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WEEK 13 AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Caden Veltkamp, R-Jr., QB, Florida Atlantic,...Completed 42-of-55 passes for 494 yards with two touchdowns against UConn on Saturday. He distributed the ball to three 100-yard receivers in the same game, a first in program history. - American Conference Football

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QB Caden Veltkamp, Florida Atlantic
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11/19/25 - Easton Messer, rJr/2027, Florida Atlantic, 5-09, 190 (DS#27 WR) + More +

WEEK 11 AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Easton Messer, R-Jr., WR, Florida Atlantic,...Caught six passes for 83 yards and three touchdowns (44, 11, 9) in a 40-21 win over Tulsa. - American Conference Football

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WR Easton Messer, Florida Atlantic
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11/19/25 - Damarius McGhee, rSr/2026, Florida Atlantic, 6-0, 175 (DS#999 CB) + More +

WEEK 11 AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Damarius McGhee, R-Sr., CB, Florida Atlantic,...Returned a fumble 95 yards for a touchdown in the 40-21 win over Tulsa. - American Conference Football

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CB Damarius McGhee, Florida Atlantic
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11/08/25 - Caden Veltkamp, rJr/2027, Florida Atlantic, 6-6, 236 (DS#28 QB) + More +

Caden Veltkamp threw three touchdown passes, Damarius McGhee returned a fumble 95 yards for a touchdown and Florida Atlantic beat Tulsa 40-21 on Saturday night. Veltkamp threw a 47-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter to Jayshon Platt and a pair of TD passes to Easton Messer in the second. McGhee's scoop-and-score just before halftime gave FAU (4-5, 3-3 American Conference) a 31-6 halftime lead.

Veltkamp completed 21 of 29 passes for 272 yards for FAU (4-5, 3-3 American Conference). Messer caught a 9-yard touchdown pass from Zach Gibson in the fourth quarter and finished with six catches for 83 yards. Kaden Shields-Dutton rushed for 107 yards on 10 carries. Platt totaled 114 yards on five receptions. Baylor Hayes was 24-of-46 passing for 235 yards, threw two interceptions and added 47 yards rushing on 19 carries with a 7-yard touchdown for Tulsa (2-7, 0-6). Ajay Allen had 23 carries for 118 yards and a touchdown run for the Golden Hurricane. - Florida Atlantic/AP College Football

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QB Caden Veltkamp, Florida Atlantic
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10/13/25 - Kaden Shields-Dutton, So/2028, Florida Atlantic, 5-10, 215 (DS#77 RB) + More +

WEEK 7 AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Kaden Shields-Dutton, So., RB, Florida Atlantic,...Rushed for 77 yards and three touchdowns (13, 2, 1) on 15 carries in a 53-33 win against UAB. - American Conference Football

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RB Kaden Shields-Dutton, Florida Atlantic
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10/11/25 - Caden Veltkamp, rJr/2027, Florida Atlantic, 6-6, 236 (DS#28 QB) + More +

Caden Veltkamp threw for three touchdowns and Kaden Shields-Dutton ran for three touchdowns and Florida Atlantic rolled from the outset and beat UAB 53-33 on Saturday. Shields-Dutton ran for scores of 13 and 2 yards in the first quarter, and on a trick play, receiver Easton Messer threw a 48-yard scoring pass to Jayshon Platt for a three-touchdown lead.

Veltkamp threw his first scoring pass to Jabari Smith early in the second to make it 28-0. UAB got on the board when Solomon Beebe ran it in from the 14. The failed 2-point conversion left the score 28-6. The Owls (3-3, 2-1 American Athletic) totaled 492 offensive yards while UAB (2-4, 0-3) was penalized 14 times for 118 yards. UAB's Jalen Kitna threw for 261 yards while the Blazers' struggled running with just 68 yards on 28 carries. - Florida Atlantic/AP College Football

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QB Caden Veltkamp, Florida Atlantic
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10/11/25 - Brooks Johnson, rJr/2027, Florida Atlantic, 6-5, 230 (DS#38 TE) + More +

Samari Collier had a touchdown pass and a touchdown run to lead Coastal Carolina to a 23-8 victory over UL Monroe on Saturday night. Kian Afrookhteh kicked two field goals in the first quarter and then nailed a 39-yarder midway through the second to put Coastal Carolina (3-3, 2-1 Sun Belt Conference) up 9-0. Collier had an 8-yard touchdown toss to Brooks Johnson with 12 seconds left and the Chanticleers took a 16-0 lead. UL Monroe (3-3, 1-1) managed just 70 yards of offense and three first downs in falling behind at halftime, while Coastal Carolina gained 271 yards.

