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2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DE-Darius Hodge, R-Jr., Marshall,...The Thundering Herd had a league-high nine on the C-USA first team, led by quarterback Grant Wells, running back Brenden Knox, offensive linemen Cain Madden and Josh Ball, tight end Xavier Gaines, defensive end Darius Hodge, linebacker Tavante Beckett, defensive back Steven Gilmore and punt returner Talik Keaton. Hodge is third in the league in sacks (6.5) and sixth in tackles for loss (9.0). - Marshall Football

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12/31/20 - Xavier Gaines, rSr/2022, Marshall, 6-2, 231 (DS#9 FB) + More +

2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM (COACHES): TE-Xavier Gaines, R-Sr., Marshall,...The Thundering Herd had a league-high nine on the C-USA first team, led by quarterback Grant Wells, running back Brenden Knox, offensive linemen Cain Madden and Josh Ball, tight end Xavier Gaines, defensive end Darius Hodge, linebacker Tavante Beckett, defensive back Steven Gilmore and punt returner Talik Keaton. - Marshall Football

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FB Xavier Gaines, Marshall
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12/31/20 - Josh Ball, rSr/2021, Marshall, 6-7, 308 (DS#28 OT) + More +

2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM (COACHES): OL-Josh Ball, R-Sr., Marshall,...The Thundering Herd had a league-high nine on the C-USA first team, led by quarterback Grant Wells, running back Brenden Knox, offensive linemen Cain Madden and Josh Ball, tight end Xavier Gaines, defensive end Darius Hodge, linebacker Tavante Beckett, defensive back Steven Gilmore and punt returner Talik Keaton. - Marshall Football

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OT Josh Ball, Marshall
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12/31/20 - *Brenden Knox, rJr/2021, Marshall, 5-11, 215 (DS#17 RB) + More +

2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM (COACHES): RB-Brenden Knox, R-Jr., Marshall,...The Thundering Herd had a league-high nine on the C-USA first team, led by quarterback Grant Wells, running back Brenden Knox, offensive linemen Cain Madden and Josh Ball, tight end Xavier Gaines, defensive end Darius Hodge, linebacker Tavante Beckett, defensive back Steven Gilmore and punt returner Talik Keaton. Knox has 887 rushing yards and nine rushing TDs, with both operating behind an offensive line led by seniors Ball and Madden and alongside Gaines. - Marshall Football

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RB *Brenden Knox, Marshall
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12/29/20 - Tavante Beckett, rSr/2021, Marshall, 5-10, 220 (DS#20 OLB) + More +

2020 CONFERENCE USA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Defensive recognition went to Marshall senior LB Tavante Beckett, who averages 9.6 tackles per game, has 7.5 TFL's, one forced fumble, a nation-leading four fumble recoveries and one touchdown. Beckett is a two-time C-USA Defensive Player of the Week and was named the Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Thundering Herd's win over then-No. 23 Appalachian State. - Conference USA Football

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OLB Tavante Beckett, Marshall
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12/24/20 - Tavante Beckett, rSr/2021, Marshall, 5-10, 220 (DS#20 OLB) + More +

Beckett finished the season with 90 tackles, including 7.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. Beckett led the nation with four fumble recoveries, including three in the win against Western Kentucky. He also forced a pair of fumbles. Beckett will not be with the Herd when it takes on Buffalo Friday. The senior from Virginia announced he was opting out of the bowl game to focus on preparation for the NFL draft. - Charleston Gazette

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OLB Tavante Beckett, Marshall
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12/24/20 - Majon Wright, rSr/2026, Marshall, 6-2, 197 (DS#999 WR) + More +

Freshman receiver Ma'jon Wright became the latest Wildcat to put his name in the NCAA transfer portal. Wright, who's from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, had a promising 2020 campaign, catching 15 passes for 176 yards and a touchdown. The catches and yards ranked second on the team. Arizona's receiving corps has been ravaged by potential transfers. Stanley Berryhill III and Jamarye Joiner also are in the portal. Additionally, Boobie Curry has indicated he will transfer. - Arizona Star News

