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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Alabama-Birmingham
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  Jermaine Brown Jr. ran for three touchdowns, Dylan Hopkins added two TD passes and UAB beat UTEP 42-25 on Friday in the regular-season finale for both teams. UAB (8-4, 6-2 Conference USA) and UTEP (7-5, 4-4) await bowl invitations. Hopkins completed 15 of 20 for 108 yards and threw one interception. Brown finished with 16 carries for 88 yards and DeWayne McBride 99 yards rushing on just seven carries. He bounced off a would-be tackler and then plowed through two more to reach the goal line on a 17-yard run that opened the scoring with 4:50 left in the first quarter and ripped off a 67-yard scamper to the 4 that set up the first of Brown's TDs - a 1-yarder on fourth-and-goal that made it 14-all with 9:15 left in the second quarter. McBride appeared to have injured his ankle and was later seen on the sideline wearing a walking boot.

The Miners lost 10 yards as they went three-and-out and the punt, which was partially blocked, went just 25 yards. Four plays later, Brown capped a 40-yard drive with and 1-yard touchdown run with 8:41 left in the third quarter. UTEP fumbled the ensuing kickoff and Hopkins threw a 4-yard TD pass to Hayden Pittman that made it 28-17 about 2 minutes later. Quardraiz Wadley scored on a 7-yard run late in the first quarter and Deion Hankins ran for an 11-yard TD early in the second. Gavin Baechle's 23-yard field goal with 5 seconds left made it 17-14 at halftime. UAB, which shut down its program following the 2014 season, has won at least eight games four of the five seasons since re-instating football prior to the 2017 campaign. The Blazers went 6-3 and won the Conference USA Championship in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. - UAB/AP College Football

(DS#54 RB) rSr/2024 RB Jermaine Brown Jr., Alabama-Birmingham
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  DeWayne McBride rushed for 108 yards with two touchdowns and Grayson Cash's interception on Marshall's final drive sealed a 21-14 win for UAB on Saturday. The Blazers (7-3, 5-1 Conference USA) held Mercer's potent offense to 269 yards and to 22 points under its season average. The Thundering Herd (6-3, 4-1) had entered the game with the nation's eighth-best offense at 474.3 yards per game. CD Daniels led the UAB defense with seven tackles with Cash, Dy'Jonn Turner, Noah Wilder and Antonio Moultrie each adding six.

McBride scored on first-quarter touchdown runs of 3 and 15 yards as he picked up his fourth 10-yard rushing game of the season. Dylan Hopkins, who threw for 250 yards, scored the game-winner on a keeper from the 1-yard line with 36 seconds left in the third quarter. Grant Wells passed for 232 yards and both Marshall touchdowns as the Herd rallied to a 14-14 tie. Wells had moved Marshall to midfield when his third-down pass was intercepted by Cash, allowing UAB to run out the final 91 seconds. - UAB/AP College Football

(DS#11 RB) Jr/2023 RB *DeWayne McBride, Alabama-Birmingham
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  NOV 8 CONFERENCE USA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: UAB RB DeWayne McBride rushed into the UAB record book on Saturday with 14 carries for a career-high 210 yards and four touchdowns to lead UAB to a 52-38 victory over Louisiana Tech. His 210 rushing yards were the seventh-most in school history, while his four touchdowns were the second-most rushing touchdowns in a single game. He averaged 15 yards per carry in the process. McBride now has 837 rushing yards and eight touchdowns this season, while averaging 7.0 yards per carry. - Conference USA Football

(DS#11 RB) Jr/2023 RB *DeWayne McBride, Alabama-Birmingham
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  DeWayne McBride ran for 210 yards and scored four touchdowns, both career highs, and UAB defeated Louisiana Tech 52-38 on Saturday to become bowl eligible. McBride took over after the Bulldogs took a 21-7 lead early in the second quarter. He scored on runs of 20 and 17 yards in the first half as the Blazers (6-3, 4-1 Conference USA) took a 24-21 lead. He added 35- and 29-yard scoring runs in the fourth quarter. McBride, who entered the game with four touchdowns, did his damage on just 14 carries. Quarterback Dylan Hopkins and Stanley Lucious added touchdown runs as UAB piled up 296 yards on the ground. JD Head threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third for the Bulldogs (2-7, 1-4) in his first start. The freshman replaced Austin Kendall, who didn't make the road trip because of a bad back. Head was 20 of 35 for 196 yards. Smoke Harris had nine catches for 92 yards and two touchdowns. - AP College Football

