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2025 JIM TATUM AWARD WINNER: Virginia senior placekicker Will Bettridge has been named the recipient of the 2025 Jim Tatum Award, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday. The award is given annually in memory of the late Jim Tatum to the top senior student-athlete among the league's football players. Tatum, a two-time ACC Coach of the Year, coached in the 1950s at both Maryland and North Carolina and believed strongly in the concept of the student-athlete. A standout on and off the field, Virginia's Bettridge is a William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist and three-time ACC All-Academic team member and has earned ACC Academic Honor Roll recognition. He was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Football team and served as Virginia's nominee for both the Wuerffel Trophy and the All-State Good Works Team in 2024, all while majoring in foreign affairs with a minor in entrepreneurship.

On the field, he has been a key contributor to a Virginia team that is 10-2 overall and 7-1 in ACC play, matching the program's single-season records for both overall and conference wins, and will play in the 2025 ACC Football Championship Game on Saturday, December 6, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Individually, he ranks third on Virginia's all-time scoring list with 302 career points and ranks among the nation's top 15 in scoring this season with 106 points. Through 12 games, he has recorded a career-high 20 field goals, highlighted by a 39-yard kick to force a second overtime in UVA's thrilling 46-38 double-overtime victory over then-No. 8 Florida State on September 26 and two field goals and three extra points in the Cavaliers' win over Virginia Tech in the Commonwealth Clash to clinch a spot for the Cavaliers in the ACC Football Championship Game. Bettridge is the ninth football student-athlete to be honored with the ACC's Jim Tatum Award and the first Cavalier to win the award since Jordan Mack in 2019. - ACC Football

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11/29/25 - JMari Taylor, rSr/2026, Virginia, 5-09, 204 (DS#10 RB) + More +

J'Mari Taylor became the first Atlantic Coast Conference running back since 2021 to run for a touchdown and throw for a score in the same game as No. 17 Virginia beat Virginia Tech 27-7 on Saturday night to clinch a spot in the conference championship game. Taylor ran for 80 yards and a score and quarterback Chandler Morris threw for 182 yards and ran 8 yards for a touchdown as the Cavaliers beat the Hokies for just the second time in the last 21 meetings between the schools. Virginia (10-2, 7-1 ACC) turned an interception off a deflected pass on Tech's first possession into a touchdown and never looked back. The Cavaliers' defense held Tech to a season-low 197 total yards in front of 58,832, the largest crowd at Scott Stadium since 2011. Virginia linebacker Maddox Marcellus, playing in place of injured star Kam Robinson, had nine tackles, an interception and was in on a sack. The Hokies (3-9, 2-6) got a 57-yard touchdown pass from Kyron Drones to Shamarius Peterkin with 4:20 left to play to get on the scoreboard. - Virginia/AP College Football

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RB JMari Taylor, Virginia
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11/27/25 - Beau Pribula, rJr/2027, Virginia, 6-2, 212 (DS#10 QB) + More +

Missouri and Eli Drinkwitz have agreed to a six-year contract that will push the football coach's average compensation to $10.75 million annually and likely end any speculation that he could leave for one of the high-profile job openings elsewhere. The new contract was announced Thursday, one day after the University of Missouri Board of Curators held a meeting in which they voted unanimously to approve the deal. It would keep Drinkwitz leading the Tigers through the 2031 season. "My family and I believe deeply in the vision and leadership from our administration and are incredibly happy to continue calling Columbia our home," Drinkwitz said. "I'm grateful for the unwavering support of President Mun Choi, the Board of Curators, led by chair Todd Graves and incoming vice chair Bob Blitz, along with our athletics director, Laird Veatch. "We're also incredibly thankful for the support of our generous donors and NIL partners," Drinkwitz added in a statement released by the school. "I'm committed to continuing our work to build Mizzou into a championship program." Drinkwitz was hired by Missouri in December 2019 after a single season at Appalachian State, where he went 12-1 and finished the year ranked in the top 20.

