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11/30/21 - Jose Pizano, rSr/2024, UNLV + More +

2021 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM (COACHES): PK - Jose Pizano, Missouri State,...Made 14 consecutive field goal attempts to end the regular season and ranks 2nd in the nation in field goals per game (1.75*) ... Nationally ranked 8th in field goal percentage (.875*) with 21-of-24 field goal makes on the season ... Ranks 7th nationally and tops in the Valley in scoring (9.1) per game ... Made 46-of-47 extra points ... His 109 points was most-ever by a Missouri State place kicker in a season and ranked No. 3 all-time in school history ... Earned MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week (11/20/21) for 13-point output in win at Dixie State ... Also averaged 58.4 yards on 77 kickoffs with 35 touchbacks ... All-MVFC second-team in 2020-21. - Missouri State Football

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K Jose Pizano, UNLV
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11/17/21 - Charles Williams, rSr/2022, UNLV + More +

NOV 15 MOUNTAIN WEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: CHARLES WILLIAMS, UNLV, Senior, Running Back, Fresno, California/Bullard HS,...In UNLV's 27-13 victory over Hawaii, rushed for a career-high 266 yards and three touchdowns...The 266 rushing yards are tied for the second-most yards in a game by a Rebel and the most by a MW player this season...Broke the UNLV record for rushing attempts in a game with 38, a record previously held by Ickey Woods (1987)...Gave the Rebels their first lead (17-10) on a seven-yard touchdown run in the third quarter...Became just the fourth player in Mountain West history to break the 4,000-yard career rushing mark. - Mountain West Football

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RB Charles Williams, UNLV
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11/13/21 - Charles Williams, rSr/2022, UNLV + More +

Charles Williams rushed for a career-high 266 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead UNLV to a 27-13 win over Hawaii on Saturday. Williams, already UNLV's career rushing leader, had a school-record 38 carries and rushed for 200 yards for the second time in his career. He became the fourth UNLV player to go over 1,000 in a season twice. In the process, he passed Boise State's Jay Ajayi to move into fourth place on the Mountain West Conference career rushing list with 4,035 yards. He has rushed for 32 career touchdowns, including a personal-best 13 this season.

Williams' 7-yard score gave the Rebels a 17-10 lead early in the second half. Matthew Shipley's 43-yard field goal got the Rainbow Warriors within 20-13 early in the fourth quarter before Williams added his final touchdown on a 47-yard run with under two minutes to go. UNLV outgained Hawaii 465-240. Ricky Johnson had two interceptions for UNLV (2-8, 2-4), which won its second straight game. Daniel Gutierrez kicked two field goals. Hawaii (4-7, 1-5) lost its fourth straight game. Nick Mardner had four catches for 139 yards, including a 79-yard TD catch from Chevan Cordeiro for the game's first points. Shipley had two field goals. - UNLV/AP College Football

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RB Charles Williams, UNLV
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11/11/21 - Cameron Friel, rJr/2026, UNLV + More +

NOV 8 MOUNTAIN WEST FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: CAMERON FRIEL, UNLV, Freshman, Quarterback, Kahalu'u, Hawaii/Kailuah HS,...While leading UNLV to its first victory of the season, completing 20-of-33 passes for 227 yards and two touchdowns...First touchdown pass of the game came with the score tied at 7-7, hitting Marcus Phillips on third-and-11 for a 15-yard touchdown...Connected on a career-long 75-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Williams to give the Rebels a lead for good in the second quarter. - Mountain West Football

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QB Cameron Friel, UNLV
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11/07/21 - Charles Williams, rSr/2022, UNLV + More +

Cameron Friel threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns, Charles Williams became UNLV's all-time leading rusher, and the Rebels beat New Mexico 31-17 on Saturday night for coach Marcus Arroyo's first victory with the program. Williams needed 45 yards to pass Tim Cornett (2010-13) for the single-season record, and he finished with 74 and two scores for UNLV (1-8, 1-4 Mountain West). Williams has rushed for 10 touchdowns this season and 29 in his career. Kyle Williams caught seven passes for 137 yards, his second straight game with 100-plus, and a touchdown for UNLV. Arroyo was introduced as the new coach on Dec. 13, 2019, becoming the 12th head coach in program history. CJ Montes and Isaiah Chavez combined to go 10-for-16 passing for 36 yards and a touchdown for New Mexico (3-6, 1-4). Aaron Dumas rushed for 72 yards and Bobby Cole had a 75-yard TD. - UNLV/AP College Football

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RB Charles Williams, UNLV
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10/23/21 - Donavyn Lester, rSr/2024, UNLV + More +

Donavyn Lester rushed for 99 of William & Mary's 339 yards on the ground, scoring three touchdowns along the way, and the Tribe breezed to a 40-14 victory over Towson in Colonial Athletic Association play on Saturday. Bronson Yoder capped William & Mary's first possession with a 47-yard TD run for a 7-0 lead. Towson answered on its first possession, knotting the score on Chris Ferguson's 42-yard scoring strike to Caleb Smith. The Tribe (5-2, 3-1) needed just one play - Darius Wilson's 65-yard TD pass to Zach Burdick - to retake the lead for good. Lester's first TD run was a 21-yarder with 5:53 left in the first quarter for a 21-7 advantage.

