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SEPT 26 SUN BELT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Todd Centeio, James Madison (Gr., QB - West Palm Beach, Fla.),...Dukes graduate student quarterback Todd Centeio led James Madison to a historic comeback in its first-ever Sun Belt Conference contest. The West Palm Beach, Fla., native helped the Dukes score 29 unanswered to turn a 28-3 second-quarter deficit into a 32-28 win. Centeio accounted for 292 yards-204 passing and 88 rushing-and three touchdowns-two passing and one rushing-in the victory. Centeio currently ranks fifth in the nation, averaging 24.7 points responsible for per game for a James Madison squad that is 1-of-2 remaining non-autonomy five unbeatens. - Sun Belt Football

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QB Todd Centeio, James Madison
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09/24/22 - Todd Centeio, rSr/2023, James Madison, 5-11, 226 (DS#31 QB) + More +

Todd Centeio accounted for three touchdowns and James Madison scored 22 unanswered points in the second half to beat Appalachian State 32-28 on Saturday. Centeio scored on a 2-yard run late in the third quarter and then threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Terrance Greene Jr. that pulled James Madison (3-0, 1-0 Sun Belt Conference) to 28-25 early in the fourth. Kaelon Black's 4-yard touchdown run for the Dukes capped the scoring with 10:36 remaining. Appalachian State's (2-2, 1-1) final drive stalled at its 42 when Chase Brice threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-9 with 49 seconds left.

Centeio was 16-of-28 passing for 204 yards with another 88 yards rushing on 18 carries. Black finished with 85 yards on the ground. The duo connected on a 23-yard TD pass just before halftime. Brice threw for 235 yards and two second-quarter touchdowns. Camerun Peoples and Nate Noel each added a pair of short-yardage scoring runs in the second as the Mountaineers built a 28-10 halftime lead. James Madison had a come-from-behind, 35-32 win on Sept. 20, 2008 when the teams last met. - James Madison/AP College Football

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QB Todd Centeio, James Madison
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09/24/22 - Matthew Sluka, rSr/2026, James Madison, 6-2, 216 (DS#62 QB) + More +

Matthew Sluka threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more to lead Holy Cross to a 35-10 win over Colgate on Saturday to open Patriot League play, the 12th-straight league win for the three-time defending champions. Sluka had 10 completions for 137 yards with Jalen Corker and Justin Shorter hauling in scoring passes. Sluka kept the ball 10 times for 37 yards, scoring on runs of 3 and 5 yards, the first and last scoring plays in the game. After Sluka's first scoring run, the Raiders (1-3) scored 10-straight points, but in the final minute of the first half, Sluka hit Shorter for 22-yards for a 14-10 halftime lead. Walter Reynolds picked off a Michael Brescia pass on the second play of the second half, and on the next play, Sluka found Shorter for a 29-yard score. Colgate ran 70 plays for 250 yards to 57 plays for 271 for Holy Cross (4-0); however, the Raiders lost the turnover battle 3-0 and were stopped on three of four four-down attempts. Brescia scored Colgate's touchdown on a short run. He was sacked four times. - AP College Football

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QB Matthew Sluka, James Madison
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09/17/22 - Matthew Sluka, rSr/2026, James Madison, 6-2, 216 (DS#62 QB) + More +

Matthew Sluka threw for 249 yards and two touchdowns and Holy Cross routed Yale 38-14 on Saturday. Peter Oliver added 16 carries for 119 yards for FCS No. 12 Holy Cross. The Crusaders had 318 passing yards and 253 rushing yards for a 571-306 advantage in total offense. Holy Cross averaged 8.7 yards per play. The score was tied at 7 in the second quarter before the Crusaders got going on offense, scoring touchdowns on four of their next six possessions. A 36-yard pass from wide receiver Jalen Coker to Tyler Purdy was among several long touchdowns in the stretch. Derek Ng capped the scoring for Holy Cross with a short field goal in the fourth quarter. It was the 38th make of his career, setting the school record. Nolan Grooms completed 11 of 21 passes for 98 yards with two interceptions for Yale (0-1). Backup QB Austin Tutas had an 8-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Lindley late in the fourth. Nathan Denny had a 1-yard run early in the second quarter for the Bulldogs' other touchdown. - AP College Football

