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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Ferris State
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  2023 GLIAC DEFENSIVE BACK OF THE YEAR: Shon Stephens, Ferris State,...Ferris State University senior defensive back Shon Shephens has had a major impact in the Bulldog secondary this season. The graduate senior transfer, who was an All-American a season ago at West Liberty, has came up with eight interceptions this campaign to go with 24 tackles, including 18 solo stops, along with two tackles for loss. His eight interceptions tied for the conference lead and he also led the league in passes defended at 1.2 per contest, which ranked among the national leaders. Stephens had a 100-yard kickoff return for a score in the Bulldogs' 28-10 road win at Davenport late in the season and added a pick six interception return in the same game, earning National Player of the Week laurels. He added four pass breakups and helped play a key role on one of the nation's top defensive units while solidying a FSU secondary that lost two starters due to injury in week two. - GLIAC Football

rSr/2024 CB Shon Stephens, Ferris State
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  Carson Gulker scored on three short runs, Sidney McCloud had a pick-6 and Ferris State rolled past Colorado School of Mines 41-14 on Saturday to successfully defend its NCAA Division II national championship. Ferris (14-1) was in its third national title game in four years, winning its first title last year to complete a 14-0 season. This was the Bulldogs' eighth straight trip to the playoffs. Gulker scored on a 2-yard run to complete a seven-play, 79-yard drive for a first-quarter score then the Bulldogs followed with a 20-point second quarter on Eddie Jewett's field goals of 33 and 22 yards, CJ Jefferson's 19-yard run to finish an eight-play, 75-yard drive, and McCloud's 31-yard return in the final minute of the half for a 27-0 lead.

The Orediggers (13-3) didn't score until there was just over a minute left in the third quarter on John Matocha's 10-yard pass to Michael Zeman. Gulker restored the 27-point lead with a 1-yard run to finish a nine-play, 75-yard drive early in the fourth quarter, and after Matocha's second touchdown pass, Gulker added a 6-yard score. Ferris State's Mylik Mitchell was 14-of-18 passing for 161 yards, Marcus Taylor rushed for 103 yards on 13 carries. Jefferson had 95 yards receiving on seven carries. Ferris State outgained the Orediggers 426-222 while its defense allowed only 4 yards rushing and had six sacks. Matocha, who won the Harlon Hill Award as D-II most outstanding player, was 22-of-38 passing for 218 yards with two TDs and two interceptions. Josh Johnston had eight catches for 116 yards with a TD. - AP College Football

rJr/2026 QB Carson Gulker, Ferris State
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  2022 ALL-GLIAC FIRST TEAM: DL Caleb Murphy, Ferris State, Jr.,...Murphy has had a dominant season for the defending NCAA Division II National Champion Bulldogs. Murphy currently leads the country in total sacks with 18 (-136 yards) this year along with tackles for loss with 27 (-153 yards). In addition, he's forced a pair of fumbles while playing a pivotal role on one of the nation's top defensive units. - Ferris State Football

Sr/2023 DE Caleb Murphy, Ferris State
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  2022 ALL-GLIAC FIRST TEAM: OL Adam Sieler, Ferris State, Sr.,...A total of 16 Ferris State University student-athletes have been named to the 2022 All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) squad as the league announced its annual postseason award recipients on Thursday (Nov. 17). The Bulldogs claimed two of the league's seven major awards and had a total of 16 student-athletes earn all-conference recognition in voting by the league's member head coaches, including nine first-team honorees. - Ferris State Football

Sr/2023 OG Adam Sieler, Ferris State
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  2022 ALL-GLIAC FIRST TEAM: WR Tyrese Hunt-Thompson, Ferris State, So.,...A total of 16 Ferris State University student-athletes have been named to the 2022 All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) squad as the league announced its annual postseason award recipients on Thursday (Nov. 17). The Bulldogs claimed two of the league's seven major awards and had a total of 16 student-athletes earn all-conference recognition in voting by the league's member head coaches, including nine first-team honorees. - Ferris State Football

