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02/22/21 - Cody Orgeron, rSr/2022, McNeese + More +

FEB 22 SOUTHLAND OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Cody Orgeron, McNeese, Senior, Quarterback, Mandeville, La.,...Trailing by 14 with just under three minutes remaining, Orgeron connected with Mason Pierce for a 26-yard touchdown to cut the Texans' lead in half. After McNeese recovered the onside kick, Orgeron found Trevor Begue in the endzone with 35 ticks on the clock to send the game into overtime. The heroics continued for the son of LSU head coach Ed Orgeron as he dashed 19 yards for the winning score in the second overtime period. Honorable Mention: Lindsey Scott Jr., Nicholls. - Southland Football

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QB Cody Orgeron, McNeese
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02/22/21 - Jacob Abel, rJr/2024, McNeese + More +

FEB 22 SOUTHLAND SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jacob Abel, McNeese, Junior, Placekicker, Goddard, Kan.,...The Butler Community College transfer enjoyed a successful McNeese debut, drilling all four PATs and nailing a pair of 21-yard field-goals, including one in the first overtime period. Abel wasn't fazed by the pressure, hitting both of his extra-point attempts as the Cowboys erased a 14-point deficit over the final 2:46 of regulation. Honorable Mention: None. - Southland Football

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K Jacob Abel, McNeese
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02/13/21 - Cody Orgeron, rSr/2022, McNeese + More +

Cody Orgeron threw a pair of late fourth-quarter touchdown passes and broke loose for a 19-yard touchdown run in the second overtime, leading McNeese to a 40-37 victory over Tarleton State on Saturday night to kick off the Football Championship Subdivision spring season. Frank Wilson, the first African-American head coach at McNeese, made his Cowboys' debut while the Texans played their first game as a Division I member. A New Orleans native, Wilson was named the Cowboys’ 17th head coach on Jan. 16, 2020 after spending the previous four seasons as head coach at UTSA.

Tarleton State moved to D-I and the Western Athletic Conference in July. The Texans will compete as an independent program since the WAC dropped football in 2012. As a Division II member (1994-2019), the Texans were 5-8 against D-I opponents, including a 37-26 win at Stephen F. Austin in a 2019 season opener. Orgeron, son of LSU coach Ed Orgeron, threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Mason Pierce with 2:46 remaining to pull the Cowboys to 31-24, and tossed a 12-yard score to Trevor Begue with 35 seconds left to force overtime. Orgeron also had a 5-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter and a touchdown pass in the first. - AP College Football

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QB Cody Orgeron, McNeese
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02/09/21 - Jamal Pettigrew, rSr/2022, McNeese + More +

McNeese's season opening game at Tarleton State this Saturday will air live on FOX Sports Southwest Plus and FOX Sports Go, it was announced on Tuesday. The game was originally scheduled to be carried by ESPN Plus. Under the direction of first-year head coach Frank Wilson, McNeese will be playing a competitive game for the first time since Nov. 23, 2019, a span of 447 games, when it takes the field at Memorial Stadium in Stephenville against the Texans who will be making their NCAA Division I FCS debut. McNeese posted a 7-5 record in the fall of 2019, and due to COVID and two major hurricanes, the Cowboys were without any kind of workout and conditioning practices for the fall and did not return to Lake Charles as a team until November. TSU, a new member of the WAC, posted an 11-1 record in 2019, its final season in the NCAA Division II ranks. - McNeese Football

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TE Jamal Pettigrew, McNeese
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01/23/21 - Stephon Huderson, rSr/2022, McNeese + More +

The Tulane football team lost two starters to the transfer portal a day after welcoming three transfers with local roots at the beginning of the spring semester. Running back Stephon Huderson, coming off a career-best, team-high 773 yards on 128 carries (6.0 average); and cornerback Willie Langham, who started nine games in 2020, announced Wednesday on Twitter they were leaving. - New Orleans Times Picayune

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RB Stephon Huderson, McNeese
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01/06/21 - Cee Jay Powell, rSr/2022, McNeese + More +