William & Mary's Ethan Chang sandwiched two field goals around a 1-yard TD run by Towson's Devin Matthews in the second quarter and the Tribe led 27-14 at halftime. Lester accounted for the only scoring of the second half with TD runs of 12 yards in the third quarter and a 1-yarder in the fourth. Wilson completed 7 of 12 passes for 164 yards with one interception. Lester did his damage on just 13 carries, while Yoder finished with 82 yards on 10 totes. William & Mary ran the ball 49 times, averaging 6.9 yards per carry. Ferguson was 9-of-20 passing for 125 yards with three interceptions for the Tigers (3-4, 2-2). Backup QB Jeff Miller completed 12 of 17 passes for 123 yards with one pick. Smith finished with six catches for 86 yards. - AP College Football

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RB Donavyn Lester, UNLV
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09/29/21 - Jose Pizano, rSr/2024, UNLV + More +

SEPT 27 MISSOURI VALLEY NOTABLE PERFORMANCE: PK Jose Pizano, Missouri State - The Bears kicker knocked through his seventh consecutive field goal attempt of the season in the third quarter, a 42-yarder, to help ignite MSU's second-half comeback vs. South Dakota in the Valley opener. His 7 consecutive FG makes matches the fifth-best streak in program history. Pizano was also 4-for-4 on extra points, extending his career streak to 28 consecutive makes to begin his MSU career. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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K Jose Pizano, UNLV
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09/18/21 - Donavyn Lester, rSr/2024, UNLV + More +

Donavyn Lester rushed for 117 yards with a touchdown, Darius Wilson ran for another and William & Mary defeated Colgate 27-7 on Saturday. The Tribe (2-1) scored three rushing touchdowns in the first half for a 21-0 lead at the break. William & Mary outgained the Raiders 328-114 yards on the ground and gained an average of 8.4 yards a carry. Lester opened the scoring with a 74-yard touchdown run four minutes into the game as William & Mary scored on a two-play, 80-yard drive. Wilson scored on a keeper from the 5 later in the opening quarter, and JT Mayo added a 25-yard TD run late in the second quarter. Ethan Chang capped the scoring with second-half field goals of 37 and 34 yards. Harry Kirk broke the shutout for Colgate (0-3) with a 23-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter. William & Mary was coming off a win over Lafayette in which it limited the Leopards to 32 yards rushing on 26 carries. On Saturday the Tribe recorded four sacks, five tackles for loss and two interceptions. - AP College Football

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RB Donavyn Lester, UNLV
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09/07/21 - Jalen Catalon, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

Safety Jalen Catalon had 83 return yards on his two interceptions against Rice, the most for a Razorback in a game since Rohan Gaines brought back a pick 100 yards for a touchdown in a 30-0 win over Ole Miss on Nov. 22, 2014. Arkansas has 16 interceptions in 11 games with Barry Odom serving as defensive coordinator, the fourth most in the FBS in that span. - Northwest Arkansas Times

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SS Jalen Catalon, UNLV
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09/02/21 - LaDarrius Bishop, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

Arkansas cornerbacks coach Sam Carter often tells LaDarrius Bishop he is the fastest player on any field. That speed and athleticism is likely to be front and center Saturday in the Razorbacks' season opener against Rice. Bishop, a former 4-star recruit, is listed as a starter at cornerback opposite veteran Montaric Brown, his cousin and former Ashdown High School teammate. Arkansas' Week 1 depth chart is not yet finalized. Second-year coach Sam Pittman said Monday that it will be nailed down following Wednesday's practice. But Bishop being listed with the first-team defense to begin the week indicates he won a training camp position battle with Hudson Clark, the former walk-on who took college football by storm after a three-interception game against Ole Miss last season.

"He's fast, he's long, he's the perfect size and speed for a corner," Pittman said of Bishop. "I don't know how he beat him out, he just played well. What we did, to be honest with you, we quit moving him to left corner, right corner. We moved him all the time trying to find that place for him. "We kept him at one spot over there on one side and it seemed to help him." Bishop, a redshirt junior, played in all 10 games last season and made his fourth career start in Arkansas' season finale against Alabama. Pittman and the Razorbacks' staff were impressed with his play. - Northwest Arkansas Times

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CB LaDarrius Bishop, UNLV
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08/26/21 - Ricky White III, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

The star of Michigan State football's biggest win last season is not currently with the team. Coach Mel Tucker on Tuesday said redshirt freshman Ricky White and freshman defensive back Michael Gravely "are not participating in team activities at this point." Tucker did not elaborate on why. While both players remain on the roster, neither was on the field at Monday night's "Meet the Spartans" event and have not been spotted during open portions of preseason camp or during the April 24 open spring practice. White, a 6-foot-1 and 185-pound wide receiver, played 166 snaps in four games with three starts last season, finishing with 10 catches for 223 yards and a touchdown. Eight of his catches went for a first down or a TD. - Lansing State Journal

