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Ben Bryant threw for 354 yards and three touchdowns, Hassan Beydoun caught 12 passes for 192 yards and two scores, and Eastern Michigan beat Toledo 52-49 on Tuesday night. Eastern Michigan (6-3, 3-2 Mid-American Conference) became bowl eligible for the fourth time in the previous five full seasons, and just the sixth time in program history. Jawon Hamilton scored on a 32-yard run to extend Eastern Michigan's lead to 52-36 with 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter. Toledo got within three points with 2:14 remaining on Micah Kelly's 10-yard touchdown run and forced a three-and-out to get it back with 35 seconds left but time ran out before getting into field-goal range.

Toledo outgained EMU 672-490, but turned it over three times. Toledo entered ranked first in the MAC in scoring defense (18.3) and second in total defense (326.9). Redshirt freshman Dequan Finn was 30 of 45 for 461 yards with three touchdowns and one interception for Toledo (4-5, 2-3). Bryant Koback broke the century mark after just three carries, including scoring runs of 22 and 67 yards, and finished with 180 yards. - Eastern Michigan/AP College Football

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10/23/21 - Ben Bryant, rSr/2024, Northwestern, 6-4, 218 (DS#22 QB) + More +

Ben Bryant passed for two touchdowns and ran for a third and Eastern Michigan rolled to a 55-24 win over Bowling Green on Saturday. The Eagles (5-3, 2-2 Mid-American Conference) scored three touchdowns in both the second and third quarters. Bryant had a 31-yard scoring pass to Bryson Cannon and his touchdown run in a second quarter that was highlighted by David Carter's 42-yard punt return for a touchdown. That helped Eastern Michigan take a 24-10 lead at the half.

Bryant connected with Gunnar Oakes for a 37- yard score in the third quarter and Darius Boone ran for a score before running back Samson Evans found Dylan Drummond for a 16-yard score, set up when the Falcons lost a fumble on the kickoff. Backup quarterback Preston Hutchinson had a touchdown pass to Thomas Odukoya in the fourth quarter. Bryant was 20 of 26 for 286 yards. Nate Needham's field goal to open the scoring for Bowling Green (2-7, 0-4) made him 14 of 14 on the season. - Eastern Michigan/AP College Football

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QB Ben Bryant, Northwestern
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10/16/21 - Ryan Hilinski, rSr/2025, Northwestern, 6-3, 225 (DS#45 QB) + More +

Ryan Hilinski threw for 267 yards and two touchdown passes on Saturday afternoon to boost Northwestern to a 21-7 victory over Rutgers. Hilinski, making his third start since transferring from South Carolina, opened the scoring for the Wildcats (3-3, 1-2 Big Ten) by capping off a 98-yard drive in the first quarter, hitting Malik Washington for a 64-yard touchdown pass. The completion - Hilinski's longest as a Wildcat - helped his team secure its first conference win of the season. "I think one of the biggest things is that we're continuing to have fun," Hilinski said. "This is a game we played when we were 5 years old. I personally play best when I'm having fun and just recognizing that this is a game we've been playing our whole lives." Washington plowed through a downfield defender on his touchdown grab and finished with 84 receiving yards on five catches.

Fellow wideout Stephon Robinson Jr. had 115 yards, taking pressure off a Wildcats rushing attack that struggled to get going throughout the day. Often a key to Northwestern's offensive approach, the ground game combined for just 135 yards on 48 attempts. "Really proud of the squad," Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald said. "The way they bounced back this game and these last couple weeks. I thought they put a ton of work in to get better fundamentally. We were able to carry our preparation over into the game." - Northwestern/AP College Football

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QB Ryan Hilinski, Northwestern
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10/10/21 - Ben Bryant, rSr/2024, Northwestern, 6-4, 218 (DS#22 QB) + More +

Ben Bryant's 16-yard pass to Bryson Cannon over the middle was the lone touchdown in a game that saw six field goals provide the bulk of the scoring as Eastern Michigan edged Miami (Ohio) 13-12 in a Mid-American Conference battle on Saturday. The touchdown capped an eight-play, 73-yard drive as Cannon crashed through a pair of defenders to give Eastern Michigan (4-2, 1-1) a 7-6 lead midway through the second quarter. Chad Ryland tacked on field goals of 47 and 33 yards as the Eagles extended their lead to 13-6.

