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Alonza Barnett III threw for 264 yards and four touchdowns, and he added 98 yards and a touchdown on the ground to help James Madison beat Texas State 52-20 on Tuesday night for its sixth straight victory. James Madison (7-1, 5-0 Sun Belt) has posted four consecutive second-half shutouts, including a 63-27 victory over Old Dominion last week when Barnett accounted for six touchdowns. James Madison took a 28-10 lead with 4:45 left in the second quarter before Texas State scored the final 10 points of the half. Texas State kicker Tyler Robles appeared to miss a 36-yard field goal on the final play of the half, but a JMU timeout gave him a second attempt that he made.

Two plays into the third quarter, James Madison extended its lead to 35-20 on a 75-yard catch-and-run by Nick DeGennaro. Then Justin Eaglin made his third interception in the last two games and returned it 42 yards, leading to a Logan Kyle touchdown. Jordan Fuller rushed for two short touchdowns for James Madison. DeGennaro made three catches for 101 yards and two touchdowns. Freshman Brad Jackson threw for 230 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions for Texas State (3-5, 0-4). He also carried it 16 times for 43 yards and a score. - James Madison/AP College Football

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10/21/25 - Alonza Barnett III, rJr/2027, James Madison, 6-0, 217 (DS#27 QB) + More +

WEEK 8 SUN BELT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Alonza Barnett III, James Madison,(RS Jr., QB – Whitsett, N.C.),...Dukes redshirt junior quarterback Alonza Barnett III accounted for six touchdowns in a dominant 63-27 Royal Rivalry victory over Old Dominion. The Whitsett, N.C., native completed 17-of-25 passes for 295 yards and two touchdowns, while rushing for a career-best 153 yards and four touchdowns. His four rushing touchdowns were the most by a Duke in a game since 1999. After trailing 27-21 in the second quarter, Barnett and the offense reeled off 42 unanswered points to secure the rivalry win, stay unbeaten in Sun Belt play and clinch bowl eligibility. - Sun Belt football

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10/20/25 - Alonza Barnett III, rJr/2027, James Madison, 6-0, 217 (DS#27 QB) + More +

WEEK 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: James Madison QB Alonza Barnett III accounted for six touchdowns and 448 yards of total offense in a 63-27 victory over Old Dominion. - AP College Football

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QB Alonza Barnett III, James Madison
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10/18/25 - Alonza Barnett III, rJr/2027, James Madison, 6-0, 217 (DS#27 QB) + More +

Alonza Barnett III accounted for six touchdowns and 448 yards of total offense, powering James Madison to a 63-27 victory over Old Dominion on Saturday in the homecoming game for the Dukes. James Madison outscored Old Dominion 35-0 in the second half, turning a close game into a rout in which the Dukes (6-1, 4-0 Sun Belt Conference) piled up 624 yards of offense. Barnett was 17-for-25 passing for 295 yards and had 153 yards rushing on 17 carries. He threw for two touchdowns and ran for a career-high four. His six total touchdowns were one less than his career high of seven in a win over North Carolina last season.

Old Dominion (4-3, 1-2) kicked off to start the game and scored when JMU's Braeden Wisloski fumbled inside his 5-yard line and ODU's Lucas Struck cashed it in for a touchdown. Barnett tied it with a 58-yard run just five plays into the ensuing drive for James Madison. Later in the first quarter, Old Dominion's Colton Joseph threw a mid-range pass to Tre Brown, who caught the ball at his own 20 and raced the next 80 yards mostly untouched to finish off a school-record 98-yard passing touchdown. Joseph finished the first half with three touchdown passes and the Monarchs trailed 28-27. He had 209 yards passing with three TDs and two interceptions for the game. The second half was all James Madison as Barnett dominated with three touchdown runs before backup QB Matthew Sluka's 18-yard TD pass to Za'Ron Collins wrapped up the scoring. - James Madison/AP College Football

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QB Alonza Barnett III, James Madison
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10/11/25 - Alonza Barnett III, rJr/2027, James Madison, 6-0, 217 (DS#27 QB) + More +

Alonza Barnett III threw three touchdown passes to Landon Ellis and James Madison defeated Louisiana-Lafayette 24-14 on Saturday. The Dukes (5-1, 3-0) joined the Sun Belt Conference in 2022 and have compiled a 20-7 record in conference games. This was the first meeting between the Dukes and Ragin' Cajuns. Barnett's 62-yard touchdown pass to Ellis on the first play of the third quarter tied the score at 14 and a 4-yard pass to Ellis made it 21-14 in the fourth quarter. Morgan Suarez added a 24-yard field goal for the final margin.

