Draft Scout Warning: Undefined variable $TeamName in D:\InetPub\vhosts\scoutnation.com\draftscout.com\notesteam.php on line 20 Player News, College Football: Warning: Undefined variable $TeamName in D:\InetPub\vhosts\scoutnation.com\draftscout.com\notesteam.php on line 20

Whenever Michigan State gets back on the football field, there will be plenty of new faces contributing for the Spartans' defense. Eight starters were lost from a year ago, creating plenty of holes from the interior of the line to the back end of the secondary. And right in the middle, at linebacker, Michigan State will be forced to replace some highly productive players with Joe Bachie off to the NFL and Tyriq Thompson graduated. Even with Bachie missing the final five games, the tandem combined for 146 tackles last season and over the course of the previous four years, piled up 408 stops with Bachie starting 34 of 40 career games and Thompson starting 25 of 48.

That's a significant void for linebackers coach Ross Els to fill, a task made at least a bit easier due to the presence of senior Antjuan Simmons. The versatile team leader can play just about anywhere, but even in Michigan State's limited workouts throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there is one player who is standing out. "As far as young guys, Chase Kline has really made huge improvements," Simmons said. "He had a good fall camp with all the workouts. He's really looking like a dude for us, looking like he's going to be a guy for us." It's high praise coming from Simmons, who hasn't missed a game in his three seasons with the Spartans and can play any linebacker position. An outside backer by trade, Simmons helped fill in last season when Bachie was suspended and helped hold the position group together, doing his best to help some of the younger players like Kline, Jeslord Boateng and Noah Harvey progress quickly. - Detroit News

(DS#42 ILB) rSr/2024

ILB Chase Kline, Eastern Michigan
News Source: Detroit News
Share/Comment: Here

07/30/20 - Jawon Hamilton, rSr/2022, Eastern Michigan, 5-08, 202 (DS#999 RB) + More +

2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT All-CAA THIRD TEAM: Jawon Hamilton, James Madison, Sr.,...Played in all 16 games in 2019, making eight starts at running back...Third Team All-CAA running back...Had 168 carries for 919 yards and five touchdowns, averaging 5.5 yards per rush...Also had 15 receptions for 124 yards and a touchdown...Returned nine kickoffs for 263 yards, averaging 29.2 per return...Ranked 38th nationally and third in the CAA in yards per carry...Also ranked ninth in the CAA in rushing yards per game (57.4). - James Madison Football

(DS#999 RB) rSr/2022

RB Jawon Hamilton, Eastern Michigan
News Source: James Madison Football
Share/Comment: Here

07/26/20 - Thomas Odukoya, rSr/2022, Eastern Michigan, 6-6, 253 (DS#36 TE) + More +

2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Thomas Odukoya, Eastern Michigan, senior, tight end,...One of seven Mid-American Conference student-athletes named to the list, Odukoya received Academic All-MAC honors in 2019 after appearing in all 13 games that EMU played. The Netherlands-born playmaker earned seven starts for the Eagles. He made a season-high 10-yard catch at Central Michigan (Oct. 5). Most recently, Odukoya and was named a Fourth Team All-MAC Preseason All-MAC honoree by Phil Steele's College Football Preview, July 13. - Eastern Michigan Football

(DS#36 TE) rSr/2022

TE Thomas Odukoya, Eastern Michigan
News Source: Eastern Michigan Football
Share/Comment: Here

07/25/20 - Dylan Drummond, rSr/2023, Eastern Michigan, 6-0, 194 (DS#142 WR) + More +

2020 PRESEASON PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST: Dylan Drummond, Eastern Michigan,...Drummond, from Cleveland, Ohio, displayed his versatility as a sophomore in 2019 by hauling in 55 receptions for 493 yards and three TDs as a receiver. He also returned six kickoffs for 235 yards (19.6 ypr) and 12 punts for 110 yards (9.2 ypr). All together he tallied a team-best 861 all-purpose yards on the season, an average of 66.2 yards per game. - Eastern Michigan Football

(DS#142 WR) rSr/2023

WR Dylan Drummond, Eastern Michigan
News Source: Eastern Michigan Football
Share/Comment: Here

07/25/20 - Thomas Odukoya, rSr/2022, Eastern Michigan, 6-6, 253 (DS#36 TE) + More +

