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10/29/20 - Bryant Koback, Sr/2022, Toledo + More +

The Mid-American Conference released its annual football preseason coaches poll Wednesday, and if the guys atop the league's 12 programs are correct, the division that holds Michigan's three teams will be up for grabs. Just four voting points separated the preseason No. 1 team from the No. 4 squad in the MAC West, and four of the six teams each received at least one first-place vote. Toledo took the top spot in the West Division with 54 voting points and four first-place nods, while Western Michigan was a close second with 53 points and two first-place votes. Defending division champ Central Michigan was right behind the Broncos with 52 points and a MAC West-best five first-place votes, while Ball State rounded out the top contenders with 50 points and one first-place vote. - Kalamazoo Gazette

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RB Bryant Koback, Toledo
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10/23/20 - Cavon Butler, rSr/2025, Toledo + More +

New University of Toledo co-defensive coordinator Craig Kuligowski has developed a reputation as one of the top hand-fighting defensive line coaches in the nation. That's backed up by the number of NFL draft picks he has coached. Twenty-four of his former players have gone on to become draft picks, including six first-rounders: Quinnen Williams, Aldon Smith, Sheldon Richardson, Charles Harris, Shane Ray, and Ziggy Hood. Half of those draft picks (including all of the first rounders except Williams, who went to Alabama) came from Missouri, while eight came from Miami and four from Alabama. For Kuligowski, there are two main characteristics of players he has coached who have gone on to play in the NFL - and those characteristics he sees with some of the players on Toledo's roster now.

"The No. 1 thing that you have to be to play in the NFL is you have to have a desire to be great, and not everybody has that," he said. "It's a lot easier to say that everybody wants to be great, but not everybody wants to do what it takes to be great and do the extra things. I have a lot of examples of guys I coached that played with a chip on their shoulder, they were trying to prove something to themselves or to their family, or to their friends, or to me that they could perform at a high level. And I see that in some of our players, that desire to be great. "And then the second thing is you have to have the talent to play there. If you're a guy like Aldon Smith who's got all the talent in the world, you can be a first-round draft pick. If you're a guy who doesn't have a similar talent it doesn't mean you can't play in the NFL, but that desire to be great and do what it takes, that self discipline and sacrifice really makes a difference." - Toledo Blade

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DT Cavon Butler, Toledo
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10/06/20 - Bryant Koback, Sr/2022, Toledo + More +

While the quarterback battle may be the story of the University of Toledo's offense going into the 2020 season, the running back room returns one of the best one-two punches in the Mid-American Conference. Junior Bryant Koback and Senior Shakif Seymour each are back this season for the Rockets. Ever since Koback transferred to Toledo from Kentucky ahead of the 2018 season, the duo has not only formed a strong bond, but has developed a healthy competition. "It's been a great process to come in and compete with him every single day, and actually it helps both of us become better," Koback said. "I'm very thankful and grateful for that every single day we come in. It's also healthy competition, which is always a great thing to have. We're able to maximize our potential while competing against each other. I think we have a great one-two punch. We are both rooting for each other and both want to have a successful season." Koback's stats back up the fact the Springfield grad thrives on this competition. Seymour has accumulated 2,008 career yards and 22 touchdowns during his career. Koback meanwhile was one of the stars of Toledo's 2019 season, rushing for 1,187 yards (fourth in the MAC) and averaging 6.1 yards per carry (third in the MAC). With 2,104 career yards, he and Seymour are two of 18 players to crack 2,000 career rushing yards. - Toledo Blade

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RB Bryant Koback, Toledo
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09/25/20 - Bryant Koback, Sr/2022, Toledo + More +

The Mid-American Conference announced on Friday that its 2020 football season will begin on Wednesday, Nov. 4. The league's 12 schools will play a six-game schedule of league games that will culminate with the MAC Championship Game at Ford Field in Detroit on Friday, Dec. 18 or Saturday, Dec. 19. The announcement followed a meeting of the MAC's 12 presidents and Commissioner Dr. Jon Steinbrecher. A complete 2020 MAC Football schedule and other details with respect to the season will be announced at a later date, according to Steinbrecher. - MAC Football

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RB Bryant Koback, Toledo
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08/24/20 - Bryce Harris, rSr/2022, Toledo + More +

