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11/24/21 - Talolo Limu-Jones, rSr/2022, Eastern Washington + More +

2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): WR Talolo Limu-Jones, EWU,...This is the second career honor for Talolo Limu-Jones after a unanimous first team selection last season. He now has 51 games of experience (18 as a starter), and has 145 career catches for 2,489 yards and 19 touchdowns – an average of 17.2 per reception. Jones currently ranks 11th in school history for career receiving yards, seventh for average per reception, 13th in TD catches and 20th in career grabs. He has averaged a touchdown every 7.7 career catches. Jones has had 16 receptions of at least 40 yards in his career, including five in 2021, six as a junior in 2019 and three more in the abbreviated 2020-21 campaign.

He caught 11 passes (tied for 25th in school history) for 231 yards (eighth) in EWU's 34-28 victory versus fourth-ranked Montana on Oct. 2, 2021, including catches of 58, 51 and 40 yards. The two longest catches set-up EWU touchdowns, including the 58-yarder in the fourth quarter which gave EWU the lead for good. Limu-Jones earned second team All-America honors in 2020-21 from three organizations. He ended the regular season with three-straight performances with at least 140 receiving yards, and had a least a 66-yard catch in all three games. - Eastern Washington Football

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WR Talolo Limu-Jones, Eastern Washington
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11/24/21 - Wyatt Musser, rSr/2023, Eastern Washington + More +

2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): OL Wyatt Musser, EWU,...Musser earns the second All-Big Sky honor of his career and the second consecutive after being named to the second team last season. A mainstay on the EWU offensive line, he has 44 games worth of experience in his career with 18 starts. - Eastern Washington Football

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OG Wyatt Musser, Eastern Washington
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11/24/21 - Efton Chism III, rSr/2025, Eastern Washington + More +

2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): WR Efton Chism III, EWU,...After bursting on to the scene as a true freshman in 2020-21, Chism is honored for the first time in his young career. This season, Chism has scored a team-high nine touchdowns. He's caught 46 passes for 677 yards and two multi-score games this season. - Eastern Washington Football

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WR Efton Chism III, Eastern Washington
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11/24/21 - Andrew Boston, Sr/2022, Eastern Washington + More +

2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): WR: Andrew Boston, EWU,...This is the second career honor for Boston after being named to the third team in 2019. A freshman All-America selection in 2018, Boston has 170 receptions (ninth in EWU history) for 2,443 yards (13th) and 20 touchdowns (19 receiving to rank 13th all-time at EWU, plus one rushing) in 43 career games (33 as a starter) as an Eagle. He's now had six games with at least 100 yards receiving, including a career-high 175 versus Idaho on Oct. 16, 2021. - Eastern Washington Football

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WR Andrew Boston, Eastern Washington
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11/24/21 - Dennis Merritt, rSr/2022, Eastern Washington + More +

2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): RB Dennis Merritt, EWU,...Merritt earned honorable mention honors in 2020-21, making this his second All-Big Sky award. He passed the 1,000 career rushing yards mark against Central Washington on Sept. 11, 2021, when he had what was then a career-high 120 yards (he followed that with a career-high 148 at Western Illinois on Sept. 18). He now has 1,673 career yards (5.38 average per rush to rank 11th in school history) and 22 touchdowns rushing, and another 46 catches for 609 yards and seven scores in 48 games (12 as a starter). Merritt has also averaged 20.7 yards on 30 career kickoff returns. His 22 rushing touchdowns rank 10th in EWU history, and his total of 29 TDs scored is 11th. - Eastern Washington Football

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RB Dennis Merritt, Eastern Washington
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11/23/21 - Eric Barriere, rSr/2022, Eastern Washington + More +

2021 BIG SKY OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Eric Barriere, QB, EWU,...EWU's Eric Barriere was once again selected as the league's Offensive Player of the Year, becoming the first player to win the award in back-to-back seasons since fellow Eagle Cooper Kupp achieved the feat in 2015 and 2016. Barriere became the Big Sky's all-time leader in career passing yards, passing touchdowns and total offense this season, as the senior threw for 4,242 yards and 40 touchdowns this year to add to his record totals. Barriere, who was named the preseason favorite to win the award, earns his second career Big Sky Football Offensive Player of the Year honor after winning this past spring. - Big Sky Football

