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WEEK 11 BIG SKY OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Rodney Hammond, Sacramento State (RB, Sr., Norfolk, Va.),...Rodney Hammond rushed for 191 yards on 17 carries, while scoring two touchdowns on the ground to pace Sacramento State in its 52-24 win over Portland State. Hammond's day included touchdown runs of 87 and 41 yards, with the 87-yarder tying a school record. Hammond has now run for over 100 yards in five of his last six games and has scored nine touchdowns in those games. The senior running back also caught a pass for 29 yards and had a 20-yard kick return to finish the game with 240 all-purpose yards. Others Nominated Offense: Jake Schakel (EWU), Jordan Cooke (ISU), Michael Wortham (UM), Ty Pennington (NAU), Terence Loville (PSU), Samuel Gbatu Jr. (UCD). - Big Sky Football

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RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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11/16/25 - Rodney Hammond Jr., rSr/2026, Sacramento State, 5-09, 195 (DS#43 RB) + More +

Rodney Hammond Jr. and Jaquail Smith each ran for more than 100 yards, and quarterback Cardell Williams ran for the game-winning touchdown with nine seconds left to give Sacramento State a 23-20 victory over Idaho on Saturday night. Idaho scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns and led 20-16 with 3:17 remaining. Williams then led a 14-play, 67-yard scoring drive, capped by a fake handoff to Hammond before running untouched for a 2-yard score.

Smith had 14 carries for 122 yards rushing and Hammond finished with 120 yards on 26 carries for Sacramento State (7-4, 5-2 Big Sky Conference), which has won three straight and five of its last six games. Williams completed 14 of 18 passes for 176 yards and threw a touchdown pass. Joshua Wood was 15-of-26 passing for 162 yards and he added 117 yards on the ground with a 10-yard touchdown run that put Idaho up 20-16. Nate Thomas also had a 7-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter for the Vandals (4-6, 2-5). - AP College Football

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RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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11/08/25 - Rodney Hammond Jr., rSr/2026, Sacramento State, 5-09, 195 (DS#43 RB) + More +

Cardell Williams threw two first-half touchdown passes to Ernest Campbell, Rodney Hammond Jr. had 191 yards rushing and two TDs on 17 carries and Sacramento State beat Portland State 52-24 on Saturday night. Delon Thompson's 2-yard TD run a little over a minute into the second quarter made it 7-7 but, on the next play from scrimmage, Campbell - whose 22-yard touchdown reception opened the scoring - caught a short pass at the 40 and made a defender miss as he raced to the end zone for a 65-yard touchdown that gave Sacramento State (6-4, 4-2 Big Sky Conference) the lead for good.

The Hornets ran for 295 yards and five touchdowns. Damian Henderson II, Sam Adams II and JaQuail Smith each had a rushing TD for Sacramento State. Portland State (1-9, 1-5) beat Cal Poly 40-28 last week to snap an eight-game losing streak. Freshman Tyrese Smith replaced starter John-Keawe Sagapolutele in the second quarter and was 8-of-11 passing for 105 yards with a TD and added 37 yards rushing, which included a 1-yard touchdown. Sagapolutele completed 5 of 13 for 72 yards and threw two interceptions. - AP College Football

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RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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11/01/25 - Rodney Hammond Jr., rSr/2026, Sacramento State, 5-09, 195 (DS#43 RB) + More +

Rodney Hammond Jr. had 208 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 22 carries, Jaquail Smith ran for TDs of 45 and 29 yards and Sacramento State beat Eastern Washington 35-13 on Saturday. Sacramento State (5-4, 3-2 Big Sky Conference) finished with 376 yards rushing and averaged 6.7 yards per carry. Hammond took a hand off up the middle, bent it out toward the right sideline and raced 59 yards to the end zone to give the Hornets a 14-10 lead with about five minutes left in the first quarter. The first play after a 10-yard punt by EWU's Landon Ogles, Smith ripped off a 45-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter. A 17-punt gave the Sacramento State possession at the Eagles 35 and five plays later Hammond's 7-yard TD run made it 28-10.

