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2022 PRESEASON WUERFFEL TROPHY (COMMUNITY SERVICE) WATCHLIST: Eddie Smith, Arkansas State, Jr., DB,...Member of the 2021 Illinois team before transferring to Arkansas State...Played in four games at Illinois as a redshirt sophomore in 2021, recording four tackles (all solo stops)...Spent the 2018-20 seasons at Alabama...Recognized as a versatile defender for Alabama in 2020 who could multiple positions in the secondary. - Arkansas State Football

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SS Eddie Smith, Arkansas State
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08/10/22 - Kivon Bennett, rSr/2023, Arkansas State, 6-1, 247 (DS#58 OLB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ROTARY LOMBARDI AWARD WATCHLIST: Kivon Bennett, Arkansas State, Rs Sr LB,...Bennett ranked first on the team and sixth in the Sun Belt with 8.0 sacks for 42 yards in 2021. He led the team with 16.5 tackles for loss and also had a team-high five quarterback hurries. Bennett is the first Lombardi Trophy Watch List honoree for A-State since Chris Stone was on the initial list in 2015. - Arkansas State Football

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OLB Kivon Bennett, Arkansas State
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08/09/22 - J.T. Shrout, rSr/2024, Arkansas State, 6-3, 215 (DS#60 QB) + More +

As quarterback Maddox Kopp stood at the podium on Tuesday, answering questions from the media for the first time since joining the Colorado Buffaloes, JT Shrout walked to the back of the media scrum. Shrout, a junior quarterback, pretended to hold out a microphone and laughed a bit as he listened to Kopp. Earlier in the morning, Shrout "was out there celebrating any single victory," offensive coordinator Mike Sanford said. "Not because it was about him, but because he loves football that much, and he missed football that much." Mentally and physically, Shrout is in a much different place than he was 11 months ago. A knee injury on Aug. 14, 2021, cost him the entire season. This week, for the first time since then, he has been fully cleared to practice and he's once again competing for the starting job with incumbent Brendon Lewis.

"Really happy to be out there again," Shrout said when he took his turn at the podium. After three seasons at Tennessee, where he played in eight games (with one start), Shrout transferred to CU in January of 2021. He was looking for a chance to start and spent the entire offseason battling for the job. During a live scrimmage at Folsom Field, he made a cut to his right, tore up his knee, and was done for the year. "It was depressing almost," he said. "It was really hard. Football is my first love, so not being able to go out there and play was really difficult for me. But I tried to stay in it mentally as much as I could. That was helpful." - Daily Camera

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QB J.T. Shrout, Arkansas State
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08/08/22 - Nazeviah Burris, rSr/2026, Arkansas State, 5-11, 199 (DS#999 WR) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ALL-PIONEER FOOTBALL LEAGUE TEAM (COACHES): WR Nazeviah Burris, Stetson,...Burris earned second team All-PFL honors in his first season, starting seven of the eight games he played while recording 28 receptions for 364 yards and four scores. - Stetson Football

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WR Nazeviah Burris, Arkansas State
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08/03/22 - Kivon Bennett, rSr/2023, Arkansas State, 6-1, 247 (DS#58 OLB) + More +

Arkansas State's Kivon Bennett was long aware he'd be changing positions this offseason. It was a move he and Red Wolves Coach Butch Jones had planned upon his arrival in Jonesboro last spring. But knowing he would transition from defensive end to outside linebacker didn't necessarily make the shift easy for Bennett. He acknowledged throughout spring camp that he was still making mistakes and trying to "not bash [himself] too much" for them.

Fast forward a few months and the preseason All-Sun Belt Conference selection said he believes he's in a much better place. "I'm where I need to be," Bennett told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette when asked about his position change. "I felt way more confident over the summer, even though we haven't had pads on...I know it's going to be different when the game comes. It's probably going to take me maybe the first game or so [to adjust], but I'm not too worried about it." Going into his final collegiate season, Bennett said he is hoping to cement himself as an NFL prospect, and there's a consensus both inside and outside the program that playing linebacker will give Bennett the best chance to reach that level. - Northwest Arkansas Times

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OLB Kivon Bennett, Arkansas State
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07/28/22 - Kivon Bennett, rSr/2023, Arkansas State, 6-1, 247 (DS#58 OLB) + More +

Arkansas State football is picked to finish 6th in the Sun Belt Preseason Coaches Poll, released Monday afternoon. Louisiana is picked to repeat as West Division Champions with 12 out of 14 first-place votes, followed by South Alabama (2 first-place votes), Troy, Texas State, Southern Miss, Arkansas State and ULM rounding out the list. The Red Wolves finished fifth in the Sun Belt West last year, going 1-7 in SBC play.