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QB Matthew Sluka, James Madison
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09/10/22 - Matthew Sluka, rSr/2026, James Madison, 6-2, 216 (DS#62 QB) + More +

Matthew Sluka threw a 46-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Coker as time expired to help Holy Cross beat FBS Buffalo 37-31 Saturday night. Holy Cross (2-0), ranked No. 16 in the FCS coaches poll, beat UConn 38-28 to open its 2021 season and give the Crusaders their first win over an FBS opponent since 2002. Alex McNulty kicked a 52-yard field goal with 31 seconds left in regulation to seemingly force overtime and, after a touchback on the ensuing kickoff, the Crusaders took possession at their own 25 with no timeouts. Sluka scrambled for a 10-yard gain, hit Coker for a 12-yard gain to near midfield and then connected with Justin Shorter for 7 yards before killing the clock with 4 seconds to play.

Sluka half-rolled to his left to bide time before launching an arcing pass down the right side where Coker made a high-point catch over four defenders at the 1 and lunged into the end zone. Cole Snider threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Justin Marshall in the first quarter and Mike Washington scored on a 5-yard run to cap a nine-play, 85-yard drive that gave Buffalo 14-0 lead about 4 minutes into the second quarter. Coker scored on a 62-yard catch-and-run Derek Ng made a 28-yard field goal to give Holy Cross its first lead of the game at 31-28 midway through the fourth quarter. - Holy Cross/AP College Football

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QB Matthew Sluka, James Madison
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09/10/22 - Todd Centeio, rSr/2023, James Madison, 5-11, 226 (DS#31 QB) + More +

Todd Centeio threw three touchdowns, Percy Agyei-Obese ran for two scores and James Madison took control from the start in a 63-7 win over Norfolk State on Saturday. The Dukes built a 35-0 halftime lead which allowed backup quarterback Bill Atkins to relieve Centeio. Atkins was 6-for-7 passing for 48 yards with a touchdown. Kris Thronton caught seven passes for 102 yards and two touchdowns and Devin Ravenel caught two touchdowns for James Madison (2-0). Agyei-Obese had 12 carries for 88 yards and JMU finished with 235 yards rushing. Da'Quan Felton's 90-yard touchdown reception to start the third quarter served as the Spartans' lone score. Otto Kuhns threw for 203 yards for Norfolk State (0-2). - James Madison/AP College Football

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QB Todd Centeio, James Madison
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09/03/22 - Todd Centeio, rSr/2023, James Madison, 5-11, 226 (DS#31 QB) + More +

Graduate transfer Todd Centeio threw six touchdown passes to tie James Madison's single-game record and the Dukes made a sparkling debut at the FCS level with a 44-7 win over Middle Tennessee in a season-opening game on Saturday night. The Dukes, a two-time FCS champion moving into the Sun Belt Conference, were never challenged, piling up 548 yards of offense and holding the Blue Raiders to 119, just 12 on the ground. Centeio was 21 of 33 for 287 yards and ran for 110 yards on 14 carries, helping James Madison to its 20th-straight home opening winning. Kris Thornton had 12 receptions for 155 yards, hauling in three straight touchdowns, covering 7, 35 and 19 yards. That came after Reggie Brown had touchdown receptions of 20 and 29 yards to start the scoring. Middle Tennessee had 11 first downs, 20 less than James Madison, and had the ball for just 23 minutes. - James Madison/AP College Football

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QB Todd Centeio, James Madison
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09/02/22 - Matthew Sluka, rSr/2026, James Madison, 6-2, 216 (DS#62 QB) + More +