Soren McKee, who made a career-long 51-yard field goal in the first quarter, kicked a 19-yarder as time expired in the first half. Nate Bell threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Wilson Medina for Eastern Washington (4-5, 3-2). Bell left the game early in the second quarter due to an apparent shoulder injury and finished 6-of-14 passing for 39 yards. Redshirt freshman Jake Schakel replaced Bell and went 24 of 38 for 201 yards. Quarterback Cardell Williams opened the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run a little more than two minutes into the game and Smith, who had 12 carries for 117 yards, capped the scoring with 9:47 to play. - AP College Football

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RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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10/21/25 - Grant Meadors, rSo/2028, Sacramento State, 5-11, 181 (DS#999 K) + More +

WEEK 8 BIG SKY SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Grant Meadors, Sacramento State (K, So., Bakersfield, Calif.),...Grant Meadors was a perfect 4-of-4 on field goals Saturday night, aiding in Sacramento State's 40-35 win over Northern Colorado. Meadors was successful on field goal attempts of 37, 28, 34, and 42 yards in the win, with his 34-yard attempt with 9:30 to play putting the Hornets ahead by two points and his season-long 42-yarder with 2:01 remaining to extend the team lead to five points. Overall, Meadors had 16 of Sac State's 40 points, 12 coming from field goals and four off his perfect day on PATs. The weekly conference honor is the first of his career. Others Nominated, Special Teams: Drew Deck (UM), Leo Blumentritt (UNC), Cru Newman (PSU), Sloan Calder (WSU). - Big Sky Football

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K Grant Meadors, Sacramento State
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10/19/25 - Rodney Hammond Jr., rSr/2026, Sacramento State, 5-09, 195 (DS#43 RB) + More +

Rodney Hammond Jr. and JaQuail Smith each ran for more than 100 yards, Grant Meadors kicked a pair of fourth-quarter field goals and Sacramento State beat Northern Colorado 40-35 on Saturday night. Following Meadors' fourth field goal, a 42-yarder with 2:01 to play, Eric Gibson Jr. drove Northern Colorado to the Sacramento State 3 with 30 seconds left but threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-1. Meadors' 34-yard field goal gave Sacramento State (4-3, 2-1 Big Sky Conference) a 37-35 lead with 9:30 remaining. He also made field goals from 37 and 28 yards in the first half.

Ricky Lee III's 34-yard pick-6 to start the fourth quarter gave Sacramento State a 34-28 lead. Northern Colorado answered with Gibson's 62-yard touchdown pass to Carver Cheeks for a 35-34 advantage. Hammond had 134 yards rushing on 21 carries that included a 46-yard touchdown. Smith carried 17 times for 103 yards. The Hornets ran for 323 of their 434 yards of offense. Gibson was 21-of-33 passing for 321 yards and threw three touchdowns but four interceptions for Northern Colorado (3-4, 1-2). He also threw a 75-yard TD pass to Cheeks in the second quarter. Cheeks finished with nine catches for 223 yards and three touchdowns. - AP College Football

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RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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10/14/25 - Rodney Hammond Jr., rSr/2026, Sacramento State, 5-09, 195 (DS#43 RB) + More +

WEEK 7 BIG SKY SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State (KR/RB, Sr., Norfolk, VA.),...Rodney Hammond, Jr. helped lead Sacramento State to a 55-27 victory at Weber State, as the senior accounted for three total touchdowns, including a 99-yard kickoff return for a score. After Weber State cut Sac State's lead to two scores, Hammond fielded the kickoff at the 1-yard line and broke free through the middle of the field for the touchdown. The score was the longest kick return by a Sac State player since Tyrone Taylor also went 99 yards against Idaho State in 1996. Hammond's mark is tied for third in program history, trailing only a pair of 100-yard returns. The senior's other kickoff return in the game went for 42 yards. He also rushed for 106 yards and scored two touchdowns on the ground. Others Nominated for Big Sky Football Player of the Week, Special Teams: Ty Morrison (UM), Jacob Willig (UNC). - Big Sky Football