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QB Eric Barriere, Eastern Washington
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11/21/21 - Eric Barriere, rSr/2022, Eastern Washington + More +

Eric Barriere threw five touchdown passes, including three in the third quarter as Eastern Washington pulled away, and the Eagles beat Portland State 42-28 on Saturday in the regular-season finale. Eastern Washington (9-2, 6-2 Big Sky Conference) went three-and-out on the opening possession of the second half and Portland State went 80 yards on five plays to take a 21-14 lead when Davis Alexander threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to Beau Kelly with 11:18 left in the third quarter. Barriere hit Talolo Limu-Jones for a 7-yard TD about 2 1/2 minutes later, the Vikings fumbled on their next play from scrimmage and Efton Chism III caught a 20-yard scoring strike from Barriere. Another Portland State fumble set up a 4-yard touchdown pass from Barriere to Freddie Roberson that gave the Eagles a 35-21 lead with 4:31 left in the quarter.

Barriere was 26-of-35 passing for 320 yards. He threw a 12-yard TD pass to Andrew Boston in the first quarter and hit Chism for a 14-yard score to make it 14-14 early in the second quarter. Portland State (5-6, 4-4) had a 14-play, 43-yard drive ended when Gianni Smith missed a 28-yard field-goal attempt wide right on the final play of the first half and the Vikings failed to convert on three fourth downs in the second half. Alexander completed 34 of 52 for 338 yards and two touchdowns for Portland State. The Eagles, No. 6 in the FCS coaches poll, are expected to earn an at-large berth into the FCS playoffs. - Eastern Washington/AP College Football

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QB Eric Barriere, Eastern Washington
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11/14/21 - Eric Barriere, rSr/2022, Eastern Washington + More +

Eric Barriere passed for 411 yards and three touchdowns and Eastern Washington rallied for a 38-20 victory over UC Davis on Saturday night. Barriere completed 34 of 54 passes and has thrown for 3,526 yards with 32 TDs and only six picks this season. Pierce ran for 89 yards on 17 carries, while Barriere added 42 on seven totes. Roberson finished with six catches for 93 yards, while Talolo Limu-Jones caught six passes for 92. Barriere became the Big Sky Conference's career leader in passing yards with 12,676, breaking former Eagle Matt Nichols' record of 12,616. He is also tied with Vernon Adams Jr.'s program and Big Sky Conference mark for all-time touchdown passes with 110. Eastern Washington, which had lost back-to-back games, was eliminated from contention for the Big Sky Conference title - and its automatic entry into the FCS playoffs - when Montana State won earlier in the day but boosted its odds for an at-large berth with a road win over a potential playoff team.

UC Davis, ranked No. 4 in the FCS coaches poll, took a 17-14 lead on freshman Lan Larison's 97-yard kick-return score to open the third quarter. Barriere answered with an 18-yard TD toss to Dylan Ingram and EWU never trailed again. Isaiah Lewis and Tamarick Pierce had scoring runs for the Eagles in the fourth quarter. Freshman Miles Hastings staked UC Davis to a 7-0 lead after one quarter with a 1-yard TD toss to Jared Harrell. Barriere tossed TD passes covering 4 yards to Freddie Roberson and 3 yards to Efton Chism III to put the eighth-ranked Eagles (8-2, 5-2 Big Sky Conference) on top 14-7 midway through the second quarter. Isaiah Gomez's 29-yard field goal cut the Aggies' deficit to four at halftime. - Eastern Washington/AP College Football

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QB Eric Barriere, Eastern Washington
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10/16/21 - Eric Barriere, rSr/2022, Eastern Washington + More +

Eric Barriere threw for 600 yards and seven touchdowns and Eastern Washington set a host of records with a 71-14 win over Idaho on Saturday. Barriere's yards passing set a school record, and he matched the program record for touchdown passes in a game for the second time. With backup Gunner Talkington adding a touchdown pass, the Eagles set a record for scoring throws as well as for total offense with 837 yards. Barriere also had a touchdown run but lost 23 yards rushing, although his total offense mark of 578 yards set another record. He now has 102 TD passes and a school and conference record 123 TDs overall.