Matthew Sluka threw two touchdown passes and ran for 102 yards and another score to power Holy Cross to a 31-17 victory over Merrimack in a season opener on Friday night. Sluka ran for a 7-yard score in the first quarter, connected with Ayir Asante for a 24-yard TD in the second and Derek Ng kicked a field goal in both periods to lead Holy Cross to a 19-10 lead at the half. Spencer Gilliam blocked a punt out of the end zone for a safety and Ng added his third field goal to stretch the Crusaders' lead to 24-10 after three quarters. Sluka connected with Jalen Coker for a 46-yard score with 9:15 left in the game. Sluka finished with 242 yards on 13-of-22 passing with one interception and he had 13 rushes. Jack Zergiotis completed 15 of 29 passes for 189 yards with one pick for the Warriors. He had an 18-yard TD toss to Pat Conroy with 26 seconds left before halftime and a 33-yard scoring strike to Jacari Carter with 51 seconds left in the game. Holy Cross closed out last season with a loss to Villanova in the second round of the FCS playoffs. - AP College Football

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QB Matthew Sluka, James Madison
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08/29/22 - Morgan Suarez, rSr/2026, James Madison, 5-09, 174 (DS#999 K) + More +

AUG 29 CONFERENCE USA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: K Morgan Suarez, Florida Atlantic,...Suarez battled for kicking duties throughout the offseason and well into the final week of practice and responded by connecting on each of the three field goals attempted, including two from 40-plus yards. His first attempt was a 43-yarder that put the Owls up 10-7. His second, a 19-yarder, gave FAU a 20-7 lead, and his third proved his first was no fluke by sailing through the uprights from 42 yards out. He also made good on four extra point attempts to bring his game total to 13 points. Suarez earned profootballnetwork.com second team national recognition for his efforts. - Conference USA Football

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08/29/22 - Jamare Edwards, rSr/2023, James Madison, 6-3, 286 (DS#94 DT) + More +

In just one week, James Madison had two defensive tackles leave the team and retire from the sport of football, leaving what was one of the deepest parts of the roster thin. First it was redshirt freshman Tyler Negron, a reserve nose guard that provided depth along the defensive front on Aug. 19. But earlier this week the Dukes' defensive line lost a bigger piece, redshirt senior Tony Thurston, who logged 45 tackles and nine tackles for a loss last fall, hung his cleats up.

JMU head coach Curt Cignetti said he was excited about the defensive line's depth entering fall camp and that both of the departures surprised him. "I thought we had a lot of depth, a lot of guys that could become players," Cignetti said. "It takes a big commitment and sacrifice and if your heart's not totally into it … it takes a special breed to play this game. That's a tough loss from a depth standpoint, but next man up." That next man up for the Dukes is a handful of interior linemen, including redshirt sophomore James Carpenter, redshirt sophomore Jordan Funk, Marshall transfer Jamare Edwards and Rutgers transfer Jamree Kromah, who was recruited to JMU as a defensive end. Though the Dukes have a quartet of interior defensive linemen ready to play against Middle Tennessee on Sept. 3, Cignetti said the depth at that spot is a concern. - Daily News-Record

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DT Jamare Edwards, James Madison
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08/10/22 - Jacob Dobbs, rSr/2025, James Madison, 5-11, 233 (DS#21 ILB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON STATS PERFORM FCS FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: LB - Jacob Dobbs, 6-0, 232, senior, Holy Cross (2021),...Dobbs was a finalist for the 2021 Buck Buchanan Award, finishing in the top 10 in voting. He was the 2021 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-Patriot League honors for the third straight year after a stellar junior year; he had 137 tackles, including 75 solo tackles and 17.5 tackles for loss, ranking in the top 10 in FCS last season in solo and total tackles. He additionally recorded 9.5 sacks, six quarterback hurries and three pass breakups, and paced a stellar Holy Cross defense that led the nation in total defense, allowing just 254.5 yards per contest. - Holy Cross Football

