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Daniel Richardson threw two touchdown passes to JaCorey Sullivan, Marion Lukes returned a second-half kickoff 100 yards and Central Michigan ended the season with a 31-10 defeat of rival Eastern Michigan on Saturday. The win gives the Chippewas (8-4, 6-1 Mid-American Conference) the Michigan MAC trophy awarded to the team with the best record against the other two MAC teams in the state. Lew Nichols carried 44 times and gained 194 yards with a 33-yard touchdown run for Central Michigan.

It was the seventh straight 100-yard rushing game for Nichols and moved him to second place on the Chippewas single-season rushing list with 1,710 yards. Lukes' kickoff return was the longest in program and stadium history and was the first kick return for a TD for CMU since 2017 and the first one at home since 2013. Central Michigan ended the regular season on a four-game win streak and await a bowl bid. Eastern Michigan (7-5, 4-4) scored its lone touchdown on a Samson Evans 2-yard run. Ben Bryant threw for 221 yards, completing 24 of 35 passes. He was sacked seven times. - Central Michigan/AP College Football

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RB *Lew Nichols III, Central Michigan
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11/22/21 - *Lew Nichols III, rSo/2023, Central Michigan, 5-10, 220 (DS#29 RB) + More +

A new name appears at the top of the Football Bowl Subdivision rushing chart after Central Michigan's Lew Nichols III turned in his second straight 200-yard game and Michigan State's Kenneth Walker III had his least productive game of the season. Nichols' 1,516 yards and average of 137.8 per game lead the nation, just ahead of Walker in both categories. Walker has 1,498 yards and a 136.2-yard average. Nichols became the first Central Michigan player since 2014 to put together consecutive 200-yard games. He had a career-high 219 yards and three touchdowns on 32 carries in a 37-17 win over Ball State on Wednesday. He had 215 yards and four TDs in a 54-30 win over Kent State on Nov. 13.

The 5-foot-10, 220-pound Nichols was a three-star recruit out of Detroit in 2019 and was expected to split carries with Kobe Lewis this season. But Lewis was injured in preseason practice and is out for the season, leaving Nichols to carry the load for the Chippewas. Through five games Nichols ranked 53rd in country at 81 yards per game. His average has more than doubled, to 185.2, over his past six games. Walker was limited to six carries for 25 yards, both season lows, in Michigan State's 56-7 loss at Ohio State. Spartans coach Mel Tucker said Walker was banged up, and that's why his workload was limited. - AP College Football

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RB *Lew Nichols III, Central Michigan
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11/17/21 - *Lew Nichols III, rSo/2023, Central Michigan, 5-10, 220 (DS#29 RB) + More +

Lew Nichols III ran for three scores and 219 yards and Central Michigan piled up 567 yards of offense and beat Ball State 37-17 on Wednesday night. Nichols topped 2,000-career rushing yards when he ran for 131 yards in the first half against the Cardinals. After a 7-7 first quarter, Nichols scored on runs of 2 and 66 yards sandwiched around a 50-yard end-around by Kalil Pempleton. Just before halftime, Drew Plitt led a 14-play, 81-yard drive for Ball State that ended with a 6-yard scoring pass to Yo'Heinz Tyler which reduced the Cardinals' deficit to 28-17. Midway through the third, however, Central Michigan (7-4, 5-2 Mid-American Conference) put it out of reach when Nichols carried it in from the 1 finishing an eight-play, 55-yard drive. Plitt threw for 170 yards for Ball State (5-6, 3-4). - AP College Football

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RB *Lew Nichols III, Central Michigan
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11/16/21 - *Lew Nichols III, rSo/2023, Central Michigan, 5-10, 220 (DS#29 RB) + More +

NOV 15 MAC WEST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Lew Nichols III, Central Michigan, Running Back, R-Freshman, Detroit, Mich./Cass Technical,...Nichols had an unbelievable game against Kent State, carrying the ball 43 times for 215 yards and four touchdowns. He is the first CMU player to rush for more than 200 yards since Thomas Rawls versus NIU in 2014 and the first with four rushing scores since Jonathan Ward at Ball State in 2019. The 43 carries is tied for the fourth most in program history. Nichols also had four catches for 33 yards. - MAC Football

