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12/08/21 - Tony Grimes, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

2021 ALL-ACC FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES/MEDIA): CB - Tony Grimes, North Carolina, 39 votes,...Grimes ranked second in the league with nine pass breakups in his sophomore season. He has 41 tackles and a pair of tackles for loss. - North Carolina Football

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CB Tony Grimes, UNLV
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11/30/21 - Cameron Friel, Sr/2025, UNLV + More +

2021 MOUNTAIN WEST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR (COACHES/MEDIA): CAMERON FRIEL, QB, UNLV,...Sixth UNLV player to earn the MW Freshman of the Year honor and second in consecutive seasons...Becomes just the fifth quarterback to earn the award and first since 2017 (UNLV's Armani Rogers)...Ranks fourth among FBS freshmen in completion percentage (62.4), seventh in passing yards per game (178.7) and 10th in passing yards (1,608)...The 1,608 passing yards ranks seventh in Mountain West in 2021...Named MW Freshman of the Week on Nov. 8...Passed for more than 200 yards in four different games as a rookie. - Mountain West Football

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QB Cameron Friel, UNLV
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11/30/21 - Gary Quarles, rSr/2024, UNLV + More +

2021 ALL-SWAC FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Running Back: Gary Quarles - Alabama A&M,...Quarles delivered an impressive 2021 campaign, leading the SWAC in yards per game (95.5) and rushing touchdowns (10) while tying for the league lead in yards (955), accomplishing the latter in just 10 games as compared to 11 for the individual he tied with. Standing just 5-6, Quarles played much larger as he hardly left the field and was involved in all aspects of the offense, from handling the ball, blocking and the receiving game. Toting the ball 205 times (along with 21 catches for 224 yards), he accounted for 1,179 all-purpose yards and topped the 100-yard rushing plateau five times on the year. Those would include the first three games with 129 yards and a touchdown against South Carolina State (9/4), 101 and a score at Bethune-Cookman (9/16) in a driving rainstorm and a career-high 164 yards and a pair of TDs against Tuskegee (9/25) in Mobile, Alabama. - Alabama A&M Football

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RB Gary Quarles, UNLV
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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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11/27/21 - Matthew Sluka, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

Matthew Sluka connected with Jalen Coker for a touchdown with 14 seconds left and Holy Cross beat Sacred Heart 13-10 on Saturday in the first round of the FCS playoffs. Sluka led Holy Cross on an 11-play, 80-yard drive, ending in a 35-yard touchdown to Coker. Sluka threw it into double coverage and Coker came up with it at the goal line. Holy Cross (10-2) advances to play No. 5 Villanova. Sluka threw for 171 yards and carried it 23 times for 90 yards, and Coker caught five passes for 103 yards. Derek Ng made a 23-yard field goal to put Holy Cross on the board in the second quarter and added a 38-yarder with 8:27 to play. Rob McCoy carried it seven times for 62 yards and a touchdown for Sacred Heart (8-4), which won the Northeast Conference. - Holy Cross/AP College Football

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QB Matthew Sluka, UNLV
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11/20/21 - Matthew Sluka, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

Marco Siderman threw for two touchdowns and Kamryn Molton returned an interception 45 yards for a score as Holy Cross rolled past Bucknell, 45-6 on Saturday to sweep its Patriot League schedule. The Crusaders (9-2) claimed their third straight Patriot League title and advance to the FCS playoffs. Matthew Sluka got the Crusaders on the board with 6:16 left in the first quarter on a four-yard toss to Tenio Ayeni and Peter Oliver made it 14-0, punching in from the 1 on the final play of the first quarter. Siderman threw both of his touchdowns to Justin Shorter, the first a 36-yard connection to make it 20-0. Molton picked off an Ethan Grady pass with 3:30 left to go in the second quarter and Derek Ng added a 36-yard field goal before intermission. Jonathan Abrams carried 10 times for 80 yards to lead a Holy Cross ground game that rolled to 301 yards. - AP College Football

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QB Matthew Sluka, 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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11/13/21 - Matthew Sluka, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

