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Tyler Riddell threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Malik Murray with nine seconds remaining to lift East Tennessee State to a 17-13 victory over Furman on Saturday for the Buccaneers' first win in Greenville since 1997. The winning TD came on the 14th play of an 80-yard drive when Riddle found Murray in the middle of the end zone and gave the Buccaneers (7-1, 4-1 Southern Conference) their only lead of the game. The Paladins (4-3, 2-2) led 6-3 at halftime on two Timmy Bleekrode field goals and scored their only touchdown on Jace Wilson's 20-yard pass to Ryan Miller early in the third quarter. The Buccaneers rallied with Quay Holmes' 2-yard run to complete an 11-play, 75-yard drive late in the third quarter and Riddle's TD pass to Murray. Riddell was 22 of 30 for 177 yards passing. Holmes finished with 112 yards rushing on 18 carries for ETSU, ranked 14th in the FCS coaches poll. Wilson was 15 of 26 for 227 yards and had an interception. Miller made eight caches for 139 yards. - AP College Football

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RB Quay Holmes, East Tennessee State
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10/10/21 - Quay Holmes, Sr/2022, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 220 (DS#62 RB) + More +

Quay Holmes ran for 132 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries to help East Tennessee State beat The Citadel 48-21 on Saturday. Tyler Riddell was 16-of-24 passing for 270 yards, including a 2-yard touchdown throw to Nate Adkins that made it 14-10 early in the second quarter and gave ETSU the lead for good. Jacob Saylors had 12 carries for 94 yards and a score and Jawan Martin added an 18-yard TD run.

The Buccaneers (6-0, 3-0 Southern Conference), who have never won seven straight to open a season, are off to their best start since 1969. An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against The Citadel and then a 48-yard catch by Will Huzzie set up Holmes' first TD and made it a two-score game with 5:14 left in the third quarter. Holmes scored on a 1-yard run to cap a six-play, 78-yard drive less than four minutes later gave ETSU a 41-21 lead. Bryson Irby capped the scoring on a 22-yard run with 2:44 to play. Jaylan Adams - a native of Johnson City - was 5-of-15 passing for 54 yards with a touchdown and an interception and added 14 carries for 102 yards and a score for The Citadel (2-3, 1-1). - AP College Football

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RB Quay Holmes, East Tennessee State
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10/03/21 - Quay Holmes, Sr/2022, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 220 (DS#62 RB) + More +

Quay Holmes accounted for 185 total yards and two touchdowns and the running back took a screen pass 77 yards to the house in the fourth quarter to send East Tennessee State past Wofford 27-21 on Saturday. Holmes ran for 81 yards on 20 carries and his 5-yard scoring run to start the contest put the Buccaneers (5-0, 2-0 Southern Conference) on top 7-0. He finished with four receptions and 104 yards receiving. Following Holmes' score with 10:46 left to play, ETSU's defense forced the Terriers to punt and turn it over on downs in their last two possessions. Tyler Riddell threw for 268 yards on 21-of-30 passing for the Buccaneers, who are ranked No. 14 in the FCS coaches poll. Peyton Derrick threw for 111 yards and a touchdown for Wofford (1-3, 0-2). His 43-yard scoring pass to Alec Holt with 7:23 before halftime gave the Terriers a 14-10 lead. - AP College Football

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RB Quay Holmes, East Tennessee State
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09/29/21 - William McRainey, rSr/2025, East Tennessee State, 5-11, 228 (DS#100 ILB) + More +

SEPT 27 BIG SOUTH DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Gardner-Webb linebacker William McRainey (Shallotte, N.C.) finished with a game-high 17 tackles (12 solo, 5 assisted) with 1.0 tackle-for-loss, a pass break-up and forced a fumble in Gardner-Webb's 52-34 win over Western Carolina. He played all 99 of the team's defensive snaps, and his forced fumble in the first quarter was recovered by GWU at its own 32-yard line. McRainey had nine tackles in the second half, when the Runnin' Bulldog defense held WCU to just 14 points and none in the fourth quarter. Also nominated for Defensive Player of the Week: Justin McIntire (Charleston Southern). - Big South Football

