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12/04/22 - KJ Jefferson, rSr/2025, Central Florida + More +

University of Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson warmed hearts on a cold day across the state by announcing on Friday he would return for his senior season in 2023. The draft-eligible redshirt junior from Sardis, Miss., has emerged as one of the nation's top quarterbacks in two seasons as the Arkansas starter. The Razorbacks are 15-8 in games Jefferson has started since the 6-3, 242-pounder took the reins in 2021. In the two games Jefferson missed this year, due to a concussion and a shoulder injury, respectively, the Razorbacks averaged 366 yards and 13.5 points in a 40-17 loss at Mississippi State and a 13-10 home loss to LSU.

With Jefferson in the lineup, the Razorbacks went 6-4, lost three games by two points and averaged 471.3 yards and 34.1 points per game. Jefferson has advanced into the top 10 in the UA record books in multiple categories, including fourth in touchdown responsibility with 63. The dual-threat quarterback owns the second- and third-best completion-percentage seasons in Arkansas history with his 68.3% this year and 67.3% in 2021. Feleipe Franks holds the school record with 68.5% completions in 2020. Jefferson can challenge that record with a strong performance in the Razorbacks' bowl game. - Northwest Arkansas Times

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QB KJ Jefferson, Central Florida
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12/03/22 - Jabari Brooks, rSr/2025, Central Florida + More +

2022 ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL 2ND TEAM: OL Jabari Brooks, Jr., Samford,...Offensive lineman Jabari Brooks and wide receiver Kendall Watson were unanimous second-team selections. At the same time, linebacker Nathan East, defensive back Hakeem Johnson and punter Bradley Porcellato were named to the second team by the coaches. - Samford Football

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OG Jabari Brooks, Central Florida
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11/28/22 - John Rhys Plumlee, rSr/2024, Central Florida + More +

NOV 28 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL: John Rhys Plumlee, Sr., QB, UCF,...Rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns and completed 9 of 9 passes for 73 yards and a TD in a 46-39 win at South Florida. - AAC Football

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QB John Rhys Plumlee, Central Florida
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11/26/22 - Alec Holler, rSr/2024, Central Florida + More +

Mikey Keene threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Alec Holler with 20 seconds remaining to lead No. 25 UCF to a 46-39 win over South Florida on Saturday night and earn a spot in the American Athletic Conference championship game. Keene completed a 41-yard pass to Javon Baker for a first down at the South Florida 29. Keene added a 10-yard run on a keeper to get the ball to the Bulls' 15 and set up the game-winning play for UCF (9-3, 6-2 AAC). South Florida (1-11, 0-8) got the ball to the UCF 32, but the Bulls' Hail Mary attempt went out of the end zone. UCF scored on its first four possessions of the game to take a 28-0 lead midway through the second quarter. But South Florida stormed back, scoring 22 points in a 3:44 span of the third quarter to pull within 31-29, forcing two turnovers to set up touchdowns.

South Florida even took a 39-38 lead with 7:02 remaining in the game when Bulls quarterback Bynum Brown reeled off a 42-yard TD run off an option keeper. The Knights answered with a 13-play, 75-yard drive that ended with Keene throwing a 4-yard touchdown to Kobe Hudson to make it 38-29. Keene was 15 of 19 for 129 yards and two touchdowns. UCF starting quarterback John Rhys Plumlee had eight carries for 133 yards and a touchdown before he left the game with a pulled hamstring. He was also 9-for-9 passing for 73 yards and a touchdown. Brown threw for 140 yards and rushed for 109 and a touchdown. Brian Battie rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns for the Bulls. - UCF/AP College Football

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TE Alec Holler, Central Florida
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11/14/22 - John Rhys Plumlee, rSr/2024, Central Florida + More +

NOV 14 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: John Rhys Plumlee, Sr., QB, UCF,...Plumlee led UCF to a 38-31 win at No. 17 Tulane, handing the Green Wave its first American Athletic Conference loss of the season and moving the Knights into a three-way tie atop the conference standings. Plumlee figured in 308 yards of total offense and three touchdowns as he rushed for a game-high 176 yards and two TDs and completed 17 of 30 passes and another score. Plumlee, who ranks fifth in The American in rushing (66.5 ypg), set UCF's single-game rushing record for a quarterback. - American Athletic Conference Football

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QB John Rhys Plumlee, Central Florida
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11/13/22 - John Rhys Plumlee, rSr/2024, Central Florida + More +

