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  09/06/21 - Carson Strong, rJr/2022, Nevada, 6-3, 230 (DS#6 QB) + More +

  SEPT 6 MOUNTAIN WEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: CARSON STRONG, NEVADA, Junior, Quarterback, Vacaville, California/Wood HS,...Led Nevada to a come-from-behind victory on the road at Cal, winning 22-17, to secure the Wolf Pack's third win over an autonomous-5 opponent in five games...Completed 22 passes for 312 yards and two touchdowns...After trailing 14-0, gave the Wolf Pack the lead with 12 minutes left in the third quarter after hitting wide receiver Elijah Cooks for a 16-yard score...Completed passes for eight different receivers in the contest. - Mountain West Football

(DS#6 QB) rJr/2022 QB Carson Strong, Nevada
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  09/05/21 - Carson Strong, rJr/2022, Nevada, 6-3, 230 (DS#6 QB) + More +

  Nevada's whirlwind month as vagabonds ended with a very satisfying win. Carson Strong threw for 312 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Wolf Pack to a 22-17 victory over California on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. Nevada has been forced to adapt because of smoke from wildfires that made it impossible to practice outdoors on campus. That forced the Wolf Pack to travel nearly 2,000 miles and practice on basketball courts, conventions centers and even a hotel parking garage. "What we've had to go through this last month just to prepare to play was something - seven different fields we practiced on, we traveled 1,953 miles to be exact to different places to practice," coach Jay Norvell said. "We never cheated the kids on their preparation. We did everything we needed to do to get ready for this game. We didn't cut any corners. Boy did they respond." Strong connected on TDs to Romeo Doubs and Elijah Cooks for a happy homecoming to Northern California.

Strong grew up about an hour away from Memorial Stadium, attending Cal games and camps. But after a knee injury his senior year in high school in Vacaville the Bears didn't recruit him and he has turned into a star at Nevada. "I always want to win no matter what but this one is pretty sweet," Strong said. "This is probably my favorite one." Cal scored TDs on its first two drives but then stalled, going three-and-out on the next four drives. While the Bears couldn't move the ball, Nevada scored 22 straight points. The Wolf Pack cut the deficit to 14-13 at the half on a pair of field goals from Brandon Talton and Strong's 43-yard TD pass to Dobbs. Strong then put together an impressive drive to open the second half to give the Wolf Pack the lead for good. He completed a 17-yard pass to Cole Turner on third and 17, a 46-yarder to Tory Horton on third-and-9 and then a 16-yard TD to Cooks on the next play to make it 19-14. - Nevada/AP College Football

(DS#6 QB) rJr/2022 QB Carson Strong, Nevada
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  09/04/21 - Carson Strong, rJr/2022, Nevada, 6-3, 230 (DS#6 QB) + More +

  For the longest time, it didn't much matter who played quarterback for Nevada when the Wolf Pack faced Cal. Through 1945, the Golden Bears routinely had their way with Nevada, posting wins by scores like 81-6, 79-7 and 62-0, the latter included among 20 shutout victories Cal recorded against its neighbor to the east. After just one game over the next 65 years, a couple of prolific Nevada quarterbacks flipped the script in the two most recent meetings. In 2010, Colin Kaepernick powered the Wolf Pack to a 52-31 rout of Cal in Reno. Two years later, Nevada visited Berkeley on the occasion of Memorial Stadium's reopening and Cody Fajardo spoiled the party, leading the visitors to a 31-24 win.