The Tigers had fallen on hard times, but Drinkwitz steadily built them into a contender in the Southeastern Conference, reaching a bowl game in each of his first five seasons with a record of 45–28 heading into Saturday's game against Arkansas. That success, which included an 11-2 record and Cotton Bowl victory two years ago, made Drinkwitz a hot commodity on the coaching carousel. Missouri has acted aggressively to keep him, and the deal given to him this week is the second in the last four months. Missouri officials were no doubt worried about losing Drinkwitz amid a hot coaching market. SEC rivals LSU, Florida, Arkansas and Auburn have openings, while power programs such as Penn State, UCLA and Stanford also are looking for new coaches. "Under his vision and leadership, Coach Drinkwitz has transformed the standard for Mizzou football and united our entire program and fan base behind a clear pursuit of excellence," Veatch said. "We're thrilled he will continue leading our team into the future." - AP College Football

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QB Beau Pribula, Virginia
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11/25/25 - Kam Robinson, Jr/2027, Virginia, 6-2, 234 (DS#29 ILB) + More +

Virginia starting linebacker Kam Robinson will miss the rest of the season after tearing his ACL against Duke earlier this month. Coach Tony Elliott made the announcement Tuesday at his weekly news conference. Virginia, ranked 17 in the College Football Playoff rankings, plays Virginia Tech on Saturday, and a win gets the Cavaliers into the ACC championship game. Robinson emerged as the best player on the Virginia defense despite missing the first three games of the season with a collarbone injury. He has two interception returns for touchdowns - including one to seal a win at Cal - and his game-winning safety with the score tied and three minutes left against Washington State helped Virginia win 22-20. Though he played in only eight games this season, Robinson is second on the team with 64 tackles. Expect Landon Danley to start in his place. - ESPN College Football

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ILB Kam Robinson, Virginia
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11/19/25 - JMari Taylor, rSr/2026, Virginia, 5-09, 204 (DS#10 RB) + More +

WEEK 12 ACC RUNNING BACK OF THE WEEK: J'Mari Taylor, Gr., RB, Virginia (Charlotte, North Carolina),...Rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries in Saturday's 34-17 road win at Duke...Added four receptions for 25 yards to record his sixth game this season with 100 or more all-purpose yards...Broke a 78-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter to put UVA up 31-3, it was tied for the 11th longest TD run in UVA history...The 100-yard rushing performance was his third of the season and the two-touchdown game was his fourth multi-rushing TD game of the season...His 917 rushing yards on the season are now tops in the ACC and his 13 rushing touchdowns are the most of any running back in the league. - ACC Football

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RB JMari Taylor, Virginia
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11/19/25 - Fisher Camac, rJr/2027, Virginia, 6-7, 261 (DS#33 DE) + More +

WEEK 12 ACC DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Fisher Camac, Sr., DL, Virginia (Gilbert, Arizona),...Recorded six tackles (3 solo), two sacks, 2.5 tackles-for-loss and a QB hurry in UVA's 34-17 road win at Duke on Saturday...He is the third Cavalier this season to produce a multi-sack effort in an ACC game...Increased his season total to 4.5 sacks and now has 13 for his career. - ACC Football

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DE Fisher Camac, Virginia
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11/19/25 - Kam Robinson, Jr/2027, Virginia, 6-2, 234 (DS#29 ILB) + More +

WEEK 10 ACC LINEBACKER OF THE WEEK: Kam Robinson, Jr., LB, Virginia (Tappahannock, Virginia),...Sealed Virginia's seventh-straight win with an interception return for a touchdown, his second of the season, in Virginia's 31-21 win on the road against California...Became the second player in UVA history with two interception returns for a touchdown in a season...Added a team-high six tackles, a half sack and a tackle-for-loss...Recorded the fourth-highest grade (91.9) of any defender in the country and the highest of any linebacker nationally, according to Pro Football Focus...His third ACC Linebacker of the Week honor this season. - ACC Football

