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Vanderbilt football freshman quarterback AJ Swann is on track to return for the Commodores' Nov. 5 game against South Carolina, coach Clark Lea said on the SEC coaches teleconference Wednesday. Swann left Saturday's game against Missouri in the third quarter with an injury after a strip-sack and was replaced by backup Mike Wright. The Commodores (3-5, 0-4 SEC) lost the game, 17-14, and have an open week before facing the Gamecocks. "AJ is going to be battling back," Lea said. "I think he's in a good place right now. And of course, obviously, these things take time. And so I feel like we have time and he'll be in a position - my expectation is that he'll be playing against South Carolina. Obviously, we have to give him a chance to heal and to demonstrate that he's ready." - Tennessean

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10/19/22 - Camerun Peoples, rSr/2023, Appalachian State, 6-1, 217 (DS#21 RB) + More +

Camerun Peoples rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns, quarterback Chase Brice added two rushing scores and Appalachian State scored 28 unanswered points in a 42-17 victory over Georgia State on Wednesday night. Appalachian State (4-3, 2-2 Sun Belt Conference), which had 41 rushing yards in its last game against Texas State, rushed for 379 yards and six touchdowns. Nate Noel added 69 yards rushing, Daetrich Harrington had 52 and Ahmani Marshall 48.

The Appalachian State defense forced two turnovers on Georgia State's opening three drives of the second half to take control. The Mountaineers also secured a fumbled with 1:20 left in the fourth. Peoples scored on a 16-yard run to pull Appalachian State within 14-7 late in the second quarter. Marshall went untouched for a 37-yard touchdown to tie it at 14-all and Brice’s 2-yard touchdown run gave App State its first lead at 21-14. Darren Grainger rushed for 90 yards and a touchdown, and he threw for 72 yards with an interception for Georgia State (2-5, 1-2), which has lost all nine meetings with Appalachian State. Georgia State coach Shawn Elliott and App State coach Shawn Clark were teammates on the Mountaineers' 1995 team that went undefeated during the regular season. - Appalachian State/AP College Football

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RB Camerun Peoples, Appalachian State
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10/01/22 - Chase Brice, rSr/2023, Appalachian State, 6-2, 236 (DS#19 QB) + More +

Chase Brice threw for four touchdowns, ran for another and Appalachian State rolled to a 49-0 win on Saturday over The Citadel. The Mountaineers' (3-2) first four games were decided by four points or fewer but that wasn't the case against the Bulldogs (2-2), who they outgained 545-223. It was the 43rd meeting between the teams but the first nonconference game between them since the Mountaineers left for the FBS. The Mountaineers scored touchdowns on five of their first six possessions in taking off to a 35-0 lead.

Brice was 12-of-18 passing for 265 yards with two of his scoring throws going to Christian Horn, one an 80-yarder. Horn's older brother, Brian Horn, plays linebacker for The Citadel. Christian Horn finished with 132 yards receiving and two touchdowns. Camerun Peoples rushed for 102 yards, 73 coming on a second-quarter TD. Bulldogs grad transfer quarterback Peyton Derrick started his collegiate career at Appalachian State, where he spent two years before playing three seasons at Wofford. The triple-option oriented Bulldogs couldn't generate much offense, picking up 172 yards on 59 attempts for a 2.9 average. The shutout was the first for the Mountaineers since a 34-0 victory over Toledo in 2017. - Appalachian State/AP College Football

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09/19/22 - Nick Ross, rSr/2024, Appalachian State, 5-09, 185 (DS#23 FS) + More +

SEPT 19 SUN BELT FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nick Ross, App State, (Jr., DB - Kennesaw, Ga.),...Mountaineers junior defensive back Nick Ross paced the App State defense with a career-high 12 tackles and a pass breakup in the miraculous 32-28 win over Troy. The Kennesaw, Ga., product led the Mountaineer defensive unit that held the Trojans to just seven second-half points and 57 total rushing yards in the conference opener. Ross and the App State defense held one of the nation's top passing attacks to 73 yards under their season average of 375 entering the game. - Sun Belt Football

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FS Nick Ross, Appalachian State
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09/19/22 - Christan Horn, rSr/2025, Appalachian State, 6-1, 194 (DS#199 WR) + More +

SEPT 19 SUN BELT FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Christan Horn, App State, (So., WR - Columbia, S.C.),...Mountaineers sophomore wide receiver Christan Horn made the catch that punctuated App State's 32-28 win after hosting College GameDay on Saturday morning. With App State trailing 28-26 with 2 seconds on the clock redshirt senior quarterback Chase Brice heaved a fourth-down Hail Mary attempt that Dalton Stroman tipped at the 5-yard line to a streaking Horn, who followed a Kaedin Robinson block into the end zone for the miraculous 53-yard game-winning touchdown. Horn, a Columbia, S.C., native, finished with career-highs of five catches and 98 yards in the 32-28 win. - Sun Belt Football

