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2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Running Back - Teon Dollard, Akron,...Dollard became the first Zip to garner first-team honors at running back, while representing the fourth offensive player to earn first-team league accolades. He rushed for 666 yards on 112 carries en route to scoring a team-high six touchdowns. Dollard is rated 14th in the NCAA in rushing (111.0), 28th in rushing yards per carry (5.95), 42nd in rushing yards (666) and 53rd in all-purpose yards (115.83). He is ranked second in the MAC in rushing yards (666) and rushing touchdowns (6) and fourth in rushing yards per game (111.0). - Akron Football

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RB Teon Dollard, Akron
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12/17/20 - Bubba Arslanian, rSr/2024, Akron, 5-09, 220 (DS#88 OLB) + More +

2020 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Inside Linebacker - Bubba Arslanian, Akron,...A team captain, Arslanian earned all-conference accolades for the first time, as he was tabbed a Second-Team All-MAC honoree after turning in a dominant season as one of the premier linebackers in both the MAC as well as the NCAA in 2020, leading the defensive efforts for the Zips. Becoming the sixth Akron linebacker to earn second-team league recognition, he is rated second in the NCAA in solo tackles (7.8) and in total tackles (12.3), while ranking 18th among active career leaders in the NCAA in total tackles per contest (7.07), 48th in assisted tackles (104), 50th in solo tackles per game (3.60) and 63rd in total tackles (212). - Akron Football

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OLB Bubba Arslanian, Akron
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12/11/20 - Teon Dollard, Sr/2022, Akron, 5-10, 205 (DS#999 RB) + More +

RB Teon Dollard has started to his Akron career rushing the ball with a bang running for a team-best 641 yards on 105 carries. His 202 yards against Kent State (Nov. 17) represented the highest single-game rushing total Dennis Kennedy post a 277-yard effort against Eastern Michigan on Oct. 18, 2008. Dollard became Akron's first 100-yard rusher since Van Edwards Jr. ran for 109 yards vs. Morgan State on Sept. 28, 2018, with a 39-yard scamper on a 3rd-and-1 play from the Zips' 39-yard line against Ohio (Nov. 10).

He is ranked eighth in the NCAA in rushing (128.2), 26th in all-purpose yards (134.0), 27th in rushing yards per carry (6.10) and 43rd in rushing yards (641). Dollard became the fourth Zips since 2000 to rush for 200 or more yards in a game joining Dennis Kennedy (277 at Eastern Michigan - Oct. 18, 2008), Bobby Hendry (240 vs. Liberty - Oct. 12, 2002), Brandon Payne (207 vs. Connecticut - Oct. 21, 2000). Dollard became the first Akron player to rush for more than 200 yards since Dennis Kennedy post a 277-yard effort against Eastern Michigan on Oct. 18, 2008. - Akron Football

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RB Teon Dollard, Akron
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12/07/20 - Teon Dollard, Sr/2022, Akron, 5-10, 205 (DS#999 RB) + More +

DEC 7 MAC EAST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Teon Dollard, Akron, RB, Junior, Lake City, Fla.,...Dollard rushed for a game-high 185 yards on 26 carries to propel the Zips to a 31-3 victory over Bowling Green on Saturday, Dec. 5. Dollard found the endzone twice, including a 50-yard TD scamper in the fourth quarter, as well as a nine-yard score in the third quarter. He has now rushed for a 150 or more yards three times this season and has a pair of touchdown runs of 50 or more yards. Dollard rushed for 58 yards in the opening half before going for 127 in the second half. He now owns six touchdowns and 641 yards on the year. - MAC Football

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RB Teon Dollard, Akron
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12/07/20 - Bubba Arslanian, rSr/2024, Akron, 5-09, 220 (DS#88 OLB) + More +

DEC 7 MAC EAST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Bubba Arslanian, Akron, LB, R-Junio, Aurora, Ohio,...Arslanian had a dominant performance to help lift the Zips to a 31-3 victory over Bowling Green on Saturday, Dec. 5, with a 16-tackle performance. His 16 total tackles represented a season-high mark, while he equaled a career-high mark with 11 solo stops, to go along with five assists. He also played a key role on special teams, forcing a fumble in the third quarter that was recovered by Corey Thomas. On a second-quarter punt, he knocked the ball back off the goal line to see the ball downed at the two-yard line. He then tackled the Bowling Green RB for a one-yard loss that nearly resulted in a safety. Three plays later, Akron blocked the punt and recovered the ball for a touchdown. Arslanian also recorded a pair of tackles for a loss, including a key fourth-quarter sack on a 4th-and-7 play from the Akron 32-yard line that resulted in an 11-yard loss. - MAC Football

