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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

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04/17/21 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

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

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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03/14/21 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

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

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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02/23/21 - Quay Holmes, Sr/2022, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 220 (DS#62 RB) + More +

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

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RB Quay Holmes, East Tennessee State
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02/20/21 - Quay Holmes, Sr/2022, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 220 (DS#62 RB) + More +

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

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RB Quay Holmes, East Tennessee State
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12/02/20 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

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

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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11/24/20 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

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

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11/21/20 - Cade McNamara, rSr/2026, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Hassan Haskins dove in from less than a yard out on fourth down in the third overtime and Michigan outlasted Rutgers 48-42 on Saturday night, avoiding its worst start in 53 years. Sophomore Cade McNamara came off the bench and threw four touchdown passes and ran for another as Michigan (2-3, 2-3 Big Ten) snapped a three-game losing streak and handed Rutgers (1-4, 1-4) its fourth straight loss. Michigan missed the 2-point conversion after Haskins' touchdown, but safety Daxton Hill intercepted Noah Vedral's desperation heave into the end zone from the 24-yard line to end the game that lasted 4 1/2 hours.

Vedral threw an 11-yard, fourth-down touchdown pass to Aron Cruickshank and then carried two defenders into the end zone on the 2-point conversion run to tie the game at 35 and force the extra sessions. Both teams missed field goals on the first possession of overtime. Vedral threw a 25-yard yard touchdown pass to tight end Jovani Haskins to put Rutgers ahead 42-35, but McNamara scored on a 2-yard run to tie the game. McNamara replaced junior Joe Milton for the second straight week and finished 27 of 36 for 260 yards. The sophomore had TD passes of 46 and 9 yards to Cornelius Johnson, 8-yards to Nick Eubanks and a 6-yarder to Mike Sainristil. - Michigan/AP College Football

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QB Cade McNamara, East Tennessee State
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07/28/20 - Quay Holmes, Sr/2022, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 220 (DS#62 RB) + More +

2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT PRESEASON ALL-FCS FIRST TEAM: AP Quay Holmes, ETSU, Jr.,... Tabbed to both the Coaches and Media Second Team All-SoCon in 2019...Rushed for 1,143 yards on the season, the fourth-most rushing yards in a single season in program history...Carried the ball 206 times and accounted for seven rushing touchdowns...Carried the ball 26 times for a program record 255 rushing yards in the win over Mercer, finishing with three touchdowns as well...Hauled in 16 receptions for 134 yards and one touchdown...Led the Bucs in kick returns with 27 for 628 yards, the fourth-most yards in a single season...Led the Southern Conference in all-purpose yards with 1,905 yards. - ETSU Football

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RB Quay Holmes, East Tennessee State
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01/13/20 - Nasir Player, rSr/2020, East Tennessee State, 6-5, 261 (DS#36 DE) + More +

2019 AFCA FCS COACHES' SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: DL Nasir Player, R-Sr., East Tennessee St.,...The All-SoCon First Team honoree finished the season with 45 tackles, including 24 solo. The redshirt-senior led the Bucs with 10 tackles for loss, marking the third consecutive season that he finished with double-digit tackles for loss. Player also tallied 4.5 sacks for the Bucs, leading the squad in sacks on the season. In the Bucs home opening game against Shorter on Sept. 7, Player recovered his first career fumble in the 48-10 win over the Hawks. Player also registered a season-high seven tackles against Shorter, including 1.5 tackles for loss. The South Carolina native posted five or more tackles in four of the 12 games played. The decorative career for the South Carolina native finished the fifth-most tackles for loss in ETSU history with 40. Player appeared in 43 games throughout his career, starting in 40 of those outings. - East Tennessee State Football

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DE Nasir Player, East Tennessee State
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11/29/19 - Nasir Player, rSr/2020, East Tennessee State, 6-5, 261 (DS#36 DE) + More +

2019 ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DL Nasir Player, ETSU,...Appeared in 43 games with 40 career starts, including starting 11 of the 12 games played in 2019...Finished the season with 45 tackles on the season, including 10.0 tackles for loss for the third consecutive season...Has been named to the First Team All-SoCon for three consecutive seasons...Finished the season with 4.5 sacks and his first collegiate fumble recovery...Concluded his career with 182 career tackles, including 40.0 tackles for loss to rank fifth all-time in ETSU history. - East Tennessee State Football

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DE Nasir Player, East Tennessee State
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11/29/19 - Ben Blackmon, rSr/2020, East Tennessee State, 6-2, 301 (DS#83 OG) + More +

2019 ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): OL Ben Blackmon, ETSU,...Played and started in 47 career games for the Bucs, including all 12 in 2019...Made the move from LG to C to begin the season...Played a total of 757 snaps out of the possible 760 and registered 59 knock downs on the season...Graded out at 98.3% during his 757 total snaps...His blocking enabled the Bucs to rush for over 100 yards in nine of the 12 games, including a season-best 410 yards against Mercer...Blocked for Quay Holmes' program record-setting game against the Bears, rushing for 255 yards and three touchdowns. - East Tennessee State Football

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OG Ben Blackmon, East Tennessee State
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11/29/19 - Artevius Smith, rSr/2020, East Tennessee State, 5-09, 179 (DS#89 CB) + More +

2019 ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DB Artevius Smith, ETSU,...Turned in a career-year for the Bucs, finishing the season with a team-high 89 tackles...Led the Bucs and the SoCon in interceptions (5), while also forcing two fumbles on the season...Was named a Buck Buchanan Award Finalist...Finished his career with 134 tackles, seven interceptions and two forced fumbles...Transitioned from offense to defense during his time at ETSU. - East Tennessee State Football

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CB Artevius Smith, East Tennessee State
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11/29/19 - Quay Holmes, Sr/2022, East Tennessee State, 6-1, 220 (DS#62 RB) + More +

2019 ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): RB Quay Holmes, ETSU,...Second consecutive season that Holmes was named to the All-SoCon team...Finished with a career-high 206 carries on the season for a career-best 1,143 rushing yards...Holmes' 1,143 rushing yards is the fourth-most in a single season in program history...Capped off the season with seven rushing touchdowns and one receiving touchdown...Eclipsed the 2,000-yard career mark in only his second season…sitting in ninth all-time in ETSU history with 2,071 career rushing yards...Set a school record with 255 rushing yards against Mercer on 26 carries and accounted for three touchdowns...Led the Southern Conference in all-purpose yards with 1,905 (158.8 per game). - East Tennessee State Football

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RB Quay Holmes, East Tennessee State
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11/29/19 - Will Huzzie, rSr/2024, East Tennessee State, 6-3, 205 (DS#999 WR) + More +

2019 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM (COACHES): Will Huzzie, ETSU,...Finished the season with 21 receptions for 306 yards and two touchdowns...His 21 receptions ranked fourth on the team, while his 306 yards receiving was good enough for third on the squad...Appeared on SportsCenter as the No. 1 play with his one-handed snag against Chattanooga. - East Tennessee State Football

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WR Will Huzzie, East Tennessee State
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