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WR Christan Horn, Appalachian State
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09/19/22 - AJ Swann, rJr/2027, Appalachian State, 6-2, 220 (DS#28 QB) + More +

SEPT 19 SEC FRESHMAN PLAYER OF THE WEEK: AJ Swann, QB, Vanderbilt,...Posted an impressive outing in his first career start at Northern Illinois...Finished 18-of-28 for 255 passing yards with four touchdowns through the air...Became just the second SEC true freshman quarterback since 2002 to throw for at least four touchdowns in their first career start...His 255 passing yards marked the fourth-most by a Vanderbilt true freshman quarterback since 2000...Swann became just the third Vanderbilt quarterback to throw for 250 or more yards and at least four touchdowns in a road game since 1996...Currently leads the SEC in passing efficiency with a mark of 188.6, while ranking second among freshman passers in the FBS. - SEC Football

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QB AJ Swann, Appalachian State
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09/17/22 - Chase Brice, rSr/2023, Appalachian State, 6-2, 236 (DS#19 QB) + More +

Chase Brice fired a 53-yard scoring strike to Christan Horn on the final play of the game and Appalachian State pulled out a 32-28 victory over Troy in a Sun Belt Conference opener on Saturday. Brice drove Appalachian State (2-1) down the field before throwing incomplete on fourth-and-goal from the 2-yard line with 1:13 left in the game. Appalachian State tackled Gunnar Watson on first down for a safety to get within 28-26 and took over at their own 47-yard line with 15 seconds left following the kickoff.

Brice's game-winning throw came on fourth-and-10. Wide receiver Dashaun Davis staked the Mountaineers to a 7-0 lead with a 17-yard scoring strike to Christian Wells. Watson had two 1-yard touchdown runs in the second quarter to give Troy (1-2) a 21-14 lead at halftime. Brice completed 22 of 34 passes for 278 yards and two touchdowns. Horn had five catches for 98 yards. Watson completed 23 of 37 passes for 302 yards with one interception for the Trojans. Troy rushed for only 57 yards on 28 carries. - Appalachian State/AP College Football

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QB Chase Brice, Appalachian State
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09/17/22 - AJ Swann, rJr/2027, Appalachian State, 6-2, 220 (DS#28 QB) + More +

Freshman quarterback AJ Swann threw four touchdown passes and Vanderbilt rallied to a 38-28 non-conference victory over Northern Illinois on Saturday. Swann, making his third appearance and first career start, engineered a comeback from a two-touchdown deficit as the Commodores (3-1) scored 24 unanswered points in the second half. He completed 18 of 28 passes for 255 yards and the four scores. Northern Illinois (1-2) suffered its second straight loss as starting quarterback Rocky Lombardi left the game in the second quarter with an unspecified injury.

Trailing by two touchdowns in the third quarter, Swann cut the margin to 28-21 with 6:44 left as he scrambled to find running back Ray Davis on fourth down for a 21-yard score. Vanderbilt then forced a 28-28 deadlock with Swann's 31-yard TD pass to Will Sheppard with 4:36 showing. Swann and Sheppard combined again on a 13-yard strike and a 35-28 lead with 1:11 left in the quarter. Kicker Joseph Bulovas made it 38-28 with his 35 yard field goal early in the fourth. Sheppard closed with 10 receptions for 171 yards. Vanderbilt improved to 5-0 all-time against Northern Illinois. - Vanderbilt/AP College Football

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QB AJ Swann, Appalachian State
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09/10/22 - Chase Brice, rSr/2023, Appalachian State, 6-2, 236 (DS#19 QB) + More +

On paper, there was no reason to believe that Appalachian State would have a chance Saturday against No. 6 Texas A&M. But Mountaineers coach Shawn Clark, who makes 10 times less than the over $9 million Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher receives each season at the Southeastern Conference school, made it clear to his 18 1/2-point underdog team that the game is not played on paper and mindset would mean everything. "The key was belief," an exhausted Clark said. "You have to believe in yourself and believe in this program. I told them take the logo off of the helmet, take the logo off the field and let's go play football." And play football they did, with Chase Brice throwing for 134 yards and a touchdown and a stingy defense taking advantage of two turnovers to stun the Aggies 17-14.

