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  SEPT 6 BIG SOUTH CO-FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Gardner-Webb wide receiver Justin Franklin (Douglasville, Ga.) tied for the team-lead with six receptions and totaled 72 receiving yards and a touchdown in his collegiate debut at FBS Georgia Southern. His 7-yard touchdown grab at 2:59 in the fourth quarter brought GWU to within five points (30-25). He also threw a 50-yarder to Justin Jordan for a touchdown midway through the third quarter. Franklin caught five passes that resulted in first downs on Saturday night, with four of those balls in the fourth quarter for 52 yards and a touchdown. Also nominated for Freshman of the Week: Tyquan King (North Carolina A&T). - Big South Football

rSr/2026 WR Justin Franklin, East Tennessee State
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  Linebacker Stephen Scott returned a fumble 27 yards for a touchdown, and East Tennessee State upset Vanderbilt 23-3 Saturday night to ruin the head coaching debut of Clark Lea at his alma mater. The Buccaneers also became the sixth FCS team to beat a FBS team to open this season and third of the day joining Holy Cross and Montana, which stunned No. 20 Washington. The victory was ETSU's first over a Power Five program since upsetting North Carolina State on Nov. 7, 1987. "It's a great win for us, it's a great win for those kids," ETSU coach Randy Sanders said. "Every time you go out there, every time you go on the field, you're making a memory. It's either a good one or a bad one, and I think tonight we made a memory that is going to be a good one for a long, long, long time." Scott said, "It's a wonderful feeling." Vanderbilt became the first Southeastern Conference program to lose to a FCS program since South Carolina lost to Citadel on Nov. 21, 2015.

ETSU's defense clinched this victory, forcing three turnovers all in the fourth quarter that the Bucs turned into 10 points. Ken Seals dropped to pass on third-and-5 at the Vandy 35 and just lost the ball under pressure from Donovan Manuel. Scott saw the ball and had one thought as he picked it up and ran 27 yards for the touchdown and a 20-3 lead. "Just grabbing and scoring," the freshman linebacker said. Cornerback Karon Delince picked off a Seals' pass at the goal line and ran 99 yards for a TD. An unsportsmanlike penalty on safety Tyree Robinson wiped out the TD, and officials put the ball at the 19. Tyler Keltner kicked his third field goal of the game, a 34-yarder, with 3:29 left for a 23-3 lead. - East Tennessee State/AP College Football

rSr/2022 FS Tyree Robinson, East Tennessee State
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  No surprise here, but Cade McNamara is Michigan's starting quarterback heading into the season opener. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, who had said McNamara was the No. 1 quarterback coming out of spring practice, said Monday that McNamara has made "constant improvement" in a number of areas. Michigan opens against Western Michigan on Saturday at Michigan Stadium. McNamara, 6-foot-1, 212 pounds, started the last of Michigan's six games last season after taking over for starter Joe Milton while trailing by 17 at Rutgers and leading the Wolverines to a triple-overtime victory.

Milton since has transferred to Tennessee, where he was named the starter on Monday. McNamara's primary competition has come from freshman five-star recruit J.J. McCarthy. Dan Villari and Texas Tech transfer Alan Bowman also are part of the quarterback room. "The biggest one, consistency of doing his job," Harbaugh said Monday at a news conference, explaining how McNamara has taken his game to another level. "Also, call it a talent of making everyone else around you better - maybe that is the most important job of a quarterback." McCarthy is the backup, but Harbaugh would not say how much or if he will play in the opener. "All options will be open about playing J.J. or anybody else on our roster," Harbaugh said. - Detroit News

