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07/14/20 - Armani Rogers, rSr/2022, Ohio + More +

Former UNLV starting quarterback Armani Rogers will conclude his college career at Ohio University, he announced on Monday night via Twitter. As a graduate transfer, he'll be eligible to play for the Bobcats immediately.- Las Vegas Review-Journal

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07/07/20 - Armani Rogers, rSr/2022, Ohio + More +

UNLV quarterback Armani Rogers announced Monday that he will be entering the NCAA transfer portal. Rogers was named the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year in 2017. He was voted a captain his sophomore season, and is the only quarterback in program history to rush for at least 100 yards in a game more than three times in a career. Rogers said it was a tough decision to transfer, but he will do so as a graduate, meaning he is eligible to play immediately at his next school. - KVVU-TV FOX 5 News

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05/01/20 - Nathan Rourke, Sr/2020, Ohio + More +

Former Ohio football quarterback Nathan Rourke (Oakville, Ontario, Canada) has been selected with the 15th overall pick in the second round of the 2020 Canadian Football League Draft by the BC Lions. Rourke becomes the second Bobcat to be picked in the 69-year history of the CFL Draft and second in as many years. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats selected Rourke's former teammate, running back Maleek Irons, with the 22nd overall pick in the third round of the 2019 CFL Draft. Rourke, who was born in Victoria, B.C., was the first quarterback off the board in the 2020 CFL Draft. He is the CFL's highest-drafted quarterback since Jesse Palmer went 15th to the Montreal Alouettes in 2001. Rourke finished his three-year career at Ohio with a record of 24-13 as starting quarterback and was under center for an unprecedented three-straight bowl victories. - Athens Messenger

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QB Nathan Rourke, Ohio
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04/15/20 - Cameron Odom, rSr/2022, Ohio + More +

Cam Odom felt the pain as soon he made the step. It happened in the second half of Ohio's game last October against Northern Illinois when Odom was running a route and felt a pop in his big toe. He finished the game, but learned a week later that he suffered a complete tear of the tendon in his toe. His route-running ability was limited for the Bobcats' final five games. "I played through it the rest of the season, but it was pulling me back in how I wanted to release," Odom said in March after Ohio's first day of spring camp, which was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. "I could never really rest it until after the (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl) game."

The injury, which Odom fixed with a small surgery in March, was perhaps the biggest reason why he struggled to take the big leap he hoped was in store for him last season. He was the most experienced receiver on the roster, but he ended his redshirt junior season with a career-low 19 receptions and no touchdowns. Odom, who caught three touchdowns as a freshman and two as a sophomore, has one year left to make that anticipated jump. Now, he'll have to do it without Nathan Rourke, the quarterback Odom has teamed up with for his past three seasons. - The Athens Post

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03/18/20 - Nathan Rourke, Sr/2020, Ohio + More +

Former Ohio University quarterback Nathan Rourke has been named one of the five finalists for the third annual Jon Cornish Trophy, given annually to the most outstanding Canadian player in NCAA Football. Rourke, who completed his senior season as a three-year starter at quarterback for the Bobcats in 2019, is familiar with the award. Rourke was picked as inaugural winner of the honor in 2017-18, and repeated as the Cornish Trophy winner in '18-'19. Rourke, a physical activity and sport coaching major, was named to the 2019 All-Mid-American Conference First Team after being named to the All-MAC Second Team the previous two seasons. He was named MAC East Division Offensive Player of the Week three times during his senior season, bringing his career total to nine.

Rourke set career highs in completions (200; sixth-most in program history), attempts (328; eighth-most in program history), completion percentage (61.0 percent; sixth-best in program history), passing yards (2,820; fourth-most in program history) and passing yards per game (216.9; fifth-most in program history) while throwing for 20 touchdown passes (tied for fourth-most in program history) against a career-low five interceptions in 2019. His passing efficiency rating of 150.3 ranked as the second-best in the MAC and second-best in program history. - Athens Messenger

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01/03/20 - Nathan Rourke, Sr/2020, Ohio + More +

Nathan Rourke accounted for 241 yards of offense and ran for a touchdown to help Ohio beat Nevada 30-21 on Friday in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Ohio (7-6) rebounded from a 1-3 start for its fifth straight winning season under coach Frank Solich. The 75-year-old former Nebraska coach received a two-year contract extension this week. Nevada (7-6), which dismissed defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel and two other defensive position coaches at the end of the regular season, didn’t find much of an answer for Ohio’s high-powered offense until the fourth quarter.

