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  2022 WAC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Jake Gerardi, R-Sr., P, Southern Utah,...Gerardi, a redshirt senior punter, was one of the top players at the position nationally throughout the regular season. Gerardi led the WAC and the FCS with a 48.0 yards per punt average over 52 attempts, with a conference-high 20 punts covering 50 or more yards. Gerardi also ranked second in the conference with 18 punts landing inside the opponent's 20-yard line. Gerardi was the primary kickoff specialist for Southern Utah and notched a touchback on exactly half of his kickoffs, 31-of-62. - Western Athletic Conference Football

rSr/2023 P Jake GerardiSouthern Utah
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  NOV 21 WAC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jake Gerardi, R-Sr., P, Southern Utah (Nov. 21),...Gerardi, a redshirt senior punter, helped flip the field multiple times for Southern Utah in an impressive 17-7 win at Sam Houston in the season finale on Nov. 19. Gerardi averaged a massive 47.1 yards per punt, including two attempts over 50 yards and a long of 68, and located three punts inside the Sam Houston 20-yard line. - WAC Football

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  Justin Miller threw for 154 yards, Isaiah Wooden rushed for 99 yards and Southern Utah beat Sam Houston 17-7 on Saturday. Miller had one touchdown and one interception for Southern Utah (5-6, 2-3 Western Athletic Conference). Elijah Burns capped the scoring with a 2-yard score with 6:22 left in the third quarter. Trapper Pannell was intercepted two times for Sam Houston (5-4, 3-2). He threw for 127 yards and carried it 21 times for 147 yards and another score. Southern Utah's Rodrick Ward intercepted a tipped pass and returned it 8 yards, and Davin Wilson was the only player within 10 yards of him for an easy pick in the fourth quarter. - Southern Utah/AP College Football

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  Justin Miller threw four touchdowns passes and Southern Utah beat Division II-member Lincoln University (Calif.) 55-0 on Saturday. Miller was 22-of-25 passing for 208 yards. He threw two touchdown passes to Brennon Hutchings and one each to Marcus Phillips Jr. and Tim Patrick Jr. Southern Utah (3-6) put up 450 yards of offense while holding Lincoln to 74 yards and just four first downs. Rhett Reiley completed three passes for 35 yards for Lincoln. - Southern Utah/AP College Football

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  SEPT 5 WAC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jake Gerardi, R-Sr., P/K, Southern Utah (Sept. 5),...Gerardi, a redshirt senior punter/kicker, did it all for Southern Utah in the win against St. Thomas. Gerardi led the nation with an average of 55.2 yards per punt (long of 71) during the victory, dropping a pair of his four attempts inside the 20. Gerardi also connected on a 27-yard field goal in the first quarter. - WAC Football

rSr/2023 P Jake GerardiSouthern Utah
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  SEPT 19 WAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Zach Strand, Sr., DL, Southern Utah (Sept. 19),...Strand, a senior defensive lineman transfer from Frostburg State, made his presence felt late in the second half of a 17-10 win for Southern Utah at Western Illinois on Sept. 17. Strand finished the game with six total tackles, 1.5 sacks and gathered in a key fumble recovery for the Thunderbirds to hold Western Illinois at bay in the red zone. Strand, who previously completed at the NCAA Division II and Division III levels while playing for Frostburg State, is believed to be the first player to register at least one sack in all three major divisions of college football. - WAC Football

rSr/2023 OLB Zach StrandSouthern Utah
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  SEPT 5 WAC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Justin Miller, R-Jr., QB, Southern Utah (Sept. 5),...Miller, a redshirt junior quarterback, was an offensive force for Southern Utah in a 44-13 rout of St. Thomas (Minn.) to open the season on Sept. 1. Miller completed 23-of-35 (65.7 percent) of his passes for 364 yards and three touchdowns with no turnovers for the Thunderbirds. Miller finished the first half an impressive 14-of-20 for 246 yards and added a 64-yard touchdown through the air to open a 20-7 halftime lead for Southern Utah. - WAC Football

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  SEPT 26 FEDEX GROUND FCS NATIONAL TEAM OF THE WEEK: Southern Utah (31-17 win over Utah Tech),...With a 3-1 start under first-year coach DeLane Fitzgerald, the Thunderbirds have surpassed the win total of their last two seasons combined. The new WAC member never trailed in their first conference game, with quarterback Justin Miller completing 29 of 37 passes for 352 yards and two touchdowns, and safety Rodrick Ward collecting six tackles, two interceptions and two pass breakups. Honorable Mention: Richmond (51-7 over Stony Brook); Sacramento State (41-10 win at Colorado State); Sacred Heart (38-31 OT win over Dartmouth); Southeastern Louisiana (41-35 win over then-No. 4 UIW). - STATS FCS Football