rSr/2026 QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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  Major endorsement deals have been few and far between for players on the Michigan football team, but quarterback Cade McNamara struck a unique agreement this week that will pay him in cryptocurrency. On Thursday, More Management, LLC, a Los Angeles-based cryptocurrency company that specializes in membership services, curated live experiences and digital collectables, announced the deal with McNamara, who will promote the company on social media and make appearances at live events. Under terms of the deal, which were not disclosed, McNamara will receive payments in crypto, a fast-growing alternative currency made popular by Bitcoin. The company manages a crypto token called "MORE" that trades on the Bittrex Exchange. - Ann Arbor News

rSr/2026 QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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  McNamara said during a recent appearance on the "In the Trenches" podcast with Jon Jansen that being named the starter heightened his comfort level in terms of becoming a more vocal leader. "I find leadership an important job of being a quarterback. I take it very seriously," McNamara said on the podcast. "I feel that's something I've been able to apply more this season going in as the (No.) 1 (quarterback), taking 1 reps with game experience, you've earned a certain level of respect on top of the way you've been working the first two years. I felt like I built a good foundation the first two years as a hard-nosed tough hard worker who's willing to do anything for the team."

McNamara was 43-of-71 for 425 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions. He started against Penn State in what would be Michigan's final game, and suffered an injured shoulder. "Although we don't have what some would consider a returning starter, we feel good about the depth," offensive coordinator Josh Gattis said Thursday. "To see Cade take over this team, to see his leadership - obviously, people saw him last year fill in and bring our team back in certain situations, but I think the thing that was most important last year is people saw how our team gravitated to him. They saw his leadership, they saw his command of the offense, that's what you want in your quarterback. He makes everybody better around him." Aidan Hutchinson, a returning captain and defensive lineman, described McNamara as a "beast" in terms of his leadership and said he had been vital in player-led walk-throughs during the offseason. "He's been kinda the rock for the offense," Hutchinson said. - Detroit News

rSr/2026 QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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  Not only did Jim Harbaugh and his staff come out of the spring confident they had a No. 1 quarterback, but so did their guy. Cade McNamara used the months of March and April to build on the momentum he had when Michigan's 2020 season came crumbling down last fall, earning the top spot on a depth chart full of youth and inexperience. It will be McNamara, with just one collegiate start under his belt, in line for first-team snaps when preseason camp kicks off next Friday, Aug. 6, in Ann Arbor. And he's relishing that role. "I enjoy that part of being a quarterback," McNamara said Saturday on Detroit's west side, where he was on hand during an event with teammates from The Uniform Funding Foundation and FOX Sports' Gus Johnson.

"You are given a leadership role. No matter what your leadership type is prior - that's something I embrace. That's something that I continue to work on. "Being able to influence my teammates and just help our team win, that's something that I take seriously." Video of a passionate McNamara surfaced on social media last November after Michigan's triple-overtime win over Rutgers, a game in which he replaced a struggling Joe Milton and guided the Wolverines to victory. Not only did it snap Michigan's ugly three-game losing skid, but it allowed the coaching staff to breathe a sigh of relief. They believed they had found their quarterback. - Ann Arbor News

rSr/2026 QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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  Not surprisingly, Cade McNamara will enter Michigan's preseason camp as the No. 1 quarterback, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said during Big Ten Media Days. McNamara led Michigan to a comeback at Rutgers last season and started against Penn State, after Joe Milton started the first five games. Michigan went 2-4 and canceled the final three games because of a COVID-19 outbreak. "Right now, Cade McNamara has done a tremendous job, played in some games last year, did very well, went through spring practice and was outstanding," Harbaugh said Thursday. "He's our No. 1 quarterback going into fall camp. "You talk about taking the reins of leadership, that's something he has done. He has been that guy throughout the entire spring and training cycle and summer. (He leads) by example, also pulling other guys along with him. He's a fiery competitor. He's got that gene that he must win, must give it his best at all times."

