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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Central Arkansas
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  SEPT 16/WEEK 3 SOUTHLAND SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Central Arkansas' Hayden Ray, Jr., Kicker, Bryant, Ark.,...Ray was flawless for the Bears in their Southland Conference opener, hitting field goals of 21, 37 and 23 yards while knocking both of his extra points through the uprights. The final boot gave UCA a 31-30 lead with 90 seconds remaining as the Bears completed their third fourth-quarter comeback in as many games this season. Honorable Mention: Gamar Girdy Brito, Houston Baptist; Matt McRobert, Sam Houston State; Max Quick, Stephen F. Austin; Blair Zepeda, Abilene Christian. - Southland Conference Football

rSr/2023 K Hayden Ray, Central Arkansas
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  SEPT 9/WEEK 2 SOUTHLAND OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Lujuan Winningham, So., Wide Receiver, Central Arkansas, Humble, Texas,...Winningham once again played a major role in the Bears' offense, hauling in eight passes for 136 yards and two touchdowns. Both his scoring grabs came in the fourth quarter, erasing a 16-10 Governor lead. Through two games, Winningham has been "Mr. Fourth Quarter" with five catches for 196 yards and four touchdowns. Honorable Mention: Luke Anthony, Abilene Christian; Jon Copeland, UIW; Bailey Zappe, Houston Baptist. - Southland Conference Football

Sr/2022 WR Lujuan Winningham, Central Arkansas
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  SEPT 9/WEEK 2 SOUTHLAND DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Davis Harrison, Jr., Safety, Central Arkansas, Meridian, Miss.,...Harrison had a team-high seven tackles, including a pair on Austin Peay's final drive that ended with an interception with 14 seconds left. Trailing 13-10 going into the final quarter, he helped lead a Bears' defense that held the Governors to just a field goal in the final period and allow UCA's offense to pull off another comeback victory at 24-16. Honorable Mention: Cole Burgess, Abilene Christian; Caleb Johnson, Houston Baptist. - Southland Conference Football

rSr/2022 SS Davis Harrison, Central Arkansas
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  SEPT 2/WEEK 1 SOUTHLAND OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Lujuan Winningham, So., Wide Receiver, Central Arkansas, Humble, Texas,...Winningham caught eight passes for 222 yards and three touchdowns, which are both career highs. His three scoring grabs were for 23, 20 and 80 yards, the last of which tied the game in the fourth quarter. Winningham's 222 receiving yards were the most by an FCS wideout through opening weeknd and went down as the fourth-most in a single game in program history. Honorable Mention: Shelton Eppler, Northwestern State; Jordan Hoy, Lamar; Devonte Williams, Southeastern Louisiana; Bailey Zappe, Houston Baptist. - Southland Conference Football

Sr/2022 WR Lujuan Winningham, Central Arkansas
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  SEPT 2/WEEK 1 SOUTHLAND DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Robert Rochell, Jr., Cornerback, Central Arkansas, Shreveport, La.,...Rochell made seven total tackles, including five solo stops, to go along with an interception and two pass breakups in the upset of the Hilltoppers. Trailing 14-0 in the first quarter, he made a diving interception to halt WKU's drive at the Bears' 30-yard line. Rochell recorded one of his pass break ups on the Hilltoppers' final drive, which ended on downs with just under a minute left. Honorable Mention: Caleb Johnson, Houston Baptist; Mike Mason, Southeastern Louisiana. - Southland Conference Football

rSr/2021 CB Robert Rochell, Central Arkansas
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  Will McElvain passed 17 yards to Isaiah Weston for the game's only touchdown early in the fourth quarter and lifted Northern Iowa to a 13-6 victory over Idaho State on Saturday. McElvain scrambled to his right then back across the field before finding Weston in the left end of the end zone with 14:14 remaining. Austin Evans and Bryce Flater picked off passes later in the quarter to thwart the Bengals (1-2). Omar Brown also had an interception for the FCS No. 8 Panthers (2-1) and Elerson Smith collected three sacks including one on Idaho State's final possession. Kevin Ryan kicked two field goals for the Bengals before Matthew Cook hit one for the Panthers to cut Idaho State's lead to 6-3 at halftime. Cook added a 20-yarder with 2:11 remaining in the game. He is perfect on eight attempts this season. - AP College Football

rSr/2025 QB Will McElvain, Central Arkansas
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  SEPT 9/WEEK 2 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK: QB Will McElvain, UNI, 5-11, 197, Fr., Des Moines (Iowa) Lincoln High,...McElvain went 17-of-25 for 262 yards and three touchdowns to lead UNI to a 34-14 victory over Southern Utah. He was 14-of-20 for 234 yards and three TDs before the half when the Panthers took their foot off of the gas pedal. He completed six of his first eight passes and threw three touchdowns to three different receivers while not throwing an interception. He also ran for 23 yards on eight carries. He was on the passing end of Deion McShane's circus catch and play that ended up the No. 6 play on ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 Saturday night. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

rSr/2025 QB Will McElvain, Central Arkansas
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  SEPT 2/WEEK 1 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: QB Will McElvain, UNI,...Wil McElvain was impressive in his first start as a freshman, going 25-42 for 228 yards and a touchdown without turning the ball over. He helped lead UNI to three overtimes in a tough loss to No. 21 Iowa State in the season opener. He completed his first four passes. His touchdown came in the second overtime when he scrambled and avoided defenders before finding Trevor Allen open in the end zone to force a third overtime. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

