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  2021 ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): OG Demetris Harris, South Florida, Sr.,...Harris started at left guard in all 12 games for the Bulls this season and has accumulated 41 career starts on the offensive line. His efforts helped South Florida run for a program-record 421 yards on October 23 in a 34-14 win over Temple. - South Florida Football

rSr/2023 OG Demetris Harris, South Florida
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  SEPT 6 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL NOTABLE PERFORMANCE: RB Dominic Gonnella, North Dakota State - Gonnella rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns in North Dakota State's 28-6 home win over Albany. He averaged 10.4 yards per carry on 13 attempts. Gonnella scored on a 3-yard run in the first quarter and went 75 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the third quarter to give the Bison a 21-6 lead. - Missouri Valley Football

Sr/2024 RB Dominic Gonnella, South Florida
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  Dominic Gonnella carried 13 times for 135 yards and two scores, and his 75-yard touchdown highlighted North Dakota State's 28-6 victory over Albany on Saturday. On the first play of the second half, Gonnella broke a tackle up the middle, bounced to the outside and outran the defense to the end zone for a 21-6 lead. Quincy Patterson was 12-for-16 passing for 115 yards and one TD for North Dakota State. which has won 23 straight home openers. The Bison are ranked fourth in the FCS poll.

Jeff Undercuffler threw for 183 yards with one touchdown and one interception for Albany. Roy Alexander put the Great Danes on the board with four seconds left before halftime on a 67-yard touchdown reception. He finished with three catches for 94 yards. North Dakota State was picked to finish second in the Missouri Valley Conference behind South Dakota State in a preseason poll of the league's media, head coaches and sports information directors. SDSU had 24 first-place votes and NDSU 18. The two teams face each other on Nov. 6 in Brookings. - North Dakota State/AP College Football

Sr/2024 RB Dominic Gonnella, South Florida
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  As defensive back KJ Sails went through the most important workout of his life Thursday during USF's pro day, an NFL scout stopped him with an odd-sounding request. He wanted to find out more about the governor. "It was kind of funny," Sails said. "I didn't really think that they did their research about that type of stuff on me." Sails, of course, is not the governor. The East Bay High alumnus merely spent a day as Tampa's honorary mayor in February. But as pro teams continue their research about the NFL hopeful ahead of this month's draft, they'll discover an impressive player who will make an impact far beyond any locker room.

Sails' onfield influence was strong enough during his two seasons at USF. After arriving as a transfer from North Carolina in 2019, he started 20 games for the Bulls and was one of their bright spots during a rough stretch. He earned second-team all-conference honors as a junior and would have participated in an all-star showcase or two this offseason, had they not been cancelled because of the pandemic. His impression on the community was equally notable. Amid the nationwide unrest after George Floyd's death over the summer, Sails organized a unity walk from downtown Tampa to Central Park Village. Mayor Jane Castor became his mentor and awarded him the key to the city. "I'm thankful to impact my community, because this community means a lot to me," Sails said. "I grew up here. I was born and raised here. A lot of my family's from here. It's a blessing." - Tampa Tribune

rSr/2021 CB K.J. Sails, South Florida
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  MARCH 8 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: RB Dominic Gonnella, North Dakota State -- Gonnella had a career-high 14 rushes and 76 yards in North Dakota State's 25-0 win at Missouri State as the Bison rolled up 272 yards on the ground. He averaged 5.4 yards per carry and was second on the team with 89 all-purpose yards including two receptions for 13 yards. Gonnella is second on the Bison with 24 carries through three spring games. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

Sr/2024 RB Dominic Gonnella, South Florida
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  Auburn defensive back Matthew Hill intends to enter the transfer portal, the redshirt sophomore confirmed on his Instagram account. Hill, a former wide receiver, has only played in three games for Auburn this season but has not seen the field in each of the last five games for the Tigers. "Beginning of a new chapter," Hill posted on his Instagram story. Hill's decision to seek a transfer was first reported by AuburnSports.com. According to a source, Hill's name is not yet officially in the transfer portal, but by rule Auburn has 48 hours to enter his name into the database once the request is made.

