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11/07/22 - Carlton Martial, rSr/2023, Troy + More +

NOV 7 SUN BELT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Carlton Martial, Troy, (Sr., LB - Mobile, Ala.),...Trojans senior linebacker Carlton Martial tallied a game-high 13 tackles in Troy's 23-17 come-from-behind victory over Louisiana, moving into third place in the FBS record books for career tackles in the process. The Mobile, Ala., product also forced his eighth career fumble, the second-most in Troy history and fifth-most in Sun Belt lore. The Trojan defense held Louisiana to just 91 second-half yards—3.4 yards per play—as the offense scored 23 unanswered points to secure the victory. - Sun Belt Football

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ILB Carlton Martial, Troy
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11/05/22 - Kimani Vidal, rJr/2024, Troy + More +

Kimani Vidal ran 21 times for 117 yards - including a 22-yard touchdown run with 5 seconds to play - and Troy scored the final 23 points to beat Louisiana-Lafayette 23-17 Saturday night to win its sixth consecutive game. Brooks Buce kicked a 37-yard field goal with 2:41 left that made it 17-all and the Troy (7-2, 6-1 Sun Belt Conference) defense forced the Ragin' Cajuns to go three-and-out on their ensuing possession. Vidal's TD run capped an eight-play, 68-yard drive and gave the Trojans their first lead of the game. Ben Wooldridge scored on a 10-yard run that gave Louisiana (4-5, 2-4) a 17-0 lead with 8:36 left in the third quarter but the Trojans responded with a 20-play, 75-yard drive that culminated when Gunnar Watson threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Michael Vice on the play of the period to make it 17-7 going into the fourth. The Ragin' Cajuns went three-and-out on their ensuing possession and Watson hit Deyunkrea Lewis for a 35-yard TD with 12:01 to play. - Troy/AP College Football

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RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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10/24/22 - Mike Rivers, rSr/2023, Troy + More +

OCT 24 SUN BELT SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mike Rivers, Troy (Sr., P - Wilmington, N.C.),...Trojans senior punter Mike Rivers delivered in the field position battle in the tightly-contested Battle for the Belt rivalry game, helping propel Troy to a 10-6 win-its fifth-straight on the year and fifth-straight in the series. The Wilmington, N.C., native averaged 42.8 yards on a season-high six punts, with 4-of-6 landing inside the 20-yard line. Following Rivers' punts, South Alabama started drives on the 12, 11, 24, 7, 26 and 13-yard lines. Rivers is the first punter to earn a Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week nod since Troy's Jack Martin on Nov. 9, 2020. - Sun Belt Football

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P Mike Rivers, Troy
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10/20/22 - DK Billingsley, rSr/2023, Troy + More +

DK Billingsley rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown, Brooks Buce made a career-long 51-yard field goal and Troy edged South Alabama 10-6 on Thursday night in the Battle for the Belt. Troy (6-2, 4-1 Sun Belt Conference), which won its fifth straight in the series, moved into the top spot in the West Division. The Troy defense held South Alabama to 246 yards. Carter Bradley, ranked third in the Sun Belt with 282.3 yards passing per game, threw for just 215 yards for the Jaguars and was intercepted by Reddy Steward. Troy linebacker Carlton Martial moved into fourth on the FBS leaderboard with 513 career tackles. Diego Guajardo made field goals of 32 and 41 yards for South Alabama (5-2, 2-1). - Troy/AP College Football

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RB DK Billingsley, Troy
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10/15/22 - Jarret Doege, rSr/2023, Troy + More +

Gunnar Watson and Jarret Doege threw touchdown passes and the Troy defense stifled Texas State in the second half to give the Trojans a 17-14 victory on Saturday, their fourth straight. The Bobcats took a 14-10 lead as Layne Hatcher connected with Lincoln Pare for a 64-yard touchdown on the third play of the second half. Texas State only had 41 yards on its final five drives. Carlton Martial led the defense with 11 tackles. The Trojans put together a nine-play, 79-yard drive capped by Doege finding RaJae Johnson for a 23-yard touchdown with 11:45 remaining.

Watson found Tez Johnson down the middle for a 74-yard scoring catch-and-run in the second quarter and added a late field goal for a 10-0 lead for Troy (5-2, 3-1 Sun Belt Conference). Texas State (3-4, 1-2) went 75 yards in just over two minutes, scoring on a 3-yard Lincoln Pare run with 22 seconds left in the first half. Watson (240) and Doege combined for 299 yards as Troy had 406 yards of offense. Hatcher threw for 207. There was just one turnover and five penalties in the game. - Troy/AP College Football

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QB Jarret Doege, Troy
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10/08/22 - Kimani Vidal, rJr/2024, Troy + More +