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OLB Bubba Arslanian, Akron
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12/07/20 - Gavin Blunt, rJr/2023, Akron, 6-2, 195 (DS#999 WR) + More +

DEC 7 MAC EAST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Gavin Blunt, Akron, WR, R-Sophomore, Aurora, Ohio,...Blunt turned in a huge day in the Zips' 31-3 victory over Bowling Green on Saturday, Dec. 5. Blunt recovered a Bowling Green fumble at the 11-yard line off a punt by Kyle Romenick on what would have been the Falcons opening drive of the game. Later in the game, Burton recovered a blocked punt by Michiah Burton in the second quarter and fell on the ball in the endzone for a touchdown that gave Akron a 17-3 lead. - MAC Football

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WR Gavin Blunt, Akron
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12/05/20 - Teon Dollard, Sr/2022, Akron, 5-10, 205 (DS#999 RB) + More +

Teon Dollard ran for 185 yards and two touchdowns, and Akron rolled to 31-3 victory over Bowling Green on Saturday in a battle of winless Mid-American Conference teams. It was also the first win for Akron's second-year coach Tom Arth, whose team finished 0-12 last season. Dollard carried the ball 26 times including a 9-yard touchdown run to open the third quarter. He brook loose on a 50-yard score to cap the scoring early in the fourth. It was his second 50-plus yard rushing touchdown this season. Michiah Burton deflected Mason Lawler's punt from deep inside the end zone.

Gavin Blunt then scooped up the ball around the 3 and scored, stretching the Zips' lead to 17-3 at halftime. Matt McDonald completed 14 of 26 passes for Bowling Green (0-5, 0-5), six to Quintin Morris for 81 yards. Terion Stewart added 91 yards rushing. Nate Needham kicked a 23-yard field goal. Both teams are scheduled to conclude their six-game seasons next Saturday. The Zips (1-4, 1-4) travel to Buffalo while Bowling Green hosts Miami (Ohio). Due to an increase in COVID-19 positive cases across Ohio, no fans were allowed inside 30,000-seat InfoCision Stadium. - Akron/AP College Football

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RB Teon Dollard, Akron
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12/05/20 - Teon Dollard, Sr/2022, Akron, 5-10, 205 (DS#999 RB) + More +

Buffalo's Jaret Patterson is on another planet compared to the rest of the MAC, but Akron's Teon Dollard just might be the other All-MAC first-team running back. One of the junior-college transfers the Zips brought in during the last cycle, Dollard has revived the Akron running game with 456 yards in four games - which is second only to Patterson among MAC rushers. His 114 yards per game ranks 12th nationally. - Toledo Blade

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RB Teon Dollard, Akron
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11/22/20 - Anthony Williams Jr., Sr/2024, Akron, 6-0, 185 (DS#999 RB) + More +

For the second time this week, a Michigan State football player has entered the NCAA transfer portal. This time it is sophomore running back Anthony Williams Jr. Williams has played only 12 snaps this season after he appeared in a dozen games as a freshman, when he ranked third on the team in rushing with 118 yards on 38 attempts. Last Saturday, in a 24-0 loss to Indiana, he lost a fumble on his only carry. The former three-star recruit from Chicago becomes the second player in the last three days to explore a move to another school, following linebacker Marcel Lewis into the transfer portal. - Lansing State Journal

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RB Anthony Williams Jr., Akron
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10/10/20 - Kato Nelson, rSr/2022, Akron, 6-0, 205 (DS#47 QB) + More +

The University of Akron will open its 2020 football season against Western Michigan in a Nov. 4 home game that likely will be nationally televised. With no breaks in the schedule, games will be played on successive Saturdays, with the regular season ending Dec. 12. The Zips' other home games will come Nov. 28 against Miami and Dec. 5 against Bowling Green. Away games will be at Ohio (Nov. 10), Kent (Nov. 17 ) and Buffalo (Dec. 12). The Mid-American Conference Championship Game will be played Friday, Dec. 18, in Detroit. Game times are still to be determined and no fans will be allowed at venues. After announcing the postponement of fall sports to next spring, the MAC reversed its decision Sept. 25, allowing only football to return to play with stringent guidelines, including testing four times a week, in place. - Akron Beacon Journal

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QB Kato Nelson, Akron
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09/15/20 - Lorenzo Lingard, rSr/2024, Akron, 6-0, 202 (DS#29 RB) + More +

