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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Western Kentucky
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  2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): LB: Will Ignont, RS Jr., WKU,...WKU Football had 10 selections to the All-Conference USA Teams, as selected by the league's 14 head coaches, it was announced Tuesday. The 10 total representatives ranked second in the league to UTSA (11), while the Hilltoppers' six on the First Team tied with the Roadrunners for most. In the rest of the C-USA East Division, Marshall had seven total players on the First and Second Teams, Middle Tennessee had five, FIU had three and Old Dominion had one, while Charlotte and Florida Atlantic had zero. - Western Kentucky Football

rSr/2023 ILB Will Ignont, Western Kentucky
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  2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DT: Darius Shipp, Jr., WKU,...WKU Football had 10 selections to the All-Conference USA Teams, as selected by the league's 14 head coaches, it was announced Tuesday. The 10 total representatives ranked second in the league to UTSA (11), while the Hilltoppers' six on the First Team tied with the Roadrunners for most. In the rest of the C-USA East Division, Marshall had seven total players on the First and Second Teams, Middle Tennessee had five, FIU had three and Old Dominion had one, while Charlotte and Florida Atlantic had zero. - Western Kentucky Football

rSr/2023 DT Darius Shipp, Western Kentucky
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  2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DT: Jeremy Darvin, RS Sr., WKU,...WKU Football had 10 selections to the All-Conference USA Teams, as selected by the league's 14 head coaches, it was announced Tuesday. The 10 total representatives ranked second in the league to UTSA (11), while the Hilltoppers' six on the First Team tied with the Roadrunners for most. In the rest of the C-USA East Division, Marshall had seven total players on the First and Second Teams, Middle Tennessee had five, FIU had three and Old Dominion had one, while Charlotte and Florida Atlantic had zero. - Western Kentucky Football

rSr/2022 DT Jeremy Darvin, Western Kentucky
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  2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA SECOND TEAM (COACHES): OL: Boe Wilson, Gr., WKU,...Mason Brooks, Cole Spencer, Quantavious Leslie and Boe Wilson made up one of the best offensive lines in the nation. According to PFF College, the Hilltoppers earned a pass-block rating of 91.2 to lead all FBS teams; the next-highest in C-USA was Marshall, ranked No. 20 with a 74.8 mark. WKU allowed only 16 sacks, which ranked tied for 13th in the nation despite the offense attempting 651 passes. Spencer's 90.7 pass-block rating led the league, Wilson's 87.9 ranked second, Leslie's 82.7 ranked third and Brooks' 75.6 ranked fifth. Center Rusty Staats earned a spot on the Honorable Mention list, as all five of the Hilltoppers' offensive linemen were recognized. - Western Kentucky Football

rSr/2022 OG Boe Wilson, Western Kentucky
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  2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA SECOND TEAM (COACHES): OL: Quantavious Leslie, Fr., WKU,...Mason Brooks, Cole Spencer, Quantavious Leslie and Boe Wilson made up one of the best offensive lines in the nation. According to PFF College, the Hilltoppers earned a pass-block rating of 91.2 to lead all FBS teams; the next-highest in C-USA was Marshall, ranked No. 20 with a 74.8 mark. WKU allowed only 16 sacks, which ranked tied for 13th in the nation despite the offense attempting 651 passes. Spencer's 90.7 pass-block rating led the league, Wilson's 87.9 ranked second, Leslie's 82.7 ranked third and Brooks' 75.6 ranked fifth. Center Rusty Staats earned a spot on the Honorable Mention list, as all five of the Hilltoppers' offensive linemen were recognized. - Western Kentucky Football

rSr/2025 OG Quantavious Leslie, Western Kentucky
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  2021 CONFERENCE USA MOST VALUABLE PLAYER (COACHES): WKU QB Bailey Zappe was selected as the C-USA Most Valuable Player Award after his stellar season in Bowling Green. Zappe, a Manning Award finalist and Walter Camp Player of the Year and Davey O'Brien Award semifinalist, has had a record-smashing season for the East Division champion Hilltoppers, breaking the Conference USA and program record for touchdown passes (56) in a single-season, and is within range of potentially breaking the single-season FBS records for touchdown passes (60) and passing yardage (5,833).

