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2019 PRESEASON PHIL STEELE/DRAFT SCOUT ALL-FCS FOURTH TEAM: Deshawn Stevens, Maine, Jr.,...All-CAA Second Team selection in 2018...FCS HERO Sports Sophomore All-American First Team...Named team's Walter Abbott Most Outstanding Defensive Player...Started all 14 games...statistically, had one of the best defensive seasons in Maine football history...led the Black Bears with 120 tackles to go along with 17.0 tackles for loss, 9.0 sacks, two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble, two pass breakups and an interception...ranked third in the CAA in total tackles and tackles per game (8.6). - Maine Football

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ILB Deshawn Stevens, West Virginia
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08/08/19 - Scottie Young, rSr/2022, West Virginia, 5-11, 199 (DS#63 SS) + More +

Scottie Young Jr. changed numbers this offseason, from 19 to 6. The Arizona Wildcats junior considers it part of his "reincarnation." He's still a football-loving, hard-hitting safety with natural playmaking instincts. He's also a changed man, according to multiple UA coaches and players. "He's a much different player, a much different guy than he was when I first got here," Arizona coach Kevin Sumlin said. "Just how he handles himself, how he talks to the players, how he talks to everybody else. I've been really pleased with his progress." After a head-turning training camp as a freshman in 2017 that put him on the fast track to a starting spot, Young got in trouble off the field. He did not immediately miss any game time because of it. But sometime after Sumlin became coach in January 2018, it was determined that Young would be suspended from all offseason team activities.

He was reinstated about a week into last year's training camp but had to sit out the opener against BYU. Young could have elected to transfer. He could have complained about the punishment on social media. Instead, he looked inward, reflecting on his "trials and tribulations" and determining how he could learn from them. "I was upset - upset with myself," Young said. "I put that on myself. So I had to stay level-headed. I had to stay focused. I always knew that it was going to be a bigger purpose, and here we are today." - Arizona Star News

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SS Scottie Young, West Virginia
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08/04/19 - Rex Sunahara, rSr/2020, West Virginia, 6-6, 249 (DS#7 LS) + More +

2019 PRESEASON INAUGURAL PATRICK MANNELLY LONG SNAPPER AWARD WATCH LIST: Rex Sunahara, West Virginia,...Rhode Island Transfer, was member of the basketball team there too...Played in 12 games in 2018...Handled the long snapping duties for punts, field goals and extra points...WVU Special Teams Champion, Youngstown State. - West Virginia Football

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LS Rex Sunahara, West Virginia
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08/01/19 - Josh Growden, rSr/2020, West Virginia, 6-1, 199 (DS#34 P) + More +

LSU punter Josh Growden has entered the NCAA transfer portal, a source confirmed with The Advocate, which leaves the team with one veteran punter on the roster. The 6-foot-2, 199-pound senior had a role on special teams as the program's short-range punter, complimenting the long-range game of junior punter Zach Von Rosenberg. He also held field goals during the 2018 season for former placekicker Cole Tracy. Growden, a native of Clare, South Australia, averaged 34.9 yards per punt on 16 punts in 2018, and he was named to Southeastern Conference All-Freshman team as a sophomore in 2016. - Baton Rouge Advocate

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P Josh Growden, West Virginia
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07/30/19 - Evan Staley, rSr/2022, West Virginia, 6-1, 196 (DS#38 K) + More +

2019 PRESEASON WUERFFEL TROPHY WATCH LIST: Evan Staley, West Virginia, Junior, K,...Staley handled the Mountaineers' field goal, extra point and kickoff duties for the 2018 season after taking over in the Oklahoma State game during the 2017 season. He has currently hit 12 straight field goals, dating back to the Baylor game on Oct. 25, 2018. He connected on 16-of-20 field goal attempts last season and 22-of-27 career attempts. He hit a career-long 49 yard field goal against Kansas and Syracuse in 2018 and was 9-of-13 from longer than 40 yards. He also finished with 74 kickoffs for 4,945 yards, averaging 56.2 yards per kickoff attempt and had 24 of his kicks result in touchbacks.

