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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: North Carolina Central
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  2022 PRESEASON ALL-MEAC CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DB Manny Smith, r-Jr., North Carolina Central,...Smith (R-Jr., 6-0, 180, Laurel Hill, N.C.) placed third on the squad with 61 tackles, including a team-high 44 solo stops, with a sack, two pass break-ups, an interception, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. He was named Defensive MVP of the MEAC/SWAC Challenge with 10 takedowns, a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the win over Alcorn State. - North Carolina Central Football

rSr/2024 SS Manny Smith, North Carolina Central
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  2022 PRESEASON ALL-MEAC CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DL Jessie Malit, r-Sr., North Carolina Central,...Malit (R-Sr., 6-3, 235, Concord, N.C.) received All-MEAC Third Team honors after collecting 28 tackles with 5.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage. His 3.5 sacks tied for the team lead and ranked fifth in the conference. - North Carolina Central Football

rSr/2023 OLB Jessie Malit, North Carolina Central
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  2022 PRESEASON ALL-MEAC CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): RS Brandon Codrington, Jr., North Carolina Central,...Codrington (Jr., 5-9, 170, Raleigh, N.C.) earned All-MEAC First Team and BOXTOROW HBCU All-America awards as the third-leading punt returner in NCAA Division I-FCS with a MEAC-best 15.0-yard punt return average. He also ranked second in the league with a 22.5-yard kickoff return average. - North Carolina Central Football

rSr/2024 CB Brandon Codrington, North Carolina Central
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  2022 PRESEASON ALL-MEAC CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): QB Davius Richard, Jr., North Carolina Central,...Richard (Jr., 6-3, 200, Belle Glade, Fla.) claimed All-MEAC Second Team recognition in 2021, after ranking second in the MEAC with 2,496 yards of total offense, an average of 226.9 total yards per contest. He threw for 2,133 yards to become just the second quarterback in NCCU history to register more than 2,000 passing yards in consecutive seasons, while completing 58.0% of his passes (177-for-305) and accounting for 23 total touchdowns (15 passing, 8 rushing). After his first two seasons (2019, 2021), Richard ranks eighth on NCCU's all-time career passing list with 4,153 passing yards, and seventh in career total offense with 4,761 total yards. - North Carolina Central Football

rSr/2024 QB Davius Richard, North Carolina Central
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  2022 PRESEASON ALL-MEAC CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): PK Adrian Olivo, Jr., North Carolina Central,...Olivo (Jr., 5-10, 160, Plant City, Fla.) garnered an All-MEAC First Team citation after leading the MEAC with 11 field goals made and ranking second in the nation in field goal percentage (91.7%), converting 11 of 12 field goal attempts with a long of 43 yards. He also topped the Eagles in scoring with 58 points. - North Carolina Central Football

Sr/2024 K Adrian Olivo, North Carolina Central
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  Latrell Collier ran for two second-half touchdowns, including a 51-yarder early in the fourth quarter, as North Carolina Central ran past Howard, 45-27 on Saturday. The Eagles amassed 293 yards on the ground and ran for all six of their touchdowns. Collier led the way with 115 yards on 13 carries. Quinton Williams scored from the 4 to put Howard up 7-0 to start the game and Ian Wheeler punched it over from the 8 to give the Bison a 14-7 lead after one quarter, but NC Central roared back to take a 24-14 lead at the half after Adrian Olivo converted a 24-yards field goal as time expired. Davius Richard ran for two first-half touchdowns, gained 42 yards on six carries and completed 15 of 20 passes for 237 yards. Jorden Freeman raced 23 yards for a score in the second quarter for North Carolina Central (5-5, 3-1 Mid-Eastern). Wheeler ran for two touchdowns for Howard (2-8, 1-4) and Williams added a 19-yard touchdown pass to Antoine Murray from with 1:04 left in the game. - AP College Football

rSr/2024 RB Latrell Collier, North Carolina Central
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  Isaiah Totten's 5-yard scoring run and Davius Richard's pass to Daeshawn Stephens for the two-point conversion in double overtime sent North Carolina Central past Norfolk State 38-36 on Saturday. With the win, the Eagles (4-5, 2-1 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) ended Norfolk State's (6-3, 2-1) six-game winning streak. The Spartans built a 21-0 advantage before North Carolina Central rallied. Latrell Collier scored on a 27-yard run, Richard threw a 22-yard pass to Devin Smith and Adrian Olivo's 31-yard field goal with 14 seconds before halftime reduced NCCU's deficit to 21-17. The Eagles took their first lead when Richard threw a 29-yard scoring pass to Ryan McDaniel with 2:19 left in the third. Richard threw for 182 yard and two scores. JJ Davis ran for 217 yards and three touchdowns on 18 carries, the most rushing yards by a Spartan since Daryl Jones' 256 against Florida A&M in 2007. Juwan Carter entered needing eight yards passing to surpass Aaron Sparrow as the Spartans' all-time leader. He finished with 155 and now has 8,906 for his career. - AP College Football

rSr/2022 RB Isaiah Totten, North Carolina Central
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  Davius Richard threw touchdown passes to four different receivers, including three in the second half, and North Carolina Central rallied for a 28-17 victory over Morgan State in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play on Saturday. Richard, who completed 16 of 20 passes for 242 yards with one interception, knotted the score at 7 with his first TD toss - a 2-yarder to Quentin Chaplin with 1:37 left in the first quarter. That was all the scoring until Kluivert Akubuo-Onwuemeka nailed a 25-yard field goal with 5:08 left in the second to give Morgan State a 10-7 halftime lead.

