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  James Blackman and Jaxon Dailey exist on drastically different planes. The former is entering his sixth year of college football at his second school, once again looking to stake his claim to a starting spot. The latter is an early enrollee who could just have easily spent this weekend at his senior prom instead of Arkansas State's spring game. On a day that provided few highlights, most of the attention was on the two guys in white -- quarterbacks wore white jerseys rather black or red as the rest of teammates did -- as the Red Wolves wrapped up the last of their 15 spring practices with a full-length intrasquad scrimmage at Centennial Bank Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Blackman's Black squad, comprised of the first-team offense and second-team defense, grabbed a 30-28 win in overtime, and ASU Coach Butch Jones praised the 6-5 redshirt senior not only for his play but also for his leadership in completing a game-tying drive, adding the necessary two-point conversion and then converting another in the overtime period. "He's very calm, he's been very collected and he's on a mission," Jones said of Blackman. "We've spoken about being a CEO quarterback ... an individual who owns the team, owns the offense and has high demands. He's the leader." Blackman completed 26 of 39 passes for 312 yards and 3 touchdowns, including a 40-yarder to Jeff Foreman with less than two minutes remaining. It was the first time Blackman had played in front of fans since early October 2021 when he suffered a shoulder injury against Coastal Carolina. - Northwest Arkansas Times


rSr/2023 QB James BlackmanArkansas State
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  Junior quarterback JT Shrout has been unable to fully participate this spring as he continues recovery from an August knee injury. He has been able to get a lot of work in, however, particularly in seven-on-seven drills. "It's been good for him," Dorrell said. "It's unfortunate that he can't get more work than that. That's his challenge that he fights every day is that he only gets the seven-on-seven reps and he doesn't get any team or anything like that. His development in his mind, I'm sure he would tell you, is not good enough, because he's not getting that type of work, but he's got this summer." Dorrell said Shrout should be full-go when the Buffs get back together for workouts in June. - Daily Camera

rSr/2024 QB J.T. ShroutArkansas State
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  Arkansas State football adds another quarterback with FBS experience. AJ Mayer committed to the Red Wolves on Tuesday. He appeared in 13 games over 3 seasons at Miami of Ohio. The Kentucky native got extensive playing time with the Redhawks in 2021. Mayer threw for 946 yards and 6 touchdowns in 7 games. His best game was a 229 yard, 3 TD performance on October 16th vs. Akron. - Kait8.com

rSr/2024 QB AJ MayerArkansas State
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  Butch Jones continues to delve into the transfer portal to find new Red Wolves. Former Oregon State wide receiver Champ Flemings announced Sunday that he committed to Arkansas State. The Pasadena, California native entered the portal in January, he has one season of eligibility. Flemings played 42 games in 4 seasons for the Beavers, earning All-Pac 12 Honorable Mention in 2020. He has 61 career receptions for 902 yards and 4 TD. Flemings is a threat in special teams, returning 82 kickoffs for 1,823 yards. He was the Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week on November 23rd, 2020. Flemings had 125 kickoff return yards vs. Washington. - Kait8.com

rSr/2024 WR Champ FlemingsArkansas State
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  2021 ALL-SUN BELT THIRD TEAM (COACHES): WR - TeVailance Hunt, Arkansas State (Jr., WR - Texarkana, Texas),...Finding a place on the third team were junior wide receiver Te'Vailance Hunt (Texarkana, Texas) and redshirt freshman punter Ryan Hanson (Taylor, Texas). Hunt ended the regular season with 51 receptions for 749 yards and six touchdowns, and Hanson averaged 44.0 yards per punt that was the third best in the SBC. - Arkansas State Football

rSr/2023 WR TeVailance HuntArkansas State
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  2021 ALL-SUN BELT SECOND TEAM (COACHES): WR - Corey Rucker, Arkansas State (Fr., WR - Bentonia, Miss.),...Also representing the Red Wolves on the second team were junior defensive end Kivon Bennett (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), junior kicker Blake Grupe (Sedalia, Mo.) and second-year freshman wide receiver Corey Rucker (Bentonia, Miss.). Bennett is ranked among the top three players in the league for both tackles for loss (16.5) and sacks (8.0). Grupe became A-State's all-time career scoring and field-goals made leader during the course of the season, while Rucker posted nine touchdown receptions that were the most in the Sun Belt among wide receivers. - Arkansas State Football

rJr/2026 WR Corey RuckerArkansas State
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  2021 ALL-SUN BELT FIRST TEAM (COACHES): RS - Alan Lamar, Arkansas State (Sr., RS - Olive Branch, Miss.),...Senior running back Alan Lamar represented A-State on the first team as a kick returner after posting a school and Sun Belt Conference-record 1,333 kickoff return yards that are currently the most in the nation. The Olive Branch, Miss., native and two-time Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week was named second team at the all-purpose position as well. - Arkansas State Football

rSr/2022 RB Alan LamarArkansas State
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  2021 ALL-SUN BELT SECOND TEAM (COACHES): AP - Alan Lamar, Arkansas State (Sr., AP - Olive Branch, Miss.),...Also representing the Red Wolves on the second team were junior defensive end Kivon Bennett (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), junior kicker Blake Grupe (Sedalia, Mo.) and second-year freshman wide receiver Corey Rucker (Bentonia, Miss.). Bennett is ranked among the top three players in the league for both tackles for loss (16.5) and sacks (8.0). - Arkansas State Football

