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  Kerry Martin Jr., the former Capital High athletic standout and expected starter at free safety for West Virginia University this season, has chosen to opt out of the 2020 campaign. Citing health and family concerns in a Wednesday morning Twitter post, Martin went into his reasoning as well as his plans to return next year as a redshirt sophomore. "My family and myself have had many conversations about playing this upcoming 2020 season," Martin's tweet began. "With that being said, we feel as if it's best to opt out and sit this season out due to my family and my own personal health issues (sickle cell, asthma). I signed my [national letter of intent] to this university to become a great football player and leave as a better man as well as having a better understanding about life, and to pursue my professional dream, but not to play during a worldwide pandemic. "I will comeback for my [redshirt-]sophomore year a much more dynamic player." - Charleston Gazette-Mail

(DS#999 SS) rSr/2025 SS KJ MartinNorth Carolina State
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  2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT PRESEASON ALL-BIG SOUTH THIRD TEAM: Jack Chambers, Charleston Southern, Jr.,...One of the more dynamic players in the Big South, Chambers earned preseason accolades after a standout season through both the air and on the ground. Chambers finished sixth in the Big South in passing yards per game (169.1) and ninth in rushing yards per game (46.2), while setting new career-highs in single game passing yards (296) and touchdowns (4) in 2019. - Charleston Southern Football

(DS#999 QB) rSr/2023 QB Jack ChambersNorth Carolina State
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  2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT All-CAA SECOND TEAM: P Shane McDonough, Towson, Jr.,...McDonough earned All-CAA recognition his first year with the team, finishing second in the CAA with 43.9 yards per punt, placing 14 inside the 20 and nine more over 50 yards. He also was the team's kickoff man, having 17 touchbacks. - Towson Football

(DS#23 P) rSr/2023 P Shane McDonoughNorth Carolina State
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  2020 PRESEASON WALTER CAMP SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: P Trenton Gill, North Carolina State,...The Hillsborough native, who a year ago was still a walk-on, set the Wolfpack single-season record with a 47.6 yard punting average in 2019. That average led the ACC and ranked third in the FBS. Gill, who earned a scholarship prior to last season, was a third-team All-ACC choice and boasted three of the top 15 single-game averages in school history last season. Recently, Gill has been in the news for his performance off the field, as he spearheaded a drive that raised more than $8,000 to support restaurants and feed families in his hometown during the COVID-19 crisis. - North Carolina State Football

(DS#4 P) rSr/2022 P Trenton GillNorth Carolina State
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  2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Trenton Gill, North Carolina State, junior, punter,...Last season in his first year as the Pack's starting punter, Gill set the Wolfpack single-season record for punting average with a 47.6 mark. That average led the ACC and ranked third in the FBS. He was a third-team All-ACC selection, and earned a scholarship prior to the season starting. - North Carolina State Football

(DS#4 P) rSr/2022 P Trenton GillNorth Carolina State
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  2020 PRESEASON PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST: Thayer Thomas, NC State,...A redshirt-junior, Pack WR Thayer Thomas was named on the preseason list. Last season, he averaged 13.7 yards per punt return, the seventh-best mark in school history. He returned a punt 76 yards for a TD vs. Ball State, and at West Virginia he both caught and threw a TD pass. At WR, he was the team's fourth-leading receiver with 31 catches for 334 yards and three scores. - NC State Football

(DS#78 WR) rSr/2023 WR Thayer ThomasNorth Carolina State
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  2020 PRESEASON RAY GUY AWARD WATCH LIST: Trenton Gill, NC State,...Last season in his first year as the Pack's starting punter, Gill set the Wolfpack single-season record for punting average with a 47.6 mark. That average led the ACC and ranked third in the FBS. He was a third-team All-ACC selection, and earned a scholarship prior to the season starting. - NC State Football

(DS#4 P) rSr/2022 P Trenton GillNorth Carolina State
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  2020 JOHN MACKEY AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Cary Angeline, NC State,...Last season, Angeline was named an honorable mention All-ACC performer, and he earned the Pack's Gary Rowe Award as the team's top receiver. He led NC State in TD receptions with five. He finished with 25 catches for 379 yards. - NC State Football

(DS#16 TE) rSr/2021 TE Cary AngelineNorth Carolina State
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  2020 PRESEASON BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LIST: Brad Rozner, Rice,...In his first season with the Owls in 2019 after transferring from Cisco College, Rozner lead the team with 770 receiving yards and five touchdowns while placing second with 55 receptions. He was also second in Conference USA with four 100-yard receiving games, including a season-high 138 yards at UTSA and earned honorable mention all-conference honors from C-USA coaches. He was the first Rice receiver to top the century mark four times in a season since Jordan Taylor in 2014. - Rice Football

