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12/07/20 - Teon Dollard, Sr/2022, Akron + 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 + 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 + 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 + 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 + 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 + 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 + 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 + 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 + 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 + 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 + 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 + 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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05/26/20 - Kato Nelson, rSr/2022, Akron + More +

The Football Bowl Subdivision Conferences, which includes the Mid-American Conference, announced today they have reached an agreement to delay selection of game times for early season games. The decision, which was subject to a June 1 deadline, was made in conjunction with college football's Power 5 and Group of 5 conferences and their broadcast partners, which include CBS Sports, ESPN, Fox Sports and their affiliates. "These kickoff times and network designations will be announced at a later date as we continue to prepare for the college football season," according to a statement. The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on sports. Although the University of Akron last week said it intends to have students on campus in the fall, no decision on fall sports has been made. - Akron Beacon Journal

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QB Kato Nelson, Akron
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05/13/20 - Kato Nelson, rSr/2022, Akron + More +

University of Akron president Gary L. Miller said in an interview on WKSU (89.7-FM) the athletics department's looming budget cuts, expected to be announced in total Thursday, will include the loss of teams. Predicting which programs won't be cut proves a lot easier than predicting those that will. In recent weeks, Miller has consistently said he wants UA athletics to maintain its Division I status.

To maintain their membership in the Mid-American Conference, UA has to field teams in football, men's and women's basketball and volleyball. Teams outside of those could be potentially affected. UA, as have other institutions, has been put in a financial bind by the coronavirus pandemic which has affected all of American life. UA has 19 athletic programs, eight men's teams (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, rifle, soccer and track and field) and 11 women's teams (basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, rifle, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field and volleyball). - Akron Beacon Journal

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QB Kato Nelson, Akron
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12/08/19 - Alvin Davis Jr., Sr/2020, Akron + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Defensive Back - Alvin Davis, Akron,...A first-team All-MAC selection in 2018 and second-team pick in 2017, Davis was the top defensive back (and third overall) with 79 tackles, 5.0 TFL, two break-ups, and a hurry. Playing at both safety and cornerback, he led the defense against Troy with a career-high 17 tackles, including a career-high 12 solos stops and a career-high three tackles for a loss of four yards.

Davis completed his collegiate career with appearances in 48 games, which ranks fourth on Akron's all-time list. Named the team's 2018 Defensive MVP, Davis was a preseason first-team All-MAC selection by Phil Steele and Athlon Sports. He was also named to the 2019 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Watch List and the College Football America Yearbook's Starting Line-up. Davis is studying marketing management at Akron. - Akron Football

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