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2020 ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM: Elijah Mitchell, Louisiana, RB,...Mitchell has been superb all season, rushing for 751 yards and seven touchdowns. His yardage total ranks 29th nationally and third in the league, while his seven scores ranks 47th nationally and fourth in the conference. Mitchell, who is fifth in career rushing scores (40) among active FBS running backs, ranks fifth in that category in program history while ranking sixth in school history in career rushing yards. - Louisiana Football

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RB Elijah Mitchell, Louisiana
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12/26/20 - Trey Ragas, rSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 218 (DS#23 RB) + More +

Trey Ragas scored on a 1-yard plunge with 7:16 left and No. 16 Louisiana-Lafayette beat UTSA 31-24 in the First Responder Bowl on Saturday at SMU's Ford Stadium. The Ragin' Cajuns (10-1) drove 72 yards in 12 plays for the winning score after UTSA (7-5) overcame a 24-7 second-half deficit to tie it. UTSA associate head coach/offensive coordinator Barry Lunney Jr. directed the Roadrunners after first-year coach Jeff Traylor twice tested positive for COVID-19 this week and didn't accompany the team. Lunney said the Roadrunners were missing 15-20 total team members, including other assistant coaches and players. - AP College Football

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RB Trey Ragas, Louisiana
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12/10/20 - Trey Ragas, rSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 218 (DS#23 RB) + More +

UL running back Trey Ragas was picked Monday to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl. But he can't go. The prestigious postgame game for senior NFL prospects that had been scheduled for Jan. 23 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The bowl, first played in 1925, is announcing all-star selections throughout December to recognize outstanding seniors anyway.

A fifth-year senior, Ragas has an option to return to UL in 2021 because all FBS players have been granted an extra season. But the East-West Shrine selection also affords him an opportunity to participate in virtual training sessions in preparation for the 2021 NFL Draft. Ragas has 660 yards and nine touchdowns on 117 carries this season. He scored three touchdowns in No. 17 UL's 24-21 win Friday night at Appalachian State, including two rushing and one on a throw from quarterback Levi Lewis. Ragas also was named Louisiana Sports Writers Association state Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. - Daily Advertiser

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RB Trey Ragas, Louisiana
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12/06/20 - Paul Boudreaux, rJr/2023, Louisiana, 5-10, 183 (DS#999 LS) + More +

Friday's game against Appalachian State did not start well for Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns long snapper Paul Boudreaux, and his struggles continued throughout the game. It didn't ultimately prevent Louisiana from winning as the Ragin' Cajuns defeated Appalachian State 24-21. At the end of the first UL possession, he sent a snap over the head of UL punter Rhys Byrns with 10:24 left in the first quarter. Boudreaux sent a second snap over Byrns on the second Ragin' Cajuns possession. The second one went for a 38-yard loss to the Louisiana 22-yard line with 1:44 left in the first quarter.

Another bad snap occurred on the extra point after UL scored a touchdown with 6:25 left in the second quarter, and Louisiana didn't get the kick off. Then with 6:36 left in the fourth quarter, Boudreaux sent a third snap over the head of Byrns. It led to a safety when Byrns was forced to kick the ball out of the back of the end zone to prevent an Appalachian State touchdown. The safety cut the Louisiana lead to 24-19. Twitter roasted Boudreaux for his early struggles. - Daily Advertiser

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LS Paul Boudreaux, Louisiana
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12/05/20 - Trey Ragas, rSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 218 (DS#23 RB) + More +

No. 20 Louisiana-Lafayette overcame three snaps over the punter's head and another bad one on a extra point, beating Appalachian State 24-21 on a cold, rainy Friday night when the Mountaineers' Chandler Staton missed a 30-yard field goal with 2 seconds left. Running back Trey Ragas scored three touchdowns, and Levi Lewis threw for 101 yards and a touchdown and ran for 77 yards to help the Ragin’ Cajuns (9-1, 7-1 Sun Belt) beat Appalachian State (7-3, 5-2) for the first time and win their sixth straight game.

