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12/20/22 - Jaylen Wester, Sr/2026, Colorado + More +

2022 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM: LB: Jaylen Wester, 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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ILB Jaylen Wester, Colorado
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12/20/22 - Justin Mayers, rSr/2025, Colorado + More +

2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION: OL: Justin Mayers, UTEP,...Steven Hubbard, Elijah Klein, Justin Mayers, Andrew Meyer rounded out the remainder of the starting five of the offensive line to earn all-conference recognition. Hubbard started the last 10 games, while Klein and Mayers started all 12 contests. Meyer played in all 12 games, starting in 11. Their efforts in the trenches helped the offense gain over 400 yards in six games, while tallying 500+ yards in two of those contests. UTEP rushed for 252 yards at Charlotte, added 234 against FAU, amassed 335 yards versus FIU and tallied 253 at UTSA. - Texas-El Paso Football

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OG Justin Mayers, Colorado
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12/20/22 - LaJohntay Wester, rSr/2025, Colorado + More +

2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION: WR & PR: LaJohntay Wester, Florida Atlantic,...Honorable mentions were bestowed to: LaJohntay Wester as both wide receiver and as a punt returner; offensive lineman Nick Weber, who started a program record 48-consecutive games at center for the Owls; safety/nickel and team co-captain Teja Young; safety Armani Adams, punter Riley Thompson, and long snapper Nicholas Marino, who has provided all but one long snap for the Owls over the last three seasons. - Florida Atlantic Football

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WR LaJohntay Wester, Colorado
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12/16/22 - Xavier Weaver, rSr/2024, Colorado + More +

2022 ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM: WR Xavier Weaver, South Florida, Jr.,...Weaver logged career-bests of 53 catches for 718 yards and six touchdowns on the year, marking the fifth-best season reception total and receiving yardage total in program history. He finished the year with 1,735 career yards, good for fourth all-time at USF, and 116 career receptions, good for sixth all-time. Weaver led the Bulls in receiving in seven games and logged three 100-yard receiving games on the year. - South Florida Football

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WR Xavier Weaver, Colorado
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12/16/22 - Jimmy Horn Jr., Sr/2025, Colorado + More +

2022 ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM: RS Jimmy Horn Jr., South Florida, So.,... Sophomore kick returner Jimmy Horn Jr. (Sanford) earned first-team All-AAC honors after averaging 29.9 yards on seven returns and posting an 89-yard touchdown return in the Bulls' season opener vs. BYU. Horn added 37 catches for 551 yards and three touchdowns receiving on the year and 95 rushing yards and a touchdown. - South Florida Football

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WR Jimmy Horn Jr., Colorado
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12/16/22 - Brady Russell, rSr/2023, Colorado + More +

2022 ALL-PAC-12 CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION: TE Brady Russell, Sr.,...Russell has played in 42 career games with 32 starts...He has 67 career catches for 709 yards and three touchdowns...His 67 receptions are good for 40th in CU history and ninth among tight ends, while his 709 yards ranks 40th in program annals and 12th most for tight ends. - Colorado Football

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TE Brady Russell, Colorado
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12/15/22 - Josh Chandler-Semedo, rSr/2023, Colorado + More +

2022 ALL-PAC-12 CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION: ILB Josh Chandler-Semedo, Gr.,...Chandler-Semedo, who transferred to CU from West Virginia this past summer, didn't need a lot of time to acclimate to the Buff program. Though playing only 27 snaps coming off the bench in the opener against TCU, he had six solo tackles, including one for a loss that set the stage to come. He would start the next 11 games and proceed to finish as CU's leader in tackles with 101 (73 solo); he also led the Buffs in tackles for loss with 13 (including three quarterback sacks), and with five tackles for zero gains, that added to 18 at or behind the line of scrimmage. He also had some nice "garnish," adding eight third down stops (one on a fourth down), an interception, one pass break-up, a fumble recovery, one touchdown save, two hurries and two quarterback chase-downs (near sacks). He played the most snaps on defense (734), and had five games with 10 or more tackles with a season-high 13 against Arizona State. - Colorado Football

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ILB Josh Chandler-Semedo, Colorado
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12/09/22 - Jaheim Oatis, Sr/2026, Colorado + More +

2022 SEC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM: DL Jaheim Oatis, Alabama,...Massive presence in the middle of Alabama's defensive line...got his weight down to earn a role in his first season at the Capstone...played in 11 games with nine starts to his name...totaled 27 tackles, including two tackles for loss (-9 yards) and one sack (-8 yards). - Alabama Football

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DT Jaheim Oatis, Colorado
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12/06/22 - Mark Vassett, Sr/2025, Colorado + More +

2022 ALL-ACC FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: P - Mark Vassett, Louisville, 45 votes,...Vassett averaged 44.6 yards a punt in the regular season, ranking third in the conference. The native of Melbourne, Australia, placed 17 punts inside the opposition's 20-yard line and recorded nine punts of 50 or more yards. - Louisville Football

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P Mark Vassett, Colorado
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12/03/22 - Shedeur Sanders, Sr/2025, Colorado + More +

Deion Sanders, known as "Prime Time" during his Hall of Fame playing career and has since transitioned into "Coach Prime," has been named the 28th full-time head football coach at the University of Colorado, athletic director Rick George announced Saturday evening. Sanders, 55, joins the CU program from Jackson State University (Jackson, Miss.), where in three seasons the Tigers compiled a 27-5 record and won back-to-back Southwestern Athletic Conference championships competing on the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level; that mark includes a 12-0 record this season.