Six different receivers caught at least three passes and three surpassed 100 yards - Freddie Roberson 192, Andrew Boston 175 and Dennis Merritt 102, all career highs. The Eagles (7-0, 4-0 Big Sky Conference), ranked second in the FCS coaches poll, are off to their best start since the 1967 team won 11 straight before losing in the NAIA championship game. They exceeded 60 points for the fourth time and have won 20 straight at home. Quarterback Zach Borisch ran for 119 yards and a touchdown for the Vandals. Eastern led 43-14 at the half as Barriere was 17-of-19 passing for 397 yards and four touchdowns. He finished 26 of 35. - AP College Football

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QB Eric Barriere, Eastern Washington
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10/10/21 - Eric Barriere, rSr/2022, Eastern Washington + More +

Eric Barriere threw for three touchdowns, Dennis Merritt ran for three and Eastern Washington, the fourth-ranked FCS team, rolled to a 63-17 win over Northern Colorado on Saturday. Merritt had touchdown runs of 1, 5 and 1 yards and Calin Criner contributed a 30-yard interception return as the Eagles (6-0, 3-0 Big Sky Conference) raced to a 43-10 halftime lead. Barriere was 32-of-41 passing for 347 yards, pushing him over 11,000 for his career with his 25th 300-yard game. He found Dylan Ingram for 4 yards on the game's opening drive, hit Blake Gobel for 19 yards early in the second and Andrew Boston for 38 yards late in the third. Quarterback Dylan McCaffrey ran for two touchdowns for the Bears (2-4, 1-2), who have lost 13 straight to the Eagles, who cracked 60 points for the third time this season and are 6-0 for the first time since 1967. - AP College Football

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QB Eric Barriere, Eastern Washington
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10/03/21 - Eric Barriere, rSr/2022, Eastern Washington + More +

Talolo Limu-Jones had career highs with 11 receptions for 231 yards before leaving with an apparent ankle injury, Eric Barriere threw for 422 yards and two touchdowns to Andrew Boston as Eastern Washington beat Montana 34-28 on Saturday night in a matchup of two of the top teams in the FCS. Eastern Washington (5-0, 2-0 Big Sky), ranked No. 6 in the FCS coaches poll, scored 21 straight fourth-quarter points to take a 31-21 lead. Barriere hit Boston for a 9-yard touchdown to cap a 13-play drive on the second play of the period. After fourth-ranked Montana went three-and-out, Barriere hit Limu-Jones down the middle for a 58-yard gain and on the next play Micah Smith scored on a 2-yard run before Barriere ran in the 2-point conversion to give the Eagles the lead for good.

Dennis Merritt capped a five-play, 80-yard drive with a 1-yard scoring run to make it 31-21 with 9:42 remaining but Malik Flowers returned to ensuing kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown to pull the Grizzlies within three. Flowers has five career kick returns for touchdowns, a conference record - one shy of the FCS mark. Eastern Washington's Jackson Cleaver kicked a 30-yard field goal with 1:21 left to cap the scoring. Montana (3-1, 1-1) drove to the EWU 13 before a throw into the end zone as time expired fell incomplete. It was the 19th time the teams faced each other as ranked opponents. Merritt finished with 23 carries for 103 yards. His 10 touchdowns this season are most in FCS. - Eastern Washington/AP College Football

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QB Eric Barriere, Eastern Washington
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09/29/21 - Eric Barriere, rSr/2022, Eastern Washington + More +