Graham Nicholson, who kicked four field goals for the RedHawks (2-4, 1-1), booted 31 and 44-yarders that cut the gap to 13-12 with 6:29 left to play. Eastern Michigan sealed the one-point win when A.J. Mayer's fourth-down pass was deflected at the line of scrimmage, ending the RedHawks final drive with under two minutes to go. The Eagles took over and wound the clock down to almost zero before punting. Bryant went 21-of-31 passing for 206 yards. Miami outgained the Eagles 385 yards to 257 with Mayer throwing for 259 yards. Jack Sorenson had 123 yards on seven catches for the RedHawks. - Eastern Michigan/AP College Football

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QB Ben Bryant, Northwestern
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09/27/21 - Ben Bryant, rSr/2024, Northwestern, 6-4, 218 (DS#22 QB) + More +

SEPT 27 MAC WEST DIVISION CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ben Bryant, Eastern Michigan, Quarterback, Senior, La Grange, Ill. (Lyons Twp.) (Cincinnati),...Senior quarterback Ben Bryant threw for a career-high three touchdowns against Texas State, Sept. 25 as he completed 20-of-33 pass attempts en route to 228 yards through the air. Along with a rushing touchdown, the first-year Eagle accounted for four touchdowns in Eastern's historic, 59-21 win over Texas State. His performance marked the 42nd time in program history that an EMU QB has thrown for three scores. The Eagles' 38-point margin of victory was the largest against a non-conference FBS program under Chris Creighton. Furthermore, the 59-21 triumph ranks as the 37th-largest margin of victory since the program began in 1891. Overall, EMU's 59 points were the most scored against a non-conference FBS foe. The Charlie Batch-lead Eagles of 1995 held the previous standard of 51 in a 45-point victory over UNLV, Sept. 16, 1995. Batch is a MAC Hall of Famer. Furthermore, Bryant led EMU to 33 first downs against Texas State, which ranks third in the EMU record books for a single game. The last time EMU posted 30-or-more first downs was Nov. 22, 2014, at Ball State. - MAC Football

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QB Ben Bryant, Northwestern
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09/27/21 - *Evan Hull, rJr/2023, Northwestern, 5-10, 209 (DS#16 RB) + More +

SEPT 27 BIG TEN CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Evan Hull, Northwestern, RB – So. – Maple Grove, Minn. – Maple Grove (Minn.),...Rushed for 216 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries (9.8 avg.) in Northwestern's 35-6 win over Ohio. Hull's 216 yards are the seventh-most by an FBS player and the third most by a Big Ten player this season...Scored on a career-long 90-yard run in the first quarter, marking the Wildcats' longest play from scrimmage since Jeremy Ebert's 90-yard touchdown reception vs. Rice on Nov. 12, 2011...Hull's 90-yard touchdown run was just the second 90-plus yard touchdown run by an FBS player this season and the fourth 90-plus yard run in Northwestern history. The last time a Wildcat recorded a 90-plus yard run was Sept. 30, 1961 (Bill Swingle 95 yards vs. Boston College)...Earns his first career Offensive Player of the Week accolade; was named Freshman of the Week on Nov. 18, 2019...Last Northwestern Offensive Player of the Week: Flynn Nagel (Oct. 15, 2018). - Big Ten Football

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RB *Evan Hull, Northwestern
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09/25/21 - Ben Bryant, rSr/2024, Northwestern, 6-4, 218 (DS#22 QB) + More +

Ben Bryant threw for three touchdowns and ran for another to lead Eastern Michigan to a 59-21 win over Texas State on Saturday. The Eagles (3-1) used a balanced attack in picking up the win with four passing touchdowns and four on the ground. Eastern Michigan threw for 257 yards and rushed for 247 in outgaining the Bobcats (1-3) 504-300. Bryant's 39-yard run gave Eastern Michigan a 14-0 lead in the first quarter and the Eagles never trailed.

The Bobcats got a 29-yard pass from Brady McBride to Trevis Graham Jr. in the final two minutes of the first half and then another McBride 29-yarder, this one to Javen Banks, to cut the lead to 28-21 early in the third quarter. But the Eagles responded with 31 consecutive points. Samson Evans rushed for two touchdowns for Eastern Michigan as seven different Eagles reached the end zone. Bryant finished 20-of-33 passing for 228 yards and rushed for another 52 yards. Dylan Drummond had a touchdown catch and threw for another off a double-pass play. McBride was 16 of 25 for 187 yards passing and three touchdowns, two going to Banks. - Eastern Michigan/AP College Football

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QB Ben Bryant, Northwestern
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09/25/21 - *Evan Hull, rJr/2023, Northwestern, 5-10, 209 (DS#16 RB) + More +

Evan Hull rushed for 216 yards and a pair of touchdowns Saturday afternoon to lead Northwestern to a 35-6 win over Ohio. Hull bounced off a defender at the line of scrimmage late in the first quarter before sprinting away for a 90-yard score that helped set the Wildcats (2-2) up for their first win over an FBS team this season. The Wildcats' ground game amassed 373 yards to take the pressure off sophomore Ryan Hilinski, who completed just 12 passes for 88 yards in his first start replacing Hunter Johnson.

