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OCT 5 CONFERENCE USA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: WKU redshirt sophomore K Brayden Narveson converted both of his field goal attempts and each of his extra-point attempts in the Hilltoppers' narrow 20-17 victory at Middle Tennessee on Saturday. The Scottsdale, Arizona, native connected on field goals of 47 and 53 yards in the matchup and is now 3-for-3 this season on field goal attempts. Narveson's 53-yarder ranks third all-time in 102 seasons of Hilltopper Football and is currently tied for the fifth-longest field goal make in the nation this season. - Conference USA Football

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K Brayden Narveson, North Carolina State
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10/05/20 - Grayson McCall, rSr/2025, North Carolina State, 6-2, 221 (DS#999 QB) + More +

OCT 5 SUN BELT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Grayson McCall, Coastal Carolina,...In only the third start of his career, the redshirt freshman connected on 20-of-29 pass attempts for 322 yards, four touchdowns, and one interception. The 20 completions, four touchdown passes, and 322 passing yards were all career-highs for the young Chant quarterback who was making the third start of his career. He linked up with six different Chant receivers on the day and also rushed 17 times for 44 yards, the second-most by a Chant in the win. After Arkansas State took a 7-0 lead late in the first quarter and put the Chants behind on the scoreboard for the first time all season, McCall immediately answered with a 72-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Likely on the very first play of CCU's ensuing offensive series to tie the game up in just 12 seconds. He also led CCU on an 18-play, 94-yard touchdown drive in the second quarter that took 8:38 off the game clock. The 18-play scoring drive that took 8:38 off the clock is the longest scoring drive in terms of plays (18) and time (8:38) in CCU football history. For the game, with McCall at the helm of the offense, CCU dominated the time of possession at 41:21 to 18:39. - Sun Belt Football

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QB Grayson McCall, North Carolina State
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10/03/20 - Grayson McCall, rSr/2025, North Carolina State, 6-2, 221 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Grayson McCall threw for 322 yards and four touchdowns to lead Coastal Carolina to a 52-23 victory over Arkansas State in both teams' Sun Belt Conference opener on Saturday. The Chanticleers are 3-0 -- including a victory at Kansas on Sept. 12 -- for the first time since 2015 after dominating time of possession by over 22 minutes. It was their first game since a win over Campbell on Sept. 18. Coastal Carolina completed a 94-yard drive that took over 8 1/2 minutes -- the longest drive in program history by both time and distance -- on McCall's 3-yard touchdown pass to CJ Marable with under minute left in the first half for a 24-14 lead. The Chanticleers added a nearly eight-minute drive to open the second half with McCall hitting Kameron Brown with a 3-yard score to lead 31-14. McCall, a redshirt freshman, was 20-of-29 passing, including a 72-yard score to Isaiah Likely. Jaivon Heiligh had 93 yards receiving and a score. The Chanticleers rolled up 539 total yards. - AP College Football

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QB Grayson McCall, North Carolina State
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10/01/20 - Brennan Armstrong, rSr/2024, North Carolina State, 6-1, 199 (DS#24 QB) + More +

Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong has only started one game in his college career, but Clemson coach Dabo Swinney has seen enough to compare him to an all-time great. Swinney said Armstrong looked like "a young Steve Young out there" last Saturday in Virginia's 38-20 win over Duke. The sophomore completed 24 of 45 passes for 269 yards against the Blue Devils, with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Armstrong also rushed for 47 yards and a score. "He's a challenge. He's a problem. He's a really good player," Swinney said. "He looks like a young Steve Young out there. Lefty, crafty, creative, extends plays, tough runner, really good size, accurate thrower, really has no fear. Puts the ball up and trusts his guys to make competitive plays."