The Wolfpack also were missing three key defensive starters, suspended for their participation in a fight in a loss to rival UNLV in the regular-season finale. Ohio raced to a 20-9 lead and scored the first 10 points of the third quarter before holding off Nevada's late rally. The Bobcats lost leading rusher O’Shaan Allison late in the first quarter with an undisclosed injury. De’Montre Tuggle took over, rushing for 97 yards and a touchdown to spark a ground attack that finished with 285 yards on 50 carries spread among five players. Rourke, who is projected to be a high first-round draft pick in the Canadian Football League, tied Kareem Wilson's school record for career rushing touchdowns of 49. Wilson played from 1995-98. - AP College Football

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QB Nathan Rourke, Ohio
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12/11/19 - Armani Rogers, rSr/2022, Ohio + More +

UNLV has offered its vacant head coaching job to LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke Tuesday night on condition of anonymity because negotiations are ongoing and no announcement has been made. The offer was first reported by Fox Sports. Aranda would replace Tony Sanchez, who was fired Nov. 25 after going 19-40 in five seasons. UNLV is looking to raise the profile of its football program with the Rebels set to begin playing home games in a new stadium being built for the NFL’s Oakland Raiders, who are moving to Las Vegas. The school also opened a $34 million on-campus football complex this fall. Aranda joined LSU in 2016 when he was hired away from Wisconsin by then-LSU coach Les Miles. He was retained by current LSU coach Ed Orgeron. Aranda is among the highest-paid coordinators in the nation, earning about $2.5 million per year. He spent earlier parts of his career with current Mountain West Conference schools, including stints at Utah State and Hawaii. - AP College Football

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12/08/19 - DL Knock, rSr/2020, Ohio + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Kickoff Return Specialist - DL Knock, Ohio,...Knock, a specialized studies major, earned All-MAC recognition for the first time in his career. He finished the regular season ranked fourth in the MAC with a career-high 635 kickoff return yards (eighth-most in program history) on a career-high 26 returns (fourth-most in MAC, tied ninth-most in program history), averaging a career-high 24.4 yards per return (fifth-most in MAC) and 52.9 yards per game. For his career, Knock has returned 36 kickoffs for 878 yards (24.4 yards per return, 20.0 yards per game) with a long of 100 yards for a touchdown. - Ohio Football

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12/08/19 - Steven Hayes, rSr/2020, Ohio + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Offensive Lineman - Steven Hayes, Ohio,...Pleasants (physical activity & sport coaching undergraduate degree), Marques Grimes (sport management major) and Steven Hayes (sociology-criminology major) all earned All-MAC recognition for the first time in their careers and give Ohio three offensive linemen to be named All-MAC for the third year in a row. The trio helped pave the way for the MAC's highest-scoring offense in 2019 in terms of total points (416, fourth-most in program history) and points per game (34.7, fourth-most in program history).

The Bobcats finished the regular season ranked fourth in the league in total offense, with 5,320 total yards (seventh-most in program history) and 443.3 yards per game (fourth-most in program history). Ohio's 33 rushing touchdowns tied for the second-most in the MAC and rank as the fourth-most in program history. The Bobcats ranked third in the league in time of possession at 31:37 per game and fifth in sacks allowed with 20. Pleasants and Grimes both started all 12 games while Hayes started all nine games he played in. - Ohio Football

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12/08/19 - Marques Grimes, rSr/2020, Ohio + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Offensive Lineman - Marques Grimes, Ohio,...Pleasants (physical activity & sport coaching undergraduate degree), Marques Grimes (sport management major) and Steven Hayes (sociology-criminology major) all earned All-MAC recognition for the first time in their careers and give Ohio three offensive linemen to be named All-MAC for the third year in a row. The trio helped pave the way for the MAC's highest-scoring offense in 2019 in terms of total points (416, fourth-most in program history) and points per game (34.7, fourth-most in program history).

