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2025 AMERICAN CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): QB Drew Mestemaker, North Texas,...Mestemaker leads FBS with 3,835 passing yards and has thrown 29 touchdowns against just four interceptions. He broke the American's single-game record with 608 passing yards at Charlotte on October 24. The redshirt freshman ranks third in the nation in passing efficiency (178.2), fourth in passing touchdowns (29), fourth in total offense (324.3 yards per game), ninth in completion percentage (70.9 percent). - American Conference Football

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QB Drew Mestemaker, North Texas
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12/02/25 - Caleb Hawkins, Fr/2029, North Texas, 6-2, 200 (DS#4 RB) + More +

2025 AMERICAN CONFERENCE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (COACHES): RB Caleb Hawkins, North Texas,...Hawkins leads FBS with 23 rushing touchdowns, 26 total touchdowns and 156 total points scored. His total touchdowns and 156 total points rank second on the American's single-season list. He is third in FBS in all-purpose yards (140.9 per game), is 13th in rushing yards with 1,216 and is 16th in yards per carry (6.3). Hawkins was the lone player to be unanimously selected to the all-conference first team. - American Conference Football

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RB Caleb Hawkins, North Texas
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12/02/25 - Drew Mestemaker, rFr/2029, North Texas, 6-4, 211 (DS#3 QB) + More +

North Texas' Drew Mestemaker leads the nation with 319.6 passing yards per game. Baylor's Sawyer Robertson and Florida Atlantic's Caden Veltkamp are the other quarterbacks throwing for more than 300 yards per game. - AP College Football

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QB Drew Mestemaker, North Texas
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11/28/25 - Drew Mestemaker, rFr/2029, North Texas, 6-4, 211 (DS#3 QB) + More +

Drew Mestemaker threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns, including a 77-yarder to Cameron Dorner, and No. 21 North Texas wrapped up a spot in the American Conference championship game with a 52-25 victory against Temple on Friday. The Mean Green (11-1, 7-1 American) rolled in their first game since announcing that coach Eric Morris had accepted the job at Oklahoma State. North Texas will play either 22nd-ranked Tulane or Navy for the conference title and a possible College Football Playoff berth. Tulane will host the championship game next Friday with a victory over Charlotte on Saturday night. Otherwise, the Mean Green will be at home against Navy. Tulane is No. 24 in the CFP rankings. North Texas is unranked. The Owls (5-7, 3-5) pulled even at 7-7 on Evan Simon's fourth-down touchdown pass to Ryder Kusch in the first quarter, but the Mean Green scored TDs on their first five drives. The nation's No. 1 offense in total yards had 366 in the first half on the way to a 35-7 lead.

Freshman Caleb Hawkins, who entered the game leading the nation in total touchdowns, is up to 26 after four rushing TDs against Temple. He had 122 of his 186 yards rushing at halftime. North Texas said Tuesday in the announcement about Morris that the coach will leave after the season. Morris said after the game that would include a bowl game if North Texas' first 10-win season doesn't end as the Group of Five representative for the CFP. There is also talk of Mestemaker, a redshirt freshman who never played quarterback on the varsity in high school, leaving UNT as well, possibly joining his coach in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The nation's leading passer was 20 of 24 and had three TDs without an interception for the second week in a row. Mestemaker has 29 TD passes with just four picks. North Texas has outscored its two opponents 108-49 since getting in The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in 66 years. The Mean Green celebrated the end of the poll's longest drought for an FBS school with a 56-24 victory over Rice. Mestemaker had a 75-yard completion to Wyatt Young to set up Hawkins' fourth score, which put the Mean Green over the 50-point mark for an FBS-leading seventh time this season. Young had 127 yards receiving a week after setting an American Conference record with 295. Dorner had four catches for 125 yards. - North Texas/AP College Football

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QB Drew Mestemaker, North Texas
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11/24/25 - Drew Mestemaker, rFr/2029, North Texas, 6-4, 211 (DS#3 QB) + More +

