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  Middle Tennessee head football coach Rick Stockstill announced today two more transfers into the program who will be eligible immediately. The Blue Raiders have added placekicker Alex Usry and defensive end Joseph Honeysucker. Honeysucker (6-3, 240) signed with Memphis in 2019 but did not see any action as a freshman and left the Tigers prior to the 2020 campaign. He was a three-star prospect coming out of Nashville's Hillsboro High School where he helped them to three straight winning seasons and playoff berths. Honeysucker ended his career with 37 sacks and earned all-state and all-region honors. Usry (5-10, 185) served as Charleston Southern's primary kicker for the previous three years where he was the 2019 Big South Special Teams Player of the Year and a sophomore All-American. He made 20 of 28 field goals during his career while also connecting on a school record 52 yarder. - Middle Tennessee Football

rSr/2023 K Alex UsryMiddle Tennessee
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  Middle Tennessee State announced this week it added two transfers to its football program, among them Statesville native Izaiah Gathings. Gathings committed in May. A school official said then that no announcement regarding the transfer would be made until he enrolled. Middle Tennessee State is a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and competes in Conference USA, a league that includes the Charlotte 49ers. "All I needed was a opportunity. I won't disappoint," Gathings wrote on Twitter. His post was accompanied by a picture of him in the Middle Tennessee State stadium sporting Blue Raiders paraphernalia. A 6-foot-4, 225-pound receiver, Gathings arrives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, having excelled for three seasons at Gardner-Webb, a member of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). During his stint with Gardner-Webb, Gathings recorded 101 receptions for 1,341 yards and 14 touchdowns. In 2019, he led the Runnin' Bulldogs with 71 receptions for 1,046 yards and 11 touchdowns. - Charlotte Observer

rSr/2023 TE Izaiah GathingsMiddle Tennessee
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  Middle Tennessee State University football has added transfers Tra Fluellen and Izaiah Gathings - both of whom are eligible to play for the 2021 season. Fluellen, a safety, joins the Blue Raiders after spending two years at Houston Baptist University, while Gathings, a wide receiver, comes to Murfreesboro from Gardner-Webb. The 6-foot-2, 207-pound Fluellen, who is from Gilmer, Texas, was named a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award (given to the top freshman in the FCS) and earned HERO Sports Freshman All-America First Team honors. Fluellen had 101 tackles as a freshman to finish third on the team. He also added two interceptions and three fumble recoveries. - Daily News Journal

rSr/2023 TE Izaiah GathingsMiddle Tennessee
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  They aren't strangers to college football and the stringent offseason workout routines that allow them to handle the wear and tear of a season. Both have played plenty of major college football, Pettaway spending four seasons at West Virginia and Rasul four years at Florida State. That experience factor was one of the reasons head coach Rick Stockstill and running backs coach Jeff Beckles were excited to get them to Murfreesboro, not to mention their physical attributes. "Amir, with his speed, we want to get him on the perimeter. He's a guy who came up in the track system, and when you get him in space, he's hard to bring down," Beckles said.

"Martell, he's done some big things in some big games. He transferred here from the Big 12 and has gone over 100 yards there a couple of times. He's been under the lights in the big stadiums and has done it, and we're hoping that carries over here and he can show guys that when we get into the stadium, this is how we react." Going through matt drills in January was maybe more exciting for Rasul and Pettaway than it would be in a normal year. Though they were a little winded at first, getting back into football shape really wasn't that tough, according to Rasul. "We had to go through matt drills and conditioning first, but after that, it's been pretty simple," he said. "We've been playing football forever, so you never lose it." - Middle Tennessee Football


rSr/2022 RB Amir RasulMiddle Tennessee
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  When quarterback Asher O'Hara entered the transfer portal in December, Middle Tennessee suddenly had a need for a new starting signal caller. Returners Chase Cunningham and Mike DiLiello immediately entered into the battle for the starting spot, but wide receiver CJ Windham helped head coach Rick Stockstill bring in one more name to add to the mix. The senior wideout has quite the chemistry with the newcomer, too. "As soon as Bailey went into the portal, I immediately hit up Coach Stock and told him this is something we need to make happen," Windham said. "This is one of those things you can't draw up...and an opportunity we couldn't pass up on." Bailey Hockman is a redshirt junior southpaw who's gained experience the last few years playing for Power 5 programs Florida State and North Carolina State. Before he was a heralded true freshman in 2017 at FSU, where he spent a season with Blue Raider running back Amir Rasul, he starred under the Friday night lights at powerhouse McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Georgia, an Atlanta suburb on the northwest side. Hockman was one of the best high school quarterbacks the state of Georgia has ever seen. - Middle Tennessee Football

