, offensive line,...Mote, a redshirt junior at guard, and Reeves Blankenship, a redshirt junior at deep snapper, have accumulated the most community service hours on the footba ll team while at LA Tech. Mote has played in 17 games on the offensive line, including all 13 of the 2019 season. - Louisiana Tech Football
rSr/2023 OG Joshua Mote, Louisiana Tech
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2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Kellton Hollins, TCU, senior, offensive line,...A senior form Zachary, La., Hollins has served as president of S.P.A.R.K., an organization started by TCU football student-athletes to provide motivation to local youth about the importance of education and serving the community. He has also worked with Fort Worth youth through H.O.P.E. Farm, Inc., University Christian Church and TCU's Starpoint School. Additionally, he's been a regular motivational speaker at Boy s & Girls Clubs of America, little league football teams and local schools on the college experience, leadership, being a role model, FCA, his faith and preparing for the future. He also completed an internship at Fort Worth ISD's My Brother's Keeper of Fort Worth, dedicated to improve the academic and social outcomes of boys and young men of color. - TCU Football
rSr/2022 C Kellton Hollins, Louisiana Tech
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2020 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD WATCH LIST: Justin Henderson (Sr.), Louisiana Tech,...The redshirt senior is looking to build upon a stellar season in 2019 when he earned Second Team All-Conference USA honors after leading the 'Dogs on the ground with 1 88 carries for 1,062 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns. He became the 13th Bulldog in program history to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season. The 15 rushing touchdowns led C-USA and tied for the seventh most in a single season in school history. The La ke Wales, Florida native also recorded 20 receptions for 200 receiving yards, helping amass a team-high 1,278 all-purpose yards. - Louisiana Tech Football
rSr/2021 RB Justin Henderson, Louisiana Tech
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Louisiana Tech has suspended voluntary football workouts "for at least a couple of days," school officials told The News-Star Monday afternoon. Another football player tested positive for COVID-19 and following contact tracing, "a couple more players" wi ll have to quarantine for 14 days. Per privacy laws, the identities of the players were not revealed. More than 40 players, including many returners who did not come back during the first wave of players back in June as well as incoming freshmen, reporte d to campus in Ruston Monday for "week 0," or the process the only allows them to get tested for the coronavirus and clear physicals. They are not allowed to workout until next Monday. Mandatory workouts for Tech are scheduled to begin July 13, as part o f the six-week preseason college football calendar the NCAA approved last month. - Monroe News Star
rSr/2022 DT Gerald Wilbon, Louisiana Tech
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A couple of football players, including one former local high school standout, has decided to move on from Louisiana Tech. Former Ruston High School running back DeAndre Marcus as well as backup linebacker Brandon Floyd, a former incoming JUCO transfer t o Tech, have entered their names into the transfer portal. 247sports.com reported the moves last week. Marcus was the fourth-string tailback for the Bulldogs to open 2019, his redshirt freshman campaign, but after some injuries worked his way into some p laying time. The 6-1, 201-pound back appeared in six games as a backup, receiving 26 carries for 205 yards and scored his first career collegiate touchdown in Louisiana Tech's 69-21 blowout win versus UMass. He also caught two passes for 12 yards. He'll have three years of eligibility remaining and he told The News-Star he'll likely look to join a junior college program for the upcoming season in hopes to "go bigger." - Monroe News Star
rSo/2023 RB DeAndre Marcus, Louisiana Tech
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West Virginia University football is on its way back to campus, and the university announced Friday the process necessary for that to happen. WVU will take a phased approach to bringing football players and staff back to campus for voluntary workouts. Th e first phase is a two-week period, June 8-22 for coaches and staff and June 15-29 for players. Student-athletes have been away from their campuses since the coronavirus pandemic began in March. Coaching staffs were eventually allowed to hold virtual mee tings with their players during the week. The Big 12 announced recently that football players would be permitted to return June 15 for voluntary workouts."Phase 1 is the first step to getting Mountaineer football ready for the 2020 season," WVU At hletic Director Shane Lyons said in a university release. "This two-week phased approach enables us to safely get our football staff and players back to campus and will provide the guidance for the return of other student-athletes starting in July. "I wa nt to thank our medical team and department staff who worked endless hours in putting together a plan that puts the safety of our football student-athletes, staff and University first." - Charleston Gazette-Mail
rSr/2022 QB Austin Kendall, Louisiana Tech
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With several departures due to graduation from last year's 10-win squad, the defensive line is one of the biggest areas of immediate need in 2020 for Louisiana Tech. And help is on the way to Ruston, as former Texas senior defensive lineman Gerald Wilbon has committed to Tech, according to 247sports.com, which reports that the former Longhorn lent his verbal on May 14. He'll be immediately eligible to suit up for the Bulldogs this season. The addition of Wilbon marks the fifth transfer the Louisiana Tec h coaching staff has pulled in for the 2020 recruiting class.Tech signed Abilene Christian transfer quarterback Luke Anthony back on Signing Day, while it's landed former LSU guard Donavaughn Campbell, Virginia Tech safety Khalil Ladler and Tennes see receiver Jerrod Means, who'll have to sit out this year due to NCAA transfer rules, in three months since. Louisiana Tech welcomes back just two defensive linemen with significant playing time in ends Willie Baker and Milton Williams. The unit lost k ey pieces on the inside in senior defensive tackle Courtney Wallace, who signed an undrafted free agent deal with the New England Patriots following the 2020 NFL Draft, and senior Ka'Derrion Mason. Wilbon entered his name into the transfer portal Jan. 21 . He maintained his final year of eligibility after playing in just three games during his senior campaign in 2019 in Austin. - Monroe News Star
rSr/2022 DT Gerald Wilbon, Louisiana Tech
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Help is on the way for Louisiana Tech's depleted defensive backfield. Former Virginia Tech safety Khalil Ladler announced -- via his Twitter page Saturday -- his intention of joining the Bulldogs, posting he was "committed" with a Tech graphic. Ladler wi ll finish out his collegiate football career in Ruston as a redshirt senior. The addition of Ladler, who's listed at 5-11, 190 pounds on Virginia Tech's football website, fills a much-needed void for the Louisiana Tech defense on the backend as it lost t wo safeties, including Kansas City Chief draftee L'Jarius Sneed, and both of its starting cornerbacks, where star Amik Robertson declared early for the NFL Draft after junior year this past season and was a fourth-round selection by the Las Vegas Raiders a little over a week go. - Monroe News Star
rSr/2022  SS Khalil Ladler, Louisiana Tech
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After his stellar performance at the NFL Combine back at the beginning of March, former Louisiana Tech defensive back L'Jarius Sneed was reportedly climbing up many NFL teams draft boards. That speculation was confirmed on Day 3 of the 2020 NFL Draft Sat urday as the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs picked Sneed as the 138th overall choice in the fourth round. Sneed, who's versatility was a big selling point for franchises for the former Tech standout as he has plenty of starts in his coll egiate career at both cornerback and safety, raised eyebrows at the Combine, blazing a 4.37 40-yard dash along with a 41-inch vertical jump. "Size. Speed. Work ethic. Versatility. He has played two years at corner for us and two years at safety," Bulldog s head football coach Skip Holtz said of Sneed. "He has position flexibility. And when you look at NFL rosters and they only carry six defensive backs, that's a huge plus. He can play anywhere on the back end." - Monroe News Star
Sr/2020 FS LJarius Sneed, Louisiana Tech
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