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WEEK 1 MOUNTAIN WEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: AAMARIS BROWN, UNLV, Senior, Defensive Back, Tampa, Florida/South Florida,...Recorded four tackles and an interception return for a touchdown in UNLV's 38-21 win at Sam Houston...All four of his tackles were solo stops, including three tackles for loss, two of which were sacks...Picked off a Bearkat pass and returned it 52 yards for a score in the second quarter...After Sam Houston recovered an onside kick in the fourth quarter, Brown sacked the Bearkats' quarterback on fourth-and-5, forcing a turnover on downs and allowing the Rebels to run out the clock. - Mountain West Football

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CB Aamaris Brown, UNLV
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09/01/25 - Anthony Colandrea, Jr/2027, UNLV, 6-0, 205 (DS#23 QB) + More +

WEEK 1 MOUNTAIN WEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: ANTHONY COLANDREA, UNLV, Junior, Quarterback, St. Petersburg, Florida/Virginia,...Completed 19-of-23 passes for 249 yards and two touchdowns and rushed six times for 23 yards and another score to lead UNLV past Sam Houston, 38-21...Completed 83 percent of his passes and fashioned a passing efficiency of 193.5...Went 5-for-5 for 68 yards and a 43-yard touchdown on the Rebels' first series of the game...Added a 3-yard TD pass later in the first quarter to UNLV on top for good before scoring on a 13-yard run to cap the Rebel scoring in the fourth. - Mountain West Football

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QB Anthony Colandrea, UNLV
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08/30/25 - Anthony Colandrea, Jr/2027, UNLV, 6-0, 205 (DS#23 QB) + More +

Virginia transfer Anthony Colandrea threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third in his debut at UNLV and the Rebels beat Sam Houston State, 38-21, in the first meeting between the schools on Friday night in Houston. The game was played at Shell Energy Stadium, home of the Houston Dynamo of the MLS. Problems with the stadium's game clock forced officials to keep time on the field, soccer-style. UNLV coach Dan Mullen joked after the game that it might have been easier to put 45 minutes on the clock and whistle when extra time was used up. Colandrea, who set the freshman passing record at Virginia, got the Rebels on the board with a 43-yard touchdown pass to Jaden Bradley to cap a five-play, 68-yard opening drive, and after the Bearkats even the score on Hunter Watson's six-yard run four minutes later, put UNLV (2-0) in front for good with a three-yard toss to DeAngelo Irvin Jr. for a 14-7 lead after a quarter and they rolled to a 31-7 advantage after three.

Landan Brown broke free for a 53-yard touchdown for Sam Houston to start the fourth quarter, and after Colandrea ran 13 yards for a UNLV touchdown, Mabry Mettauer connected with Tim Burns Jr. for a 59-yard touchdown. The Bearkats recovered an on-sides kick but were unable to score. Colandrea completed 19 of 23 passes for 249 yards and threw an interception. He carried six times for 23 yards. Bradley finished with six catches for 125 yards. Sam Houston (0-2) finished with 332 yards of offense, with 112 yards coming on two fourth-quarter touchdowns. Watson finished 11 of 22 for 101 yards and Mettauer was 8 of 13 for 86. UNLV returns home to play host to UCLA Saturday. - UNLV/AP College Football

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QB Anthony Colandrea, UNLV
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08/23/25 - JaiDen Thomas, Jr/2027, UNLV, 5-09, 190 (DS#17 RB) + More +

Jai'Den Thomas scored three touchdowns, the UNLV defense had four interceptions and the Rebels held off Idaho State 38-31 on Saturday in the debut of Dan Mullen as their coach. After winning 11 games in 2024, UNLV is starting over with only two returning starters and a new coach. Mullen, 103-61 in 13 seasons at Mississippi State and Florida, picked up the 12th season-opening win of his career. Thomas gained 147 yards on 10 carries and Virginia transfer Anthony Colandrea threw for 195 yards to go with 93 yards rushing. The Rebels trailed 31-24 in the fourth quarter and struggled to put the game away even after their defense intercepted Idaho State's Jordan Cooke on back-to-back drives in the fourth.