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WR Ricky White III, UNLV
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08/26/21 - Jalen Catalon, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

University of Arkansas redshirt sophomore safety Jalen Catalon was on the second-team defense for The Associated Press All-American preseason teams announced Monday. Catalon had 99 tackles and three interceptions last season when he was a first-team choice on the AP's All-SEC team. He is the only Razorback on AP's two preseason teams. "Honestly, it's a blessing and I'm glad they picked me to be on it," Catalon said after Monday's practice while crediting his teammates and coaches. "But I'm not really going to pay too much mind to it. Just going to keep my eyes focused on the goal, and that's winning games and doing anything I can to make the team better."

Catalon is one of 18 SEC players on the preseason teams from among nine SEC teams. "I think every conference has good football players," Catalon said. "It doesn't matter where you go. "But just from me, I might just be biased from playing in it, but as far as the SEC goes, every week you're going to play somebody that's a top guy when it comes to being drafted. You're always going to have consistent players, ones that are going to be top guys. That definitely shows based on that list itself." - Northwest Arkansas Times

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SS Jalen Catalon, UNLV
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08/11/21 - Hajj-Malik Williams, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

The Camels opted to play an abbreviated four-game schedule in the fall of 2020, and all four contests were against FBS competition. Campbell faced off against Georgia Southern, Coastal Carolina, Appalachian State and Wake Forest in a 21-day span, an experience Minter called a "whirlwind." While Campbell lost all four games, Minter was ecstatic to get his players the experience of playing FBS competition. The Camels had never stepped onto the same field as a Power Five opponent, which they did against the Demon Deacons, and the regional Group of Five opponents allowed Minter to help accelerate the growth of a team still in the infant stages of being a scholarship program.

Quarterback Hajj-Malik Williams took a step forward with 662 passing yards, 216 rushing yards and seven total touchdowns (three passing, four rushing). He did all of that without the services of wide receiver Caleb Snead (Heritage High), who did not play in 2020. Williams did have the No. 2 play on SportsCenter's Top 10 the night of the game against Wake Forest when the Camels completed a double pass that led to Williams scoring an easy touchdown. It was one of the several gadget plays Campbell uses with Williams to get him in the open space. - Lynchburg News and Advance

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QB Hajj-Malik Williams, UNLV
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08/08/21 - Charles Williams, rSr/2022, UNLV + More +

The demands of being a football player at UNLV and a young father collided on Tuesday for senior running back Charles Williams. It meant he couldn't accompany his four-month-old daughter, Kamiyah, to her doctor's appointment. She was due for a round of booster shots and Williams didn't want to miss out on the milestone. So when he finally had his first break of the day, he FaceTimed his girlfriend, Mika, with the hope of comforting his baby girl: "Hey, you're going to be OK. … These shots are going to go well," he told her. "That was something to me like 'Yeah, this dude gets it,'" said David Wedley, who works with the football team as a director of student-athlete academic services. "He understands. He's mature. It's the final stamp of approval for this young man and what everybody thinks of him."

Williams is back at UNLV for his sixth and final season as one of the most productive players in school history. He's the program's first academic All-American. He'll juggle graduate courses this fall with his family and football as he approaches the school's career rushing record. Duties befit for one of the program's leaders "He's mature. He's got a good voice in the locker room...Those are culture things that are going to resonate," said Rebels coach Marcus Arroyo. "I'm excited to see him healthy in our system." - Las Vegas Review Journal

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RB Charles Williams, UNLV
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08/08/21 - Tate Martell, rSr/2023, UNLV + More +

Tate Martell did not suit up on the first day of UNLV training camp, but it's only a matter of time before the high-profile transfer jumps into the team's quarterback battle. UNLV opened camp on Wednesday with a two-hour practice session, and the addition of Martell has instilled some hope around the program, even coming off an 0-6 campaign in 2020. The team kept him out of sight during the portion of Wednesday's practice that was open to the media, but he later joined the team on the field as a nonparticipant.

Head coach Marcus Arroyo said Martell, who has enrolled as a walk-on, has not yet been cleared to practice. "We had a conversation over summer a few times, and over the time we got a chance to know each other," Arroyo said. "About our backgrounds and what we were both looking for, what our culture stands for, trying to get a feel for where he's at, what he's looking for, if there was a fit." Arroyo said there is no timeline for when Martell will be cleared to play, but when it happens the fifth-year transfer should immediately enter the team's quarterback battle as a heavy favorite to win the job. Junior Justin Rogers and sophomore Doug Brumfield are currently listed as co-No. 1 QBs, with freshman Cameron Friel also competing for snaps. Martell, a former state champion and Gatorade National Player of the Year at Bishop Gorman, committed to UNLV two weeks ago after spending his first three years at Ohio State and Miami. - Las Vegas Sun

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