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  Justin Miller completed 29 of 37 passes for 352 and two touchdowns, Elijah Burns and Bobby Cole each ran for a TD and Southern Utah beat Utah Tech 31-17 Saturday night. Utah Tech (1-3, 0-1 Western Athletic Conference) failed to convert a fourth-and-7 play from the SUU 35 and, on the next play, Justin Miller hit Isaiah Wooden down the left sideline for a 65-yard catch-and-run touchdown to make it 14-7 with 11:56 left in the first half and Southern Utah led the rest of the way. Miller went 4 for 4 on third downs - hitting four different targets for first downs - on a 16-play, 82-yard drive that culminated when Ethan Bolingbroke caught a 3-yard touchdown pass with 15 seconds left in the second quarter and make it 24-10. Kobe Tracy was 19-of-36 passing for 277 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions for Utah Tech (formerly known as Dixie State). - AP College Football

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  Justin Miller hit Isaiah Wooden with a 73-yard touchdown pass with 33 seconds remaining to give Southern Utah a 17-10 win on Saturday over Western Illinois. Western Illinois had tied the game 21 seconds earlier. Miller found Wooden wide open deep down the left side for the game-winner. The Leathernecks (0-3) had tied the game on Clay Bruno's 5-yard keeper after driving WIU 73 yards. The Thunderbirds (2-1) had six takeaways with four interceptions and two fumble recoveries.

Southern Utah took advantage of a short field to score first on Micah Pettit's 27-yard field goal. The Thunderbirds made it 10-0 in the final minute of the first quarter after Julian Sanderlin's fumble recovery led to Elijah Burns' 5-yard touchdown two plays later. Miller was 20-of-33 passing with 194 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Bruno had 219 passing yards and 70 rushing but threw three of the picks. Naseim Brantley had eight catches for 116 yards. - AP College Football


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  Justin Miller threw for 364 yards and three touchdowns and Southern Utah beat St. Thomas (MN) 44-13 in a season opener Thursday night. Cade Sexauer threw for 207 yards and a touchdown and interception while Hope Adebayo ran for 73 yards on seven carries for St. Thomas. The debut win for head coach DeLane Fitzgerald ended an eight-game losing streak for Southern Utah. The team hadn't won since defeating Tarleton, 40-35 on Sept. 18, 2020. It was the Thunderbirds' first season-opening win since 2013 when they beat South Alabama 22-21. The Tommies, who made their first trip to Utah, are in their second season as a Division I program. It was the first meeting between the teams. - AP College Football

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  2022 PRESEASON FCS PUNTER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST: Jake Gerardi, Southern Utah,...Redshirt senior who transferred from Azusua Pacific after the 2019 season, when he averaged 59.3 yards on kickoffs and 39.9 on punts with a best of 67 yards. At Southern Utah last year he averaged 40 yards per punt and connected on his only field goal try, from 46 yards - Southern Utah Football

rSr/2023 P Jake GerardiSouthern Utah
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  2022 PRESEASON ALL-WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TEAM (COACHES): DL Francis Bemiy, Gr., Southern Utah,...Bemiy has had a phenomenal career for the Thunderbirds thus far, earning All-Big Sky First Team honors in the 2020-2021 season and Third Team All-Conference honors this past year. Bemiy has compiled eight total sacks and 18 tackles for loss over the past two seasons. He had a career-high 11 tackles in a victory over Tarleton State last year. In four seasons with the Thunderbirds, Bemiy has appeared in 38 games, amassing 137 tackles, 25.5 tackles for loss, and 10 sacks. He will look to build upon a strong offseason and add to those numbers this Fall as Southern Utah prepares for its first season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. - Southern Utah Football

rSr/2023 DE Francis BemiySouthern Utah
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  2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): OL Braxton Jones, SUU,...Jones anchored the offensive line for SUU all season long, which led to awards other than his All-Conference honors. Jones recently accepted an invitation to compete in the Reese's Senior Bowl which highlights many of the elite NFL Draft prospects across the country. - Southern Utah Football

rSr/2022 OT Braxton JonesSouthern Utah
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  2021 ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): DE Francis Bemiy, SUU,...Bemiy led SUU in tackles for loss and sacks with 12.5 and four, respectively. He tallied a total of 48 tackles, and both forced and recovered a fumble. - Southern Utah Football

rSr/2023 DE Francis BemiySouthern Utah
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