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Holton Ahlers threw two of his three touchdown passes in the third quarter and Rahjai Harris ran for two second-half scores and East Carolina pulled away from FCS-level Campbell over the final two quarters to post a 49-10 victory on Saturday. Ahlers was 17-of-20 for 263 yards. Keaton Mitchell added 185 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries. The Pirates finished with 572 yards of offense. Hajj-Malik Williams fired a 61-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Kelsey in the first quarter to put Campbell ahead 10-7, but the Fighting Camels were blanked the rest of the way. Williams completed 23 of 38 passes for 300 yards and a touchdown with one interception for Campbell. - East Carolina/AP College Football

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QB Holton Ahlers, East Carolina
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09/12/22 - *Keaton Mitchell, rSo/2023, East Carolina, 5-08, 186 (DS#15 RB) + More +

SEPT 12 AMERICAN ATHLETIC HONOR ROLL: Keaton Mitchell, So., RB, East Carolina,...Had 160 yards and two touchdowns (1, 81) on 18 carries in a 39-21 win against Old Dominion. - American Athletic Conference Football

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RB *Keaton Mitchell, East Carolina
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09/10/22 - Holton Ahlers, rSr/2023, East Carolina, 6-3, 227 (DS#17 QB) + More +

Holton Ahlers threw for two touchdowns, Keaton Mitchell added two on the ground and East Carolina pulled away from Old Dominion 39-21 on Saturday. Hayden Wolff's 18-yard TD pass to Ali Jennings III early in the second half got Old Dominion (1-1) with two points but the Pirates (2-0) scored the next 23 points including two touchdowns by Rahjai Harris — one receiving and one rushing — and an 81-yard run by Mitchell. Ahlers was 25-of-39 passing for 270 yards and Mitchell had 160 yards rushing on 18 carries. ECU, which fell by a point to then-No. 13 North Carolina State last week, outgained Old Dominion 531-286. Wolff was 18 of 29 for 271 yards passing and three touchdowns, all to Jennings, who made eight catches for 196 yards. The Monarchs were coming off a 20-17 win over Virginia Tech. They play at Virginia next week. ECU is home against Campbell. - East Carolina/AP College Football

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QB Holton Ahlers, East Carolina
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09/03/22 - Mike Wright Jr., rSr/2026, East Carolina, 6-3, 198 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Mike Wright scored a program record six touchdowns throwing for 245 yards and running for 84 more as Vanderbilt beat Elon 42-31 Saturday night. With the victory, the Commodores now have matched coach Clark Lea's win total for all of his debut season in the first two games to start this season. It's Vanderbilt's first 2-0 start since 2018 as the Commodores spoiled Elon's season opener. Matthew McKay and Elon sure made it interesting late after pulling within 11. The Phoenix recovered an onside kick. Vanderbilt forced a turnover and stopped a pair of fourth-and-1 attempts in the final 3:19, the second just outside its own goal line with 49 seconds left.

Wright, who scored four touchdowns in Vanderbilt's season-opening win in Hawaii, topped the previous record matched by Earl Bennett against Kentucky in 2005 and set by Frank Mordica with five TDs against Air Force in 1978. The quarterback put Vanderbilt ahead to stay with a 5-yard TD run, then dropped the ball into Jayden McGowan's hands for a 75-yard catch and run up the Vanderbilt sideline. Wright then made it a 21-0 lead with a 6-yard TD to Will Sheppard late in the first quarter. His 26-yarder to Sheppard made it 28-10 before halftime. Wright became Vandy's first quarterback with multiple TD runs in consecutive games since Greg Zolman in 1999 with a 44-yard run early in the third for his fifth TD of the game and a 35-10 lead. He took the record to himself with a 9-yard TD pass to Ray Davis with 10:02 left in the fourth. The game started 30 minutes late because of weather. Play continued despite lightning delaying the start of an MLS game between Nashville and Austin just three miles away for nearly an hour. - Vanderbilt/AP College Football

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QB Mike Wright Jr., East Carolina
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09/01/22 - Holton Ahlers, rSr/2023, East Carolina, 6-3, 227 (DS#17 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON WUERFFEL TROPHY (COMMUNITY SERVICE) WATCHLIST: Holton Ahlers, East Carolina, Sr., QB,...A December 2021 graduate with a degree in communications, Ahlers is a seven-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll and four-time AAC All-Academic. He has also volunteered his time in the community working with programs such as Aces for Autism, Food Bank of Eastern North Carolina, James & Connie Maynard Children's Hospital/Vidant Medical Center, Pirate Armada, Pitt County Trash Pick-up, Ronald McDonald House and the Special Olympics. - East Carolina Football

