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2025 CUSA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Kejon Owens, FIU,...Owens set the single season rushing record for FIU (1,298) and wrapped up the regular season No. 7 nationally in rushing (108.2). He averaged 6.33 yards per carry, which ranks second-best in CUSA and 14th-best nationally. In CUSA play, Owens' 6.3 yards per carry tied for the top mark in the league. He was named the CUSA Offensive Player of the Week twice this season following FIU's wins over Florida Atlantic and WKU. Owens tallied five games this season with 100+ rushing yards, scored touchdowns in five CUSA games and had three multi-score games. - Conference USA Football

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RB Kejon Owens, Florida International
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11/24/25 - Chad Staley, Sr/2026, Florida International, 6-3, 290 (DS#999 OG) + More +

WEEK 13 CONFERENCE USA OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Chad Staley, FIU - Sr. - LT - Tampa, Fla.,...In addition to his work in the trenches, Staley hauled in a one-yard receiving touchdown, becoming the first offensive lineman to score a receiving touchdown in program history. He played an integral part on the line as FIU (6-5, 4-3 CUSA) racked up 202 rushing yards in a 27-21 upset of Jax State to clinch bowl eligibility for the first time since 2019. In 16 offensive snaps, he recorded the top PFF offensive grade of any Panther offensive lineman (79.5) and the third-highest run block grade (74.1). - Conference USA Football

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OG Chad Staley, Florida International
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11/22/25 - Joe Pesansky, rSr/2026, Florida International, 6-3, 220 (DS#81 QB) + More +

Joe Pesansky threw two touchdown passes, Kejon Owen had 135 yards rushing and a TD on 21 carries, and Florida International beat Jacksonville State 27-21 on Saturday night to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2019. Florida International (6-5, 4-3 Conference USA) has won three in a row and has four conference wins for the first time since 2018. Dante Anderson forced a fumble by Caden Creel that was recovered by Johnny Chaney Jr. at the FIU 32 and two plays later Alex Perry caught a pass near midfield, eluded three would-be tacklers and raced to the end zone for a 64-yard touchdown that gave the Panthers a 24-21 lead with 12:56 left in the game.

Jacksonville State (7-4, 6-1) had its five-game win streak snapped and fell into a three-way tie with Western Kentucky and Kennesaw State atop the conference. The Gamecocks wrap up the regular season next Saturday at home against WKU. Owens opened the scoring with a 3-yard TD run with 7:06 left in the first quarter, and offensive lineman Chad Staley caught a 1-yard touch pass from Pesansky - the first scoring reception by an offensive lineman in program history - to cap a 10-play, 75-yard drive that opened the second half and made it 14-all. Noah Grant kicked field goals of 35 yards late in the third quarter and 42 yards with 1:54 to play. Creel threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Deondre Johnson and a 20-yarder to Pearson Baldwin. Cam Cook had 138 yards rushing, which included a 1-yard TD, on 25 carries. - FIU/AP College Football

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QB Joe Pesansky, Florida International
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11/19/25 - Joe Pesansky, rSr/2026, Florida International, 6-3, 220 (DS#81 QB) + More +

WEEK 11 CONFERENCE USA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Joe Pesansky, FIU - R-Sr. - QB - Tampa, Fla.,...Pesansky accounted for five touchdowns (four passing, one rushing) in FIU's 56-30 road win over MTSU, the first road win over the Blue Raiders since 2011. He became the first in program history to total five touchdowns and matched a school record with four passing touchdowns in his first start for the Panthers (4-5, 2-3 CUSA). Pesansky finished 17-28 for 257 yards through the air and added 12 yards per game. In the third quarter, he completed 8-12 passes for 116 yards and two of his four touchdowns. Pesansky played a vital role in jumpstarting the offense, finishing 8-11 for 142 yards on first downs. - Conference USA Football

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QB Joe Pesansky, Florida International
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11/15/25 - Joe Pesansky, rSr/2026, Florida International, 6-3, 220 (DS#81 QB) + More +

Joe Pesansky threw a go-ahead touchdown pass in overtime and Mister Clark intercepted Ethan Vasko to seal Florida International's 34-27 victory over Liberty on Saturday. Pesansky rallied Florida International (5-5, 3-3 Conference USA) with a 7-yard toss to Maguire Anderson and Clark ended matters six plays later. It came after Jay Billingsley kicked two field goals in the final 2:48 for Liberty (4-6, 3-3) to force overtime. He tied it with a 48-yarder with a second left. Keegan Davis sacked Vasko to set up fourth-and-6 and then forced Vasko to hurry the pass that Clark intercepted. Vasko opened the scoring with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Donte Lee Jr., but Pesansky answered with a 6-yard touchdown run to tie it at 7 after a quarter.