While its defense struggled to stop the hosts, Ohio (0-4) remained winless after often killing its own drives with a combination of turnovers, costly penalties and sacks. Kurtis Rourke was 20-for-29 for 166 yards with a fumble and an interception. Anthony Tyus III and Jake Arthurs added late touchdown runs and Charlie Kuhbander made a pair of short field goals for Northwestern, which led 17-0 at intermission. Ohio staved off a shutout when backup quarterback Armani Rogers scored on a 55-yard keeper on the game's final play. - Northwestern/AP College Football

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RB *Evan Hull, Northwestern
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09/18/21 - Ben Bryant, rSr/2024, Northwestern, 6-4, 218 (DS#22 QB) + More +

Ben Bryant threw for 298 yards and a score, Jawon Hamilton rushed for 122 yards with a touchdown and Eastern Michigan defeated UMass 42-28 on Saturday. Darius Boone Jr. added two short touchdown runs for the Eagles. Hassan Beydoun made six catches for 101 yards. The Eagles (2-1) led 35-14 after Hamilton's 10-yard run early in the fourth quarter. Ben Bryant added a 54-yard TD pass to Zach Westmoreland to make it 42-21 with just over four minutes remaining. David Carter's interception, his second in two weeks, set up a nine-play drive that ended with Samson Evans scoring from 13 yards out for a 21-0 lead before the Minutemen got their first points on Josiah Johnson's 1-yard run that completed an 80-yard drive to trail 21-7 at the break.

Hutchinson and Boone had TD runs to complete a pair of first-quarter Eastern Michigan drives for a 14-0 lead. Brady Olson threw for 288 yards including TD passes of 45 yards to Melvin Hill and a 29-yarder to Johnson along with an interception. Ellis Merriweather rushed for a career-high 142 yards on 23 carries and Carter Scudo ran for a 2-yard TD for UMass. The teams combined for more than 1,000 yards offense. The Minutemen (0-3) have lost 14 straight games dating back to 2019. - Eastern Michigan/AP College Football

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09/11/21 - *Evan Hull, rJr/2023, Northwestern, 5-10, 209 (DS#16 RB) + More +

Evan Hull ran for 126 yards and two touchdowns and Northwestern beat Indiana State 24-6 on Saturday. Hull led the way for a Wildcats rushing unit that surpassed last week's 117 total yards against Michigan State at the half and finished with 209. He ran for 51 yards on the team's opening drive and capped it with a 3-yard touchdown run. "When you look at where you're at as a Big Ten team playing against a FCS team, you have to pound the ball," Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald said. "For the most part, when we targeted things right and executed I thought we did a good job." The Wildcats (1-1) never trailed, stopping the Sycamores (1-1) in the first matchup between the two programs.

After throwing for 283 yards against Michigan State, Hunter Johnson finished with 66 yards passing with a touchdown. The senior completed 9 of 16 passes in his second start as the Wildcat starter. Freshman Anthony Tyus III rushed for 71 yards for Northwestern, which outgained Indiana State 275-169 in total yards and 209-91 in rushing. Indiana State's Anthony Thompson passed for 132 yards and a touchdown, completing 21 of 34 passes in his second start for Indiana State after transferring from Northern Illinois. Matt Sora rushed for 13 yards to lead the Sycamores. - Northwestern/AP College Football

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RB *Evan Hull, Northwestern
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09/09/21 - Adam Stage, rSr/2023, Northwestern, 5-09, 199 (DS#49 K) + More +

SEPT 6 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL NOTABLE PERFORMANCE: PK Adam Stage, North Dakota - Made a pair of field goals, including a 42-yarder in the first half at Idaho State .. Second field goal was from 26-yards out .. First field goal of the game came following a UND turnover. - Missouri Valley Football

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K Adam Stage, Northwestern
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08/23/21 - Andrew Clair, rSr/2023, Northwestern, 5-09, 201 (DS#50 RB) + More +

