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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Jacksonville State
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  Quarterback Caden Creel rushed for a career-high 211 yards and a touchdown as Jacksonville State shut out New Mexico State 24-0 on Wednesday night. The Gamecocks (6-2, 4-0 Conference USA) won their fifth straight game and clinched bowl eligibility for the fourth straight season at the Bowl Subdivision level. Creel became the first Jacksonville State quarterback to rush for 200 yards in a game, surpassing his previous career high of 161 yards against Southern Miss in 2025. He broke loose for a career-long 84-yard run late in the third quarter to set up Jalen Likely's 1-yard touchdown, which extended the lead to 17-0.

Creel opened the scoring with a 3-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, and Garrison Rippa added a 49-yard field goal in the third. Creel connected with Luke Gilbert for a 29-yard touchdown in the fourth. Jacksonville State rushed for a season-high 324 yards, topping its previous best of 276 against Middle Tennessee. The Gamecocks also held New Mexico State scoreless and limited the Aggies to 29 yards passing. Marc Woods intercepted Adam Damante in the second half. New Mexico State rushed for 192 yards, led by James Jones' 112. - Jacksonville State/AP College Football

(DS#50 QB) rJr/2028 QB Caden Creel, Jacksonville State
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  10/19 WEEK 7 CUSA OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Ryan Walker, Jax State - Jr. - RG - Alabaster, Ala.,...Walker played every snap at right guard for the Gamecocks (5-2, 3-0 CUSA) in a 27-24 win over FIU on Tuesday. He was the highest-graded lineman on the roster and the second-highest in CUSA, posting a 76.1 overall PFF grade, which was highlighted by an 85.8 pass blocking grade. Walker's pass block mark was also second among all CUSA linemen, and he didn't allow a single pressure throughout the night. His group held FIU's pass rush to just one sack on the night and allowed quarterback Caden Creel to pass for 214 yards and rush for an additional 95. - CUSA Football

(DS#999 OG) rJr/2028 OG Ryan Walker, Jacksonville State
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  Caden Creel threw for 214 yards and two touchdowns, and Garrison Rippa kicked a 26-yard field goal with 44 seconds remaining as Jacksonville State edged FIU 27-24 on Tuesday night. The Gamecocks (5-2, 3-0 Conference USA) are 19-3 at home since moving to the FBS. They drove 82 yards in 13 plays for the winning field goal after the game entered the fourth quarter tied at 24. Creel threw first-quarter touchdown passes of 38 yards to Luke Gilbert and 36 yards to Deondre Johnson to help Jacksonville State build a 17-7 lead.

FIU (3-3, 1-1) rallied behind JJ Kohl, who escaped pressure on third-and-15 and found Maguire Anderson for a 50-yard touchdown. Kohl connected with Anderson again for a 30-yard score to tie the game at 17 before halftime. Josiah Taylor recorded his first career interception late in the second quarter, but FIU kicker Robert Czeremcha missed a 38-yard field goal as time expired. Justus Savage scored his first collegiate touchdown on a 4-yard run in the third quarter before Devonte Lyons answered with an 8-yard score to tie it at 24. Kohl threw for 278 yards and two touchdowns, and Anderson caught eight passes for 133 yards and two scores. Czeremcha also missed a 49-yard field goal as time expired. - AP College Football

(DS#50 QB) rJr/2028 QB Caden Creel, Jacksonville State
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  10/12 WEEK 6 CUSA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Caden Creel, Jax State - Sr. - QB - Fairhope, Ala.,...Creel completed 26-44 passes for 311 yards with a touchdown and added 38 yards and another score on the ground in the Gamecocks' (4-2, 2-0 CUSA) 27-26 win at Kennesaw State on Wednesday. He had career highs in both attempts and completions to register his second 300-yard passing day of the season. With three defenders in his way, Creel managed to dance his way through the defense for a two-yard score to put Jax State up 14-9. In the fourth quarter, he led the eventual game-winning drive, completing two straight passes for 27 yards to put the Gamecocks in the red zone and set up Garrison Rippa's 33-yard field goal for the victory. - CUSA Football

(DS#50 QB) rJr/2028 QB Caden Creel, Jacksonville State
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  Garrison Rippa made a go-ahead field goal in the final minute, and Rob Billings IV intercepted a pass seconds later as Jacksonville State beat Kennesaw State 27-26 on Wednesday night in a rematch of the 2025 Conference USA championship game. Leading 24-23, Jacksonville State was driving with seven minutes left in the fourth quarter when Lucas Farrington fumbled it. Kennesaw State responded with a 50-yard drive to take the lead on freshman Daniel Kinney's 28-yard field goal with 2:15 remaining. Then Caden Creel led the game-winning, 11-play drive ending in Rippa's 33-yard field goal - his fourth career game-winner inside the final two minutes.