Zappe helped lead WKU to seven-straight wins during the season en route to the 2021 Ryan Conference USA Championship Game, where he threw for 577 yards and four touchdowns. His 577 yards passing were the most in a single game by any quarterback in the country this season, and set a new C-USA Championship Game record. He has completed 442-639 (69.2%) passes for 5,545 yards, 56 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. Zappe leads the FBS in passing yards per game (426.5), passing touchdowns (56) and touchdowns responsible for (59). Zappe is just the sixth player in FBS history to achieve a 5,000-yard, 50-touchdown campaign. - Conference USA Football

rSr/2022 QB Bailey Zappe, Western Kentucky
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  2021 CONFERENCE USA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): WKU DE DeAngelo Malone is now a two-time winner of the C-USA Defensive Player of the Year Award (also won in 2019), becoming the fourth player in league history to take home those honors twice. Malone tied for the C-USA lead with 16.5 tackles for loss and ranked second with eight sacks. He ranked 12th in C-USA with 88 total tackles, although that number leads the nation among defensive linemen. The Atlanta, Georgia, native is tied for the league lead with four forced fumbles, which is also ninth among all FBS defenders. Malone went wire-to-wire in 2021 after being voted the league's Preseason Defensive Player of the Year by the league's head coaches ahead of the 2021 season. - Conference USA Football

rSr/2022 OLB DeAngelo Malone, Western Kentucky
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  2021 CONFERENCE USA NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): WKU WR Jerreth Sterns is the conference's Newcomer of the Year after his record-setting season for the Hilltoppers. Sterns' 137 receptions (a single-season C-USA record), 1,718 yards and 14 touchdowns led all league receivers. Sterns is the national leader in catches, receptions per game (10.6), receiving yards and receiving yards per game (132.2). Sterns, a native of Waxahachie, Texas, has 57 more catches than C-USA's second-leading receiver and 39 more than the second-leading receiver in the FBS. Entering the Hilltoppers' bowl game, Sterns ranks seventh in FBS history with his 137 catches, just 21 behind the record-holder Zay Jones of East Carolina (158 in 2016). - Conference USA Football

Sr/2022 WR Jerreth Sterns, Western Kentucky
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  Bailey Zappe threw four touchdown passes - all in the second half - and Western Kentucky spotted Marshall 14 points before pulling away for a 53-21 victory on Saturday, laying claim to Conference USA's East Division crown. In a game between the top two teams in the East, the Hilltoppers (8-4, 7-1) ran off 36 unanswered points to earn the right to face 15th-ranked UTSA in the conference championship game on Dec. 3 in San Antonio. Western Kentucky managed just two field goals by Brayden Narveson and trailed 14-6 at halftime. Zappe came out firing in the third quarter. He hooked up with Daewood Davis for a 47-yard TD just 1:19 into the third quarter.

Zappe followed that with a 14-yard TD toss to Malachi Corley before firing a 50-yard scoring strike to Davis midway through the quarter. Narveson added a 53-yard field goal and WKU led 29-14 heading to the fourth. Zappe's final TD toss was an 8-yarder to Dalvin Smith 52 seconds in. Davion Williams capped the scoring for the Hilltoppers with a 45-yard pick-6 in the final minute. Zappe completed 25 of 48 passes for 328 yards with no interceptions for WKU. Luke Zban was 16-of-25 passing for 123 yards and a TD for the Thundering Herd (7-5, 5-3). Rasheen Ali carried 24 times for 97 yards. Marshall quarterback Grant Wells completed his first 10 passes but left the game after getting sacked and fumbling the ball away in the second quarter. He walked to the locker room with an undisclosed injury and did not return. - Western Kentucky/AP College Football