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ILB Kam Robinson, Virginia
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11/15/25 - JMari Taylor, rSr/2026, Virginia, 5-09, 204 (DS#10 RB) + More +

Chandler Morris passed for 316 yards and two touchdowns, J'Mari Taylor ran for 133 yards and two scores on 18 carries, and No. 20 Virginia kept its conference title hopes intact with a 34-17 victory over Duke on Saturday. Morris, who left last week's loss to Wake Forest following a hit to the head, went 23 of 35 through the air for the Cavaliers, who piled up 540 total yards. He also threw two interceptions, including one that Duke linebacker Tre Freeman returned 18 yards for a touchdown. Trell Harris paced Virginia (9-2, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) with eight catches for 161 yards, including a 20-yard touchdown that made it 20-3 in the third quarter.

Duke reached the Virginia 8-yard line on its next possession, but Darian Mensah was sacked on fourth down by Mitchell Melton. Three players later, Taylor sprinted for a 78-yard touchdown to put the game out of reach. Mensah finished with 213 yards and one touchdown on 18 of 35 passing as Duke (5-5, 4-2) dropped its second straight. Virginia started fast, marching 75 yards on 14 plays on the game's opening drive and scoring on Taylor's 3-yard run. Duke went the entire first quarter without a first down, totaling only 16 total yards. Todd Pelino's 49-yard field goal got the Blue Devils on the scoreboard with 5:33 left in the second quarter. But the Cavaliers scored twice more before halftime, including a 12-yard pass from Morris to Sage Ennis, to extend the lead to 17-3. - Virginia/AP College Football

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RB JMari Taylor, Virginia
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11/01/25 - JMari Taylor, rSr/2026, Virginia, 5-09, 204 (DS#10 RB) + More +

J'Mari Taylor ran for two touchdowns and No. 15 Virginia extended its winning streak to seven straight games for the first time since 2007 by beating California 31-21 on Saturday. Taylor scored on two of the first three drives of the game to get the Cavaliers (8-1, 5-0 ACC) off to a fast start in their first meeting with the Golden Bears (5-4, 2-3). "It's the month of November, right," coach Tony Elliott said. "The way we kind of outline our season, this is go time. This is where we got to be trying to to prime up and get rolling on all cylinders. It was important for them to get off to a fast start and put together some drives and score some points." Virginia held on from there, getting a 35-yard interception return for a touchdown by Kam Robinson with 34 seconds left in a win that lifted the Cavaliers to their first 8-1 start to a season since 1990. "Everyone calls them the Cardiac Cavs," Elliott said. "But really it's a mindset. These guys believe. They're going to find a way to win. It's a mindset. Then because of that mindset, they're able to go out and just find a way." Kendrick Raphael scored three TDs for the Bears, who have lost 14 straight games against ranked opponents since beating No. 21 Oregon in 2020.

Cal got back into the game with a trick play midway through the third quarter. Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele threw a lateral to tight end Mason Mini, who then passed to Raphael open down the field for a 42-yard score that cut Virginia's lead to 17-14. But Chandler Morris and the Cavaliers responded with a 75-yard drive capped by Eli Wood's 3-yard touchdown run. Raphael scored again on a 1-yard run after a shanked punt gave Cal the ball at the Virginia 25, making it a three-point game early in the fourth quarter. The Bears failed to move the ball on their next two drives and then Sagapolutele's late interception ended any comeback hopes. "The want to and the effort was there but we missed out on some opportunities," coach Justin Wilcox said. "On defense it was the third downs, offense we had a couple we didn't quite connect on. Ultimately against a team like that, you have to make those and we didn't do that." - Virginia/AP College Football

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RB JMari Taylor, Virginia
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10/25/25 - Beau Pribula, rJr/2027, Virginia, 6-2, 212 (DS#10 QB) + More +

