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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: East Tennessee State
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  2023 ALL-BIG SOUTH-OVC FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION FIRST TEAM: LB - William McRainey, Gr., Gardner-Webb,...McRainey was a First Team All-Conference selection for the third straight season. The senior led Gardner-Webb in the regular season with 90 tackles, picking up 11 tackles in back-to-back games against Austin Peay and Robert Morris, and 14 tackles, along with an interception, against Eastern Kentucky. McRainey now has 323 tackles for his career, just the 20th player in GWU football history to do so and the 13th most for any Gardner-Webb player in program history. McRainey also had five pass break ups, including one on a two-point conversion to preserve a 45-44 win for GWU over Bryant. - Gardner-Webb Football

rSr/2025 ILB William McRainey, East Tennessee State
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  2023 BIG SOUTH-OVC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: William McRainey, LB, Gr., Gardner-Webb,...McRainey graduated with a Bachelor of Sciences in Economics & Finance in July 2023 with a 3.55 G.P.A. and is currently holds a 4.00 G.P.A. while working on his Masters of Business Administration (MBA). The linebacker was one of 39 semifinalists this season for the William V. Campbell Trophy. He is also active on campus and in the community, helping with various community service projects. On the field, McRainey is a captain for the Runnin' Bulldogs team that won a share of the Big South-OVC Championship and earned a bid to the FCS Playoffs. He finished the regular-season with 90 tackles and third in the league with 8.18 stops per game. - Big South-OVC Football Association

rSr/2025 ILB William McRainey, East Tennessee State
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  2022 ALL-BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM: LB - William McRainey, Jr., Gardner-Webb,...McRainey, who earned his third-straight All-Big South Conference honor at linebacker, was also honored as the league's Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the first time. The team's leading tackler with 92 hits, McRainey carries a 3.59 cumulative GPA in his major of Economics and Finance. A two-time Academic All-District selection, McRainey is an Academic All-America candidate in 2022. In addition to his 92 stops, McRainey added 9.0 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, one interception and two fumble recoveries. He was named Big South Defensive Player of the Week twice in 2022. - Gardner-Webb Football

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  2022 BIG SOUTH SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: William McRainey, LB, Jr., Gardner-Webb,...McRainey (Shallotte, N.C.) is a 3.59 student majoring in economics/finance, and has been a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree twice in his career (2021 and 2022). He was also voted First-Team All-Conference for this season after recording 92 tackles, 9.0 tackles-for-loss and 5.5 sacks. - Big South Football

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  NOV 21 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Gardner-Webb linebacker William McRainey (Shallotte, N.C.) had 10 tackles (six solo), 1.5 tackles for loss, and forced (and recovered) a fumble in helping GWU to win the conference championship. He helped limit the Aggies to just 87 yards rushing on 22 attempts, with 32 yards in losses after team sacks and TFL. McRainey and the defense limited A&T to 4-of-12 on third downs and no sustained touchdown drives (75 yards or more and three minutes-plus). Also nominated for Defensive Player of the Week: Ryan Saddler (Bryant) and CJ Tillman (Campbell). - Big South Football

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  OCT 31 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Gardner-Webb linebacker William McRainey (Shallotte, N.C.) tallied 11 tackles (eight solo), one sack for minus-10 yards and two pass break-ups in Gardner-Webb's 48-40 Big South win over Bryant. He had five tackles in the fourth quarter, and his PBU with 19.3 seconds left in the game on fourth down at the GWU 32-yard line ended Bryant's comeback attempt. McRainey's sack came on a second down play with just under four minutes remaining that limited the Bulldogs to a field goal four plays later. Four of McRainey's four tackles resulted in no gain, and his two pass break-ups were in the final period. - Big South Football

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  OCT 31 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Gardner-Webb linebacker William McRainey (Shallotte, N.C.) made the most of his first career start with three catches for 78 yards and two touchdowns in Gardner-Webb's victory over Bryant. Entering the contest with just four receptions for 40 yards and no scores, Burns first tied the game at 14-14 with a 71-yard catch-and-run to end the first quarter. His second catch of the day was a 4-yard touchdown to put GWU ahead, 48-29, while his final reception resulted in a first down later in the fourth quarter. Also nominated for Freshman of the Week: Chaney Fitzgerald (Campbell) and Wesley Graves (North Carolina A&T). - Big South Football

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  OCT 10 SOCON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jacob Saylors, Sr., RB, ETSU, Jasper, Tenn.,...ETSU running back Jacob Saylors ran for 183 yards and a career-high tying three touchdowns on a career-high 29 carries in Saturday's 44-21 win at VMI. The 183 yards are the third-most in a game in Saylors' career and marked his 10th career 100-yard game. Saylors, whose 29 rushing attempts are the most for any SoCon player this season, averaged 6.3 yards per carry. The senior from Jasper, Tennessee, also had three catches for 22 yards and one kickoff return for 20 yards, giving him 225 all-purpose yards for the day. Other nominees: Dominic Roberto (Furman), Fred Payton (Mercer), Michael Hiers (Samford), Leroy Thomas (VMI), Clayton Bardall (Western Carolina) and Kyle Parsons (Wofford). - SoCon Football