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12/08/19 - Michael Farkas, rSr/2020, Ohio + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Punter - Michael Farkas, Ohio,...Farkas, who has an undergraduate degree in communication studies, garnered All-MAC honors for the third time in his career after being named to the Third Team in 2016 and the First Team last year. He punted 47 times for 1,959 yards (41.7 yards per punt) in the regular season. Three of his punts went for at least 50 yards, with a season-long of 56 at Pitt on Sept. 7. He ranked second in the MAC in punts fair caught (20) and third in punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line (22). Farkas ranks second in program history with 219 career punts and a career punting average of 41.4 and third with 9,073 career punting yards. - Ohio Football

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12/08/19 - Austen Pleasants, rSr/2020, Ohio + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Offensive Lineman - Austen Pleasants, Ohio,...Pleasants (physical activity & sport coaching undergraduate degree), Marques Grimes (sport management major) and Steven Hayes (sociology-criminology major) all earned All-MAC recognition for the first time in their careers and give Ohio three offensive linemen to be named All-MAC for the third year in a row. The trio helped pave the way for the MAC's highest-scoring offense in 2019 in terms of total points (416, fourth-most in program history) and points per game (34.7, fourth-most in program history).

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12/07/19 - Nathan Rourke, Sr/2020, Ohio + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Quarterback - Nathan Rourke, Ohio,...Rourke, a physical activity & sport coaching major, earned All-MAC First Team honors after being named All-MAC Second Team each of the previous two seasons. He joins Bill Frederick (1953), Dave Wagner (1959, '60), Bob Babbitt (1962), Cleve Bryant (1968), Andy Vetter (1977) and Sammy Shon (1981) as the only quarterbacks in program history to be named All-MAC First Team and becomes the first Ohio quarterback to be named All-MAC three times in his career.

Rourke, who started all 12 regular season games for Ohio in 2019, set career highs with 191 completions (eighth-most in program history) and 311 attempts (ninth-most in program history) for a career-best 61.4 percent completion percentage (sixth-best in program history) and threw for a career-high 2,676 yards (fourth-most in program history) with a career-high 223.0 yards per game (fourth-most in program history). He threw 20 touchdown passes (third-most in MAC, tied for fourth-most in program history) against a career-low five interceptions. - Ohio Football

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12/07/19 - Javon Hagan, rSr/2020, Ohio + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Defensive Back - Javon Hagan, Ohio,...Hagan, who has an undergraduate degree sport management, earned All-MAC First Team selection for the second year in a row after being named to the All-MAC Second Team in 2016 and '17. He is the first defensive back in program history to be named to the All-MAC First Team multiple times. Hagan finished the regular season ranked eighth among MAC players with a career-high 99 total tackles to lead the team, including a team-high 44 solo stops and a career-high 55 assisted tackles. He recorded double-digit total tackles four times, including a career-high 16 against Western Michigan on Nov. 12.

He matched his career high with three tackles for loss. Hagan's seven pass breakups led the team, and he logged one quarterback hurry, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. A starter in 47 of the 51 career games he has played in and three-year team captain, Hagan has compiled 315 career total tackles (189 solo, sixth-most in program history; 126 assisted), with 9.0 career tackles for loss, has accounted for 32 career passes defensed (tied for eighth-most in program history), has tallied six career interceptions for 132 career interception return yards, has notched 26 career pass breakups (eighth-most in program history) and has forced nine career fumbles with four career fumble recoveries. - Ohio Football

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11/26/19 - Nathan Rourke, Sr/2020, Ohio + More +

Nathan Rourke threw for 308 yards and four touchdowns and Ohio routed Akron 52-3 on Tuesday night. The Bobcats (6-6, 5-3 Mid-American) clinched bowl eligibility for the 11th year in a row and for the 13th time in 15 years under head coach Frank Solich. Ohio also recorded a winning record in the conference for a fifth straight year. Rourke threw two touchdown passes in the first quarter, two more in the second and accounted for a fifth with a 1-yard run in the fourth. He threw a 53-yarder to DL Knock, 39 and 11 yards to Shane Hooks and 9 yards to Ryan Luehrman. Ja'Vahri Portis ran it in from 3-yards out with 6:41 remaining to end the scoring. Ohio outgained Akron (0-12, 0-8) in total yardage, 603-74, amassed 25 first downs to seven for the Zips and converted 10 of 15 third-down opportunities. Peter Hayes-Patrick gained 42 yards on 14 carries for Akron. The Zips ended the season with a 17-game losing streak dating to last season. Their last win was in a 17-10 contest against Central Michigan on Oct. 27, 2018. - AP College Football

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