rSr/2022 QB Bailey Zappe, Western Kentucky
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  Bailey Zappe passed for 470 yards and six touchdowns as Western Kentucky rolled to a 52-17 victory over Florida Atlantic on Saturday. The Hilltoppers (7-4, 6-1 Conference USA) lead the East Division and travel to play second-place Marshall in the regular-season finale next Saturday. Zappe had a 1-yard TD toss to Jerreth Sterns to open the scoring and connected with Mitchell Tinsley for an 8-yarder as WKU grabbed a 14-3 lead. Zappe hit Joey Beljan for a 3-yard TD before Teja Young picked him off and returned it 62 yards for a score — pulling the Owls (5-6, 3-4) within 21-10. Zappe answered with a 3-yard TD toss to freshman Malachi Corley and Brayden Narveson followed with a 26-yard field goal to give the Hilltoppers a 31-10 lead at the half. Zappe completed 39 of 49 passes with two picks. Tinsley finished with nine catches for 164 yards, while Sterns caught 12 for 143. N'Kosi Perry passed for 213 yards with a TD toss to John Mitchell for FAU. - Western Kentucky/AP College Football

rSr/2022 QB Bailey Zappe, Western Kentucky
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  2021 GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Austin Reed, QB, West Florida,...Reed has been one of the top signal callers in the country all season long, ranking among the top eight nationally in nine of 11 quarterback categories. He leads the GSC with 328 passing yards per game, 3,284 yards, 35 touchdowns and a 168.3 passer efficiency rating. He has six games over 300 yards passing, including the last five and has thrown four scores seven times and at least two in every game. In his career, the St. Augustine, Florida product is 22-2 as a starter. - West Florida Football

rSr/2024 QB Austin Reed, Western Kentucky
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  2021 ALL-GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): QB Austin Reed, West Florida,...Reed leads the GSC with 328 passing yards per game, 3,284 yards, 35 touchdowns and a 168.3 passer efficiency rating. He has six games over 300 yards passing, including the last five and has thrown four scores seven times and at least two in every game. - West Florida Football

rSr/2024 QB Austin Reed, Western Kentucky
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  NOV 15 CONFERENCE USA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: WKU QB Bailey Zappe completed 34-42 passes for 482 yards and five touchdowns (compared to only one interception) in his return to Texas on Saturday, as WKU defeated Rice 42-21. Zappe's 482 passing yards were the most of any FBS quarterback last week, and the most by a C-USA quarterback since Zappe himself threw for 523 vs. UTSA on October 9. Zappe had seven completions of 20+ yards and 20 completions of 10+ yards in the win. Zappe was 20-27 for 330 yards and three touchdowns in the first half alone, as the Hilltoppers carried a 28-0 lead into the break. Zappe's day was done at the 8:43 mark of the fourth quarter after throwing his fifth touchdown of the contest; and the Davey O'Brien and Maxwell Player of the Year semifinalist rested the final two series of the afternoon. - Conference USA Football

rSr/2022 QB Bailey Zappe, Western Kentucky
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  NOV 15 MAC EAST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Michael Mathison, Akron, WR/KR, Sophomore, Covington, Ga.,...Mathison put together a career game versus Western Michigan rolling up a career-high 273 all-purpose yards, including a career-best 161 yards on kickoff returns, with a 94-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. Mathison returned four kicks for 161 yards, highlighted by the first kickoff return for a TD for a Zip since Dashan Miller raced 98 yards against Syracuse on Oct. 24, 2009. His kickoff return brought Akron within three, 17-14, in the second quarter. Offensively, Mathison registered his third 100-yard receiving game of the season, equaling a career-high eight receptions en route to collecting 112 yards through the air. - MAC Football

rSr/2025 WR Michael Mathison, Western Kentucky
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  Bailey Zappe threw five touchdown passes, including three during a four-minute span in the second quarter, and Western Kentucky beat Rice, 42-21, on Saturday. With two games left in Hilltoppers reguar season and leading Conference USA, Zappe leads the nation with 42 touchdown passes. He has thrown at least three touchdown passes in every game this season and has thrown five or more scores in a game four times.

Kye Robichaux capped a seven-play, 97-yard first-quarter drive with a 2-yard run for the score and the game's first touchdown and Zappe threw three touchdown passes in the second quarter, including a 65-yard strike to Mitchell Tinsley. Zappe completed 34 of 42 passes for 482 yards and was picked off once for WKU (6-4, 5-1). Tinsley finished with 10 catches for 198 yards and Jerreth Sterns caught seven for 92. Jake Constantine was 28 of 50 for 380 yards for Rice (3-7, 2-4), but was picked off four times. August Pitre III had nine catches for 133 yards. - Western Kentucky/AP College Football

rSr/2022 QB Bailey Zappe, Western Kentucky
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