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09/03/24 - Brendan Sorsby, rSo/2027, Cincinnati + More +

WEEK 1 BIG 12 NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK: Cincinnati quarterback Brendan Sorsby completed 71% of his passes for 383 yards and threw two touchdowns in his first game for the Bearcats. His 383 passing yards ranked seventh nationally for week one and were the most by a Cincinnati quarterback in their debut in 10 seasons. Sorsby also rushed for a pair of touchdowns in the win. - Big 12 Football

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QB Brendan Sorsby, Cincinnati
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08/31/24 - Brendan Sorsby, rSo/2027, Cincinnati + More +

Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback Brenan Sorsby had a strong first game in the Queen City on Saturday afternoon in the Bearcats 38-20 win over Towson. Sorsby threw for 383 yards and two touchdowns while adding two scores on the ground. The Bearcats took the ball to start the game and quickly went 75 yards for the opening score. Wide receiver Aaron Turner covered 49 yards on the drive, catching a short pass and sprinting all the way down to the Towson 16-yard line. Sorsby threw two touchdowns in the first quarter for 42 and 61 yards respectively. The Bearcats had eight plays for 20-plus yards.

Playing without defensive tackle Dontay Corleone, the Bearcats struggled to stop Towson's running game. The Tigers rushed for 194 yards on 5.2 yards per carry to keep the game close throughout. Cincinnati rushed for 275 yards, including a 64-yard touchdown run by Evan Pryor. After struggling to run the ball in the first half, gaining just 67 yards on the ground, the Bearcats found bigger chunks of yards in the second half. Special teams were a problem for the Bearcats, primarily in the first half. The Bearcats muffed a punt, had a kickoff go out of bounds, and kicker Carter Brown missed a 31-yard field goal. Michael Musaari, who muffed a punt in the first half, dropped another punt midway through the fourth quarter, but fell on the ball for his own recovery. - AP College Football

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QB Brendan Sorsby, Cincinnati
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03/08/23 - Dee Wiggins, rSr/2024, Cincinnati + More +

Louisville transfer Dee Wiggins, a 6-foot-3, 195-pound wide receiver, found several balls Monday. Then again, after transferring from the Miami Hurricanes to Louisville, he's finally comfortable with a set of plays. "The transition for me is 100% perfect," Wiggins said. "This is my first year ever having the same playbook back-to-back. Since my freshman year I've had a different coach every year. I feel more confident and ready." A season-ending injury limited Wiggins to three games at Louisville last year.

He's now on a team that's about to have two receivers drafted into the NFL (Tyler Scott and Tre Tucker) and could fill a void. "Going hard every rep, that's a blessing!" Wiggins said of his day's work. "It's really on me to come out here and do it every day and be consistent. No matter where you go, you've got an opportunity. God created them, you've got to make them." The most experienced returning receiver is Chris Scott, who has added weight and is 6-foot-2, 205 pounds. The physiques of Washington State transfer Donovan Ollie, at 6-foot-3, 212 pounds, and 6-foot-4, 198-pound Sterling Berkhalter of North Carolina A&T (by way of Princeton High) are notable. - Cincinnati Enquirer

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WR Dee Wiggins, Cincinnati
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01/25/23 - Tyrin Smith, rSr/2025, Cincinnati + More +

Former UTEP wide receiver Tyrin Smith is transferring to Texas A&M, making the announcement Sunday via twitter. Smith, who will have two years of eligibility remaining, had 71 receptions for 1,039 yards and seven touchdowns this past season for the 5-7 Miners. The 5-foot-7, 170-pounder in 2021 had 33 receptions for 570 yards with four TDs. Smith, who played at Cibolo Steele High School, was at Cisco College before transferring to UTEP. - Bryan/College Station Eagle

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WR Tyrin Smith, Cincinnati
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01/18/23 - Tyrin Smith, rSr/2025, Cincinnati + More +

After tearing up Conference USA as a sophomore in 2022, UTEP wide receiver Tyrin Smith entered the NCAA Transfer Portal on Monday. Smith made the announcement on his social media pages, thanking the university and the city of El Paso in doing so. The Cibolo, Texas, native has two years of NCAA eligibility remaining. Smith broke out in 2022 for UTEP, catching 71 passes for 1,039 yards and seven touchdowns as the Miners went 5-7, narrowly missing out on a second straight trip to a bowl game.