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QB Holton Ahlers, East Carolina
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08/30/22 - Holton Ahlers, rSr/2023, East Carolina, 6-3, 227 (DS#17 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON JOHNNY UNITAS GOLDEN ARM AWARD WATCH LIST: Holton Ahlers, East Carolina,...Last year, Ahlers threw for 3,216 yards (256-of-414) and 18 touchdowns to 10 interceptions. On the national level (FBS) level, he ranked 20th in completions per game (21.33), passing yards and passing yards per game (260.5). A dual threat quarterback, he rushed for 202 yards on 116 carries with six scores. He enters his senior season standing fourth all time in ECU quarter back rushing yards, just 224 shy of surpassing Leander Green's current school-record of 1,485. He has accounted for 88 career touchdowns (69 passing, 19 rushing), and of his 69 aerial scores, 60 have come in league play. - East Carolina Football

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QB Holton Ahlers, East Carolina
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08/28/22 - Mike Wright Jr., rSr/2026, East Carolina, 6-3, 198 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Mike Wright factored into four touchdowns and Vanderbilt used a 35-point third quarter to pull away from Hawaii 63-10 in a season opener on Saturday. The Commodores rolled up 601 yards of total offense, including 404 rushing to pick up their first win since Oct. 2, 2021. It was just the third victory under second-year coach Clark Lea. Wright threw for 146 yards on 13-of-21 passing without an interception. Both of his touchdown passes went to Will Sheppard, covering 1 and 15 yards. Wright also ran for 163 yards and two scores, including an 87-yard touchdown, on only 13 carries.

Vanderbilt's defense scored two touchdowns on fumble returns. Anfernee Orji snagged the first one out of the air after Maxwell Worship jarred it loose and returned it 28 yards to the end zone with 21 seconds left in the opening quarter. CJ Taylor scored from 14 yards out on a third-quarter scoop-and-score after Elijah McAllister forced the fumble. The Rainbow Warriors posted 358 total yards. Quarterbacks Brayden Schager and Joey Yellen combined to threw for 250 yards on 28-of-55 passing. Jonah Panoke caught seven passes for 101 yards. Vanderbilt led 21-10 at halftime in the first match-up between the teams. It was the Commodores first win to open a season since 2018. Hawaii had won its last seven home openers. - Vanderbilt/AP College Football

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QB Mike Wright Jr., East Carolina
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08/22/22 - Mike Wright Jr., rSr/2026, East Carolina, 6-3, 198 (DS#999 QB) + More +

In Clark Lea's second season at the helm, Vanderbilt football is unlikely to make a bowl game or contend in the SEC. Instead, the name of the game is progress. After a 2-10 season and a second straight year without winning an SEC game, Lea needs to show the program is heading in the right direction to keep up with improved recruiting. The Commodores concluded preseason practice Friday before heading to Hawaii to open their season Aug. 27.

Here's where Vanderbilt believes it has improved the most from last year after the end of camp: Lea noted a primary area of growth for Mike Wright has been emotionally. Wright is known as a leader with a galvanizing presence - a reason he was named not only the starting quarterback but a captain for 2022. "Playing that position is maintaining that voice when you're dealing with your own disappointment, your own frustration, and that's where I want to continue to see growth and maturity," Lea said. "Again, he's not all the way there yet, but I don't judge him for that. I think that's part of growth...I think he desires to be great in that role." Wright said he felt like his biggest improvement during the past year was in his accuracy on all levels of throws as well as in building chemistry with his receivers. - Tennessean

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QB Mike Wright Jr., East Carolina
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08/07/22 - BJ Davis, rSr/2024, East Carolina, 6-2, 213 (DS#90 ILB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ALL-MEAC CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): LB B.J. Davis, r.-Jr., South Carolina State,...Sixteen(16) South Carolina State Bulldogs were named to the 2022 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Preseason Football All-Conference team, while Coach Buddy Pough's team was picked to finish first (1st) in the race for the league title for the second straight year, as voted on by MEAC head football coaches and sports information directors. Earning All-MEAC First Team honors for South Carolina State were wide receiver Shaquan Davis, running back Kendrell Flowers, tight end Yancey Washington, offense lineman Nick Taiste, while defensive lineman Patrick Godbolt, linebacker BJ Davis and Greene were named for the defense respectfully. - South Carolina State Football

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ILB BJ Davis, East Carolina
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08/03/22 - Holton Ahlers, rSr/2023, East Carolina, 6-3, 227 (DS#17 QB) + More +

When East Carolina quarterback Holton Ahlers arrived on the campus of East Carolina, the Greenville native knew that there would be some amount of pressure placed on a local kid playing the most important position in town. He was right. He was also ready. "I knew when I committed here when I was 17 years old, I knew there was gonna be a lot of pressure here," Ahlers said at the American Athletic Conference media day on Thursday. "But you know, I wanted it to be on me and no one else." Ahlers, entering his fifth and final season with the Pirates, helped guide ECU to its first winning season and a bowl berth since 2014.