The teams square off again Saturday night in the season opener at Memorial Stadium, their first meeting since 2012. And once again, the Wolf Pack will come at the Bears with a gifted quarterback. Carson Strong, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound junior from Vacaville, is projected as a first-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. He's not a runner, but Strong passed for 2,858 yards and 27 touchdowns and was intercepted on barely 1 percent of his pass attempts in a nine-game 2020 schedule. "He's got special arm talent that not too many guys have," said Elijah Hicks, Cal's fifth-year senior safety. Cal defensive coordinator Peter Sirmon, said watching film in preparation to play Strong has aged him: "I started getting the gray whiskers the last couple days." - Oakland Tribune

(DS#6 QB) rJr/2022 QB Carson Strong, Nevada
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  08/31/21 - Carson Strong, rJr/2022, Nevada, 6-3, 230 (DS#6 QB) + More +

  Chris Ault knows a thing of two about NFL quarterbacks. During his time at Nevada, he recruited or developed four that reached that level, including Colin Kaepernick, Jeff Rowe, John Dutton and David Fales, each spending at least one year at Nevada under Ault. The Hall of Fame coach also spent two seasons as an offensive consultant for the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs. He can see NFL talent when it presents itself, and when Ault first saw current Wolf Pack quarterback Carson Strong, he knew the Wolf Pack had something special.

"I think the world of Carson Strong," Ault told Nevada Sports Net. "He's come so far. He has tremendous poise. He's got a great arm. There's no question he is an NFL quarterback. There's no question about it because of the strength of his arm. ... We have one of the best wide receiver corps in the country, with any school. But I think Carson is the one who makes those guys go. He makes them better by his performance, and he's the right guy. He's very confident. He's led the team to some great wins. He knows what's excepted of him. And he knows the offense. That's very similar to our 2010 team with the quarterback situation being like it is." - NevadaSportsnet.com

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  08/27/21 - Carson Strong, rJr/2022, Nevada, 6-3, 230 (DS#6 QB) + More +

  The Reno Aces announced the NIL (name, image, likeness) signings of Nevada football players Kameron Toomer, Daiyan Henley and Elijah Cooks while also partnering with 2020 Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year quarterback Carson Strong. Nevada is the 17th state to sign a bill for college students to profit off their own name, image and likeness in May 2021, becoming effective on July 1, 2021.

"We're excited to be partnering with local athletes and students in northern Nevada," Aces Marketing Director Vince Ruffino said in a news release. "We hope to establish strong bonds with these student-athletes that we can carry over into future seasons and we have brought in a dynamic group of individuals to partner with us this year." Nevada's Strong is coming off a stellar season with the Wolf Pack, throwing for 2,858 yards and 27 touchdowns with a 70.1 completion percent on his way to Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year in 2020. The junior quarterback averaged an FBS-second-best 27.7 completions per game while ranking fourth with 317.6 passing yards per contest. Strong a steady following on Twitter (@Carsonstrong_) and Instagram (@carson12strong) with nearly 6,000 followers. - Reno Gazette Journal

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  08/20/21 - Carson Strong, rJr/2022, Nevada, 6-3, 230 (DS#6 QB) + More +

  Carson Strong has missed back-to-back practices and is expected to miss a few more, but Nevada football coach Jay Norvell isn't overly concerned about his star quarterback's availability for the season opener at Cal just yet. Strong has had three surgeries on his right knee, including two in the last few months. Irritation in that knee led to him being removed from action midway through Monday's practice. He didn't practice Tuesday or Wednesday and isn't expected to practice in the upcoming days. Strong had major surgery on his knee in 2017, which cost him his entire senior season of high school. He had surgery after the 2020 season on the same knee and arthroscopic surgery a few weeks before fall camp started to clear out scar tissue.