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WR Majon Wright, Marshall
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12/23/20 - *Brenden Knox, rJr/2021, Marshall, 5-11, 215 (DS#17 RB) + More +

When Marshall takes on Buffalo on Friday in the Camellia Bowl, the Thundering Herd will play without some of its top talents from the 2020 season. Most notably, junior running back Brenden Knox announced that he will skip the bowl game and forgo his senior season to enter the 2021 NFL draft, ending one of the top careers for a running back in Thundering Herd history. Knox, who is projected as a fifth-to-seventh- round prospect, rushed for 887 yards and nine touchdowns this season and ends his Marshall career with 2,852 yards rushing and 24 touchdowns. In three seasons with the Herd, Knox had 550 carries in 35 games, which averages out to just under 16 carries per contest. Knox made the announcement just before 6 p.m. on Monday evening. - Charleston Gazette

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RB *Brenden Knox, Marshall
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12/21/20 - *Brenden Knox, rJr/2021, Marshall, 5-11, 215 (DS#17 RB) + More +

When Marshall takes on Buffalo on Friday in the Camellia Bowl, the Herd will play without some of its top talents from the 2020 season. Most notably, junior running back Brenden Knox announced that he will skip the bowl game and forgo his senior season to enter the 2021 NFL Draft, ending one of the top careers for a running back in Herd history. Knox, who is projected as a fifth-to-seventh round prospect, rushed for 887 yards and nine touchdowns this season and ends his Marshall career with 2,852 yards rushing and 24 touchdowns. This season, Knox rushed for 887 yards and nine touchdowns to lead Marshall's rushing attack. - Herald-Dispatch

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RB *Brenden Knox, Marshall
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12/21/20 - *Brenden Knox, rJr/2021, Marshall, 5-11, 215 (DS#17 RB) + More +

Conference USA announced its 2020 All-Conference football teams today, as selected by the league's head football coaches. Nine schools placed at least one player on the first team, with Marshall producing a league-high nine selections, followed by C-USA Champion UAB with six and WKU with four. Marshall and UAB each had the most combined first and second-team members with 12, followed by Louisiana Tech with nine, UTSA with seven and WKU with six.

The nine Marshall first team selections include five from the Thundering Herd offense, three on their defense and one from special teams. Freshman QB Grant Wells leads C-USA in passing yards (1,977) and passing touchdowns (18), junior RB Brenden Knox has 887 rushing yards and nine rushing TDs, with both operating behind an offensive line led by seniors Josh Ball and Cain Madden and alongside redshirt senior TE Xavier Gaines. - Conference USA Football

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RB *Brenden Knox, Marshall
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12/20/20 - Henry Colombi, rSr/2023, Marshall, 6-2, 228 (DS#44 QB) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG 12 CONFERENCE FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: Henry Colombi (ONoY),...Tech also had 10 other Red Raiders recognized as honorable mention selections for receiving a vote by the panel of conference coaches. The list included sophomore defensive lineman Tony Bradford Jr., junior wide receiver KeSean Carter, junior quarterback Henry Colombi, senior defensive back DaMarcus Fields, senior defensive lineman Eli Howard, senior linebacker Riko Jeffers, junior linebacker Krishon Merriweather, senior linebacker Colin Schooler, sophomore running back SaRodorick Thompson and sophomore offensive lineman Weston Wright. Colombi and Merriweather picked up votes for Offensive and Defensive Newcomer of the Year, respectively. - Texas Tech Football

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QB Henry Colombi, Marshall
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11/16/20 - Robert LeFevre, rSr/2022, Marshall, 6-2, 209 (DS#999 P) + More +

NOV 16 CONFERENCE USA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Marshall redshirt senior P Robert LeFevre pulled double-duty for the Thundering Herd on Saturday, downing four of his five punts inside the 20 (13, 13, 6 and 15-yard lines) to go with a touchback and a 57.2-yard average as Marshall's kickoff man during the latter stages of Saturday's 42-14 win over Middle Tennessee. One of the punts was muffed by Middle Tennessee and recovered by Marshall for an eventual touchdown. For the season, the Hilliard, Ohio, native has averaged 41.0 yards per punt on 24 kicks with nine inside the 20. - Conference USA Football