Louisiana Tech's receiving corps has gotten a little thinner. Senior wideout Cee Jay Powell has entered the transfer portal, he announced on Twitter Tuesday. Powell has one year of eligibility remaining. Powell was second on the team in receptions during the 2019 and 2020 seasons, totaling 80 catches for 759 yards. He finished his Louisiana Tech career with with one touchdown along with 102 catches and 897 yards. Powell is the second wide receiver to decide to leave Tech, joining another Adrian Hardy, who entered his name into the 2021 NFL Draft back in November. - Monroe News Star

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WR Cee Jay Powell, McNeese
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01/03/21 - Tyler Barnes, rSr/2023, McNeese + More +

2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DB - Tyler Barnes, Sr., Southern Miss,...Ten other Golden Eagles, offensive linemen Arvin Fletcher (RSr./Madison, Miss.) and Khalique Washington (Sr./Lebanon, Pa.), wide receiver Jason Brownlee (Jr./West Point, Miss.), defensive tackle Tahj Sykes (RJr./Columbus, Miss.), linebacker Santrell Latham (RJr./Meridian, Miss.), defensive backs Tyler Barnes (Sr./D'Iberville, Miss.), Natrone Brooks (Jr./Starkville, Miss.) and Malik Shorts (RSo./Bassfield, Miss.), kicker Briggs Bourgeois (RJr./St. Amant, La.) and long snapper T.J. Harvey (RSo./Columbus, Ga.), earned honorable mention honors. - Southern Miss Football

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CB Tyler Barnes, McNeese
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12/31/20 - Cee Jay Powell, rSr/2022, McNeese + More +

2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): WR - CeeJay Powell, R-Sr., Louisiana Tech,...In addition to its all-conference and all-freshman selections, Tech also had 10 C-USA Honorable Mention honorees including Israel Tucker (RB), Abraham Delfin (OL), Joshua Mote (OL), Cee Jay Powell (WR), Smoke Harris (WR), Eric Kendzior (DE), Ezekiel Barnett (LB), Khalil Ladler (DB), Zach Hannibal (DB) and Jacob Barnes (K). - Louisiana Tech Football

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WR Cee Jay Powell, McNeese
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12/18/20 - Stephon Huderson, rSr/2022, McNeese + More +

2020 ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): RB Stephon Huderson, Tulane,...Huderson earned second team honors following a breakout senior season where he set single-season career highs in rushing yards (721), attempts (118), yards per carry (6.1) and touchdowns (four). In three games this season, the Petal, Mississippi, native surpassed 100 yards rushing, including a season-best 132-yard effort against 17th-ranked SMU. Huderson's 721 rushing yards ranked second in The American. - Tulane Football

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RB Stephon Huderson, McNeese
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12/11/20 - Clifton McDowell, rSr/2025, McNeese + More +

Two Ragin' Cajuns have entered the NCAA transfer portal since the season started - and UL coach Billy Napier is OK with that. One, reserve quarterback Clifton McDowell, remains on the No. 17 Cajuns' roster. The other, reserve receiver Brian Smith Jr., does not. McDowell entered the portal, according to 247Sports.com, on Sept. 14, two days after UL's season-opening upset win at Iowa State. He did so after emerging from preseason camp as UL's No. 4 quarterback behind returning starter Levi Lewis; fellow scholarship redshirt freshman Chandler Fields, who's spent most of this season listed on the depth chart as the Cajuns' No. 2; and Jaiave Magalei, a juco transfer who was the backup last season. McDowell continues to work with the UL's scout team even while seeking a new home. "Cliff's done a good job for us," Napier said of McDowell, who also took reps with receivers during camp. - Daily Advertiser

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QB Clifton McDowell, McNeese
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08/10/20 - Jamal Pettigrew, rSr/2022, McNeese + More +