Louisiana-Lafayette was 0-8 against Appalachian State, including losses in the last two conference championship games. Long snapper Paul Boudreaux put Louisiana-Lafayette in a bind early, twice snapping more than 10 yards over the head of the punter in the first half and then sending a high snap to the holder on a failed extra point resulting in a 10-9 halftime deficit. Still, the Ragin' Cajuns appeared in control after Ragas' touchdown runs of 17 and 1 yards in the third quarter made it 24-10. - AP College Football

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RB Trey Ragas, Louisiana
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11/28/20 - Levi Lewis, rSr/2022, Louisiana, 5-09, 187 (DS#21 QB) + More +

Levi Lewis passed for three touchdowns and ran for two more in less than three quarters, and No. 23 Louisiana-Lafayette routed winless Louisiana-Monroe 70-20 on Saturday. Running backs Trey Regas and Elijah Mitchell each rushed for more than 90 yards and scored one touchdown apiece for Louisiana-Lafayette (8-1, 6-1 Sun Belt). Bralen Trahan returned an interception 53 yards for a score during a second quarter in which ULL scored four straight touchdowns to blow the game open. The Ragin' Cajuns have won five straight since their lone loss to 16th-ranked and unbeaten Coastal Carolina, which is scheduled to host ULL in the Sun Belt title game on Dec. 19. Jeremy Hunt had one touchdown passing and one rushing for Louisiana-Monroe (0-9, 0-6), which was playing for the first time in three weeks because of a COVID-19 outbreak that led to the cancellation of a game against Louisiana Tech last weekend after ULM had the previous weekend off.

The Ragin' Cajuns also had an outbreak that led to the cancellation of their Nov. 14 game against Central Arkansas. Cajuns coach Billy Napier was among those who contracted COVID-19 and traveled to Monroe separately from his team on Saturday after isolating and not attending any practices during the past week. ULL took the lead for good on Regas' 11-yard scoring run less than four minutes into the game. Lewis' 11-yard touchdown run made it 14-0 before ULM responded with Hunt's 1-yard TD pass to Camero Darling. - AP College Football

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QB Levi Lewis, Louisiana
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11/21/20 - Tyrone Lewis Jr., rSr/2025, Louisiana, 5-11, 200 (DS#32 FS) + More +

Defensive back Tyrone Lewis became the latest Kansas State football player to enter the NCAA's transfer portal. A K-State spokesman confirmed to The Mercury via text Friday afternoon that Lewis entered his name in the portal. The news was first reported by Rivals.com. Lewis is the ninth Wildcat to transfer since August. The group includes two other defensive backs (Walter Neil Jr. and Jonathan Alexander), a trio of defensive linemen (Derick Newton, Ronald Triplette and Matthew Pola-Mao), a linebacker (Demarrquese Hayes), a running back (Thomas Grayson) and a wide receiver (Joshua Youngblood). A redshirt freshman, Lewis had appeared in all seven games for the Wildcats this fall, notching three tackles. - Manhattan Mercury

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FS Tyrone Lewis Jr., Louisiana
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11/16/20 - Levi Lewis, rSr/2022, Louisiana, 5-09, 187 (DS#21 QB) + More +

NOV 16 SUN BELT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Levi Lewis, Louisiana,...A huge part of Louisiana's offense on Saturday, throwing for 252 yards against South Alabama. The senior finished the contest 21-for-31 and season-high three touchdown passes, just the fourth time in his career he has thrown three touchdowns in a single game. Louisiana is now 14-1 when Lewis passes for two or more scores in a game. With his 252 yards through the air, Lewis passed Terrance Broadway for the most 250+ passing games in the last 20 years with nine. Lewis currently leads the Sun Belt Conference with 1,880 passing yards, while his 13 touchdowns is tied for second in the league. - Sun Belt Football

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QB Levi Lewis, Louisiana
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11/14/20 - Levi Lewis, rSr/2022, Louisiana, 5-09, 187 (DS#21 QB) + More +

