Draft Scout Warning: Undefined variable $TeamName in D:\InetPub\vhosts\scoutnation.com\draftscout.com\notesteam.php on line 20 Player News, College Football: Warning: Undefined variable $TeamName in D:\InetPub\vhosts\scoutnation.com\draftscout.com\notesteam.php on line 20

NOV 18 SUN BELT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Shaun Jolly, Appalachian State (Sophomore, Defensive Back, Stone Mountain, Ga.),...Shaun Jolly locked down Georgia State’s wide receivers in App State’s 56-27 win in Atlanta, posting his first career multiple-interception game, his second career pick-six and a career-high three pass breakups. His 30-yard return for a touchdown in the second quarter put the Mountaineers ahead for good, 28-21. After Georgia State went up 21-7 in the first quarter, App State went on a 49-0 run in which the Mountaineers defense forced seven three-and-outs in nine possessions, and one of the other two possessions ended with Jolly’s second interception. Over the final three quarters, the Mountaineers limited Georgia State to 33 rushing yards on 18 attempts and 140 total yards. - Sun Belt Football

(DS#55 CB) rSr/2022

CB Shaun Jolly, Appalachian State
News Source: Sun Belt Football
Share/Comment: Here

11/17/19 - Zac Thomas, rSr/2021, Appalachian State, 6-1, 205 (DS#18 QB) + More +

Zac Thomas passed for four touchdowns and ran for another, Darrynton Evans had 131 yards rushing and a score, and Appalachian State beat Georgia State 56-27 on Saturday night. Thomas was 19-of-31 passing for 256 yards with an interception and added 52 yards rushing on six carries. Corey Sutton had 173 yards receiving and three touchdowns - both career highs - for Appalachian State (9-1, 5-1 Sun Belt Conference). Destin Coates scored on a 67-yard run and, less than a minute later, Chris Bacon's 34-yard pick-6 gave Georgia State (6-4, 3-3) a 21-7 lead with 1:38 left in the first quarter but the Mountaineers scored the next 49 points.

Sutton answered with a 20-yard TD catch 89 seconds later, Thomas scored on a 3-yard run and Shaun Jolly returned an interception 30 yards for a touchdown to give Appalachian State its first lead before a 1-yard touchdown run by Evans made it 35-21 at halftime. Raykwon Anderson scored on a 5-yard run to give the Mountaineers a 56-21 lead with 11 minutes left in the game. Coates finished with 97 yards rushing for Georgia State. - Appalachian State/AP College Football

(DS#18 QB) rSr/2021

QB Zac Thomas, Appalachian State
News Source: Appalachian State/AP College Football
Share/Comment: Here

11/10/19 - Zac Thomas, rSr/2021, Appalachian State, 6-1, 205 (DS#18 QB) + More +

Appalachian State just keeps adding to its rich, college football history. The small school champions that took down mighty Michigan in the Big House 12 years ago has now beaten two Power Five programs - and its first Southeastern Conference opponent - after a 20-15 victory at South Carolina on Saturday night. "Yeah, definitely means a lot," said Zac Thomas, the Mountaineers junior quarterback. "It's remarkable coming from a Group of Five conference. A lot of people don't do that. It makes you feel good." Thomas ran for a 1-yard touchdown and safety Nicholas Ross scored on a 20-yard interception return for a 20-15 win at South Carolina, the program's second Power Five win this season.

Chandler Staton added field goals of 40 and 47 yards and Appalachian State's defense held off the Gamecocks' late rally. Appalachian State's time in the college football spotlight looked finished after last week as it lost its national ranking, its undefeated start and a chance at the Cotton Bowl with a 24-21 home loss to Georgia Southern. Instead, they bounced back the best way possible and added this Power Five takedown to their to their 34-31 victory at North Carolina on Sept. 21. The Gamecocks (4-6) rallied from 20-9 down in the final quarter on Bryan Edwards' 23-yard touchdown with 2:58 left and drove to the App State 11 in the final seconds. But Ryan Hilinski pass to Edwards in the end zone was too high, touching off the latest improbable celebration for the Mountaineers. "This team is something special," Mountaineers tight end Collin Reed said. "We've been building for a long time." - Appalachian State/AP College Football