Richard gave the Eagles (3-4) a 14-10 lead in their MEAC opener with a 31-yard scoring strike to Isiah Macklin midway through the third quarter. The Bears (0-7, 0-3) answered with Romello Kimbrough's 55-yard TD run for a 17-14 lead, but Richard gave NCCU the lead for good when he connected with Andrew Smith for a 53-yard score on the ensuing drive. Richard wrapped up the win with an 18-yard TD toss to Latrell Collier with 5:22 left to play. Neil Boudreau completed 22 of 35 passes for 193 yards with a TD and an interception for Morgan State. His 19-yard scoring toss to Wesley Wolfolk gave the Bears a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. - AP College Football

rSr/2024 QB Davius Richard, North Carolina Central
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  SEPT 20 MEAC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: North Carolina Central's Adrian Olivo (K, 5-10, 160, So., Plant City, Fla.) kicked a pair of field goals in helping the Eagles come back for the win against Winston-Salem State, including a career-long 43-yarder in the third quarter. - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Football

Sr/2024 K Adrian Olivo, North Carolina Central
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  SEPT 13 MEAC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: North Carolina Central's Juan Velarde (P, 5-10, 180, Fr., Anderson, S.C.) averaged 43.8 yards per punt, recording three punts of more than 50 yards, including a long of 54 yards. He had one kick inside the 20-yard line. - MEAC Football

Sr/2025 P Juan Velarde, North Carolina Central
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  Latrell Collier rushed for a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns as North Carolina Central rallied to defeat Division II Winston-Salem State 20-13 in a Saturday night comeback before 10,918 in its first home game in 672 days. Collier burst over the left side from the 2, scoring the game-winner with 1:41 left on the clock. N.C. Central held Winston-Salem without a first down and took over on downs with under a minute left. Four seconds into the fourth quarter, Collier had barreled over the middle from the one to knot the score at 13-13. Winston-Salem had taken a 13-6 lead into the final period on a pair of Jobanni Esparza field goals and a 19-yard touchdown pass from Cameron Lewis to Antjuan Collins. The Eagles previous home game was on Nov. 16, 2019, against S.C. State. - AP College Football

rSr/2024 RB Latrell Collier, North Carolina Central
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  Brandon Codrington took a fourth-quarter punt on one bounce then left everyone behind with a 77-yard return and North Carolina Central opened the season with a 23-14 victory over Alcorn State on Saturday. The victory was Eagles' first over the Braves in their six-game series history. Both teams were playing for the first time since the end of the 2019 season. The Eagles fell behind 7-0 after their first three drives ended in punts. But they found their footing, scoring on four of their next five possessions, including a pair of touchdown runs by Davius Richard and Adrian Olivo's field goal before Codrington's punt return. The one nonscoring possession during that run ended with a fumble which led to Alcorn State's second touchdown. Richard threw for 184 yards and rushed for 64. Alcorn State's Felix Harper threw two touchdown passes and Stadford Anderson rushed for 128 yards on 11 carries. - AP/North Carolina Central Football

rSr/2024 CB Brandon Codrington, North Carolina Central
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  OrTre Smith is ready for his true sophomore year at South Carolina. If he had to wait three years to get here, that's just the hand he was dealt. "I feel great. Knee is great," said Smith, who was an Army All-American coming out of Wando High School in 2017. "My knee situation, that's over with now. I feel completely fine. The little year and a half, that was just something I had to go through. I'm past that." That was Smith catching a pass between a corner and a linebacker at practice the other day, then turning upfield, no knee brace in sight. His body looked slimmer, his speed strong.

Some of the newcomers at practice asked who that was. Smith's name was pointed to, along with his "redshirt senior" designation. Yes, that's correct. Smith has been at USC for five years, and he's just now completely ready to play his true second season. The first time he tried a balky knee sent him down a path he is happy to revisit, but only to illustrate how far he's come. "When I got my knee injury my sophomore year, I wasn't thinking a long-term thing. It was, 'OK, I'm hurt, I've been hurt before, I'll be fine next year," Smith said. "My junior year, that's when everything kind of hit me. I couldn't play like I used to play. I never thought about quitting at all. But it weighed on me." - The Post and Courier

rSr/2023 WR OrTre Smith, North Carolina Central
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  What if he could get back to the form he had as a freshman, when he started 10 games, caught 30 passes and scored three touchdowns? What if he and his 6-4, 227-pound frame could supply the Gamecocks with a sorely needed receiver, since they're really starting over at quarterback and their most dependable returning pass-catcher is a tight end? "I feel like OrTre stepped to the plate as we know he could," said cornerback Cam Smith, who often draws the assignment of covering Smith in practice. "He's making great strides to be the No. 1 receiver here." OrTre Smith has certainly looked good thus far, no extra wraps or braces on his knee and a hulking presence in the receiver group. A strong work ethic and unshakeable belief in himself wouldn't let him leave this opportunity on the table. "I've been having flashes in my head of what I can really do if I'm 100 percent healthy. I know what I can do. You guys haven't seen it," Smith declared. "I had a little flash my freshman year. Me personally, I know I could be the best to ever do it if I stay healthy and get in shape." There's that phrase again. "If I stay healthy." The knee limited him to two games in 2018 and while he played in nine games the next year, he wasn't the same. Then he was gone for 2020, meaning Smith hasn't actually played since Nov. 30, 2019. - The Post and Courier

rSr/2023 WR OrTre Smith, North Carolina Central
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  North Carolina Central says it will opt out of a spring football season due to concerns about health and safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The school announced the decision Thursday, saying the team would have spring practices to prepare for a fall season. The Eagles are part of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in the Championship Subdivision, which delayed its football season until spring amid the pandemic. - AP College Football

rSr/2022 RB Isaiah Totten, North Carolina Central
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