2020 JOHN MACKEY AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Thomas Odukoya, Eastern Michigan,...The lone Mid-American Conference tight end named to the 36-player list, Odukoya received Academic All-MAC honors in 2019 after appearing in all 13 games that EMU played. The Netherlands-born playmaker earned seven starts for the Eagles. He made a season-high 10-yard catch at Central Michigan (Oct. 5). Most recently, Odukoya and was named a Fourth Team All-MAC Preseason All-MAC honoree by Phil Steele's College Football Preview, July 13. - Eastern Michigan Football

(DS#36 TE) rSr/2022

TE Thomas Odukoya, Eastern Michigan
News Source: Eastern Michigan Football
Share/Comment: Here

07/13/20 - Jake Julien, rSr/2022, Eastern Michigan, 6-2, 227 (DS#14 P) + More +

A total of nine Eastern Michigan University football student-athletes were named Preseason All-MAC by Phil Steele's College Football Preview, the magazine announced this week. Senior punter Jake Julien (Barrie, Ontario-North Collegiate) collected All-MAC first team accolades, while junior lineman Sidy Sow (Bromont, Quebec-J-H Leclerc-Champlain Lennoxville) grabbed second team honors. Senior linebacker Terry Myrick (Austell, Ga.-Woodward Academy), junior kicker Chad Ryland (Lebanon, Pa.-Cedar Crest), and junior kick/punt returner Dylan Drummond (Cleveland, Ohio-Cuyahoga Heights) landed spots on the All-MAC third team. Julien, who ranks first in the EMU record books with a 43.8 season punting average, is the only punter in Eastern Michigan history to record two 70+ yard punts in his career. In 2019, he appeared in all 13 games for the Eagles with 13 punts traveling 50-or-more yards and 19 landing inside the 20-yard line. - Ann Arbor News

(DS#14 P) rSr/2022

P Jake Julien, Eastern Michigan
News Source: Ann Arbor News
Share/Comment: Here

12/08/19 - Brody Hoying, Sr/2020, Eastern Michigan, 5-10, 196 (DS#72 OLB) + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Outside Linebacker/DB - Brody Hoying, Eastern Michigan,...Hoying joins the All-MAC second team after earning first team accolades in 2017 and third team honors in 2018. He has been a vital part of the team's defensive resurgence the last four seasons. Hoying has 247 tackles, 19.0 TFLs, 16 pass deflections, seven forced fumbles, and six interceptions in 47 career games.

Currently ranked second in the MAC and 14th nationally in interceptions, Hoying had five games in 2019 with seven-or-more tackles. He finished the regular season fifth on the squad with four TFLs and tied for the lead in pass breakups with five. Hoying had a two-interception day against Northern Illinois, Nov. 19, to become the first Eagle to collect two picks in a game since DaQuan Pace did so against Ball State, Nov. 8, 2016. - Eastern Michigan Football

(DS#72 OLB) Sr/2020

OLB Brody Hoying, Eastern Michigan
News Source: Eastern Michigan Football
Share/Comment: Here

12/08/19 - Arthur Jackson III, Sr/2020, Eastern Michigan, 6-0, 196 (DS#122 WR) + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Wide Receiver - Arthur Jackson, Eastern Michigan,...Jackson led the pass-heavy offense with the 20th-most yards receiving in a single-season at EMU. The Oakland, Calif. product had 679 yards receiving on 39 catches in 2019. Overall, he notched six touchdowns on the year to rank ninth-most in a single campaign. Additionally, his 17.41 yards per reception ranks fifth in the league and 47th in the NCAA. On senior day, Jackson tallied his first career 100-yard receiving contest when he hauled in four balls for 129 yards against Kent State, Nov. 29. In two seasons at EMU, Jackson has 85 receptions for 1,271 yards and 11 TDs. His 11-career receiving scores tied for seventh all-time at EMU, while he joined teammate Mathew Sexton (Clinton, Mich.-Clinton) as just the 30th player in program history to accumulate 1,000-or-more yards receiving. - Eastern Michigan Football

(DS#122 WR) Sr/2020

WR Arthur Jackson III, Eastern Michigan
News Source: Eastern Michigan Football
Share/Comment: Here

12/08/19 - Mike Glass III, Sr/2020, Eastern Michigan, 5-10, 206 (DS#44 QB) + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Quarterback - Mike Glass III, Eastern Michigan,...In his first year as the primary signal caller for the Eagles, Glass was electric with 3,203 yards of total offense (345 rushing, 2,858 passing) and 29 touchdowns. He led the MAC and ranks 17th nationally in total offense with 291.2 yards per contest. Glass finished the regular season ranked 14th in the FBS in completion percentage (67.8%), 18th in completions per game (21.64), 18th in points responsible for per game (16.0), and 24th in passing yards per game (259.8).