The Flames took a 14-7 lead on Vaughn Blue's 2-yard touchdown run. FIU followed with Kejon Owens' 9-yard scoring run to tie it. Liberty moved ahead 21-14 on a 1-yard scoring plunge by Evan Dickens. Noah Grant's 39-yard field goal with 1:49 remaining cut it to 21-17 at halftime. FIU took its first lead at 24-21 on Pesansky's 8-yard touchdown pass to Alex Perry early in the third. Grant's 40-yard field goal early in the fourth upped the lead to six. Pesansky completed 24 of 34 passes for 206 yards. Vasko totaled 218 yards on 17-for-31 passing with two interceptions. Dickens carried 28 times for 106 yards. - FIU/AP College Football

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QB Joe Pesansky, Florida International
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11/08/25 - Joe Pesansky, rSr/2026, Florida International, 6-3, 220 (DS#81 QB) + More +

Joe Pesansky accounted for five touchdowns and Florida International beat Middle Tennessee 56-30 on Saturday. The Panthers (4-5, 2/3 CUSA) scored eight touchdowns on just 404 total yards. Pesansky threw for 257 with scoring strikes to Alex Perry twice, JoJo Stone and Dallas Payne, and added a 6-yard rushing TD. Perry caught five passes for 71 yards, Stone had 64 yards receiving with a 49-yard touchdown and Kyle McNeal added five receptions for 58 yards. Kejon Owens ran 15 times for 68 yards and two touchdowns and Anthony Carrie added a 29-yard score.

The Blue Raiders (1-8, 0-5) finished with 331 yards passing and 33 rushing. Nicholas Vattiato threw for 242 yards with three touchdowns and one interception and Roman Gagliano added 89 yards and a 60-yard touchdown pass to Cam'ron Lacy. Jekail Middlebrook had five catches for 64 yards and TD, Myles Butler and AJ Jones each caught a touchdown. FIU hauled in an interception, courtesy of Brian Blades II, and recovered two fumbles while Middle Tennessee intercepted two passes. The Panthers scored 35 points after halftime and produced four touchdowns of 18 yards or longer, including strikes of 49 and 30 and a 32-yard run by Owens. - FIU/AP College Football

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QB Joe Pesansky, Florida International
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10/21/25 - Julius Pierce, rSr/2026, Florida International, 6-4, 290 (DS#53 C) + More +

WEEK 8 CONFERENCE USA OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Julius Pierce, FIU – Gr. – C – Sanford, Fla.,...Pierce anchored the FIU offensive line, which helped the Panthers to a season-high 249 yards on the ground in a 25-6 road win over WKU. FIU averaged 6.4 yards per carry, and the offensive line allowed just one sack on the evening. In 73 snaps at center, he didn't allow a quarterback sack, hit, hurry or pressure, and was not penalized all night. Pierce registered the top PFF offensive grade of any lineman (63.3), including a pass block grade of 84.0. - Conference USA Football

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C Julius Pierce, Florida International
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10/21/25 - Kejon Owens, rSr/2026, Florida International, 5-10, 210 (DS#23 RB) + More +

WEEK 8 CONFERENCE USA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kejon Owens, FIU – Sr. – RB – Miami, Fla.,...Just three weeks after he set a career high with 173 yards in a Shula Bowl victory, Owens once again notched a career best performance with 195 yards in FIU's (3-3, 1-1 CUSA) 25-6 upset of previous league unbeaten WKU. He averaged 8.1 yards per carry on 22 totes and found the endzone once for his sixth touchdown of the season. Owens' 195 rushing yards are the most by a Panther in more than 20 years, dating back to the 2004 season. He also added two catches for seven yards to put him over the 200-yard mark for all-purpose yardage. On his first touch of the game, Owens went 84 yards from his own two-yard line for the longest rush of his career. - Conference USA Football

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RB Kejon Owens, Florida International
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10/14/25 - Kejon Owens, rSr/2026, Florida International, 5-10, 210 (DS#23 RB) + More +

Kejon Owens rushed for a career-high 195 yards and a touchdown, Jessiah McGrew made two interceptions and Florida International beat Western Kentucky 25-6 on Tuesday night to snap a 10-game road losing streak. The last road victory for FIU came on Oct. 18, 2023. The Panthers also ended a five-game losing streak in the series against WKU, with their first victory since 2018. Keyone Jenkins passed for 184 yards and a touchdown for FIU (3-3, 1-1 Conference USA). Alex Perry caught three passes for 86 yards.

