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2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT PRESEASON ALL-FCS FOURTH TEAM: DB Shawn Steele, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Sr.,...Steele was tied for fifth in the SWAC in interceptions (three), and first in the league in both pass breakups (15) and passes defended (18). He had four games of multiple pass breakups, including back-to-back games with three pass breakups at Tennessee St. and vs. Southern. Steele recorded 46 tackles (36 solo), with 2.5 tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries, and one blocked kick on the season. - Arkansas-Pine Bluff Football

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CB Shawn Steele II, South Alabama
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07/26/20 - Brian Ankerson, rSr/2022, South Alabama, 6-1, 295 (DS#999 C) + More +

2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Brian Ankerson, South Alabama, junior, offensive line,...It's the second year in a row that the rising senior - who hails from Theodore, Ala. - is a candidate for the award presented each February to the college football player who serves others, celebrates their positive impact on society, and inspires greater service in the world. Off the field, Ankerson has volunteered for numerous events including an awards ceremony at Dawes Intermediate School, an elementary school career day, at the Relay For Life and at Camp Rap-A-Hope in his time with the program. He has also participated in the University's annual Move In Day prior to the start of the fall semester on multiple occasions and took part in an event to help clean up Mobile as well. - South Alabama Football

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C Brian Ankerson, South Alabama
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07/26/20 - Jake Bentley, rSr/2022, South Alabama, 6-4, 225 (DS#999 QB) + More +

2020 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: QB Jake Bentley, Utah,...Graduate transfer from South Carolina started in every game he appeared in (33), playing in just one game in 2019 due to injury...led the Gamecocks to the Belk Bowl (2018) and the Outback Bowl (2017) during his time as a starter, earning Outback Bowl MVP as a sophomore...19-14 career record as a starter including a 10-7 record in SEC games...ranks second in South Carolina history in career completion percentage (.625), third in career pass completions (626) and passing touchdowns (55), fourth in career passing yards (7,527) and is fifth in career total offense (7,670). - Utah Football

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QB Jake Bentley, South Alabama
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07/25/20 - Riley Cole, rSr/2021, South Alabama, 6-3, 240 (DS#21 OLB) + More +

2020 BUTKUS AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Riley Cole, South Alabama,...The rising senior from Oneonta, Ala., enters his final year at the collegiate level having compiled 122 total tackles including 70 solo, 11 1/2 stops for loss, a forced fumble, a pass defensed and six quarterback hurries despite having two seasons ended prematurely due to injury. - South Alabama Football

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OLB Riley Cole, South Alabama
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06/24/20 - Jake Bentley, rSr/2022, South Alabama, 6-4, 225 (DS#999 QB) + More +

In a recent interview with a newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, quarterback Jake Bentley reemphasized his decision to play his final college season at Utah. The graduate transfer played and started in 33 games for South Carolina before making the move. He was limited to one game last season because of a foot injury. "I just felt like I needed a new start," Bentley told The State. "I love (Will) Muschamp and I'm so thankful for all that he's done for me and my family. But I think for me it was just something that I needed to do."

Bentley made his decision in December and enrolled at Utah shortly thereafter. He's competing with Texas transfer Cam Rising and veteran Drew Lisk for the starting job vacated by the graduation of Tyler Huntley. "Going into it, I told my dad and all of the other coaches that were talking to me that I wanted a situation where I could grow as a person and a football player. Those were the two big things I was looking for. Utah really is a special place." - Deseret News

