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Dylan McCaffrey threw for one touchdown and ran for another and Northern Colorado defeated Southern Utah 17-9 on Saturday night. McCaffrey, the former Michigan quarterback now playing for his dad, had modest passing numbers - 11 of 23 for 74 yards - but rushed for 100 yards on 14 carries. Tru Wilson added 85 yards rushing and the Bears finished with 251 yards on the ground. The Bears (3-5, 2-3 Big Sky Conference), who had allowed an average of 45 points in their past three games, didn't allow a touchdown and twice forced field goals when the Thunderbirds (1-7, 0-5) reached the red zone. Northern Colorado led 10-6 early in the fourth quarter before an 18-play, 90-yard drive ended with a 1-yard run by McCaffrey to give the Bears an 11--point lead. Southern Utah added a field goal on its next possession then forced a punt, but the Thunderbirds' final drive ended on downs near midfield. SUU's Justin Miller completed 29 of 50 passes for 307 yards. - AP College Football

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QB Dylan McCaffrey, Northern Colorado
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09/29/21 - Xander Gagnon, rSr/2022, Northern Colorado, 6-3, 234 (DS#78 ILB) + More +

SEPT 27 BIG SKY DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Northern Colorado's Xander Gagnon helped the Bears top NAU in overtime this past weekend, as he racked up 12 tackles on the day, 2.5 for loss and had a QB hurry. Gagnon was a havoc in the backfield all day, even at one point blowing up a read-option play by taking down both the quarterback and running back. The Bears stuffed NAU's rush attempt on 4th and 1 to preserve their 17-10 win in overtime. The Defensive Player of the Week honor is the second for UNC on the year, with David Hoage winning two weeks ago. Others Nominated, Def: Patrick O'Connell (Montana), Bryce Rodgers (UC Davis), Marte Mapu (Sac State) (MSU), Daniel Hardy (MSU), Morgan Vest (NAU), Jack Sendelbach (EWU), Kofe Semise (PSU), Connor Willis (ISU), Jared Schiess (Weber State). - Big Sky Football

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ILB Xander Gagnon, Northern Colorado
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09/25/21 - Dylan McCaffrey, rSr/2023, Northern Colorado, 6-4, 220 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Jaren Mitchell made a bobbling catch of a deflected pass from Dylan McCaffrey for an overtime touchdown that gave Northern Colorado a 17-10 win over Northern Arizona in a Big Sky Conference opener. Northern Arizona, which came in with a victory over Pac-12 Arizona, couldn't match the Bears' OT score after George Robinson was brought down for a loss by Elijah Anderson-Taylor on a fourth-and-1 from the 16-yard-line. Luis Aguilar kicked a 21-yard field goal for the Lumberjacks to tie the game early in the fourth quarter but missed a 33-yarder with just under two minutes remaining in regulation. - AP College Football

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QB Dylan McCaffrey, Northern Colorado
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09/12/21 - Gene Sledge Jr., So/2025, Northern Colorado, 6-1, 235 (DS#999 RB) + More +

Gene Sledge Jr. ran for two touchdowns in the first quarter, Conor Martin passed for two touchdowns in the third quarter and Northern Colorado rolled to a 45-13 win over Houston Baptist on Saturday night. Sledge's TD runs of 11 and 4 yards staked the Bears (1-1) to a 14-0 lead. The Huskies (0-2) answered with a pair of Gino Garcia field goals in the second quarter but Aaron Harris returned an interception 33 yards to make it 21-6 at halftime. Martin and Darren DeLaCroix hooked up for a 57-yard score early in the third quarter and after a Ben Raybon field goal Martin flipped a 4-yard TD pass to Jonah Morris to make it 38-6. Northern Colorado had a 391-266 advantage in total offense, which was the difference in the ground game. Sledge had 84 yards and Jullen Ison, who added a fourth-quarter TD, added 65 on just six carries. - AP College Football

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RB Gene Sledge Jr., Northern Colorado
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09/11/21 - Jacob Sirmon, rSr/2024, Northern Colorado, 6-4, 235 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Jacob Sirmon threw for three touchdowns, Dallas Dixon had two receiving scores and Central Michigan dominated Robert Morris 45-0 on Saturday. It was Central Michigan's first shutout since November 23, 2013, a 37-0 win over UMass. Sirmon connected with Hunter Buczkowski for a 3-yard score and with JaCorey Sullivan for 24 yards to extend the Chippewas lead to 19-0 with 4:49 left before halftime. A little more than three minutes later, Daniel Richardson threw a 16-yard pass to Dallas Dixon for a 28-0 advantage. The Chippewas (1-1) took the second-half kick and marched 68 yards in eight plays that ended with Sirmon throwing a 6-yard scoring pass to Dixon for a five-touchdown lead. Lew Nichols III had 79 yards on 17 carries and a touchdown and Kalil Pimpleton tallied 58 yards with a touchdown for CMU. Central Michigan outgained the Colonials (0-1) 515-109 in total yardage and held the ball for more than 35 minutes. - Central Michigan/AP College Football