North Texas' Drew Mestemaker rose from fourth to first on the passing chart with his 469 yards against Rice. Mestemaker averages 315.4 yards per game, a yard more than Florida Atlantic's Caden Veltkamp. - AP College Football

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QB Drew Mestemaker, North Texas
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11/24/25 - Wyatt Young, So/2028, North Texas, 6-0, 195 (DS#9 WR) + More +

WEEK 13 AMERICAN CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Wyatt Young, So., SO, North Texas,...Young broke the American's single-game receiving record with 295 yards on just eight catches including two touchdowns in the Mean Green's win at Rice. Young, who averaged 36.9 yards per catch, had touchdown catches of 74 and 84 yards. The 295 yards broke the previous conference record of 283, set by C.J. Johnson for East Carolina vs. Cincinnati on Nov. 2, 2019. - American Conference Football

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WR Wyatt Young, North Texas
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11/22/25 - Wyatt Young, So/2028, North Texas, 6-0, 195 (DS#9 WR) + More +

Drew Mestemaker threw for 469 yards and three touchdowns, Wyatt Young set an American Conference record with 295 yards receiving and two scores, and No. 22 North Texas rallied from an early deficit to beat Rice 56-24 on Saturday night. Mestemaker went 19 of 23 and completed touchdown passes of 74 and 84 yards to Young and 56 yards to Tre Williams III in the first half. The quarterback also rushed for a 1-yard score in the third quarter as the Mean Green (10-1, 6-1 American) scored 42 straight points after Rice jumped out to a 14-0 lead. Young had the most receiving yards in a Division I game this season, surpassing TCU's Eric McAlister, who had 254 yards against SMU on Sept. 20.

Morris spoke highly of Young, who played in high school just outside Houston in Katy and had between 30 and 40 relatives and friends in the stands. Young said he didn't know his yardage total until the second half when the conference record was within reach. Once he knew where he stood, he wanted to get to 300 yards. Caleb Hawkins rushed for 97 yards and three touchdowns for North Texas, which is ranked for the first time since 1959. North Texas outgained Rice 640 yards to 397 in winning its fifth straight game. The Mean Green scored at least 50 points for the sixth time this season. - North Texas/AP College Football

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WR Wyatt Young, North Texas
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11/19/25 - Caleb Hawkins, Fr/2029, North Texas, 6-2, 200 (DS#4 RB) + More +

WEEK 12 AMERICAN CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Caleb Hawkins, Fr., RB, North Texas,...Hawkins tallied five rushing touchdowns (1, 4, 11, 9, 5) in the 53-24 win over UAB, breaking the North Texas program record. His 16 rushing touchdowns is tied for the nation's lead. He carried the ball 27 times for 189 yards, while adding one catch for 21 yards. - American Conference Football

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RB Caleb Hawkins, North Texas
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11/19/25 - Quinton Hammonds, So/2028, North Texas, 6-1, 219 (DS#37 SS) + More +

WEEK 10 AMERICAN CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Quinton Hammonds, So., S, North Texas,...Hammonds made four tackles and recorded two crucial second-half interceptions as the Mean Green defeated previously undefeated Navy, 31-17, on Saturday afternoon. The sophomore caught an interception at midfield as the Midshipmen were driving in the third quarter down seven and then again in the end zone in the fourth quarter when Navy could have cut the North Texas lead to one score. - American Conference Football

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SS Quinton Hammonds, North Texas
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11/19/25 - Drew Mestemaker, rFr/2029, North Texas, 6-4, 211 (DS#3 QB) + More +

WEEK 9 AMERICAN CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Drew Mestemaker, R-Fr., QB, North Texas,...Mestemaker broke the American and North Texas records for passing yards in a game with 608 as the Mean Green defeated Charlotte, 54-20, on Friday night. The redshirt freshman was 37-of-49 on the night with four touchdowns and one interception. His 608 yards mark as the highest this season in the Football Bowl Subdivision and is the 17th-highest in FBS history. - American Conference Football

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QB Drew Mestemaker, North Texas
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11/19/25 - Will Jones II, rSr/2026, North Texas, 5-10, 186 (DS#35 FS) + More +