UCF used a season-high 336 yards of rushing to run past Tulane, 38-31, in New Orleans. The win put the Knights in the driver's seat for the American Athletic Conference title as they have the tie-breaker advantage over both the Green Wave and Cincinnati who they are tied with at the top of the standings. The win moved UCF up to No. 18 in this week's USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll, while Tulane dropped to No. 22. - American Football Coaches Association

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QB John Rhys Plumlee, Central Florida
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11/12/22 - John Rhys Plumlee, rSr/2024, Central Florida + More +

John Rhys Plumlee accounted for 308 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 22 UCF took over first place in the American Athletic Conference with a 38-31 victory over No. 16 Tulane on Saturday. Returning from an Oct. 29 concussion against Cincinnati, Plumlee rushed for 176 yards and two TDs. He also passed for 132 yards and a score as UCF (8-2, 5-1) surpassed 400 yards of offense for the eighth time this season. Plumlee's rushing total was his highest with UCF but short of his career high of 212 for Mississippi against LSU in 2019. Tulane (8-2, 5-1) pulled within a touchdown with 11:39 left when Michael Pratt hit Reggie Brown in the back of the end zone to cap a drive sustained by Pratt's fourth-and-6 conversion on a pass to Lawrence Keys. But the Knights responded with a 16-play, 75-yard scoring drive that consumed 8:07 and was sustained by a fourth-down pass interference penalty on Tulane's Jarius Monroe on running back Isaiah Bowser's pass intended for Plumlee along the sideline.

Bowser finished it off with his second short touchdown run of the game to make it 38-24 with 3:32 left. Tulane drove for one final score on Pratt's 6-yard pass to Shae Wyatt with 1:46 left, but the Green Wave's onside kick was recovered by UCF, which didn't punt the ball back until the final seconds. Pratt finished 23 of 39 for 236 yards and three TDs. Tulane's Jha-Quan Jackson caught five passes for 95 yards. Plumlee helped UCF to a 10-0 lead when he kept the ball up the middle, cut outside to his right and outraced all pursuers for a 67-yard touchdown. Tulane answered with Pratt's 1-yard fade to Duece Watts, set up by Tyjae Spears' 70-yard run. UCF restored its 10-point lead when Bowser took a direct snap on fourth-and-1, faked left and darted right for an easy score, his 12th this season. - UCF/AP College Football

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QB John Rhys Plumlee, Central Florida
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11/11/22 - Daylan Dotson, rSr/2025, Central Florida + More +

OCT 31 OHIO VALLEY DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Daylan Dotson, DE, 6-3, 280, So., Savannah, Ga., UT Martin,...Dotson had five tackles, 2.0 sacks, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and a defensive touchdown as UT Martin forced seven turnovers in a 52-28 win at Houston Christian. Dotson played part in three sacks, one solo and combining on two others. Two of his sacks resulted in fumbles, one of which he recovered in the end zone for a touchdown. Others Nominated: Jordan Vincent, Eastern Illinois; Tayvian Weary, Lindenwood; Cade Shupperd, Murray State; Bryce Norman, Southeast Missouri; Cameron Hudson, Tennessee Tech. - OVC Football

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DE Daylan Dotson, Central Florida
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11/08/22 - Daylan Dotson, rSr/2025, Central Florida + More +

OCT 31 FEDEX GROUND FCS NATIONAL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Daylan Dotson, UT Martin, DE, So., 6-3, 280, Savannah, Georgia,...One of the Ohio Valley Conference's top pass rushers, Dotson led the defensive excellence as UT Martin forced seven turnovers in a 52-28, non-conference win at Houston Christian. He had five tackles, played a part in three sacks - one solo and two assists that totaled 20 yards in losses - forced two fumbles and recovered a pair of fumbles. He recovered one of his forced fumbles in the HCU end zone for the game's first touchdown.

Honorable Mention: Colton Adams, LB, Alabama State; Bailey Armon, LB, Sacramento State; Teddye Buchanan, LB, UC Davis; Donte' Daniels, LB, Southeastern Louisiana; Mikey Jarmolowich, DB, Colgate; Brent Jackson, S, Bucknell; Malaki Malaki, LB, Utah Tech; Garrett Morris, LB, Penn; Eric O'Neill, QB, LIU; Raequan Ousley, DB, Gardner-Webb; Jamias Presley, CB, Prairie View A&M; Omar Rogers, DB, Elon; Sam Schadek, DT, Dayton; Manny Smith, DB, North Carolina Central; Jordan Vincent, S, Eastern Illinois. - STATS FCS Football

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DE Daylan Dotson, Central Florida
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11/08/22 - RJ Harvey, rSr/2025, Central Florida + More +