Maverick McIvor threw three interceptions for WKU (5-2, 3-1) after entering with just two on the season. He was 20 of 31 for 159 yards. Marvis Parrish rushed for 74 yards. Noah Grant made his fourth field goal of the first half - from 51-yards out - to give FIU a 19-3 lead with 2:57 left. WKU's Jack Cassidy made a 55-yard field goal on the final play of the half to make it 19-6. - AP College Football

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RB Kejon Owens, Florida International
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09/15/25 - Kejon Owens, rSr/2026, Florida International, 5-10, 210 (DS#23 RB) + More +

WEEK 3 CONFERENCE USA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kejon Owens, FIU - R-Sr. - RB - Miami, Fla.,...Owens rushed for a career-high 173 yards and two touchdowns on just 19 carries in the Panthers' (2-1) 38-28 Shula Bowl victory over Florida Atlantic - its first in the series since 2016. The 2025 Shula Bowl MVP averaged 9.1 yards per carry with a long of 47 yards, FIU's longest play from scrimmage this season. Owens rattled off three 20+ yard rushes, adding carries of 22 and 21 yards, and hauled in three catches for 19 yards, totaling 192 all-purpose yards. - Conference USA Football

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RB Kejon Owens, Florida International
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09/15/25 - Shamir Sterlin, rFr/2029, Florida International, 6-2, 210 (DS#9 SS) + More +

WEEK 3 CONFERENCE USA FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Shamir Sterlin, FIU - R-Fr. - DB - Port St. Lucie, Fla.,...Sterlin tied for a team-high seven tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss in the win over FAU. On the Owls' first drive of the game, he made a diving interception on third down inside FIU territory. Sterlin was part of an FIU defense that did not surrender a touchdown in the second half of the 38-28 victory, while the secondary helped force three interceptions and four pass breakups on the night. - Conference USA Football

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SS Shamir Sterlin, Florida International
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11/27/23 - Giovanni Davis, rSr/2025, Florida International, 6-2, 257 (DS#129 DE) + More +

2023 ALL-BIG SOUTH-OVC FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION SECOND TEAM: DL - Giovanni Davis, Jr., UT Martin,...Davis garnered his first all-conference nod after disrupting opposing offenses all season from the outside linebacker position. He compiled 38 total tackles - including 9.0 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks. Additionally, he tallied four quarterback hurries, three pass breakups and a forced fumble. He notched multiple tackles for loss against Missouri State (2.5) and Samford (2.0) while adding two sacks and a forced fumble in a standout performance in the season finale. - UT Martin Football

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DE Giovanni Davis, Florida International
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01/08/23 - Elijah Anderson-Taylor, rSr/2025, Florida International, 5-11, 217 (DS#84 ILB) + More +

2022 ALL-BIG SKY SECOND TEAM: ILB Elijah Anderson-Taylor (UNC),...Anderson-Taylor ended the year as the top tackler in the conference after picking up 111 stops, including 58 as a solo defender. Anderson-Taylor reached double figures in tackles in seven of the team's 11 contests and went on to force five fumbles, a number ranked No. 1 in FCS. - Northern Colorado Football

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ILB Elijah Anderson-Taylor, Florida International
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12/22/22 - Trey Wilhoit, rSr/2026, Florida International, 5-11, 175 (DS#48 P) + More +

2022 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM: P - Trey Wilhoit, Eastern Illinois,...Wilhoit earned first team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors in his first season punting for the Panthers helping EIU produce some of the best special teams play in the FCS. Wilhoit averaged 44 yards per punt for the season which ranked fifth in the FCS and was the second best single season average in school history. Three times during the regular season Wilhoit was named the OVC Special Teams Player of the Week. He would have a total of 53 punts during the season with a long punt of 62 yards. He ended the season with 12 punts of 50 yards or more while 14 punts were pinned inside the 20-yard line. As a team EIU ranked fifth in the FCS in net punting at 39.88 yards per punt. - Eastern Illinois Football

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P Trey Wilhoit, Florida International
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12/21/22 - Trey Wilhoit, rSr/2026, Florida International, 5-11, 175 (DS#48 P) + More +

2022 ALL-OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM: P - Trey Wilhoit, Eastern Illinois,...Wilhoit finished the season ranked fifth in the FCS in punting average as he just missed setting the EIU single season record in punting average. He finished the season at 44.0 yards per punt as he was named to both the OVC first team as a punter and the OVC All-Newcomer team. - Eastern Illinois Football

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P Trey Wilhoit, Florida International
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