(DS#11 RB) Jr/2023 RB *DeWayne McBride, Alabama-Birmingham
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  OCT 18 C-USA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: With UAB leading Southern Miss 10-0 in the second quarter, UAB S Grayson Cash blocked a punt and recovered it in the end zone to spark a 34-0 victory. It was Cash's second blocked punt of the season and his second straight game scoring a touchdown after his 100-yard interception return for a touchdown last week. Cash also added one tackle and a PBU against Southern Miss. - C-USA Football

(DS#46 FS) rSr/2023 FS Grayson Cash, Alabama-Birmingham
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  OCT 11 C-USA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: UAB DE Alex Wright set career highs in tackles (eight), tackles for loss (3.0), sacks (2.0) and forced two fumbles, one of which UAB recovered at the FAU 15-yard line as the Blazers defeated the Owls 31-14. Wright led a dominant defensive charge that held the high-powered FAU offense to just 291 total yards. Overall, UAB had eight sacks, 11 TFL and four takeaways in the Blazers' first win in their new home, Protective Stadium. - C-USA Football

(DS#19 DE) Jr/2022 DE *Alex Wright, Alabama-Birmingham
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  Dylan Hopkins threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for a third and Grayson Cash returned an interception 100 yards for a score to lead Alabama-Birmingham past Florida Atlantic, 31-14 in a Conference USA battle on Saturday. Hopkins threw touchdown passes top Samario Rudolph and Trea Shropshire two minutes apart in the first quarter to earn UAB a 14-0 lead, but N'Kosi Perry scored from the 1 and tossed two yards to LaJohntay Wester to bring the Owls back in the second quarter. Matt Quinn connected on a 48-yard field goal and Cash picked off a Perry pass in the final minute for the pick-six and a 24-14 UAB lead at intermission. Hopkins scored from the 5 for the only score of the second half. Hopkins was 13 of 24 for 173 yards and carried seven times for 32 to lead UAB (4-2, 2-0). Perry was 16 of 25 for 193 yards and a touchdown for Florida Atlantic (3-3, 1-1), but threw three interceptions. - UAB/AP College Football

(DS#46 FS) rSr/2023 FS Grayson Cash, Alabama-Birmingham
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  SEPT 20 CONFERENCE USA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: UAB TE Gerrit Prince had three catches for a career-high 136 yards and two touchdowns in UAB's 40-6 victory at North Texas. Prince had touchdown catches of 42 and 61 yards, and a third reception of 33 yards and finished the game with an average of 45.3 yards per catch. It also marked Prince's third career multi-touchdown game. He is the team's leading receiver with seven catches for 204 yards with three touchdowns and leads the nation in yards per reception, with 29.14. - Conference USA Football

(DS#21 TE) rSr/2022 TE Gerrit Prince, Alabama-Birmingham
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  SEPT 20 CONFERENCE USA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: UAB P Kyle Greenwell averaged a career-best 51.8 yards per punt on five attempts, including a career-long 73-yarder in UAB's win at North Texas. Greenwell had two punts travel over 50 yards, and downed one inside the 20. His massive punts flipped field position and helped the Blazers hold the Mean Green to just six points. - Conference USA Football

(DS#15 P) rSr/2023 P Kyle Greenwell, Alabama-Birmingham
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  DeWayne McBride doesn't have the same reaction to his nickname as everyone else. The petrifying villain from the 1995 film Friday usually comes to mind when hearing the name Debo, but for McBride, it's a nickname he shares with his father, DeWayne McBride Sr. Despite the contrasting origins, the younger McBride embodies the intimidating and daunting air of Tommy Lister Jr.'s movie character in his bruising and elegant running style for the UAB football team. The Blazers have hit the midway point of fall camp, two weeks from the season opener against Jacksonville State at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, and McBride is prepared to lead UAB's vaunted rushing attack into the 2021 season following the departure of the program's all-time leading rusher. "Obviously, if you watched him last year, you saw how explosive he was and how he finishes runs," UAB head coach Bill Clark said. "High expectations for him and that's what we've heard this whole offseason. He's got high expectations for himself. I think he's been working really hard on pass protection and catching the ball out of the backfield."