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P Robert LeFevre, Marshall
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11/07/20 - *Brenden Knox, rJr/2021, Marshall, 5-11, 215 (DS#17 RB) + More +

Grant Wells threw three touchdown passes, Brenden Knox ran for two scores and No. 16 Marshall pummeled Massachusetts 51-10 on Saturday. The game was added to Marshall's schedule last month after several other opponents had previously pulled out due to the coronavirus pandemic. Marshall (6-0) continued to produce a season-long balance on offense that keeps opponents guessing. Knox scored on first-quarter runs of 45 and 14 yards and got nearly all of his 118 yards in the first half. It was his fifth straight game over 100 yards.

Massachusetts (0-2), in its fourth season as a Bowl Subdivision independent, has 22 true or redshirt freshmen on its depth chart. Wells took advantage of a UMass secondary that consisted entirely of freshmen and sophomores and completed 21 of 30 passes for 228 yards. Massachusetts freshman Will Koch moved the ball at times in his first career start, but it was a lot to ask a young quarterback to do against the nation's sixth-best defense. Both of the Minutemen's scoring drives came in the first half with the help of some trickery. - AP College Football

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RB *Brenden Knox, Marshall
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10/24/20 - *Brenden Knox, rJr/2021, Marshall, 5-11, 215 (DS#17 RB) + More +

Brenden Knox rushed for 101 yards and caught one of redshirt freshman Grant Wells' two touchdown passes to lead No. 22 Marshall to a 20-9 victory over pandemic-depleted Florida Atlantic 20-9 on Saturday. Marshall (5-0, 3-0 Conference USA) managed enough offense to hold off the pesky Owls (1-1, 1-1). FAU brought 57 players on its first trip of the season, just above the mandated minimum of 53 available scholarship players during the pandemic. The Owls even held a third-quarter lead before Marshall scored the final 13 points. With FAU missing both of its starting offensive tackles due to the virus, the Owls were limited to 234 yards of offense. Marshall came up with another solid performance in stopping the run. FAU quarterback Nick Tronti, who ran for 94 yards in the Owls' only other game on Oct. 3, was held to minus-45 yards on 11 rushes and was sacked five times. The Thundering Herd entered Saturday third in the nation in rush defense at 68.5 yards per game. Marshall trailed in a game for the first time this season after Vladimir Rivas kicked a 43-yard field goal to put FAU ahead 9-7 midway through the third quarter. - AP College Football

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RB *Brenden Knox, Marshall
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10/23/20 - *Brenden Knox, rJr/2021, Marshall, 5-11, 215 (DS#17 RB) + More +

FAU (1-0) knows from firsthand experience how dangerous Brenden Knox can be. In the Owls' lone conference loss last year, Marshall's redshirt junior running back ran for a career-high 220 yards and two touchdowns on 23 attempts. And that performance wasn't an aberration. Knox received first-team All-Conference USA recognition for the 2019 season after recording 1,387 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns on 270 attempts (5.1 yards per attempt). He already has seven rushing touchdowns (tied for third-best in the nation) in addition to 455 yards on the ground on 93 attempts (4.9 yards per attempts) this season entering FAU's matchup with Marshall (4-0, 2-0) on Saturday in Huntington, W.Va. "He's as good of a back we'll see this year," FAU defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt said about Knox. "He's got great vision, balance and explosion. He's one of the better backs I've seen in a long time. And then you got the big offensive line - they're big, strong and [Knox] finds those creases. It's a challenge." With Marshall's offense being built around its rushing attack, the Owls have emphasized the importance of tackling to slow down Knox, who easily breaks through tackles with his 6-foot, 223-pound frame. "You're not going to have arm-tackles bring [Knox] down," Leavitt said. "He's just too big, strong and explosive. You're going to have to get a number of people to him and keep him from hitting creases. He gets through them so fast. You're going to have to wrap him up." - Sun-Sentinel

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RB *Brenden Knox, Marshall
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