Missouri quarterback Beau Pribula dislocated his left ankle and will have an MRI exam Sunday, coach Eli Drinkwitz said Saturday after the 15th-ranked Tigers' 17-10 loss to No. 10 Vanderbilt. Drinkwitz said Pribula didn't have any broken bones but needed his ankle popped back into joint. "Don't have a timetable for his return, but it could be a while," Drinkwitz said. Pribula was hurt early in the third quarter running out of the shotgun on fourth-and-goal at the Vanderbilt 2. Miles Capers and Bryan Longwell stopped Pribula after a 1-yard gain with 11:15 left in the third quarter of a 3-3 game. One defender landed on Pribula's ankle as he was folded backward from defenders coming the other direction.

The quarterback didn't get up, and trainers quickly brought a bag out and placed an air cast over his left ankle. Then he was put on a cart and taken for further treatment. The Tigers turned to freshman Matt Zollers. He came in having completed all six of his pass attempts for 40 yards with one touchdown. He also has a rushing touchdown. Zollers gave Missouri a chance until time expired, throwing a 6-yard TD pass to Jude James tying it up at 10 early in the fourth quarter. Zoller moved the Tigers down the field and connected with Kevin Coleman Jr. for a 36-yard pass as time expired only to have the receiver ruled on review short of the goal line. The freshman finished 14 of 23 for 138 yards passing. - AP College Football

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QB Beau Pribula, Virginia
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10/25/25 - JMari Taylor, rSr/2026, Virginia, 5-09, 204 (DS#10 RB) + More +

J'Mari Taylor scored on a 1-yard run in overtime, lifting No. 16 Virginia to a 17-16 victory over North Carolina on Saturday. The Tar Heels answered with Davion Gause's 9-yard touchdown grab, but Ben Hall was stopped just short of the end zone on the ensuing 2-point try. Chandler Morris threw for 200 yards with one touchdown and one interception for the Cavaliers (7-1, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who are off to their best start since 2007. Gio Lopez finished with 208 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions for the Tar Heels (2-5, 0-3), who lost their fourth straight.

For the second time in two weeks, a goal-line gaffe by North Carolina proved costly when wide receiver Kobe Paysour fumbled at the 1 while stretching for the pylon early in the first quarter. The football trickled out of the end zone, resulting in a touchback. A week earlier in a loss to California, Nathan Leacock coughed up the ball in similar fashion as the Tar Heels were on the verge of grabbing a fourth-quarter lead and possibly their first ACC win under coach Bill Belichick. The teams traded field goals before Virginia took a 10-3 lead with 6:36 left in the second quarter on Trell Harris' 30-yard touchdown grab. North Carolina tied it again on a 1-yard run by Lopez just 1:24 before halftime. North Carolina turned it over once more in the red zone later in the game when defensive end Mitchell Melton picked off Lopez at the Cavaliers' 5. The Tar Heels' five red-zone turnovers are tied for most in FBS. - Virginia/AP College Football

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RB JMari Taylor, Virginia
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10/21/25 - Kam Robinson, Jr/2027, Virginia, 6-2, 234 (DS#29 ILB) + More +

WEEK 8 ACC LINEBACKER OF THE WEEK: Kam Robinson, Jr., LB, Virginia (Tappahannock, Virginia),...Blitzing from the outside, Robinson tackled Washington State running back Kirby Vorhees in the end zone for a safety to put Virginia ahead 22-20 with 2:41 remaining in the fourth quarter...The safety gave UVA its first lead of the game and was the difference in Virginia's fifth-straight win...Also added eight tackles, including one tackle-for-loss, and had a pass breakup...Has recorded 35 tackles in four games played this season, the second-most on the team...Garnered his second ACC Linebacker of the Week honor this season. - ACC Football