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RB *Lew Nichols III, Central Michigan
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11/10/21 - *Lew Nichols III, rSo/2023, Central Michigan, 5-10, 220 (DS#29 RB) + More +

Freshman Lew Nichols III ran for 215 yards and four touchdowns and Daniel Richardson threw four TD passes as Central Michigan spotted Kent State 14 points before rolling to a 54-30 victory on Wednesday night. Nichols has now rushed for 1,297 in his first 10 games for the Chippewas (6-4, 4-2 Mid-American). He has topped the 100-yard mark seven times and has 11 rushing TDs and two TD receptions. Nichols had 43 carries against Kent State and has yet to fumble in 235 rushes this season.

The Golden Flashes (5-5, 4-2) led 14-0 after one quarter on Dustin Crum's 37-yard scoring strike to Kris Leach and Marquez Cooper's 2-yard TD run. Central Michigan answered with touchdown drives on four straight possessions and never trailed again. Nichols opened the scoring with a 1-yard TD run early in the second quarter. Richardson followed with two scoring strikes to Dallas Dixon sandwiched around a TD toss to Joel Wilson for a 26-14 lead. Nichols added a 1-yard TD run in the third quarter and scoring runs of 12 and 1 yard in the fourth. Richardson's final TD pass was a 21-yarder to Wilson in the third quarter. Richardson completed 21 of 27 passes for 268 yards for the Chippewas. Crum completed 28 of 38 passes for 322 yards and two TDs for the Golden Flashes. - Central Michigan/AP College Football

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RB *Lew Nichols III, Central Michigan
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11/09/21 - Kalil Pimpleton, Sr/2022, Central Michigan, 5-08, 172 (DS#57 WR) + More +

NOV 8 MAC WEST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kalil Pimpleton, Central Michigan, Punt Returner, Junior, Muskegon, Mich./Muskegon,...Pimpleton led Central Michigan to a rivalry victory at Western Michigan with a pair of punt returns for touchdowns in just a five minute span on the game clock. Pimpleton's first punt return for a touchdown came at the 5:03 mark of the second quarter, a 70-yard score. It was CMU's first punt return for a TD since Antonio Brown in 2009. KP's second punt return for a score came with 00:03 left in the first half, a 97-yard return. That broke CMU's program record previously held by Jim Podoley, a 90-yard return vs. Northern Iowa, 1953. It was also the third-longest return in MAC history. Pimpleton is the first CMU player to have two punt returns for a touchdown in the program's Division I era. He is the only player at the FBS level this season to tally two in a game and is the 24th player in D-I to have multiple punt return touchdowns in a single game since 2000. Pimpleton broke the MAC single game punt return average record with a mark of 55.3. The previous mark was 43.3 by Ryne Robinson of Miami (Ohio) in 2003. - MAC Football

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WR Kalil Pimpleton, Central Michigan
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11/03/21 - Kalil Pimpleton, Sr/2022, Central Michigan, 5-08, 172 (DS#57 WR) + More +

Kalil Pimpleton scored three touchdowns in five minutes, two on long punt returns, to spark Central Michigan to a 42-30 win over Western Michigan on Wednesday night. Pimpleton, who had 104 yards receiving with an 11-yard touchdown sandwiched between the punt returns, had 269 yards of total offense at halftime. He finished with 281. Lew Nichols had two second-half touchdown runs and piled up 163 yards on 26 carries for the Chippewas (5-4, 3-2 Mid-American Conference). It was his fourth straight 100-yard game and fifth of the season for the redshirt freshman.