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QB Jacob Sirmon, Northern Colorado
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08/21/21 - Tama Tuitele, rSr/2025, Northern Colorado, 5-11, 248 (DS#999 ILB) + More +

Navy inside linebacker Tama Tuitele has entered the NCAA transfer portal, according to a published report. Rivals.com reported via its NCAA Transfer Portal Twitter feed that Tuitele, a junior who played in 14 career games for the Midshipmen, was considering a transfer. Navy athletics spokesman Scott Strasemeier declined to comment on the report, stating that Tuitele remains on the football roster. Tuitele, like all juniors, is due to sign the two-for-seven papers binding midshipmen to two more years at the Naval Academy and five years of military service. Tuitele can leave the academy with no repercussions before signing those papers before classes start for the fall semester. Tuitele's career at Navy has been beset by injuries. The Colorado native started four of six games as a freshman before suffering a season-ending injury against South Florida. He totaled 19 tackles that season and led the team with five solo stops against Memphis. - Capital Times

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ILB Tama Tuitele, Northern Colorado
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08/19/21 - Dylan McCaffrey, rSr/2023, Northern Colorado, 6-4, 220 (DS#999 QB) + More +

The new Northern Colorado quarterback has a big head, the offensive coordinator kidded. That same O.C. was grounded twice during camp, the head coach cracked. Those McCaffrey boys, just full of jokes. On this, they're quite serious: Teaming up to help lead the Bears back to football prominence. The Mac-to-Mac-to-Mac connection in Greeley features quarterback Dylan McCaffrey transferring in from Michigan and his big brother Max putting NFL tryouts on the backburner to serve as offensive coordinator. They're joining forces with their dad, Ed, the longtime NFL receiver who was hired as head coach in December 2019 and will finally make his college coaching debut Sept. 3 at Colorado (the Bears' season in 2020 was postponed due to the virus).

"We all want to get better. We all want to win football games," Dylan said Wednesday after practice. "That really brings the respect in, along with the love." The McCaffreys have long been one of the first families of football in Colorado. There's also Christian, a running back for the Carolina Panthers, and Luke, a quarterback at Rice. Of course, the glue is their mom, Lisa, who's always at games. As for the pressure of dealing with such a well-known last name - dad was a three-time Super Bowl winner with Denver and San Francisco - Dylan dismissed it: "I know my family because they're my family." - Denver Post

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QB Dylan McCaffrey, Northern Colorado
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02/02/21 - Dylan McCaffrey, rSr/2023, Northern Colorado, 6-4, 220 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Former Michigan quarterback Dylan McCaffrey has transferred to Northern Colorado to play for a head coach he knows well - his father, Ed. McCaffrey entered his name in the NCAA Transfer Portal on Jan. 21 and announced Sunday night on Twitter he will be played for the Bears. "Extremely honored to announce I will be continuing my academic and athletic career at The University of Northern Colorado," he wrote above a panel of four photos. He wore No. 10 at Michigan and will wear No. 12 at UNC. McCaffrey opted out of the 2020 season last September and his plan was to transfer after graduating from Michigan. He was expected to compete for the starting job with Joe Milton and Cade McNamara, but made his decision last September after the Big Ten announced its plans to play a nine-game season beginning the following month. He was one of three big-name Michigan players to opt out of the season, joining receiver Nico Collins and cornerback Ambry Thomas, who are both preparing for the NFL Draft and just participated in the Senior Bowl. Right tackle Jalen Mayfield had opted out but returned to play before suffering a high ankle sprain. - Detroit News

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QB Dylan McCaffrey, Northern Colorado
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01/31/21 - Dylan McCaffrey, rSr/2023, Northern Colorado, 6-4, 220 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Former Michigan quarterback Dylan McCaffrey announced on social media he plans to transfer to Northern Colorado, where his dad is the head coach. In a Twitter post on Sunday night, McCaffrey wrote: "Extremely honored to announce I will be continuing my academic and athletic career at The University of Northern Colorado. Go Bears!!" McCaffrey threw for 242 career yards and three touchdowns as a backup at Michigan. He chose not to return to the Wolverines for a fourth year. His father, Ed, was hired by Northern Colorado on Dec. 12, 2019. He's yet to coach a game for the Bears following the decision by the Big Sky Conference to postpone its fall 2020 football season to the spring of 2021. - AP College Football

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QB Dylan McCaffrey, Northern Colorado
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01/22/21 - Dylan McCaffrey, rSr/2023, Northern Colorado, 6-4, 220 (DS#999 QB) + More +

It took a while, but Dylan McCaffrey has finally signaled his planned departure. The Michigan quarterback entered his name into the NCAA's transfer portal on Thursday, a Michigan spokesman confirmed to MLive, likely bringing an end to his career in Ann Arbor. McCaffrey opted out of playing the 2020 season back in September, and planned to transfer then, MLive reported at the time. He figured to be part of the competition for Michigan's starting quarterback role, eventually won by Joe Milton. A senior, McCaffrey will have two years of eligibility remaining. He appeared in 13 games during his Michigan career, completing 18 of his 35 pass attempts for 242 yards and three touchdowns, but was plagued by injury. - Ann Arbor News

