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08/31/24 - Dequan Finn, rSr/2026, Miami (OH) + More +

Dequan Finn threw for 192 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a 39-yard score to lift Baylor to a season-opening 45-3 win over FCS Tarleton State on Saturday. Finn made his mark immediately with a 39-yard touchdown run on the Bears' first drive and added a 32-yard scoring pass to Ashtyn Hawkins later in the first quarter. Finn, a sixth-year senior transfer from Toledo who was named MAC Player of the Year last season, also found Michael Trigg for a 17-yard TD strike in the third quarter.

Finn finished 14-for-22 passing and was picked off twice. Keaton Thomas added to Baylor's fast start when he intercepted a Jaden Pete pass and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown to make it a 21-0 lead with 4:12 left in the first quarter. Dawson Pendergrass ran for a 1-yard TD, and Sawyer Robertson fired a 30-yard touchdown to Ketron Jackson Jr. in the fourth quarter for the Bears, who outgained the Texans (1-1) 442-181. Daniel Greek was 7-for-13 passing for 80 yards for Tarleton State, a program in its final season of the four-year reclassification period before becoming a full NCAA Division I football program next season. - AP College Football

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QB Dequan Finn, Miami (OH)
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11/30/23 - Dequan Finn, rSr/2026, Miami (OH) + More +

2023 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE VERN SMITH LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNER: Dequan Finn, QB, Toledo,...Toledo quarterback Dequan Finn was tabbed the winner of the 42nd Vern Smith Leadership Award as the top player in the MAC. Rockets' Head Coach Jason Candle was selected as the Head Coach of the Year, while UT's Peny Boone earned Offensive Player of the Year honors. Miami linebacker Matt Salopek was tabbed as the Defensive Player of the Year, while RedHawk placekicker Graham Nicholson was selected as the Special Teams Player of the Year. Western Michigan running back Jalen Buckley earned Freshman of the Year honors, rounding out the specialty award selections.

Finn is Toledo's first Vern Smith Leadership Award winner, awarded annually to the league MVP, since Logan Woodside in 2017 and the fifth winner in school history. The junior quarterback, who is now a three-time All-MAC honoree, has had a remarkable season for the Rockets. Finn ranks first in the MAC in passing efficiency (155.36), completion percentage (65.1%), passing yards (2,384), touchdown passes (21) and total offense (242.8) en route to leading UT to its second straight MAC Championship Game. His 530 yards are the most among MAC quarterbacks, and he is one of just six FBS quarterbacks to have at least 2,000 passing yards and 500 rushing yards. - MAC Football

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QB Dequan Finn, Miami (OH)
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11/30/23 - Matthew Salopek, rSr/2025, Miami (OH) + More +

2023 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Matt Salopek, LB, Miami,...Salopek, who ranks 11th nationally with 125 tackles, is the first RedHawk to be named MAC Defensive Player of the Year since Quinten Rollins in 2014. He had a career-high 18 tackles in the win over Cincinnati and has recorded double-digit tackles seven different times in 2023. He added 7.5 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks and an interception for a defense that allowed just 86 points in eight conference games in 2023. - MAC Football

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ILB Matthew Salopek, Miami (OH)
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03/01/23 - Brett Gabbert, rSr/2025, Miami (OH) + More +

Highlighted by non-conference road action at Miami (Fla.) and Cincinnati as well as five home games, the Miami University football team announced its 2023 schedule on Wednesday morning. Miami opens the season in Coral Gables, Fla., under the lights versus the Miami Hurricanes on Friday, Sept. 1 and travels to face UMass on Saturday, Sept. 9. Rounding out non-conference action will be a trip to Nippert Stadium to face the Cincinnati Bearcats on Saturday, Sept. 16 before hosting Delaware State in the home opener on Saturday, Sept. 23. The matchup with the Hornets will be Miami's annual Football Alumni Day/Hall of Fame Weekend. The RedHawks are a Mid-American Conference best 34-16 in their last 50 MAC games and begin conference play on Saturday, Sept. 30 at Kent State. Rounding out other conference road games will be at Western Michigan (Saturday, Oct. 14), at Ohio (Saturday, Oct. 28) and at Ball State (Saturday, Nov. 25). - Miami OH Football

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QB Brett Gabbert, Miami (OH)
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12/20/22 - Dequan Finn, rSr/2026, Miami (OH) + More +

Dequan Finn passed for 133 yards and a touchdown and rushed for another score to lead Toledo past Liberty 21-19 in the rainy Boca Raton Bowl Tuesday night. Toledo came from behind, then fended off Liberty, handing the Flames their first loss in a bowl game after three bowl victories. Liberty (8-5) was directed by interim coach Josh Aldridge, who stepped in for Hugh Freeze, who became the head coach at Auburn at the end of the regular season. Toledo (9-5) punctuated a successful season that included winning the Mid-Atlantic Conference title with its first bowl victory since 2015.