This is the second year in a row that Smith has entered the Portal; he went in last offseason, before electing to return to UTEP. It's also the second season in a row that the Miners will lose their top two wide receivers (Rey Flores graduated in 2022). In 2021, UTEP lost Jacob Cowing (transferred to Arizona) and Justin Garrett (graduation). - KTSM

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WR Tyrin Smith, Cincinnati
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01/12/23 - Derrick Canteen, rSr/2025, Cincinnati + More +

Cornerback Derrick Canteen tweeted Monday night that he has decided to transfer from Georgia Southern to Virginia Tech. He had tweeted on Dec. 13 that he was entering the transfer portal as a graduate transfer. Canteen made the All-Sun Belt Conference third team last fall, when he had 64 tackles, one sack, 12 pass breakups and one interception.

He made the All-Sun Belt Conference first team in 2020, when he tied for the FBS lead with six interceptions. He also had 48 tackles, 10 pass breakups, a forced fumble and one fumble recovery. He earned Freshman All-America honors that season. The 5-foot-11, 190-pound Canteen has three years of eligibility left, including the extra year of eligibility that the NCAA granted all 2020 fall-sports athletes because of the coronavirus pandemic. - Roanoke Times

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SS Derrick Canteen, Cincinnati
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01/12/23 - Joey Beljan, rSr/2025, Cincinnati + More +

Western Kentucky's football team took another loss to the NCAA transfer portal on Tuesday. Redshirt junior tight end Joey Beljan, who tallied 15 catches for 191 yards and four touchdowns this past season for WKU, was among a group of transfer signees announced Tuesday by Cincinnati. The departure of Beljan, a 6-foot-3, 250-pound native of Holland, N.J., leaves the Tops even thinner at the tight end position. - BG Daily News

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TE Joey Beljan, Cincinnati
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01/12/23 - Malik Vann, rSr/2024, Cincinnati + More +

The University of Cincinnati's newly enlarged recruiting department announced five more transfers on Tuesday, adding to their latest recruiting class. But, as coach Scott Satterfield has said, "you have to recruit your own players". Though he never officially left, the biggest news on the Bearcat roster Tuesday was the return for a sixth year of eligibility for defensive lineman Malik Vann. Vann announced the news on Instagram in the afternoon and it was confirmed by University sources.

The 6-foot-4, 275-pound Vann played in only two games this season, suffering a pectoral injury in the home victory against Kennesaw State. He's been with the team since 2018 and has played in 49 career games. His best season came in 2021 when the Bearcats went to the Cotton Bowl in the national semifinal game against Alabama. He had 33.5 tackles that year, 8.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks. He now joins veteran Jowon Briggs on the new Bearcats defensive line coached by new defensive coordinator Bryan Brown. Brown's defensive line at Louisville led the nation in sacks last season. - Cincinnati Enquirer

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DT Malik Vann, Cincinnati
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01/11/23 - D.J. Taylor, rSr/2025, Cincinnati + More +

On the first day new Bearcats coach Scott Satterfield's recruiting department was announced, the new staffers raided the Valley of the Sun for a pair of transfers, bringing the number of former Arizona State Sun Devils on the roster to three. Quarterback Emory Jones, who played one year in Tempe and was previously was a Florida Gator, was already here. By Monday afternoon, teammates Carter Brown and D.J. Taylor had joined him.

A 5-foot-10 cornerback from Tampa Catholic High in Florida, he has been at Arizona State three seasons and is a redshirt junior. His specialty has been returning kicks as he's averaged 24.5 yards over his three years. That includes a 100-yard return for a touchdown his freshman year. He also has averaged 9.1 yards on punt returns. Defensively, he had 16 tackles this past season and one tackle for loss. - Cincinnati Enquirer

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CB D.J. Taylor, Cincinnati
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01/11/23 - Emory Jones, rSr/2024, Cincinnati + More +

Quarterback Emory Jones was announced on Coach Satterfield's first signing day. During Arizona State's difficult 3-9 season he was in eight games and threw for seven touchdowns. He had games of 261 yards vs. Utah, 243 vs. USC and 227 vs. Stanford. He was 7-for-9 for 59 yards when the Sun Devils upset then-top-25 Washington State.