With the Chippewas trailing 14-0 in the second quarter, Pimpleton took a punt and went around the right side 70 yards for a score. He then hauled in an 11-yard scoring pass to complete a three-play, 72-yard drive. Finally he fielded a punt at the 5-yard line, went up the middle, veered to the right sideline and then back to the middle of the field for a 95-yard score, the longest in school history. The first TD came at the 5:03 mark, the third came three seconds before halftime. The last Chippewa to return a punt for a touchdown was Antonio Brown in 2009 when he was the last to have two punt returns in a season. Sean Tyler had two rushing touchdowns for the Broncos (5-4, 2-3) and Corey Crooms caught seven passes for 118 yards and a score. - Central Michigan/AP College Football

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WR Kalil Pimpleton, Central Michigan
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10/21/21 - Marshall Meeder, rJr/2025, Central Michigan, 5-10, 185 (DS#999 K) + More +

OCT 18 MAC FOOTBALL WEST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Marshall Meeder, Central Michigan, Kicker, Freshman, Eaton Rapids, Mich./Eaton Rapids,...Meeder scored the final 12 points with four field goals for CMU including the game-winner in overtime as CMU defeated Toledo, 26-23. Meeder was 4-4 on field goals, making kicks of 46 yards, 51 yards, 44 yards and 38 yards. He was also 2-2 on PATs. He is the first CMU student-athlete with four field goals in a game since 2012. - MAC Football

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K Marshall Meeder, Central Michigan
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10/10/21 - Kalil Pimpleton, Sr/2022, Central Michigan, 5-08, 172 (DS#57 WR) + More +

Daniel Richardson threw the go-ahead touchdown to Kalil Pimpleton with 3:55 left and Central Michigan held on to beat Ohio 30-27 on Saturday. The CMU (3-3, 1-1 Mid-American Conference) defense stuffed Ohio on its ensuing drive holding the Bobcats to minus-7 yards in three plays and forced the Bobcats to punt. The Chippewas proceeded to kill the clock from there. Richardson threw for 257 yards, the score to Pimpleton and two interceptions. Lew Nichols III ran for 186 yards on 30 carries and two touchdowns for Central Michigan. Pimpleton also added a 7-yard end around for a score to give Central Michigan a 20-19 lead. Sieh Bangura responded with a 40-yard touchdown run for Ohio and the two-point conversion gave the Bobcats a 27-20 advantage. Ohio's Armani Rogers completed 13-of-18 pass attempts for 190 yards and ran for a score. - Central Michigan/AP College Football

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WR Kalil Pimpleton, Central Michigan
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09/18/21 - Thomas Pannunzio, rSr/2024, Central Michigan, 5-08, 180 (DS#999 WR) + More +

Thomas Pannunzio returned a punt 70 yards for the game's only touchdown and Cayden Camper kicked five field goals as Colorado State surprised Toledo 22-6 on Saturday. Pannunzio fielded the punt at his 30-yard line, started to his left, then broke to his right. After slipping through several arm tackles, he went the final 40 yards untouched to give the Rams a 13-6 third-quarter lead. Camper completed the scoring with three field goals in the fourth quarter.

Colorado State gained 209 yards rushing, with David Bailey accounting for 132 yards on 30 carries. Trey McBride caught nine passes for 109 yards, just one yard less than the Rams' total as starting quarterback Todd Centeio was a mere 11 of 27 for 110 yards. Toledo, which nearly upset Notre Dame a week prior, managed 291 yards on offense. Carter Bradley passed for 254 yards but the Rockets were held to 21 yards rushing. Toledo had only 11 first downs and converted only 4 of 18 on third down. - AP College Football

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WR Thomas Pannunzio, Central Michigan
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07/31/21 - Kalil Pimpleton, Sr/2022, Central Michigan, 5-08, 172 (DS#57 WR) + More +

Central Michigan's Kalil Pimpleton has been named to the Paul Hornung Award Watch List. The award goes to the most versatile player in college football. The dazzling Pimpleton, a junior from Muskegon, had 26 catches for 277 yards, carried 16 times for 134 yards and completed five of his eight pass attempts for 149 yards during the 2020 season. He accounted for six touchdowns in total on the season and returned eight punts and two kickoffs and averaged 82 yards per game in all-purpose yardage. - Central Michigan Football

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WR Kalil Pimpleton, Central Michigan
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07/30/21 - Marshall Meeder, rJr/2025, Central Michigan, 5-10, 185 (DS#999 K) + More +