(DS#187 WR) rSr/2024 WR Bradley RoznerNorth Carolina State
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  2020 PRESEASON LOU GROZA COLLEGIATE PLACE-KICKER AWARD WATCH LIST: Christopher Dunn, NC State,...A 2019 Groza semifinalist, Dunn's 87.5% field goal accuracy last season ranked fifth among kickers with at least his 24 attempts. That mark actually managed to bring down his career field goal percentage, but even so, no active FBS kicker with at least 50 career attempts can match his 88.0% connection rate. - Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award

(DS#3 K) rSr/2023 K Christopher DunnNorth Carolina State
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  Dreshun Miller makes this list of West Virginia University's most important players without ever playing a snap as a Mountaineer. WVU coaches had plans on playing him plenty of snaps in 2019. The junior college cornerback arrived in Morgantown with a stout resume, but a preseason knee injury dashed those hopes before they even got a chance to form. Miller was lost for the 2019 campaign to rehab that knee. Now he's healthy and WVU coaches no longer have to keep those plans on hold. Miller will be expected to step into a significant role in the Mountaineers' secondary, replacing some very talented people.

Miller's value does not come solely from how good he could be, but also from who he's supplanting. Keith Washington and Hakeem Bailey were crucial to a good chunk of the success the Mountaineer secondary did see last season. Washington was an All-Big 12 second-teamer who ranked in the top 25 in the Football Bowl Subdivision for passes defended and was named to the East-West Shrine game. Bailey finished fourth on the team with 57 tackles and broke up nine passes over 12 games in 2019. Miller's past exploits make him a prime candidate to help in that cause. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound redshirt junior was a four-star prospect out of Sprayberry High School and had offers from LSU, Texas A&M, Tennessee and Auburn, among others. - Charleston Gazette-Mail


(DS#999 CB) rSr/2023 CB Dreshun MillerNorth Carolina State
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  North Carolina State has hired former East Carolina head coach and Oklahoma assistant Ruffin McNeill for an advisory role on its football staff. The school said Tuesday that McNeill would serve as a special assistant to head coach Dave Doeren. Duties include assisting player development analysis, leading special projects and outreach to alumni, campus and community groups. McNeill, 61, was the Pirates' head coach from 2010-15 and guided his alma mater to four bowl appearances during a college coaching career spanning more than three decades. He later joined Oklahoma's staff under Lincoln Riley - who had worked under him at ECU - for three seasons as assistant head coach. - AP College Football

(DS#16 TE) rSr/2021 TE Cary AngelineNorth Carolina State
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  West Virginia has placed defensive coordinator Vic Koenning on administrative leave while it launches an investigation into allegations of mistreatment made by safety Kerry Martin Jr. on Tuesday. Martin posted the allegations on Twitter, writing that, "We need a change in our program." The sophomore alleges that Koenning, who also coaches WVU's safeties, called him "retarded" during a team workout earlier this month and has made inappropriate comments about religion, politics and the recent demonstrations over racism and police brutality. Martin said he met with WVU coach Neal Brown about Koenning's behavior. - Daily Oklahoman

(DS#999 SS) rSr/2025 SS KJ MartinNorth Carolina State
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  N.C. State will kick off its 2020 college football season one day earlier than expected in September. The school announced Monday morning that the Wolfpack's 2020 season opener at Louisville will be played Wednesday, Sept. 2. The game was originally scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 3, but was moved to accommodate the 146th Kentucky Derby. The Derby was originally set for April 30 through May 2, but because of COVID-19 was pushed back to Sept. 3-5. The Thursday of Kentucky Derby week has been known as "Thurby," an event that is traditionally highly attended. Because of logistics between the Kentucky Derby and Louisville home football games, the Cardinals and Wolfpack agreed to move the game to Wednesday to avoid any traffic conflicts and operations. Cardinal Stadium and Churchill Downs are close in proximity and many Kentucky Derby attendees park at the football stadium. - Raleigh News Observer

(DS#16 TE) rSr/2021 TE Cary AngelineNorth Carolina State
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  The key returner in the position group is Brennan Armstrong. He served as Perkins' backup a season ago, and he's expected to be in contention for the starting quarterback job in 2020. Armstrong, a left-handed quarterback from Ohio, enters his third season in the program as a redshirt sophomore. He's an accurate passer with a good understanding of what's going on around him. While he isn't Perkins in terms of athletic ability, Armstrong possesses solid quickness as a runner and he's considered a dual-threat quarterback. He won't break off 70-yard touchdown runs like Perkins, but Armstrong can move the chains with his legs. - Charlottesville Daily Progress

(DS#24 QB) rSr/2024 QB Brennan ArmstrongNorth Carolina State
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