Harris has matured a lot as a football player since he last hit the field in 2018. He said he used to view his college football career simply as a vehicle to get him to realize his NFL dreams. Now in his sixth season at Toledo, he wants to take some more time to savor the experience. "The last couple seasons, I was in it for a completely different reason," Harris said. "At the root of it, I always loved football, and I've always been in love with the game. Now I think it's a lot deeper than that. Before in 2018 when I played I was truly only focused on the NFL. I wanted to leave my mark at Toledo so I could better myself for the NFL to prove to everyone in my entire football career that I can make it. Now it's less of a focus on that and a lot more focused on the experience - being around the team, learning the actual game from my coaches, and my relationships. "It's really about the full experience for me now. I'm more interested in how I can affect and build relationships with the entire staff and community of Toledo football." - Toledo Blade

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C Bryce Harris, Toledo
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08/03/20 - Sean Mills, rSr/2022, Toledo + More +

2020 PRESEASON PATRICK MANNELLY LONG SNAPPER AWARD WATCHLIST: Sean Mills, Toledo,...Mills has been Toledo's long snapper for every game over the past two season. He was named preseason All-MAC by Phil Steele magazine. Ten semi-finalists for the award will be announced on Nov. 16, and then three finalists selected on Nov.27. The winner is tentatively expected to be announced on Dec. 12, 2020. - Toledo Football

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LS Sean Mills, Toledo
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07/27/20 - Bailey Flint, rSr/2022, Toledo + More +

2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Bailey Flint, Toledo, senior, punter,...Flint was averaging a MAC-best 47.3 yards per punt through four games in 2019 when was sidelined for the remainder of the season with an injury. He has been the Rockets' starting punter since his freshman year, moving his punting average from 38.0 as a freshman, to 40.9 as a sophomore and 47.3 last season.

A media communication/theater major, Flint has been very active in community service in his time as a Rocket. He has participated in Victory Day, which offers special needs students a chance to be a spend an afternoon with the Rockets, in each of the past three years; the "Feed My Starving Children" program; "No One Eats Alone" program at Longfellow Elementary School in Toledo; after school program at Central Trail Elementary in Sylvania, Ohio; reading programs at REACH Academy; Dr. Seuss Day at Burroughs Elementary in Toledo; spelling bees and science fairs at Rosa Parks Elementary in Toledo; Toledo Boys and Girls Club; WTOL Holiday Toy Drive; free school lunch program in Toledo during recent school closures; "Welcome Back to School" day at Summit Academy in Toledo; the St. Francis of the Tejas food pantry; and the Fueling Tomorrows recruitment program at UToledo. - Toledo Football

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P Bailey Flint, Toledo
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07/27/20 - Bryant Koback, Sr/2022, Toledo + More +

2020 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: RB Bryant Koback, Toledo,...As a sophomore in 2019, Koback earned second-team All-MAC honors and ranked fourth in the MAC with 1,187 rushing yards. He became the 16th player in Toledo history to crack 1,000 rushing yards in a season and the 18th Rocket to crack 2,000 career rushing yards (2,104). Last week, the Doak Walker Award named Koback a nominee for its award, which annually is given to the nation's top running back. - Toledo Football

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RB Bryant Koback, Toledo
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07/23/20 - Bryce Harris, rSr/2022, Toledo + More +

2020 OUTLAND TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: C Bryce Harris, Toledo,...Last year, Harris was also named to the Rimington Award watch list, which annually honors the nation's top center. The Akron, Ohio native was also nominated for the 2019 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team for community service. Harris missed all of last season due to injury. He was a 2018 second-team All-MAC selection at center. He has appeared in 38 games as an offensive lineman, making 30 starts at center and guard. In 2018, he was part of an offensive line that helped the Rockets lead the MAC in scoring (40.4) and rank second in total offense (443.8) and rushing (215.9). - Toledo Football

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C Bryce Harris, Toledo
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07/23/20 - Bryant Koback, Sr/2022, Toledo + More +

2020 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD WATCH LIST: Bryant Koback (Jr.), Toledo,...As a sophomore in 2019, Koback earned second-team All-MAC honors and ranked fourth in the MAC with 1,187 rushing yards. He became the 16th player in Toledo history to crack 1,000 rushing yards in a season and the 18th Rocket to crack 2,000 career rushing yards (2,104). - Toledo Football