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RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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10/12/25 - Rodney Hammond Jr., rSr/2026, Sacramento State, 5-09, 195 (DS#43 RB) + More +

Cardell Williams rushed for three touchdowns, Rodney Hammond Jr. had two touchdown runs before returning a kickoff for a score and Sacramento State steamrolled Weber State 55-27 on Saturday night. Williams scored on a 10-yard run with 55 seconds left in the first quarter to give Sacramento State (3-3, 1-1 Big Sky Conference) a 7-3 lead. Hammond scored on a 14-yard run 58 seconds into the second quarter and Williams followed with a 51-yard touchdown run less than three minutes later for a 21-3 advantage.

Dijon Jennings had a 5-yard touchdown run at the end of a 13-play drive for Weber State (2-4, 0-2) to cut it to 21-10. Jaquail Smith answered with a 13-yard touchdown run with 50 seconds left and the Hornets took a 28-10 lead into halftime. Hammond's second touchdown run came from 8 yards out for a 35-10 advantage three minutes into the third quarter. He returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown after the Wildcats had cut it to 41-27 with 8:36 remaining. Smith capped the scoring with a 24-yard touchdown run at 2:46. Williams completed 5 of 9 passes for 53 yards for Sac State. He added a 3-yard touchdown run early in the final quarter and finished with 139 yards on 12 carries. Smith rushed 17 times for 135 yards and Hammond gained 108 on 15 carries. The Hornets finished with 397 yards on 50 rushes. Jennings totaled 157 yards on 16-for-28 passing for Weber State. Chauncey Sylvester had a touchdown run and a touchdown catch. - AP College Football

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RB Rodney Hammond Jr., Sacramento State
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08/30/24 - Rodney Hammond Jr., rSr/2026, Sacramento State, 5-09, 195 (DS#43 RB) + More +

Pitt running back Rodney Hammond Jr. has been declared ineligible and will miss the 2024 season, the school announced Friday. No reason was provided, but Hammond remains a member of the team and can practice, the school said. Hammond, in his fourth year, led the Panthers in rushing last year with 564 yards and scored four touchdowns. Desmond Reid was listed as co-No. 1 on the depth chart at running back heading into Pitt’s opener Saturday at home against Kent State. Reid is a third-year transfer from Western Carolina, where he played for new Pitt offensive coordinator Kade Bell and ran for 897 yards and 13 touchdowns last season. - AP College Football

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12/03/22 - Pierre Williams, rSr/2023, Sacramento State, 6-1, 218 (DS#169 WR) + More +

Asher O'Hara threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to Pierre Williams to cap the scoring with 6:28 to play and No. 2 seed Sacramento State beat Richmond 38-31 Saturday in the second round of the FCS playoffs. Sacramento State (12-0), ranked No. 2 in the FCS coaches poll, extended its program record for single-season wins. The Hornets play No. 7-seed Incarnate Word in the quarterfinals. Leroy Henley caught a 21-yard touchdown pass from Reece Udinski to give the Spiders a 31-24 lead going into the fourth quarter but Jake Dunniway hit Marshel Martin for a 19-yard TD and, after Richmond missed a 46-yard field-goal attempt, Williams slipped behind a pair of defenders and was hit in stride by O'Hara's pass for the winning touchdown catch-and-run.

