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07/28/20 - Jace Lewis, rSr/2022, Montana + More +

2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT BIG SKY PRESEASON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: LB Jace Lewis, Montana, Sr.,...Lewis totaled 131 tackles last season, placing him among the top-25 in the FCS for total stops. He tied for third in the league in solo tackles with 65 and was eighth in the conference in tackles for loss with 12, and posted a career single-game high of 17 tackles at Sac St. and had six games with double-digit tackles. - Montana football

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ILB Jace Lewis, Montana
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07/28/20 - Jace Lewis, rSr/2022, Montana + More +

2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT PRESEASON ALL-FCS FIRST TEAM: LB Jace Lewis, Montana, Sr.,...Lewis was the No. 5 tackler in the Big Sky and a top-25 FCS tackler with 131 stops in 2019...Tied for third in the Big Sky in solo tackles with 65...No. 8 in the league in TFLs with 12...Posted a career-high 17 tackles at Sac St...Totaled six games with double-digit tackles. - Montana Football

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ILB Jace Lewis, Montana
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07/28/20 - Robby Hauck, rSr/2023, Montana + More +

2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT PRESEASON ALL-FCS THIRD TEAM: DB Robby Hauck, Montana, Jr.,...Hauck enters his junior season already among the top-40 tacklers in Montana history with 224 stops to his name...Has averaged nearly nine tackles per game in two seasons heading into the 2020 season...Hauck posted the fourth-most tackles in the Big Sky and the fourth-most in the FCS by any sophomore with 129 in 2019. - Montana Football

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FS Robby Hauck, Montana
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07/28/20 - Conlan Beaver, rSr/2022, Montana + More +

2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT PRESEASON ALL-FCS FOURTH TEAM: OL Conlan Beaver, Montana, Sr.,...Named "The best player in the FCS who wears No. 78" in the leadup to the 2020 season by HERO Sports, Beaver is expected to cap his career as one of the top tackles in the Big Sky...One of the most experienced players on the team, enters the year with 34 appearances and 24 starts. - Montana Football

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OT Conlan Beaver, Montana
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07/28/20 - Malik Flowers, rSr/2023, Montana + More +

2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT PRESEASON ALL-FCS FIRST TEAM: KR Malik Flowers, Montana, Jr.,...Flowers enters his junior season after two years as one of the most dominant kick returners in FCS football...Expected to feature more in Montana's rotation of receivers this season as well as handling kick return duties...Enters the season with 1,486 career kick return yards, needing 600 yards to break school record. - Montana Football

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WR Malik Flowers, Montana
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07/28/20 - Matthew ODonoghue, rSr/2022, Montana + More +

2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT PRESEASON ALL-FCS FIRST TEAM: LS Matthew O'Donoghue, Montana, Sr.,...2019 Phil Steele Preseason 1st Team All-American...Phil Steele Preseason 2nd Team All-Big Sky...O'Donoghue returns for his senior season after a consensus All-American season as a junior...Expected to handle the snapping duties for a fourth-straight year. - Montana Football

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LS Matthew ODonoghue, Montana
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03/06/20 - Samuel Akem, rSr/2022, Montana + More +

Montana and football coach Bobby Hauck have agreed on a four-year contract that runs through January 2024. "I am excited to have Coach Hauck under contract for four more years leading the football program," athletic director Kent Haslam said in a statement Friday. "He is the right person for the job, and I appreciate his commitment and loyalty to the University of Montana. He is building a program for lasting success both in the classroom and on the football field."

Hauck's teams posted an 80-17 record at Montana from 2003 to 2009. He returned to Montana for the 2018 season and his teams have posted a 16-9 record the past two seasons. The Grizzlies qualified for the FCS playoffs last season for the first time since 2015. Under the new contract, Hauck's base salary, car allowance, retention incentive and pay for appearances at UM Athletics and Grizzly Scholarship Association events total $276,000 for the first year. He could earn another $174,000 in bonuses based on season ticket sales, academic performance, wins, playoff wins and awards, including a $50,000 bonus if the Grizzlies win the FCS national championship. - AP College Football

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WR Samuel Akem, Montana
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02/10/20 - Dante Olson, rSr/2020, Montana + More +

2020 NFL COMBINE INVITE: Dante Olson, ILB, Montana,...Olson will join 336 other prospects at this year's combine, all looking to make their NFL dreams come true. Workouts begin on Thursday, Feb. 27, with tight ends, quarterbacks and wideouts. Olson is set to compete with fellow linebackers and defensive lineman on Saturday, Feb. 29. One of 44 linebackers to receive an invite to the combine, Olson is the only player at that position from the FCS ranks to receive an invite, and one of just 12 players from the subdivision to book a trip to Indy. The only other player from the Big Sky Conference to receive an invite was Portland State tight end Charlie Taumoepeau. Since earning his degree from UM in December, Olson has been living in Northern California training for his combine opportunity. He is the first Grizzly since Zack Wagenmann in 2015 to compete at the combine. - Montana Football

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ILB Dante Olson, Montana
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01/12/20 - Dante Olson, rSr/2020, Montana + More +