Glass ranks fourth in total offense in a season in EMU's 128-year history and needs just 188 yards to pass Charlie Batch's mark of 3,390 that has stood since 1997. Also, Glass is 422 yards away from moving past Batch for the most passing yards in a single-season, while he needs two touchdown passes to surpass the two-time Super Bowl Champion's mark of 23 set in 1997. He is also just 23 passes short of tying Andy Schmitt for the most passes completed in a single year with 261. - Eastern Michigan Football

(DS#44 QB) Sr/2020

QB Mike Glass III, Eastern Michigan
News Source: Eastern Michigan Football
Share/Comment: Here

12/08/19 - Vince Calhoun, Sr/2020, Eastern Michigan, 5-10, 200 (DS#24 SS) + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Defensive Back - Vince Calhoun, Eastern Michigan,...The all-time leader in Eastern Michigan history with 48 career games started, Calhoun moved past 300 in his career with a nine tackle performance against Western Michigan, Oct. 19. He stands at 336 stops, which ranks 12th all-time at EMU. In 2019, Calhoun notched 97 tackles, 5.5 TFLs, two sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception for the EMU defense. The Middletown, Ohio native ranks ninth in the MAC and 55th in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) with 8.1 tackles per game. He had four games with 10-or-more stops, including a 15 tackle contest in the three-point victory over the University of Illinois, Sept. 14. Furthermore, his 5.5 tackles-for-loss ranks fourth on the team, while his 2.0 sacks is tied for second-best. - Eastern Michigan Football

(DS#24 SS) Sr/2020

SS Vince Calhoun, Eastern Michigan
News Source: Eastern Michigan Football
Share/Comment: Here

12/08/19 - Kevin McGill, Sr/2020, Eastern Michigan, 6-0, 196 (DS#75 CB) + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Defensive Back - Kevin McGill, Eastern Michigan,...McGill appears on the All-MAC teams for the second-time in his career following a second team showing in 2018. A fixture on the preseason watch lists in the preseason with Bednarik Award, Nagurski, and Thorpe Award Watch List selections, McGill finished the regular season with 29 tackles, five pass breakups, two TFLs, and an interception as senior. Having started 39 of 49 career games, McGill is tied for the most passes defended in an EMU career with 28 (21 breakups, 5 interceptions). He has compiled 118 tackles, 3.5 TFLs, and three fumble recoveries in his career. Since 2017, McGill has the fourth lowest passer ratings allowed at 48.4 of any active FBS cornerbacks with a minimum 500 snaps. - Eastern Michigan Football

(DS#75 CB) Sr/2020

CB Kevin McGill, Eastern Michigan
News Source: Eastern Michigan Football
Share/Comment: Here

12/08/19 - Kobie Beltram, Sr/2020, Eastern Michigan, 6-1, 228 (DS#66 ILB) + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Inside Linebacker - Kobie Beltram, Eastern Michigan,...Beltram stepped into the starting linebacker role in 2019 and led the Eagles with 116 tackles. His 9.7 tackles per game is good for fifth in the conference and 17th in the NCAA, while he is just the fifth EMU defender to total 100-more tackles in a season since 2010. Against Northern Illinois, Nov. 19, Beltram led the defense effort with a team-high 10 stops, two TFLs, and a sack. For his efforts, he collected MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week honors for the first time in his EMU career. - Eastern Michigan Football

(DS#66 ILB) Sr/2020

ILB Kobie Beltram, Eastern Michigan
News Source: Eastern Michigan Football
Share/Comment: Here