Young, a three-time Super Bowl champion and Pro Football Hall of Famer, was named the NFL MVP in 1992 and 1994. He starred at BYU before beginning his NFL career and is also in the College Football Hall of Fame. Armstrong will obviously have a tough time reaching any of those accolades, but Tigers defensive coordinator Brent Venables echoed Swinney in stating that he was impressive in his first start. "I thought Armstrong really had a lot of poise and managed the game well and played really big when they needed him to," Venables said of the 6-foot-2, 215 pounder. "He's a tough guy to emulate, just his sheer size. He's a big athlete back there that can throw it and run it both, so a tough guy to emulate to say the least." - The State

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QB Brennan Armstrong, North Carolina State
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09/30/20 - Teshaun Smith, rSr/2024, North Carolina State, 6-3, 190 (DS#999 CB) + More +

N.C. State is barely three weeks into the football season and the injury woes that upset its roster last year are starting to emerge. Junior cornerback Teshaun Smith posted on his Instagram account Sunday night that he will miss the remainder of the 2020 season. He will undergo shoulder surgery and return in 2021. The school also confirmed that Smith won't return this season. Smith, who's 6-3 and 186 pounds, was in for 56 plays in the season opener against Wake Forest on Sept. 19. He finished the game with three tackles. Smith, who's from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has played in 17 games and had five starts for the Wolfpack. He has one career interception and 28 tackles. He was on the sideline but not in uniform this past Saturday during the Wolfpack's 45-24 loss at Virginia Tech. - Raleigh News Observer

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CB Teshaun Smith, North Carolina State
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09/29/20 - Brennan Armstrong, rSr/2024, North Carolina State, 6-1, 199 (DS#24 QB) + More +

The Brennan Armstrong era at Virginia began Saturday. It went how you might expect a redshirt sophomore's first college start to go. Throughout the night, the left-handed quarterback had highs and lows. He completed 24 of his 45 passes for 269 yards. He found freshman wide receiver Lavel Davis Jr. for two touchdowns, but he also tossed two interceptions. On the ground, Armstrong showcased quickness and a willingness to lower his shoulder. He turned 10 carries into 47 yards and a touchdown. Armstrong's debut ended with a victory, and he showcased raw talent, but there's plenty to work on ahead of next week. "He's tough, he's competitive and he's resilient," Mendenhall said. "It was a slow start. Momentum was being generated with every repetition and there's lessons that were being learned the whole step of the way." - Charlottesville Daily Progress

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QB Brennan Armstrong, North Carolina State
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09/27/20 - Khalid Martin, rJr/2024, North Carolina State, 6-0, 192 (DS#999 FS) + More +

North Carolina State says safety Khalid Martin is being discharged from a Virginia hospital with no "radiographic abnormalities" after being examined for a possible spinal cord injury. The football team tweeted the update Sunday, a day after Martin collided with teammate Tyler Baker-Williams while attempting to tackle a Virginia Tech player in the third quarter of a 45-24 loss. The game was delayed for approximately 15 minutes while the N.C. State sports medicine staff attended to Martin. He was taken from the field in an ambulance to a hospital for what the N.C. State communications staff initially said was a hip injury. The Wolfpack said on Twitter that Martin was heading back to Raleigh on Sunday after being discharged from Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, where he underwent further examination. - AP College Football

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FS Khalid Martin, North Carolina State
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09/26/20 - Brennan Armstrong, rSr/2024, North Carolina State, 6-1, 199 (DS#24 QB) + More +

Brennan Armstrong and Lavel Davis Jr. teamed up on a pair of early fourth-quarter touchdown passes and Virginia rallied past Duke, 38-20, on Saturday night. Armstrong hit Davis, a freshman, on an 18-yard fade route in the left corner of the end zone to give the Cavaliers (1-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) a 24-20 lead. After Joey Blount's interception, he hit him for 26 yards, with Davis pulling away from two Duke defenders about eight yards from the end zone and powering his way in. The Blue Devils (0-3, 0-3), whose games have all come in the season debut of their opponent, turned the ball over seven times after hurting their cause with five turnovers last week in a loss to Boston College.