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QB Jake Bentley, South Alabama
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06/08/20 - Jake Bentley, rSr/2022, South Alabama, 6-4, 225 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Utah quarterback Jake Bentley wrote a post that shares his thoughts on race in America. The former South Carolina quarterback posted this message on Twitter as protests continued over the death of George Floyd. Here's what Bentley shared: "I once had the opportunity to speak with Tim Tebow and I asked him what he told his team when down in the 4th quarter. "'Why not us? Why can't we be the guys that shock the world?' was his response. "Over the past couple of days I've thought about this a lot. Not in terms of football but about life. "Why can't we be the generation that puts an end to racism? Why can't we shock the world and kneel with a fellow black teammate? Your views on the kneeling might be completely different than theirs. But that's not the point, the point is that you recognize the pain and suffering that the black community is in and have been for generations because of racial inequality. While you might not have experienced the same pain, you recognize the need for change in America," he wrote. Bentley is a senior graduate transfer from South Carolina. He was sidelined for all but one game last year with an injury. In his career with the Gamecocks, he threw for 7,527 yards, 55 touchdowns and 32 interceptions. - Deseret News

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QB Jake Bentley, South Alabama
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05/13/20 - Jake Bentley, rSr/2022, South Alabama, 6-4, 225 (DS#999 QB) + More +

A 33-game starter across parts of four seasons at the University of South Carolina, Bentley committed to the Utes on Dec. 9, then arrived in Salt Lake City on Jan. 3, three days before the start of the spring semester. Bentley went through the offseason program, then opened a three-way quarterback competition with redshirt sophomore Cam Rising and redshirt junior Drew Lisk. Utah's three spring practices gave way to a week off for spring break. The Utes never returned after the COVID-19 pandemic struck, indefinitely postponing all in-person team-related activities. At the end of the day, I think we all would've shown what we can do on the football field," Bentley said Tuesday on a conference call with beat reporters from his family's home in Lexington, S.C. "Spring practice would've allowed us to do that. It would have been clear who it was, but I think it goes back to my point that each day is an opportunity to compete.

"It would've definitely been a fun situation to have those scrimmages and those game-like reps, but the situation we're in will take us to fall camp, whenever that is, so I guess it'll shake out then. That's why this time is so important, to not take any steps back and to keep getting better." Bentley suffered a season-ending Lisfranc injury to his right foot on the final play of the 2019 season-opener. He was a full participant once spring ball started at Utah, but still had a plate in the injured foot. Once Bentley was home in South Carolina and it was clear spring practice would not be resuming for the foreseeable future, Utes head football athletic trainer Joe McBeth advised Bentley to have the plate removed. - Salt Lake Tribune

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QB Jake Bentley, South Alabama
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01/12/20 - Shawn Steele II, rSr/2022, South Alabama, 5-10, 190 (DS#176 CB) + More +

2019 ALL-SWAC FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DB Shawn Steele, Junior, UAPB,...Steele (5-11, 180; Jr. Arlington, Texas) was tied for fifth in the SWAC in interceptions (three), and first in the league in both pass breakups (15) and passes defended (18). He had four games of multiple pass breakups, including back-to-back games with three pass breakups at Tennessee St. and vs. Southern. Steele recorded 46 tackles (36 solo), with 2.5 tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries, and one blocked kick on the season. - Arkansas-Pine Bluff Football

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CB Shawn Steele II, South Alabama
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01/01/20 - DJ Exilhomme, rSr/2022, South Alabama, 5-10, 180 (DS#999 FS) + More +

2019 ALL-NORTHEAST CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DB DJ Exilhomme, Central Connecticut, Jr.,...Senior offensive lineman Cole Phelps, senior tight end Arthur Gilmore, Jr., sophomore linebacker Foday Jalloh, senior defensive lineman Brandon Puritt, sophomore defensive back Dexter Lawson, Jr. and junior defensive back DJ Exilhomme were all named to the All-Conference Second Team. - Central Connecticut Football

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FS DJ Exilhomme, South Alabama
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12/18/19 - Jeffery Whatley, rSr/2020, South Alabama, 6-1, 300 (DS#58 DT) + More +

