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2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION: LS: Jake Bowman, WKU,...The Hilltoppers also saw 13 players receive honorable mention recognition, including running back Kye Robichaux, wide receiver Daewood Davis, offensive lineman Rusty Staats, offensive lineman Quantavious Leslie, offensive lineman Vincent Murphy, defensive end Juwuan Jones, defensive tackle Brodric Martin, linebacker Derrick Smith, defensive back Kaleb Oliver, defensive back Upton Stout, kicker Brayden Narveson, long snapper Jake Bowman, and Ellard. - Western Kentucky Football

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LS Jake Bowman, Western Kentucky
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12/20/22 - Quantavious Leslie, rSr/2025, Western Kentucky, 6-3, 317 (DS#40 OG) + More +

2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION: OL: Quantavious Leslie, WKU,...The Hilltoppers also saw 13 players receive honorable mention recognition, including running back Kye Robichaux, wide receiver Daewood Davis, offensive lineman Rusty Staats, offensive lineman Quantavious Leslie, offensive lineman Vincent Murphy, defensive end Juwuan Jones, defensive tackle Brodric Martin, linebacker Derrick Smith, defensive back Kaleb Oliver, defensive back Upton Stout, kicker Brayden Narveson, long snapper Jake Bowman, and Ellard. - Western Kentucky Football

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OG Quantavious Leslie, Western Kentucky
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12/20/22 - Jaylen Wester, Sr/2026, Western Kentucky, 6-0, 228 (DS#999 ILB) + More +

2022 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM: LB: Jaylen Wester, Florida Atlantic,...The C-USA All-Freshman Team was also announced. Redshirt freshman wide receiver Tony Johnson, who was honored last week as a member of the C-USA All-Academic team, linebacker Jaylen Wester and kick returner Jayshon Platt received recognition. - Florida Atlantic Football

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ILB Jaylen Wester, Western Kentucky
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12/20/22 - Daewood Davis, rSr/2023, Western Kentucky, 6-1, 196 (DS#84 WR) + More +

2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION: WR: Daewood Davis, WKU,...The Hilltoppers also saw 13 players receive honorable mention recognition, including running back Kye Robichaux, wide receiver Daewood Davis, offensive lineman Rusty Staats, offensive lineman Quantavious Leslie, offensive lineman Vincent Murphy, defensive end Juwuan Jones, defensive tackle Brodric Martin, linebacker Derrick Smith, defensive back Kaleb Oliver, defensive back Upton Stout, kicker Brayden Narveson, long snapper Jake Bowman, and Ellard. - Western Kentucky Football

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WR Daewood Davis, Western Kentucky
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12/14/22 - Austin Reed, rSr/2024, Western Kentucky, 6-2, 220 (DS#11 QB) + More +

Western Kentucky quarterback Austin Reed has withdrawn his name from the NCAA Transfer Portal and informed the coaching staff he intends to return to WKU next season, the school confirmed to the Daily News on Tuesday. Reed, who was named Conference USA's Newcomer of the Year for the 2022 season, led the Hilltoppers to an 8-5 record in the regular season, and a subsequent berth in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. Reed will suit up for the Hilltoppers in that Dec. 21 bowl matchup against South Alabama. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN.

Reed was among the best passers in the nation this year, throwing for 4,249 yards and 36 touchdowns. Reed's yardage and touchdown totals were second and fourth in the entire country, respectively. The Florida native's 272 points responsible for were also the second-most in all of college football, and the most among all players in the Group of Five conferences. Reed threw for a season-high 410 yards in WKU's final game of the regular season, a win at Florida Atlantic. He also tossed six touchdowns to six different receivers earlier in the season in a victory at Charlotte. Reed threw for 300 yards or more in eight of WKU's 13 games this season. - BG Daily News

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QB Austin Reed, Western Kentucky
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12/07/22 - Austin Reed, rSr/2024, Western Kentucky, 6-2, 220 (DS#11 QB) + More +

2022 CONFERENCE USA NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Austin Reed, WKU, QB,...WKU QB Austin Reed was named C-USA Newcomer of the Year following his exceptional season as the signal-caller for the Hilltoppers. The St. Augustine Beach, Florida, native completed 353-548 passes for a league-high 4,247 yards with 44 total touchdowns (36 through the air), while also rushing for 199 yards. Reed enters bowl season ranked second nationally in passing yardage, second in passing yardage per game (326.7), second in points responsible for (272), fourth in passing touchdowns, fourth in completions per game (27.15), fourth in points responsible for per game (20.9) and fifth in total offense per game (342.2). - Conference USA Football

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QB Austin Reed, Western Kentucky
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11/27/22 - Sebastian Benjamin, rSr/2025, Western Kentucky, 6-2, 238 (DS#110 DE) + More +

