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  Gavin Hardison has improved. So much of UTEP's season hinges on a starting quarterback entering his second year at the helm to turn potential and that rocket arm into production and consistency, and as fall camp moves past the halfway point, indications are that's happening. The good throws and right reads are more frequent, the giveaways have been minimized. This is what so much of a successful season will rely on. Stepping up "I think I'm progressing in every aspect of my game so far," Hardison said. "I think I'm seeing everything really well and getting the ball out of my hands. I think I'm doing pretty good so far."

That's something everyone around UTEP football has sensed. "In camp obviously we're throwing a lot of stuff at our quarterbacks, a lot of different schemes and having to make the checks, the things we need to see against various looks," coach Dana Dimel said. "This is the time the quarterback gets a bunch of work in and we think he's progressed greatly throughout camp, really having a lot of savvy and experience to what he's doing. "He's protecting the football extremely well and making some big throws." - El Paso Times

rSr/2024 QB Gavin Hardison, Texas-El Paso
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  Historically, whenever the UTEP football team has changed defensive schemes and coordinators, the idea was to find a better way to hide the defensive line. In that way, the offseason hiring of new coordinator Bradley Dale Peveto represents a radical new direction for the Miners. A year after landing a load of new talent on the defensive line to compliment veteran star defensive end Praise Amaewhule, UTEP is looking for ways to get its defensive front to the front and center.

They are building around the line, not away from it. "It's hard to find d-linemen," coach Dana Dimel said. "I'm excited about the development of our defensive linemen, how fortunate we've been. Now that we have those top, marquee players, you want to see a Jadrian Taylor develop, (Kelton) Moss had a good year to compliment Keenan (Stewart) and Praise. "What we're working on now is developing that second group." That's because the first group is now so proven, starting with Amaewhule. Always a prodigious talent, he broke through as a sophomore last season, getting seven sacks in eight games while earning second-team All-Conference USA. And suddenly there was talent alongside him, as a trio of first-year junior college transfers in end Jadrian Taylor and tackles Keenan Moss and Kelton Stewart gave UTEP punch in the front that had been missing for decades. Amaewhule is still listed as a sophomore, but he's a leader now and sees the transformation across the line. - El Paso Times

rSr/2024 DE Praise Amaewhule, Texas-El Paso
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  There are many reasons the UTEP football team began fall camp Friday with real optimism that has often been lacking, and is so often the case with a team expecting to make a leap, that begins under center. Sophomore (sort of) Gavin Hardison is beginning his fourth year of college football, his third year at UTEP and his second year as a starter, and as encouraging as his first sophomore year was in 2020, there's more he can do. What Hardison's already done is show special arm talent, leadership, composure - all the traits he'll need to be the elite quarterback everyone around UTEP thinks he can be. The task now is to translate that into tangibles such as improving on his 54 percent completion percentage, his 5-5 touchdown-interception ratio and the Miners' 3-5 record.

The Miners staff feel they've found their guy, they've put more weapons around him than any UTEP quarterback has had since Aaron Jones was in the backfield and he's been given a year of experience as an FBS starter. That sets up this season and Hardison is ready to seize it. "I'm focusing on what I can do to execute every week and attack the opponents," Hardison said after Friday's opening practice, which begins the one-week run-in to the New Mexico State opener on Aug. 28. "My goal is to win games, that's stayed the same, but coach (new offensive coordinator Dave) Warner has brought some new things to my game. "I'm excited to take that into this year." - El Paso Times

rSr/2024 QB Gavin Hardison, Texas-El Paso
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  UTEP defensive backs Dy'vonne Inyang and Dennis Barnes are returning to the Miners, after entering the NCAA Transfer Portal in December. Barnes and Inyang, along with fellow defensive backs Duron Lowe and Broderick Harrell, entered the NCAA Transfer Portal back on Dec. 5, forcing UTEP to play its final game at North Texas with a decimated secondary. The Miners lost the game 45-43 to finish the 2020 season 3-5. - KTSM 9 News

rSr/2022 FS DyVonne Inyang, Texas-El Paso
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  2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): PR - Justin Garrett, R-Sr., UTEP,...Senior Justin Garrett also made Honorable Mention as both a receiver and punt returner for the Miners. Garrett ranked second on the team with 38 receptions for 510 yards and three touchdowns, while he also had seven punt returns with an average of 3.3 yards per return in 2020. - Texas-El Paso Football

rSr/2022 WR Justin Garrett, Texas-El Paso
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  2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DB - Justin Prince, R-Jr., UTEP,...Justin Prince rounded out the Miner defense on the Honorable Mention list after ranking third on the team with 37 tackles (19 solo), 3.0 TFL, 1.0 sack and a fumble recovery. - Texas-El Paso Football

rSr/2024 FS Justin Prince, Texas-El Paso
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  2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): LB - Stephen Forester, R-Sr., UTEP,...Linebacker Stephen Forester earned Honorable Mention accolades after leading the team in tackles as a senior with 62 total stops (29 solo) to go along with 5.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, a QB hurry and one fumble recovery. - Texas-El Paso Football