"It didn't feel real at first," Brice said. "I'll be honest, I was just in shock. I just couldn't believe the way we fought and finished. It was just great." Appalachian State won a week after scoring six touchdowns and 40 points in the fourth quarter in a 63-61 opening loss to North Carolina. "It means something to me to beat the No. 6-ranked program," Clark said. "It's two different programs. We don't recruit at the same level. We don't have what they have, but we have a lot of heart and we have the right kind of players in our program." Clark was thrilled to see Brice lead his team to the win after his school-record six-touchdown performance last week wasn't enough to complete the comeback. "He was crushed," Clark said. "He loves this program and today was his shining moment." Along with the victory, the Mountaineers got a fat $1.5 million check to take back with them to Boone, North Carolina, for playing this game. - AP College Football

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09/06/22 - Chase Brice, rSr/2023, Appalachian State, 6-2, 236 (DS#19 QB) + More +

Appalachian State's 40 points in the fourth quarter of its 63-61 loss to North Carolina were the most by a team in a quarter since BYU hung 42 on Massachusetts in the second in 2019 and most by a team in a fourth quarter in 20 years, according to Sportradar. According to Stats Perform, Saturday marked the first time an FBS team scored at least 60 points and lost and an FBS scored fewer than 10 points and won on the same day. Iowa turned a field goal and two safeties into a 7-3 win over South Dakota State. - AP College Football

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QB Chase Brice, Appalachian State
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09/05/22 - Chase Brice, rSr/2023, Appalachian State, 6-2, 236 (DS#19 QB) + More +

SEPT 5 SUN BELT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chase Brice, App State, (RS Sr., QB - Grayson, Ga.),...Mountaineers redshirt senior quarterback Chase Brice threw a program-record six touchdown passes—including four over the final 10:37—to nearly complete an incredible comeback in a 63-61 loss to in-state opponent North Carolina. Trailing by 20 points entering the fourth quarter, Brice engineered six touchdown drives over the final 15 minutes as the Mountaineers outscored the Tar Heels 40-22 in the final stanza. The Grayson, Ga., native finished with a career-high 361 yards through the air. - Sun Belt football

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QB Chase Brice, Appalachian State
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08/30/22 - Chase Brice, rSr/2023, Appalachian State, 6-2, 236 (DS#19 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON JOHNNY UNITAS GOLDEN ARM AWARD WATCH LIST: Chase Brice, Appalachian State,...Last season, Brice set App State's single-season record for passing yards with a league-leading 3,337 to go along with season totals of 27 touchdown passes and a 62.1 completion percentage. The namesake of the Golden Arm Award has a storied history, as Johnny Unitas was an 18-year veteran of the NFL who played his collegiate career at the University of Louisville before joining the Baltimore Colts in 1958. - Appalachian State Football

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QB Chase Brice, Appalachian State
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08/29/22 - Chase Brice, rSr/2023, Appalachian State, 6-2, 236 (DS#19 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON MANNING AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Chase Brice, Sr., Appalachian State,...Last season, Brice set App State's single-season record for passing yards with a league-leading 3,337 to go along with season totals of 27 touchdown passes and a 62.1 completion percentage. - Appalachian State Football

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QB Chase Brice, Appalachian State
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08/14/22 - Miller Gibbs, rSr/2024, Appalachian State, 6-4, 245 (DS#999 TE) + More +

2022 PRESEASON WUERFFEL TROPHY (COMMUNITY SERVICE) WATCHLIST: Miller Gibbs, Appalachian State, Sr., TE,...Gibbs and several teammates, including Henry Pearson, DC Tabscott and Cole Becker, have spent time coaching and being positive influences for participants in the Girls on the Run program. Gibbs also leads a bible study group involving members of App State's football team. Gibbs, a management major with a GPA that exceeds 3.0, has appeared in 33 games over his first four seasons with the Mountaineers and totaled three touchdown receptions in the last two seasons. He has touchdown catches in Sun Belt Conference wins at Texas State (2020), Georgia State (2021) and Arkansas State (2021) in addition to valuable blocking from his tight end spot. - Appalachian State Football

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TE Miller Gibbs, Appalachian State
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08/13/22 - Cooper Hodges, rSr/2023, Appalachian State, 6-4, 304 (DS#22 OG) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ROTARY LOMBARDI AWARD WATCHLIST: Cooper Hodges, Appalachian State, Rs Jr OT,...Hodges also has made the watch list for the Outland Trophy, which is awarded to the nation's best interior lineman on offense or defense. Hodges has received All-Sun Belt recognition after each of the last three seasons, as he's been App State's starting right tackle for 39 consecutive games. He graded out at 86 percent and had a team-high 84 knockdown blocks in 2021. - Appalachian State Football

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OG Cooper Hodges, Appalachian State
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