Levi Lewis passed for 252 yards and three touchdowns, Louisiana-Lafayette gained 254 yards on the ground and the No. 25 Ragin' Cajuns clinched a third straight Sun Belt Conference West Division title with a 38-10 victory over South Alabama on Saturday. Lewis tossed TD passes of 5 yards to Jalen Williams and 3 yards to Errol Rogers. He also hit running back Trey Ragas for a 25-yard score on a fourth-down conversion, with Ragas narrowly staying inside the left sideline to put the game away in the fourth quarter. Chris Smith and Elijah Mitchell each had touchdowns rushing for Louisiana-Lafayette (7-1, 5-1 Sun Belt), which has won four straight since its only loss on a last-second field goal to No. 15 Coastal Carolina. South Alabama's Desmond Trotter was limited to 15-of-28 passing for 133 yards and one touchdown for South Alabama (3-5, 2-3). Louisiana-Lafayette's defense came in tied atop the Sun Belt in interceptions with 10 and safety Percy Butler added another on South Alabama's opening drive. - AP College Football

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QB Levi Lewis, Louisiana
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11/07/20 - Elijah Mitchell, Sr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 201 (DS#15 RB) + More +

Elijah Mitchell's 2-yard touchdown run with 1:13 remaining gave Louisiana-Lafayette a 27-20 victory over Arkansas State on Saturday. Mitchell set up his winning TD on the previous play with a 21-yard run. The six-play, 61-yard drive took just over a minute and came after Arkansas State's Layne Hatcher found Brandon Bowling up the middle for a 47-yard score. A conversion pass tied the game with 2:24 on the clock. Trailing 6-0 at halftime, ULL's Levi Lewis avoided a rush and sprinted up the middle for a 33-yard score. The Ragin' Cajuns added another third-quarter touchdown when Lewis tossed the ball to Dontae Fleming who went around left end for a 52-yard TD. Early in the fourth quarter, Arkansas State's Jamal Jones ran for a short TD but a conversion pass failed and the Wolves trailed by two. Kenneth Almendares then extended ULL's lead with two field goals Lewis threw for 244 yards for ULL (6-1, 4-1 Sun Belt), which has won three in a row. Lincoln Pare had 121 yards rushing for Arkansas State (3-5, 1-4), which has lost three straight. - AP College Football

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RB Elijah Mitchell, Louisiana
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11/04/20 - Eric Garror, rSr/2023, Louisiana, 5-08, 174 (DS#64 CB) + More +

After making two interceptions in UL's 44-34 win at Texas State on Saturday, it wasn't surprising to hear cornerback Eric Garror's response. "We just came out and had a ball," Garror said. In a literal sense, the Cajuns (5-1, 3-1 Sun Belt) sure did. But it wasn't necessarily fun. UL was flagged three times for defensive for defensive interference, and twice Garror was on the receiving end of those flags. There was no postgame celebration, Garror said, because the Cajuns "know we didn't play to our best ability." "We can't control that, because we're not referees," the junior from Mobile said with reference to the penalties. "It was very frustrating. But we just had to come back the next and play."

The tight calls kept UL from playing its preferred aggressive pass defense, something it suspected might happen. "We play tight man coverage like that every week," said UL coach Billy Napier, whose Cajuns were tagged with six pass interference penalties or personal fouls in the first half alone. "I think this (officiating) crew that we had, you know, they've called more DPIs and holdings than any other crew in the Sun Belt. "We knew that coming in. We talked to the players about it. But it's a product of how we play," Napier added. "We've got to make better decisions. We've got to use the correct technique. We've got to play with more poise and more discipline." - Daily Advertiser

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CB Eric Garror, Louisiana
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11/01/20 - Trey Ragas, rSr/2021, Louisiana, 5-10, 218 (DS#23 RB) + More +

Trey Ragas and Levi Lewis accounted for three touchdowns apiece, leading Louisiana-Lafayette to a 44-34 victory over Texas State on Saturday night. Ragas ran for 131 yards and had scoring runs of 3, 2 and 7 yards. Lewis was 22-of-32 passing for 332 yards, and each of his scores were in the first half: a 46-yard touchdown pass to Calif Gossett, a 12-yard TD run, and a 1-yard scoring toss to Kyren Lacy that gave Louisiana-Lafayette (5-1, 3-1 Sun Belt Conference) a 34-21 halftime lead. Brady McBride was 14-of-32 passing for 166 yards for Texas State (1-7, 1-3). He threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Marcell Barbee but also three interceptions in the first half. Brock Sturges had 128 yards rushing on 17 carries, including touchdown runs of 10 and 18 yards in the second half. - AP College Football

