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WEEK 1 ACC RECEIVER AND SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK: Cam Ross, Grad., WR, Virginia (Newark, Delaware),...Caught seven passes for 124 yards and a touchdown in the Cavaliers' win over Coastal Carolina...Accounted for an ACC-best 224 all-purpose yards, also returning a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown...His 100-yard kick return is tied for the longest in Virginia program history. - Atlantic Coast Conference

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WR Cam Ross, Virginia
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08/30/25 - Chandler Morris, rSr/2026, Virginia, 6-0, 192 (DS#32 QB) + More +

Virginia starting quarterback Chandler Morris suffered a helmet-to-helmet hit early in the third quarter of the Cavaliers' season-opener against Coastal Carolina. Morris, the North Texas transfer and son of former Arkansas and SMU coach Chad Morris, broke free on a run and opted against sliding, instead juking a defender and getting to the Coastal 2. That's where he collided with Chanticleers' cornerback Myles Mooyoung. Morris stayed down for a few minutes, before being helped to the sideline, where he entered the UVA medical tent.

A few minutes after that, Virginia staffers escorted Morris toward the team's locker room. The exact nature of Morris' injury is not known. Morris returned to the sidelines in the fourth quarter, his left shoulder wrapped heavily with ice. Nebraska transfer Daniel Kaelin, who had never thrown a college pass, entered the game for Morris. The Cavaliers don't have an experienced backup. Only short-yardage specialist Grady Brosterhous has a collegiate pass on his resume. - AP College Football

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QB Chandler Morris, Virginia
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08/30/25 - Cam Ross, rSr/2026, Virginia, 5-10, 186 (DS#118 WR) + More +

Cam Ross had 124 receiving yards and a touchdown catch and ran a kickoff back 100 yards for another score and Virginia rolled past Coastal Carolina, 48-7 in its season opener on Saturday night at Scott Stadium. Quarterback Chandler Morris threw for 264 yards and two scores before exiting the game with an injury early in the third quarter. The two teams featured massively rebuilt rosters. Virginia had over 50 new players and Coastal more than 60. For the home team, many of those new names showed up in a big way, including Ross, Morris and transfer running back J'Mari Taylor, who scored a pair of touchdowns.

All six of Virginia's touchdowns came from transfers, who made a strong first impression on the announced crowd of 46,143. Coastal Carolina didn't find the same success with its transfer quarterback. MJ Morris, who has played at North Carolina State and Maryland, finished 20 for 36 for 163. Running back Ja'Vin Simpkins was the only Coastal player to find the end zone, scoring on an 8-yard run in the third quarter. Virginia outgained Coastal, 454-254. - AP College Football

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WR Cam Ross, Virginia
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09/03/24 - Chandler Morris, rSr/2026, Virginia, 6-0, 192 (DS#32 QB) + More +

WEEK 1 AAC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chandler Morris, Jr., QB, North Texas,...Morris, a transfer from TCU, figured in North Texas' first five touchdowns as the Mean Green took a 52-38 win at South Alabama to open the 2024 season. Morris completed 32 of 41 passes for 415 yards and three touchdowns, while he added a pair of rushing TDs to stake North Texas to a 35-26 third-quarter lead. Morris' 32 completions and 432 yards were the most of any American Athletic Conference player in Week 1. - AAC Football

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QB Chandler Morris, Virginia
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08/31/24 - Chandler Morris, rSr/2026, Virginia, 6-0, 192 (DS#32 QB) + More +

Chandler Morris threw for 415 yards with three touchdowns and he added two rushing scores to help North Texas defeat South Alabama 52-38 on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. The game was the debut for Major Applewhite as head coach of South Alabama. North Texas erupted for 38 points in the second half and did not punt after halftime. Among the scores was a blocked punt by Juwaun Price that CJ Garnett recovered in the end zone for a touchdown. Damon Ward Jr. had 230 yards on 12 receptions, and he scored on a 3-yard reception in the second quarter and a 54-yarder in the third. Morris completed 32 of 41 passes.