(DS#18 QB) rSr/2021

QB Zac Thomas, Appalachian State
News Source: Appalachian State/AP College Football
Share/Comment: Here

10/31/19 - Jordan Fehr, Sr/2020, Appalachian State, 6-2, 230 (DS#33 OLB) + More +

The Mountaineers defense is allowing just 5.6 points and 202 yards per game over the last three weeks. Appalachian State was particularly dominant last week, holding South Alabama to 139 yards and three points. "We've getting back to the App State defensive way, coming together, playing as one, buying in to the process of playing fast, playing physical and playing hard and doing your job," senior linebacker Jordan Fehr said. "I love going out there and flying around with the boys. We just have to continue to get better each and every week." Fehr has some incentive this week after being ejected from last year's game against Georgia Southern in the first quarter for targeting. - AP College Football

(DS#33 OLB) Sr/2020

OLB Jordan Fehr, Appalachian State
News Source: AP College Football
Share/Comment: Here

10/26/19 - Zac Thomas, rSr/2021, Appalachian State, 6-1, 205 (DS#18 QB) + More +

No. 21 Appalachian State has proven to be explosive on offensive and opportunistic on special teams this season. On Saturday, at a rain-soaked Ladd-Peebles Stadium, the Mountaineers relied on a dominating defense to roll to a 30-3 victory over South Alabama. Appalachian State (7-0, 4-0 Sun Belt) took a 23-0 lead with 3:45 left in the third quarter. At that point, South Alabama had not run a play beyond midfield and had gained only 43 yards and one first down on 32 offensive snaps. "I thought our defense played unbelievable today and held them in check all day," Appalachian State coach Eli Drinkwitz said. "It really allowed us offensively to kind of find ourselves. We struggled converting third downs and really didn't play solid enough offensively, but we played well enough to win and we'll be on to the next one."

Offensively, Zac Thomas had a successful return to his home state. The reigning Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year passed for 132 yards, including a 19-yard TD to Thomas Hennigan, without a turnover. The Hewitt-Trussville High School graduate has led the Mountaineers to 13 consecutive victories, which trailed only Clemson and Ohio State entering the game. The Jaguars (1-7, 0-4) were held to a season-low 139 total yards. The previous low was 190 in a loss to UAB. South Alabama avoided the first home shutout in school history with a 37-yard field goal by Frankie Onate with 5:43 remaining. - Appalachian State/AP College Football

(DS#18 QB) rSr/2021

QB Zac Thomas, Appalachian State
News Source: Appalachian State/AP College Football
Share/Comment: Here

10/19/19 - Zac Thomas, rSr/2021, Appalachian State, 6-1, 205 (DS#18 QB) + More +

Appalachian State coach Eli Drinkwitz has a daily reminder for his football team: Do it better than it has ever been done before. The Mountaineers are working on that. Zac Thomas threw for 214 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score and No. 24 Appalachian State beat Louisiana-Monroe 52-7 on Saturday for the Mountaineers' first victory as a Top 25 team. The win helped bury the memory of getting blown out by Georgia Southern 34-14 last year just five days after breaking into the AP poll at No. 25, as well as avenge a heartbreaking 52-45 loss to Louisiana-Monroe in the last meeting in 2017. Drinkwitz said he made his players "well aware" of both losses after posting motivational material all over the team's building, including on the players' lockers. "We were motivated to write our own history and to always compete and do it better than it has ever done before," said Drinkwitz, who remained unbeaten in his first year as Mountaineers coach.