Lunch Winfield's two first-half touchdown passes — 5 yards to Brock Chappell and 69 yards to Dale Martin — led the Ragin' Cajuns to a 14-7 halftime lead. Barnett completed 26 of 40 passes for 290 yards and was intercepted once. Ellis had 120 receiving yards on six catches. Wayne Knight rushed for 111 yards. Winfield was 14-for-28 passing for 243 yards. Robert Williams had 134 yards receiving on five receptions for the Ragin' Cajuns (2-4, 1-1). Winfield was making his first career start after coming off the bench to lead ULL's 54-51 double-overtime victory over Marshall in its last game two weeks ago. Winfield threw two touchdown passes and ran for three more scores to lead a comeback from a 17-point deficit against the Thundering Herd. - James Madison/AP College Football

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09/30/25 - Curtis Harris-Lopez, rSr/2026, James Madison, 6-0, 208 (DS#999 SS) + More +

WEEK 5 SUN BELT SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Curtis Harris-Lopez, James Madison, (RS Sr., RS - Nashua, N.H.),...Dukes redshirt senior return specialist Curtis Harris-Lopez returned his first kickoff at James Madison for a touchdown in a 35-10 win over Georgia Southern. The Nashua, N.H., product's 88-yard kickoff return touchdown extended the Dukes margin to 21-3 in the second quarter. Harris-Lopez's return was James Madison's first kickoff return touchdown since Oct. 26, 2024 and is the program's 20th all-time kick return score. - Sun Belt Football

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09/30/25 - Trent Hendrick, Sr/2026, James Madison, 6-0, 234 (DS#68 ILB) + More +

WEEK 5 SUN BELT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Trent Hendrick, James Madison, (Sr., LB - Richmond, Va.),...Dukes senior linebacker Trent Hendrick helped lead James Madison to a 35-10 victory over Georgia Southern. The Richmond, Va., native tallied a career-high 11 tackles, three tackles for loss and three sacks to pace a James Madison defensive unit that registered a season-high 10 tackles for loss and seven sacks. The Dukes limited the Eagles to 192 yards of total offense and just 27 rushing yards on 26 carries. Hendrick's three sacks were the most by a Duke since Jalen Green posted a program-record five at Marshall on Oct. 19, 2023. - Sun Belt Football

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ILB Trent Hendrick, James Madison
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09/27/25 - Curtis Harris-Lopez, rSr/2026, James Madison, 6-0, 208 (DS#999 SS) + More +

Curtis Harris-Lopez returned a kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown and James Madison defeated Georgia Southern 35-10 in a Sun Belt Conference opener on Saturday. Harris-Lopez's sprint to the end zone gave the Dukes (3-1) a 21-3 lead that JMU extended on Alonza Barnett III's 17-yard TD pass over the middle to Lacota Dippre and Jordan Fuller's 26-yard TD run around the left end. Wayne Knight rushed for 151 yards on 19 carries, including a 40-yard touchdown for the game's first points. Fuller added 137 yards on 16 carries and Barrett also had a rushing TD. The Dukes rushed for 331 yards and outgained Georgia Southern 479-192. Barrett threw for 148 yards. Trent Hendrick led a JMU defense that held the Eagles (2-1) to just 27 yards rushing on 26 attempts with three sacks among his 11 tackles, six solo. JC French IV threw for 165 yards with a 12-yard TD toss to Taylor Bradshaw. Camden Brown had 111 yards receiving. - James Madison/AP College Football

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09/20/25 - Alonza Barnett III, rJr/2027, James Madison, 6-0, 217 (DS#27 QB) + More +

Alonza Barnett III accounted for three touchdowns to lead James Madison to a 31-13 victory over Liberty on Saturday. Barnett's 21-yard touchdown pass to Landon Ellis late in the second quarter tied it 10-all heading into the break. Barnett broke loose on a 9-yard scoring run early in the fourth to stretch the Dukes' lead to 24-13. He capped the scoring with a 13-yard run with 2:31 remaining. Barnett was 17-of-25 passing for 213 yards and added 45 yards on the ground.

Wayne Knight's 1-yard touchdown run ended an 81-yard drive that put James Madison (2-1) up 17-13 late in the third quarter. Knight finished with 89 yards rushing on 17 carries. Liberty (1-3) was held to just 75 yards passing and finished with 233 yards of offense. Ethan Vasko threw for 37 yards and ran 11 times for 52 yards, including a 2-yard touchdown in the second quarter for the Flames. It was the first meeting between the teams since 2014 and also the inaugural game of the Battle of the Blue Ridge series. The teams are scheduled for 10 games between 2025 and 2040. - James Madison/AP College Football

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08/30/25 - Alonza Barnett III, rJr/2027, James Madison, 6-0, 217 (DS#27 QB) + More +

Starting quarterback Alonza Barnett III and reserve quarterback Matthew Sluka each threw for a touchdown and ran for another in the first half and James Madison dominated Weber State 45-10 in a season opener for both teams on Saturday. Barnett got the starting nod before the game over the UNLV transfer Sluka. Before the break he completed 9 of 12 passes that included a 20-yard score to Isaiah Alston to give James Madison a 14-0 lead with 46 seconds left in the first quarter. He finished 14 of 22 for 130 yards. Barnett, coming off an ACL tear suffered in the final game of last season, ran it in from the 11 for the game's first score.