Five-star recruit J.J. McCarthy was an early enrollee and went through spring practice. Alan Bowman has transferred from Texas Tech and Dan Villari also is returning to the quarterback room. "J.J. McCarthy has some of those very same qualities (as McNamara)," Harbaugh said. "Done an excellent job in spring practice. He's fiery, and he's got the athletic ability and the arm talent to get it done. "But Cade McNamara is not letting him take it away. That's probably the best thing for our team, for J.J. and all of us. That's where we stand as I see it." - Detroit News

rSr/2026 QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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  McNamara started the 2020 season as Joe Milton's backup before taking the job in the Wolverines' final two games. He went 1-1 against Rutgers and Penn State while completing 39 of 61 passes for 351 yards and four touchdowns and running for another score on the ground. The Nevada native came to Ann Arbor as the No. 268 player and No. 7 pro-style quarterback in the 2019 recruiting class. According to new QB coach Matt Weis, he enters the summer as the clear-cut No. 1. "Cade is a guy who I think, for everything everybody is going to say (about) him, criticize him, he's going to end up playing 10 years in the NFL," Weiss said. "Because he's really smart and makes great decisions. He processes things very fast. And his accuracy and arm strength are more than enough to win with. "He's a guy that's been awesome to work with. He's extremely valuable to our team. He's our starter. I love the fact that we have him." - Cleveland Plain Dealer

rSr/2026 QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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  Jim Harbaugh says Cade McNamara continues to lead Michigan's quarterbacks, while true freshman J.J. McCarthy enters the summer offseason as the backup. In his first interview since the Wolverines concluded spring practice, Harbaugh told "In the Trenches" podcast host Jon Jansen that quarterback play has been "really good." "Not a lot of experience, but Cade just continues to play well," Harbaugh said this week. "He just keeps (improving). Continual progress from Cade. He had a great spring." McNamara won the starting job last fall by leading Michigan to victory in a triple-overtime win over Rutgers, beating out the more experienced Joe Milton. McNamara got his first career start a week later against Penn State in what turned out to be the final game of Michigan's 2020 season, plagued by cancellations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, Milton has elected to transfer (to Tennessee), leaving McNamara and Dan Villari as the only returning scholarship quarterbacks on the roster. - Ann Arbor News

rSr/2026 QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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  If there was any doubt about where things stand at quarterback for Michigan, its first-year coach in charge of the position crystalized it this week. Matt Weiss, in an interview on the "In the Trenches" podcast, referred to junior quarterback Cade McNamara as the Wolverines' clear-cut No. 1 option heading into the summer. Michigan just wrapped up its 15-practice spring schedule last weekend, which culminated with a closed-to-the-public spring game in Ann Arbor in which McNamara was named game MVP. "Cade is a guy who I think, for everything everybody is going to say (about) him, criticize him, he's going to end up playing 10 years in the NFL," Weiss, who spent the past 12 seasons on the staff of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens, told host Jon Jansen.

"Because he's really smart and makes great decisions. He processes things very fast. And his accuracy and arm strength are more than enough to win with. "He's a guy that's been awesome to work with. He's extremely valuable to our team. He's our starter. I love the fact that we have him." McNamara rose to prominence last fall during Michigan's abbreviated 2020 season, leading the Wolverines to a comeback win at Rutgers and beating out Joe Milton for the starting job against Penn State. Milton has since elected to transfer out of Michigan, leaving the 6-foot-1, 205-pound McNamara as the only quarterback on the roster with any college experience. - Ann Arbor News

rSr/2026 QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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  It's still early, and the quarterback competition at Michigan is far from decided. Yet two weeks into spring practice, junior Cade McNamara is making an impression on his teammates. It's not like he hasn't before - he beat out Joe Milton for the starting job last fall, at least temporarily, before the Wolverines' season was upended by COVID-19 concerns. But the situation is a bit different this time around. Milton's announced plans to transfer and is not practicing with the team, leaving McNamara the No. 1 option at the moment for 2021. "The quarterback competition and level of play has been real interesting to see," senior offensive lineman Andrew Stueber told reporters on Thursday. "Cade's finally started to take more of a commanding role. Obviously he played a little bit last season - but it's different when you think you have the starting job. "Now you have command of the offense." - Ann Arbor News

