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  Western Kentucky's football program announced the addition of three more mid-year transfers to the program Monday on the team's Twitter account. Elijah Young, a 5-foot-9, 188-pound running back, joins the Tops after playing the past three seasons at Missouri. This past season, he tallied 19 carries for 93 yards and a touchdown, plus added eight catches for 39 yards and a score. Young's three-year totals at Mizzou were 333 rushing yards and a touchdown on 66 carries, plus 19 receptions for 103 yards and a TD. Young, a Knoxville, Tenn., native, also had six career kickoff returns for Tigers, enters his senior season with two years of eligibility left. - BG Daily News

Sr/2024 RB Elijah YoungWestern Kentucky
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  Austin Reed passed for four touchdowns and a New Orleans Bowl-record 497 yards, leading Western Kentucky to a 44-23 win over South Alabama. on Wednesday night. It was yet another memorable season-ending performance for Reed, who set Division II title-game records in 2019 by passing for 523 yards and six TDs in West Florida's 48-40 victory over Minnesota State. Reed's bowl total gave him 4,744 yards and 40 touchdowns passing this season, which leads the nation in both categories - for now. Reed entered the the game ranked second nationally in yards passing behind Washington's Michael Penix Jr., who has 4,354 yards passing. Penix plays against Texas in the Alamo Bowl on Dec. 29. Reed's touchdown total puts him three ahead of Ohio State's C.J. Stroud, USC's Caleb Williams and Houston's Clayton Tune, each with 37. Tune and Williams await bowl games, and Stroud could play twice more if Ohio State wins its semifinal match-up with Georgia in the College Football Playoff.

The Hilltoppers also set a New Orleans Bowl record with 522 team yards passing. Receiver Dalvin Smith threw a 25-yard TD pass to Jaylen Hall on a play that started with Reed's backward pass to Smith. South Alabama's Carter Bradley passed for 360 yards and three touchdowns, and was intercepted twice. Much of his production came in the second half with his team down by three or more TDs. Both teams combined for 74 completions, tying an NCAA record for overall completed passes in a bowl game. Two of Reed's scoring strikes went to Malachi Corley, who increased his TD's receiving total to 11 this season. Reed also threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Smith on the game's opening possession and hit tight end Joey Beljan for a 27-yard score on his second series. - Western Kentucky/AP College Football


rSr/2024 QB Austin ReedWestern Kentucky
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  2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA SECOND TEAM: QB: Austin Reed, WKU,...Reed was one of college football's best passers this season, throwing for 4,249 yards and 36 touchdowns while rushing for eight more. Reed finished second in college football in passing yards, fourth in passing touchdowns and fifth in total offense. - Western Kentucky Football

rSr/2024 QB Austin ReedWestern Kentucky
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  2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA SECOND TEAM: DB: Kahlef Hailassie, WKU,...Hailassie made a huge impact for the Tops on the defensive side of the ball by finishing as the team's third-leading tackler with 65 takedowns for the year. Hailassie also finished tied for second at WKU with three sacks this year, and locked down opposing receivers with 10 pass breakups and two interceptions. He also chipped in a fumble recovery. - Western Kentucky Football

rJr/2023 CB Kahlef HailassieWestern Kentucky
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  2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION: DB: Upton Stout, WKU,...The Hilltoppers also saw 13 players receive honorable mention recognition, including running back Kye Robichaux, wide receiver Daewood Davis, offensive lineman Rusty Staats, offensive lineman Quantavious Leslie, offensive lineman Vincent Murphy, defensive end Juwuan Jones, defensive tackle Brodric Martin, linebacker Derrick Smith, defensive back Kaleb Oliver, defensive back Upton Stout, kicker Brayden Narveson, long snapper Jake Bowman, and Ellard. - Western Kentucky Football

rSo/2026 CB Upton StoutWestern Kentucky
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  2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FIRST TEAM: LB: JaQues Evans, WKU,...Evans was disruptive for the Hilltopper defense all season long, hitting the 100-tackle mark for the year. Eleven of Evans' 100 tackles were for loss, and 7.5 of those TFLs were sacks. The sophomore linebacker also broke up four passes, hurried the quarterback eight times and recovered two fumbles. In WKU's bowl-clinching victory against Rice, Evans returned a fumble for a touchdown, one of the WKU defense's six touchdowns on the season, which leads all of college football. - Western Kentucky Football

rJr/2025 OLB JaQues EvansWestern Kentucky
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  2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FIRST TEAM: WR: Malachi Corley, WKU,...Corley had the most dynamic season from a sophomore wide receiver in WKU history as the Florida native recorded 90 receptions for 1,181 yards and nine touchdowns. His longest reception of the season was a 76-yard score in WKU's 73-0 win over FIU. Corley finished the year sixth in the country in receiving yards and 15th in touchdowns. - Western Kentucky Football