South Alabama quarterback Gio Lopez went 26 of 49 for 432 yards with three touchdowns. He also carried it 13 times for 62 yards and a score. Jamaal Pritchett had 10 catches for 197 yards, including a 26-yard touchdown for South Alabama. The teams combined for 1,132 yards of offense - 550 yards for North Texas and 582 for South Alabama. South Alabama led 19-14 after stopping North Texas on downs at the 1-yard line in the final minute of the first half. The Mean Green scored on every possession thereafter. On Sept. 7, South Alabama visits Ohio and North Texas hosts Stephen F. Austin. - AP College Football

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QB Chandler Morris, Virginia
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03/09/23 - Mitchell Melton, rSr/2026, Virginia, 6-3, 256 (DS#999 DE) + More +

Defensive lineman Mitchell Melton has been medically cleared to participate in individual drills for Ohio State during spring practice. But Melton, who tore an anterior cruciate ligament in last year's spring game and missed the season as a result, is expected to remain limited to individual work for at least a majority of the practices over the next five weeks. "We've just got to be smart," Buckeyes coach Ryan Day said, "and bring him back the right way." As seen by reporters during a half-hour viewing period as spring practice opened Tuesday, Melton went through a series of drills with the defensive linemen.

A versatile edge defender, Melton enrolled at Ohio State in 2020 as a linebacker before moving to the defensive line last year. His all-around skillset made him a candidate to line up at the "Jack" position, the hybrid defensive end-linebacker role, before he went down last April. "We're hoping he can make an impact for us this year," Day said. "Before the injury, we were excited about him and what he was doing. He's got a really good pass-rush ability and good strength and play speed." - Columbus Dispatch

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DE Mitchell Melton, Virginia
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03/05/23 - Tony Muskett, rSr/2025, Virginia, 6-1, 213 (DS#46 QB) + More +

Upon his choice to depart FCS Monmouth and test whether or not the transfer portal would yield interest from the top level of the sport, Tony Muskett said he always had a frontrunner in mind. "It was top of my list. It's my home school. It's my home state," the now-Virginia quarterback said Thursday. Muskett is in the midst of readying for spring practice with the Cavaliers, who he grew up watching and even through his high school days while starring at West Springfield in Northern Virginia would've liked to play for if the circumstances were right. He had the chance to join the Hoos then, too, he said. According to Muskett, UVa's pursuit of him as a transfer in December wasn't the program's first time courting the quarterback. Former UVa staffer Donte Wilkins - in the Cavaliers' recruiting department then and now the defensive line coach at Lafayette - recruited Muskett and presented him a spot on the roster.

"But I had already committed to Monmouth, so I wanted to honor my commitment," said Muskett, whose lone FBS scholarship offer as a high schooler was from Coastal Carolina. He said at the time, he never could've imagined an opportunity to play for UVa would come his way again. "Because coming out of high school, the transfer portal wasn't nearly as big as it is now," Muskett said, "and I just tried to focus on the present. I tried to be where my feet are." That strategy worked well for the 6-foot-2, 210-pound signal-caller. Muskett was a two-time first-team All-Big South choice with the Hawks and finished his 23-game stay with Monmouth having thrown for 5,687 yards and 51 touchdowns. His tear through the Big South - before the Hawks' conference switch to the Colonial Athletic Association this past fall - didn't go unnoticed. - Charlottesville Daily Progress

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QB Tony Muskett, Virginia
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03/03/23 - Malik Washington, rSr/2024, Virginia, 5-09, 191 (DS#16 WR) + More +

Virginia is filling a void on the fly, and the Cavaliers are hoping Malik Washington allows them to do so effectively. He's the much-needed veteran wide receiver they added to an extremely inexperienced unit of pass-catchers. "It's something I embrace," Washington said, "because it's a role I've had almost my entire life. I'm someone who people are comfortable being around, so I want to make sure I continue that as I take my journey to UVa." "I think it was so important because we do have a young group," first-year UVa wide receivers coach Adam Mims said about securing the commitment and enrollment of Washington, who is already in Charlottesville ahead of spring practice, which begins later this month.