A-State had three players represented in the All-Sun Belt Preseason teams: Linebacker Kivon Bennett (First Team Defense), return specialist Johnnie Lang (First Team Special Teams) and wide receiver Te'Vailance Hunt (Second Team Offense). Bennett had a monster year at defensive end for the Red Wolves, ranking second in the Sun Belt with 16.5 tackles for a loss and fourth with 8 sacks. He'll change positions to linebacker for the upcoming season. - Kait8.com

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OLB Kivon Bennett, Arkansas State
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07/27/22 - Micah Bland, rSr/2024, Arkansas State, 6-1, 308 (DS#118 DT) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ASUN FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM: DL Micah Bland, North Alabama, Jr., Louisville, Ky.,...Started all 11 games on the defensive line for the Lions in 2021...Finished sixth on the team in tackles with 42 total (16 solo, 26 assists)…Added 1.5 tackles for loss of seven yards, a sack for five yards, a pass breakup, a forced fumble and three blocked kicks. - North Alabama Football

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DT Micah Bland, Arkansas State
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07/24/22 - Johnnie Lang, rSr/2023, Arkansas State, 5-08, 196 (DS#79 RB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD CANDIDATE: Johnnie Lang, Jr. (Sr.), Arkansas State,...Running back Johnnie Lang Jr. (5-8, 186) played four seasons at Iowa State before transferring to Arkansas State. Was named a Phil Steele and PFF First Team All-Sun Belt punt returner … Played in all 12 games with three starts at running back for Arkansas State … Led the Red Wolves with 124 punt return yards on 15 attempts, including a 63-yard return for a touchdown against Tulsa … Finished first in the Sun Belt Conference with a punt return average of 8.3 yards per return … Finished the year ranked second on the team with 263 rushing yards on 65 carries …At East Lake High School (Salt Lake City, Utah), Lange led the team to a Class 4A state championship as a senior. He played quarterback in a triple option offense, rushed for 1,788 yards, averaging 12. 7 yards per carry, and 23 touchdowns. - Arkansas State Football

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RB Johnnie Lang, Arkansas State
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07/22/22 - TeVailance Hunt, rSr/2023, Arkansas State, 6-1, 203 (DS#116 WR) + More +

2022 PRESEASON BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LIST: Te'Vailance Hunt, Arkansas State,...Hunt was a Third Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection last season, as well as a Phil Steele and PFF all-conference choice after hauling in 51 receptions for 740 yards and six touchdowns. His 67.3 receiving yards per game ranked sixth in the Sun Belt, while his six receiving touchdowns were the seventh most in the league. He has been named 2022 preseason all-conference by publications such as Phil Steele's and Athlon Sports. - Arkansas State Football

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WR TeVailance Hunt, Arkansas State
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07/22/22 - Corey Rucker, rSr/2026, Arkansas State, 6-0, 214 (DS#27 WR) + More +

2022 PRESEASON BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LIST: Corey Rucker, South Carolina,...Rucker comes to South Carolina after spending two seasons at Arkansas State University. He appeared in 20 games over the past two seasons, collecting 75 receptions for 1,279 years (17.1 per catch) and 14 touchdowns for the Red Wolves. Rucker has four career 100-yard receiving games, including a career-best nine-catch, 310-yard, four touchdown performance against ULM in 2020. Rucker was an FWAA Freshman All-America honoree in 2021 as Arkansas State listed him as a frosh due to COVID-19 in 2020. He led the team and ranked fifth in the Sun Belt with 826 receiving yards on 59 catches last year. - South Carolina