Matthew Sluka threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more and Holy Cross scored the last 35 points of the game to rout Fordham 52-24 on Saturday in a showdown for first place in the Patriot League. Jordan Fuller scored on a 1-yard run 15 seconds before halftime to pull the Crusaders (8-2, 5-0) into a tie at 24, and on their first possession after halftime, he added another 1-yard plunge to start the route. He ended the scoring with a 4-yard TD. Sluka scored on a 1-yard run and a 15-yard scamper and connected with Tenio Ayeni for 54 yards, and Jalen Coker for 42, as the Crusaders won their third-straight league title. Sluka was 11 of 18 for 272 yards and ran it 16 times for 104 yards. Tim Demorat threw for 223 yards and two touchdowns for the Rams (6-4, 4-1), who had their six-game winning streak end. - AP College Football

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QB Matthew Sluka, UNLV
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11/11/21 - Cameron Friel, Sr/2025, 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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10/30/21 - Matthew Sluka, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

Marco Siderman threw for a touchdown and ran for another in a five-minute span in the second quarter and Holy Cross beat Lehigh 31-12 on Saturday. Siderman threw a 36-yard score to Jalen Coker with 5:39 left in the first half to give the Crusaders (6-2. 3-0 Patriot League) a 7-3 lead. After Holy Cross' defense stuffed the Mountain Hawks with a three-and-out that generated no yards, Siderman led an 11-play, 63-yard drive that ended with his 1-yard scoring run with 47 seconds left before intermission. Following Tommy Lewis' blocked punt on the Crusaders' Patrick Haughney, Dante Perri threw a 9-yard score to Jalen Burbage to reduce Lehigh's deficit to 14-12. Matthew Sluka's 7-yard touchdown run with 13:52 left to play sealed it. Sluka finished with two rushing touchdowns. Perri threw for 137 yards and a touchdown. Lehigh (0-8, 0-3) has lost 15 straight. The Patriots' last win was in a 27-24 contest against Georgetown on Oct. 26, 2019. - AP College Football

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QB Matthew Sluka, UNLV
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10/24/21 - Matthew Sluka, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

Matthew Sluka ran for 114 yards and two touchdowns, Peter Oliver added a career-high 153 yards rushing and a score, and Holy Cross beat Colgate 42-10 on Saturday night. Oliver scored on a 22-yard run to cap a six-play, 75-yard opening drive and after Colgate went three-and-out, Tyler Purdy ran up the middle and lunged over the goal line for a 4-yard touchdown to give Holy Cross (5-2, 3-0 Patriot League) a 14-0 lead midway through the first quarter.

Senior kicker Derek Ng attempted his first career pass late in the third quarter when he took a direct snap on a fake field goal and rolled out to his right before he hit Cullen Honohan with a 9-yard touchdown to make it 35-10. Colgate (2-6, 1-1) was limited to 170 total yards and committed four turnovers. Senior Grant Breneman completed 3 of 9 passes for 38 yards with an interception and freshman Michael Brescia - who has seen his playing time increase as the season endured - was 2-of-7 passing for 21 yards and threw two interceptions. Sluka was 7-of-12 passing for 62 yards with an interception and Marco Siderman, who shares time at quarterback, completed 7 of 11 for 42 yards for Holy Cross. - AP College Football

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QB Matthew Sluka, 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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10/16/21 - Matthew Sluka, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

Matthew Sluka passed for two touchdowns and rushed for two scores in Holy Cross' 48-14 victory over Georgetown on Saturday. Sluka was 7-of-10 passing for 136 yards, and he carried it 10 times for 92 yards. Marco Siderman added 116 yards passing, completing 11 of 15. Sluka's 34-yard rushing touchdown made it 41-7. Peter Oliver and Jordan Fuller also had rushing touchdowns for Holy Cross (4-2, 1-0 Patriot). Liam Anderson's 39-yard interception return gave Holy Cross a 28-0 lead at halftime. Pierce Holley and Joseph Brunell each threw an interception for Georgetown (1-4, 0-2). Holley's deep pass to a wide open Joshua Tomas went for 58 yards before getting tackled at the half-yard line, setting up the Hoyas' first touchdown with 6:12 left in the third quarter. - AP College Football

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