Moving on from Spencer Brown was never going to be easy but Jermaine Brown Jr. was able to provide a glimpse in 2019 and McBride staked his claim for a high-usage role last season. While not on the field the first two games against Central Arkansas and Miami, McBride worked his way into the primary rotation quickly -- playing six of the final seven games -- with the aid of the elder Brown himself. "When I got here, he was a leader to me," McBride said. "I didn't know the plays and he helped me by staying on me every day and trying to get me right. He was a good leader." - Birmingham Post Herald

(DS#11 RB) Jr/2023 RB *DeWayne McBride, Alabama-Birmingham
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  Purdue originally had 11 transfers committed but defensive end Marcus Cushnie (Alabama A&M) bolted for Florida State and safety C.J. McWilliams (Florida) sustained an eye injury and won't be attending Purdue. The rest of the transfers are kicker Mitchell Fineran (Samford), receiver Broc Thompson (Marshall), defensive back Jamari Brown (Kentucky), safety Christopher Jefferson (Findlay, Ohio), defensive tackle Damarjhe Lewis (Indiana), defensive tackle Prince Boyd (Independence Community College). "All of them are going to be given an opportunity to play and showcase their ability and we brought them in here for a reason," Brohm said. "We evaluated them from the day they got here and that will continue during camp. If they can help us, they're going to be playing." Witt is a projected starter at right guard and Fineran has the inside track to become the No. 1 kicker if he performs well in training camp. Lewis and Boyd will see more of an opportunity after veteran Anthony Watts suffered a broken foot this summer and it's unclear if he'll be available this season.

Thompson will challenge the current outside receivers for playing time, Brown and Jefferson will add depth to a thin secondary, Brothers ranks among the top four linebackers after spring practice and Anderson gives the defense another edge rusher. "O.C. Brothers definitely stood out in the spring, making plays and being able to run and having instincts and being aggressive in his approach," Brohm said. "Joe Anderson can be a really good player for us. Tyler Witt jumped in right off the bat and has contributed and done well. Broc Thompson can be a productive player for us. - Journal and Courier

(DS#108 ILB) rSr/2025 ILB OC Brothers, Alabama-Birmingham
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  A simple daily routine that now describes a UAB football program expected to compete for another league title after claiming two championships in the last three seasons. Conference USA released its preseason media poll today, voted on by league media members, and the Blazers were selected to win a fourth C-USA western division title and face Marshall for a consecutive season in the league title game. UAB received 15 first-place votes, followed by UTSA (9), Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss, Rice, North Texas and UTEP. Marshall was selected the winner of the eastern division with 17 first-place votes, followed by Florida Atlantic (6), Western Kentucky (1), Charlotte, Middle Tennessee State, FIU and Old Dominion. - Birmingham Post Herald

(DS#17 OT) rSr/2023 OT Kadeem Telfort, Alabama-Birmingham
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  For the first time since the program was reinstated six years, and making its re-debut four seasons ago, the UAB football program has a player selected in the NFL Draft. Former UAB outside linebacker Jordan Smith was taken in the fourth round by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the 121st overall pick. Smith is the 15th player from UAB to be drafted and becomes the first selected since wide receiver J.J. Nelson and tight end Kennard Backman were taken in the fifth and sixth rounds of the 2015 draft. - Birmingham Post Herald

(DS#11 DE) rJr/2021 DE *Jordan Smith, Alabama-Birmingham
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  The UAB football program got halfway through spring practice last year before the world came to a screeching halt. No spring game. No closure. Despite the cancellation of UAB's final two games at the Old Gray Lady last season, the Blazers get an opportunity to close out their former home before moving into Protective Stadium. The Blazers are set to conclude spring practice with their annual spring game, Saturday, April 10, at Legion Field in Birmingham, the program announced today after opening spring practice yesterday. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. The Blazers are coming off a third straight division title and second Conference USA championship, as well as its fifth straight bowl-eligible season under head coach Bill Clark. - Birmingham Post Herald

(DS#48 OG) rSr/2022 OG Colby Ragland, Alabama-Birmingham
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  Penn State has reportedly lost a wide receiver to the transfer portal. Redshirt freshman wide receiver T.J. Jones entered the transfer portal, according to a report from Lions247. Jones played in eight games during his two seasons but did not record a catch. Jones was one of two wide receivers in the program's 2019 recruiting class alongside John Dunmore, who also entered the transfer portal. - Centre Times

(DS#999 WR) rSr/2025 WR T.J. Jones, Alabama-Birmingham
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