Creel, the CUSA offensive player of the week, was 26 of 44 for 311 yards with one touchdown and one interception for Jacksonville State (4-2, 2-0), which has won three straight games. Creel also had a rushing touchdown. Deondre Johnson caught four passes for 112 yards. Rickie Collins threw for 281 yards with one touchdown and one interception for Kennesaw State (1-4, 0-1), which has lost back-to-back home games for the first time since 2024. Collins also had 61 yards rushing and a score. Last year, Kennesaw State beat Jacksonville State 19-15 to earn a trip to the Myrtle Beach Bowl against Western Michigan. - AP College Football

(DS#17 K) rJr/2028 K Garrison Rippa, Jacksonville State
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  09/28 WEEK 4 CUSA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Garrison Rippa, Jax State - Gr. - K - Locust Grove, Ga.,...Rippa was good on all three of his field goal attempts and both extra point tries for an 11-point night in the Gamecocks' 23-13 CUSA opening win over MTSU. He split the uprights on field goals of 27, 31 and 29 yards - the last of which put the game out of reach with a 10-point advantage with 2:46 remaining. Rippa also had half of his kickoffs go for touchbacks and averaged 64.2 yards per kickoff. - CUSA Football

(DS#17 K) rJr/2028 K Garrison Rippa, Jacksonville State
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  09/28 WEEK 4 CUSA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Caden Creel, Jax State - Sr. - QB - Fairhope, Ala.,...For the second time this season and third time in his career, Creel passed for 200 or more yards and rushed for an additional 100 as the Gamecocks (3-2, 1-0 CUSA) opened CUSA play with a 23-13 win over MTSU. It was the ninth time in his career he's rushed for 100 or more yards, becoming one of just eight players in program history with nine or more 100-yard games. Creel finished the night 19-27 passing for 241 yards, which included a 38-yard pass to Deondre Johnson with 1:15 left in the third quarter to regain the lead for good in the game. He added 119 yards on 12 carries with a one-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. - CUSA Football

(DS#50 QB) rJr/2028 QB Caden Creel, Jacksonville State
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  09/21 WEEK 3 CUSA FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Tristan Lyles, Jax State - Fr. - LB - Phenix City, Ala.,...Lyles recorded his first career interception to ice the game with 1:52 left in the fourth quarter as Georgia Southern was driving for a potential game-winning score at the Jax State 13-yard line. The freshman also helped out on a tackle for loss and made two other tackles on the night. - CUSA Football

(DS#120 OLB) Fr/2030 OLB Tristan Lyles, Jacksonville State
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  09/21 WEEK 3 CUSA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Caleb Nix, Jax State - Gr. - S - Phenix City, Ala.,...Nix returned a punt 75 yards for a touchdown to give Jax State (2-2) their first and only lead of the night at 31-27 with 8:16 to go in the fourth quarter after trailing 17-0. It was the first punt return for a touchdown by a Gamecock since 2016. On defense, he added six tackles with one for loss and broke up two passes. - CUSA Football

(DS#19 FS) rSr/2027 FS Caleb Nix, Jacksonville State
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  09/07 WEEK 1 CUSA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jamill Williams, Jax State - Gr. - WR - Atlanta, Ga.,...Williams had a career night for the Gamecocks (1-1) with seven catches on as many targets for 144 yards and four touchdowns. It was tied for the second-most touchdown receptions in Conference USA history and the most since North Texas' Jaelon Darden on Dec. 11, 2020. He became the first Gamecock to have four receiving TDs in a game since Alan Bonner did so in 2012 against UT Martin when he had five for a school record. Williams' scoring plays went for 13, 55, 30 and four yards, and the first three marked the Gamecocks' first three scores. - CUSA Football

(DS#161 WR) rSr/2027 WR Jamill Williams, Jacksonville State
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  09/07 WEEK 1 CUSA OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Lance Johnson, Jax State - So. - LG - Birmingham, Ala.,...Johnson, who earned CUSA All-Freshman honors in his first season last year as a tackle, made the shift inside and dazzled in his first start at guard to the tune of an 82.8 PFF pass block rating. The Jax State offensive line kept quarterback Caden Creel untouched the entire night, allowing him to record his first 300-yard passing game and throw five touchdown passes. Additionally, the group was called for just one penalty on the night. - CUSA Football