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ILB William McRainey, East Tennessee State
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09/25/21 - Quay Holmes, Sr/2022, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 220 (DS#62 RB) + More +

Quay Holmes ran for 168 yards that included a 13-yard touchdown in overtime, capping a wild finish as East Tennessee State beat Samford 55-48 on Saturday. There were six touchdowns in the fourth quarter, three by each team, before East Tennessee's Tyler Keltner kicked a 27-yard field goal as time expired to force overtime tied at 48. Holmes, who also had a 1-yard TD run in the first quarter, broke two tackles before crossing the end zone to open the extra period. Donovan Manuel's tackle stopped Samford just short from converting on fourth-and-11 to end the game.

The Buccaneers (4-0, 1-0 Southern Conference), who upset Vanderbilt 23-3 in their opener, are 4-0 for the first time since 1999. Tyler Riddell threw three touchdown passes in the second half, and then added 5-yard touchdown run with 1:59 remaining that gave the Bucs a 45-41 lead. Riddell was 21-of-35 passing for 291 yards. Liam Welch avoided a sack and lofted a 19-yard touchdown pass to Montrell Washington that gave Samford (2-2, 1-1) a 48-45 lead with 56 second remaining. Welch completed 56 of 73 passes for 582 yards with three touchdowns and an interception. He also added 73 yards rushing. Washington made 10 catches, two for touchdowns in the fourth quarter, and finished with 148 yards receiving. - AP College Football

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RB Quay Holmes, East Tennessee State
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09/19/21 - Quay Holmes, Sr/2022, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 220 (DS#62 RB) + More +

Quay Holmes and Jacob Saylors led a powerful ground attack and the East Tennessee State defense stymied Delaware State in the Buccaneers' 38-6 victory on Saturday night. Holmes gained 157 yards on 23 carries and Saylors added 109 yards on 11 carries as ETSU (3-0) piled up 309 rushing yards. Homes and Sanders scored twice each. Jaylen Porter led the effort on defense, recording four of ETSU's seven sacks. The Buccaneers allowed just 175 total yards and 11 first downs. ETSU led 24-0 late in the second quarter before the Hornets (1-2) got on the board with a Jared Lewis to Trey Gross touchdown pass of 18 yards. Saylors and Holmes then closed out the scoring in the second half, Saylors with a 36-yard run and Holmes with a 64-yard dash. - AP College Football

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RB Quay Holmes, East Tennessee State
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09/12/21 - Quay Holmes, Sr/2022, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 220 (DS#62 RB) + More +

Tyler Riddell passed for two touchdowns, Quay Holmes rushed for two and East Tennessee State beat Division-II member Virginia-Wise Highland 45-14 on Saturday night. Riddell was 13 of 18 for 201 yards and Brock Landis went 4 for 8 for 73 yards, including a 14-yard strike to Will Huzzie to cap the scoring early in the fourth. ETSU (2-0) scored the opening 21 points and led 31-6 at the break after outgaining UVA Wise 290-130. Jacob Saylors scored on a 64-yard catch-and-run for a 14-0 lead, and Holmes scored on runs of 3 and 12 yards. Saylors also scored on a 16-yard run in the second quarter. Lendon Redwine was 33 for 54 for 232 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions for UVA Wise. Tyree Robinson and Jalen Porter each made an interception, and the Buccaneers' defense held the Cavaliers to 39 yards rushing. - AP College Football

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RB Quay Holmes, East Tennessee State
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09/08/21 - Justin Franklin, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 5-08, 160 (DS#999 WR) + More +

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

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WR Justin Franklin, East Tennessee State
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09/05/21 - Tyree Robinson, rSr/2022, East Tennessee State, 5-11, 190 (DS#45 FS) + More +

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

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FS Tyree Robinson, East Tennessee State
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08/31/21 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

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

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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08/28/21 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

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

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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08/09/21 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

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

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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07/28/21 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

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

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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07/25/21 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

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

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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06/01/21 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

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

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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