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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Southern Illinois
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  OCT 9 MISSOURI VALLEY OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Javon Williams Jr., Southern Illinois, 6-2, 237, Jr. (Centralia, Ill./Centralia),...Williams Jr. led a Saluki offensive attack that scored 38-straight points at nationally ranked Missouri State, as Southern Illinois won it's fourth-straight game. Williams Jr. scored two touchdowns and totaled 121 yards of offense (45 rushing yards, 39 receiving yards, 37 passing yards). His 28-yard pass to Avante Cox set up SIU's first TD, he caught a 12-yard pass on 4th-and-7 that led to another score, and Williams Jr. scored himself on a pair of 1-yard TD runs. He also returned two kickoffs for 43 yards. - Missouri Valley Football

Sr/2023 FB Javon Williams Jr., Southern Illinois
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  OCT 3 MISSOURI VALLEY NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK: WR D'Ante' Cox, Southern Illinois, 5-11, 177, Sr. (Rochester, Ill./Rochester HS/Missouri Baptist),...Southern Illinois scored all 19 of its points in the 2nd quarter at Illinois State and much of the credit goes to wide receiver D'Ante' Cox. The twin brother of Peyton Award candidate Avante Cox, D'Ante had 6 catches for 102 yards — both career highs. He caught a 67-yard pass from QB Nic Baker to set up a 2-yard TD run by Javon Williams Jr, and added a 43-yard run on a reverse that set up a two-yard TD run by Romeir Elliott. He had 145 total yards rushing and receiving. - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2024 WR DAnte Cox, Southern Illinois
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  SEPT 26 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: FB Jacob Garrett, Southern Illinois - Caught five passes for 78 yards versus North Dakota, including two more touchdown catches. After catching three TDs in the first four years of his career, he has four in the last two games, including a pair during last week's win at Northwestern. Garrett scored Southern's first TD against UND from eight yards out, and also grabbed the final TD from 25 yards away, in SIU's 34-17 win against the Fighting Hawks. Known as one of the top blocking fullbacks in FCS football, he was the key lead blocker on Avante Cox's 8-yard touchdown reception just before halftime. - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2023 FB Jacob Garrett, Southern Illinois
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  SEPT 19 MISSOURI VALLEY CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: QB Nic Baker, Southern Illinois, 5-9, 204, Jr., Rochester, Ill. (Rochester High),...Baker guided SIU to the second win over a Big Ten opponent in school history, as the Salukis beat Northwestern, 31-24. The junior QB completed 23-of-34 passes for 241 yards and three touchdowns, connecting on strikes of 57, 18 and 9 yards. He also scored Southern's final touchdown himself on a 1-yard quarterback sneak that put the Salukis ahead, 31-17, with 5:09 left in the game. Excluding sacks, Baker had 35 yards rushing, including a key 20-yard bootleg to convert a fourth-quarter fourth down. - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2024 QB Nic Baker, Southern Illinois
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  SEPT 19 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: LB Chris Harris Jr., Southern Illinois - Harris had eight tackles for the Salukis, including a tackle for loss. He recovered a fourth-quarter fumble that stopped a Northwestern drive deep in SIU territory. - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2023 ILB Chris Harris Jr., Southern Illinois
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  SEPT 19 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: P Nathan Torney, Southern Illinois - A freshman from Australia, he averaged 44 yards on four punts during SIU's win at Northwestern. He had a pair of 50+ yard boots, with a long of 58 yards and one punt that pinned Northwestern inside its 15. - Missouri Valley Football

Jr/2026 P Nathan Torney, Southern Illinois
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  SEPT 19 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: S PJ Jules, Southern Illinois - Had a career-high 11 tackles, including a fourth quarter strip-sack of Northwestern quarterback Ryan Hillinski, that was recovered at the Wildcats 20 and eventually led to a Saluki touchdown. Southern's defense forced four turnovers on the day and held the Wildcats to 380 yards of total offense. - Missouri Valley Football

rSr/2024 SS PJ Jules, Southern Illinois
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  SEPT 5 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: PK Jake Baumgarte, Southern Illinois - In his first, career game, redshirt freshman Jake Baumgarte was 3-for-3 on field goal tries (47, 32 and 26 yards) and made two PATs to account for 11 of SIU's 29 points at Incarnate Word. - Missouri Valley Football

rJr/2026 K Jake Baumgarte, Southern Illinois
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  Nic Baker threw two touchdown passes, Javon Williams Jr. ran for two scores and Southern Illinois defeated Missouri State 38-21 on Saturday. The Salukis fell behind 14-0 in the first quarter before reeling off the next 38 points to remain tied for first place in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The FCS No. 24 Salukis (4-2, 3-0) have won four straight and are tied with top-ranked North Dakota State and third-ranked South Dakota State. No. 19 Missouri State (2-4, 0-3) lost its fourth straight. Baker was 21-of-30-passing for 253 yards. Williams, a running back, had 45 yards on 15 carries. He threw three passes, completing two for 37 yards.