The season was also the first winning season for Ahlers since being in high school at D.H. Conley. Now, in his final season, Ahlers hopes he can harness that pressure and turn it into a successful season. "Coach (Mike) Houston came in and has developed a great culture here, a great team culture," Ahlers said. "It's been really good to be a part of it. This year, this is the best team overall that we've had. We just have to go out there and play the way that we know we can play and the rest will take care of itself. "For it being my last year, I am going to enjoy it as much as I can and just really appreciate that there's going to be a lot of lasts for me this year. So I'm just enjoying it. It starts with camp and just getting the team as close as we can be to being ready for that first game and then going out there and playing good the whole season." - Daily Reflector

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QB Holton Ahlers, East Carolina
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07/28/22 - Owen Daffer, rJr/2025, East Carolina, 5-09, 170 (DS#999 K) + More +

2022 PRESEASON LOU GROZA AWARD WATCH LIST: Owen Daffer - East Carolina, Class: Sophomore - Hometown: Wilmington, North Carolina,...Taking over for the program's all-time leader in virtually every category, Daffer stepped in a freshman and didn't miss a beat. He put up three 3-for-3 FG games, all on the road, the last of which he capped with a 54-yard winner as time expired to lift East Carolina to a 38-35 victory over Navy. - Lou Groza Award

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K Owen Daffer, East Carolina
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07/25/22 - Ryan Jones, rSr/2023, East Carolina, 6-1, 240 (DS#12 FB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON JOHN MACKEY AWARD WATCH LIST: RYAN JONES, EAST CAROLINA,...Jones appeared in all 12 games in 2021 catching 37 passes for 442 yards with a team-high five ariel scores. Against Temple, in the Pirates 45-3 victory, he tied his career-high with six receptions (other vs. Tulane) and set a new personal standard of 102 receiving yards with a pair of touchdowns. In all, he stood third on the squad in receptions and receiving yards, while ranking fifth in yards per catch at 11.9. - East Carolina Football

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FB Ryan Jones, East Carolina
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07/25/22 - *Keaton Mitchell, rSo/2023, East Carolina, 5-08, 186 (DS#15 RB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD CANDIDATE: Keaton Mitchell (So.), East Carolina,... East Carolina sophomore running back and 1,000-yard rusher Keaton Mitchell is on the Maxwell and Doak Walker watch lists. Mitchell, who started all 12 games in 2021 on his way to First-Team All-American Athletic Conference honors, led the league in total rushing yards (1,132) and all-purpose yards per game (115.83), while also ranking among league leaders in four other categories including rushing yards per game (second/94.33). His father, Anthony, entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Baltimore Ravens and made a key fumble recovery TD in a playoff game on the way to a Super Bowl championship. - East Carolina Football

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RB *Keaton Mitchell, East Carolina
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07/20/22 - Mike Wright Jr., rSr/2026, East Carolina, 6-3, 198 (DS#999 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: Mike Wright, Vanderbilt,... At 6-foot-4, 190-pounds, Wright's persona stems not so much from his physical stature but from his aura, which comes in handy for a quarterback.. An infectious smile and radiant energy make him recognizable throughout campus. He stepped in as the starter when Ken Seals was injured and looked right at home. Game was at South Carolina and he completed 11-of-21 passes for 206 yards while rushing for another 43. Started five of the last six games of the season and appeared in 10 of 12. In start against Missouri Wright ran for 152 yards. - Vanderbilt Football

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QB Mike Wright Jr., East Carolina
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07/18/22 - *Keaton Mitchell, rSo/2023, East Carolina, 5-08, 186 (DS#15 RB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: Keaton Mitchell, East Carolina,...Mitchell, who started all 12 games in 2021 on his way to First-Team All-American Athletic Conference honors, led the league in total rushing yards (1,132) and all-purpose yards per game (115.83), while also ranking among league leaders in four other categories including rushing yards per game (second/94.33).

The McDonough, Ga. native became the 17th 1,000-yard rusher in program history (first since Tay Cooper in 2013) and tallied four 100-yard rushing games on the season which included a career-best 222 against Tulane, setting a single-game record for an ECU freshman running back (true or redshirt). He caught 22 passes out of the backfield for 253 yards with one score, registered 17 plays of 20 or more yards (eight resulting in a TD) and became the second Pirate running back to earn first-team all-league honors behind fellow classmate Rahjai Harris (2020 AAC Co-Rookie-of-the-Year). - East Carolina Football

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RB *Keaton Mitchell, East Carolina
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