OCT 31 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL: RJ Harvey, Jr., RB, UCF,...Rushed for 84 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries in a 25-21 win against No. 20/19 Cincinnati. - American Athletic Conference Football

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RB RJ Harvey, Central Florida
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11/07/22 - RJ Harvey, rSr/2025, Central Florida + More +

NOV 7 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL: RJ Harvey, Jr., RB, UCF,...Rushed for a career-high 151 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries in a 35-28 win at Memphis. - American Athletic Conference Football

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RB RJ Harvey, Central Florida
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10/29/22 - RJ Harvey, rSr/2025, Central Florida + More +

RJ Harvey had a 17-yard touchdown run with 48 seconds remaining, sending UCF to a 25-21 win over No. 20 Cincinnati on Saturday. Harvey's go-ahead TD capped a seven-play, 75-yard march directed by Mikey Keene. The backup quarterback was 4 for 4 for 57 yards on the drive. Cincinnati (6-2, 3-1 American Athletic Conference) took a 21-18 lead with 3:04 remaining. Ryan Montgomery scored on a 39-yard touchdown run, and the Bearcats added the 2-point conversion on a Ben Bryant pass to Tyler Scott. UCF (6-2, 3-1) took a 10-6 lead into halftime on the strength of a 26-yard touchdown run by Harvey. The Knights added a safety in the third quarter when Josh Celiscar sacked Bryant in the end zone.

Cincinnati had won six in a row since a season-opening loss to Arkansas. Bryant passed for 298 yards and a touchdown, and Montgomery had a team-high 40 yards rushing on three carries. Harvey had 18 carries for 84 yards for UCF. The Knights finished with 258 yards on the ground and 247 through the air. Following a fumble recovery, Bryant threw a 14-yard touchdown to Josh Whyte to make it 13-12 at the end of the third quarter. Whyte's TD capped a 10-play, 84-yard drive. UCF quarterback John Rhys Plumlee was 7 of 11 for 71 yards when he was knocked out of the game late in the first half. He also rushed for 31 yards. - UCF/AP College Football

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RB RJ Harvey, Central Florida
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10/29/22 - KJ Jefferson, rSr/2025, Central Florida + More +

KJ Jefferson ran for two touchdowns and passed for a third and Raheim Sanders rushed for 171 yards to lead Arkansas to a 41-27 victory over Auburn on Saturday in a battle to escape the bottom of the Southeastern Conference Western Division. The Razorbacks (5-3, 2-3 SEC) snapped a six-game losing streak versus the Tigers (3-5, 1-4), who have dropped four games in a row. The two teams came into the day tied with Texas A&M for last in the SEC West. But Auburn couldn't stop Jefferson and Sanders or produce scores on offense when the game was still in doubt. Much of Jordan-Hare Stadium had emptied before the Tigers' final two touchdowns that served to make the final score more respectable.

Sanders set up the decisive touchdown with a 76-yard scamper down the left sideline late in the third quarter. Rashod Dubinion then scored the first of his two late touchdowns. Jefferson completed 16 of 24 passes for 234 yards and stiff-armed safety Zion Puckett to the ground on his way to a 13-yard touchdown run. Matt Landers caught four passes for 115 yards. Auburn's Robby Ashford was 24-of-33 passing for 285 yards and a touchdown, while rushing 19 times for 87 yards. Tailback Tank Bigsby was mostly contained aside from a 41-yard touchdown run. Things snowballed for the Tigers after their opening drive of the third quarter stalled and then ended with Isaiah Nichols' blocked field goal, while down just 17-13. - Arkansas/AP College Football

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QB KJ Jefferson, Central Florida
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10/24/22 - Jireh Wilson, rSr/2024, Central Florida + More +

OCT 24 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jireh Wilson, Jr., S, East Carolina,...Wilson led a defensive effort that limited UCF, which had averaged 41.3 points and 525.2 yards per game, to 13 points, 130 rushing yards and 426 total yards in a 34-13 victory. Wilson figured in two of the Pirates' four takeaways as he had an interception and a fumble recovery in the first half, both of which led to East Carolina points, allowing ECU to build an 17-0 lead. He also finished with three tackles. - American Athletic Football

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SS Jireh Wilson, Central Florida
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10/17/22 - Tremon Morris-Bash, rSr/2024, Central Florida + More +

Central Florida became the sixth team this season to score 70 points with its 70-13 win over Temple. The Golden Knights have a history of putting up big offensive numbers, so let's talk defense. UCF has held nine straight opponents to 20 points or fewer, the longest active streak in the FBS, and allowed just nine points in the fourth quarter this season. Only Illinois, at seven, has allowed fewer points in the final 15 minutes of games. - AP College Football

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