Williams scored on a 1-yard run that tied the game at 14 in the second quarter and his second 1-yard touchdown early in the second half gave the Salukis a 24-14 lead. Baker threw two touchdown passes - 7 yards to Bryce Miller and 41 yards to Avante Cox - in the final 1:06 of the third quarter and Southern Illinois led 38-14. Cox had seven catches for 107 yards and his twin, D'Ante', caught six for 108 yards. Jason Shelley completed 15 of 25 passes for 195 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions for the Bears. Jacardia Wright had 83 yards rushing with two touchdowns on 15 carries. - Southern Illinois/AP College Football

rSr/2024 QB Nic Baker, Southern Illinois
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  Nic Baker, Romeir Elliott and Javon Williams Jr. each had a short-yardage touchdown run in the second quarter when Southern Illinois scored all its points and the the Salukis held on to beat Illinois State 19-14 on Saturday night. Illinois State (2-2, 0-1 Missouri Valley Football Conference) scored the final touchdown of the night on Zack Annexstad's 2-yard toss to Daniel Sobkowicz with 9:55 remaining. On the Cardinals' final possession, Annexstad led a 15-play drive to the Southern Illinois 13 with 1:40 to play, but he was sacked by Richie Hagarty on fourth-and-8 to end it.

Baker scored on a 1-yard run to open the second quarter. About four minutes later, the Salukis went 78 yards in just three plays and scored on Williams' 2-yard burst. Elliott stretched the lead to 19-0 on his 2-yard TD run that capped an 85-yard drive. Baker was 15-of-19 passing for 143 yards for Southern Illinois (3-2, 2-0). Elliott ran for 74 yards on 15 carries and Williams finished with 32 yards rushing. Annexstad completed 26 of 47 passes for 243 yards with two touchdown passes. - AP College Football

rSr/2024 QB Nic Baker, Southern Illinois
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  Nic Baker threw four touchdown passes to lead Southern Illinois to a 34-17 win over North Dakota on Saturday as the Salukis showed no letdown after knocking off Northwestern a week earlier. Southern Illinois (2-2) scored on all four drives in the first half to take a 24-10 lead. Baker found Jacob Garrett for an 8-yard touchdown to open the scoring. He also connected with D'Ante' Cox for a 67-yard touchdown and then 7 seconds before halftime hooked up with Avante Cox for an 8-yard score. The Cox twins combined for 11 catches for 178 yards. Baker, who was 21-of-37 passing for 289 yards, found Garrett for a 25-yard score and a 31-10 lead in the closing minute of the third quarter. Tyler Hoosman ran for two touchdowns for the Fighting Hawks (2-2). Southern Illinois defeated FBS-member Northwestern 31-24. - Southern Illinois/AP College Football

rSr/2024 QB Nic Baker, Southern Illinois
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  Nic Baker hit Jacob Garrett with a touchdown pass for the second time in the game to break a tie with 12:28 left in the fourth quarter, and Southern Illinois went on to top Northwestern 31-24 on Saturday. Garrett caught Baker's toss to cap a 19-play, 74-yard drive to put the Salukis ahead 23-17 as SIU (1-2) beat a Big Ten opponent for only the second time. A Missouri Valley Conference member, Southern Illinois' other win over a Big Ten foe - against seven losses - was against Indiana in 2006 when coach Nick Hill was their quarterback. SIU made it 31-17 when Baker pushed up the middle for a 1-yard score with 5:09 left after Northwestern quarterback Ryan Hilinski fumbled at the Wildcats 10-yard line.

The Salukis needed the extra score. Hilinski capped a late 16-play, 75-yard drive with a fourth-and-goal touchdown pass to Malik Washington with 1:19 left. Baker finished with three touchdowns and 241 yards on 23-of-34 passing. Garrett had 47 receiving yards to go with his two scores. Tyce Daniel also scored off a Baker pass as the Salukis' air game lifted them to the win. SIU finished with 96 total rushing yards. Baker and Garrett stole the show from Hilinksi, who entered averaging 374.5 yards in two previous games, Hilinski threw for more than 300 yardsin each of them, but settled for 214 in this one on 27-of-43 passing. - Southern Illinois/AP College Football

rSr/2024 QB Nic Baker, Southern Illinois
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  It didn't take long for the SIU football team to develop injury concerns about a star player for the Sept. 3 season opener at Incarnate Word. Coach Nick Hill said that sixth-year senior wide receiver Avante Cox is down with a hand injury suffered in practice and that it's not certain that he'll be able to suit up when the Salukis travel to San Antonio. "Avante's not out for the season," Hill said, "but it just depends on is it a four-week injury and can we get him back for the game? Or is it a six-week injury? We'll get him back at some point, but he's definitely hurt." Cox battled a shoulder injury over the second part of 2021, missing three games, including a second round FCS playoff defeat at North Dakota State. He still finished with 43 catches for 739 yards and five touchdowns. - TheSouthern.com

rSr/2023 WR Avante Cox, Southern Illinois
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  2022 PRESEASON STATS PERFORM FCS SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: AP - Javon Williams Jr., 6-2, 245, junior, Southern Illinois (2020),...Played in all 13 games in 2021...Named 2nd Team All-MVFC...Totaled 905 all-purpose yards...Led the team in rushing yards (564) and rushing touchdowns (9)...Returned 13 punts for 82 yards (6.3 avg). - Southern Illinois Football

Sr/2023 FB Javon Williams Jr., Southern Illinois
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  2022 PRESEASON STATS PERFORM FCS SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: WR - Avante Cox, 5-10, 170, senior, Southern Illinois (2020),...Played and started 10 games, missing 3 games due to injury in 2021...All-MVFC honorable mention...Totaled 43 catches for 739 yards and 5 TDs...Added 8 rushing attempts for 45 yards. - Southern Illinois Football

rSr/2023 WR Avante Cox, Southern Illinois
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