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WEEK 13 SOUTHLAND DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Phillip Bradford, McNeese - DL - Jr. - Monroe, La. (Ouachita Parish HS),...Bradford recorded his second pick-6 of the season when he snatched a Lamar pass out of the air and returned it 21 yards for a score to give McNeese a 21-13 lead over the 19th-ranked Cardinals. He added to his conference leading tackles for loss total with two more in the game and totaled three tackles as well as a QH hurry. - Southland Football

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11/25/25 - Jake Strong, rSo/2028, McNeese, 6-1, 215 (DS#999 QB) + More +

WEEK 11 SOUTHLAND OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jake Strong, McNeese - QB - So. - Justin, Texas (Northwest HS),...Strong totaled 307 total offensive yards and two touchdowns in McNeese's 35-20 win at East Texas A&M on Saturday. He ran for a career-high 136 yards and a touchdown, that coming on a 48-yards sprint up the middle and completed 10 of 18 passes for 171 yards, a TD, that being a 39-yard lob into the endzone for the score. The running total marked the second time to hit the century mark on the season for Strong. It is Strong's third time earning Southland Offensive Player of the Week. Honorable Mention: Nathan Denney, UTRGV. - Southland Football

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11/25/25 - Phillip Bradford, rSo/2027, McNeese, 6-5, 280 (DS#39 DE) + More +

WEEK 10 SOUTHLAND DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Phillip Bradford, McNeese - DL - Jr. - Monroe, La. (Ouachita Parish HS),...Posted the best game of his career against Northwestern State, recording 4.5 tackles for a loss, 2.0 sacks, four QB hurries, and a fumble recovery. He made his first start of the season in place of the injured player in front of him on the depth chart. Bradford finished with a team-high six tackles, five of those solos and anchored a defense that held NSU to 178 total yards, a season low allowed by the Cowboys. Honorable Mention: Laurence Sullivan Jr., Nicholls and Charles Demmings, SFA. - Southland Football

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11/25/25 - Jake Strong, rSo/2028, McNeese, 6-1, 215 (DS#999 QB) + More +

WEEK 8 SOUTHLAND OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jake Strong, McNeese - QB - So. - Justin, Texas (Northwest HS),...Strong tied a single-game school record with three rushing TDs by a quarterback in helping lead McNeese to a 27-0 shutout win over HCU. Strong scored on runs of seven, seven, and 34 yards and ran the ball 16 times for 108 yards for a 6.8 ypc average. He became the first McNeese QB with three rushing TDs since the 2008 season. Strong added 133 yards passing on 14 of 22 to an impressive night. Honorable Mention: Paul Odidi, East Texas A&M and Aiden McCown, Lamar. - Southland Football

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11/08/25 - Jake Strong, rSo/2028, McNeese, 6-1, 215 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Jake Strong and Coleby Hamm each accounted for two touchdowns, defensive end Phillip Bradford had a pick-6 and McNeese beat East Texas A&M 35-20 on Saturday night. Strong was 10-of-18 passing for 171 yards with a touchdown and an interception and added 17 carries for 136 yards, which included a 48-yard TD run that capped a 95-yard drive and made it 28-10 with 6:45 left in the third quarter. Hamm finished with 127 yards rushing. The 6-foot-6, 280-pound Bradford deflected a pass by Ron Peace to himself for an interception and returned it 12 yards for a TD that gave McNeese (4-6, 3-3 Southland Conference) a 21-10 lead with about two minutes left in the first half.

Allijah Harrison returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a TD and Ozlo Rigby kicked field goals of 29 and 28 yards for East Texas A&M (2-8, 2-4). Eric Rodriguez replaced starter Ron Peace to begin the second half completed 11 of 16 passes for 140 yards with a touchdown - a 22-yarder to Jaden Proctor that made it 28-20 with 6:43 to play. Peace was 9-of-20 passing for 94 yards and threw two interceptions. The Cowboys answered with a six-play, 75-yard drive that culminated when Hamm, who ran for a 2-yard TD late in the first quarter, scored on a 29-yard run about four minutes later. - AP College Football

