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2022 PRESEASON ROTARY LOMBARDI AWARD WATCHLIST: Caden McDonald, San Diego State, Sr LB,...McDonald has started 31 straight games and played in 48 consecutive games for the Aztecs dating back to the 2018 season. The two-time first-team all-MW honoree recorded 49 tackles (21 solo), including three sacks for 22 yards and 6.5 tackles for loss of 28 yards, seven quarterback hurries, two pass breakups and a blocked PAT in 2021. - San Diego State Football

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ILB Caden McDonald, San Diego State
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08/07/22 - Caden McDonald, rSr/2023, San Diego State, 6-2, 244 (DS#47 ILB) + More +

He is a grizzled veteran, but San Diego State graduate senior linebacker Caden McDonald welcomes the start of fall camp now more than ever. "It's a blessing to come out here with all the boys again," McDonald said. "Doing six years of first days, this first day has been the most exciting. "You get older, you get more mature, you know what's coming. ... All the butterflies." McDonald said added excitement comes from this being SDSU's 100th season of football, the Aztecs are about to debut at Snapdragon Stadium and, to top it off, younger brother Caden, a transfer from Washington, has joined him on the SDSU defense. - San Diego Times Union

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ILB Caden McDonald, San Diego State
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08/05/22 - Byron Cardwell Jr., Sr/2026, San Diego State, 6-0, 220 (DS#999 RB) + More +

Last season, Byron Cardwell entered fall camp third or fourth on the Ducks' depth chart. A year later, he will likely be Oregon's starting running back after showing a lot of potential in limited snaps in 2021. Once CJ Verdell was lost for the 2021 season due to a lower leg injury, Cardwell began to receive more playing time. On 61 carries, he rushed for 417 yards and three touchdowns while averaging 6.8 yards per attempt.

Against Colorado last year, Cardwell recorded his first 100-yard game after going for 127 yards and a score on only seven carries. He was also named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week in November after rushing nine times for 98 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Washington State. Two weeks ago, Cardwell was named to the 2022 preseason watch list for the Doak Walker Award, which is presented annually to the nation's top college running back. He was one of 10 Pac-12 running backs on the preseason watch list. Oregon will likely use multiple running backs, such as Noah Whittington and Mar'Keise Irving, but Cardwell has the potential to be one of the nation's top running backs. - Register Guard

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RB Byron Cardwell Jr., San Diego State
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08/02/22 - Tyler Pastula, rSr/2025, San Diego State, 6-2, 220 (DS#11 P) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ALL-CAA CONFERENCE TEAM (COACHES/MEDIA): Tyler Pastula, UAlbany, Jr., P,...Pastula joins the Great Danes in 2022 after transferring from the University of Delaware. In 2021, his sophomore season, he was named to the All-CAA First Team and was twice named CAA Special Teams Player of the Week. He punted 62 times for 2,637 yards, leading the CAA with an average of 42.5 yards per punt. A Pennsylvania native, the precision punter pinned opponents inside their own 20-yard line 24 times. - UAlbany Football

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P Tyler Pastula, San Diego State
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08/01/22 - Jordan Byrd, rSr/2023, San Diego State, 5-07, 166 (DS#55 RB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST: Jordan Byrd, San Diego State,...Byrd, who recently became San Diego State's second MW Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year honoree, and is a two-time all-MW selection at kick returner (first team in 2021, second team in 2020) returned 22 kickoffs for 601 yards (27.3 avg.) with a 100-yard kick return touchdown in 2021 while returning 27 punts for 193 yards (7.1 avg.). Byrd, also rushed 37 times for 246 yards (6.6 avg.) with three touchdowns and a long of 55 yards, while making 13 catches for 76 yards (5.8 avg.) with a long of 20 yards in 2021.

He led the MW in total punt returns (27, 4th in FBS), combined kick return yards (794, 6th in FBS), kick return average (27.3, 15th in FBS), punt return yards (193, 18th in FBS) and punt return average (7.1, 30th in FBS), while tying for first in kick return touchdowns (1, T-13th in FBS), and ranking third in kick return yards (601, 18th in FBS) and total kick returns (22, T-24th in FBS) in 2021. - San Diego State Football

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RB Jordan Byrd, San Diego State
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08/01/22 - Caden McDonald, rSr/2023, San Diego State, 6-2, 244 (DS#47 ILB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY WATCHLIST: LB Caden McDonald, San Diego State,...This is the second consecutive season that McDonald has been named to the preseason Bronko Nagurski Watch List. McDonald, who was also named to the MW preseason all-conference team on Thursday, has started 31 straight games and played in 48 consecutive games for the Aztecs dating back to the 2018 season. The two-time first-team all-MW honoree recorded 49 tackles (21 solo), including three sacks for 22 yards and 6.5 tackles for loss of 28 yards, seven quarterback hurries, two pass breakups and a blocked PAT in 2021. He registered three solo tackles, including two tackles for loss (six yards) and a 4-yard sack, in 45 snaps in a 38-14 win at Arizona last season, and had four assisted tackles and a quarterback hurry in 79 snaps in a win over Utah in 2021. - San Diego State Football