rJr/2025 WR Malachi CorleyWestern Kentucky
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  2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION: DB: Kaleb Oliver, WKU,...The Hilltoppers also saw 13 players receive honorable mention recognition, including running back Kye Robichaux, wide receiver Daewood Davis, offensive lineman Rusty Staats, offensive lineman Quantavious Leslie, offensive lineman Vincent Murphy, defensive end Juwuan Jones, defensive tackle Brodric Martin, linebacker Derrick Smith, defensive back Kaleb Oliver, defensive back Upton Stout, kicker Brayden Narveson, long snapper Jake Bowman, and Ellard. - Western Kentucky Football

rSr/2023 SS Kaleb OliverWestern Kentucky
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  2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION: LB: Derrick Smith, WKU,...The Hilltoppers also saw 13 players receive honorable mention recognition, including running back Kye Robichaux, wide receiver Daewood Davis, offensive lineman Rusty Staats, offensive lineman Quantavious Leslie, offensive lineman Vincent Murphy, defensive end Juwuan Jones, defensive tackle Brodric Martin, linebacker Derrick Smith, defensive back Kaleb Oliver, defensive back Upton Stout, kicker Brayden Narveson, long snapper Jake Bowman, and Ellard. - Western Kentucky Football

rSr/2023 ILB Derrick SmithWestern Kentucky
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  2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION: DT: Brodric Martin, WKU,...The Hilltoppers also saw 13 players receive honorable mention recognition, including running back Kye Robichaux, wide receiver Daewood Davis, offensive lineman Rusty Staats, offensive lineman Quantavious Leslie, offensive lineman Vincent Murphy, defensive end Juwuan Jones, defensive tackle Brodric Martin, linebacker Derrick Smith, defensive back Kaleb Oliver, defensive back Upton Stout, kicker Brayden Narveson, long snapper Jake Bowman, and Ellard. - Western Kentucky Football

rSr/2023 DT Brodric MartinWestern Kentucky
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  2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION: DE: Juwuan Jones, WKU,...The Hilltoppers also saw 13 players receive honorable mention recognition, including running back Kye Robichaux, wide receiver Daewood Davis, offensive lineman Rusty Staats, offensive lineman Quantavious Leslie, offensive lineman Vincent Murphy, defensive end Juwuan Jones, defensive tackle Brodric Martin, linebacker Derrick Smith, defensive back Kaleb Oliver, defensive back Upton Stout, kicker Brayden Narveson, long snapper Jake Bowman, and Ellard. - Western Kentucky Football

rSr/2023 DE Juwuan JonesWestern Kentucky
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  2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION: P: Tom Ellard, WKU,...The Hilltoppers also saw 13 players receive honorable mention recognition, including running back Kye Robichaux, wide receiver Daewood Davis, offensive lineman Rusty Staats, offensive lineman Quantavious Leslie, offensive lineman Vincent Murphy, defensive end Juwuan Jones, defensive tackle Brodric Martin, linebacker Derrick Smith, defensive back Kaleb Oliver, defensive back Upton Stout, kicker Brayden Narveson, long snapper Jake Bowman, and Ellard. - Western Kentucky Football

So/2026 P Tom EllardWestern Kentucky
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  2022 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM: P: Tom Ellard, WKU,...Ellard punted 42 times on the season for 1,781 yards. Ellard pinned 17 of his punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line, and six of his punts traveled more than 50 yards. - Western Kentucky Football

So/2026 P Tom EllardWestern Kentucky
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  2022 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM: LB: Aaron Key, WKU,...In addition to WKU's six first and second-team honorees, linebacker Aaron Key and punter Tom Ellard earned places on the Conference USA All-Freshman Team. Key appeared in 12 of WKU's 13 games and made 11 tackles on the season. He earned 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks while recovering two fumbles. Key returned his fumble recovery against FIU 50 yards for a touchdown. - Western Kentucky Football

rSo/2026 OLB Aaron KeyWestern Kentucky
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  2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION: OL: Vincent Murphy, WKU,...The Hilltoppers also saw 13 players receive honorable mention recognition, including running back Kye Robichaux, wide receiver Daewood Davis, offensive lineman Rusty Staats, offensive lineman Quantavious Leslie, offensive lineman Vincent Murphy, defensive end Juwuan Jones, defensive tackle Brodric Martin, linebacker Derrick Smith, defensive back Kaleb Oliver, defensive back Upton Stout, kicker Brayden Narveson, long snapper Jake Bowman, and Ellard. - Western Kentucky Football

rJr/2025 OG Vincent MurphyWestern Kentucky
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