Kimani Vidal had 79 yards rushing and a touchdown on 17 carries, DK Billingsley scored on a 1-yard run and Troy beat Southern Miss 27-10 Saturday night. Markeis Colvin picked off a pass and returned it 44 yards to the Southern Miss 27 and six plays later Billingsley's touchdown with 3:52 remaining in the first half gave Troy a 10-7 lead. A defensive pass interference penalty on a third-and-9, a 29-yard gain on a run by Vidal and a 30-yard pass from Jarret Doege to Tez Johnson to the 10 set up Vidal's touchdown that capped the opening drive of the second half and gave the Trojans (4-2, 2-1 Sun Belt Conference) a 10-point lead. Camron Harrell intercepted a pass from Doege near midfield and returned it to the 13 before, on the next play, Zach Wilcke threw a touchdown pass to Jason Brownlee that gave Southern Miss (2-3, 0-1) a 7-3 lead with 14:34 left in the second quarter. The Troy defense forced four Southern Miss turnovers and the Golden Eagles finished with just 205 total yards - including 48 yards rushing on 26 attempts. - Troy/AP College Football

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RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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10/07/22 - Landon Parker, rSr/2025, Troy + More +

Wofford coach Josh Conklin has resigned from the FCS program with the Terriers in a 15-game losing streak. The school announced Conklin's departure Thursday, two days before the team plays a Southern Conference game at Samford. Offensive coordinator Shawn Watson was named interim coach. Conklin, a former defensive coordinator at Pitt, led Wofford to league titles his first two seasons in 2018 and 2019, going 17-9 with trips to the NCAA playoffs both seasons.

The Terriers were just 2-19 the next three seasons. They won the opener in 2021, then lost 10 straight to finish the season and all five this year. Wofford athletic director Richard Johnson said in a statement the school appreciated Conklin's efforts on behalf of the football team. Wofford's athletic department planned to hire a search firm to find Conklin's replacement. Conklin has succeeded Mike Ayers as coach after the 2017 season. Ayers spent 30 years at Wofford, guiding the program from NCAA Division II to the Football Championship Subdivision. - Wofford/AP College Football

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WR Landon Parker, Troy
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10/04/22 - Carlton Martial, rSr/2023, Troy + More +

OCT 3 SUN BELT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Carlton Martial, Troy, (Sr., LB – Mobile, Ala.),...A week after setting the Sun Belt career tackles record, Trojans senior linebacker Carlton Martial posted a 12-tackle effort in a 34-27 victory over Western Kentucky, pulling him into the Top 10 all-time in the FBS and within 59 of the all-time record. The Mobile, Ala., product also added an interception, a pass breakup and a half tackle for loss in the win. The Trojan defensive unit held Western Kentucky to just 27 points, snapping a streak of 18-straight game with 30-or-more points scored for the Hilltoppers. Martial is the first repeat Sun Belt weekly award winner of the 2022 campaign. - Sun Belt Football

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ILB Carlton Martial, Troy
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10/01/22 - Jarret Doege, rSr/2023, Troy + More +

Jarret Doege threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter, DK Billingsley ran for 122 yards with a touchdown and Troy defeated Western Kentucky 34-27 on Saturday night. Doege came in for injured starter Gunnar Watson late in the third quarter when the game was tied at 20. He finished that drive with a 16- yard touchdown pass to Jabre Barber on the first play of the fourth quarter. He hit Tez Johnson for a 10-yard score on the next possession putting Troy (3-2) on top 34-20 with 7:14 to go.

Western Kentucky (3-2) then answ ered with a scoring drive, kept alive early when lineman Gunner Britton snagged a deflected pass and rumbled for 12 yards on fourth-and-11. A Troy punt pinned the Hilltoppers on their 11 but they reached the Troy 32 before Richard Jibunor sacked Austin Reed and forced a fumble that was recovered by Tro Showers, sealing the win with a minute left. Doege finished 7-of-8 for 71 yards. Watson was 15-of-28 for 200 and hauled in a 7-yard scoring pass from Johnson on a double reverse. Johnson had nine catches for 105 yards. Reed completed 39 of 56 passes for 405 yards and three scores. Daewood Davis caught 12 passes for 122 yards, Michael Mathison eight for 152 and both had a touchdown. - Troy/AP College Football

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QB Jarret Doege, Troy
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09/26/22 - Carlton Martial, rSr/2023, Troy + More +

SEPT 26 SUN BELT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Carlton Martial, Troy (Sr., LB - Mobile, Ala.),...Trojans senior linebacker Carlton Martial tallied 18 tackles in a 16-7 victory over Marshall, becoming the Sun Belt's all-time leader in career tackles in the process. The Mobile, Ala., product passed Texas State's Bryan London to top the Sun Belt chart and now sits 71 tackles shy of the FBS career record. The Trojan defense held Marshall to 174 yards of total offense and 96 rushing yards-well off the Thundering Herd's season averages of 507.7 yards of total offense and 263.3 rushing yards entering Week 4. - Sun Belt Football

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ILB Carlton Martial, Troy
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09/24/22 - Buddha Jones, rSr/2024, Troy + More +