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ILB Caden McDonald, San Diego State
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08/01/22 - Alama Uluave, rSr/2023, San Diego State, 6-1, 303 (DS#21 C) + More +

2022 PRESEASON OUTLAND TROPHY WATCHLIST: C Alama Uluave, San Diego State,...Uluave is one of 18 centers on the initial list of 89 interior linemen, and is one of six players from the Mountain West on the list. Uluave, who was named to the MW preseason all-conference team on Thursday, started all 22 games the past two seasons for the Aztecs at center. - San Diego State Football

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C Alama Uluave, San Diego State
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07/27/22 - Chance Bell, rSr/2023, San Diego State, 5-09, 200 (DS#999 RB) + More +

San Diego State running back Chance Bell is aiming to bring "explosive" power to the football field this fall. To that end, the super senior from Burbank joined wide receiver teammates Jesse Matthews and Tyrell Shavers doing some private workouts that focused on plyometrics. The routines involve jump training that exerts maximum force on muscles in short bursts. "I couldn't just keep doing the same thing, regular lifting and maintenance and cone drills, and expect different results," said Bell, who joined teammate Caden McDonald in Las Vegas this week for Mountain West football media days. "The plyometrics (develops) explosive power. Running into contact and running through contact is, obviously, really important for a running back."

The 5-foot-10 Bell said he has added 15 pounds of good weight, increasing his frame to 200 pounds. "That will all translate in what I'm hoping to do, get to another level and having a productive season," said Bell, SDSU's top returning running back after rushing for 341 yards and four touchdowns last season. Bell and Jordan Byrd, another super senior returning for the Aztecs, came out of spring practice as the team's starting running backs. The more bruising Bell is Mr. Inside to Byrd's Mr. Outside, if you will. - San Diego Union Tribune

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RB Chance Bell, San Diego State
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07/26/22 - Caden McDonald, rSr/2023, San Diego State, 6-2, 244 (DS#47 ILB) + More +

San Diego State linebacker Caden McDonald didn't put his tooth under his pillow in the hope of enriching himself after it was knocked out against Utah last season. McDonald has profited from the loss nonetheless. "A lot of people take losing a front tooth as a negative thing," said McDonald, a 6-foot-3 senior from Haslet, Texas. "You get your tooth knocked out and think, 'Dang, this sucks. Well, what now?' ... "I turned it into a business opportunity. I started my own clothing line." McDonald branded himself the Toothless Cowboy, the idea sparked when he was wearing a cowboy hat and a toothless grin in a TikTok photo. McDonald created a catchy logo - a T and sideways C designed to resemble a smile with a tooth missing - started the website toothlesscowboy.com and was open for business. - San Diego Union Tribune

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ILB Caden McDonald, San Diego State
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07/25/22 - Alama Uluave, rSr/2023, San Diego State, 6-1, 303 (DS#21 C) + More +

2022 PRESEASON RIMINGTON TROPHY WATCHLIST: Alama Uluave, San Diego State,...Uluave is one of 40 centers on the initial list and the only player from the Mountain West. Uluave, who was named to the MW preseason all-conference team on Thursday, started all 22 games the past two seasons for the Aztecs at center. - San Diego State Football

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C Alama Uluave, San Diego State
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07/23/22 - Jordan Byrd, rSr/2023, San Diego State, 5-07, 166 (DS#55 RB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MEDIA): Jordan Byrd, Sr., PR/KR, San Diego State,...Byrd is the third Aztec to be named MW Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year, joining Rashaad Penny (2016, '17) and Donny Hageman (2015). The native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a two-time All-MW kick returner. He averaged 27.3 yards per kick return in 2021, and 7.1 yards per punt return. Byrd led the Conference in punt returns (27, 4th nationally), combined kick return yards (794, 6th nationally), kick return average (27.3, 15th nationally), punt return yards (193, 18th nationally) and punt return average (7.1, 30th nationally). He tied for first in kick return touchdowns (1, T-13th nationally). - Mountain West Football