rSr/2026 QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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  FEB 22 SOCON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Quay Holmes, ETSU, R-Jr., RB, Powder Springs, Ga.,...ETSU running back Quay Holmes carried 19 times for 125 yards and two touchdowns in the Bucs' season-opening 24-17 win over Samford on Saturday. The redshirt junior from Powder Springs, Georgia, scored one a 1-yard run with just 5 seconds left in the first half and opened the second-half scoring with another 1-yard run with 9:18 left in the third quarter to draw ETSU even at 14-all. Holmes, who moved into seventh on ETSU's career rushing list in the win, added a pair of kick returns for 53 yards to finish with 178 all-purpose yards on the day. Other nominees: Devin Wynn (Furman) and Jimmy Weirick (Wofford). - SoCon Football

Sr/2022 RB Quay Holmes, East Tennessee State
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  Quay Holmes scored two touchdowns and ran for 125 yards and East Tennessee overcame a slow start to beat Samford 24-17 on Saturday in the spring opener for both teams. Tyler Riddell threw a 59-yard touchdown pass to Juliun Lane-Price who beat his defender on an outside route. The diving defender was left helpless and Lane-Price outran a pursuing defender for the go-ahead score with 5:28 remaining to play. On Samford's final drive, Donovan Manuel intercepted Chris Oladokun's desperation pass attempt that was deflected as he flushed to the right by pressure from ETSU. Samford established immediate control using a 17-play, 88-yard scoring drive when Oladokun threw a 5-yard scoring pass to Dakota Chapman to make it 7-0. The Buccaneers coughed up the ball nine plays into their opening drive which led to a 10-play, 76-yard scoring drive for the Bulldogs. Jay Stanton ran it in from a yard out for a 14-0 advantage. - East Tennessee/AP College Football

Sr/2022 RB Quay Holmes, East Tennessee State
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  Cade McNamara earned his first career start but injured his shoulder on Michigan's touchdown drive in the first quarter. He missed a few series before returning to the game but struggled when he came back. Michigan didn't take many shots down field, and McNamara wasn't even efficient on short passes. He threw for just 91 yards on 12-of-25 passing. The offense also sputtered when Joe Milton was in the game. He only attempted three passes and completed one for 21 yards. He also was stopped short on a QB sneak on fourth-and-1. - Ann Arbor News

rSr/2026 QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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  Cade McNamara doesn't decide who should start at quarterback for Michigan; head coach Jim Harbaugh does. But McNamara has made the decision difficult or obvious, depending on how you look at it. McNamara, the backup quarterback to Joe Milton, took over late in the second quarter, resuscitated Michigan's offense after it trailed 17-0, and led the team to a 48-42, triple-overtime victory over Rutgers at SHI Stadium Saturday night. Michigan is now 2-3 and ended a three-game losing streak. Milton has started all five games this season. McNamara, who also gave Michigan a spark in the loss to Wisconsin and led the Wolverines to their only touchdown in that game, was asked if he feels he should now lead this team as starter.

"Personally, I feel like I've done enough for me to be put in that position," McNamara said. "That's coach Harbaugh's decision. Whatever's best for the team, that's coach Harbaugh's decision, but I feel like I'm confident enough in myself that if my number is called again, that I perform the same way." McNamara was 27-of-36 for 260 yards and four touchdowns. He also ran for a 2-yard touchdown in the second overtime. He threw two touchdowns to Cornelius Johnson, one to tight end Nick Eubanks and another to Mike Sainristil. For the season, McNamara is 31-of-46 for 334 yards and five touchdowns with no interceptions. "Cade was outstanding," Harbaugh said. "Really gritty performance in all ways. His play was inspiring. Can't say enough great things. So proud of him." - Detroit News

rSr/2026 QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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