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RB Bryant Koback, Toledo
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06/16/20 - Eli Peters, rSr/2022, Toledo + More +

This is the first of three articles featuring the contenders for Toledo's starting quarterback job. Entering his fifth season in the program, University of Toledo quarterback Eli Peters knows the offensive system so well he can often anticipate the play call from the sideline. "I feel extremely comfortable, as I should be in my fifth year in the offense," Peters said. "I really feel like I have a full grasp of everything that is going on even to the point of why we are calling certain plays." That knowledge and familiarity with the system coupled with the experience he has the last two seasons in making 10 combined starts make Peters a strong candidate to be the starting quarterback this season. But he will have to win an offseason competition with talented sophomore Carter Bradley and dynamic redshirt freshman Dequan Finn.

"What I've learned in the past is just controlling what I can control through it all," Peters said. "I also want to be there for the guys in the room. This is my fifth year in the offense, and if I can teach guys around me in the room, that can really help my knowledge grow. I can really teach myself things through the questions they ask me. I think if we all just have the mindset of not only competing, but getting the quarterback room better as a whole, that will help all of us reach our full potential." Peters has been there before in offseason position battles the past two years that were won by Mitch Guadagni. With Guadagni missing time, Peters has filled in admirably. In those two seasons, Peters has passed for a combined 2,665 yards with 24 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. - Toledo Blade

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QB Eli Peters, Toledo
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04/11/20 - Luke Doerger, rSr/2022, Toledo + More +

With college football and the normalcy of being a student-athlete on pause right now as the nation and world fight the coronavirus epidemic, University of Toledo senior offensive lineman Luke Doerger looked for a special way to serve his community. Knowing he had a 3D printer and inspired by the online 3D printing community, Doerger decided to create surgical shields to donate to local hospitals. "I saw the opportunity to make a difference how I could, and I jumped on it," Doerger said. "I was raised and brought up my entire life with the ideal that if you are able to help and able to make a difference then you are called to fill that need and take action to do what you can."

Doerger saw a need in the current global climate and is acting on that need. "There was just this surge of movement from the online community in 3D printing to create these around the globe wherever the need wasn't being met by the current supply of medical supplies," Doerger said. "There are the hobbyists, which I would consider myself right now, that have one maybe two, maybe three printers at their disposal. Hundreds of those people, if not thousands, are taking that same call to action. This is a global thing, not just something in the U.S., which is a really neat thing to see." To create a surgical shield, Doerger first downloads the standard model for the face shield and starts printing those with the 3D printer. He then uses specific plastic he has ordered for the visor of the face shield. - Toledo Blade

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OG Luke Doerger, Toledo
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01/12/20 - Vitaliy Gurman, rSr/2022, Toledo + More +

2019 ALL-PSAC FOOTBALL WESTERN DIVISION FIRST TEAM (COACHES): OT Vitaliy Gurman, Edinboro, Jr., Rochester, N.Y./Spencerport,...After starting two seasons at center, Gurman made the switch to left tackle this year. The 6'4", 290 lb. redshirt junior did a good job of protecting a trio of quarterbacks' blind sides, as Edinboro only allowed 17 sacks. He has now started 32 in his three seasons. - Edinboro Football

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OG Vitaliy Gurman, Toledo
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12/08/19 - Jamal Hines, rSr/2023, Toledo + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Down Lineman - Jamal Hines, Toledo,...Hines leads all Rocket down linemen and is sixth on the team with 52 tackles. His 8.5 tackles for loss are second on the team, and he has registered a team-high six quarterback hurries. He had multiple TFLs against Murray State (2.0) and Kent State (2.5). - Toledo Football

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DE Jamal Hines, Toledo
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12/08/19 - Nick Rosi, rSr/2024, Toledo + More +

2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Offensive Lineman - Nick Rosi, Toledo,...Rosi has started every game on the offensive line for Toledo. He is an integral part of an offense that ranks second in the MAC and 19th in the country in rushing (224.5 yards/game). Earlier this week, Rosi was named a second-team All-American by Pro Football Focus. - Toledo Football

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