2022 ALL-NORTHEAST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: DL Sebastian Benjamin, Saint Francis U, R-So,...Alongside teammate Brown, Benjamin became the first defensive lineman on the All-NEC First Team since 2009. He ranked third in the NEC with 6.5 sacks this season and tied a single-game program record with four sacks in the season-opener at Akron. He was a one-time NEC Defensive Player of the Week and NEC Prime Performer selection this season. - Saint Francis U Football

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DE Sebastian Benjamin, Western Kentucky
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11/26/22 - Willie Taggart Jr., rSr/2026, Western Kentucky, 6-1, 180 (DS#999 WR) + More +

Florida Atlantic fired Willie Taggart on Saturday, only hours after the end of a third consecutive five-win season and no bowl bid for the second time in that span. Taggart was 15-18 in his three seasons with the Owls - 5-4 in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, then 5-7 in each of the last two seasons. His finale was Saturday, a 32-31 overtime loss at home to his alma mater Western Kentucky. FAU is heading to the American Athletic Conference next season. “This evening, we made a change in leadership with the Florida Atlantic University football program,” FAU athletic director Brian White said in a release distributed by the school. “It was a difficult decision, as we have tremendous respect for Willie Taggart. He has represented FAU with class and character. However, the lack of on-field success needed to be addressed as we look toward the future.” White said the school would immediately begin a national search.

Taggart was brought in after Lane Kiffin left FAU for Ole Miss in 2019. Kiffin brilliantly revived his career at FAU, going 26-13 with a pair of Conference USA championships. Both FAU and Taggart hoped he had followed on the same path; he came to Boca Raton with a 56-62 record at four previous schools - Western Kentucky, South Florida, Oregon and Florida State. Taggart had a winning record at just one of those stops; he was 7-5 in his lone season at Oregon. He was 16-20 at Western Kentucky, 24-25 at USF and 9-12 at Florida State. He's had more 10-loss seasons (two) than 10-win seasons (one), has never been the head coach of a bowl win and has now missed qualifying for a bowl in 10 of his 13 seasons. He lost in his one bowl trip with USF, lost his only bowl trip with FAU, and left for Florida State before Oregon's trip to the Las Vegas Bowl in 2017. - AP College Football

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WR Willie Taggart Jr., Western Kentucky
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11/26/22 - Austin Reed, rSr/2024, Western Kentucky, 6-2, 220 (DS#11 QB) + More +

Austin Reed threw three touchdowns and ran for another and Western Kentucky denied Florida Atlantic bowl eligibility beating the Owls 32-31 in overtime on Saturday. The Hilltoppers (8-5, 6-2 Conference USA) entered bowl eligible but missed a chance to play UTSA in the conference title game when North Texas (7-5, 6-2) beat Rice 21-17 later in the day. The Mean Green owned the tie breaker against Western Kentucky having beaten it 40-13 at Bowling Green on Oct. 29.

Trailing 31-24 after the Owls (5-7, 4-4) scored on their first overtime possession, Western Kentucky countered when Reed ran it in from the 1. The Hilltoppers followed by opting for the two-point conversion and secured the win when Reed rolled right and threw to an open Joshua Simon. Reed threw for 410 yards and Davion Ervin-Poindexter ran for 108 yards on 17 carries. N'Kosi Perry threw for 284 yards and a pair of scores and Larry McCammon had 127 yards rushing on 16 carries and a touchdown for the Owls. - Western Kentucky/AP College Football

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QB Austin Reed, Western Kentucky
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11/23/22 - Jalen Hampton, rSr/2026, Western Kentucky, 5-09, 206 (DS#999 RB) + More +

2022 ALL-CAA FOOTBALL THIRD TEAM: Jalen Hampton, Elon, RB, Fr.,...Redshirt freshman running back Jalen Hampton made an immediate impact in his first season with Elon, rushing for 1,023 yards during the regular season. He became Elon's first 1,000-yard back since 2004 by being a consistent factor, rushing for at least 80 yards in eight of the 10 games he played, including each of the final five contests. He went over 100 yards rushing four times, posting 159 against Gardner-Webb, 145 at William & Mary, 136 against Delaware, and a career-best 177 at Hampton to close the regular season. Elon went 5-0 when he ran for at least 90 yards in a game, and he twice scored three touchdowns in one contest. - Elon Football

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RB Jalen Hampton, Western Kentucky
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11/14/22 - Jaylen Hall, rSr/2023, Western Kentucky, 6-3, 186 (DS#88 WR) + More +