The Warhawks cut their deficit to 16-8 with 9:38 remaining in the third quarter on Aidan Armenta's 27-yard touchdown pass to Jonathan Bibbs and Hunter Herring's two-point conversion pass to Dorian Lewis. Collier answered with a 39-yard touchdown run less than three minutes later to cap the scoring. Collier completed 5 of 15 passes for 37 yards and ran for 86 yards on 11 carries. Armenta finished with 176 yards on 14-for-28 passing with an interception for UL Monroe. - Coastal Carolina/AP College Football

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TE Brooks Johnson, Florida Atlantic
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10/09/25 - Michael Kirch, Sr/2026, Florida Atlantic, 6-5, 245 (DS#999 TE) + More +

WEEK 6 AMERICAN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Michael Kirch, Sr., TE, Florida Atlantic,...Had four receptions for 82 yards and two touchdowns (30, 2) in a 27-21 win at Rice. - American Conference Football

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TE Michael Kirch, Florida Atlantic
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09/06/25 - Caden Veltkamp, rJr/2027, Florida Atlantic, 6-6, 236 (DS#28 QB) + More +

Caden Veltkamp matched his career high with five touchdown passes and Florida Atlantic cruised past Florida A&M 56-14 on Saturday night. Veltkamp, the 2024 Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year for Western Kentucky, bounced back after throwing four interceptions in a 39-7 loss at Maryland a week ago. Against the FCS Rattlers, Veltkamp completed 27 of 39 passes for 309 yards. The Owls had a total of 360 yards passing. Gemari Sands rushed for 83 yards, leading a ground game that piled up 193 yards.

FAU led 39-0 at halftime but the Rattlers scored the only points of the third quarter on a 27-yard pass from RJ Johnson III to Jamar Taylor. Johnson added a 65-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Edwards in the fourth quarter. Johnson completed 18 of 28 passes for 222 yards with the two touchdowns. It was just the second time the two teams have met, FAU now having won both games. - Florida Atlantic/AP College Football

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QB Caden Veltkamp, Florida Atlantic
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02/11/23 - Damarius McGhee, rSr/2026, Florida Atlantic, 6-0, 175 (DS#999 CB) + More +

There are going to be a host of newcomers on Kansas football's roster this fall. The Jayhawks announced some of those additions in the 2023 signing class in December. They announced more over the course of the past two-plus weeks. And those prospects, from the high school and college levels, covered a wide range of positions that address different needs Kansas has as it prepares for another run at a bowl game this upcoming college football season. Among the many topics head coach Lance Leipold addressed last week, he specifically addressed the recruitments of a number of the newcomers. Three in that group were Damarius McGhee, Jacoby Davis and Damon Greaves. And here's more on what Leipold had to say about them and how they fit into the Jayhawks' future.

McGhee was a 247Sports Composite four-star prospect out of high school, and according to 247Sports, the LSU transfer is a three-star talent out of the portal. It may not have worked out for McGhee at LSU, where he spent the first two years of his college career. There, he appeared in 13 games across two seasons and redshirted in 2022. But if it works out at Kansas, the Jayhawks are getting one of the top talents at the cornerback position from the 2021 recruiting class. Leipold said McGhee has great cover skills and his addition is a chance for the team to get better. "In fact, when I was on the road here last week I ran into a coach from (McGhee's) former school," said Leipold, speaking Feb. 1, "and he had nothing but positive things about (McGhee). And if (McGhee) stays healthy and does the things that he needs to, he doesn't see any reason why that (McGhee) won't be a fine addition and help this team." - Topeka Capital Journal

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CB Damarius McGhee, Florida Atlantic
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01/18/23 - Damarius McGhee, rSr/2026, Florida Atlantic, 6-0, 175 (DS#999 CB) + More +

The Kansas football program added another group of transfer portal pick-ups over the weekend, with recent visitors Damarius McGhee, a cornerback out of LSU, and Patrick Joyner Jr., a defensive end from Utah State, committing to Kansas. McGhee, a former four-star prospect who originally had offers from Alabama, Georgia and several other big time programs, announced his commitment to Kansas on social media.