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WR Corey Rucker, Arkansas State
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07/21/22 - Zak Wallace, rSr/2025, Arkansas State, 5-11, 219 (DS#103 RB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ALL-OHIO VALLEY FOOTBALL (COACHES): RB Zak Wallace, UT Martin,...Wallace is coming off a breakout season in which he earned All-OVC first team honors and was named to a pair of freshman All-American lists by both HERO Sports and Phil Steele. The tailback tallied 148 carries for 807 yards but racked up 15 touchdowns which led the OVC and ranked sixth nationally. Along with leading the OVC in scoring with 90 points on the season, the Benton, Ark. native recorded multiple touchdowns in four contests while reaching the endzone a career-high three times against Murray State. He averaged 5.5 yards per carry to rank second in the league while eclipsing the 100-yard plateau in three contests. Additionally, he earned a pair of OVC Newcomer of the Week honors while picking up one OVC Offensive Player of the Week selection. - Tennessee-Martin Football

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RB Zak Wallace, Arkansas State
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07/20/22 - Manny Stevenson Jr., Sr/2025, Arkansas State, 6-3, 238 (DS#57 TE) + More +

Arkansas State football looks set to be a part of EA Sports' world-renowned College Football video game series for the first time since 2013. Arkansas State confirmed to Region 8 Sports the school was contacted by EA, and the school "sent assets to EA in order to help replicate the various elements in the game." A-State wouldn't say which assets were sent, but sources say EA Sports have already been out to Centennial Bank Stadium, taking pictures of the venue. Other assets could include logos and uniforms. Extra Points reports several schools have been sending audio assets, including fight songs, to EA.

According to a memo sent out by College Licensing Company (CLC) in February, obtained by Matt Brown with Extra Points, "nearly 120 institutions, athletic conferences and bowl games" have "conceptually approved participation," with an industry expectation being that every FBS institution will be in the game when the game launches, which is reportedly Summer of 2023. The last college football video game released was NCAA Football 14, the last game Arkansas State, licensed by CLC, was included in. - Kait8.com

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TE Manny Stevenson Jr., Arkansas State
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07/19/22 - Kivon Bennett, rSr/2023, Arkansas State, 6-1, 247 (DS#58 OLB) + More +

We're just a couple of weeks away from Sun Belt Media Days in New Orleans. The Red Wolves revealed their speaking lineup Sunday morning. Linebacker Kivon Bennett and quarterback James Blackman will head to the Big Easy, they'll represent the Red Wolves along with head coach Butch Jones. Bennett recorded 16 and a half tackles for a loss in 2021, leading the conference with 8 sacks. The defensive end/linebacker had 58 stops plus a scoop and score. Blackman's 2022 was cut short due to injury, playing in the first six games of the season. He completed 59.5 percent of his passes, throwing for 1,344 yards with 8 touchdowns to 4 interceptions. - Kait8.com

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OLB Kivon Bennett, Arkansas State
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07/07/22 - Leon Jones, Sr/2024, Arkansas State, 6-0, 196 (DS#120 CB) + More +

A busy and productive spring for the Arkansas State football team has carried over into the summer, but not just on the fields, in campus classrooms or the many student-athlete enhancement areas comprising Centennial Bank Athletics Operations Center. The Red Wolves have been extremely active in community-service projects as part of their new "Champions in the Community" program established this past spring by head coach Butch Jones and his A-State coaching and support staff. Like Jones' "4th and 1" program, the "Champions in the Community" initiative provides an opportunity for student-athletes to gain rewarding growth as individuals in A-State's football program. At the same time, it goes hand-in-hand with Jones' conviction that the football program and community are inherently linked together as integral parts necessary to develop a winning culture.

The Red Wolves community-service efforts are backing up something Jones has been vocal about since his arrival in Northeast Arkansas - the support the football program and community provide each other are extremely important, so giving back is going to be a priority for A-State's football program. "I'm proud of the way our players and the community have both embraced this outreach, service and involvement," said Jones. "We're doing things weekly in Jonesboro and the surrounding areas, so we're excited our players are getting out there and embedding themselves in our community." - Arkansas State Football

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CB Leon Jones, Arkansas State
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07/07/22 - Jordan Rhodes, rSr/2023, Arkansas State, 6-4, 323 (DS#59 OT) + More +

Ole Miss offensive lineman Jordan Rhodes has entered the NCAA transfer portal according to On3. Rhodes, a former South Carolina transfer, joined the Rebels last year. He played in 12 games for Ole Miss last season and made one start. He'll be a graduate transfer. Rhodes, a Georgia native, was a three-star recruit in the 2017 recruiting class. - On3.com

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OT Jordan Rhodes, Arkansas State
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