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  North Carolina State quarterback Bailey Hockman plans to play at Middle Tennessee as a graduate transfer. Hockman announced he has committed to the Blue Raiders in a social-media post Thursday, about a week after announcing he would leave the Wolfpack. The redshirt junior and former Florida State transfer started nine games for N.C. State, helping the Wolfpack to eight wins and an appearance in the Gator Bowl. He threw for 1,820 yards and 12 touchdowns, starting the first two games before Devin Leary took over after being sidelined for much of preseason camp due to COVID-19 protocols. - AP College Football

rSr/2022 QB Bailey HockmanMiddle Tennessee
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  N.C. State was going to have a crowded quarterback room next season one way or another. A seat just opened up in that room. Bailey Hockman, the Georgia native who started nine games in the 2020 season, announced on Twitter Wednesday morning he was entering the transfer portal. "This university and program has done so much for my life as (an) athlete and man," Hockman wrote. "I want to personally thank coach Doeren and coach Beck for helping me become a better person on and off the field." In 10 games, Hockman led the team in passing with 2,088 yards and 13 touchdowns. Hockman also threw 11 interceptions this season, including three in the Wolfpack's 23-21 loss to Kentucky in the Gator Bowl on Jan. 2. In 17 career games at N.C. State Hockman passed for 2,185 yards. It's been an up and down two seasons in Raleigh for Hockman, who started his career at Florida State. He was beat out by redshirt sophomore Devin Leary in fall camp for the starting job, but it was Hockman, not Leary, who started the opener against Wake Forest. - Raleigh News Observer

rSr/2022 QB Bailey HockmanMiddle Tennessee
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  North Carolina State quarterback Bailey Hockman says he plans to leave the 24th-ranked Wolfpack as a graduate transfer. Hockman posted a statement on social media Wednesday announcing his decision. It came after the redshirt junior and former Florida State transfer started nine games for N.C. State, helping the Wolfpack to eight wins and an appearance in the Gator Bowl. Hockman threw for 1,820 yards and 12 touchdowns for N.C. State, starting the first two games before Devin Leary took over after being sidelined for much of preseason camp due to COVID-19 protocols. But Leary went down to a season-ending leg injury against Duke on Oct. 17, and Hockman started the final six games. - AP College Football

rSr/2022 QB Bailey HockmanMiddle Tennessee
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  2020 CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM: LS-Brody Butler, Middle Tennessee,...Butler was named Honorable Mention All-C-USA and C-USA All-Freshman...Played in all nine games as the team's primary snapper...Only had one bad snap all season in 58 attempts...Graded out a winner in all nine games. - Middle Tennessee Football

rSr/2025 LS Brody ButlerMiddle Tennessee
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  2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): LS - Brody Butler, Fr., Middle Tennessee,...Butler, a true freshman, handled all the snapping duties in 2020 and did not have a bad one all year. He also was selected to the All-Freshman Team. - Middle Tennessee Football

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  2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): WR - Jarrin Pierce, R-Sr., Middle Tennessee,...Pierce, who started all nine games, led the team with a personal-best 59 receptions for 584 yards and three touchdowns. - Middle Tennessee Football

rSr/2022 WR Jarrin PierceMiddle Tennessee
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  2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): OL - Robert Jones, Sr., Middle Tennessee,...Jones, who declared for the NFL Draft on Dec. 7, played in eight games and had seven starts while ranking second among linemen in snaps played. - Middle Tennessee Football

Sr/2021 OG Robert JonesMiddle Tennessee
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  A former Alabama commit is transferring away from Georgia. Offensive lineman Netori Johnson entered the NCAA transfer portal Thursday, AL.com has learned. The former four-star recruit had been away from the team since early in the season to focus on academics. He played in five games as a reserve in 2018 and appeared in four games as a backup defensive lineman in 2019 before ultimately switching back to the offensive line. - AL.com

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  Middle Tennessee State's football season is officially over. In Conference USA's adjusted schedule announced Saturday, MTSU was not included in any make-up games. The Blue Raiders finish the season 3-6 overall and 2-4 in the conference. "It has been a very long and challenging season and we felt it was time for the players to go home and be with family," MTSU athletic director Chris Massaro said in a school release. "There's not a book on how to navigate a virus in college football so we were all experiencing it for the first time and learning as we went. All involved deserve a lot of credit. "However, our overall record was not to our expectations and standards. All efforts in our football program will now point to focusing on the 2021 football season." MTSU had its last two games against FAU last week and UAB on Sunday canceled due to contract-tracing and an increase of COVID cases within the program. The Blue Raiders' home game against Charlotte was also postponed due to an increase in COVID cases with the 49ers. - Daily News Journal

rSr/2022 FS Reed BlankenshipMiddle Tennessee
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  Bailey Hockman threw for 309 yards and Ricky Person and Zonovan Knight each ran for a touchdown as North Carolina State beat Georgia Tech 23-13 in its regular-season finale Saturday. The win was the fourth straight for the Wolfpack (8-3, 7-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), marking the first time it has closed out the regular season with four straight wins since 2008. Hockman started slow, completing only one of his first six passes. He gradually settled in, completing 10 of his next 11 for 143 yards while engineering four consecutive first-half scoring drives. He ultimately completed 23 of 36 passes to nine receivers en route to his second straight 300-yard passing game. Despite outgaining N.C. State 412-397, Georgia Tech (3-6, 3-5) couldn't convert in Wolfpack territory. Jeff Sims completed 13 of 27 passes for 151 yards and rushed for 93 yards and a touchdown. Jordan Mason also chipped in with 99 rushing yards. - North Carolina State/AP College Football

rSr/2022 QB Bailey HockmanMiddle Tennessee
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