rSr/2022 RB Alan LamarArkansas State
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  2021 ALL-SUN BELT SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DL - Kivon Bennett, Arkansas State (RS Jr., DL - Fort Lauderdale, Fla.),...Also representing the Red Wolves on the second team were junior defensive end Kivon Bennett (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), junior kicker Blake Grupe (Sedalia, Mo.) and second-year freshman wide receiver Corey Rucker (Bentonia, Miss.). Bennett is ranked among the top three players in the league for both tackles for loss (16.5) and sacks (8.0). - Arkansas State Football

rSr/2023 OLB Kivon BennettArkansas State
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  2021 ALL-SUN BELT HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DL - Joe Ozougwu (RS Sr., DL - Alief, Texas),...A-State's four honorable mention selections were made up of senior safety Elery Alexander (Van Vleck, Texas), defensive end Joe Ozougwu (Alief, Texas), junior offensive lineman Andre Harris Jr. (Oklahoma City, Okla.) and freshman tight end Emmanual Stevenson (Eufala, Ala.). Alexander led A-State in tackles with 84 to his credit, Ozougwu ranks 10th in the nation in total tackles for loss (16.0), Harris picked up his second career All-Sun Belt selection and Stevenson ended his true freshman season with 22 receptions for 193 yards and a pair of scores. - Arkansas State Football

rSr/2022 OLB Joe OzougwuArkansas State
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  2021 ALL-SUN BELT HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DB - Elery Alexander (Sr., DB - Van Vleck, Texas),...A-State's four honorable mention selections were made up of senior safety Elery Alexander (Van Vleck, Texas), defensive end Joe Ozougwu (Alief, Texas), junior offensive lineman Andre Harris Jr. (Oklahoma City, Okla.) and freshman tight end Emmanual Stevenson (Eufala, Ala.). Alexander led A-State in tackles with 84 to his credit, Ozougwu ranks 10th in the nation in total tackles for loss (16.0), Harris picked up his second career All-Sun Belt selection and Stevenson ended his true freshman season with 22 receptions for 193 yards and a pair of scores. - Arkansas State Football

rSr/2022 SS Elery AlexanderArkansas State
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  2021 ALL-SUN BELT HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): TE - Emmanual Stevenson (Fr., TE - Eufala, Ala.),...A-State's four honorable mention selections were made up of senior safety Elery Alexander (Van Vleck, Texas), defensive end Joe Ozougwu (Alief, Texas), junior offensive lineman Andre Harris Jr. (Oklahoma City, Okla.) and freshman tight end Emmanual Stevenson (Eufala, Ala.). Alexander led A-State in tackles with 84 to his credit, Ozougwu ranks 10th in the nation in total tackles for loss (16.0), Harris picked up his second career All-Sun Belt selection and Stevenson ended his true freshman season with 22 receptions for 193 yards and a pair of scores. - Arkansas State Football

Sr/2025 TE Emmanual StevensonArkansas State
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  2021 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE FIRST-TEAM (COACHES): RB - Zak Wallace, UT Martin,...Wallace has been a breakout performer in his redshirt-freshman season, tallying 126 carries for 745 yards and 14 touchdowns. The tailback ranks second in the league amongst running backs in yards per carry (5.9 ypc) to his teammate Logan while ranking first in the league and seventh nationally with 14 rushing touchdowns. He currently ranks fourth in program single-season history with his 14 scores while tallying multiple scores in four contests. He became the first Skyhawk to tally at least three touchdowns in a game since 2014 when he ran for three in a win over Murray State (Oct. 9) while also tallying two against Eastern Illinois (Oct. 16), Tennessee State (Nov. 6) and Tennessee Tech (Nov. 13). - UT Martin Football

rSr/2025 RB Zak WallaceArkansas State
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  NOV 1 SUN BELT FOOTBALL SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Alan Lamar, Arkansas State,(Sr., RS – Olive Branch, Miss.),...Arkansas State senior running back and return specialist Alan Lamar returned five kickoffs for a school-record 232 yards-the most in the FBS this season. The performance was punctuated by a 100-yard return for a touchdown, the second of the season for Lamar. With the return, the Olive Branch, Miss., native became the 13th player in Sun Belt history with multiple kickoff-return touchdowns in a season. Lamar-who has taken over second place in the Red Wolves record book with 922 kickoff return yards this season-needs just 78 yards to become the sixth player in Sun Belt Conference history with 1,000 kickoff return yards in a single campaign. - Sun Belt Football

rSr/2022 RB Alan LamarArkansas State
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  NOV 1 ACC SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK: Courtney Jackson, Syracuse, Fr., KR, Monroeville, Pa.,...Filling in for an injured Trebor Pena, Jackson took over as the Orange's primary return man for the first time in his career and took a 64-yard punt return back for a touchdown in Syracuse's 21-6 win over Boston College ... The score came on just the third punt return of Jackson's career and was the first punt--return touchdown for Syracuse since 2018. - ACC Football

rSr/2025 WR Courtney JacksonArkansas State
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