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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Rhode Island
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  NOV 14 NEC PRIME PERFORMER: Malik Grant, SHU (RB, SR),...Grant, a senior running back, ran for two touchdowns and put up 165 rushing yards on 20 carries in Sacred Heart's win at Wagner on Saturday. Averaging 8.3 yards per rush, he added one receiving touchdown on the afternoon to push his NEC-leading total to 12 on the season. - NEC Football

rSr/2025 RB Malik Grant, Rhode Island
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  Rob McCoy passed for 200 yards and ran for 105, Malik Grant added 165 yards on the ground, and Sacred Heart defeated Wagner 38-28 on Saturday. The combination of Grant and McCoy helped the Pioneers churn out 350 yards rushing. Still, Wagner was within 24-21 in the fourth quarter after Calvin Coby picked up a Sacred Heart fumble and returned it 93 yards for a touchdown.

Sacred Heart (5-5, 3-3 Northeast Conference) responded with a pair of touchdowns for a 38-21 lead. Grant raced up the middle for a 64-yard TD run and then added a short TD after Terron Mallory returned an interception to the Wagner 1. Wagner's Nick Kargman was 13-of-31 passing for 215 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Back up QB Quincy Guy-Barnes also threw a touchdown pass. Naiem Simmons caught six passes for 134 yards with one touchdown for the Seahawks (1-9, 1-5). - Sacred Heart/AP College Football

rSr/2025 RB Malik Grant, Rhode Island
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  OCT 31 PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL GEICO DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brent Jackson, Bucknell, Sr., S, Denton, Texas/John H. Guyer,...Jackson recorded a career-high 16 tackles, including 12 solo stops, to limit Colgate to 13 points in a loss...The senior safety recorded 3.0 tackles for loss (TFLs), one sack and a pass breakup...The Denton, Texas native leads the FCS in solo tackles per game (7.4) and is first in the Patriot League and sixth in the nation in total tackles per game (10.4). - Patriot League Football

rSr/2024 SS Brent Jackson, Rhode Island
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  Marques DeShields scored on a short run midway through the fourth quarter and went over 100 yards when Rhode Island ran out the clock to beat Maine 26-22 on Saturday. DeShields, who finished with 110 yards, capped a 75-yard drive. The defense then forced a three-and-out and with DeShields carrying six times, including a fourth-down conversion, the Rams ate up the final 5 minutes, 25 seconds of the game. Kasim Hill ran for two touchdowns and passed for one for Rhode Island (6-3, 4-2 Colonial Athletic Association), which had lost 14 straight to the Black Bears (2-7, 2-4) and 19 of the last 20. It was the 100th meeting between the two schools with Maine leading the series 62-35-3.

Maine led 13-7 at halftime as Cody Williams kicked a 46-yard field goal as time expired. Hill, who connected with Ed Lee for a 63-yard touchdown in the first half, had a pair of touchdown runs in the third quarter to put Rhode Island up 20-19. Williams connected from 39 yards to put the Black Bears on top 22-20 with 9:33 to play. Lee had eight catches for 190 yards. Joe Fagnano threw a touchdown pass for Maine and Elijah Barnwell ran for 98 yards and a score. - Rhode Island/AP College Football

rSr/2023 RB Marques DeShields, Rhode Island
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  OCT 24 PATRIOT LEAGUE FOOTBALL GEICO DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brent Jackson, Bucknell, Sr., S, Denton, Texas/John H. Guyer,...Jackson posted five tackles, one sack, one interception, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery in Bucknell's 19-17 victory over Lehigh...The Denton, Texas native intercepted a pass on Lehigh's first possession of the second quarter, then had a strip sack, recovering the fumble on the following Mountain Hawks' possession...He has forced three turnovers in Bucknell's last two games and is among the Patriot League and FCS leaders with 9.6 tackles per game. - Patriot League Football

rSr/2024 SS Brent Jackson, Rhode Island
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  OCT 24 CAA FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Marques DeShields, Gr., RB, Rhode Island (Clemonton, N.J./Overbrook),...DeShields accounted for 256 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns as Rhode Island outlasted Monmouth, 48-46, in a FCS-record seven overtimes. The grad student rushed for a career-best 161 yards and 2 TD's on 28 carries, and also caught three passes for 95 yards and 2 TD's. DeShields had a game-tying 77-yard TD reception with 3:23 to go in regulation and scored from a yard out in the first overtime. - CAA Football

rSr/2023 RB Marques DeShields, Rhode Island
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  Marques DeShields had 234 yards of total offense with four touchdowns and Rhode Island made the only conversion in the seventh overtime, defeating Monmouth 48-46 on Saturday. Rhode Island stopped a 2-point pass in the seventh overtime, then Ed Lee caught a pass from Kasim Hill to win it for the Rams. DeShields had 161 yards rushing with two touchdowns and 73 yards receiving with two more touchdowns. His 73-yard catch-and-run tied it at 35 late in the fourth quarter and the score remained the same at the end of regulation. Hill completed 14 of 24 passes for 352 yards with three touchdowns but was intercepted three times. Lee had four receptions for 120 yards for the Rams (5-2, 3-1 Colonial Athletic Association). Monmouth's Tony Muskett was 18-of-29 passing for 249 yards with three touchdowns and an interception. Jaden Shirden had 23 carries for 141 rushing yards with one touchdown for the Hawks (4-4, 2-3). - AP College Football

