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South Alabama's 2022 quarterback battle got a little more interesting on Tuesday, as former Toledo starter Carter Bradley announced he was transferring to the Jaguars. Bradley, the son of longtime NFL coach Gus Bradley, started the first four games for the Rockets in 2021 before losing his starting job to freshman Dequan Finn. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Bradley completed 77 of 129 passes for 972 yards and four touchdowns with one interception this past season, including 221 yards and a touchdown in a 32-29 loss to Notre Dame. Bradley - who played his high school ball in Jacksonville, Fla., when his father was head coach of the Jaguars - totaled 2,377 yards and 14 touchdowns and eight interceptions in 21 career games at Toledo. He announced his transfer decision via Twitter. - Birmingham News

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QB Carter Bradley, South Alabama
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12/18/21 - Carter Bradley, rSr/2024, South Alabama, 6-3, 213 (DS#14 QB) + More +

QB Carter Bradley, South Alabama
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12/15/21 - DJ Thomas-Jones, rSr/2025, South Alabama, 6-2, 250 (DS#22 FB) + More +

South Alabama has landed its first Division I transfer of the 2021-22 recruiting cycle, as former Ole Miss tight end DaMarcus "D.J." Thomas announced Sunday he is headed to Mobile. The 6-foot-2, 255-pound Thomas played his high school football at Saraland, and was a three-star prospect in the 2020 recruiting class. He played in 11 games in two seasons at Ole Miss, totaling one reception for six yards. Thomas will have three seasons of eligibility remaining at South Alabama. - Birmingham News

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FB DJ Thomas-Jones, South Alabama
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12/02/21 - Jalen Tolbert, rSr/2022, South Alabama, 6-2, 193 (DS#11 WR) + More +

2021 SUN BELT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES/MEDIA): Jalen Tolbert, South Alabama (Jr., WR - Mobile, Ala.),...Tolbert averaged 17.98 yards per catch and 122.83 yards per game, while compiling a 1,474-yard, eight-touchdown campaign. The Mobile, Ala., product became just the fourth player in Sun Belt history to record 3,000 career receiving yards, finishing third on the conference's all-time list with 3,140. Tolbert's 6.83 receptions and 122.83 yards per game each paced the Sun Belt by a significant margin. - Sun Belt Football

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WR Jalen Tolbert, South Alabama
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10/31/21 - Jake Bentley, rSr/2022, South Alabama, 6-4, 225 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Jake Bentley threw four touchdown passes in the first half and South Alabama beat Arkansas State 31-13 on Saturday night. Bentley connected with Jalen Tolbert twice in the first quarter to cap long scoring drives. Bentley added a touchdown pass each to Terrion Avery and Brandon Crum, and South Alabama (5-3, 2-3 Sun Belt Conference) lead 28-0 with 6:21 remaining in the second quarter. Bentley was 29-of-39 passing for 251 yards. Tolbert made eight catches for 94 yards. Avery added 113 yards rushing on 22 carries. Alan Lamar scored on a 100-yard kickoff return for Arkansas State (1-7, 0-4) following Crum's TD catch. Blake Grupe made field goals from 32 and 43 yards in the second half. - South Alabama/AP College Football

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QB Jake Bentley, South Alabama
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10/14/21 - Jake Bentley, rSr/2022, South Alabama, 6-4, 225 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Jake Bentley became the first player in South Alabama history to account for five touchdowns in a game, rushing for two and passing for three more as the Jaguars defeated Georgia Southern 41-14 on Thursday night. Bentley had a sixth touchdown negated by a penalty while completing 24 of 31 passes for 389 yards — South Alabama's first 300-yard passing game since the 2018 season. The Jaguars (4-2, 1-2 Sun Belt) capped a 10-play, 84-yard game-opening drive with a Bentley keeper from the 12. That was the first of five straight scores as South Alabama led 31-0 midway through the second quarter.

Bentley rushed for a 6-yard touchdown and fired scoring passes to Jalen Tolbert from 40 yards and Jalen Wayne from the 5 while Diego Guajardo added a 42-yard field goal. Tolbert caught 11 passes for a season-best 174 yards, Wayne seven catches for a career-best 117 yards. Bentley had a big first half, passing for 261 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for two more and helping the Jaguars to a 31-8 halftime lead. South Alabama picked back up in the third, answering a Georgia Southern field goal with an 82-yard touchdown drive. The big gainer was a 58-yard run by Bryan Hill, Bentley capped the drive with a hitting Lincoln Sefcik from the 5. - South Alabama/AP College Football

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QB Jake Bentley, South Alabama
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09/19/21 - Kareem Walker, rSr/2022, South Alabama, 6-0, 209 (DS#103 RB) + More +