12/08/19 - Dylan Drummond, rSr/2023, Eastern Michigan, 6-0, 194 (DS#142 WR) + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Wide Receiver - Dylan Drummond, Eastern Michigan,...Drummond burst onto the scene in 2019 with a team-high 51 receptions for 483 yards and three touchdowns. He had at least one catch in every game, including a career-best eight catch performance in an victory over Western Michigan, Oct. 19. His 4.3 receptions per game ranked sixth in the MAC and 109th nationally. Meanwhile, he was also the primary punt and kick returner ranking 75th in the FBS with 331 yards. - Eastern Michigan Football

(DS#142 WR) rSr/2023

WR Dylan Drummond, Eastern Michigan
News Source: Eastern Michigan Football
Share/Comment: Here

11/29/19 - Taylor Powell, rSr/2023, Eastern Michigan, 6-0, 202 (DS#45 QB) + More +

Third-string quarterback Taylor Powell came off the bench Friday and led Missouri to three scoring drives and a come-from-behind 24-14 win over Arkansas, snapping the Tigers' five-game losing streak in both teams' season finale. Powell, who had started one game for Missouri earlier in the season for the injured Kelly Bryant, had been relegated behind Connor Bazelak on Friday. Bazelak, in his first career start, left in the second quarter and Powell, a graduate of Fayetteville High School, then led Missouri (6-6, 3-5 SEC) on two go-ahead drives — one in the second quarter and another in the third — to beat his hometown team.

Arkansas (2-10, 0-8), using its fifth starting quarterback of the season, had little luck offensively. Junior Jack Lindsey, who began the season as the fifth-stringer and only earned a scholarship in August, completed just 10 of 26 passes for 75 yards. Two of Lindsey's completions were for touchdowns, both times giving Arkansas the lead. Powell responded by leading a go-ahead field goal drive in the second quarter and a go-ahead touchdown drive in the third. The Tigers' defense, which allowed just 242 yards of total offense, twice snuffed Arkansas drives in Missouri territory in the fourth quarter. Powell finished 8 of 14 for 105 yards with a fourth-quarter touchdown pass to former Arkansas wide receiver Jonathan Nance. - AP College Football

(DS#45 QB) rSr/2023

QB Taylor Powell, Eastern Michigan
News Source: AP College Football
Share/Comment: Here

11/28/19 - Jawon Hamilton, rSr/2022, Eastern Michigan, 5-08, 202 (DS#999 RB) + More +

2019 ALL-COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Jawon Hamilton, James Madison, RB, Jr., Miami, Fla.,..Hamilton rushed for 689 yards and five touchdowns, averaging 6.3 yards per carry, which ranked third in the CAA. His 56.8 yards per game also ranked 10th in the conference. During CAA play, Hamilton led the league with 7.0 yards per rush and was sixth with 68.4 rushing yards per league contest. Hamilton produced two 100-yard rushing performance, including a career-high 150 at Rhode Island. - James Madison Football

(DS#999 RB) rSr/2022

RB Jawon Hamilton, Eastern Michigan
News Source: James Madison Football
Share/Comment: Here

Previous 15 Notes

|Back to Page One|

Next 15 Notes

Warning: Undefined array key "TeamID" in D:\InetPub\vhosts\scoutnation.com\draftscout.com\2020rightcolteam.php on line 56

Warning: Undefined array key "DSTeamID" in D:\InetPub\vhosts\scoutnation.com\draftscout.com\2020rightcolteam.php on line 57

Eastern Michigan Football Videos

Buy Draft Scout Weekly

** Draft Scout Data **
(Everything Online PLUS)

Support Draft Scout

The Database Engine for NFLDraftScout.com, Draft Scout is being repurposed...Support the Future Development of ScoutNation.com...

Draft Scout Archives

** 2010-2022 Draft Scout Archives **
(Yearly Player Data Exports, Prospect Lists & More)

Draft Scout Future

100% Dedicated and Never Done

80% Innovated

45% Hidden

35% Built

2024 CFB/2025-2028 NFL Draft Scout

2023 CFB/2024-2027 NFL Draft Scout

NFL Draft Scout History

2022 Draft Scout

Draft Scout by Conference

2023 Draft Scout Offense

2023 Draft Scout Defense

2022 Draft Scout Offense

2022 Draft Scout Defense

Eastern Michigan Football Videos

Buy Draft Scout Weekly

Support Draft Scout

Draft Scout Archives

Draft Scout Future

Synergization

Did You Know?

Hidden Designs

Future Development