The 6-foot-2, 211-pound signal caller was with Florida for four years and started in 2021 throwing for 2,734 yards and 19 touchdowns while running for 758 yards. "Emory is the guy who's played in the SEC," Satterfield said on signing day. "He's won big games in the SEC. I do think he's got a tremendous upside. He's got a lot of talent. He's got a really good arm and he can run as well. So it kind of fits what we want with that. I also believe it's important to be able to land a quarterback of his caliber at this stage to be able to help us in the wide receiver room." - Cincinnati Enquirer

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QB Emory Jones, Cincinnati
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01/08/23 - Darian Varner, rSr/2025, Cincinnati + More +

Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell noted last month that one unit in need of more bodies was the defensive line. UW moved closer to adding another prospect on Thursday when Temple's Darian Varner announced he planned to join the Badgers. Varner, 6-foot-2 and 260 pounds, has two seasons of eligibility remaining. A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Varner last month announced he planned to transfer to Virginia Tech. UW's coaches were able to change his mind.

Varner played in 10 of 12 games this past season, missing the final two games because of a foot injury. He finished with 7 1/2 sacks and 12 1/2 tackles for losses, both the No. 2 mark on the team, and 35 total tackles and was named first-team all-American Athletic Conference. Varner redshirted in 2020 and recorded a combined three sacks and seven tackles for loss in 11 games in 2021. UW must replace nose tackle Keeanu Benton, who led the unit in sacks (4 ½), tackles for loss (10) and total tackles (35). - Journal Sentinel

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DE Darian Varner, Cincinnati
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12/20/22 - Aaron Turner, Sr/2025, Cincinnati + More +

2022 PHIL STEEL ALL-INDEPENDENT CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM: Aaron Turner, Connecticut,...Zion Turner's main target on the season was sophomore wide receiver Aaron Tuner who caught a career-high 52 passes for 462 yards and three scores. Turner hauled in a career-high 10 passes for 66 yards in the upset win over Liberty. Turner caught a pass in every game this season and over his two seasons in Storrs has hauled in 85 balls for 695 yards in 24 games. - Connecticut Football

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WR Aaron Turner, Cincinnati
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12/20/22 - Tyrin Smith, rSr/2025, Cincinnati + More +

2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION: WR: Tyrin Smith, UTEP,...Smith became only the eighth Miner in program history to produce a 1,000-yard season, gaining 1,039 yards in his second season with UTEP. Smith is only one of three C-USA players to gain over 1,000 yards. Smith added 71 receptions, becoming only the fourth Miner to tally 70+ receptions during a single season. His 1,039 yards is ranked seventh best all-time in a single season at UTEP, while his 71 catches rate third best during a single campaign. Smith produced four 100-yard games, that led off with a 127-yard performance in the season opener, while he compiled a career-high 183 yards on eight receptions at New Mexico. Smith recorded a career-high 10 catches for 117 yards and a score against MT. Smith scored touchdowns against North Texas, NM State, at Charlotte (two), Middle Tennessee, FIU, and UTSA. Smith registered 71 yards on eight receptions at no. 9 OU. - Texas-El Paso Football

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WR Tyrin Smith, Cincinnati
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12/20/22 - Tony Johnson, rJr/2026, Cincinnati + More +

2022 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM: WR: Tony Johnson, Florida Atlantic,...The C-USA All-Freshman Team was also announced. Redshirt freshman wide receiver Tony Johnson, who was honored last week as a member of the C-USA All-Academic team, linebacker Jaylen Wester and kick returner Jayshon Platt received recognition. - Florida Atlantic Football

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WR Tony Johnson, Cincinnati
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12/17/22 - Logan Wilson, rSr/2025, Cincinnati + More +

2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION: DB: Logan Wilson, North Texas,...Earning honorable mention honors from the conference were: junior quarterback Austin Aune, junior defensive back DeShawn Gaddie, junior long snapper JP Hadley, senior kicker Ethan Mooney, junior wide receiver Jyaire Shorter, sophomore tight end Jake Roberts and sophomore defensive back Logan Wilson. - North Texas Football

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