Their start is their worst since the 2010 team lost its first six games. Wayne Taulapapa ran for a pair of touchdown for the Cavaliers, including a 10-yard burst with about 5 minutes left that put the game away. It came after Duke backup quarterback Gunnar Holmberg fumbled the ball on a fourth-and-1 play from the Blue Devils' 29. Armstrong finished 24 for 45 for 269 yards in his first career start with two interceptions. Taulapapa gained 95 yards, a career-high, on 16 carries. The Cavaliers have now won six straight in the series. - AP College Football

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QB Brennan Armstrong, North Carolina State
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09/21/20 - Ricky Person Jr., Sr/2022, North Carolina State, 6-1, 215 (DS#48 RB) + More +

SEPT 21 ACC RUNNING BACK OF THE WEEK: Ricky Person Jr., NC State, Jr., RB, Wake Forest, N.C.,...Rushed for 99 yards on 14 carries to lead the Wolfpack in Saturday night's 45-42 win over visiting Wake Forest...Highest rushing total since his freshman year after being hampered by injury last season...Averaged 7.1 yards per carry and scored a pair of touchdowns, including a three-yard run that put the Wolfpack ahead to stay in the fourth quarter...Threw a two-yard touchdown pass to WR Devin Carter...Set up NC State's first touchdown of the season with a 33-yard run...Added a 24-yard kickoff return and two receptions for 10 yards for 133 all-purpose yards. - ACC Football

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RB Ricky Person Jr., North Carolina State
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09/21/20 - *Ikem Ekwonu, rSo/2022, North Carolina State, 6-4, 328 (DS#2 OT) + More +

SEPT 21 ACC CO-OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Ikem Ekwonu, NC State, So., OG, Charlotte, N.C.,...After earning freshman All-America honors at tackle last season, started at guard in Saturday night's 45-42 win over Wake Forest...Big force behind the Wolfpack's highest rushing total (270 yards) in 28 games...Had the key block on NC State's first score of the game, a 30-yard rush by Zonovan Knight...Helped the Wolfpack run for TDs on its first three possessions...Tallied four pancake blocks. - ACC Football

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OT *Ikem Ekwonu, North Carolina State
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09/18/20 - Grayson McCall, rSr/2025, North Carolina State, 6-2, 221 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Grayson McCall threw for 273 yards and two touchdowns in his second career start and Coastal Carolina beat Campbell 43-21 on Friday night. C.J. Marable and Shermari Jones each had short touchdown runs in the first quarter and Jaivon Heiligh added a 21-yard touchdown grab in the second to give CCU a 21-3 lead. Reese White made it 28-9 in the third with another short TD run. Marable finished with 53 yards and two touchdowns for Coastal Carolina (2-0), which beat Kansas 38-23 last week. Marable entered needing 83 yards to reach 3,000 career rushing yards. The Chanticleers aren't scheduled to play again until Oct. 3. C.J. Freeman ran for 81 yards and one touchdown for Campbell (0-2), which has a four-game schedule before the Big South Conference plans to start in the spring. Brooks Stadium, which holds 20,000, had a limited capacity of fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chanticleers are 14-4 in home openers, including a 30-23 loss to Eastern Michigan last season. - AP College Football

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QB Grayson McCall, North Carolina State
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09/17/20 - Isaiah Moore, rSr/2023, North Carolina State, 6-2, 233 (DS#15 ILB) + More +

Moore will look a little different on Saturday. The junior from Chester, Va. was named a team captain earlier this week. It was also announced that Moore will wear jersey No. 1. Since 2014, head coach Dave Doeren has issued the jersey to a team member for their work ethic, character, leadership and accomplishments. "He is a great person, player and teammate," Doeren said about Moore. "He has overcome many obstacles and continues to shine in the face of adversity as a leader who brings stretch to the Pack." Moore has been a leader on and off the field this summer for the Wolfpack. It's not just a jersey number, but also like a badge of honor that Moore will take very seriously this season. "It definitely means a lot," Moore said. "I know the meaning behind the number and those who have worn it before me, so it's my obligation to wear it the right way and wear it proudly." - Raleigh News Observer