With the win Appalachian State will become the first Sun Belt conference team ever to be ranked in consecutive weeks. Darrynton Evans added 177 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns to help Appalachian State extend the nation's third-longest winning streak to 12 games. Only Clemson (22) and Ohio State (13) have longer active streaks. Appalachian State (6-0, 3-0 Sun Belt) entered the game as one of 12 unbeaten FBS teams in the country, and rattled off 31 straight points in the first half after spotting the Warhawks a 7-0 lead. - Appalachian State/AP College Football

(DS#18 QB) rSr/2021

QB Zac Thomas, Appalachian State
News Source: Appalachian State/AP College Football
Share/Comment: Here

10/19/19 - Akeem Davis-Gaither, rSr/2020, Appalachian State, 6-1, 224 (DS#10 OLB) + More +

The Mountaineers offensive prowess has never been in doubt, but now the defense is looking strong, too. This marks the second straight week they've held an opponent to seven points. Last week they beat Louisiana-Lafayette 17-7, holding the Ragin Cajuns to 34 points below their season average. "We stopped the run," Drinkwitz said after the initial touchdown drive. "We were getting bled down the field in the run game, and our D-line wasn't very physical, nor our linebackers. Those guys just settled down and got used to the game speed." - AP College Football

(DS#10 OLB) rSr/2020

OLB Akeem Davis-Gaither, Appalachian State
News Source: AP College Football
Share/Comment: Here

10/19/19 - Zac Thomas, rSr/2021, Appalachian State, 6-1, 205 (DS#18 QB) + More +

Thomas has been an effective runner for the Mountaineers all season and had 59 yards on six carries and a touchdown against ULM. He also wisely slid to avoid contact on a number of occasions, which has kept him from taking big hits. "Last I took a lot of dumb hits and I put myself out of the game against Georgia Southern," Thomas said. "Just watching how I played last year and taking the hits that I was taking that were unnecessary. I'm less sore." - AP College Football

(DS#18 QB) rSr/2021

QB Zac Thomas, Appalachian State
News Source: AP College Football
Share/Comment: Here

10/14/19 - Akeem Davis-Gaither, rSr/2020, Appalachian State, 6-1, 224 (DS#10 OLB) + More +

OCT 14/WEEK 7 SUN BELT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Akeem Davis-Gaither, Appalachian State (Senior, Linebacker, Thomasville, N.C.),...Akeem Davis-Gaither, Appalachian State’s senior linebacker, led a stout defensive effort in the Mountaineers’ 17-7 road win over the Ragin’ Cajuns, totaling a team-high 11 tackles, 2.5 TFLs and 0.5 sack. Davis-Gaither was making plays all over the field against Louisiana’s rushing attack that entered the game as the nation’s leader in rushing yards. App State held the home team to a season-low 123 rushing yards and seven points. Louisiana was held 37.4 points below its season scoring average, 286.0 yards below its average for total offense per game and 191.0 yards below its average for rushing yards per game. Louisiana's longest play from scrimmage against App State's defense was a 22-yard run, and its longest pass gained 21 yards. - Sun Belt Football

(DS#10 OLB) rSr/2020

OLB Akeem Davis-Gaither, Appalachian State
News Source: Sun Belt Football
Share/Comment: Here

10/14/19 - Zac Thomas, rSr/2021, Appalachian State, 6-1, 205 (DS#18 QB) + More +

OCT 14/WEEK 7 SUN BELT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Zac Thomas, Appalachian State (Junior, Quarterback, Trussville, Ala.),...Zac Thomas, Appalachian State senior quarterback, scored both of the Mountaineers’ touchdowns in leading App State to a 17-7 road win over Louisiana. The junior QB was an efficient 11-for-17 passing for 147 yards and was a difference maker with his feet, rushing for 63 yards on 15 carries including a pair of 7-yard touchdown runs. His first score capped a seven-play, 95-yard drive in the first quarter. His naked bootleg score with 1:55 left in the game capped a decisive 19-play, 97-yard drive that took 10:11 off the clock and proved to be the game’s final points. Thomas led the Mountaineers to their 11th straight victory overall and a 2-0 start in Sun Belt play. - Sun Belt Football

(DS#18 QB) rSr/2021

QB Zac Thomas, Appalachian State
News Source: Sun Belt Football
Share/Comment: Here

10/09/19 - Zac Thomas, rSr/2021, Appalachian State, 6-1, 205 (DS#18 QB) + More +

Zac Thomas scored twice on 7-yard sneaks, the last coming with 1:56 remaining, and Appalachian State beat Louisiana-Lafayette 17-7 on Wednesday night in a rematch of the Sun Belt championship game. Appalachian State (5-0, 2-0 Sun Belt) broke a tie with Florida for the third-longest active winning streak in the FBS with 11, trailing Ohio State (12) and Clemson (20). Both of Thomas' touchdown runs capped 95-plus yard drives.