Williams finished with four receptions for 107 yards and Martin caught 10 passes for 148 yards and two touchdowns for Sacramento State. The duo is the first to each have at least 100 yards receiving in the same game for the Hornets since the 2019 season. O'Hara threw a 5-yard TD pass to Martin that opened the scoring midway through the first quarter but Reece Udinski sandwiched touchdown passes of 25 yards to Jasiah Williams and 24 yards to Henley around a 1-yard scoring run by Savon Smith to give Richmond (9-4) a 21-7 lead early in the second quarter. Elijah Tau-Tolliver returned the second-half kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown that gave the Hornets a 24-21 lead. Udinski finished 21-of-39 passing for 216 yards and three touchdowns for Richmond. Aaron Dykes added 109 yards rushing on 20 carries. - Sacramento State/AP College Football

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WR Pierre Williams, Sacramento State
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11/24/22 - Marte Mapu, rSr/2023, Sacramento State, 6-3, 221 (DS#15 OLB) + More +

2022 ALL-BIG SKY FIRST TEAM: OLB Marte Mapu (SAC),...Mapu joins linebacker Matt Logue (2005) as the only players in school history to be named Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year. The senior ranked second on the team with 65 total tackles, including 6.5 for loss and one sack. He tied for the team lead with a pair of interceptions, added four pass breakups, two quarterback hurries and forced a fumble. Mapu, who started all 11 games during the year, had at least three tackles in each game and tallied five or more in eight contests. He was recently named a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award which is given to the best defensive player in the FCS. - Sacramento State Football

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OLB Marte Mapu, Sacramento State
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11/24/22 - Pierre Williams, rSr/2023, Sacramento State, 6-1, 218 (DS#169 WR) + More +

2022 ALL-BIG SKY FIRST TEAM: WR Pierre Williams (SAC),...Williams earned first team honors for the third straight season and follows Roberts (1998-2000) and wide receiver Fred Amey (2002-04) as the only players in school history to do so. This season, Williams caught 35 passes for 514 yards and six touchdowns. He currently ranks second in school history with 2,762 career receiving yards, is tied for third with 21 touchdowns and is fourth with 170 receptions. Williams and Amey are also the only players in the history of Sacramento State to have at least 500 receiving yards in all four years of their careers. - Sacramento State Football

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WR Pierre Williams, Sacramento State
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11/24/22 - Kyle Sentkowski, rSr/2023, Sacramento State, 6-0, 200 (DS#13 K) + More +

2022 ALL-BIG SKY FIRST TEAM: K Kyle Sentkowski (SAC),...Sentkowski earned his second consecutive first team award. The senior kicker made 14-of-17 field goal attempts during the season, including a stretch of 13 in a row. He also set the school single season record with 59 made PATs. The Blaine, Wash., native is now sixth in school history with 208 career points. He also ranks third with 35 career field goals and 103 extra points. Sentkowski is also the school leader in PAT percentage (.990) and second in career field goal percentage (.814). - Sacramento State Football

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K Kyle Sentkowski, Sacramento State
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11/24/22 - Armon Bailey, rSr/2024, Sacramento State, 6-0, 232 (DS#70 ILB) + More +

2022 ALL-BIG SKY FIRST TEAM: ILB Armon Bailey (SAC),...Armon Bailey was the team's second first team selection on defense. The linebacker set career highs with 78 total tackles including 12.5 TFLs and six sacks to lead the team in all three categories. Bailey added four pass breakups, three quarterback hurries, forced two fumbles and recovered one. The Vallejo, Calif., native was credited with at least four tackles in all 11 games and had seven or more in eight of the final nine games of the season. He was twice named Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week during the year. - Sacramento State Football

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ILB Armon Bailey, Sacramento State
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11/24/22 - Brandon Weldon, rSr/2023, Sacramento State, 6-2, 299 (DS#62 OG) + More +

2022 ALL-BIG SKY FIRST TEAM: OL Brandon Weldon (SAC),...Jackson Slater and Brandon Weldon anchored an offensive line which helped produce a school record 2,757 rushing yards during the season. Both started all 11 games with Slater at left guard and Weldon at right. The honor is the first for Slater who is a true sophomore from Bellevue, Wash. Weldon, a senior from Compton, Calif., returned to the all-Big Sky teams after earning second team honors a year ago. He owns a 36-game consecutive starting streak which is the longest among active members of the team. - Sacramento State Football

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OG Brandon Weldon, Sacramento State
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