Kareem Walker ran for 150 yards and three touchdowns and South Alabama rallied and then held off Alcorn State for 28-21 win on Saturday. Tre Young intercepted the Braves' Felix Harper in the end zone with 1:55 left to preserve the lead. Trailing 14-7 at halftime, the Jaguars (3-0) tied it at 14-all on Walker's 13-yard run with 12:12 to left in the third quarter before taking the lead for good on his 35-yard scoring run not even two minutes later. South Alabama made 28-14 when Bryan Hill ran it from 11 yards to end a 10-play, 71-yard drive that lasted five minutes. Harper threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Juan Anthony Jr. to reduce the deficit to seven. He finished with 265 yards passing and CJ Bolar caught five passes for 128 yards. - South Alabama/AP College Football

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RB Kareem Walker, South Alabama
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09/13/21 - Diego Guajardo, rSr/2024, South Alabama, 6-0, 185 (DS#999 K) + More +

SEPT 13 SUN BELT SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Diego Guajardo, South Alabama, (So., K - Spanish Fort, Ala.),...Jaguars sophomore kicker Diego Guajardo kicked a 44-yard field goal as time expired to lift South Alabama to a 22-19 win over Bowling Green. The Spanish Fort, Ala., native also connected from 22 and 41 yards out, as part of a 10-point effort. Guajardo's three field goals tied his career high, while his walk-off kick provided the Jaguars their first win on the final play of the game since Oct. 20, 2012. - Sun Belt Football

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K Diego Guajardo, South Alabama
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09/11/21 - Terrion Avery, rSr/2022, South Alabama, 5-08, 200 (DS#999 RB) + More +

Diego Guajardo kicked a 44-yard field goal as time expired to lift South Alabama to a 22-19 win over Bowling Green on Saturday. Terrion Avery scored on a 13-yard run with 1:39 remaining to get the Jaguars (2-0) a 19-all tie and then Quentin Wilfawn recovered a fumble at the Bowling Green 33 that led to the winning kick. Avery's TD run was made possible by Jake Bentley's 20-yard pass to Caullin Lacy on fourth-and-8 with three minutes remaining.

South Alabama took its first lead on Kareem Walker's 1-yard run in the third quarter but the Falcons grabbed it back at 19-12 on Matt McDonald's 33-yard scoring pass to Andrew Bench and a two-point conversion. Bowling Green (0-2), which had only 9 rushing yards, still led most of the way. A blocked punt out of the end zone for a safety and Jake Bentley's 27-yard pick-6 gave the Falcons a 8-0 lead after the first quarter. Guajardo kicked a pair of field goals in the second quarter to get the Jaguars within 8-6 at halftime. South Alabama had 11 more first downs and outrushed Bowling Green 114-9 though the Eagles had a 308-257 edge in passing yards. - South Alabama/AP College Football

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RB Terrion Avery, South Alabama
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09/05/21 - Jake Bentley, rSr/2022, South Alabama, 6-4, 225 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Jake Bentley threw two touchdown passes and new head coach Kane Wommack didn't have to wait long to get his first victory as South Alabama spotted Southern Mississippi an early lead before scoring 31 straight points in a season-opening 31-7 win over the Golden Eagles on Saturday. Trey Lowe's 1-yard TD run gave Southern Miss a 7-0 lead after the first quarter. Bentley knotted the score at 7 early in the second quarter with a scoring strike to Trent Tyre and gave the Jaguars the lead for good when he connected with Kareem Walker less than two minutes later. Davyn Flenord capped the scoring for South Alabama with a pick-6 with 44 seconds left in the game. Bentley completed 10 of 12 passes for 138 yards. Jalen Tolbert had three catches for 84 yards. Frank Gore Jr. carried 11 times for 61 yards for the Golden Eagles. - South Alabama/AP College Football

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QB Jake Bentley, South Alabama
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09/05/21 - Carter Bradley, rSr/2024, South Alabama, 6-3, 213 (DS#14 QB) + More +

Toledo returned two blocked punts for touchdowns and the Rockets breezed to a 49-10 victory over FCS-member Norfolk State in a season opener on Saturday. Toledo led 7-0 with 6:50 left in the first quarter when DeMeer Blankumsee blocked a Ryan Richter punt that was scooped up by Maxen Hook and returned 25 yards for a TD. The Spartans answered with a nine-play 75-yard drive that culminated with Juwan Carter's 47-yard scoring strike to Justin Smith to make it 14-7. But lightning struck again when Maxen blocked a punt that was scooped up by Justin Clark and returned 13 yards for a score.