The Wildcats also announced that running back Cam Porter, who led them in rushing as a freshman last fall, will miss the season after suffering a lower-body injury during preseason camp. Porter rushed for 333 yards with five touchdowns in seven games last season. With Porter out, the rushing duties likely will be shared among Bowling Green graduate transfer Andrew Clair, redshirt sophomore Evan Hull and freshman Anthony Tyus III. The versatile Clair rushed for 1,937 yards and 13 touchdowns and caught 44 passes for 330 yards and four scores in 30 games over four seasons at Bowling Green, twice earning third-team All-MAC recognition. Hull has 495 rushing yards and six touchdowns in 13 games over the last two seasons. - Chicago Tribune

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RB Andrew Clair, Northwestern
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08/18/21 - Yanni Karlaftis, rSr/2026, Northwestern, 6-2, 235 (DS#999 ILB) + More +

With each day, Yanni Karlaftis feels better. He's regaining his quickness. His confidence grows with each repetition. His comfort level increases as he learns the playbook. It's been a long process for the West Lafayette graduate to finally participate in a practice. Any practice. He's made it through four at Purdue and the next step is to play for the Boilermakers during the upcoming season. "It's actually been fun to play some football," Karlaftis said. Karlaftis hasn't played in a game since last year's season opener between the Red Devils and Lafayette Jeff. A hamstring injury sidelined the star linebacker for the rest of the 2020 season and it carried over to Purdue where Karlaftis didn't compete in spring practice.

He enrolled in January with the idea spring practice would be the beginning of his college career, teaming with his older brother, George, a defensive end who may be entering his last season before heading to the NFL. Instead, the younger Karlaftis spent most of his time in the training room rehabilitating his hamstring, which was in bad shape, and working with strength and conditioning coaches. It wasn't until summer conditioning that Karlaftis was returned to being a football player. "I knew my hamstring was really bad," Karlaftis said. "I've never been injured too much before like that. Getting it back took so long. I didn't think I would be out too much of my high school season. That, along with spring ball, and however long I've been here. "Every day I feel better. Every day I feel fast. It's really nice." - Journal and Courier

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ILB Yanni Karlaftis, Northwestern
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08/09/21 - Fred Davis II, rSr/2026, Northwestern, 6-0, 197 (DS#58 CB) + More +

Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney said sophomore cornerback Fred Davis will have to deal with "lots of consequences...for a long, long time" after being charged with reckless driving following an accident that left a mail carrier seriously injured. Davis was arrested, then released, on Sunday after police said probable cause was found to charge him in the incident. Swinney spoke Friday for the first time about what happened. "We had one incredibly unfortunate situation with Fred Davis last month," Swinney said. "I'm thankful to the good Lord and all those people, the responders that were on the scene there that what was an incredibly serious situation didn't become tragic." Reports indicated that on the afternoon of July 21, Davis was going 115 mph in a 55 mph zone in a black Dodge Charger going southbound on Highway 123 before Highway 93.

He left 290 feet of skid marks before colliding with a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier truck at 70 mph, Clemson police said. The truck was still in motion at the time of the crash. The USPS driver, who was found hanging upside down partially outside of the truck and still buckled, was transported to Greenville Memorial Hospital, police said. Davis gave responding police officers a written statement before complaining of a leg injury, according to police. He was then transported to Oconee Medical Center. "This is not of his character," Swinney said. "I'm incredibly disappointed in his decision-making. It's that simple. Just a poor decision. He's going to deal with lots of consequences." - The State

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CB Fred Davis II, Northwestern
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08/03/21 - Fred Davis II, rSr/2026, Northwestern, 6-0, 197 (DS#58 CB) + More +

A Clemson football player slammed on brakes before he crashed into the back of a mail carrier at 70 mph. That detail and more are in a supplemental report regarding Clemson sophomore cornerback Fred Davis's car wreck that was released by Clemson police on Monday morning. According to the report, Davis was driving a 2021 Dodge Charger with a temporary Alabama plate at 115 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone going southbound on Highway 123 before Highway 93 on the afternoon of July 21. He left 290 feet of skid marks and lost 45 mph, hitting the USPS mail carrier truck, which was still in motion, at 70 mph. "Further time and distance studies were conducted and it was determined that at the traveling speed of 115MPH Davis closed a distance of approximately 833 feet in five seconds," the report stated.

On Sunday, Davis turned himself in to Clemson police to face a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving. He was booked and released. "Had Davis been operating his vehicle in a safe manner this collision would not have occurred," the report concludes, noting Davis had plenty of space to stop safely if he had been driving within the speed limit. Clemson athletics told The State on Sunday that Davis remains with the team and will be subject to "internal discipline for misdemeanor charges" in line with the Clemson Student-Athlete Handbook. - The State

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CB Fred Davis II, Northwestern
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