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01/06/21 - Jayvaun Wilson, rSr/2024, UNLV + More +

A second Oregon player has entered the transfer portal this offseason. Reserve running back Jayvaun Wilson, entered the portal on Monday, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. Wilson, a redshirt freshman, did not appear in a game during his two seasons at UO. - The Oregonian

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RB Jayvaun Wilson, UNLV
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01/02/21 - Connor Murphy, rSr/2022, UNLV + More +

Redshirt senior defensive end Connor Murphy became the latest USC player to announce his intent to play elsewhere next season. With the NCAA affording players an additional year of eligibility because of the pandemic, Murphy will have an extra available season to use wherever he may land. Murphy came to USC as a four-star prospect at outside linebacker, but never quite found a consistent role in the rotation. This season, with a new defensive staff in place, his playing time at defensive end diminished even further. Murphy played in three of six games this season, registering three tackles and a fumble recovery. - Los Angeles Times

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DE Connor Murphy, UNLV
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12/28/20 - Jalen Catalon, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

2020 SEC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM (COACHES): DB Jalen Catalon, Arkansas,...The dynamic defensive back leads all FBS freshmen with 99 total tackles while also posting 2.0 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. His 9.9 tackles per game lead all FBS freshmen and rank fourth among all SEC players. He made a career-best 16 tackles against LSU, and totaled five games of 12 or more tackles, second in the country behind Morgan. - Arkansas Football

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SS Jalen Catalon, UNLV
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12/28/20 - Jalen Catalon, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

2020 ALL-SEC SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DB Jalen Catalon, Arkansas,...Catalon becomes the first Arkansas DB since Tramain Thomas in 2010 to earn All-SEC recognition and is the first DB to earn the honor from the league's coaches since Michael Grant in 2007. Catalon is the only player in the FBS to make 95+ tackles with three interceptions this season and is the first SEC freshman since Tennessee's Eric Berry in 2007 to have at least 86 stops and three picks. - Arkansas Football

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SS Jalen Catalon, UNLV
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12/10/20 - Vincent Davis Jr., rSr/2024, UNLV + More +

Vincent Davis rushed for a career-best 247 yards, including a 74-yard scamper on the first play of the game and a late touchdown that clinched Pittsburgh's 34-20 victory over Georgia Tech on Thursday night. In the makeup of a game that was postponed last month because of COVID-19 issues, the Panthers (6-5, 5-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) finished off a winning regular season and defied their standing as one of the league's worst rushing teams.

Davis, whose previous high was 69 yards in last year's Quick Lane Bowl, eclipsed that on the first snap against Georgia Tech (3-7, 3-6). The sophomore burst through a huge hole up the middle and took off with no one around, finally getting dragged down at the Georgia Tech 9 to set up the first of four short field goals by Alex Kessman. Davis finished off his dynamic performance with a 38-yard touchdown run with 2 minutes remaining. He also had runs of 32 and 21 yards, averaging 9.9 yards on 25 carries. The Panthers finished with 317 yards on the ground after coming into the night ranked 13th in the ACC at 104.5 per game. - AP College Football

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RB Vincent Davis Jr., UNLV
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12/09/20 - Max Gilliam, rSr/2022, UNLV + More +

UNLV quarterback Max Gilliam recently had an unexpected star turn, appearing in a multi-episode arc on the Bravo TV reality show "Below Deck." The show, in its eighth season, focuses on the crew of a yacht and the rotating cast of clients who charter the vessel. Gilliam's first appearance aired last month. He was identified in the episode as a "star quarterback at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas." So what is Gilliam, a native of Thousand Oaks, California, who is sharing first-team reps at quarterback at UNLV, doing on a reality series in the Caribbean? The team, which is scheduled to play its final game of the season Saturday at Hawaii, declined to make Gilliam available to discuss it. A UNLV spokesman said coach Marcus Arroyo did not have a comment.