Liberty scored twice in a five-minute span of the fourth quarter, turning a 21-7 deficit into a two-point game. Kaidon Salter hit Treon Sibley with a 29-yard scoring pass at 7:24 of the period to make it 21-13 and CJ Daniels found Bentley Hanshaw with a 67-yard scoring strike to close the game to two points. But, Liberty's 2-point conversion try failed and Toledo held on for the final 3:40 Finn was just as dangerous offensively as he had been all season, when he led the Mid-American Conference with 30 total TDs. Finn guided Toledo's offense 75 yards on the opening drive of the second half to give the Rockets their first lead of the game, 10-7, and they led the rest of the way. Lenny Khule's 4-yard TD reception capped the drive and was his third TD of the season. Finn's 1-yard rushing score in the fourth gave Toledo a 21-7 lead. - Toledo/AP College Football

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QB Dequan Finn, Miami (OH)
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12/17/22 - Dequan Finn, rSr/2026, Miami (OH) + More +

2022 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM: Quarterback - Dequan Finn, Toledo,...Finn ranks third in the MAC in passing efficiency (137.98) and third in total offense (249.5). He has completed 58.6 percent of his passes for 1,973 yards and 21 TDs on the season despite missing two games due to injury. He is also second on Rockets in rushing with 522 yards and has a team-best eight TDs. - Toledo Football

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QB Dequan Finn, Miami (OH)
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12/16/22 - Ryan McWood, rSr/2023, Miami (OH) + More +

2022 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM: Linebacker – Ryan McWood, Miami,...Linebacker Ryan McWood (turned 25 on Oct. 13) is in his SEVENTH season with the Red and White. Due to red-shirting the 2016 season, a 2020 COVID year and then a season-ending injury in week one of the 2021 season, McWood is just a handful of college football players playing in their seventh (or eighth) year. McWood ranks fifth in the country with 121 stops. - Miami OH Football

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ILB Ryan McWood, Miami (OH)
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12/16/22 - Mac Hippenhammer, rSr/2023, Miami (OH) + More +

2022 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM: Wide Receiver – Mac Hippenhammer, Miami,...The Mid-American Conference named seven members of the Miami University football team to its all-conference team. Earning All-MAC were Rusty Feth (second-team), Mac Hippenhammer (second-team), Ryan McWood (second-team), Dom Dzioban (second-team), Matthew Salopek (third-team), John Saunders Jr. (third-team) and Jalen Walker (third-team). - Miami OH Football

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WR Mac Hippenhammer, Miami (OH)
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12/16/22 - Jalen Walker, rSr/2023, Miami (OH) + More +

2022 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM: Kickoff Return Specialist – Jalen Walker, Miami,...The Mid-American Conference named seven members of the Miami University football team to its all-conference team. Earning All-MAC were Rusty Feth (second-team), Mac Hippenhammer (second-team), Ryan McWood (second-team), Dom Dzioban (second-team), Matthew Salopek (third-team), John Saunders Jr. (third-team) and Jalen Walker (third-team). - Miami OH Football

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WR Jalen Walker, Miami (OH)
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12/16/22 - Matthew Salopek, rSr/2025, Miami (OH) + More +

2022 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM: Linebacker – Matthew Salopek, Miami,...The Mid-American Conference named seven members of the Miami University football team to its all-conference team. Earning All-MAC were Rusty Feth (second-team), Mac Hippenhammer (second-team), Ryan McWood (second-team), Dom Dzioban (second-team), Matthew Salopek (third-team), John Saunders Jr. (third-team) and Jalen Walker (third-team). - Miami OH Football

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ILB Matthew Salopek, Miami (OH)
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12/15/22 - Dom Dzioban, rSr/2026, Miami (OH) + More +