rSr/2022 ILB Stephen Forester, Texas-El Paso
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  2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DT - Keenan Stewart, R-So., UTEP,...In his first season as a Miner, defensive tackle Keenan Stewart also made Honorable Mention after recording 34 total tackles (20 solo), 7.0 tackles for loss and five QB hurries. - Texas-El Paso Football

rSr/2024 DT Keenan Stewart, Texas-El Paso
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  2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): WR - Justin Garrett, R-Sr., UTEP,...Senior Justin Garrett also made Honorable Mention as both a receiver and punt returner for the Miners. Garrett ranked second on the team with 38 receptions for 510 yards and three touchdowns, while he also had seven punt returns with an average of 3.3 yards per return in 2020. - Texas-El Paso Football

rSr/2022 WR Justin Garrett, Texas-El Paso
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  2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DE-Praise Amaewhule, R-So., UTEP,...Amaewhule earned second team accolades after ranking second in the league in sacks (7) and sacks per game (0.88). The sophomore defensive end tied for seventh in the country in total sacks, while he ranked 13th nationally in sacks per game. He ended the campaign with 19 total tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss (50 yards), 7.0 sacks (48 yards), a team-high nine pass breakups, four QB hurries, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. - Texas-El Paso Football

rSr/2024 DE Praise Amaewhule, Texas-El Paso
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  2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): OL - Bobby DeHaro, R-Jr., UTEP,...For the third year in a row, DeHaro earned All-Conference USA honorable mention accolades after starting every game for the Miners this season at left guard. DeHaro was joined by UTEP center Andrew Meyer on the Honorable Mention list, while Hankins also earned All-Conference Honorable Mention in addition to making the league's All-Freshman Team. - Texas-El Paso Football

rSr/2022 OG Bobby DeHaro, Texas-El Paso
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  2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): OL - Andrew Meyer, R-So., UTEP,...For the third year in a row, DeHaro earned All-Conference USA honorable mention accolades after starting every game for the Miners this season at left guard. DeHaro was joined by UTEP center Andrew Meyer on the Honorable Mention list, while Hankins also earned All-Conference Honorable Mention in addition to making the league's All-Freshman Team. - Texas-El Paso Football

rSr/2024 C Andrew Meyer, Texas-El Paso
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  UTEP's quarterback battle resolved itself in dramatic fashion as Gavin Hardison now has the job. Freshman quarterback TJ Goodwin, who was battling Hardison for the starter spot in a competition that coach Dana Dimel said Saturday was even, wasn't at Sunday morning's practice. No explanation was given for his absence and no date was set for his return. Coach Dana Dimel explicitly said there were no new positive COVID tests on the team. "Not anything I can talk about right now," Dimel said. When asked if Goodwin was going to transfer, Dimel said, "I'm not going to make any comments about that now."

The turn of events leaves Hardison as the starter. He took all the starter reps Saturday and Sunday and Dimel put a positive spin on that. "That's good, that's important for him to start taking over the role of that and unequivocally having that role," Dimel said. "I think our team will feed off that pretty well. Obviously his play has been really good throughout camp and consistent with what he's doing, getting better and better and his checks are rock-solid. "There are a lot of positives with what he's doing and now we'll be looking at the same guy all the time." - El Paso Times

rSr/2024 QB Gavin Hardison, Texas-El Paso
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  Kansas State defensive back Walter Neil Jr. has entered the transfer portal, according to GoPowercat. Neil, who is entering his redshirt-senior season, has started for the Wildcats in each of the last two seasons. Due to graduate transfer rules, Neil will be eligible to play immediately if he does transfer. In the last two seasons, Neil has tallied 47 tackles, one interception and four pass breakups. - Manhattan Mercury

rSr/2022 CB Walter Neil Jr., Texas-El Paso
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  The line on UTEP tailback Quardraiz Wadley has always been that when he's healthy, he's splendid. Now, in time for his redshirt senior season, the oft-injured Wadley is healthy, whole and ready to feature that special gear he's teased before. "The past has been frustrating, just watching," Wadley said after Monday's practice, the team's second and his first after he was held out Sunday. "When you're not used to watching, it's frustrating. "But it's made me a better leader. I'm happy and blessed I'm fully healthy now, I can showcase what I can do on the field and hopefully help the team win some games."

Wadley's at the front of a UTEP's deepest position, one that will soon include Deion Hankins (he will have his first practice Wednesday when he gets out of quarantine), Josh Fields, Ray Flores and Ronald Awatt, but it starts with Wadley. After backing up Aaron Jones as a freshman in 2016, Wadley was UTEP's top rusher in the four games he was healthy in 2017, but ultimately missed two-thirds of the year to injury. The 2018 season was his breakout, when he started 10 games and averaged 5.1 yards a carry, but missed all of last year with a toe injury. - El Paso Times

rSr/2022 RB Quardraiz Wadley, Texas-El Paso
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