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2022 ALL-ACC FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: DE - Chico Bennett, Virginia, 35 votes,...Playing UVA's bandit position, Bennett had a breakout season on a UVA defense that ranked 14th in the NCAA in sacks per game (3.0). Bennett started all but one game and led the team with seven total sacks. His 0.70 sacks per game are the third-most in the ACC. He garnered ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week twice this season, one of nine UVA defensive linemen ever to win the award twice in the same season. - Virginia Football

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DE Chico Bennett Jr., Virginia
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12/05/22 - Anthony Johnson, rSr/2023, Virginia, 6-2, 205 (DS#8 FS) + More +

2022 ALL-ACC FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: CB - Anthony Johnson, Virginia, 84 votes,...Johnson started all 10 games at corner for UVA amassing 51 tackles, two interceptions and 12 pass break ups. His 14 passes defended (12 break ups & 2 interceptions) were the second-most among ACC defenders and his 1.4 passes defended per game are the eighth-best in FBS. Johnson's 38 career passes defended are tied for the fifth-most among active FBS defensive backs. - Virginia Football

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FS Anthony Johnson, Virginia
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12/04/22 - Harrison Waylee, rSr/2026, Virginia, 5-09, 212 (DS#68 RB) + More +

NIU running back Harrison Waylee announced Friday he was entering the transfer portal, the second year in a row the Huskies will have to replace the team's leading rusher. Last season, running back Jay Ducker ran for over 1,000 yards and was the MAC Freshman of the Year before transferring to Memphis. Coach Thomas Hammock could not be reached for comment. In a statement, Waylee thanked Hammock and the coaching staff for making his time with the Huskies a great experience. "Over the last three years I have grown as a player, student and person as a result of this community," Waylee said in the statement. Waylee played in all but one game this year, rushing for 899 yards and five touchdowns.

He was hurt after five games last year but still ran for 574 yards and four touchdowns, plus was the leading rusher in the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign. Waylee's injury last year paved the way for Ducker to take over as the lead back, running 218 times for 1,184 yards and three touchdowns. He was named the MAC Freshman of the Year and then transferred to Memphis, where he ran for 461 yards on 97 carries and five touchdowns this season. The Huskies won the MAC last year, but went 3-9 this year. - DeKalb Daily Chronicle

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RB Harrison Waylee, Virginia
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11/14/22 - Lavel Davis Jr., Jr/2024, Virginia, 6-6, 219 (DS#999 WR) + More +

Three University of Virginia football players killed in an on-campus shooting were remembered Monday by their head coach as "all good kids." Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D'Sean Perry were juniors returning to campus from a class trip to see a play Sunday night when authorities say they were killed by a fellow student. The young men were also members of the Virginia football team, journeying through periods of transition in their careers - whether it was bouncing back from a season-ending injury, changing positions on the team or transferring in from another school. "They were all good kids," head football coach Tony Elliott said early Monday afternoon. He said he would talk about the victims "when the time is right." The shooting happened just after 10:15 p.m. Sunday as a charter bus full of students returned from seeing a play in Washington.

University President Jim Ryan said authorities did not have a "full understanding" of the motive or circumstances surrounding the shooting. Police on Monday captured a university student, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 22, whom they say is suspected of shooting the three football players and wounding two others. Jones had once played on the football team, but had not been a member of the team for at least a year, police said. Davis was a 6-foot-7 wide receiver from Dorchester, South Carolina. He finished the 2020 season ranked No. 2 in the nation and No. 1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference for average yards per reception, among many other accolades. - AP College Football

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WR Lavel Davis Jr., Virginia
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10/28/22 - Dontayvion Wicks, rJr/2023, Virginia, 6-1, 206 (DS#24 WR) + More +

He was disappointed, but not deterred. Still, Dontayvion Wicks said he needed a pause on the heels of his underwhelming first half of the fall. "There was a lot of reflection and I knew I had to hold myself accountable," the standout Virginia wide receiver said Tuesday. The subdued feeling Wicks had earlier this month during the Cavaliers' bye week and at the midway point of their season was unfamiliar to him, especially considering he spent the previous year as one of the nation's premier pass-catchers while setting the school record for receiving yards in a campaign and having his 21.1 yards per reception top the Atlantic Coast Conference. He logged six 100-yard games, and was a key cog in the Hoos' then pass-happy offense. All he knew was success, so his struggles through transition into UVa's new balanced attack, which requires more attention to detail from its wide receivers, challenged Wicks.