Dequan Finn added a 24-yard TD run with 27 seconds left before halftime to make it 28-7. Carter Bradley completed 8 of 11 passes for 183 yards and a TD - an 84-yard strike to Devin Maddox - for the Rockets. Finn finished with 82 yards on nine carries. Bryant Koback ran nine times for 52 yards and two scores. Carter completed 8 of 18 passes for 125 yards with an interception for the Spartans. Toledo piled up 441 yards of offense and held Norfolk State to 272. The Rockets were penalized 12 times for 140 yards. - Toledo/AP College Football

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QB Carter Bradley, South Alabama
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08/31/21 - Carter Bradley, rSr/2024, South Alabama, 6-3, 213 (DS#14 QB) + More +

Toledo has its quarterback. Rockets coach Jason Candle announced Monday that fourth-year sophomore Carter Bradley will start against Norfolk State on Saturday at the Glass Bowl. "Carter Bradley will start at quarterback Saturday night," Candle said. "You will see some Dequan Finn also Saturday night. Carter's had a very good camp. I think Dequan has had a very good camp, as well. Both guys deserve to play, and that's how we will approach it. "But I don't think in Carter's case or DQ's case that this is an ongoing competition, and I don't think if you make a bad play that you need to look over your shoulder that you're going to come out of the football game on the next snap. Both of them bring a little bit something different to the table, and that's how we will approach this first game." Bradley has started three games for the Rockets, completing 58 of 120 pass attempts for 708 yards, four touchdowns, and two interceptions. During the shortened 2020 season, he threw for a career-high 432 yards against Central Michigan, the most by a Mid-American Conference QB all year, and ranked third in the conference in passing efficiency (164.1). - Toledo Blade

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QB Carter Bradley, South Alabama
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08/18/21 - C.J. Person, rSo/2025, South Alabama, 6-2, 292 (DS#999 DT) + More +

How does first-year defensive coordinator Charlton Warren improve an IU defense that ranked top-15 nationally in forced turnovers and sacks per game? The answer is an increased emphasis on creating pressure or "havoc" in the opposing backfield without blitzing, allowing the back seven to play tighter coverage for shorter periods of time. IU defensive line coach Kevin Peoples said the defense keeps tracks of every havoc play (sack, tackle for loss, forced fumble, pass breakup, interception) during practice and names a havoc leader at the end of each day. Through five days of fall practice, redshirt sophomore defensive tackle C.J. Person and the defensive line have been consistently disruptive up front.

At 6-3 and 292 pounds, Person added lean muscle during the offseason while maintaining his strength and increasing his explosiveness off the line of scrimmage. His ability to win his matchups up front and generate pressure will be key for the Hoosiers. "C.J. Person has really stepped up, (we're) pleased with him," Peoples said. "C.J.'s always been a talent. I mean he's been twitchy, he's got a little extra athleticism, a little twitch. ... He did some really good things for us last year, but it started with him in the spring and then all through the summer. He had a tremendous summer. "He changed his body... He's done an unbelievable job of really taking coach (Aaron) Wellman's leadership in the weight room, and then changing the things that he needs to change." - Indianapolis Star/News

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DT C.J. Person, South Alabama
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08/15/21 - JaChai Baker, rSr/2022, South Alabama, 6-6, 321 (DS#47 OT) + More +

South Alabama held its fourth preseason football practice on Monday morning at the Jaguar Training Center, and several newcomers are beginning to make their presence known. Chief among those is offensive lineman Ja'Chai Baker, who took virtually every rep during 11-on-11 team drills as the first-team left tackle. An all-conference pick on the FCS level at Southeast Missouri last season, the 6-foot-6, 310-pound Baker (whose first name is pronounced "Juh-KYE") hasn't yet won a job outright, head coach Kane Wommack said, but has made excellent progress through the first week of camp. "We're starting to make some moves on the offensive line," Wommack said. "Obviously we've brought some of these transfer guys in here and we need to see them working with different people. Some of the guys that were here in the spring, certainly they're going to have a little bit more experience in terms of what we're doing and the communication level. I want to see kind of how they interact with different people, but I thought Ja'Chai has been doing a good job. And so he deserves some (first-team) reps." - Birmingham News

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OT JaChai Baker, South Alabama
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08/12/21 - Jamal Brooks, rSr/2022, South Alabama, 6-0, 234 (DS#65 ILB) + More +

South Alabama's offensive and defensive depth charts remain largely stable from the spring, with one exception. Linebacker Jamal Brooks, a fifth-year senior who transferred in from Missouri over the summer, saw time with the first and second defensive units during 11-on-11 team drills on the first two days of preseason camp. Though the Jaguars aren't doing any contact work just yet, Brooks has managed to bat down a few passes that have come his way.

Brooks, a former Bessemer City High School standout, totaled 41 tackles in 46 career games at Missouri. He has proven himself to be both a vocal leader and a playmaker during the first two days of camp, head coach Wommack said Saturday. "I'm really impressed with Jamal," Wommack said. "Communication is so important, and that was one thing we talk about every single day in our defense - relentlessly loud communication. It exudes confidence with everybody else on the field. That's with your team, but it's also intimidating for our opponent. And Jamal is so loud when he gets on that field. And he's also really instinctive; he got his hands on a couple of balls today. We've got to come up with some interceptions off of that." - Birmingham News

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ILB Jamal Brooks, South Alabama
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