He opened the scoring in the first quarter with a run to the left side of the end zone on a 95-yard drive and capped it with a 19-play, 97-yarder.Thomas completed 11 of 17 passes for 147 yards and had 15 rushes for 63 yards. Darrynton Evans added 69 yards on the ground as the Mountaineers rushed for 196 yards on 53 carries. Levi Lewis threw for 131 yards and a touchdown for Louisiana-Lafayette (4-2, 1-1). ULL tied it at 7 with eight second left in the first half as Lewis found fullback Nick Ralston open over the middle for a 14-yard score. - AP College Football

(DS#18 QB) rSr/2021

QB Zac Thomas, Appalachian State
News Source: AP College Football
Share/Comment: Here

09/28/19 - Zac Thomas, rSr/2021, Appalachian State, 6-1, 205 (DS#18 QB) + More +

Zach Thomas passed for two touchdowns, Darrynton Evans and Marc Williams rushed for two touchdowns each and Appalachian State opened Sun Belt Conference play with a 56-37 win over Coastal Carolina on Saturday night. The Mountaineers (4-0) scored two touchdowns late in the first half to open a 35-21 lead and the Chanticleers (3-2) never recovered after giving up the first score of the second half.

The game was delayed by lightning for two hours late in first quarter. Shortly after play resumed Coastal Carolina scored to tie the game at 14. They swapped touchdowns after that before Williams scored on a 1-yard plunge to cap a quick 77-yard drive for a 28-21 lead with 1:59 to play. Then good coverage and a forced fumble pinned Coastal Carolina at its 3. A quick three-and-out, a short punt with a 12-yard return set up the Mountaineers They scored in three plays, using just 36 seconds for the halftime lead. The balanced Mountaineers had 239 yards of offense with Thomas going 19 of 23 for 246 yards. Fred Payton threw for 240 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two more for Coastal Carolina, which had 393 yards. - Appalachian State/AP College Football

(DS#18 QB) rSr/2021

QB Zac Thomas, Appalachian State
News Source: Appalachian State/AP College Football
Share/Comment: Here

09/24/19 - Dexter Lawson Jr., Sr/2023, Appalachian State, 5-09, 184 (DS#76 CB) + More +

SEPT 2/WEEK 1 NEC NEC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: DEXTER LAWSON, CENTRAL CONNECTICUT, CB, So., 5-10, 180 lbs., Bloomfield, CT/St. Thomas More,...WEEK 1 Stats: 3 total tackles, 1.0 TFL, INT Return TD, FF, PBU,...Lawson made multiple impactful plays to spark Central Connecticut past Patriot League member Fordham in the season opener. The sophomore cornerback created two turnovers and scored a defensive touchdown during the 26-23 road win. He totaled three tackles, including 1.0 TFL, and was also credited with one pass break-up.

Thwarting a potential scoring drive, Lawson forced a first-quarter fumble that was recovered by teammate DJ Exilhomme at the CCSU 8-yard line. He snuffed out a pass play on Fordham's first drive of the second half, dropping the receiver one yard behind the line of scrimmage on 2nd-and-10. Lawson's top highlight came with CCSU facing a one-point deficit in the opening minute of the fourth quarter. The sophomore intercepted a third-down pass at the Fordham 48-yard line and raced the other way for a momentum-swinging score. - Northeast Conference Football

(DS#76 CB) Sr/2023

CB Dexter Lawson Jr., Appalachian State
News Source: Northeast Conference Football
Share/Comment: Here

09/23/19 - Demetrius Taylor, rSr/2022, Appalachian State, 6-0, 289 (DS#21 DT) + More +

SEPT 23/WEEK 4 SUN BELT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Demetrius Taylor, Appalachian State (Jr., DL, Miami, Fla.),...Appalachian State junior defensive lineman Demetrius Taylor had a career performance in the Mountaineers' 34-31 win at UNC, totaling a career-high 2.5 sacks and two forced fumbles, while scoring his first career touchdown and snagging his first career interception. He's the first FBS player since at least 2000 with 2.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, a fumble return for a touchdown and an interception in the same game.

