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Kimani Vidal ran for 208 yards and four touchdowns and Troy beat Arkansas State 48-19 on Saturday to advance to the Sun Belt Conference championship game. Troy's ninth straight win gave them a tie for the West Division title with South Alabama but with the Trojans' victory over the Jaguars in October, Troy will host Coastal Carolina. Vidal put Troy (10-2, 7-1) up 20-19 to start the fourth quarter on a 7-yard run that was set up by Gunnar Watson's 56-yard pass to RaJae' Johnson over the middle.

On the Red Wolves' ensuing possession, Reddy Steward snagged his first of his two interceptions and raced for a 67-yard score and a 27-19 lead. Vidal added 12-and 39-yard scores and the Trojans went on to put up 34 points in the final quarter. Vidal went over 200 yards for the second straight game and eclipsed 1,000 yards for the season. Watson threw for 141 yards with a TD and an interception. Johnson had three catches for 101 yards. Troy outgained Arkansas State 409-259, 268 of Troy's yards on the ground. James Blackman was 20-of-35 passing for 220 yards and scored on a 30-yard scramble. The Red Wolves (3-9, 1-7) rushed for just 38 yards, the eighth Troy opponent to be held under 100 on the ground. - Troy/AP College Football

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RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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11/21/22 - Kimani Vidal, rJr/2024, Troy, 5-08, 213 (DS#23 RB) + More +

NOV 21 SUN BELT FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kimani Vidal, Troy, (So., RB - Marietta, Ga.),...Trojans sophomore running back Kimani Vidal came with two yards of history, as he rushed for 242 yards and two touchdowns in Troy's eighth-straight victory, a 34-16 win over ULM. The Marietta, Ga., native finished two yards shy of the Trojans single-game record set by Eddie Brundidge in 1986, though his 242 yards and the ninth-most in an FBS game this season and the 20th-most in Sun Belt history. Behind Vidal's career day, Troy continues to control its own destiny in pursuit of its first Sun Belt Football Championship appearance since the game's inception in 2018. - Sun Belt Football

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RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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11/19/22 - Kimani Vidal, rJr/2024, Troy, 5-08, 213 (DS#23 RB) + More +

Kimani Vidal rushed for a career-high 242 yards, Antonio Showers returned a fumble 13 yards for a touchdown, and Troy defeated Louisiana-Monroe 34-16 on Saturday. Vidal's fourth career 100-yard game included two touchdown runs of five yards. The first gave the Trojans a 27-3 lead early in the third quarter. Warhawks quarterback Chandler Rogers ran for two touchdowns and passed for 145 yards. UL Monroe (4-7, 3-4 Sun Belt Conference) managed only 228 yards on offense. Troy (9-2, 6-1) is tied with South Alabama for first place in the West Division. Troy finishes the regular season at Arkansas State and South Alabama has a home game against Old Dominion. - Troy/AP College Football

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RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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11/14/22 - Carlton Martial, rSr/2023, Troy, 5-08, 213 (DS#62 ILB) + More +

NOV 14 SUN BELT FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Carlton Martial, Troy, (Sr., LB - Mobile, Ala.),...Trojans senior linebacker Carlton Martial registered a career-high 22 tackles in Troy's 10-9 win over Army—becoming the all-time FBS leader in career tackles in the process. The Mobile, Ala., native is the first player in Troy history to tally 20-or-more tackles in multiple games, having done so against Coastal Carolina in 2021 (21). Martial helped the Trojan defense hold Army scoreless in the second half and to just 75 rushing yards in the win, securing his fourth Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week nod of the season. He needs just 16 tackles to surpass the all-time Troy record held by Gerrick Pimienta (1985-88). - Sun Belt Football

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ILB Carlton Martial, Troy
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11/12/22 - Carlton Martial, rSr/2023, Troy, 5-08, 213 (DS#62 ILB) + More +

Carlton Martial became the FBS all-time leader in tackles when the fifth-year senior notched the 546th of his career and Troy went on to beat Army 10-9 on Saturday after Quinn Maretzki missed a 42-yard field goal with 15 seconds remaining. Martial, a linebacker, finished with 22 tackles for Troy (8-2), passing Luke Kuechly's record total of 532 while playing for Boston College from 2009-11. Army (3-6) took the lead 3 seconds into the second quarter on Tyhier Tyler's 3-yard touchdown run. Maretzki missed the extra-point kick but added a 26-yard field goal with 6 seconds left before halftime to put the Black Knights up 9-0.

The Trojans didn't get on the scoreboard until Brooks Buce kicked a 21-yard field goal for the only score of the third quarter. Troy took the lead with 8:04 left to play when Gunnar Watson capped an eight-play, 57-yard drive with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Tez Johnson. Buce's extra-point kick proved to be the difference. Watson completed 15 of 31 passes for 192 yards with an interception for the Trojans. Tyler carried 27 times for 100 of Army's 275 yards rushing on the day. - Troy/AP College Football

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ILB Carlton Martial, Troy
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11/08/22 - Evan Crenshaw, rJr/2027, Troy, 6-4, 192 (DS#999 P) + More +

OCT 31 SUN BELT SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Evan Crenshaw, Coastal Carolina, (Fr., P - Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.),...Chanticleers freshman punter Evan Crenshaw delivered in the field position battle, as Coastal Carolina defeated Marshall 24-13 in the first-ever meeting between the two programs. The Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., product averaged 42.4 yards on a season-high eight punts, with 6-of-8 being downed by the punt team. Thanks in part to Crenshaw's punts-which tallied 339 yards on the night, including a career-long 50-yarder-Marshall averaged a starting field position of their own 27-yard line. - Sun Belt Football

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P Evan Crenshaw, Troy
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11/07/22 - Carlton Martial, rSr/2023, Troy, 5-08, 213 (DS#62 ILB) + 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, 5-08, 213 (DS#23 RB) + 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, 6-1, 186 (DS#34 P) + 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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10/24/22 - Brendan Jackson, Sr/2025, Troy, 6-1, 230 (DS#97 OLB) + More +

OCT 24 BIG SOUTH DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Gardner-Webb linebacker Brendan Jackson (Statesboro, Ga.) had five total tackles - all solo, with 2.0 for loss, one sack and a pass-break-up in GWU's win at Charleston Southern. His sack on fourth down in the fourth quarter was part of a defensive effort that limited the Bucs to just 279 yards overall, as well as 3-of-14 on third down. - Big South Football

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OLB Brendan Jackson, Troy
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10/20/22 - DK Billingsley, rSr/2023, Troy, 5-08, 217 (DS#95 RB) + 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, 6-1, 199 (DS#39 QB) + 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, 5-08, 213 (DS#23 RB) + 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, 6-2, 211 (DS#999 WR) + 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, 5-08, 213 (DS#62 ILB) + 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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