Central Michigan place-kicker Marshall Meeder has been named to the 2021 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Watch List. Meeder, a freshman from Eaton Rapids, is one of 30 place-kickers nationwide named to the list. He is the lone student-athlete from a Mid-American Conference school on the list. The award goes to the top kicker in college football and is named in honor of Groza, a Pro Football Hall of Famer who played 21 seasons with the Cleveland Browns and was named the NFL Player of the Year in 1954. Meeder made all eight of his field goal attempts and 16 of his 17 extra point tries in the 2020 season, ranking second on the team with 40 points. - Central Michigan Football

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K Marshall Meeder, Central Michigan
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07/23/21 - Kalil Pimpleton, Sr/2022, Central Michigan, 5-08, 172 (DS#57 WR) + More +

The 2021 season unofficially kicked off on Tuesday with the Mid-American Conference Media Day at Ford Field, which in December will be the site of the league title game. The Chippewas went 3-3 in the COVID-shortened 2020 season, and they return a talented and solid core of veterans in the likes of defensive end Troy Hairston II and wide receiver/punt returner Kalil Pimpleton, both of whom represented CMU at Tuesday's media day. CMU won the MAC West in 2019, McElwain's first season at the helm of the program. "I think we've got great pieces on our team; I think our parts are fantastic," McElwain said. "I think we have some really, really talented guys. Now we've got to bring those parts and make it a whole."

Hairston, who was the co-MAC Defensive Player of the Year last season, is the headliner of a defense that includes mainstays Troy Brown - a two-time All-MAC First Team linebacker - safety Devonni Reed, and middle linebacker George Douglas. Pimpleton is among the most dazzling players in the MAC and is a threat to go the distance any time he touches the ball. He is part of an offense that includes the one-two running back punch of Kobe Lewis and Lew Nichols III, the latter of whom was named the MAC Freshman of the Year in 2020. The Chippewas were picked fourth in the preseason media poll. - Morning Sun

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WR Kalil Pimpleton, Central Michigan
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07/20/21 - Troy Hairston II, rSr/2022, Central Michigan, 5-11, 231 (DS#24 ILB) + More +

Two Central Michigan football players have been named to the 2021 Bednarik Award Watch List. CMU defensive end Troy Hairston II and linebacker Troy Brown are on the list are among the 90 players listed. They represent Football Bowl Subdivision programs from coast to coast. The award goes annually to the defensive player of the year and is named in honor of Chuck Bednarik, a standout at Pennsylvania and with the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL. He is a member of both the Pro Football and College Football halls of fame. The award is presented by the Maxwell Football Club.

Central Michigan is one of 11 schools with two candidates on the watch list. Brown and Hairston are two of five players from Mid-American Conference schools on the list. The others are Toledo's Desjuan Johnson, Buffalo's James Patterson and Western Michigan's Ralph Holley. Hairston, a senior from Birmingham, led the MAC with 5.5 sacks among 12.0 tackles-for-loss in 2020, earning the co-MAC Defensive Player of the Year Award and a spot on the all-conference first team. He ranked fourth on the team with 41 tackles while forcing one fumble and recovering one. - Central Michigan Football

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ILB Troy Hairston II, Central Michigan
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06/27/21 - Kalil Pimpleton, Sr/2022, Central Michigan, 5-08, 172 (DS#57 WR) + More +

Thirteen Central Michigan Chippewas have been named to the 2021 Phil Steele All-Mid-American Conference Preseason football teams. Five Chippewas were named to Steele's first team; two to the second team; four to the third team; and three to the fourth team. CMU junior Kalil Pimpleton was named to the squad at two positions, wide receiver (first team) and punt returner (third team). Four other Chippewas were named to the first team, three on defense and one on special teams. They are defensive end Troy Hairston II, linebacker Troy Brown, and cornerback Dishon McNary. Placekicker Marshall Meeder was also named to Steele's first team. - Central Michigan Football

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WR Kalil Pimpleton, Central Michigan
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