This much we know about the show: Unlike many reality series, charter guests don't get paid for appearances. According to BravoTV.com, the guests pay to charter the boats, which cost between $140,000 and $175,000 a week during the show's first two seasons. Also, the guests are expected to provide a generous tip at the end of their voyage. While all indications are that Gilliam was not compensated for his appearance on the show, it would have been allowed under a new NCAA ruling that allows college athletes to benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness in a manner consistent with the collegiate model. - Las Vegas Review Journal

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QB Max Gilliam, UNLV
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12/07/20 - Jalen Catalon, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

2020 PAYCOM JIM THORPE AWARD SEMIFINALIST: Jalen Catalon, Arkansas, R-Freshman,...Catalon leads all FBS freshmen with 89 total tackles and 48 solo tackles while adding 2.0 tackles for loss, four passes broken up, one fumble recovery, two forced fumbles and three interceptions. He is the only player in the country to have 85 or more tackles and three interceptions this season and become the first Razorback to pick off a pass in back-to-back games since at least 1997. His three total interceptions are tied for second-most in the SEC. Catalon returned his first career interception 35 yards for a touchdown in Arkansas' 33-21 win over Ole Miss. - Arkansas Football

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SS Jalen Catalon, UNLV
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12/04/20 - Jett Elad, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

Elad is off to a great start. In only his second year at Ohio University, Elad has held down the nickelback position. Nickelback is one of the toughest positions to play on defense because it incorporates roles from the linebacker, cornerback and safety positions. When Elad moved to Cleveland as a freshman in high school he played cornerback for St. Ignatius. Elad has been able to use some of the techniques he learned to help him learn his new role. What may have been his greatest lesson, however, was the wisdom he received from T.J. Carrie, a former Bobcat who currently plays for the Indianapolis Colts. At the time, Carrie played for the Browns so when Elad ran into him at a movie theater in Cleveland, he had to strike up a conversation. Carrie played nickelback for the Bobcats so there was nobody better to talk to. "I talked to him a couple times on the phone about it," Elad said. "And he was telling me the exact same thing about he was playing nickel and how he was playing the hybrid position." - The Post

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FS Jett Elad, UNLV
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11/26/20 - Jalen Catalon, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

Coach Sam Pittman took issue on social media Monday when he felt an Arkansas fan seemed to suggest he wasn't taking up for safety Jalen Catalon, who was ejected on a controversial targeting penalty in the second half against LSU. The Tigers completed a touchdown drive eight plays after Catalon's ejection to take a 27-24 lead that would hold up. Someone who identified himself as an Arkansas fan had this to say in response to a media member's Twitter post quoting Pittman as saying Catalon would have to miss the first half and there was no way to overturn the ruling: "I get it Coach Pittman is a great guy but sometimes for the long term betterment for your program you got to stand up and call it/who for what it is!"

Pittman did not like what he felt was the implied meaning of the post, that he felt Pittman wasn't standing up for Catalon by not calling out the SEC. "Twitter gives guys like you opportunities to set behind a cell phone and tweet out random things that you have NO idea what you're talking about," Pittman replied. "I can take a lot of remarks but for you to say I don't take up for my players is as far from being correct as you possibly can be." - Northwest Arkansas Times

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SS Jalen Catalon, UNLV
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11/22/20 - Dominic Gicinto, rSr/2024, UNLV + More +

Missouri junior slot receiver Dominic Gicinto has entered the NCAA transfer portal, the team confirmed Wednesday, giving the Tigers one fewer scholarship player for Saturday's game at South Carolina. As of Tuesday, Mizzou had 56 scholarship players available, just three more than the Southeastern Conference roster threshold for COVID-19 protocols. The SEC roster threshold is considered a guideline more than a strict requirement. "The impacted institution has the option to play the game with fewer than the 53 scholarship players or fewer than the minimum number of position players...if it elects to do so," SEC spokesperson Chuck Dunlap said in an email Wednesday. That means the Tigers (2-3) could slip below the SEC's 53-player threshold and still elect to play Saturday's game at South Carolina (2-5). Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz talked Wednesday as if he expects the Tigers to play Saturday.

"I look forward to the opportunity," he said during the SEC's conference call. "Obviously in this year anytime you get an opportunity to play the game you got to relish it. And that's what we're focusing on trying to do." Gicinto told Drinkwitz about his decision after Tuesday's practice. "He felt like he wanted to find a better offensive fit and a better cultural fit," Drinkwitz said. "Obviously, we weren't here to recruit him. We're different than what they've been used to or what they recruited to. It's all about trying to find the right fit. We wish him well and absolutely all the best to him as he's moving forward." - Post-Dispatch

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WR Dominic Gicinto, UNLV
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11/21/20 - Jalen Catalon, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