McGhee started on special teams for the Tigers as a true freshman in 2021 and appeared in one game during his sophomore season last fall. He said the KU coaches told him that both special teams and cornerback would be in his future at Kansas. That means returning kicks and that was something that stood out to him throughout his communications with KU. - Lawrence Journal World

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CB Damarius McGhee, Florida Atlantic
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01/12/23 - Damien Alford, rSr/2025, Florida Atlantic, 6-5, 215 (DS#999 WR) + More +

Syracuse football has hit double digit exits via the transfer portal with just over a week to go until the first transfer window closes. Wide receiver Damien Alford entered the portal Tuesday night. The third-year player is the fourth wide receiver to depart the SU program this offseason, joining Courtney Jackson, Anthony Queeley and Dom Foster.

Alford finished the 2022 season with the third-most receiving yards (429) among the Orange. He had two receiving touchdowns and caught the deepest pass of the season, a 58-yard dime from quarterback Garrett Shrader, during Syracuse's late scoring run against Boston College. His departure will leave Syracuse without three of its top five receivers from this season. - The Post-Standard

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WR Damien Alford, Florida Atlantic
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01/11/23 - JK Johnson, rSr/2027, Florida Atlantic, 6-0, 185 (DS#999 CB) + More +

Former Ohio State redshirt freshman cornerback JK Johnson is expected to transfer to LSU after visiting over the weekend. He was the fourth transfer cornerback to choose the Tigers as they restock a depleted position with young talent. Johnson played in every game and made five starts in 2022 after missing almost his entire freshman year with a shoulder injury. He recorded 20 tackles last fall, and his starts came in the middle of the season when senior Cameron Brown was recovering from a knee injury.

Johnson, the No. 50 overall recruit in the 2021 class according to the 247Sports Composite, has three years of eligibility. He updated his Twitter profile Sunday with a picture of him in a purple LSU jersey and "Ohio State - LSU" in the bio, which is expected to be the extent of his public announcement. The addition gave LSU another connection to De Smet Jesuit in St. Louis. The high school produced sophomore defensive tackle Mekhi Wingo, four-star tight end signee Mac Markway, cornerbacks coach Robert Steeples and Johnson. - Baton Rouge Advocate

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CB JK Johnson, Florida Atlantic
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01/09/23 - Chris Keys Jr., rSr/2026, Florida Atlantic, 6-0, 190 (DS#999 SS) + More +

Mississippi State football has put an emphasis on defensive backs in the transfer portal, and it's proving worthwhile so far. The latest addition: Indiana transfer Christopher Keys who committed to MSU on Sunday. Keys is the third transfer portal addition for MSU since the end of the regular season. He joins defensive backs Khamauri Rogers (Miami) and Ray'Darious Jones (LSU). Like Rogers and Jones, Keys is returning to his native state.

Keys is a Collins, Mississippi, native who was a three-star prospect out of Collins High School in the 2020 recruiting class, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. Keys spent the last three seasons at Indiana, where he appeared in 14 games with two starts. He redshirted his freshman season in 2020, though he did participate in three games, including an Outback Bowl loss against Ole Miss. Keys appeared in two games in 2021, but his year was cut short by a season-ending injury. - The Clarion Ledger

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SS Chris Keys Jr., Florida Atlantic
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01/09/23 - Larry McCammon III, rSr/2024, Florida Atlantic, 5-10, 207 (DS#92 RB) + More +

The Owls' offense will be losing a major contributor as starting running back, senior Larry McCammon III, has entered the transfer portal, first reported by On3 Sports. McCammon's decision comes on the heels of a breakout season. In 2022, the former three-star recruit rushed for 1,004 yards and seven touchdowns, which earned him First Team All-C-USA Honors. He also contributed 15 catches for 166 yards and a touchdown.

McCammon was immediately an asset to the Owls' offense upon his arrival, as he rushed for 324 yards and seven touchdowns as a true freshman in 2019, which earned him a spot on the C-USA All-Freshman team. With his decision, McCammon becomes the fifth Owl to enter the transfer portal this offseason, including defensive end Jaylen Joyner, who recently committed to the University of Memphis, and punter Riley Thompson who committed to Penn State University. - University Press

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RB Larry McCammon III, Florida Atlantic
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