SEPT 27 BIG SKY OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Eastern Washington's Eric Barriere helped EWU eclipse the 50-point mark for the third-straight game as the senior quarterback threw for 518 yards and four touchdowns. Barriere became the first FCS quarterback to throw for 500 or more yards in back-to-back games since Cornell's Jeff Mathews did it in 2011. The EWU QB also surpassed the 10,000-yard career passing mark, which moves him into the Big Sky Top 10 for the category. The Offensive Player of the Week honor is Barriere's eighth of his prolific career, including three times in 2021, three times in 2020-21 and twice in 2019. Others Nominated, Off: Isaiah Ifanse (MSU), Pierre Williams (Sac State), Miles Hastings (UC Davis), Beau Kelly (PSU), Draycen Hall (NAU), Samuel Akem (Montana), Josh Davis (Weber State). - Big Sky Football

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QB Eric Barriere, Eastern Washington
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09/26/21 - Eric Barriere, rSr/2022, Eastern Washington + More +

Eric Barriere threw for 518 yards and four touchdown to lead FCS No. 6 Eastern Washington to a 50-21 victory over Southern Utah on Saturday night. Barriere surpassed 10,000 career yards passing in the first quarter, and now has 10,437. He completed 30 of 48 passes and added 28 yards on the ground for 546 yards of offense. He had a school-record 562 yards of total offense in last week's win over Western Illinois. The Eagles (4-0, 1-0 Big Sky Conference) are 4-0 for the first time since 1997. Barriere threw two TD passes to Efton Chism III, who made eight catches for a career-high 147 yards receiving. Talolo Limu-Jones had seven receptions for a career-best 175 yards. Dennis Merritt ran for three touchdowns and had 58 yards rushing on 18 carries for the Eagles, who finished with 673 yards of offense. David Moore III had two touchdown runs and Isaiah Williams had one for Southern Utah (1-3, 0-1). - AP College Football

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QB Eric Barriere, Eastern Washington
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09/22/21 - Eric Barriere, rSr/2022, Eastern Washington + More +

SEPT 20 BIG SKY OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Eastern Washington quarterback Eric Barriere passed for 487 of his career-high 542 passing yards in the first half of Saturday's 62-56 win at Western Illinois, which broke the FCS record for most yards in a single half. Barriere also tossed six touchdowns, which was one shy of tying his own school record and marked his fourth game with at least six scores. Others Nominated, Off: Davis Alexander (PSU), Jake Dunniway (Sac State), Ulonzo Gilliam Jr (UC Davis), Kevin Daniels (NAU), Brandon Schenks (SUU). - Big Sky Football

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QB Eric Barriere, Eastern Washington
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09/21/21 - Eric Barriere, rSr/2022, Eastern Washington + More +

SEPT 20 STATS FCS NATIONAL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Eric Barriere, Eastern Washington, QB, R-Sr., 6-1, 210, Inglewood, California,...The reigning Big Sky offensive player of the year set the FCS record for passing yards in a half, throwing for 487 of his career-high 542 yards before halftime of the Eagles' 62-56 win at Western Illinois. Barriere threw all six of his touchdown passes in the first half, including three that went for more than 50 yards. He completed 31 of 45 passes, adding 20 rushing yards to a school-record 562 yards of total offense.

Honorable Mention: Juwan Carter, QB, Norfolk State; Corey Fields, QB, South Carolina State; Ulonzo Gilliam Jr., RB, UC Davis; Xavier Gipson, WR/PR, Stephen F. Austin; Malik Grant, RB, Sacred Heart; Wiley Hartley, QB, Campbell; Dennis Houston, WR, Western Illinois; Deandre Lamont, DB, Central Arkansas; Peyton Logan, RB, UT Martin; Mike Mansaray, RB, South Dakota; Jawon Pass, QB, Prairie View A&M; Aaron Shampklin, RB, Harvard; Breylin Smith, QB, Central Arkansas; Cole Smith, QB, Princeton; Dan Smith, QB, Villanova; Cameron Ward, QB, UIW; DeMarcus Ware, RB, Samford. - STATS FCS Football

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