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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, 5-07, 221 (DS#9 K) + 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, 6-1, 214 (DS#64 RB) + 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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09/06/21 - Caden Costa, rSr/2026, UNLV, 6-0, 200 (DS#999 K) + More +

SEPT 6 SEC CO-FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Caden Costa, PK, Ole Miss,...Drilled three field goals, including a 47-yarder, in his Rebel debut, helping Ole Miss past Louisville...The 47-yarder marked the longest by a Rebel kicker since 2017, and the three FGs are the most since 2018...Added four PATs and a special teams tackle...Also averaged 62.0 yards on seven kickoffs. - SEC Football

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K Caden Costa, UNLV
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09/02/21 - LaDarrius Bishop, rSr/2025, UNLV, 6-0, 183 (DS#999 CB) + 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, 6-1, 184 (DS#23 WR) + 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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08/11/21 - Hajj-Malik Williams, rSr/2025, UNLV, 6-0, 205 (DS#22 QB) + 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, 5-10, 200 (DS#40 RB) + 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, 5-11, 205 (DS#999 QB) + 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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QB Tate Martell, UNLV
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07/29/21 - Tate Martell, rSr/2023, UNLV, 5-11, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Former Bishop Gorman star quarterback Tate Martell will play football at UNLV this season. Martell announced his decision commitment through an interview with Franchise Sports Media. A person with knowledge of the situation said that he's walking on to the team as an "athlete," though the 23-year-old told Franchise Sports Media that he had other opportunities to play elsewhere on scholarship. "Honestly, this is where I want to be and who I want to play for," Martell told Franchise Sports Media. "UNLV checked off all the boxes for me on and off of the field. But I just want to come in, grind and compete. Just put my head down and work and be a leader and a person Coach (Marcus) Arroyo, the coaching staff, and my teammates can trust and count on."

Martell guided the Gaels to three consecutive mythical national championships and concluded his high school career in 2016 with one of the most impressive resumes in prep football history. He committed verbally to Washington and Texas A&M before signing with Ohio State as one of the top quarterback recruits in the class of 2017. He redshirted in 2017 and backed up future NFL quarterback Dwayne Haskins the following season. He transferred to Miami in 2019 and played sparingly behind quaterbacks Jarren Williams and N'Kosi Perry. He did not play in 2020. - Las Vegas Review Journal

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QB Tate Martell, UNLV
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07/28/21 - Tate Martell, rSr/2023, UNLV, 5-11, 205 (DS#999 QB) + More +

Former Ohio State quarterback Tate Martell's nomadic college career has taken him back to where it all started. Per multiple reports, the Las Vegas native will next play at UNLV. Martell, who most recently played for Washington, has two years of eligibility remaining. Martell first committed to Washington as a 14-year old in 2012 - exactly nine years ago Sunday. The four-star prospect ranked No. 56 in the 2017 class per the 247 Sports composite eventually decommitted, then committed to and decommitted from Texas A&M, before choosing Ohio State. Martell played six games as a redshirt freshman behind Dwayne Haskins in 2018. He threw for 269 yards and a touchdown on 23 of 28 passing and rushed for two touchdowns. - Cleveland Plain Dealer

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QB Tate Martell, UNLV
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07/25/21 - Charles Williams, rSr/2022, UNLV, 5-10, 200 (DS#40 RB) + More +

The Mountain West released its preseason football poll Thursday ahead of its annual media days at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, and UNLV is in a familiar place. At the bottom. The Rebels were picked to finish last in the conference's West Division by a panel of the league's media, garnering a total of 26 points - the fewest among the 12 teams in the league. Rival UNR was picked first in the West, earning 19 votes and a total of 141 points. Boise State was picked to win the Mountain Division for the ninth consecutive season. UNLV coach Marcus Arroyo said the Rebels "pay very little attention" to the preseason poll, but noted that "if we start worrying about that stuff, we're worried about the wrong stuff." "What anybody decides where you get picked has nothing to do with your football team. We don't control that," he said. "The only thing we control is how we play and how we work together." - Las Vegas Review Journal

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RB Charles Williams, UNLV
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07/13/21 - Jarvis Ware, rSr/2025, UNLV, 6-1, 195 (DS#999 CB) + More +

UCF added another SEC defender to its roster with the addition of Missouri cornerback Jarvis Ware, who committed to the Knights as a transfer. The Apopka native becomes the ninth player to join the program after spending time in the transfer portal. He signed with the Tigers out of Wekiva High as part of the 2018 recruiting class. Ware spent three seasons at Missouri, stepping into the starting role midway through the 2019 season. He finished with 50 career tackles and five passes defended but his biggest highlight came against Florida last season when he returned his first career interception 59 yards for a touchdown. UCF already landed several former SEC standouts through the transfer market, including running back Mark-Antony Richards (Auburn), defensive lineman Big Kat Bryant (Auburn) and Marco Domio (Auburn). - Orlando Sentinel

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CB Jarvis Ware, UNLV
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05/25/21 - Jarvis Ware, rSr/2025, UNLV, 6-1, 195 (DS#999 CB) + More +

Missouri has lost another cornerback to the NCAA transfer portal. Jarvis Ware, who played in 28 games the last three years and made 15 starts over the last two seasons, entered the portal on Monday, he confirmed. As of Monday, he had not scheduled any recruiting visits, he said. Ware missed all of spring practices while recovering from a knee injury while living at his home in Apopka, Florida. Ware returned an interception for a touchdown at Florida last fall, the team's only interception by a cornerback over the last two seasons. Last month, newly arrived cornerback Jadarrius Perkins entered the portal and has since committed to Florida. Perkins came to Mizzou in January from junior college and was expected to compete for a starting job. The Tigers have one returning starting cornerback on the roster, Ennis Rakestraw Jr., who started all 10 games as a freshman last season. - Post-Dispatch

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CB Jarvis Ware, UNLV
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05/02/21 - Dominic Gicinto, rSr/2024, UNLV, 5-09, 183 (DS#175 WR) + More +

The New Mexico State football team picked up a second offensive player with SEC experience. The Aggies recently announced the signing of Dominic Gicinto, a 5-foot-10 slot receiver from Missouri. Gicinto will be eligible to play immediately and he has two years of eligibility remaining. Gicinto joins graduate transfer Eli Johnson from Mississippi as new offensive players for the Aggies in the fall. Johnson should start at the center position, and Gicinto gives the Aggies another target for either Jonah Johnson or Weston Eget. "(Aggies recruiting coordinator Cory Martin) found Dominic through recruiting ties with other coaches he knew," Aggies head coach Doug Martin said. "Dominic brings speed and a great run after the catch skill set. He will probably be the fastest wide receiver we have. He will be an inside receiver for us and line up in the backfield at times also." Like Johnson, Gicinto entered the transfer portal following a coaching change. "That didn't really stand out other than I saw that the team was in a rebuild and it seemed like a good place if you wanted to be part of something great," Gicinto said. - Las Cruces Sun News

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WR Dominic Gicinto, UNLV
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