With Hill's decision to transfer, each of Auburn's four highest-rated signees in the 2018 recruiting class -- four-star quarterback Joey Gatewood, four-star defensive tackle Coynis Miller Jr. and four-star running back Harold Joiner -- have departed the program. Gatewood transferred in the middle of last season, while Miller left the team in September, three weeks before the start of this season, and Joiner entered the transfer portal Oct. 6. A former four-star recruit, Hill was rated as the No. 92 overall player in the 2019 class and signed with Auburn as a wide receiver. - Birmingham News

rSr/2024 CB Matthew Hill, South Florida
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  USF senior cornerback K.J. Sails will not play his final two games of the season after sustaining a knee injury during Saturday's 56-21 loss at Houston, coach Jeff Scott said Tuesday. Sails will not, however, require surgery while he recovers. Sails, an East Bay High alumnus and local philanthropist who organized a unity walk through Tampa in June, finished the season with 22 tackles in eight games. In 2019, Sails finished with 42 tackles and three interceptions and was named to the American Athletic Conference second team. The loss of Sails is yet another significant blow to USF's already strained roster, which after COVID-19 issues, injuries and players simply opting out from playing, is down to 64. - Tampa Tribune

rSr/2021 CB K.J. Sails, South Florida
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  Some might say running back Nay'Quan Wright has come out of nowhere to become Florida's newest playmaker on offense. The reality is, he didn't come out of nowhere. He came from somewhere. And that somewhere - Miami - has shaped who he is and how he plans to live his life. "Growing up as a kid in Miami, I faced a lot of obstacles," Wright said. "(It taught me that) some bumps in the road are going to come. They may hit you unexpectedly, but you have to move on. Adversity, it builds a person. I'm a person that it built. I don't dwell on it. I just move forward." The biggest and most harrowing adversity came early in his life, when he was 11 or 12. It came unexpectedly, out of nowhere, when shots rang out near his football practice one day and he was struck by a bullet.

"It was just a regular day at practice," Wright said. "Shots (were) fired, and coach was yelling, 'Get down.' Everyone got down. And then a bullet ricochet off the ground hit me. And I noticed a couple other people got shot also. "The doctor said I wouldn't (live). My family got a call that I had passed away. I overcame that with the grace of God." Wright said the incident changed him as a person. The biggest thing it did was strengthen his faith. "It just made my connection with God pretty (strong)," he said. "As a person, he changed me, made me always move on and don't take life for granted, just let me know that my life is not my own." - Times Union

rSr/2025 RB NayQuan Wright, South Florida
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  A former Daphne star and ex-Alabama commit has entered the NCAA transfer portal. Christian Williams, a sophomore cornerback at Miami, went into the transfer portal Tuesday afternoon, AL.com has learned. A four-star member of Miami's 2019 recruiting class, Williams played in all 13 games for the Hurricanes last season and finished the year with five tackles. Williams, who was committed to the Crimson Tide from April 16, 2018 until Feb. 6, 2019, posted eight interceptions and was a first-team all-state selection as a senior at Daphne in 2018. - Birmingham News

rSr/2024 CB Christian Williams, South Florida
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  SEPT 14 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL: Kelley Joiner, USF, So., RB,...Rushed for a game-high 87 yards and a touchdown on eight carries, averaging 10.9 yards per carry, in a 27-6 win against The Citadel. - American Athletic Conference Football

rSr/2025 RB Kelley Joiner Jr., South Florida
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  2020 PRESEASON RAY GUY AWARD WATCH LIST: Trent Schneider, South Florida,...Entering his third season as a Bull, Schneider currently owns six USF punting records and is on pace to hold nearly every punting mark at USF. He has started 25 games, punted 145 times and amassed 6,442 yards while posting a 44.4 yards per punt career average - all on pace for USF career records...set a Bulls record with a 46.0 yards per punt average in 2019, posted a season yardage mark with 3,266 punting yards and broke the single-game punting average record four times on the year, including 52.8 ypp on five punts in a 27-23 victory over BYU. - South Florida Football