After Colandrea's 9-yard touchdown pass to Daejon Reynolds tied it at 31, UNLV cashed in one interception with Michigan transfer quarterback Alex Orji's 11-yard scramble for a score on a fourth-and-one play. Now leading 38-31, the Rebels intercepted Cooke again, but Ramon Villela missed a 41-yard field goal attempt. Idaho State drove to the UNLV 32 but Cooke was called for intentional grounding while he was being sacked for a loss of 11 yards. On fourth-and-22, Quandarius Keyes broke up a pass to seal the win for the Rebels. Cooke finished 30-for-50 passing for 380 yards with one touchdown but he threw three of Idaho State's four interceptions. Thomas, one of the two returning starters for the Rebels (the other is linebacker Marsel McDuffie) erased ta 10-0 deficit with second-quarter touchdown runs of 39 and 70 yards but Idaho State led 17-14 at halftime after Dason Brooks scored on a 27-yard run with two minutes left in the half. - UNLV/AP College Football

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RB JaiDen Thomas, UNLV
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09/03/24 - Jackson Woodard, rSr/2025, UNLV, 6-2, 234 (DS#18 OLB) + More +

WEEK 1 MOUNTAIN WEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: JACKSON WOODARD, UNLV, Senior, Linebacker, Little Rock, Ark./Little Rock Christian HS/Arkansas,...Made a game-high 11 tackles in UNLV's season-opening 27-7 win at Houston...Had four tackles for loss for 28 yards, including a career-best three sacks for 23 yards...Also had a pass breakup...Helped hold Houston to just 38 yards rushing and 247 yards of total offense...Led UNLV to its first win over a Big 12 opponent since 2008. - Mountain West Football

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OLB Jackson Woodard, UNLV
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08/31/24 - Anthony Colandrea, Jr/2027, UNLV, 6-0, 205 (DS#23 QB) + More +

Virginia quarterback Anthony Colandrea threw for 297 yards and 2 touchdowns in a dominant 34-13 victory Saturday night over the University of Richmond in the season opener for both teams. The Cavaliers looked like they learned their lesson from last year's home-opening loss to James Madison. In that game, Virginia appeared to have the game in hand, but a weather delay shifted the momentum and led to a Dukes victory. Saturday night's game went into a weather delay late in the second quarter, with Virginia leading 20-7. When play resumed 2 hours and 17 minutes later, Virginia quickly scored a touchdown, and kept its foot on the gas through the third quarter before turning to clock-running mode.

Colandrea was given the fourth quarter off. Richmond's offensive line struggled to get any traction against the bigger, stronger UVA defenders. The Spiders kept the winner of their quarterback competition under wraps until game time, when sophomore Kyle Wickersham ran out to take the first snaps. He made a 5-yard scramble for the team's lone touchdown, but managed just 110 yards passing. Virginia will test itself against Wake Forest and Maryland in the next two weeks, and Colandrea showed growth that will be encouraging to the team's fanbase. He did not turn the ball over, and ran out of bounds or slid instead of exposing himself to big hits. - AP College Football

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QB Anthony Colandrea, UNLV
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11/30/23 - Jose Pizano, rSr/2024, UNLV, 5-07, 221 (DS#9 K) + More +

2023 MOUNTAIN WEST SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: JOSE PIZANO, SENIOR, PK, UNLV,...UNLV's first MW Special Teams Player of the Year...Is 23-for-25 on field goals this season, ranking eighth in the FBS with a field-goal percentage of .920...Is fourth in the FBS with 23 field goals, 1.92 field goals per game and 120 total points scored...Ranks sixth in the FBS with 10.0 points per game...Had a streak of 19 consecutive made field goals this season, which is tied for the second-longest streak in MW history...Matched the MW record with six field goals against Colorado State on Oct. 21. Scored a total of 19 points on the day to tie for third in a game in MW history...Three-time MW Special Teams Player of the Week this season...Twice named one of the Lou Groza National Collegiate Place Kicker Award Stars of the Week and was the College Football Network Co-Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 8...Semifinalist for the Lou Groza National Collegiate Place Kicker Award. - Mountain West Football