(DS#999 OG) So/2029 OG Lance Johnson, Jacksonville State
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  WEEK 0/AUG 31 CUSA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Conor Donaghy, Jax State - So. - P - Galbally, Ireland,...Donaghy averaged 46.4 yards per punt on five attempts in a season-opening loss to North Dakota State. He placed three inside the Bison 14-yard line, including two within the 10-yard line. Donaghy's long punt of 51 yards pinned North Dakota State at their own one-yard line, and his shortest punt of the night (44) was downed at the Bison 14-yard line. - CUSA Football

(DS#19 P) So/2029 P Conor Donaghy, Jacksonville State
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  Caden Creel threw a touchdown pass, Deondre Johnson had six receptions for 101 yards, and Jacksonville State beat Troy 17-13 on Tuesday night to win the Salute to Veterans Bowl. Andrew Paul's 1-yard run off a direct snap gave the Gamecocks a 17-13 lead with 5:44 remaining. With about a minute left, Tucker Kilcrease drove Troy past midfield but his Hail Mary pass-attempt to DJ Epps on the final play was knocked down in the end zone. Creel completed 14 of 20 passes for 173 yards that included a 22-yard touchdown pass to Brock Rechsteiner in the first quarter. Garrison Rippa added a 51-yard field goal in the third for Jacksonville State (9-5). Kilcrease was 12-of-23 passing for 116 yards and threw two interceptions for Troy (8-6), which ended a 79-game win streak when leading heading into the fourth quarter.

Late in the first quarter, Troy scored its only touchdown on the Gamecocks' botched flea flicker. Luis Medina recovered a fumble in the end zone after TJ Thompson strip-sacked Creel. Scott Taylor Renfroe kicked field goals from 38 and 30 yards in the second quarter and the Trojans led 13-7 at halftime. Troy had won the last seven games between the teams but it was the first meeting since 2001 for the schools located just 162 miles apart. The Trojans are 33-29-2 in the series that dates to 1924. Jacksonville State has played in a bowl game in each of its three seasons at the FBS level. Marshall is the only other team (1997-99) to appear in bowl games in each of its first three eligible seasons. - Jacksonville State/AP College Football

(DS#31 TE) rJr/2028 TE Deondre Johnson, Jacksonville State
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  Garrison Rippa kicked a 28-yard field goal as time expired to send Jacksonville State to the Conference USA championship game with a 37-34 win over Western Kentucky on Saturday. The Gamecocks (8-4, 7-1) will host Kennesaw State in the championship game on Friday. Caden Creel led the Gamecocks from the JSU 39 to the WKU 11 over the final 4:18 to set up the winning kick. Creel completed 12 of 19 passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns and had 143 rushing yards including a score. Cam Cook added 137 yards rushing and a TD. Cook entered the game with the second-most rushing yards in the FBS with 1,444.

Cook scored the first touchdown for Jacksonville, a 14-yard rush in the first quarter. Western Kentucky (8-4, 6-2) responded with three straight scores to go up 21-7 early in the second quarter. A kick from Rippa and a 2-yard reception by Pearson Baldwin made it 21-17. Both teams scored another touchdown before halftime. Creel rushed for a 70-yard score in the third quarter to take the lead for the Gamecocks. Rodney Tisdale Jr. completed 17 of 24 passes for 180 yards for Western Kentucky. La'Vell Wright ran for 116 yards and scored two touchdowns. - Jacksonville State/AP College Football

(DS#17 K) rJr/2028 K Garrison Rippa, Jacksonville State
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  WEEK 12 CONFERENCE USA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Caleb Nix, Jacksonville State - Jr. - S - Phenix City, Ala.,...Nix becomes the first CUSA player to repeat as Defensive Player of the Week after he recorded a pair of interceptions for Jax State (7-3, 6-0 CUSA) in their 35-26 win over Kennesaw State in a battle of teams that started the day at 5-0 in Conference USA. His first came in the second quarter with the Owls threatening as Nix intercepted a pass at his own 10-yard line and returned it 26 yards. It marked the fourth consecutive game with a takeaway for the redshirt junior and third consecutive game with an interception. Additionally, he was second on the tackle chart with 11 total stops, including eight of the solo variety. - Conference USA Football

(DS#19 FS) rSr/2027 FS Caleb Nix, Jacksonville State
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