rSr/2022 P Trent Schneider, South Florida
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  Matthew Hill will be going up for interceptions rather than receptions this year now that he has transitioned from a wide receiver into a defensive back. When Hill first arrived at Auburn, he came in as a four-star wide receiver out of Snelville, Georgia. He was ranked the 13th best player in Georgia and the 17th best receiver in the country. Hill hit the field as a true freshman with a fumble recovery and 22-yard rush against Alabama State and a carry in the Music City Bowl in 2018. Since he didn't play more than four games, he was able to take that year as a redshirt. Hill didn't record any catches.

Coach Gus Malzahn said in the spring that they would give Hill opportunities on defense, but spring never happened. When the roster came out, Hill was officially listed as a defensive back. Based on what safety Smoke Monday has seen, Hill is going to be able to help the Tigers out. "I feel like Matthew Hill is going to be a big contributor to the defense," Monday said. Despite two years on offense, Hill shows a lot of confidence when he steps onto the field as a defender. He's very smart and is learning the playbook well. Hill's athleticism has also helped in the transition. Monday said he's fast and has nice hips. Auburn's defensive backs learn to play all over the field, so Hill is getting reps at both cornerback and safety. In the few days of practice that Auburn's had, Hill has looked good at both positions. - Birmingham News

rSr/2024 CB Matthew Hill, South Florida
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  2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: KJ Sails, USF, senior, defensive back,...Sails organized a unity walk in downtown Tampa in early June that led nearly 400 participants clad in black on a reflective and educational march through the Central Park Village neighborhood to the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church to highlight the quest for social justice and positive change. Sails has also been regularly involved in other community service projects during his time at USF.

Heading into his senior campaign, and second at USF after transferring from North Carolina. The cornerback earned second-team all-conference postseason honors in 2019 as he led the Bulls with five takeaways and three interceptions while finishing 15th in the conference with nine passes defended and tallying 42 tackles. Sails also returned 12 punts for 117 yards in his first season on the field for USF. His 9.8 yards per return average would have ranked second in the conference, but he was just shy of having enough returns to qualify. - South Florida Football

rSr/2021 CB K.J. Sails, South Florida
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  As you listen to Nebraska defensive coordinator Erik Chinander discuss the importance of length and athletic ability in players, it's almost impossible to not think of Braxton Clark. After all, he's 6-foot-4 and 210 pounds. Yes, a rangy corner. "The thing about length and athletic ability is when your playing radius increases, the chance for error decreases," Chinander said during the spring. "When you're not as long, it's harder to make up for some things when you get cut out of a gap or you get a bad jump or something like that. But when you're longer, you can get away with some stuff."

A sophomore from Orlando, Florida, Clark has an excellent chance to lock down the starting corner spot vacated by Lamar Jackson, a senior in 2019. Clark is intriguing in that, although he is still considered a youthful player on the roster, he also could be classified as an established contributor. He played in every game in 2019 and started against Purdue late in the season. He finished the year with 11 tackles, an interception and a fumble recovery. - Lincoln Journal Star

rSr/2024 CB Braxton Clark, South Florida
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  While Division I college sports are still waiting to see what this fall might look like, the junior college level is calling it a wrap on 2020. The National Junior College Athletic Association announced Monday that it will be moving some of its fall sports to the spring of 2021. That includes football, men's and women's soccer and volleyball. Winter sports such as basketball will begin in January as opposed to their regular late-fall opening date. Cross country and half-marathon teams will be permitted to compete in the fall.

"Our greatest focus is and always has been providing the best opportunities for our student-athletes," NJCAA president Dr. Christopher Parker said in a statement. "Through a unified effort from our Presidential Advisory Council, the Board of Regents, and leadership staff, our most recent plan of action provides a path that keeps our student-athletes competing at the highest level with proper safety measures in place." According to a statement from the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges, the representative who could've voted on behalf of Mississippi's junior colleges abstained from the final vote. - Clarion Ledger

rJr/2024 QB Jarren Williams, South Florida
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