The 6-foot-2, 205-pounder, who was an All-ACC first-team selection in 2021, labored to adapt, but didn't find the same level of production or impact as he experienced the year before, and uncharacteristically, he had trouble catching the ball. "At that point we had 39 drops," Cavaliers offensive coordinator Des Kitchings said, "and I think he had a large number of those, so there [was] some self-reflection and trying to eliminate that." Said Wicks: "It was just clearing my mind, like letting everything go and putting everything behind me to just focus on what's next and having to get better. I had to not worry about what happened and what was going on. I just had to play." - Charlottesville Daily Progress

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WR Dontayvion Wicks, Virginia
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10/24/22 - Chico Bennett Jr., rSr/2025, Virginia, 6-4, 249 (DS#82 DE) + More +

OCT 24 ACC DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Chico Bennett, Virginia, DL, Ashburn, Va.,...The Georgia Tech transfer had a huge game in his “homecoming” to help lead the Cavaliers' 16-9 win over the Yellow Jackets on Thursday night ... Virginia's defense did not allow a touchdown, held Georgia Tech to a total of 201 yards total offense (including 55 rushing yards) and notched eight sacks as the Cavaliers defeated the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta for the first time since 2008 ... Bennett had seven total tackles and two sacks to contribute to a UVA single-game sack total that tied for the second-most in program history. - ACC Football

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DE Chico Bennett Jr., Virginia
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10/18/22 - Kendren Smith, rSr/2025, Virginia, 6-0, 207 (DS#202 CB) + More +

OCT 17 IVY LEAGUE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kendren Smith, Penn (Sr., DB - Charlotte, N.C.),...Forced and recovered two fumbles and snagged an interception in Penn's win over Columbia...Registered a team-high five tackles and notched a pass breakup. - Ivy League football

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CB Kendren Smith, Virginia
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10/15/22 - Harrison Waylee, rSr/2026, Virginia, 5-09, 212 (DS#68 RB) + More +

Harrison Waylee ran for 158 yards and a touchdown, Antario Brown added two TD runs and Northern Illinois beat Eastern Michigan 39-10 on Saturday. NIU's 295-pound lineman James Ester opened the scoring by batting a pass into the air and jumping to secure it in the end zone. Brown broke loose for a 47-yard touchdown six minutes later and then added a 6-yard score that stretched the Huskies' lead to 29-10 late in the third. Brown finished with 86 yards on 17 carries for Northern Illinois (2-5, 1-2 Mid-American Conference). Waylee had a 76-yard touchdown run that capped the scoring with 7:14 to play. Taylor Powell was 11-of-23 passing and threw a touchdown and interception for Eastern Michigan (4-3, 1-2). The Huskies have a 35-16-2 advantage in the series and are 21-4 against the Eagles since 1998. - Northern Illinois/AP College Football

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RB Harrison Waylee, Virginia
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10/01/22 - Tony Muskett, rSr/2025, Virginia, 6-1, 213 (DS#46 QB) + More +

Tony Muskett threw three touchdown passes, Dymere Miller had 125 receiving yards and Monmouth defeated Lehigh 35-7 on Saturday. Muskett threw touchdown passes of 39 yards to Miller and 52 yards to Assanti Kearney en route to a 21-0 halftime lead. The Hawks' advantage was 35-0 before Lehigh's Gaige Garcia scored on a 1-yard run with 45 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Muskett completed 20 of 27 passes for 261 yards with the three touchdowns and one interception. He also scored on a 1-yard run. Monmouth (3-2) had 229 yards on the ground for 490 total yards. Jaden Shirden had 108 yards rushing on 20 carries. Lehigh's Brayten Silbor was 10-of-22 passing for 139 yards. Garcia had 71 yards rushing on eight carries for the Mountain Hawks (1-4). - AP College Football

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QB Tony Muskett, Virginia
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09/26/22 - Chico Bennett Jr., rSr/2025, Virginia, 6-4, 249 (DS#82 DE) + More +

SEPT 26 ACC DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Chico Bennett, Virginia, DL, Washington, D.C.,...Proved a constant presence in the Syracuse backfield, finishing with four tackles including two sacks in Friday night's 22-20 road loss ... Also recovered a fumble ... Led the way as UVA held the Orange rushing attack to 75 yards ... After allowing a touchdown on the game's opening drive (following a 57-yard kickoff return), the UVA defense only permitted four field goals on Syracuse's next four trips into the red zone. - ACC Football

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DE Chico Bennett Jr., Virginia
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09/19/22 - Kempton Shine, rSr/2025, Virginia, 5-11, 187 (DS#143 CB) + More +