Sr/2025 WR Tyrese Hunt-Thompson, Ferris State
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  2022 ALL-GLIAC FIRST TEAM: HB CJ Jefferson, Ferris State, Jr.,...A total of 16 Ferris State University student-athletes have been named to the 2022 All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) squad as the league announced its annual postseason award recipients on Thursday (Nov. 17). The Bulldogs claimed two of the league's seven major awards and had a total of 16 student-athletes earn all-conference recognition in voting by the league's member head coaches, including nine first-team honorees. - Ferris State Football

Sr/2024 WR CJ Jefferson, Ferris State
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  2022 GLIAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Caleb Murphy, Ferris State,...Ferris State University senior defensive end Caleb Murphy has had a dominant season for the defending NCAA Division II National Champion Bulldogs. Murphy currently leads the country in total sacks with 18 (-136 yards) this year along with tackles for loss with 27 (-153 yards). In addition, he's forced a pair of fumbles while playing a pivotal role on one of the nation's top defensive units. The returning All-America honoree has claimed the GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week honor three times this year and also been tabbed as the National Defensive Player of the Week this fall. His play helped FSU secure the #2 seed in Super Region Three and earn the program's eighth consecutive NCAA Division II Playoff berth following a 9-1 regular-season. - 2022 GLIAC Football

Sr/2023 DE Caleb Murphy, Ferris State
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  2022 GLIAC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Carson Gulker, Ferris State,...Ferris State University redshirt freshman quarterback Carson Gulker has had a big fall for the Bulldogs. Gulker currently ranks among the national leaders with 22 rushing touchdowns this fall and 132 total points, averaging 13.2 points per game while leading the defending national champions in both categories. The talented signal caller ranks as one of the country's leading rushing quarterbacks with a team-high 738 yards to date on 137 carries while splitting time at the offensive controls in 10 games, helping FSU to a 9-1 overall regular-season mark. Gulker has also completed 41-of-70 throws for 691 yards and four scores this fall. HIs play has helped the Bulldogs secure the number two overall seed in Super Region Three as FSU claimed its eighth consecutive NCAA Division II Playoff berth. - 2022 GLIAC Football

rJr/2026 QB Carson Gulker, Ferris State
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  Quarterback Jared Bernhardt had three touchdown runs in the first half as undefeated Ferris State built a big lead and cruised to its first Division II championship with a 58-17 rout of Valdosta State on Saturday night. It was the most points scored in a D-II title game since Delta State beat Bloomsburg 63-34 in 2000. It was also the largest margin of victory since Northern Colorado's 51-0 win against New Haven in 1997. Ferris State (14-0) finished with 581 yards of offense, 459 yards on the ground, to cap its dominate season. Twelve of the Bulldogs' 14 wins were by double digits.

Bernhardt, a graduate transfer from Maryland playing in his only collegiate football season, was one of the nation's top lacrosse players in his four seasons with the Terrapins. He finished with 148 yards rushing on 14 carries, didn't throw a pass and sat out most of the second half. Bernhardt scored on a 56-yard run on Ferris State's first play from scrimmage. He added a 78-yard TD run and later a 2-yard score that stretched the lead to 27-17. The Bulldogs broke the game open when Mylik Mitchell threw a strike to a wide-open Tyrese Hunt-Thompson, who ran untouched into the end zone for a 47-yard score with 11 seconds to play in the first half. - Ferris State/AP College Football

rSr/2022 QB Jared Bernhardt, Ferris State
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  2021 GLIAC DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Caleb Murphy, Ferris State,...Ferris State University sophomore defensive end Caleb Murphy has had an impressive debut season for the Bulldogs, leading FSU to an unblemished regular-season record and the GLIAC Championship this fall. Murphy has compiled a league-best nine sacks for minus 77 yards in 10 games this fall, while also notching 14 tackles for loss for 92 yards. In addition, he's forced a pair of fumbles, recorded an interception and totaled 43 stops, which ranks fourth among the Bulldogs' defensive leaders. The standout pass rusher has helped FSU limit the opposition to only 19.2 points and 265 yards per game. Ferris State's defensive unit has posted a shutout and held opponents to 15 points or less five times this year, including three of the last four contests. Murphy is the latest standout defensive lineman to come thru the Bulldog program, following in the footsteps of several past line standouts, including four of whom who are either on active National Football League rosters or took part in a preseason training camp this summer. - GLIAC Football