Last year, Staley ranked No. 2 in the Big 12 in overall scoring, No. 2 by kickers only and No. 25 nationally. He was No. 3 in the Big 12 in field goal percentage. He finished with a career-best 4-of-4 performance against Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl. That performance was a Camping World Bowl record and his 49-yarder also was a bowl record and tied Paul Woodside's WVU bowl record. - West Virginia Football

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K Evan Staley, West Virginia
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07/28/19 - Deshawn Stevens, rSr/2022, West Virginia, 6-1, 246 (DS#106 ILB) + More +

2019 PRESEASON CAA FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM (MEDIA/COACHES): Deshawn Stevens, Maine, Jr., LB,...Stevens was 2018 All-CAA second team...2018 FCS HERO Sports Sophomore All-American First Team...Named team's Walter Abbott Most Outstanding Defensive Player...Led the Black Bears with 120 tackles to go along with 17.0 tackles for loss and 9.0 sacks in 2018...Ranked third in the CAA in total tackles and tackles per game (8.6), tied for fifth in the CAA in total sacks and ranked second in the CAA in tackles for loss, averaging 1.21 per game. - Maine Football

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ILB Deshawn Stevens, West Virginia
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07/25/19 - Colton McKivitz, rSr/2020, West Virginia, 6-6, 306 (DS#14 OT) + More +

2019 PRESEASON OUTLAND TROPHY WATCH LIST: OT Colton McKivitz, West Virginia,...McKivitz, a 2019 preseason All-Big 12 selection, is a three-year starter at tackle, playing in 38 games and starting 35. His 35 starts run consecutively and lead all returning WVU players in 2019. He is a two-time All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection and a three-time Academic All-Big 12 Second-Team selection. He saw action on 950 plays in 2018, including 870 on offense. - West Virginia Football

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OT Colton McKivitz, West Virginia
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07/25/19 - Tyler Sumpter, rSr/2022, West Virginia, 5-09, 220 (DS#32 P) + More +

2019 PRESEASON LOU GROZA AWARD WATCH LIST: Tyler Sumpter, Troy,...Though his punting garnered the headlines – he became the first FBS player since 2015 with two 70-yard punts in one game – Sumpter proved just as adept at placekicking. He scored every point in the Trojans' 12-7 win over Texas State, going 4-for-4 for the second time in a three-game span. His 18 field goals were just one shy of the school record. - Lou Groza Award

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P Tyler Sumpter, West Virginia
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07/25/19 - Evan Staley, rSr/2022, West Virginia, 6-1, 196 (DS#38 K) + More +

2019 PRESEASON LOU GROZA AWARD WATCH LIST: Evan Staley, West Virginia,...Staley's nine field goals from 40-49.yards were the most in FBS last season. Two of those came on the road against then-#17 Texas, part of a 10-point day that set the stage for the Mountaineers' 42-41 victory. He ended the season with his best game of the year, going 4-for-4 in the Camping World Bowl, the most field goals in the game's 30-year history. - Lou Groza Award

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K Evan Staley, West Virginia
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07/22/19 - Tony Fields II, Sr/2021, West Virginia, 6-0, 222 (DS#12 ILB) + More +

2019 PRESEASON BUTKUS AWARD WATCH LIST: Tony Fields, Arizona,...Fields has started all 25 games of his two-year career for the Wildcats, while flourishing next to Schooler. Last season, he finished second on the team with 89 total tackles, including two sacks and 4.5 tackles-for-loss. Fields had at least eight tackles in eight of 12 games last year and reached double-figure tackles four times. He had a season-high 11 tackles in the opener against BYU.

In 2017, Fields was named Freshmen All-America by ESPN.com and 247 Sports after starting all 13 games at linebacker. Fields led the team with 104 total tackles, which marked the most by an Arizona freshman in more than 20 seasons. Fields finished as the second-leading freshman tackler in the country with seven double-digit tackle performances. - Arizona Football

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ILB Tony Fields II, West Virginia
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07/19/19 - Tyler Sumpter, rSr/2022, West Virginia, 5-09, 220 (DS#32 P) + More +

2019 PRESEASON SUN BELT SECOND TEAM (COACHES/MEDIA): K - Tyler Sumpter (Troy, Junior),...One of the top dual kickers in the country, Tyler Sumpter earned preseason second team honors as a kicker. He connected on 18-of-24 field goals last season - his 18 makes ranked 16thnationally - and was perfect on all 45 of his extra-point attempts. - Troy Football

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P Tyler Sumpter, West Virginia
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