2022 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM: Punter – Dom Dzioban, Miami,...The Mid-American Conference named seven members of the Miami University football team to its all-conference team. Earning All-MAC were Rusty Feth (second-team), Mac Hippenhammer (second-team), Ryan McWood (second-team), Dom Dzioban (second-team), Matthew Salopek (third-team), John Saunders Jr. (third-team) and Jalen Walker (third-team). - Miami OH Football

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K Dom Dzioban, Miami (OH)
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12/03/22 - Dequan Finn, rSr/2026, Miami (OH) + More +

Dequan Finn passed for a touchdown and rushed for 86 yards on 18 carries as Toledo captured its first Mid-American Conference championship since 2017 by defeating Ohio 17-7 on Saturday afternoon. Finn completed 16 of 25 passes for 154 yards. Jacquez Stuart rushed for 93 yards on nine carries, including a 29-yard touchdown. Micah Kelly added 53 rushing yards for the Rockets (8-5), who lost their last two conference games. Toledo is headed to a bowl game but since the MAC doesn't have a postseason pecking order, its destination is unknown. The Arizona, Idaho Potato and Quick Lane bowls - the latter also at Detroit's Ford Field - are the most likely possibilities. Sieh Bangura rushed for 56 yards on 20 carries and the lone touchdown for the Bobcats (9-4), whose seven-game winning streak was snapped. CJ Harris completed 17 of 31 passes for 163 yards and was intercepted once.

Harris was making his second start since MAC Player of the Year Kurtis Rourke suffered a season-ending knee injury. Ohio is 0-5 in the MAC title game. The Rockets led 10-7 at halftime. They drove 75 yards after the opening kickoff with Stuart scoring on his 29-yard run up the middle. Ohio tied it on Bangura's 2-yard run midway through the second quarter, finishing off an 84-yard drive. Toledo's Thomas Cluckey kicked a 44-yard field goal with 16 seconds left in the half. The Rockets drove to the Bobcats' 10 midway through the third quarter but passed up a field goal attempt and turned the ball over on downs. Finn's 16-yard scoring pass to Demeer Blankumsee completed a methodical 16-play, 90-yard drive that gave Toledo a 17-7 lead with 10:36 remaining. - Toledo/AP College Football

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QB Dequan Finn, Miami (OH)
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12/02/22 - Brett Gabbert, rSr/2025, Miami (OH) + More +

Although action doesn't officially start until Monday, among the reported quarterbacks in, or planning to be to enter the transfer portal as of Dec. 1 is Miami of Ohio's Brett Gabbert: Gabbert, a fourth-year junior, started as a true freshman in 2019, shared time in 2020, was the fulltime starter again in 2021 and opened this season as the starter before being hurt. He played in just four games this fall and has two years of eligibility remaining. Gabbert, the younger brother of NFL QB Blaine Gabbert, had a big 2021, averaging 264.8 yards per game and throwing 26 TD passes against six interceptions. He has some mobility, too. - NFL Draft Scout and online sources

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QB Brett Gabbert, Miami (OH)
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11/08/22 - Dequan Finn, rSr/2026, Miami (OH) + More +

Dequan Finn threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Jamal Turner with 1:18 remaining to give Toledo a 28-21 victory over Ball State on Tuesday night. Finn led a 7-play, 50-yard drive for the game-winning score. John Paddock drove Ball State to the Toledo 47, but he was sacked and then threw an interception to end it. Finn was 21 of 38 for 301 yards passing and threw three touchdown passes. Jerjuan Newton had seven catches for 94 yards for Toledo (7-3, 5-1 Mid-American Conference), and Devin Maddox added 72 yards receiving on three catches and each had a touchdown catch. Turner had four receptions for 54 yards. Carson Steele ran for 198 yards on 28 carries and a touchdown in the first, second and third quarters for Ball State (5-5, 2-4). His 34-yarder gave the Cardinals a 21-14 lead early in the third. Paddock was 13-of-35 passing for 94 yards with the one interception. - Toledo/AP College Football

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QB Dequan Finn, Miami (OH)
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10/31/22 - Dom Dzioban, rSr/2026, Miami (OH) + More +

OCT 31 MAC EAST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dom Dzioban, Miami, P, Sophomore, Frankfork, Ill. (Lincoln Way East),...Dom Dzioban averaged a career-best 48.1 yards per punt in Miami's 27-9 win at Akron last Saturday. The sophomore had three punts of over 50 yards, downed two kicks inside the opponent's 20-yard line and had a long of 67 yards as well. - MAC Football

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