2019 ALL-SUN BELT SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Jeffery Whatley, South Alabama (Sr., DL, Midland City, Ala.),...Whatley was credited with at least one tackle for loss in each of the Jaguars' last seven contests, and after ending the season with 14 1/2 - a number that stands third on South's season record list - the defensive lineman currently ranks second in the conference with an average of 1.21 per game. He also shared the team lead with 4½ sacks while finishing the campaign with 39 stops, as his tackles, stops behind the line and sack figures were all more than his three-year totals entering the year. A native of Midland City, Ala., Whatley finished with a career-high six stops against Georgia Southern and posted a career-best 2 1/2 tackles for loss at Texas State. - South Alabama Football

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DT Jeffery Whatley, South Alabama
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12/18/19 - Tra Minter, Sr/2020, South Alabama, 5-07, 185 (DS#47 RB) + More +

2019 ALL-SUN BELT FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Tra Minter, South Alabama (Sr., AP, Ellaville, Ga.),...Minter set school season records with 1,057 rushing yards - making him the first player in South's history to surpass the 1,000-yard mark - and 1,943 all-purpose yards as he enters the weekend ranked first in the league and third in the country with 161.92 all-purpose yards per contest. The senior running back from Ellaville, Ga., also ended the regular season fifth in the Sun Belt in rushing yards per game and third with an average of 21.2 yards per kickoff return, and he caught 32 passes for 209 yards as well. Minter recorded 200 or more all-purpose yards on four occasions in 2019. - South Alabama Football

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RB Tra Minter, South Alabama
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12/18/19 - Travis Reed, Sr/2020, South Alabama, 6-1, 185 (DS#999 CB) + More +

2019 ALL-SUN BELT THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Travis Reed, South Alabama (Sr., DB, Meridian, Miss.),...A Meridian, Miss., resident, Reed posted 10 passes broken up and intercepted three others, leading the team while ranking among the top 10 in the Sun Belt in both categories. The senior intercepted and/or broke up multiple passes in four of the team's eight league games, including picking off two passes and breaking up another in the annual "Battle For The Belt" at Troy as well as recording a career-high three pass breakups in a season-ending win over Arkansas State. Reed's 41 total tackles, which included three behind the line of scrimmage, also led Jaguar cornerbacks. - South Alabama Football

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CB Travis Reed, South Alabama
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12/18/19 - Kawaan Baker, rSr/2021, South Alabama, 6-1, 210 (DS#56 WR) + More +

2019 ALL-SUN BELT HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Kawaan Baker, South Alabama (Jr., WR, Atlanta, Ga.),...It's the second season in a row that Baker, who topped the Jags with 35 catches for 574 yards, has earned honorable mention all-league recognition. The junior from Atlanta, Ga., had multiple receptions in 10 of 12 contests this fall - including posting four for a career-best 126 yards against Georgia Southern - while pacing the team in catches five times and receiving yards on five occasions. - South Alabama Football

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WR Kawaan Baker, South Alabama
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12/18/19 - Sean Brown, Sr/2020, South Alabama, 6-2, 325 (DS#127 DT) + More +

2019 ALL-SUN BELT HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Sean Brown, South Alabama (Sr., DL, Pleasant Grove, Ala.),...A native of Pleasant Grove, Ala., Brown recorded career-high totals in both total tackles (28) and stops behind the line of scrimmage (three) his final season at the collegiate level. The defensive lineman posted all but five of his stops in conference action, highlighted by a stretch in which he made at least one tackle for loss in three straight outings. - South Alabama Football

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DT Sean Brown, South Alabama
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12/18/19 - Riley Cole, rSr/2021, South Alabama, 6-3, 240 (DS#21 OLB) + More +

2019 ALL-SUN BELT HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Riley Cole, South Alabama (Jr., LB, Oneonta, Ala.),...Cole posted career-high totals after ending the campaign with 59 stops, nine tackles behind the line and three sacks, and he was credited with an additional four quarterback hurries. The junior linebacker, who hails from Oneonta, Ala., recorded a career-best 11 tackles at Troy while he posted a career-high two stops for loss in both of South's games against top-25 opponents at Nebraska and against Appalachian State. - South Alabama Football

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OLB Riley Cole, South Alabama
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