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K Jose Pizano, UNLV
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03/07/23 - Justin Flowe, rSr/2026, UNLV, 6-2, 230 (DS#16 ILB) + More +

Former five-star linebacker Justin Flowe's career at Oregon was derailed by injuries. 'That's all in the past,' he says. 'All I can do now is focus on the future.' When Justin Flowe officially became a college football player in 2020, many thought by this point he'd be preparing for the NFL draft. Currently, the only thing connecting Flowe and the NFL is the league's shield logo tattooed on his right hand. But that could change if everything goes according to plan in the linebacker's new chapter with the Arizona Wildcats. Flowe's Plan A? The Upland, California, native, who played in Snoop Dogg's youth football league as a kid and developed the moniker "Baby Man," signed with the Oregon Ducks as a five-star prospect and top-ranked inside linebacker nationally.

Plan A was slowed down by a sequence of knee and foot injuries in Flowe's first two seasons at Oregon before he finished with a career-high 35 tackles in 2022, including four in Tucson against the UA. But Flowe clamored for a change of scenery and entered the transfer portal with hopes that Plan B could lead to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell saying Flowe's name at the draft podium. "I just see it as adversity," Flowe said. "Adversity happens to everybody, so (it's about) the way you get through it. I'm just planning now to thrive this year and be the best I can be. "That's all in the past. All I can do now is focus on the future." - Arizona Star News

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ILB Justin Flowe, UNLV
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02/02/23 - Jaxen Turner, rSr/2024, UNLV, 6-1, 207 (DS#79 SS) + More +

Former Arizona safety Jaxen Turner announced on Wednesday that he's transferring to UNLV to play for first-year head coach Barry Odom. Turner, a three-year starter for the Wildcats, joined Arizona in 2019 under the Kevin Sumlin regime and played 33 games at the UA - 23 in the last two seasons.

Turner, a 6-2, 210-pound Moreno Valley, California native, started in 11 games this past season for Arizona and tallied a team-high 79 tackles, along with two interceptions (UA had four as a team), three pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. Turner made a career-high 13 tackles in Arizona's loss to Oregon. Turner was part of Arizona's safety tandem alongside Christian Young, who is out of eligibility and preparing for the NFL draft. - Arizona Star News

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SS Jaxen Turner, UNLV
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01/23/23 - DaeDae Reynolds, rSr/2026, UNLV, 6-2, 210 (DS#999 WR) + More +

Just weeks after Jared Wayne, Pitt's leading receiver in 2022, declared for the 2023 NFL draft, the Panthers have already found his likely replacement in the starting lineup. After extending offers to numerous pass catchers in the transfer portal this winter, Pat Narduzzi's team landed a Power Five receiver this week, as former Florida wideout Daejon Reynolds announced his commitment to Pitt on Friday evening. Reynolds, who measures at 6-foot-2, 205 pounds, comes to the Panthers with three years of eligibility remaining. A former four-star recruit out of Grayson High School in Loganville, Ga., Reynolds committed to Florida over other notable programs like Texas A&M, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida State.

After redshirting his first season on campus, Reynolds caught 11 passes for 244 yards and a pair of touchdowns in eight games this fall for the Gators. His best game of the year came on Nov. 19 against Vanderbilt, where he hauled in eight passes for 165 yards and scored both of his touchdowns at the collegiate level. Reynolds also received offers from Mississippi State and West Virginia. He visited Pitt on Jan. 7, where he was seen courtside with Narduzzi prior to the start of the Panthers' basketball game against Clemson. - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

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WR DaeDae Reynolds, UNLV
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12/19/22 - JoJo Earle, rSr/2026, UNLV, 5-10, 185 (DS#79 WR) + More +

Alabama transfer wide receiver JoJo Earle is returning closer to home. The former top-50 recruit and Aledo star announced he was transferring to TCU on Saturday. Earle is the fifth commitment TCU has received this weekend. Earle won three state championships at Aledo before heading to play for Nick Saban. In two seasons Earle had 24 receptions, 303 yards and two touchdowns in a steady amount of playing time. Earle was ranked the No. 47 recruit in the Class of 2021 in the 247Sports Composite rankings and was known for his speed and big play ability. Receivers coach Doug Meacham played a big role in landing one of the top receivers in the transfer portal, who visited campus recently.