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QB Dylan McCaffrey, Northern Colorado
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01/21/21 - Jerone Jackson, rSr/2022, Northern Colorado, 5-09, 186 (DS#65 FS) + More +

The University of Northern Colorado football program won’t participate in the Big Sky Conference and FCS spring championship season. Instead, the Golden Bears, led by rookie head coach Ed McCaffrey, will pursue a modified non-conference schedule in late spring. The school cited the health and safety of its student-athletes and coaches along with "staffing and faculty challenges associated with multiple sports competing simultaneously." Northern Colorado is the fifth Big Sky program to either opt out of the spring season or to pursue a modified spring schedule. The others are Montana, Montana State, Portland State and Sacramento State. - AP College Football

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FS Jerone Jackson, Northern Colorado
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12/21/20 - Jacob Sirmon, rSr/2024, Northern Colorado, 6-4, 235 (DS#999 QB) + More +

That didn't take long. On Wednesday, UW redshirt sophomore quarterback Jacob Sirmon officially entered the transfer portal. And on Friday, he announced his next destination. The 6-foot-5, 240-pound Bothell product announced in a social media post that he will transfer to Central Michigan. "Excited for this new opportunity!" Sirmon tweeted. Sirmon - who was ranked as a four-star prospect, the No. 1 player in the state and the No. 6 pro-style passer in the 2018 class by the 247Sports Composite - also entered the transfer portal in April 2019, before removing his name just two days later. He served as Jacob Eason's primary backup last season, before losing a quarterback competition to redshirt freshman Dylan Morris this fall. In six career games, Sirmon completed 3 of 4 passes for 28 yards. - Seattle Times

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QB Jacob Sirmon, Northern Colorado
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12/16/20 - Jacob Sirmon, rSr/2024, Northern Colorado, 6-4, 235 (DS#999 QB) + More +

On April 29, 2019, UW quarterback Jacob Sirmon entered his name in the transfer portal, before removing it two days later. It's more likely the second time sticks. Sirmon - a 6-foot-5, 240-pound redshirt sophomore from Bothell - has again entered the transfer portal, his father David Sirmon confirmed to The Times on Wednesday. A former Bothell High School standout, Sirmon appeared in six games in his UW career and completed 3 of 4 passes for 28 yards. He served as Jacob Eason's backup last season, completing 2 of 3 passes for 19 yards in mop-up duty. Despite being the odds-on favorite to assume the starting role this offseason, that spot went to redshirt freshman Dylan Morris — who has started all four games this fall. When he signed with Washington in 2018, Sirmon was ranked as a four-star prospect, the No. 1 player in the state of Washington, the No. 6 pro-style passer and the No. 94 overall prospect in his class by the 247Sports Composite. - The Seattle Times

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QB Jacob Sirmon, Northern Colorado
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10/17/20 - Nick Ciccio, rSr/2023, Northern Colorado, 5-11, 195 (DS#999 SS) + More +

The Colorado Mesa football team made the long trip to South Dakota and got an extra present when they woke up this morning. The forecast called for a chance of snow but what they got was almost a blizzard with the field completely covered and flurries from the opening whistle to the final horn. The snow didn't stop the Mavericks as they churned out 392 yards on the ground in a 56-7 romp of Black Hills State on Saturday afternoon, pushing their record to 2-0 on the season. The win was the first for Colorado Mesa in Spearfish since 2014. The Mavericks rushed for 392 yards on the ground and finished with 549 yards of total offense, averaging 6.9 yards per play. Six players rushed the ball with four of the six rushing for over 50 yards in the game. The Maverick defense remained stout for the second straight week, limiting their opponents to less than 275 yards in both games. Linebacker Remington Green led the way with 11 tackles with 3.5 of those going for a loss. Pierre Hayes applied pressure on the quarterback, picking up a pair of sacks for 14 yards worth of losses. - Colorado Mesa Football

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SS Nick Ciccio, Northern Colorado
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10/17/20 - Dylan Thomas, rSr/2022, Northern Colorado, 6-0, 205 (DS#999 WR) + More +

TCU football had another wide receiver enter the NCAA transfer portal this week. Senior Dylan Thomas has put his name in the portal, sources confirmed on Thursday. Thomas joins fellow receiver Al'Dontre Davis as Horned Frog players who entered the portal this week. Thomas, a senior from Fort Worth Paschal, started the first two games of the season but did not play in TCU's 21-14 loss to Kansas State last Saturday. Thomas had three catches for 37 yards this season. He played in five games, including four starts, before a season-ending injury in 2019. Thomas had an injury-plagued 2018 season, too, playing in just one game. Thomas finishes his TCU career with 25 catches for 301 yards and two TDs over 28 games. He is expected to graduate in December. With the NCAA freezing eligibility this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, Thomas will be eligible to play one more college season in 2021. It will be his sixth year in college as he signed with TCU as part of the 2016 class. - Fort Worth Star

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WR Dylan Thomas, Northern Colorado
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