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ILB Jacob Dobbs, James Madison
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08/10/22 - Kris Thornton, rSr/2023, James Madison, 5-07, 177 (DS#65 WR) + More +

There's no debate when it comes to the No. 1 wide receiver at James Madison. Redshirt senior Kris Thornton returns for the Dukes after a breakout campaign in 2021, when he earned First Team All-CAA honors and set a JMU single-season record for receptions. "He's so important," said JMU redshirt senior safety Sam Kidd. "Obviously he's a deep threat. His speed...that's so significant." Thornton hauled in 83 receptions for 1,097 yards and 13 touchdowns last fall. He made his JMU debut in the 2021 spring season when he registered 26 receptions for 428 yards and three touchdowns across eight games during a modified season amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Manassas, Va. native is now the clear leader of a position group that lost superstar Antwane Wells Jr. (2021: 1,250 yards, 15 TDs) to South Carolina via the transfer portal while Scott Bracey (2021: 20 receptions, 299 yards) exhausted his eligibility. "I think the main thing that changed for me was trying to be more of a leader this year," said Thornton. "I was kind of a leader last year but trying to really lead the younger guys and the new people coming into our room this year. That's really my main thing that changed with my role." Thornton, who played two seasons at VMI and sat out the 2019 campaign after transferring to James Madison, is the only JMU player to earn preseason all-conference honors from the Sun Belt. He was named to the Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team offense. "It's been a long ride, I know that," said Thornton. "I came in 2017 at VMI and now six years later, I am finishing up...I have played two seasons at JMU and I am ready for this season coming up." - WHSV.com

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WR Kris Thornton, James Madison
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08/08/22 - Jacob Dobbs, rSr/2025, James Madison, 5-11, 233 (DS#21 ILB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON BUCK BUCHANAN AWARD WATCH LIST: LB Jacob Dobbs, Holy Cross, Sr., 6-0, 232 (2021 Finalist),...Dobbs was a finalist for the 2021 Buck Buchanan Award, finishing in the top 10 in voting. He was the 2021 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-Patriot League honors for the third straight year after a stellar junior year; he had 137 tackles, including 75 solo tackles and 17.5 tackles for loss, ranking in the top 10 in FCS last season in solo and total tackles. He additionally recorded 9.5 sacks, six quarterback hurries and three pass breakups, and paced a stellar Holy Cross defense that led the nation in total defense, allowing just 254.5 yards per contest. Dobbs and the Crusaders will open the 2022 season on Sept. 2 with a nonconference road contest at Merrimack. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. in North Andover, Mass. - Holy Cross Football

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ILB Jacob Dobbs, James Madison
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08/07/22 - Jacob Dobbs, rSr/2025, James Madison, 5-11, 233 (DS#21 ILB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL TEAM (COACHES): LB Jacob Dobbs, Holy Cross, Sr.,...Dobbs, a three-time All-Patriot League honoree, was named a first team All-American by Stats Perform in 2021, along with earning additional All-America honors from the AFCA, HERO Sports and the Associated Press. He was a finalist and finished in the top 10 in voting for the Buck Buchanan Award, presented to the nation's best defensive player at the FCS level. In 2021, he had 137 tackles, including 75 solo tackles and 17.5 tackles for loss. He additionally recorded 9.5 sacks, six quarterback hurries and three pass breakups. He ranked in the top 10 in FCS last season in solo tackles and total tackles, and paced a Holy Cross defense that led the nation in total defense, allowing just 254.5 yards per contest. - Holy Cross Football

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ILB Jacob Dobbs, James Madison
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08/07/22 - Matthew Sluka, rSr/2026, James Madison, 6-2, 216 (DS#62 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL TEAM (COACHES): QB Matthew Sluka, Holy Cross, Jr.,...Junior quarterback Matthew Sluka earned a spot on the team; in 2021, he totaled 1,512 passing yards and 868 rushing yards, passing for 11 touchdowns and rushing for 14 more. He was a three-time Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week selection. - Holy Cross Football

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QB Matthew Sluka, James Madison
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