Buddha Jones returned a fumble 23 yards for Troy's only touchdown, Brooks Buce kicked three field goals and Troy defeated Marshall 16-7 on Saturday night. Troy's Gunnar Watson threw for 321 yards to go over 5,000 for his career. Tez Johnson and Jabre Barber both had over 100 yards receiving with each setting up fourth-quarter field goals with big gains after receptions. Jones' touchdown came after T.J. Jackson strip-sacked Henry Colombi for a 7-0 lead and Buce added a field goal in the first quarter which came on a drive that included a 63-yard Johnson reception, 51 yards coming after the catch. Khalan Laborn had 113 yards, his fourth straight game over 100, and scored on a 14-yard run in the third quarter, the only touchdown for the Thundering Herd (2-2, 0-1 Sun Belt).

Johnson had 39 yards after the catch for a 58-yard reception and Barber went 40 yards after a reception in the final quarter to set up Buce. Johnson had 121 yards on just two receptions and Barber 101 on four. Of Watson's 321 yards passing, 233 came on yards after the catch. Carlton Martial of Troy (2-2, 1-1) had 17 tackles - four solo - giving him 474 to become the Sun Belt's all-time leader Marshall didn't over 100 yards either passing or rushing and was outgained 418-169. The Herd came in with the nation's sixth-ranked rushing offense at 263.3 per game. - Troy/AP College Football

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DT Buddha Jones, Troy
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09/10/22 - Gunnar Watson, rSr/2024, Troy + More +

Gunnar Watson passed for 351 yards and four touchdowns and Troy scored 31 unanswered points to beat Alabama A&M 38-17 on Saturday night for coach Jon Sumrall's first victory. Troy (1-1), which was coming off a 28-10 loss to No. 21 Mississippi, will play Appalachian State next Saturday in Boone, N.C., the announced site of ESPN's College GameDay. The Mountaineers upset No. 6 Texas A&M 17-14 earlier Saturday. Troy had a slim 7-3 lead at halftime in front of the 10th-largest crowd (26,189) in school history at The Vet. Alabama A&M (0-2) hosts Austin Peay next week. - AP College Football

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QB Gunnar Watson, Troy
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08/28/22 - Jarret Doege, rSr/2023, Troy + More +

2022 PRESEASON JOHNNY UNITAS GOLDEN ARM AWARD WATCH LIST: Jarret Doege, Troy,...Doege enters the 2022 season as college football's active leader in passing yards (10,494) and passing touchdowns (79). Last season at West Virginia he threw for 3,048 yards and 19 touchdowns while completing 65 percent of his passes. - Troy Football

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QB Jarret Doege, Troy
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08/26/22 - Landon Parker, rSr/2025, Troy + More +

2022 PRESEASON FCS PUNTER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST: Landon Parker, Wofford,...Began at Wofford in 2018 as wide receiver, then moved to tight end and did some punting in 2020 and last year was listed as a wide receiver/punter. Missed most of 2021 due to injury. In 2020 season Played in all five games ... At tight end had eight catches for a team-high 155 receiving yards, along with two touchdowns ... Punted 20 times for 900 yards ... Led the Southern Conference with a 45.0 average ... Named SSPS FCS third-team All-American ... Against Mercer (2/20) had one catch for 36 yards and five punts for a 40.4 average ... Punted twice at Chattanooga (2/27) with a 47.5 average. Father played for Denver Broncos, mother competed in college volleyball and brother Austin was All-ACC at Duke in 2019. - Wofford Football

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WR Landon Parker, Troy
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08/22/22 - Jarret Doege, rSr/2023, Troy + More +

Western Kentucky will see a familiar face across the field at Houchens-Smith Stadium on Oct. 1. Former WKU quarterback Jarret Doege has officially been added to Troy's roster, after entering the transfer portal Sunday. The Hilltoppers are scheduled to host the Trojans on Oct. 1. "We've added a quarterback in really a unique situation," first-year Troy head coach Jon Sumrall said, according to a Friday article posted to the team's website. "Jarret has played a lot of college football, and there is no substitution for that experience. So, bringing him in is about what our quarterback room looks like concerning experience more so than whether we like who we have." Doege is already on campus at Troy, was at the team's practice Thursday and is eligible to play this season, according to the team's website.

He transferred to WKU during the offseason from West Virginia and was in a competition for the Hilltoppers' starting quarterback spot with West Florida transfer Austin Reed. Doege entered the transfer portal Sunday, and after Thursday's practice WKU head coach Tyson Helton officially announced Reed would be the team's starting quarterback. "Doege did enter the portal. Wish him the best of luck," Helton said. "What a great guy, great competitor, really good quarterback. Hate to lose him, but understand. He's a competitor and I get it. In today's portal world and all those things, I don't blame the guy, but going to miss the guy because he's a good person, good teammate and I wish him the best of luck." - BG Daily News

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