Former LSU tight end Jamal Pettigrew has signed with McNeese State, the school announced Saturday afternoon. LSU coach Ed Orgeron said Pettigrew, who entered the NCAA transfer portal last week, was seeking more playing time for his final collegiate season. Pettigrew graduated from LSU this summer and is eligible to play immediately. The 6-foot-7, 254-pound St. Augustine High graduate has recorded two catches for 17 yards in his LSU career. Pettigrew joins a McNeese State program with several LSU ties. McNeese coach Frank Wilson is entering his first season, and he was LSU's associate head coach, running backs coach and recruiting coordinator from 2010 to 2015. Orgeron's son, Cody, is also the team's projected starting quarterback. Orgeron said in a Tuesday morning interview with WNXX-FM, 104.5's "Off the Bench" that the door was open for Pettigrew to return. "I told him, 'Go test the waters. If there's something that fits you, go," Orgeron said. "If not, come back." "It's his senior year," he added. "He wants to play." - Baton Rouge Advocate

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TE Jamal Pettigrew, McNeese
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08/03/20 - Jamal Pettigrew, rSr/2022, McNeese + More +

LSU tight end Jamal Pettigrew has entered the NCAA transfer portal, according to AL.com. The 6-foot-7, 254-pound senior entered the Tigers football program as a four-star prospect out of St. Augustine High in New Orleans, and, after four years in Baton Rouge, which included sitting out 2018 with an ACL tear, Pettigrew is moving on. Pettigrew recorded two catches for 17 yards in his LSU career. LSU coach Ed Orgeron told the Baton Rouge Rotary Club Wednesday that the Tigers are "better at tight end than we've been in a long time." Five-star true freshman Arik Gilbert is expected to see plenty of playing time this season. The 6-foot-5, 249-pound Georgia, native was the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 2019, when he led Marietta High to the 7A state championship. - Baton Rouge Advocate

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TE Jamal Pettigrew, McNeese
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07/28/20 - Masry Mapieu, rSr/2023, McNeese + More +

Moved from the defensive line to the offensive line prior to spring practice earlier this year, UL junior Masry Mapieu tweeted that he has entered the NCAA transfer portal. A one-time Nebraska commit, Mapieu - from York High in York, Nebraska - was "dropped from Nebraska's 2018 recruiting class over concerns he wouldn't academically qualify," according to a Omaha World-Herald Report in 2018. The 6-foot-4, 285-pounder also held offers from Power 5 programs including Iowa and Iowa State while in high school. Mapieu appeared in 12 of 11-3 UL's 14 games last season, finishing with three total tackles including two in a Sept. 14 win over Texas Southern. - Daily Advertiser

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DE Masry Mapieu, McNeese
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07/01/20 - A.J. Carter, rSr/2023, McNeese + More +

The Arizona State football program loaded up at the running back position during the last recruiting cycle, adding four-star standouts Dea'Monte Trayanum and Daniyel Ngata from Ohio and California respectively. The Sun Devils also went out and got a community college transfer in Raachad White. Not surprisingly, one of ASU's returning backs has decided to seek a transfer. Sophomore rusher A.J. Carter, who had 19 carries for 50 yards in minimal time last season, has opted to leave the program. The 6-foot, 218-pound Louisiana native played sparingly last season but did get a chance to show what he could do given a primary role when starter Eno Benjamin opted to sit out ASU's Sun Bowl game in El Paso, Texas against Florida State. Carter had four carries for 12 yards with a game-best of 15 yards, resulting in negative yardage on the other tries. He also had two fumbles. - Arizona Republic

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RB A.J. Carter, McNeese
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12/19/19 - Chris Livings, Sr/2020, McNeese + More +

2019 ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DL Chris Livings, McNeese, Sr., Lake Charles, La.,...The Lake Charles native ended the season with a team-high 9.5 quarterback sacks, ranking him third in the conference. He recorded 12 tackles for a loss to go along with 52 total tackles, two pass break ups, five quarterback hurries and three forced fumbles. He ended his career with 30 QB sacks, ranking second all-time in school history and just one away from the career record of 31. He also recorded 44 career tackles for a loss, ranking fourth all-time in school history. - McNeese Football

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