Sluka entered in the second and crashed in from the 1 for a 21-0 advantage. Following a blocked punt, Sluka threw a 14-yard touchdown to Landon Ellis for a 28-point lead. Weber State got on the scoreboard when Jackson Gilkey threw a 14-yard touchdown to Noah Kjar with 53 seconds left before halftime. After exchanging field goals in the third quarter, JMU closed the scoring in the fourth on a 59-yard touchdown run by Wayne Knight and a 5-yarder by JC Evans. The Dukes outgained Weber State 458-148. - James Madison/AP College Football

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09/01/24 - Alonza Barnett III, rJr/2027, James Madison, 6-0, 217 (DS#27 QB) + More +

Alonza Barnett III threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to George Pettaway in the final minute of the first half to give James Madison the lead and the Dukes pulled away in the second half to earn a 30-7 win over Charlotte in a season-opener on Saturday night. Barnett added a 73-yard touchdown pass to Omarion Dollison a minute into the second half and Ayo Adeyi and Pettaway each ran for fourth-quarter touchdowns.

Noe Ruelas connected on a 43-yard field goal in the final minute of the first quarter to give the Dukes the lead, but Max Brown threw 26 yards to Isaiah Myers for Charlotte's lone score to take a short-lived 7-3 lead. Barnett completed 10 of 18 pass attempts for 219 yards with an interception and carried nine times for 89 yards to lead James Madison. Adeyi carried 17 times for 41 yards and a score and Pettaway had eight carries for 25 yards. Brown attempted 45 passes for Charlotte, completing 22 with two interceptions for 193 yards. Terron Kellman had 76 yards on nine carries. - AP College Football

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08/31/24 - Matthew Sluka, rSr/2026, James Madison, 6-2, 216 (DS#60 QB) + More +

Matthew Sluka threw for 71 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 59 yards as UNLV beat Houston 27-7 Saturday night in the season opener for both teams and Willie Fritz's first game as the Cougars' coach. Sluka, who was 6-of-13 passing, threw touchdown passes of 13 and 24 yards to Jacob DeJesus in the first half as the Rebels (1-0) led 14-0 at the half. Jalen Catalon, who finished with two interceptions, had a 36-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter.

Michael Allen rushed for 65 yards and Jaden Braden caught two passes for 60 yards. UNLV outgained Houston 308-247 yards. UNLV got its first win over a Big 12 team since beating Iowa State 34-31 in overtime on Sep. 20, 2008. Donovan Smith finished 15-of-30 passing for 135 yards with two interceptions. Mekhi Mews caught three passes for 57 yards for Houston (0-1). The Cougars avoided a shutout on a 2-yard touchdown pass from sophomore backup Ui Ale to Joseph Manjack IV with a minute left in the fourth quarter. Ale was 7 of 8 for 74 yards and a touchdown on the drive. - AP College Football

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QB Matthew Sluka, James Madison
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11/30/23 - Jalen Green, rSr/2024, James Madison, 6-0, 245 (DS#31 DE) + More +

2023 SUN BELT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Jalen Green, James Madison (Sr., DL - Baltimore, Md.),...Despite playing in just nine games due to a season-ending injury, Green led the nation with a Sun Belt record 15.5 sacks and paced the Sun Belt in tackles for loss (21, 2nd in the nation). The Baltimore, Md., product tied the Sun Belt and James Madison single-game record with 5.0 sacks at Marshall. The senior defensive lineman led the highly-regarded Dukes defense that contributed to an 11-1 overall record and the first bowl berth in program history. - Sun Belt Football

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DE Jalen Green, James Madison
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11/27/23 - JaKai Young, rSr/2025, James Madison, 5-11, 183 (DS#999 CB) + More +

2023 ALL-BIG SOUTH-OVC FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION FIRST TEAM: DB - Ja'Kai Young, R-Soph., Gardner-Webb,...Ja'Kai Young picked up First Team All-Conference honors at defensive back. Young led the Runnin' Bulldogs in pass break ups with nine this season, including three against Tennessee Tech. In the Gardner-Webb 35-0 win over the Golden Eagles, Young also had a 23-yard pick-six. The Stamford, Conn. also had a pick-six in Gardner-Webb's 35-32 win over Eastern Kentucky. Young also had one forced fumble and recorded 38 tackles. - Gardner-Webb Football

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11/26/23 - Jacob Dobbs, rSr/2025, James Madison, 5-11, 233 (DS#21 ILB) + More +

2023 PATRIOT LEAGUE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Jacob Dobbs, Holy Cross, 5th-year, LB, Macomb, Mich./De La Salle,...2023 Stats: 9 GP, 123 tackles, 12.0 TFLs of 39 yards, 6.0 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, 14 quarterback hurries,...The four-time All-Patriot League selection and two-time League defensive player of the year led the Patriot League and finished second in the FCS with tackles per game (13.7). Dobbs recorded at least 1.0 TFL and a half sack in each of his final six games of the season to finish second in the League in TFLs (12.0) and third in sacks (6.0). He eclipsed the Patriot League's career tackles mark in the second half of the Crusaders' season-finale against Georgetown, giving him 432 tackles, second among all active FCS players. Dobbs earned Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week honors four times and is a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award, given to the FCS defensive player of the year, for the second time in his career. - Patriot League Football

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ILB Jacob Dobbs, James Madison
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