TCU landed another SEC transfer Friday night with a commitment from Florida cornerback Avery Helm. Sonny Dykes also pulled in three more four-star defensive backs with Arlington Seguin's Jamel Johnson, the top-rated junior college corner Channing Canada and Randon Fontenette. The Horned Frogs currently have a top-10 transfer class and are also in the mix for Alabama transfer tackle Tommy Brockermeyer and Texas A&M transfer receiver Chris Marshall. Both are former five-star recruits with Brockermeyer playing at All Saints Episcopal. - Fort Worth Star

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WR JoJo Earle, UNLV
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12/18/22 - Adam Plant Jr., Sr/2023, UNLV, 6-5, 255 (DS#45 DE) + More +

2022 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM: DL - Adam Plant, Jr., Sr., UNLV,...Plant Jr., a product of Las Vegas' own Bishop Gorman High School, ranks fifth in the league with eight quarterback sacks and is tied for the MW lead with three forced fumbles to go with 62 total tackles and a team-leading 13.5 TFL. His sack total is tied for seventh in UNLV single-season history and is the most since Ryan Claridge posted nine in 2004. The former TCU transfer also upped his career sacks number to 15, which ties Leon Moore (2002-05) for seventh in school history. Plant is the first true DE from UNLV to earn first or second team All-MW since Jeremy Geathers was second team in 2006. - UNLV Football

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DE Adam Plant Jr., UNLV
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12/18/22 - Austin Ajiake, rSr/2023, UNLV, 6-2, 223 (DS#40 OLB) + More +

2022 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: LB - Austin Ajiake, Sr., UNLV,...Ajiake (AH-g-kay) leads the Mountain West and sits third in the nation with 132 total tackles this season, a number that ties him for fourth in UNLV single-season history. The Fremont, California, native, who was honorable mention a year ago, becomes the first Rebel linebacker to be named first team since Tau Lotulelei in 2016. The Sept. 26 Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week also added 11 tackles-for-loss, four quarterback sacks, two interceptions and a fumble recovery. - UNLV Football

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OLB Austin Ajiake, UNLV
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12/18/22 - Daniel Gutierrez, rSr/2023, UNLV, 5-10, 220 (DS#18 K) + More +

2022 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM: PK - Daniel Gutierrez, Sr., UNLV,...Gutierrez, who was also Honorable Mention in 2021, is the first Rebel kicker to be named either first or second team since Nolan Kohorst in 2012. He rewrote his program's record book with a final season that included making 94.7% of his field goal attempts (18-of-19) and going a perfect 34-for-34 in extra points. In addition to breaking his own school record by making 17 consecutive field goals, he made a stunning 11 three-pointers in the final three games of the regular season (including a school-best five in one game vs. Fresno State for a school-record 16 total points) and became only the third Rebel in history named conference player of the week four times during a career (three times in 2022). Overall, the Los Angeles native has kicked more field goals (55) in a more efficient manner (85.9%) as part of scoring more total points (280) than anyone to ever pull on a UNLV uniform. - UNLV Football

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K Daniel Gutierrez, UNLV
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12/17/22 - VarKeyes Gumms, rSr/2026, UNLV, 6-2, 240 (DS#5 FB) + More +

2022 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM: TE: Var'Keyes Gumms, North Texas,...Gumms, who set a record for the most single-season yards by a tight end in program history, was a Second Team selection while Nwaiwu, who started 12 of 13 games for the Mean Green this season, landed on the Third Team. One of the top tight ends in the country, regardless of classification, Gumms finished the season with 33 catches for 451 yards and five touchdowns. His five touchdowns are the second-most by any TE in UNT history and is tied for 13th among all FBS TEs. Among FBS TEs who had at least 50 targets on the year, Gumms' 13.7 yards per reception ranks second in FBS, only behind Georgia's Brock Bowers who was recently named a finalist for the 2022 John Mackey Award given to the best tight end in college football. - North Texas Football

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FB VarKeyes Gumms, UNLV
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