rSr/2025 QB Will McElvain, Central Arkansas
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  SEPT 2/WEEK 1 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: QB Will McElvain, UNI,...Wil McElvain was impressive in his first start as a freshman, going 25-42 for 228 yards and a touchdown without turning the ball over. He helped lead UNI to three overtimes in a tough loss to No. 21 Iowa State in the season opener. He completed his first four passes. His touchdown came in the second overtime when he scrambled and avoided defenders before finding Trevor Allen open in the end zone to force a third overtime. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

rSr/2025 QB Will McElvain, Central Arkansas
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  Carlos Blackman scored two touchdowns, including a 3-yard run to give Central Arkansas its first lead with 1:30 to play, and the Bears beat Abilene Christian 31-30 on Saturday night. Blackman finished with eight carries for 16 yards and added a career-high 12 receptions for 82 yards and a TD. The senior running back came into the game with 35 career catches. Breylin Smith was 36-of-53 passing for 367 yards and Lujuan Winningham had 119 yards receiving and a score on six receptions for Central Arkansas (3-0). Smith hit Blackman for a 10-yard touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter and BeSean McCoy ran in the 2-point conversion to make it 17-all.

Blair Zepeda - whose 42-yard field goal in the second quarter was the first of his career - hit a 51-yarder fewer than 90 seconds later and Luke Anthony's 20-yard TD pass to Tyrese White gave ACU (1-2) a 27-17 lead with 11:07 remaining. Smith hit Winningham for a 20-yard score 58 seconds later and Zepeda added a 33-yard field goal to make it 30-24 with 5:28. Blackman's go-ahead TD run capped a nine-play, 72-yard drive. Zepeda's 46-yard attempt with 35 seconds left fell short. Juan Jackson, a 2018 first-team all-Southland Conference selection at defensive back for Central Arkansas, was ejected after a targeting foul midway through the fourth quarter. Luke Anthony was 24 of 41 for 322 yards and a score and Tracy James had 21 carries for 84 yards and two touchdowns for ACU. - AP College Football

Sr/2020 RB Carlos Blackman, Central Arkansas
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  Breylin Smith nailed Lujuan Winningham on two scoring strikes in the fourth quarter as Central Arkansas rallied to beat Austin Peay 24-16 on Saturday afternoon. The Bears, who started the season 2-0 for the first time since 2010, scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns last week to come from behind and beat Western Kentucky 35-28. Logan Birchfield booted field goals of 32 and 27 yards to give Austin Peay a 16-10 lead early in the fourth quarter. Five plays later Smith hit Winningham with a 43-yard touchdown toss to go ahead 17-16. The Smith-to-Winningham combination worked again on an 18-yard scoring play to seal the win with 1:46 remaining in the game. Austin Peay drove to the UCA 44 before Robert Rochell picked off a JaVaughn Craig pass with 45 seconds left. Smith threw for 283 yards and three touchdowns with Winningham hauling in eight receptions for 136 yards. Tyler Hudson had 120 yards receiving and a score on four catches. Craig threw for 185 yards and one score with one interception for the Governors (1-1). - AP College Football

rSr/2021 CB Robert Rochell, Central Arkansas
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  Carlos Blackman threw his only pass of the night, an 80-yard scoring strike to Lujuan Winningham, and followed it with a 1-yard rushing score as Central Arkansas rallied to score three fourth-quarter touchdowns to knock off Western Kentucky 35-28 in the opening game of the season for both schools on Thursday night. The Bears trailed 28-14 going into the final quarter. Breylin Smith hit Winningham from the 20 for a TD to close to 28-21 before Central Arkansas took its first lead of the game after Blackman's rushing score.

WKU drove to UCA's 33 in the final minute, but Isaiah Macklin broke up a fourth down pass attempt and the Bears took over with 50 seconds remaining. Smith passed for 324 yards and three scores. Winningham caught eight passes for a career-best 222 yards and three TDs. Gaej Walker, who sprinted 68 yards for a score on Western Kentucky's first offensive play of the season, finished with 152 yards rushing. - AP College Football

Sr/2020 RB Carlos Blackman, Central Arkansas
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  2019 PRESEASON PHIL STEELE/DRAFT SCOUT ALL-FCS FOURTH TEAM: Hunter Watts, Central Arkansas, Sr.,...Watts (6-8, 320), from John Marshall High School in San Antonio, Texas, is a two-year starter at offensive tackle and was named first-team All-Southland last fall after starting all 11 games and helping the Bears average 30.5 points and 407 yards per game. - Central Arkansas Football

Sr/2020 OT Hunter Watts, Central Arkansas
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  2019 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): RB Carlos Blackman, Central Arkansas, Sr., Gosnell, Ark.,...Blackman (6-1, 228), from Gosnell, Ark., was a first-team All-Southland pick last fall after rushing for 786 yards and nine touchdowns for the Bears. Blackman has totaled 2,172 career rushing yards at UCA and has scored 23 career touchdowns. His rushing total is 12th in UCA history. - Central Arkansas Football

Sr/2020 RB Carlos Blackman, Central Arkansas
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  2019 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DB Robert Rochell, Central Arkansas, Jr., Shreveport, La.,...Rochell (6-2, 176), from Fair Park High School in Shreveport, La., led the Bears with four interceptions last season. He had a pair of interceptions in the season finale against Abilene Christian. - Central Arkansas Football

rSr/2021 CB Robert Rochell, Central Arkansas
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