Taylor was a force in the Tar Heel backfield all game long, starting with his first-quarter strip sack that he located, scooped and returned 20-yards for a touchdown. That gave App State its first lead of the game (13-7) that it would never relinquish. Taylor's next big play was an interception that he tipped to himself and returned 19 yards to set up another Mountaineer score that put the Black and Gold ahead 20-7. In addition to those two takeaways, he forced another fumble on second strip sack and broke up a pass at the line of scrimmage. - Sun Belt Football

(DS#21 DT) rSr/2022

DT Demetrius Taylor, Appalachian State
News Source: Sun Belt Football
Share/Comment: Here

09/21/19 - Akeem Davis-Gaither, rSr/2020, Appalachian State, 6-1, 224 (DS#10 OLB) + More +

Darrynton Evans rushed for three touchdowns, and Akeem Davis-Gaither blocked a 56-yard field goal attempt on the final play of Appalachian State's 34-31 victory over North Carolina on Saturday in the instate programs' first meeting in nearly 80 years. Demetrius Taylor returned a fumble 20 yards for a key score, and Zac Thomas added 224 yards passing and another 57 on the ground to help the Mountaineers (3-0) beat a power-conference opponent for the first time since that unforgettable upset of Michigan 12 years ago. That one ended on a blocked field goal - and so did this one, with Appalachian State swatting away Noah Ruggles' kick at the buzzer that would have forced overtime.

"It wasn't going to be an upset," first-year coach Eliah Drinkwitz said. "We belonged on that football field today and we wanted to prove it." Evans scored on runs of 5, 2 and 3 yards while Chandler Staton kicked early field goals of 31 and 43 yards for Appalachian State, off to its best start since the 2010 team won its first eight games. Sam Howell threw three touchdown passes for the Tar Heels (2-2) - who trailed entering the fourth quarter for the fourth straight game. "We're continuing to try to find our identity, and our identity so far is, we start slow, we dig ourselves in a huge hole and we come back and fight," coach Mack Brown said. "The first two weeks, we made the plays to win at the end of a game, and the last two weeks, we've run out of time and didn't have a chance to do the things we need to do." - Appalachian State/AP College Football

(DS#10 OLB) rSr/2020

OLB Akeem Davis-Gaither, Appalachian State
News Source: Appalachian State/AP College Football
Share/Comment: Here

Previous 15 Notes

|Back to Page One|

Next 15 Notes

Warning: Undefined array key "TeamID" in D:\InetPub\vhosts\scoutnation.com\draftscout.com\2020rightcolteam.php on line 56

Warning: Undefined array key "DSTeamID" in D:\InetPub\vhosts\scoutnation.com\draftscout.com\2020rightcolteam.php on line 57

Appalachian State Football Videos

Buy Draft Scout Weekly

** Draft Scout Data **
(Everything Online PLUS)

Support Draft Scout

The Database Engine for NFLDraftScout.com, Draft Scout is being repurposed...Support the Future Development of ScoutNation.com...

Draft Scout Archives

** 2010-2022 Draft Scout Archives **
(Yearly Player Data Exports, Prospect Lists & More)

Draft Scout Future

100% Dedicated and Never Done

80% Innovated

45% Hidden

35% Built

2025 CFB/2025-2029 NFL Draft Scout

2024 CFB/2024-2028 NFL Draft Scout

2023 CFB/2024-2027 NFL Draft Scout

NFL Draft Scout History

2022 Draft Scout

Draft Scout by Conference

2023 Draft Scout Offense

2023 Draft Scout Defense

2022 Draft Scout Offense

2022 Draft Scout Defense

Appalachian State Football Videos

Buy Draft Scout Weekly

Support Draft Scout

Draft Scout Archives

Draft Scout Future

Synergization

Did You Know?

Hidden Designs

Future Development