Sr/2023 DE Caleb Murphy, Ferris State
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  2021 GLIAC OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Dylan Pasquali, Ferris State,...Ferris State University senior offensive tackle Dylan Pasquali has been the leader of one of the nation's top units this fall, helping FSU win a third consecutive GLIAC Championship while finishing regular-season play unbeaten for the third year in-a-row. The four-year starter and three-time all-conference choice has paved the way for a Bulldog offensive attack that has ranked among the country's top scoring offenses this fall. His play has helped FSU generate an average of 45.3 points and 508.7 total yards per game, both of which led the GLIAC. Pasquali has played both right and left tackle this season and is a Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of the Year Award nominee. The veteran standout, who was a Preseason All-America choice by numerous sources, has served as a team captain and is a strong candidate to earn both all-region and All-America honors yet again in his stellar collegiate career. During his career, he's helped the Bulldogs make four national quarterfinal appearances, three trips to the D2 National Semifinals and a berth in the 2018 Division II National Championship game. - GLIAC Football

rSr/2022 OT Dylan Pasquali, Ferris State
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  2021 GLIAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Jared Bernhardt, Ferris State,...Ferris State University senior quarterback Jared Bernhardt has had a spectacular season for the nation's top-ranked Bulldogs, leading FSU to an unbeaten regular-season and the GLIAC Championship. Bernhardt, who was the nation's top men's lacrosse player on the NCAA Division I level at Maryland last spring, has ranked among the top playmakers in the country, rushing for 995 yards and 16 scores from the quarterback position while also throwing for 1,105 yards in only seven games. He's completed 72.3% of his passes and thrown for nine scores, accounting for 25 total TD's this year for the Bulldogs, who earned yet another NCAA playoff berth and the top seed in Super Region Three. The signal caller has been tabbed as the GLIAC's Offensive Player of the Week five times this season and also garnered D2Football.com National Player of the Week laurels after accounting for seven touchdowns in his Ferris State debut in week one. He's averaged nearly nine yards per carry and ranks among the nation's statistical leaders in several categories for the Bulldogs, who have been ranked near the top of Division II all season in both scoring and total offense. - GLIAC Football

rSr/2022 QB Jared Bernhardt, Ferris State
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  2019 AFCA DIVISION II COACHES' SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: OL Tyler Allison, Sr., Ferris St. (Mich.),...Allison had a standout campaign up front for the Bulldogs, helping FSU to its second consecutive GLIAC Championship and an unbeaten regular-season. The four-year starter paved the way for one of the nation's top offensive units throughout his career and was a three-time All-GLIAC choice. This season, he helped the Bulldogs rank among the nation's top 10 teams in total offense, averaging more than 500 yards per game, and the Bulldogs are also ranked in the top 15 in rushing at 260-plus yards a contest. - Ferris State Football

rSr/2020 OG Tyler Allison, Ferris State
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  2019 AFCA DIVISION II COACHES' FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: DL Austin Edwards, Sr., Ferris St. (Mich.),...The GLIAC Player of the Year, Edwards led the Bulldogs to a second consecutive GLIAC Championsip and an unbeaten regular-season. As the leader of one of the nation's top defensive units, Edwards compiled 17.5 tackles for loss (-106 yards) along with 10.5 sacks (-87 yards) and 64 total stops this campaign with both a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. The three-year starter was a three-time All-GLIAC honoree and three-time All-American who helped FSU to its sixth consecutive NCAA Division II Playoff appearance this year and the region's top seed along with a fourth-straight trip to the national quarterfinals or beyond.

The two-time All-GLIAC First Team pick was a finalist a year ago for the 2018 Cliff Harris Award as one of the nation's top small college performers and is a highly-regarded NFL prospect. He was named to the 2019 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-America First Team and also chosen as the school's first-ever recipient of the Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of the Year Award as the country's top offensive or defensive lineman. - Ferris State Football

Sr/2020 DE Austin Edwards, Ferris State
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  Ferris State quarterback Jayru Campbell will miss the NCAA Division II playoffs and is out for the rest of the season with an ankle injury that will require surgery, ending his college career. Detroit Free Press

rSr/2020 QB Jayru Campbell, Ferris State
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