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  Jacob Saylors scored three touchdowns, East Tennessee State rolled up 297 yards on the ground and the Buccaneers routed Robert Morris 45-3 on Saturday. The Buccaneers (2-2) scored 42 points in the first half and piled up 307 total yards, 451 for the game. Saylors, who surpassed 3,000 career rushing yards, gained all of his 170 yards and scored all three of his touchdowns before halftime. In addition to Saylors' three touchdowns, the Bucs scored on a short punt return by Harold O'Neal, a 2-yard run by Bryson Irby, and a 56-yard pass from Tyler Riddell to Einaj Carter. Through three quarters, ETSU's defense held Robert Morris to 157 yards of total offense and forced three turnovers. The shutout was intact until Jayson Jenkins kicked a 39-yard field goal with 13:13 left in the game. The Colonials (0-3) finished with 194 yards of total offense. - AP College Football

rSr/2023 RB Jacob Saylors, East Tennessee State
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  Jacob Saylors scored three touchdowns in the first quarter and East Tennessee State, ranked No. 11 in the FCS preseason poll, rolled to a 44-7 win over Division II Mars Hill in a season-opening college football game on Thursday night. It was a stress-free debut for new coach George Quarles after replacing Randy Sanders, who retired after the Buccaneers set a school record with 11 wins and reached the FCS quarterfinals. Quarles was an assistant at Furman the last five seasons and is in four Tennessee halls of fame, including the Tennessee Football Coaches after going 250-16 in 22 seasons at Maryville High School. Saylors, the Southern Conference preseason Offensive Player of the Year, had scoring runs of 40 and 1-yard sandwiched around a 2 9-yard touchdown reception from Tyler Riddell as the Buccaneers led 20-0 after one quarter. Riddell added another TD strike in the second quarter and it was 34-0 at halftime. Jimmy Urza threw a 5-yard pass to Ty Snelson in the third quarter for the Mars Hill score. That came after Riddell's third touchdown pass. Riddell finished 14 of 19 for 197 yards passing. - AP College Football

rSr/2023 RB Jacob Saylors, East Tennessee State
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  2022 PRESEASON STATS PERFORM FCS FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: AP - Jacob Saylors, 5-11, 195, senior, ETSU,... Saylors had 10 games where he totaled over 100 all-purpose yards in 2021, including a season-high 337 yards in the win over Western Carolina, including a single-game program record 266 rushing yards. Following the 2021 season, Saylors was named second team All-American by the Associated Press and third team All-American by Stats Perform FCS. - ETSU Football

rSr/2023 RB Jacob Saylors, East Tennessee State
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  2022 PHIL STEELE/DRAFT SCOUT SOCON PRESEASON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: RB Jacob Saylors, ETSU, Sr.,...Saylors, who has already garnered Southern Conference Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-American honors, rushed for 1,019 yards and 10 rushing touchdowns in 2021. In total, Saylors compiled 1,822 all-purpose yards and 11 total touchdowns. - East Tennessee State Football

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  2022 PRESEASON WALTER PAYTON AWARD WATCH LIST: RB Jacob Saylors, ETSU, Sr., 5-11, 195,...Saylors, who has already garnered Southern Conference Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-American honors, rushed for 1,019 yards and 10 rushing touchdowns in 2021. In total, Saylors compiled 1,822 all-purpose yards and 11 total touchdowns. Saylors finished the 2021 season ranked third among FCS players in rushing yards per carry (7.13) and sixth in all-purpose yards per game (144.77). - ETSU Football

rSr/2023 RB Jacob Saylors, East Tennessee State
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  2022 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): RB Jacob Saylors, Sr., ETSU,...SoCon Offensive Preseason Player of the Year...Preseason First Team all-SoCon (running back and return specialist)...Appeared in all 13 games last season in the Blue and Gold, making five starts...Posted his first 1,000-yard rushing season with 1,019 yards and a career-high 10 rushing touchdowns...Averaged 78.4 yards per game on the ground and 7.1 yards per carry...Also hauled in 19 passes for 143 yards and one touchdown. - East Tennessee State Football

rSr/2023 RB Jacob Saylors, East Tennessee State
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  2022 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DL Jalen Porter, R-Jr., ETSU,...Played in 12 games with 10 starts in 2021 … Finished the season with a career-best 37 tackles, including 23 solo tackles … Recorded a team-high 10.0 tackles for loss and 6.0 sacks, the seventh-most sacks in a single season in program history … Also hauled in one interception on the campaign … Posted a career game against Delaware State (Sept. 18) with seven tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks. - East Tennessee State Football

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