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RB Trey Ragas, Louisiana
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10/26/20 - Chris Smith, rJr/2023, Louisiana, 5-09, 194 (DS#43 RB) + More +

OCT 26 SUN BELT SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chris Smith, Louisiana,...Seized the momentum for Louisiana in its 24-20 victory over UAB with a 100-yard kick return for a touchdown at the end of the first half. The return was his second kickoff return for a touchdown this year. Smith, Raymond Calais and Darryl Surgent are the only three Ragin' Cajuns to have two or more kickoff returns for a touchdown in their careers in the last 10 years. The return was the longest kickoff return for a touchdown by a Cajun since Raymond Calais did so against Southeastern Louisiana on Sept. 2, 2017. (100 yards). Smith and Baylor's Trestan Ebner are currently tied for the most kickoff returns for a touchdown (2) in the country. The return was just the seventh kickoff return for a touchdown by a Ragin' Cajun in the last decade. He finished the game with 160 yards on four kick returns. - Sun Belt Football

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RB Chris Smith, Louisiana
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10/23/20 - Levi Lewis, rSr/2022, Louisiana, 5-09, 187 (DS#21 QB) + More +

Levi Lewis threw for two touchdowns, Chris Smith returned a kickoff 100 yards and Louisiana-Lafayette used two fourth-quarter interceptions to beat UAB 24-20 on Friday night, snapping the Blazers' 21-game home winning streak. ULL trailed the first three quarters before Pearse Migl caught his first pass of the season, going for a 9-yard touchdown, to give the Ragin' Cajuns a 24-20 lead with 6:35 left. On UAB’s next possession, Cameron Solomon intercepted Bryson Lucero’s deep pass. Rhys Byrns booted a 74-yard punt to put UAB at its 6 with 1:16 remaining, and Bralen Trahan sealed it three plays later with an interception. Elijah Mitchell rushed for 67 yards for ULL (4-1). Jalen Williams caught two passes for 40 yards and a score, and Smith had his second kickoff return TD this season. Spencer Brown carried it 28 times for 128 yards and two touchdowns for UAB (4-2). Lucero was 10-of-23 passing for 110 yards with two interceptions. UAB had not lost at Legion Field since 2017, snapping the third longest active home winning streak in the nation behind Clemson and Notre Dame. - AP College Football

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QB Levi Lewis, Louisiana
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10/01/20 - Zach Robertson, rSr/2022, Louisiana, 6-5, 297 (DS#999 OT) + More +

Back in early June, shortly after announcing plans to join the Ragin' Cajuns as a graduate transfer, former Arizona State offensive lineman Zach Robertson addressed why he left the Power 5 program and sat out what would have been his 2019 redshirt senior season. Details were scarce, but Robertson - who started multiple games for the Pac-12's Sun Devils, including nine in 2018 - was candid. "I was just battling a lot of things that were going on...and it took a huge toll on my mental health," he told The Daily Advertiser then. "I didn't know how to cope with it so I decided to step away from football for a year and get my mind back right."

Last week, Robertson - now the 3-0 Cajuns' starting left tackle - revealed much more and, in the process, made a plea for college football players facing circumstances similar to his own to keep mental health atop their priority list. "I went through a real lot of issues in … 2019," Robertson said. "I went through depression, anxiety. "Both of those things, you know, I mean...the way I was raised, it wasn't an emphasis to make sure those things are OK, your mental health is OK. "So, it got to the point where it overwhelmed me and I made wrong decisions and I faced the consequences," he added. "I had to sit out. I basically didn't know if I was ever going to play football again. And those two things scared the hell out of me." - Daily Advertiser

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OT Zach Robertson, Louisiana
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