Safety Jalen Catalon's reputation as a hard-striking defender is growing. It's an issue receivers who cross the middle of the field must be aware of when preparing for the Razorbacks. Catalon, who has 10 first-half tackles in each of the past two games, delivered a hit on Florida's Trent Whittemore in the first half that sent the 6-4, 208-pound freshman out of the game. The Athletic reported on Monday that Whittemore suffered a broken rib and a punctured lung in the game. In the second half, Justin Shorter dropped a pass over the middle after a huge shoulder-led shot by Catalon that popped the wideout's helmet off. Shorter acted strangely after the big hit, walking behind the Gators' line of scrimmage toward their sideline with no helmet and needing a minute to compose himself as the game was paused. Shorter returned a few plays later. - Northwest Arkansas Times

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SS Jalen Catalon, UNLV
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11/09/20 - Jalen Catalon, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

NOV 9 SEC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jalen Catalon, DB, Arkansas,...Made 12 tackles with an interception and a forced fumble in Arkansas' win over Tennessee...Registered 10 tackles in the first quarter...Intercepted his second pass of the year in the end zone on Tennessee's last offensive play, sealing the Razorbacks' third win of the season...Part of a defense that limited Tennessee to 107 passing yards, the Vols' lowest since 2017 against Alabama (44 yards)...For the season, is the only FBS freshman to have 50+ tackles (58) and multiple interceptions (2)...Since 2000, has the most tackles by any SEC freshman in the season's first six games. - SEC Football

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SS Jalen Catalon, UNLV
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11/06/20 - Jalen Catalon, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

Big hits from Catalon have occurred on nearly a weekly basis. Tone-setting type hits from the big-bodied safety against Georgia and Ole Miss certainly stand out. A jarring hit freed a would-be completion at Auburn, too. But he perhaps goes for the body blow too much for Pittman's liking. "He's going to have to slow down and wrap up a little bit every now and then," Pittman said. "He'll miss some tackles that certainly he wanted to make. But you don't want to take that physicality away from him because he'll also kind of knock you out. "We'd like to keep the knockout part and maybe wrap up a little bit more."

Pittman reiterated, though, that Catalon - third on the team with 46 tackles, including a team-high 30 solos - is the most important player in the back end of the Razorbacks' defense. He will play a vital role for Arkansas against Tennessee as it looks to win its second consecutive home game Saturday. The Razorbacks have not won back-to-back SEC home games since 2016. "He's aware of what teams are doing because he watches a tremendous amount of film," Pittman said. "So does the whole secondary back there, but very, very, very valuable to our football team as a young man and as a player. - Northwest Arkansas Times

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SS Jalen Catalon, UNLV
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11/03/20 - Ricky White III, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

Rocky to Ricky. Over and over. A star was born. A quarterback validated. And Michigan State football pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the history of the 113-game rivalry against Michigan, a 27-24 victory Saturday that Rocky Lombardi and Ricky White dominated from start to finish. White, a 6-foot-1, 175-pound true freshman from Marietta, Georgia, caught eight passes for 196 yards, the seventh-highest single-game total in MSU history, and the second-most against the Wolverines behind Plaxico Burress' 255 yards in 1999. "First, I just want to give huge credit to Rocky," White said. "He played an awesome game today, he made some great passes. All week at practice, it's been getting prepared for this game." White set an MSU freshman record, smashing the 165 yards by Cody White against Northwestern in 2017.

Ricky White - stepping into the starting lineup for an injured Tre Mosley - became an unstoppable force against No. 14 Michigan's secondary. He and Lombardi stretched the field all afternoon, starting with a 30-yard touchdown that put the Spartans on the board just over four minutes into the game. "He's done a good job in practice," said first-year coach Mel Tucker, who scouted White while at Colorado and inherited him as part of Mark Dantonio's final recruiting class. "I remember him in high school. We saw him as a player and thought that he was an outstanding player. Guys that step on the field on game day, they step on the field because of what they've done in practice. And so we've seen him make plays. We were not surprised." - Lansing State Journal

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WR Ricky White III, UNLV
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11/02/20 - Ricky White III, rSr/2025, UNLV + More +

NOV 2 BIG TEN CO-FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Ricky White, Michigan State, WR, Marietta, Ga./Marietta,...Set a school record for a freshman with 196 receiving yards in a win at Michigan on Saturday...Caught eight passes in the contest, including a 30-yard touchdown reception to open the scoring in the first quarter...Added a 50-yard reception on Michigan State's opening possession of the second half to set up a Spartans' field goal and a 31-yard catch late in the fourth quarter to give his team first-and-goal and set up the Spartans' game-sealing touchdown...Earns his first career Freshman of the Week award...Last Michigan State Freshman of the Week: Rocky Lombardi (Oct. 29, 2018). - Big Ten football

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