"His knee is fine," Norvell said after Wednesday's practice. "He had a surgery and structurally it's all fine. He had a little procedure done before camp just to take a look at it, a scope. That just kind of irritated it a little bit. He has a little swelling, but we're excited. He just had it checked again, and it's fine. He'll be out here in a couple of days." Strong has had his knee drained in recent days, and Norvell said the Wolf Pack won't rush him back considering Strong's experience. Strong, a potential early-round selection in the 2022 draft, is entering this third season as a starter for the Wolf Pack. So while it's not ideal that he missed all of spring camp and the early part of fall camp, Nevada is not sounding alarm bells on his availability when games begin. - Nevadasportsnet.com

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  08/17/21 - Carson Strong, rJr/2022, Nevada, 6-3, 230 (DS#6 QB) + More +

  NFL scouts have been prominent at Nevada football fall camp practices in the early going this season, and one of the big reasons for that is Carson Strong. The Wolf Pack's 6-foot-4 strong-armed quarterback has gotten first-round draft-pick buzz this offseason, with one mock draft putting him No. 1 overall. Nevada offensive coordinator Matt Mumme knows what a first overall draft pick looks like because he backed one up during his college playing days. Mumme played for Kentucky from 1997-99, overlapping with Tim Couch for two seasons.

Couch went No. 1 overall to the Cleveland Browns in 1999 following a standout college career under Hal Mumme, one of the inventors of the Air Raid offense and Matt's father. Both Mummes agree Strong is a better pro prospect than Couch, who in 1998 was a consensus All-American, the SEC player of the year and a Heisman Trophy finalist. Matt Mumme said his father, Hal, pegs Strong as a top-10 draft pick. "He thinks he's at least a top 10, and we both agree that he's better than Tim Couch ever was," Matt Mumme told Nevada Sports Net. "That's what I was telling the scouts. If I had somebody to try and compare him to, it'd be Tim Couch because Tim was the one I was around. But Carson is way smarter in football knowledge than Tim ever was, so that's where Carson kind of elevates above some guys." - NevadaSportsnet.com

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  08/07/21 - Carson Strong, rJr/2022, Nevada, 6-3, 230 (DS#6 QB) + More +

  The accolades continue to roll in for Nevada quarterback Carson Strong, who Thursday was named to his fourth preseason national watch list of the summer. Strong is one of two Mountain West quarterbacks included on the watch list, along with San Jose State's Nick Starkel. In total, 32 players made the watch list. The reigning MW offensive player of the year, Strong led the conference in passing yards (2,858), passing touchdowns (27), completion percentage (70.1) and ranked in the FBS top 10 in completions per game (27.7, second), passing yards per game (317.6, seventh), completion percentage (seventh), and touchdown passes (ninth) while coming in 11th in passing yards. Strong also has been named to the Maxwell Award, Davey O'Brien Award and CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy watch lists. - Northern Nevada Sports

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  07/25/21 - Carson Strong, rJr/2022, Nevada, 6-3, 230 (DS#6 QB) + More +

  Much of the 2021 preseason All-Mountain West football team ended up looking a lot like last year's final All-MW team, and that turned out to be a good thing for Nevada. The Wolf Pack placed four players onto the preseason team, announced Thursday at the conference's annual football media summit. All four finished the 2020 season as first-team All-Mountain West selections. Nevada quarterback Carson Strong led the way for the Pack, being named as the MW's preseason offensive player of the year and also first-team quarterback. He was joined on the first team by receiver Romeo Doubs, tight end Cole Turner and kicker Brandon Talton. Strong led the MW last season in passing yards (2,858), touchdowns (27), and completion percentage (70.1 percent). - Reno Gazette Journal

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  05/02/21 - Carson Strong, rJr/2022, Nevada, 6-3, 230 (DS#6 QB) + More +

  Reigning Mountain West player of the year Carson Strong will sit out Saturday's action as he recovers from knee surgery, but that's not necessarily a terrible outcome for the Wolf Pack. Strong's absence will allow for more repetitions for the rest of Nevada's quarterbacking corps, and that's a pretty big deal for a team that would like to have a firm No. 2 player at the position. Look for Nate Cox and Jake Barlage to get the starting roles Saturday, along with most of the reps. Nevada's latest roster also shows Hamish McClure and Jonah Chong at quarterback. - Reno Gazette Journal

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  04/17/21 - Jacob Nunez, rSr/2025, Nevada, 6-3, 275 (DS#999 OG) + More +