SEPT 19 MAC WEST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kempton Shine, Eastern Michigan, Cornerback, Junior, Chicago, Ill. (St. Rita),...Shine was instrumental in the Eagles' 30-21 victory over the Sun Devils Sept. 17., Perhaps the most important play of the game, Shine forced and collected an ASU fumble with just minutes remaining in the game and with the Sun Devils driving into EMU territory down just nine point. The forced fumble was the second of Shine's career, his first since punching one out against Northern Illinois, Dec. 12, 2020. It was his first fumble recovery since Nov. 27 of the same year, against Central Michigan. Shine finished the night with six total tackles, which ranked second on the team, with four solo tackles, the most among Eagle defenders. - MAC Football

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CB Kempton Shine, Virginia
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09/05/22 - Chandler Morris, rSr/2026, Virginia, 6-0, 191 (DS#32 QB) + More +

TCU quarterback Chandler Morris has a sprained left knee and will miss the next game for the Horned Frogs. Chandler got hurt late in the third quarter of TCU's season-opening 38-13 win at Colorado on Friday night. A defender landed on Chandler's leg at the end of a quarterback keeper. Coach Sonny Dykes said Monday that Chandler won't play in the home opener Saturday night against FCS team Tarleton. The quarterback will be week to week after that.

The Horned Frogs have an open date after the Tarleton game, then play at SMU on Sept. 24. They open Big 12 play Oct. 1 at home against ninth-ranked Oklahoma, the school Morris transferred from before the 2021 season. In the opener at Colorado, TCU went with Morris as the starter over Max Duggan, the fourth-year player who has 29 career starts for the Horned Frogs. Morris completed 13 of 20 passes for 111 yards, and ran four times for 18 yards against the Buffaloes before getting hurt. Duggan was 2-of-3 passing for 27 yards after that. - AP College Football

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QB Chandler Morris, Virginia
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08/30/22 - Dontayvion Wicks, rJr/2023, Virginia, 6-1, 206 (DS#24 WR) + More +

ESPN TOP 100 PRESEASON 2022 CFB PLAYERS (Selected Aug. 17): No. 95. Dontayvion Wicks, WR, Virginia, Junior. Notable 2021 stats: 1,203 yards, 9 TDs. Last year's ranking: NR. Wicks was a big-play machine last season, catching 57 balls for 1,203 yards - an average of 21.1 yards per catch, good for fifth nationally. He was the first player since 2019 to catch 50 passes and average at least 20 yards per reception, and Wicks finished the year with 27 catches of 20 yards or more - trailing only Jordan Addison and Jaxon Smith-Njigba among Power 5 receivers. - ESPN.com

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WR Dontayvion Wicks, Virginia
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08/29/22 - Chayce Chalmers, rSr/2024, Virginia, 6-1, 213 (DS#999 SS) + More +

2022 PRESEASON WUERFFEL TROPHY (COMMUNITY SERVICE) WATCHLIST: Chayce Chalmers, Virginia, Jr., DB,...One of six UVA student-athletes to receive the ACC Top VI Award annually given the most in terms of service to the University and Charlottesville communities...Presented with the UVA Distinguished Student-Athlete Scholarship Award, presented to a rising fourth year student-athlete who has distinguished themselves for their efforts within the athletics department and community at the Hoos Choice Awards...member of the 2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll. - Virginia Football

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SS Chayce Chalmers, Virginia
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08/29/22 - Ronnie Walker Jr., rSr/2024, Virginia, 5-10, 218 (DS#999 RB) + More +

The Virginia football team won't have running back Amaad Foston this season, after he suffered a torn ACL, but the Cavaliers did get another back in the fold Monday. Ronnie Walker, who suffered a leg injury in the spring, returned to practice Monday and is expected to be cleared to play this season, UVa running backs coach Keith Gaither said after the workout. "Just kind of see how he progresses on," said offensive coordinator Des Kitchings. "If he gets to the point where he can help us and not be a liability to him and us, then we're going to use him. We'll see where that goes."

Walker, a 5-foot-10, 218-pounder who transferred to UVa from Indiana before the 2020 season, has been ahead of schedule returning from surgery and was projected to be cleared sometime in September. Despite practicing Monday, Walker isn't likely to play in the team's opener against Richmond, but the fifth-year senior could still be a factor early in the season. "That means he's going to be cleared for the Richmond game. It doesn't mean he's going to play," said Gaither. "But he's going to be cleared, which means we can start getting him prepared for the stretch, especially conference play." - Charlottesville Daily Progress

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RB Ronnie Walker Jr., Virginia
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