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ILB Kam Robinson, Virginia
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10/19/25 - Beau Pribula, rJr/2027, Virginia, 6-2, 212 (DS#10 QB) + More +

No. 16 Missouri may have delivered the knockout blow to Auburn coach Hugh Freeze. Beau Pribula scored on a 3-yard run in the second overtime, lifting Missouri to a 23-17 victory over reeling Auburn on Saturday night. Ahmad Hardy ran for 58 yards and two scores for Missouri (6-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference). The Tigers bounced back from a home loss to Alabama to beat the other team from the state. "We talked all week about how the game was played between the lines, not to let the exterior factors of the noise and the stadium affect us," Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz said. "The guys did a great job, and I just thought there was a refusal to lose."

Missouri got a defensive stop on fourth down on the final possession in overtime to seal the one-possession victory. "This just sucks," Freeze said. "This stinks, and there's nothing you can say to make anyone feel better in that locker room. Our fans are incredible, and we'd love to be at Toomer's (Corner) with them right now. But we're still obviously not finding ways to win games." Auburn has dropped 11 of its last 13 SEC games, and Freeze is 5-15 in league play. Pribula threw for 252 yards, with two interceptions, and ran for 28 more. Hardy's short run with 5:07 to go in regulation tied the game at 17. Auburn (3-4, 0-4) intercepted Pribula's pass in the final drive of regulation to send it to overtime, but Alex McPherson missed a field goal on Auburn's first possession. It was his third miss of the night. Blake Craig missed a winning attempt on the other end for Missouri. Auburn opened the scoring with Jackson Arnold scoring from a yard out. But coach Hugh Freeze's team - like so many other times in his three seasons - had trouble moving the ball for most of the game. Arnold finished with 207 yards passing and his first interception of the season. Freeze, however, has hopeful they can turn it around. "If you look at this stretch of games, they were all really good teams," Freeze said. "And we were really close. Eventually they'll start to flip our way." Jeremiah Cobb had 111 yards on the ground. Cam Coleman caught six passes for 108 yards. - Missouri/AP College Football

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QB Beau Pribula, Virginia
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10/19/25 - Harrison Waylee, rSr/2026, Virginia, 5-09, 212 (DS#50 RB) + More +

Virginia's Kam Robinson and Hunter Osborne stuffed Kirby Vorhees in the end zone for a game-winning safety, sending the No. 18 Cavaliers to a wild 22-20 victory over Washington State on Saturday night. Virginia trailed 20-10 going into the fourth quarter. Harrison Waylee had a 2-yard touchdown run with 9:45 left, and Will Bettridge made a tying 34-yard field goal with 2:55 to go. Jahmal Edrine had five catches for 102 yards, helping the Cavaliers (6-1) to their fifth consecutive win. Cam Ross had a 19-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.

Washington State quarterback Zevi Eckhaus was 18 for 27 for 183 yards and a touchdown. He also had a 1-yard TD run, but he threw two interceptions. The Cougars (3-4) scored first on Joshua Meredith's 32-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter. Meredith finished with seven catches for 108 yards. Jack Stevens' 37-yard field goal late in the first half lifted Washington State to a 17-7 lead at the break. Coming off its open date, Virginia's offense struggled to get in gear. The Cavaliers were outgained 318-175 through three quarters. Waylee's TD run capped a nine-play, 97-yard drive as Virginia's offense started to find its way. - Virginia/AP College Football

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RB Harrison Waylee, Virginia
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10/16/25 - Chandler Morris, rSr/2026, Virginia, 6-0, 192 (DS#28 QB) + More +

MIDSEASON AP ACC TOP FIRST-YEAR TRANSFER: Chandler Morris already has two ACC quarterback of the week honors as the well-traveled player is enjoying success with Virginia. Morris previously played at Oklahoma, Texas Christian and North Texas. Morris has passed for 1,428 yards with 11 touchdowns and four interceptions. - AP College Football

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QB Chandler Morris, Virginia
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