  The Arizona State Sun Devils have spent the last few years trying to add depth on the offensive line, so much so that the position is better stocked than it has been in the last six or so years. So one has opted to seek playing time elsewhere. Freshman Jacob Nunez, a product of Lompoc High School (California) has entered the transfer portal. The 6-foot-3, 315-pounder was part of the 2020 signing class but did not play in any of the Sun Devils four games last season. ASU wrapped up spring drills late last month with Nunez getting reps primarily with the third team. ASU has 19 other scholarship linemen and heads into the 2021 season in solid shape with the return of four of its its five starters. Nunez, a three-star recruit by all major recruiting service, committed to ASU on July 4, 2019 and enrolled in January of 2020. He as ranked as the No. 89 offensive guard and and No. 127 overall prospect in California's 2020 recruiting class in the 247Sports Composite tally. - Arizona Republic

(DS#999 OG) rSr/2025 OG Jacob Nunez, Nevada
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  04/04/21 - Sean Dollars, rSr/2026, Nevada, 5-09, 202 (DS#999 RB) + More +

  Oregon's backfield suffered a significant blow this winter. Ducks running back Sean Dollars injured his leg and will be out indefinitely but into next season. "He'll be out for the summer," Oregon coach Mario Cristobal said Thursday after the first spring practice. "We expect him back during the season at some point." Dollars had eight carries for 47 yards last season, with nearly all of it coming in the Pac-12 Championship game against USC. - The Oregonian

(DS#999 RB) rSr/2026 RB Sean Dollars, Nevada
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  03/20/21 - Chubba Purdy, rSr/2026, Nevada, 6-1, 205 (DS#999 WR) + More +

  Florida State coach Mike Norvell said redshirt freshman quarterback Chubba Purdy won't participate in the remainder of spring camp. Purdy appeared in three games last season including one start against NC State before having to undergo season-ending surgery on a broken collarbone in November. He had surgery back in August for the injury but was forced to go under the knife again in order to have the hardware previously inserted into his collarbone removed after it began causing irritation and inflammation. - Orlando Sentinel

(DS#999 WR) rSr/2026 WR Chubba Purdy, Nevada
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  01/19/21 - Harry Ballard III, rSr/2022, Nevada, 6-2, 204 (DS#184 WR) + More +

  2021 ALL-SWAC PRESEASON FIRST TEAM (COACHES): WR Harry Ballard III, Senior, Arkansas-Pine Bluff,...Ballard III (6-3, 205; Sr, St. Louis, Mo.) was fourth in the conference in both receptions (52) and receiving yards (938), and was fifth in touchdown receptions. He posted five 100-yard receiving games, and caught touchdowns in six games, including three multi-TD games. Ballard caught five passes for a season-high 147 yards and two touchdowns against Langston and had a season-high nine receptions for 144 yards and two touchdowns against Grambling. - Arkansas-Pine Bluff Football

(DS#184 WR) rSr/2022 WR Harry Ballard III, Nevada
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  01/14/21 - Carson Strong, rJr/2022, Nevada, 6-3, 230 (DS#6 QB) + More +

  An impressive bowl win helped Nevada to finish the 2020 football season ranked among the best teams in the country. The Wolf Pack (7-2) finished just shy of the top 25 in both the USA Today coaches' poll and the Associated Press Top 25 media poll, the two most prestigious national polls in college football. Nevada's season ended with a 38-27 win over Tulane in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in December. The Pack received 17 voting points in the USA Today poll, finishing seventh in the "others receiving votes" designation. Mountain West champion San Jose State (7-1) finished No. 24 in the poll, with 100 points. Boise State, which lost the Mountain West championship game to SJSU, received six points in the final balloting. In the final AP Top 25 poll, Nevada received seven points. San Jose State, the only other MW team to receive a vote, matched its coaches' poll finish by coming in at No. 24 in the AP balloting. - Reno Gazette Journal

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