"We have a group of guys who are essentially unproven," Mims said, "so, having an older guy who has shown success and production, I think that's going to help us in the long run. Not only on the field, but off the field, too." Washington spent the first four years of his career at Northwestern, where his 65 receptions this past fall were the sixth most for any Big Ten receiver. Over 40 total games with the Wildcats, he logged 120 catches for 1,348 yards. - Charlottesville Daily Progress

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WR Malik Washington, Virginia
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03/01/23 - Kam Butler, rSr/2025, Virginia, 6-3, 267 (DS#66 DE) + More +

Senior defensive end Kam Butler expressed a similar sentiment and said "absolutely" UVa is capable of changing its trajectory for the better. Butler joined the Cavaliers last season as a graduate transfer from Miami (Ohio) and is only back for 2023 because he's taking advantage of the extra year the NCAA granted UVa players whose eligibility would've expired after this past fall. The NCAA made that ruling on the heels of the November shooting, which tragically killed former Cavaliers Lavel Davis Jr., D'Sean Perry and Devin Chandler.

Butler's original plan prior to gaining the sixth year in college football, he said, was to finish his master's degree in higher education this spring while simultaneously training for the NFL with UVa's strength coaches. For now, he's gladly put the pro dream on hold. "I wanted to get back with the team," he said. "I started building some great relationships with people off the field on the administrative side of things for the athletic department and I wanted to build on those relationships going forward, too, and I like the strength staff here. I like the coaching staff here, so I feel like it would've been weird to not come back or not right for me to go somewhere else." His sense is there are enough returning players with experience to enforce the practice habits and expectations Elliott introduced to the Hoos last year as well as to teach coordinator John Rudzinski's defense, which the Cavaliers improved while using last year, to new additions on the team. Most notably, the defensive line is filled with fourth-, fifth- and sixth-year players with Butler and Aaron Faumui, Chico Bennett Jr., Jahmeer Carter and Paul Akere. - Charlottesville Daily Progress

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DE Kam Butler, Virginia
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01/18/23 - Tayvonn Kyle, rSr/2024, Virginia, 5-11, 189 (DS#95 CB) + More +

The Virginia football team continued adding to its secondary over the weekend, gaining a commitment from former Iowa State cornerback Tayvonn Kyle. Kyle announced his decision via Instagram on Sunday night, becoming the second transfer defensive back the Cavaliers have added since the transfer portal window opened in early December. The 5-foot-11 defender spent the past five years with the Cyclones, earning honorable mention All-Big 12 honors in 2019 and 2020. Over the course of his career there, he played in 42 games and made 12 starts with 10 of those coming at cornerback.

He was a starter and regular contributor for the Cyclones when they won the Fiesta Bowl and finished ranked No. 9 nationally on the heels of reaching the Big 12 title game in 2020. That season, he tallied 28 tackles, two tackles for loss, an interception and a team-best six pass breakups. For the entirety of his stay in Ames, Kyle racked up 76 tackles, seven tackles for loss, an interception and 12 pass breakups. - Charlottesville Daily Progress

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CB Tayvonn Kyle, Virginia
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12/28/22 - Perris Jones, rSr/2024, Virginia, 5-06, 179 (DS#999 RB) + More +

On Tuesday, veteran Perris Jones, who started eight times at the position this past fall, announced on Twitter he'll play a sixth season with the Cavaliers in 2023. "When I set foot on campus," Jones wrote, "I had a set of goals that I planned on accomplishing. While I have been blessed to accomplish the basics, I still have some goals on the table that need to be crossed off. With that being said, I would like to announce that I will be returning to UVa, exercising my last year of eligibility." In August, Jones emerged as UVa's top running back option during training camp to earn the team's starting job.

Before this past season, Jones, a former walk-on, had only registered three career carries and was briefly moved - out of necessity - to defensive back in 2021, but his work ethic and understanding of Cavaliers coach Tony Elliott's offense propelled Jones forward to make an impact on the 2022 squad at his natural position. Jones ran 81 times for 365 yards and a pair of touchdowns and also hauled in six catches for 43 yards and two more scores this past season. He had standout performances against Richmond and at Syracuse. Versus the Spiders, he racked up 104 rushing yards and a touchdown along with a receiving touchdown, and against the Orange, he ran for 87 yards and a score. - Charlottesville Daily Progress

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RB Perris Jones, Virginia
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12/22/22 - Chico Bennett Jr., rSr/2025, Virginia, 6-4, 249 (DS#82 DE) + More +

Not only did Virginia officially add to its roster during the start of the early signing period on Wednesday, Cavaliers coach Tony Elliott also announced 10 key upperclassmen will return to the team, too. "So, obviously I know we lost some guys," Elliott said, "going into the portal, but we also had a good number of guys that decided that they want to come back and make another run at it." Elliott said defensive end Kam Butler and defensive lineman Aaron Faumui will take the NCAA up on the extra year of eligibility it granted all UVa players whose eligibility would've expired after this past season. Butler announced his intentions to earlier this month, but Faumui hadn't. The pair combined for 68 tackles, 13 tackles for loss and seven sacks.