Because he has been here for such a short time, Miami transfer and former five-star recruit Lorenzo Lingard is a little behind the other running backs in terms of knowing the offense. But he's working hard to try and catch up. "The one thing that I've been most impressed with him is his attitude and his work ethic," Mullen said. "He is a guy that was really a highly rated recruit out of high school. He is a guy that shows up and he works his tail off every day. "He shows up on special teams. He plays hard and you see that he loves to play the game. The thing that I have been the most impressed with is his effort level and his attitude and approach to how hard he works every day. He has worked on picking it up. He is very conscientious on picking the offense, even though, mentally he is a little behind some of the other guys that have more experience in the system." - Gainesville Sun

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RB Lorenzo Lingard, Akron
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07/30/20 - Jeff Undercuffler Jr., rSr/2024, Akron, 6-5, 232 (DS#70 QB) + More +

2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT All-CAA SECOND TEAM: Jeff Undercuffler, UAlbany, Soph.,...Undercuffler rewrote the UAlbany record books in 2019, setting new program records for single-game and season passing attempts, completions, and touchdowns, single-season yards, and tying the program record for single-game yards. His 41 touchdown passes led all FCS quarterbacks, and he already ranks fourth in program history with 4,069 career passing yards. Undercuffler was named CAA Offensive Rookie of the Year, HERO Sports Freshman All-America First Team, All-ECAC Second Team, ECAC FCS Rookie of the Year, Phil Steele Postseason CAA Freshman of the Year, and Phil Steele Postseason FCS Freshman All-America Second Team. Additionally, Undercuffler was the runner-up for the STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award, recognizing the season's most outstanding FCS freshman. - UAlbany Football

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QB Jeff Undercuffler Jr., Akron
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07/11/20 - Kato Nelson, rSr/2022, Akron, 6-0, 205 (DS#47 QB) + More +

Data suggest a move by the University of Akron from Division I status to Division II would be complicated and, ultimately, expensive. The Akron chapter of American Association of University Professors (Akron-AAUP) requested UA officials entertain such a proposition in a position paper released last week. As $65 million is culled from a budget of $325 million in the coming days, the professors union recommended that UA pursue more cuts to the athletics department, including moving to Division II or cutting football altogether. UA's athletic operating revenue totals more than $37 million, according to its annual report to the NCAA. Overall expenses for the year were $37 million, which included $26 million in direct institutional aid.

Much of the $11 million in revenue generated from actual sports teams comes courtesy of the football team through income from payments from away games and media rights from the Mid-American Conference's broadcast contract with ESPN ($1 million, according to reports) and its family of networks and the school's multimedia rights from Learfield IMG locally ($500,000). The athletics department already knows it will take a $4.4 million cut to its direct institutional aid, which contributed to the loss of three teams. The department is due to take more hits with the next round of cuts, which will be announced in the coming days. However, a move to change UA's division status could result in more financial strain because of existing contracts. - Akron Beacon Journal

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QB Kato Nelson, Akron
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06/23/20 - Kato Nelson, rSr/2022, Akron, 6-0, 205 (DS#47 QB) + More +

University of Akron student-athletes will be back on campus in phased returns beginning July 6, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. No specifics were available, but a UA committee has been working on the protocols necessary to facilitate a restart of sports in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic in the hopes that fall athletics can begin. The final decision rests on approval from the administration. It doesn't take a leap of logic to guess which program will begin the process. Football, given its TV related revenue, would be the prime candidate to begin the push for which many questions will remain.

The football program may be especially challenged given the number of players on the roster and the fact that a significant portion of the roster will be returning from parts of the country where the virus continues to set records for new cases. More than 10 players from Georgia are listed on the roster and that state has averaged 1,073 new cases per day for the past week. Florida represents one of the nation's current hotspots. Florida has tallied more than 100,000 cases and reported 3,286 overnight. - Akron Beacon Journal

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QB Kato Nelson, Akron
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05/29/20 - Lorenzo Lingard, rSr/2024, Akron, 6-0, 202 (DS#29 RB) + More +

Florida's backfield received good news Friday afternoon from Lorenzo Lingard, the former five-star prospect who transferred to UF from Miami in time for the spring semester. The 6-foot, 200-pound running back out of Orange City announced he'd been cleared to play in 2020 on his social media account, giving the Gators another intriguing talent in a unit tasked with replacing senior La'mical Perine. The Gainesville Sun later confirmed Lingard had received immediate eligibility waiver from the NCAA. Now that his eligibility regarding this season has been answered, Lingard will look to compete for reps this season in a UF running back unit led by Dameon Pierce and Malik Davis, with Nay'quan Wright and Iverson Clement vying for a role, too. Lingard's freshman season with the 'Canes was cut short by an injury after rushing for 136 yards on just 14 carries; he would play just two games in 2019 as a sophomore. - Gainesville Sun

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RB Lorenzo Lingard, Akron
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