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ILB Isaiah Moore, North Carolina State
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09/16/20 - Grayson McCall, rSr/2025, North Carolina State, 6-2, 221 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Redshirt freshman quarterback Grayson McCall was impressive in his first collegiate start at Kansas on Saturday, and he'll have more opportunities to impress as the season progresses. McCall beat out experienced juniors Fred Payton and Bryce Carpenter to earn the season-opening start and lead the Chanticleers to a 38-23 win over the Jayhawks. CCU coach Jamey Chadwell said the job is now his to lose. "We compete all the time, but it's his job," Chadwell said. "He earned that job and we're going to ride with him through the ups and downs of a freshman quarterback." As a redshirt freshman, Chadwell is not making McCall available to the media for now. But McCall spoke to CCU's sports information department following Saturday's win. "It's a really good start to the season," he said. "A lot of sacrifices up to this point for us to even just be able to play this game, so I'm really proud of the team and we're going to build on it and keep going."

McCall completed 11 of 18 passes for 133 yards and three touchdowns, and added 73 yards and two scores on 11 carries. He completed passes to six different players and led the offense to 318 yards and no turnovers. "It's one game, so I wouldn't say he's special right now," Chadwell said. "He played one game and did well. He could go out and lay an egg and you'll ask me why I'm playing him Friday. But he does have a great knack in the pocket, he's a tough kid, and the moment does not seem too big for him...He's got a pretty level head when he's out there on the field, and I do think that's got a chance to help him become hopefully a special player for us." - Myrtle Beach Online

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QB Grayson McCall, North Carolina State
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09/15/20 - Brennan Armstrong, rSr/2024, North Carolina State, 6-1, 199 (DS#24 QB) + More +

For the past two seasons as Virginia's backup quarterback, Brennan Armstrong's routine on game days consisted mostly of watching Bryce Perkins confound defenses. Armstrong would be certain to pay attention, though, to how the Cavaliers' dynamic dual-threat starter commanded the huddle, earning supreme respect and confidence from teammates and coaches. He especially admired Perkins's poise in the pocket when chaos unfolded around him. Those qualities and then some came via meticulous preparation, Armstrong observed, over countless hours of quarterback meetings and film study, allowing Perkins to be ready for virtually any contingency. "The one thing I picked up with Bryce was he did not let a lot of time go to waste," Armstrong said. "When we have school, we have school, but when we didn't, it was trying to get with the receivers and dial in a few things. Obviously we're different styles of leadership, but he didn't waste time. "That's one thing I try to carry over with my leadership style." - Baltimore Sun

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QB Brennan Armstrong, North Carolina State
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09/13/20 - Grayson McCall, rSr/2025, North Carolina State, 6-2, 221 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Coastal Carolina now has two wins over a Big 12 opponent in 12-plus months, and may have found its starting quarterback for the remainder of the season. Chanticleers coach Jamey Chadwell started Grayson McCall at quarterback in a surprise move in the season opener Saturday night, and the redshirt freshman led Coastal to its second win over Kansas in consecutive years. McCall accounted for more than 200 yards of offense and all five CCU touchdowns and led Coastal to a 28-0 lead en route to a 38-23 win over the Jayhawks at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas. "We wanted to get off to a fast start and we did defensively and we did offensively," Chadwell told WRNN 99.5 FM. "In the first half we really played almost a flawless game." Coastal's 12-7 win at Kansas last year was the program's first over an opponent from a Power Five conference. "Last year you could have said it was a fluke. There's no way you can say that this year," Chadwell said. McCall completed 11 of 18 passes for 133 yards and three touchdowns, and added 73 yards and two scores on 11 carries. "I thought he played really well," Chadwell said. "I think he hit a little rut there in the second half. I think he felt a little pressure there because they were making a comeback...Zero turnovers, he ran our offense, helped us control the clock. I thought he did a really nice job for us. "I'm very proud of him and his performance." - Myrtle Beach Online

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QB Grayson McCall, North Carolina State
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