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11/01/25 - Jake Strong, rSo/2028, McNeese, 6-1, 215 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Jake Strong had one of McNeese's four first-half rushing touchdowns as the Cowboys jumped to an early lead and beat Northwestern State 50-3 on Saturday night. Strong completed 11 of 17 passes for 121 yards with a touchdown pass and interception. His 35-yard touchdown run helped McNeese (3-6, 2/3 Southland Conference) build a 29-3 halftime lead. Strong also led the Cowboys' ground game, running for 94 of the Cowboys' 313 yards. Coleby Hamm finished with a pair of touchdown runs. Tre'Vonte Citizen, Devin Lippold and Jaylen Robinson also had touchdown runs for the Cowboys. Citizen finished with 63 yards rushing on six carries. Hamm added 44 yards. McNeese had 461 total yards and held Northwestern State to 178. Grayson Lytton kicked a 33-yard field goal for Northwestern State (1-8, 0-5), which has lost eight in a row following a 20-10 win over Alcorn State in the season opener. - AP College Football

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09/23/25 - Jake Strong, rSo/2028, McNeese, 6-1, 215 (DS#999 QB) + More +

WEEK 3 SOUTHLAND OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jake Strong, McNeese - QB - So. - Justin, Texas (Northwest HS),...Strong accounted for four touchdowns in McNeese's near-miraculous comeback against Weber State. He threw for two scores and rushed for another two, including a 19-yard scramble with 42 seconds remaining to pull the Cowboys within 42-41 after trailing 42-21 with just nine minutes left in the game. Strong completed 20 of 39 passes for 278 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions, both of which came off the hands of open receivers. He added 45 rushing yards and two touchdowns to finish with 323 total yards of offense. Honorable Mention: Jaylon Domingeaux, Southeastern. - Southland Football

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QB Jake Strong, McNeese
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08/30/25 - Jake Strong, rSo/2028, McNeese, 6-1, 215 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Jake Strong threw three touchdowns, four different ball carriers rushed for touchdowns, and at least three school records were broken in McNeese State's 54-9 drubbing of NAIA-member Louisiana Christian in the season opener on Saturday. Strong, a sophomore transfer from Texas Tech, distributed the ball effectively in his debut for the Southland Conference's Cowboys, going 22 for 28 for 305 yards before being relieved by backup quarterback Alex Flores. McNeese had 10 different players catch a pass. The egalitarian approach continued on the ground, where four different players scored touchdowns and carried the ball more than six times.

Bryce Strong (39 yards), Marquez Davis (69 yards), Tre'Vonte Citizen (73 yards) and Coleby Hamm (97 yards) all had carries longer than 16 yards and found their way into the end zone. Those efforts netted school records of 664 total yards and 39 first downs, eclipsing records of 644 yards and 35 first downs, respectively. McNeese head coach Matt Viator officially became the winningest coach in McNeese history at 79 wins, overtaking Bobby Keasler's 78-win total from 1990-1998. Viator coached the team from 2006-15, and returned this year after spending five years as the head coach of Louisiana-Monroe, and three more as a quality control coach for Louisiana. - AP College Football

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09/01/24 - Clifton McDowell, rSr/2025, McNeese, 6-4, 233 (DS#73 QB) + More +

Clifton McDowell had two fourth-quarter touchdown runs, D'Angelo Durham added a third and McNeese rallied for a 21-7 victory over Southern on Saturday night, spoiling the Jaguars' season opener. Neither team scored until Southern took advantage of a McNeese turnover to grab a 7-0 lead midway through the second quarter. Jamarius Brown sacked McDowell for a 6-yard loss on first down and Zak Yassine recovered a fumble by Joshon Barbie on the next play, giving Southern the ball on the Cowboys' 32-yard line. Jaylon Wood's 1-yard plunge capped an eight-play drive.

The Jaguars' lead stood until McDowell scored on a 6-yard run on the second play following a blocked field-goal attempt and return with 11 minutes remaining. McDowell gave McNeese (1-1) the lead on a 1-yard plunge with 9:24 left following a Southern turnover at its own 2-yard line. Durham's 2-yard scoring run with 5:04 to go capped a six-play, 70-yard drive. - AP College Football

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QB Clifton McDowell, McNeese
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11/26/23 - Clifton McDowell, rSr/2025, McNeese, 6-4, 233 (DS#73 QB) + More +

2023 BIG SKY FOOTBALL NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Clifton McDowell, QB, Montana,...McDowell, a transfer from Central Arkansas, had nearly 2,000 yards of total offense and 16 touchdowns as he finished the year leading Montana on a seven-game win streak. McDowell posted nearly 2,000 yards of total offense and 16 touchdowns in the regular season while leading the Griz on a seven-game win streak. He remains undefeated as a starter at 8-0. - Big Sky/Montana football

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11/23/22 - Deonta McMahon, Sr/2023, McNeese, 5-08, 185 (DS#65 RB) + More +