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RB Jordan Byrd, San Diego State
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07/22/22 - Byron Cardwell Jr., Sr/2026, San Diego State, 6-0, 220 (DS#999 RB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD CANDIDATE: Byron Cardwell (So.), Oregon,... Byron Cardwell (as a standout running back for the Ducks as a true freshman, playing in all 14 games … Rushed for 417 yards and three touchdowns on 61 carries … Led the Pac-12 with an outstanding 6.84 yards per carry … Tied for fourth in the conference with eight rushes of 20 yards or more … Second among Pac-12 freshman with 417 rushing yards … Caught four passes for three yards … Surpassed 100 rushing yards in a game for the first time vs. Colorado … Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Week after recording his first career multi-touchdown game vs. Washington State - Oregon Football

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RB Byron Cardwell Jr., San Diego State
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07/19/22 - Marquez Cooper, rSr/2025, San Diego State, 5-07, 200 (DS#69 RB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: Marquez Cooper, Kent State,...In 2021, running back Marquez Cooper began to show his talent for Kent State. Got the start at #6 Texas A&M rushing eight times for 43 yards and having one reception for 19 yards; Started in the home opener against VMI and had twelve rushes for 119 yards and a touchdown; Started at #5 Iowa rushing ten times for 38 yards; Saw some action at Maryland rushing 13 times for 48 yards and also pulled in one reception for 18 yards; Started against Bowling Green rushing 31 times for 120 yards and two touchdowns.

Started against Buffalo and had 21 rushes for 112 yards and 1 touchdown, Also hauling in one reception for 8 yards; Started against NIU rushing 23 times for 173 yards and two touchdowns; Started at Central Michigan rushing 21 times 83 yards and 2 touchdowns, also catching 1 pass for 20 yards; Started at Akron rushing 25 times for 135 yards and a touchdown; Started against Miami rushing 24 times for 126 yards and a touchdown and caught one pass for 7 yards. Season totals included 241 carries, 1,205 yards rushing and 11 TDs; 10 catches for 95 yards. - Kent State Football

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RB Marquez Cooper, San Diego State
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05/18/22 - Byron Cardwell Jr., Sr/2026, San Diego State, 6-0, 220 (DS#999 RB) + More +

Oregon running back evolution: The Ducks lost CJ Verdell to the NFL, Travis Dye to USC and Trey Benson to Florida State. Byron Cardwell Jr. and Sean Dollars return, Noah Whittington arrived in the spring and Mar'Keise Irving and Jordan James will join them later this summer. UO has more to replace than Verdell and Dye's yards and touchdowns, but accounting for the lost production is part of any offseason and goes with the territory at running back. A new rushing leader will emerge - in both yards and vocal presence - and there will be a different dynamic to the room in 2022. An unspecified injury to Cardwell kept him out of the spring game, but Dollars and Whittington each did well enough to show there is both talent and depth in a reloading room. They each offer a different look for the offense.

Said running backs coach Carlos Locklyn: "They all bring different skill sets. Byron's a great guy in space catching the ball. Sean Dollars I'm proud of him; he has gotten better taking to my coaching because I'm more of a military style type of coach. I don't use profanity with my kids but I get in them. I'm proud of him on taking on the discipline aspect of things and realize that I run my room. But I'm so proud of him and his development, how he has gotten better. He can do it all: he can run between the tackles, he can catch the ball, get him in space and each day he's getting better. Noah Whittington is Noah Whittington. Hard running kid, he can catch the ball, plays good without the ball. But all three together, we'll have something special with those three." Cardwell is the most powerful and has great top-end speed, Dollars is an agile all-around back and Whittington is a nimble speedy back with a knack for bouncing off tackles. Offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham said Cardwell did "phenomenal" during the spring. - Oregon Live

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RB Byron Cardwell Jr., San Diego State
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04/23/22 - Jude Wolfe, rSr/2025, San Diego State, 6-5, 247 (DS#50 TE) + More +

Since he signed with USC in 2019 as one of the nation's top tight end prospects, Jude Wolfe has been a forgotten man at a largely forgotten position. "It hasn't been everything I expected," Wolfe said this week. But after three seasons of being overlooked and underused, USC's tight ends are finally expected to play a pivotal part in Lincoln Riley's offense, and Wolfe, in the emerging role of H-back, could very well be its linchpin. Integrating an H-back isn't by any means an innovative offensive concept.

Its roots date to the 1980s NFL, when Washington coach Joe Gibbs won three Super Bowls while regularly deploying two tight ends on his offense, one of which would offset from the line of scrimmage as the designated H-back. The position has evolved plenty since, amid the advent of the spread offense. But Riley's system takes that position several steps further, using it as a hybrid puzzle piece meant to unlock whatever the offense might need in any given moment. Its value, the coach explains, is in its versatility. "It's a great position," Riley said. "It's a position we've used probably as uniquely as anybody in the college football over the last several years." - Los Angeles Times

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TE Jude Wolfe, San Diego State
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