NOV 14 CONFERENCE USA SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: WKU PR Jaylen Hall was named C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week for the first time this season after bringing a punt back for a touchdown in WKU's win over Rice. Hall had a huge all-around day for WKU in its 45-10 victory over Rice. From a special teams perspective, Hall returned a punt 46 yards for a touchdown to help the Hilltoppers put the game out of reach. Additionally, Hall hauled in seven passes for 102 yards and a pair of touchdowns on the afternoon. - Conference USA Football

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WR Jaylen Hall, Western Kentucky
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11/12/22 - Jalen Hampton, rSr/2026, Western Kentucky, 5-09, 206 (DS#999 RB) + More +

Matthew McKay went 16-of-19 passing for 199 yards and two touchdowns, Jalen Hampton ran for 177 yards and three touchdowns and Elon beat Hampton 38-24 on Saturday to conclude its regular season. Elon's eight wins and six conference victories (8-3, 6-2 Colonial Athletic Association) ties for the most in the program since 2017. Hampton scored rushing touchdowns on each of Elon's first two drives and McKay added a 3-yard scoring pass to Johncarlos Miller II on the next possession. Elon led 21-17 at the half.

Omar Rogers made interceptions on the first two Hampton possessions of the second half and the Phoenix took a 31-17 lead into the fourth quarter. McKay found Jackson Parham for a 9-yard TD and Skyler Davis made a 26-yard field goal to build the lead. The Pirates got back within a touchdown late in the fourth quarter but Hampton scored from 8 yards out for his third TD of the game. Hampton finished the regular season with 1,023 rushing yards, the most since John Taylor had 1,069 in 2004. - Elon/AP College Football

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RB Jalen Hampton, Western Kentucky
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11/12/22 - Austin Reed, rSr/2024, Western Kentucky, 6-2, 220 (DS#11 QB) + More +

Austin Reed threw three touchdown passes - two to Jaylen Hall, who added a 46-yard punt return for a score - and ran a 1-yard TD to help Western Kentucky beat Rice 45-10 Saturday to become bowl eligible. Hall opened the scoring with a 25-yard touchdown reception on the game's fifth play from scrimmage, Daewoo Davis Jr. added a 62-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown that capped an 11-play, 96-yard drive midway through the second quarter and JaQues Evans returned a fumble 14 yard for score 90 seconds later to make it 21-0.

Hall's punt return early in the fourth quarter gave Western Kentucky (7-4, 5-2 Conference USA) 38-10 and his 2-yard TD reception with 6:16 left capped the scoring. He finished with seven receptions for 102 yards. Rice (5-5, 3-3) had 24 first downs and converted 7-of-11 third downs but threw four interceptions and lost two fumbles. Jumo Otoviano had 97 yards rushing on 17 carries for the Owls. Uriah West's 1-yard touchdown run with 32 seconds left in the second quarter trimmed Rice's deficit to 21-7 but WKU's Brayden Narveson kicked a 25-yard field goal as the half expired. - Western Kentucky/AP College Football

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QB Austin Reed, Western Kentucky
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11/07/22 - Austin Reed, rSr/2024, Western Kentucky, 6-2, 220 (DS#11 QB) + More +

NOV 7 CONFERENCE USA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: WKU QB Austin Reed had his best game as a Hilltopper Saturday, leading the Tops to a dominant 59-7 victory on the road at Charlotte. Reed threw for 409 yards and six touchdowns on the day, both season highs for the Florida native. All six of his touchdown passes were to six different receivers, and Reed did not throw any interceptions on the day. He completed 23-38 passes on the afternoon, including a long of 64 on which he and Malachi Corley connected for a touchdown. Reed's first two passing attempts of the game were both touchdowns. One a 46-yard touchdown strike to Jaylen Hall, the other a seven-yard score to Daewood Davis. - Conference USA Football

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QB Austin Reed, Western Kentucky
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11/05/22 - Maverick McIvor, rSr/2026, Western Kentucky, 6-2, 214 (DS#14 QB) + More +

Maverick McIvor threw for a career-high 385 yards and three touchdowns, Kobe Clark had seven receptions for 115 yards and two TDs and Abilene Christian beat Tarleton 28-23 Saturday night. Tristan Golightly added seven receptions for 117 yards - including a 72-yard catch-and-run on third-and-9 that set up a 2-yard touchdown run by Anthony Smith that made it 28-17 with 5:48 to play. Abilene Christian (6-3, 3-0 Western Athletic Conference) has its most wins since going 6-5 in 2018. McIvor completed 24 of 34 passes and threw two interceptions. Beau Allen was 16-of-26 passing for 181 yards and two touchdowns for Tarleton (5-4, 1-3). Derrel Kelley III added 114 yards rushing on 18 carries. - Abilene Christian/AP College Football

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QB Maverick McIvor, Western Kentucky
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