2022 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Deonta McMahon, McNeese,...The conference's other Walter Payton Award nominee - running back Deonta McMahon of McNeese - was named the Offensive Player of the Year. He ranks fifth nationally in total rushing yardage and yards per game, carrying the ball 191 times for 1,408 yards and 12 touchdowns, averaging 128.0 yards per game. He is the first McNeese Cowboy to lead the SLC in rushing since Toddrick Penland in 2008. As well as his first team all-Southland honors at running back, McMahon is the second team honoree at kickoff returner. He is the first McNeese player to win Offensive Player of the Year since Cody Stroud in 2013. - Southland Conference Football

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11/21/22 - Yusef Leak, rSr/2025, McNeese, 5-11, 179 (DS#163 CB) + More +

NOV 21 PIONEER LEAGUE CO-SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Yusef Leak, St. Thomas (So., CB, Orlando, Florida),...Leak returned a blocked punt 66 yards for a touchdown as St. Thomas secured the PFL championship with a 27-13 victory at Butler, Saturday. After Kam In blocked a potential 49-yard field goal, Leak picked up the loose ball and ran it 66 yards for St. Thomas' second touchdown of the day and a 14-0 lead. Leak also had a hand in the Tommies defense, recording three tackles and an interception. The pick came in the third quarter after St. Thomas extended its lead to 17-0. - Pioneer Football

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11/19/22 - Deonta McMahon, Sr/2023, McNeese, 5-08, 185 (DS#65 RB) + More +

Deonta McMahon rushed for a career-high 239 yards and two touchdowns and McNeese held off Lamar 24-20 on Saturday night. McMahon carried 10 times for 208 yards in the first half alone for McNeese (4-7, 2-4 Southland Conference). After a scoreless first quarter, McMahon had touchdown runs of 79 and 70 yards in the second to help McNeese take a 21-10 lead. Lamar closed within four points at halftime after freshman Major Bowden scored on a 98-yard kickoff return following McMahon's second touchdown run. Both teams traded field goals after halftime. Khalan Griffin capped a 16-play, 92-yard drive with a 4-yard touchdown run 5 seconds into the second quarter to give Lamar (1-10, 1-5) a 7-0 lead. Micah Davey gave the Cowboys the lead for good when he returned a fumble 78 yards for a touchdown and a 14-7 advantage with 12:49 left in the half. - McNeese/AP College Football

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RB Deonta McMahon, McNeese
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11/15/22 - Marcus McElroy Jr., rSr/2023, McNeese, 5-11, 236 (DS#999 FB) + More +

NOV 14 SOUTHLAND OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Marcus McElroy, Jr., McNeese - RB - Gr. - Denver, Colo. (Mullen HS),...McElroy came off the bench to rush for a career-high 136 yards on 12 carries and two touchdowns in a 21-10 win over HCU. He averaged 11.3 yards per carry and had five rushes of 10 yards or more, with four of those going for 20 yards or more. His long run of 30 yards came on his first carry of the game and he scored on runs of 16 and 11 yards. Honorable Mention: Jessie Britt, Southeastern; Julien Gums, Nicholls. - Southland Football

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FB Marcus McElroy Jr., McNeese
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11/12/22 - Deonta McMahon, Sr/2023, McNeese, 5-08, 185 (DS#65 RB) + More +

Deonta McMahon totaled 197 yards on the ground, Marcus McElroy Jr. ran for a career-high 136 yards and two scores and McNeese turned back Houston Christian 21-10 on Saturday. McElroy's 16-yard touchdown run put McNeese (3-7, 1-4 Southland Conference) up 7-0 in the second quarter. The lead lasted two plays and 45 seconds after freshman Scott Pfeiffer fired a 74-yard scoring strike to Ismael Fuller to knot the score at halftime.

Houston Baptist (2-8, 1-5) grabbed a 10-7 lead in the third quarter on Nery Enriquez's 30-yard field goal, but McElroy scored on an 11-yard run with 48 seconds left in the period to give the Cowboys a 14-10 lead. Ryan Roberts capped the scoring with a 5-yard touchdown run in the final quarter. Roberts completed just 7 of 19 passes for 53 yards with three interceptions for McNeese. The Cowboys piled up 346 yards on 56 rushes. Pfeiffer and freshman backup AJ Wilson combined to complete 14 of 26 passes for 142 yards. The Huskies totaled 250 yards of offense. McMahon rushed for 211 yards in McNeese's 29-15 win over Eastern Illinois last time out. - McNeese/AP College Football

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RB Deonta McMahon, McNeese
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