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  11/21/22 - Malik Grant, rSr/2025, Rhode Island, 5-08, 190 (DS#120 RB) + More +

  NOV 21 NEC FOOTBALL PRIME PERFORMER: Malik Grant, SHU (RB, Sr.),...Grant turned in his sixth 100-yard rushing performance in the last eight contests after compiling 105 yards on 27 carries against LIU. The senior added a pair of touchdowns to finish with an NEC-best 14 scores (12 rushing, 2 receiving). - NEC Football

(DS#120 RB) rSr/2025 RB Malik Grant, Rhode Island
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  11/21/22 - Brent Jackson, rSr/2024, Rhode Island, 6-2, 206 (DS#75 SS) + More +

  NOV 21 PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORABLE MENTION: Brent Jackson, Bucknell, Sr., S, Denton, Texas/John H. Guyer,...Jackson finished with eight tackles, one sack, a forced fumble and a pass breakup in Bucknell's 24-13 victory over Marist. He helped the Bison defense limit the Red Foxes to 48 yards in the second half. - Patriot League Football

(DS#75 SS) rSr/2024 SS Brent Jackson, Rhode Island
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  11/21/22 - Oneil Robinson, rSr/2023, Rhode Island, 6-2, 208 (DS#84 SS) + More +

  NOV 21 CAA FOOTBALL SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Oneil Robinson, Sr., S, Rhode Island (Hartford, Conn./Capital Prep),...Robinson fielded a blocked field goal by Westley Neal, Jr. and returned it 96 yards for a touchdown to help Rhode Island defeat UAlbany, 35-21. The return late in the second quarter gave the Rams a 21-7 advantage. Robinson also contributed six tackles, a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry on defense. - CAA Football

(DS#84 SS) rSr/2023 SS Oneil Robinson, Rhode Island
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  Marques DeShields ran for 204 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries, Kasim Hill threw two TD passes and Rhode Island beat Albany 35-21 Saturday in the season finale for both teams. Evan Stewart recovered a fumble in the end zone to make it 7-7 early in the second quarter. Hill hit Kahtero Summers for a 12-yard touchdown less than 3 minutes later and Dylan Brown blocked a short field-goal attempt that Oneil "Buzz" Robinson plucked out of the air and raced 96 yards for a TD that gave Rhode Island (7-4, 5-3 Colonial Athletic Association) a 21-7 lead at halftime. Hill threw a 7-yard TD pass to Darius Savedge to make it 28-14 in the third quarter and DeShields capped the scoring with a 3-yard touchdown run with 4:31 to play. Reese Poffenbarger passed for 248 yards and two touchdowns - including a 66-yarder to Jackson Parker that opened the scoring - for Albany (3-8, 2-6). - Rhode Island/AP College Football

(DS#80 RB) rSr/2023 RB Marques DeShields, Rhode Island
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  11/17/22 - JaDen McKenzie, rSr/2024, Rhode Island, 6-0, 236 (DS#59 RB) + More +

  2022 ALL-PSAC EASTERN DIVISION FIRST TEAM: RB Ja'Den McKenzie, West Chester, Jr.,...McKenzie makes his third straight appearance on the PSAC Eastern Division all-conference squad as well. He and Taylor are both three-time, first-team All-PSAC East honorees in their careers. He was the Eastern Division freshman of the year in 2019 as well. The powerful running back for the Golden Rams rushed for 706 yards on 177 attempts averaging 4.0 yards per carry. He rushed for seven touchdowns and caught another. Out of the backfield, he caught nine passes for 76 yards. - West Chester Football

(DS#59 RB) rSr/2024 RB JaDen McKenzie, Rhode Island
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  11/16/22 - Malik Grant, rSr/2025, Rhode Island, 5-08, 190 (DS#120 RB) + More +

  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

(DS#120 RB) rSr/2025 RB Malik Grant, Rhode Island
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  11/16/22 - Ayinde Johnson, rSr/2026, Rhode Island, 5-10, 208 (DS#123 CB) + More +

  NOV 14 NEC PRIME PERFORMER: Ayinde Johnson, LIU (DB, R-FR),...Now a back-to-back weekly award winner who garners NEC Defensive Player of the Week honors for the first time in his career, Ayinde came away with the game-saving heroics inside the final minute of action for the second straight week. The redshirt-freshman defensive back's pick at the Sharks' 47-yard line sealed the deal and extended LIU's winning streak to three contests. - NEC Football

(DS#123 CB) rSr/2026 CB Ayinde Johnson, Rhode Island
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  11/16/22 - Ayinde Johnson, rSr/2026, Rhode Island, 5-10, 208 (DS#123 CB) + More +

  NOV 14 NEC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ayinde Johnson, Long Island, Defensive Back, R-Fr., 6-0, 190 lbs., Danbury, CT/Capital Prep Harbor, Week 11 Stats: 3 total tackles (3 solo), 1 INT,...For the second time in as many weeks, Johnson sealed the deal for LIU in the final minute with an interception. The redshirt-freshman's pick at the Sharks' 47-yard line with 41 seconds left preserved LIU's 34-28 lead and secured the victory. A week ago, Johnson took home his first weekly award (NEC Co-Rookie of the Week) after he had a pick six in the final minute and returned in for 40 yards to secure a 29-20 win against CCSU. The Danbury, CT native added three solo tackles for the Sharks, who have won three-in-a-row. - NEC Football

(DS#123 CB) rSr/2026 CB Ayinde Johnson, Rhode Island
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  11/12/22 - Malik Grant, rSr/2025, Rhode Island, 5-08, 190 (DS#120 RB) + More +

  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


(DS#120 RB) rSr/2025 RB Malik Grant, Rhode Island
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  11/11/22 - Brent Jackson, rSr/2024, Rhode Island, 6-2, 206 (DS#75 SS) + More +

  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

(DS#75 SS) 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


(DS#80 RB) rSr/2023 RB Marques DeShields, Rhode Island
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  10/26/22 - Brent Jackson, rSr/2024, Rhode Island, 6-2, 206 (DS#75 SS) + More +

  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

(DS#75 SS) 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

(DS#80 RB) 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

(DS#80 RB) rSr/2023 RB Marques DeShields, Rhode Island
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  10/18/22 - Malik Grant, rSr/2025, Rhode Island, 5-08, 190 (DS#120 RB) + More +

  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

(DS#120 RB) rSr/2025 RB Malik Grant, Rhode Island
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