WEEK 12 AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Will Jones II, Sr., DB, North Texas,...Recorded six tackles (three solos) with one pass breakup and two interceptions in the 53-24 win over UAB. - American Conference Football

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FS Will Jones II, North Texas
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11/19/25 - Caleb Hawkins, Fr/2029, North Texas, 6-2, 200 (DS#4 RB) + More +

WEEK 10 AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Caleb Hawkins, Fr., RB, North Texas,...Rushed for 197 yards on 33 attempts with four rushing touchdowns in the Mean Green's win over Navy. - American Conference Football

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RB Caleb Hawkins, North Texas
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11/18/25 - Drew Mestemaker, rFr/2029, North Texas, 6-4, 211 (DS#3 QB) + More +

WEEK 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Drew Mestemaker, North Texas,...The redshirt freshman passed for an American Conference-record 608 yards and four touchdowns in a 54-20 win at Charlotte on Friday. He completed 37 of 49 passes, with 16 going for 15-plus yards, as the Mean Green improved to 7-1 for the first time since 1977. Mestemaker threw for the most yards by a Football Bowl Subdivision player since K.J. Costello passed for 623 yards for Mississippi State against LSU in 2020. The total was second-highest by a freshman or redshirt freshman in FBS history behind David Neill's 611 for Nevada against New Mexico State in 1998. - AP College Football

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QB Drew Mestemaker, North Texas
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11/15/25 - Caleb Hawkins, Fr/2029, North Texas, 6-2, 200 (DS#4 RB) + More +

Caleb Hawkins set a program record with five rushing touchdowns for North Texas in a 53-24 drubbing of UAB on Saturday. The true freshman had four scores in the first half alone, tying the North Texas program record on runs of 1, 4, 11 and 9 by the 11:07 mark of the second quarter. He added a fifth from 5 yards out with 3:26 remaining to give him 16 rushing scores on the season, and 19 total. Hawkins finished with 189 yards on 27 attempts, including a 51-yard scamper midway through the fourth quarter.

Drew Mestemaker was 18-of-25 passing for 298 yards and two touchdowns for the Mean Green (9-1, 5-1 American Conference), who came off a crucial win over Navy last week at the top of the American standings. Mestemaker's favorite target was Wyatt Young, who caught eight passes for 148 yards and a touchdown. Cameron Dorner had three receptions for 73 yards and a score. It was a 506-yard performance for the elite Mean Green offense, which sits at second in the country with 44.4 points per game, and fifth with 487.8 yards per game. Jevon Jackson rushed for 163 yards for the Blazers (3-7, 1-5), while Jalen Kitna was 26-of-45 passing for 281 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. - AP College Football

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RB Caleb Hawkins, North Texas
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11/01/25 - Caleb Hawkins, Fr/2029, North Texas, 6-2, 200 (DS#4 RB) + More +

Caleb Hawkins ran for four touchdowns and North Texas beat Navy 31-17 on Saturday, handing the Midshipmen their first loss this season and ending their 10-game winning streak. Hawkins, a true freshman, rushed for a season-high 197 yards on 33 carries - the rest of the team netted minus-21. Freshman Drew Mestemaker, who threw for a program-record 608 yards and four touchdowns in a 54-20 win over Charlotte last week, was 19-of-24 passing for 234 yards.

Hawkins' 7-and 3-yard scores finished a pair of long North Texas (8-1, 4-1 American Conference) drives. After a failed Navy (7-1, 5-1) onside kick, Hawkins added a 14-yard score for a 21-3 lead. Hawkins' 6-yard score at the end of the third quarter came after a Quinton Hammonds interception and made it 31-17. Navy's next drive went over five minutes but ended on downs at the North Texas 9 and its final possession ended on another Hammonds interception. Blake Horvath was 8 of 14 for 80 yards with two interceptions. He rushed for 112 on 19 carries with a TD. Brandon Chatman rushed for the other Navy TD. Navy is at Notre Dame next Saturday. North Texas has won three straight and plays at UAB on Nov. 15. - North Texas/AP College Football

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RB Caleb Hawkins, North Texas
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