2019 AFCA FCS COACHES' FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: LB Dante Olson, R-Sr., Montana,...Olson posted the second-most tackles in all of college football during his senior season with 179 total stops, breaking the Big Sky Conference record for single-season tackles and his own school record set as a junior. In just two years as a starter, Olson finished his career at Montana with 397 total tackles to become the leading tackler in Montana history, passing Grizzly Sports Hall of Famer Vince Huntsberger's school-record 393 career tackles. - Montana Football

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ILB Dante Olson, Montana
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01/11/20 - Dante Olson, rSr/2020, Montana + More +

2019 BUCK BUCHANAN AWARD WINNER: Every. Single. Award. Montana linebacker Dante Olson has taken home virtually every award an FCS football player can earn after leading the subdivision in tackles for a second-straight season with an eyewatering 179 stops as a senior. A consensus All-American, he's already earned Montana's Steve Carlson team MVP award, the Big Sky's Defensive Player of the Year award, Phil Steele Magazine's Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year, and the FCS Athletic Directors Association Defensive MVP. That's not to mention the prestigious awards he's taken home for his work off the field as a National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete and William V. Campbell Trophy Finalist and a member of the 2019 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.

Olson cemented his place in Grizzly history as a Buchanan Award winner by beating out a field of 26 semifinalists, including Ron'Dell Carter of James Madison and Sully Laiche of Nicholls, both defensive ends. Carter, the Colonial Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Year, finished the regular season with 25.5 tackles for loss and 11.5 sacks, while Laiche had similar to the Southland Conference's Defensive Player of the Year with 22.5 TFLs and 12 sacks. - Montana Football

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ILB Dante Olson, Montana
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12/20/19 - Dante Olson, rSr/2020, Montana + More +

Illinois State running back James Robinson and Montana linebacker Dante Olson headline the 2019 AFCA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Coaches' All-America Team announced today by the American Football Coaches Association. The AFCA has selected an All-America team since 1945 and currently selects teams in all five of its divisions. What makes these teams so special is that they are the only ones chosen exclusively by the men who know the players the best — the coaches themselves. Robinson led the Missouri Valley Football Conference in rushing yards (1,917), yards per game (127.8) and touchdowns (18). He recorded eight 100-plus yard rushing efforts, including a school-record breaking 297-yard effort in the first-round at Southeast Missouri State. After leading the FCS in tackles for two-straight seasons, Olson repeated as an AFCA All-American after breaking the Big Sky record for tackles in a season with 179. In just two seasons as a starter, Olson became Montana's all-time leader in tackles with 397 stops. He also added 11 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and four passes defended. - American Football Coaches Association

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ILB Dante Olson, Montana
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11/27/19 - Dante Olson, rSr/2020, Montana + More +

2019 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Inside Linebacker Dante Olson, Senior, Montana,...Olson, who started the year as the league's Preseason Defensive MVP, lived up to the hype in 2019 once again leading the FCS in total tackles. To get there, he posted double-digit tackles in eight of Montana's 12 games, including a season-high 18 stops against Montana State and Idaho State and a game-high 14 against the Oregon Ducks. Not only were his 151 tackles the best in the league and FCS, they are the second-most in all of D-I football to date after California's Evan Weaver, who currently leads the nation with 164 stops. Combined with his junior season total of 151, Olson now has 302 tackles in 23 games as a two-year starter (an average of 13.1 per game), bringing his career total to 369, just 25 shy of breaking Montana's all-time record of 393 set by Vince Huntsberger (1998-2001). - Montana Football

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ILB Dante Olson, Montana
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11/27/19 - Jace Lewis, rSr/2022, Montana + More +

2019 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Inside Linebacker Jace Lewis, Junior, Montana,...Lewis finished the regular season at the Big Sky's fourth-leading tackler with 116 stops to his name a top-20 finisher in sacks (4.0) and tackles for loss (9.5). He posted double-digit tackle totals in five of UM's last eight games, including a career-high 17 at Sacramento State and 16 to earn Big Sky Player of the Week honors against Weber State along with Toure. - Montana Football

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ILB Jace Lewis, Montana
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11/27/19 - Jerry Louie-McGee, rSr/2020, Montana + More +

2019 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Punt Returner Jerry Louie-McGee, Senior, Montana,...Louie-McGee was Montana's only other unanimous first-team selection as a punt returner, and for good reason. "Mr. Electricity" led the league in punt return yards by more than 8 yards per attempt with a 17.1 yards per return average - the fourth-most in the FCS. The senior also became Montana's all-time leader in pass receptions this season, bringing his record-setting total to 221 – currently tied for the 11th-most in Big Sky history. - Montana Football

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WR Jerry Louie-McGee, Montana
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11/27/19 - Robby Hauck, rSr/2023, Montana + More +

2019 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Defensive Back Robby Hauck, Sophomore, Montana,...After receiving an all-conference honorable mention as a freshman, Hauck landed second-team honors after finishing third in the Big Sky in tackles with 120, good enough to place him thirteenth in the FCS in tackling and giving him the second-most tackles in the nation for a defensive back. Hauck's career tackle total currently sits at 215, placing him among UM's top-40 all-time tacklers with two seasons yet to play. - Montana Football

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