Those two on the defensive front aren't the only ones at that position who will be back either. Defensive end Paul Akere, as well as defensive end Chico Bennett Jr., are returning as well, according to Elliott. Elliott said Akere, after spending this past fall with the Hoos following four seasons at Columbia, had job opportunities and could've entered the working world. Bennett, following a breakout campaign in which he tallied 34 tackles, seven tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks, probably would've had an opportunity to play pro football. Others choosing to spend another year with the Hoos include tight ends Grant Misch and Sackett Wood Jr. as well as defensive backs Antonio Clary and Coen King and linebackers Josh Ahern and Hunter Stewart. Misch, Wood, Clary, King and Ahern were all starters at different times throughout the 2022 season for Cavaliers. - Charlottesville Daily Progress

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DE Chico Bennett Jr., Virginia
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12/18/22 - Kam Butler, rSr/2025, Virginia, 6-3, 267 (DS#66 DE) + More +

At least one veteran member of the Virginia football program will take the NCAA up on its offer. On Thursday, senior defensive end Kam Butler announced on Instagram that he'd return to UVa for his second season with the Hoos and his sixth year in the sport. Butler, who transferred to UVa from Miami (Ohio) ahead of last season, racked up 29 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, three sacks and two forced fumbles in his first campaign with the Cavaliers this past fall. He's the first team member whose eligibility would've ended this year to announce a decision to return to UVa. Last week, The Daily Progress reported the NCAA would grant any Virginia football player whose college eligibility expired this past season an extra year to play as a response to the shooting on Grounds that killed three teammates last month. - Charlottesville Daily Progress

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DE Kam Butler, Virginia
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12/17/22 - Harrison Waylee, rSr/2026, Virginia, 5-09, 212 (DS#69 RB) + More +

2022 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM: Running Back - Harrison Waylee, Northern Illinois,...Running back Harrison Waylee rounds out the 2022 All-MAC Huskies as the third-year sophomore led NIU with a career-high 899 rushing yards on 165 carries despite missing one full game and playing through injury in the final two games of the year. Wayleee averaged 5.4 yards per carry and 81.7 rushing yards per game and totaled 1,018 all-purpose yards to lead the team. He ranked fourth on the team in receptions with 17 and led the Huskies in total offense. - Northern Illinois Football

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RB Harrison Waylee, Virginia
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12/07/22 - Jack Camper, rSr/2023, Virginia, 6-4, 252 (DS#999 DE) + More +

The NCAA will grant any Virginia football player whose college eligibility expired this past season an extra year to play, a response to the shooting on Grounds that killed three teammates, UVa athletic director Carla Williams confirmed Wednesday. Virginia initiated and submitted the request, she said. The decision from the NCAA comes in the aftermath of last month's tragic shooting on Grounds in Charlottesville that killed wide receivers Lavel Davis Jr. and Devin Chandler and linebacker D Sean Perry. The Cavaliers, who finished 3-7 in their first year under coach Tony Elliott, canceled their last two games of the campaign - a non-conference contest against Coastal Carolina and their annual rivalry game at Virginia Tech - after the shooting. Instead of playing football on those days, UVa players and coaches gathered for a public memorial service to honor the lives of Davis, Chandler and Perry.

Per the Virginia roster, players who completed their final year of eligibility this past season include wide receivers Billy Kemp IV and Keytaon Thompson, defensive backs Darrius Bratton and Anthony Johnson, defensive ends Kam Butler and Jack Camper, and defensive tackle Devontae Davis. Not all will use the extra year, though. Johnson and Kemp have already declared for the NFL Draft. Johnson was a sixth-year senior this past fall and will play in the Senior Bowl this coming February. Kemp was a fifth-year senior this past season. - The Daily Progress

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DE Jack Camper, Virginia
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