rSr/2023 RB Marques DeShields, Rhode Island
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  OCT 17 NEC PRIME PERFORMER: Malik Grant, SHU (RB, Sr.),...Grant carried the ball 25 times for 104 rushing yards in Sacred Heart's win against Stonehill on Saturday. The reigning NEC Offensive Player of the Year pushed his team-best touchdown total to six and sparked a Pioneers' 17-0 run after running it in for one yard with 6:37 left in the second quarter. - NEC Football

rSr/2025 RB Malik Grant, Rhode Island
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  OCT 17 CAA FOOTBALL CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jarrett Martin, Jr., LB, Rhode Island (Franklin, Mass./Catholic Memorial),...Martin tallied a career-best six tackles, 1.5 TFL's, and a game-winning pick six as No. 25 Rhode Island beat No. 14 Elon, 17-10. With the game tied at 10-10, Martin returned an interception 16 yards for a TD to put the Rams ahead with 8:37 to play. He was part of a URI defense that held Elon to a season-low 263 total yards and 20 points under its scoring average. - CAA Football

rSr/2024 OLB Jarrett Martin, Rhode Island
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  Kasim Hill dove into the end zone on a 7-yard run in the closing seconds of the third quarter to tie the game and Jarrett Martin picked off a Matthew McKay pass at the 16 and scored the go-ahead touchdown midway through the fourth to give Rhode Island a 17-10, come-from-behind win to knock Elon out of a share of first place in the Colonial Athletic Association on Saturday. Jalen Hampton scored on a 4-yard run, capping a 12-play, 75-yard drive to give Elon a 10-3 lead at intermission.

The Phoenix stopped the Rams at the Elon 15 with 6:30 to go in the third quarter then blocked a 32-yard field goal attempt by Harrison Leonard. Rhode Island forced a three-and-out and Hill engineered a seven-play, 57-yard drive to tie the score, squirting between pass rushers in the backfield and diving over for the tying score. The teams traded punts. McKay threw incomplete from the Elon 11 and his third-down throw was picked off by Martin, who had dropped into coverage and ran untouched into the end zone for the game-winning score. Hill finished 17 of 29 for 201 yards passing and added 73 yards on 13 carries for Rhode Island (4-2, 2-1). Marques DeShields led the Rams with 127 yards rushing on 18 carries. - Rhode Island/AP College Football

rSr/2024 QB Kasim Hill, Rhode Island
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  OCT 3 NEC PRIME PERFORMER: Malik Grant, SHU (RB, Sr.),...Grant scored one touchdown and averaged 5.5 yards per carry after compiling 132 yards on 24 attempts in Sacred Heart's 31-14 win against Norfolk State. The senior running back added 26 yards on three receptions to finish with 158 all-purpose yards in the victory. - NEC Football

rSr/2025 RB Malik Grant, Rhode Island
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  SEPT 26 NEC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Malik Grant, Sacred Heart, RB, Sr., 5-9, 200, Bronx, NY/Archbishop Stepinac, Week 4 Stats: 20 rushes, 103 rushing yards, 3 rushing TDs, 3 receptions, 24 receiving yards,...Grant, the reigning NEC Offensive Player of the Year who leads the circuit with four rushing touchdowns, ran for 100-plus yards for the second time this season after racking up 103 yards on 20 carries in Sacred Heart's thrilling come-from-behind overtime victory against two-time defending Ivy League champion Dartmouth. With his team facing a 14-point deficit in the third quarter, the senior running back spearheaded the triumphant comeback by scoring each of the Pioneers' final three touchdowns. Crossing the goal line with 2:07 left in the final quarter to help tie the game and force overtime with his second touchdown of the game, Grant ran in from two yards out to win the game for Sacred Heart in the extra session. With the win, the Pioneers snapped Dartmouth's 20-game, non-conference winning streak, which was the longest in the FCS. Grant's three touchdowns are the most for a NEC player against a Division I opponent this season. This is his first NEC Offensive Player of the Week award this season, and the first for a Sacred Heart player in 2022. - NEC Football

rSr/2025 RB Malik Grant, Rhode Island
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  SEPT 26 NEC PRIME PERFORMER: Malik Grant, SHU (RB, Sr.),...Grant, the NEC Offensive Player of the Week, rushed for 103 yards and three touchdowns - the most for a NEC player against a Division I opponent this season - on 20 carries in Sacred Heart's overtime victory against Dartmouth. The senior running back crossed the goal line three times down the stretch, scoring with 2:07 left to help tie the game before running in from two yards out to win the game in the extra session. - NEC Football

rSr/2025 RB Malik Grant, Rhode Island
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  SEP 12 NEC PRIME PERFORMER: Malik Grant, SHU (Sr., RB),...Grant registered 109 rushing yards on 25 carries and scored Sacred Heart's first touchdown of the season in a 14-10 league opening win at Central Connecticut. The senior capped off a 10-play scoring drive and helped lead the Pios to their seventh straight win against NEC opponents when he plunged in from two-yards out. - NEC Football

rSr/2025 RB Malik Grant, Rhode Island
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  SEPT 12 CAA FOOTBALL ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: A.J. Pena, Fr., LB, Rhode Island (Branchburg, N.J./Somerville),...In the first significant action of his career, Pena recorded six tackles and 3.5 sacks in Rhode Island's 35-21 victory at Bryant. The 3.5 sacks matched the second-highest total in Rams' history and is third-highest among any FCS players this season. Pena led a URI defense that recorded a program-record 10 sacks and held Bryant to -7 yards rushing in the game. - Colonial Athletic Association Football

Jr/2026 OLB A.J. Pena, Rhode Island
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