Jackson State defeated Southern, 43-24, in the SWAC title game on Saturday. "There were a number of highly qualified and impressive candidates interested in becoming the next head football coach at Colorado, but none of them had the pedigree, the knowledge and the ability to connect with student-athletes like Deion Sanders," George said. "Not only will Coach Prime energize our fanbase, I'm confident that he will lead our program back to national prominence while leading a team of high quality and high character." At Jackson State, Sanders achieved tremendous success on and off the field as a fierce advocate for additional exposure and a level playing field for all Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Sanders brought national attention to HBCUs, pushing for opportunities to highlight its talent and the culture. In March 2022, Sanders held a Pro Day featuring athletes from four other schools in the state of Mississippi to provide a platform in front of 22 NFL teams and the Canadian Football League. In April 2022, Jackson State became the first HBCU to have its spring football game televised live nationally on ESPNU. - Colorado Football

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QB Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
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12/03/22 - Shedeur Sanders, Sr/2025, Colorado + More +

Shedeur Sanders threw for four touchdowns, including two on three first-quarter turnovers, staking Jackson State to a big early lead on the way to routing Southern 43-24 in Saturday's Southwest Athletic Conference championship that was possibly Deion Sanders' final game as Tigers coach. Reports swirled before the game that Sanders would announce his departure from the FCS program after three seasons to become head coach at Colorado. Sanders acknowledged an offer from the school earlier this week and added that he had talked to other FBS programs about vacancies. Colorado's board of regents called a special meeting for Sunday but hasn't commented on any candidates taking over the Buffaloes. JSU (12-0) quashed any questions about Sanders' future being a distraction by completing the first unbeaten regular season in school history and claiming its second consecutive SWAC championship. The Tigers' top-ranked defense set the tone by quickly pouncing on the Jaguars for three turnovers in eight plays in the first quarter.

Shedeur Sanders, the Hall of Fame coach's son, and the Tigers easily converted the takeaways into a 26-0 lead after 15 minutes, a run boosted by Sy'veon Wilkerson's 1-yard TD run two plays after Herman Smith III's 37-yard interception return. Two fumbles created chances for Sanders to hit Shane Hooks for TD passes of 14 and 40 yards and two-point conversions to Kevin Coleman Jr. Sanders' 14-yard TD pass to Coleman made it 33-7 at halftime, but Southern (7-5) didn't quit and even got within 36-24 late in the in third quarter on Glendon McDaniel's 42-yard TD run. Sanders, the SWAC's offensive player of the year, completed 31 of 44 passes for 305 yards. Hooks caught five passes for 98 yards and Wilkerson rushed 15 times for 61 yards. McDaniel was 15 of 34 passing for 220 yards and a TD for Southern. The Tigers advanced to the Celebration Bowl for historically Black colleges on Dec. 17 in Atlanta against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion North Carolina Central. The Tigers' victory improved Sanders to 27-5 as coach of the FCS program and came days after he was named SWAC coach of the year for the second consecutive season. - Jackson State/AP College Football

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QB Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
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12/03/22 - Shedeur Sanders, Sr/2025, Colorado + More +

2022 ALL-SWAC FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: Quarterback Shedeur Sanders, Jackson State,...Sanders set single-season school records for touchdown passes (32) and completions (284) while throwing for 3,083 yards and rushing for a career-high five touchdowns. He set a career with 438 passing yards against Miss. Valley St. on September 24 and threw a career-high 5 TDs twice in games against Florida A&M (Sept. 4) and Bethune-Cookman (Oct. 15). - Jackson State Football

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QB Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
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12/03/22 - CamRon Silmon-Craig, rSr/2025, Colorado + More +

2022 ALL-SWAC FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: Defensive Back Cam'Ron Silmon-Craig, Jackson State,...Silmon-Craig ranked second on team with 55 tackles (34 solo), with 1.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, one pass breakup and one fumble recovery. He made a career-high 11 tackles twice (vs. Tennessee State with 1.5 tackles for loss; vs. Texas Southern), with seven solo tackles each game, and recorded six tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss vs. Alabama A&M. - Jackson State Football

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FS CamRon Silmon-Craig, Colorado
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12/03/22 - Tyler Brown, rSr/2025, Colorado + More +

2022 ALL-SWAC FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: Offensive Lineman Tyler Brown, Jackson State,...Brown was the top lineman on an offense that leads the SWAC and ranks in the Top 15 in scoring offense (37.5 ppg/8th FCS), passing offense (290.5 ypg/10th FCS), and total offense (448.6 ypg/14th FCS). The offense gained 400+ yards in a game eight times, including a pair of 600-yard games (638 yards vs. Miss. Valley; 608 yards vs. Grambling). - Jackson State Football

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OG Tyler Brown, Colorado
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12/03/22 - Alejandro Mata, Sr/2026, Colorado + More +

2022 ALL-SWAC FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM: Place Kicker Alejandro Mata, Jackson State,...Mata leads SWAC in extra points made (43) and attempted (44) and is tied for third in SWAC in field goals made (10) in 11 attempts to rank second in SWAC in scoring with 73 points. He scored 10+ points in a game four times, including making a career-high eight PATs with one field goal to score career-high 11 points against Florida A&M. - Jackson State Football

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