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2020 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD WATCH LIST: Jamale Carothers (Jr.), Navy,...Carothers was one of the best stories in college football in 2019, starting the year on the junior varsity team and not seeing any meaningful stats until Navy's game at Tulsa on Oct. 12. Carothers burst on to the scene that night in Oklahoma, carrying the ball five times for 52 yards and a touchdown and catching a 26-yard halfback pass from CJ Williams.

Carothers went on to start six games at fullback and finished the year as Navy's second-leading rusher with 734 yards on 111 carries and 14 touchdowns, while catching four passes for 105 yards and two touchdowns. He finished the year ranked 16th in the country in rushing touchdowns and 11th in scoring (9.6 points per game). His 6.61 rushing yards per carry stood as the seventh best mark in the country. He was named First Team All-East for his efforts. - Navy Football

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RB Jamale Carothers, Western Kentucky
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07/15/20 - DeAngelo Malone, rSr/2022, Western Kentucky, 6-3, 239 (DS#10 OLB) + More +

Phil Steele Publications announced its 2020 Preseason All-Conference USA Teams this week, and 10 Western Kentucky players were among those listed. The Hilltoppers' 10 total ranks tied for third with Charlotte - behind UAB's 14 and 12 for Southern Miss. All of WKU's honorees appear on the First, Second and Third Team combined, which is tied with the Golden Eagles for most in the league. Just like the Athlon Sports list that was announced last month, defending C-USA Defensive Player of the Year DeAngelo Malone - who was recently named to the 2020 Bednarik Award Watch List - along with punter John Haggerty, offensive lineman Jordan Meredith and tight end Joshua Simon, all made the First Team. - BG Daily News

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OLB DeAngelo Malone, Western Kentucky
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07/13/20 - DeAngelo Malone, rSr/2022, Western Kentucky, 6-3, 239 (DS#10 OLB) + More +

Western Kentucky senior DeAngelo Malone was included on the 2020 Bednarik Award Watch List, the Maxwell Football Club announced Monday. Now in its 26th season, the Chuck Bednarik Award is presented annually to the most outstanding defensive player in college football. Malone is one of 19 defensive ends and one of seven from Conference USA out of 90 total players on the initial list. Voters include NCAA head coaches and members of the Maxwell Football Club, as well as sportswriters and sportscasters from across the country. Malone helped anchor the conference's top scoring defense in 2019 and became the first Hilltopper to be voted C-USA Defensive Player of the Year since WKU joined the league prior to the 2014 campaign. He produced 99 total tackles - including 21 for loss - with 11.5 sacks, 16 quarterback hurries and a fumble recovery returned for a touchdown. - BG Daily News

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OLB DeAngelo Malone, Western Kentucky
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06/11/20 - DeAngelo Malone, rSr/2022, Western Kentucky, 6-3, 239 (DS#10 OLB) + More +

Western Kentucky has announced that the team's 2020 football season opener will be moved ahead by two days. Originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5, the Hilltoppers' matchup against UT Chattanooga will be changed to Thursday, Sept. 3. In addition, kickoff time for the opener against the Mocs will be at 6 p.m. It will be the fourth time in the past six seasons that WKU's season opener will be on a Thursday night. The Hilltoppers' 2019 season started with a Thursday night contest vs. Central Arkansas, while the 2016 opener vs. Rice and 2015 kickoff at Vanderbilt were also Thursday night matchups. WKU's second game of the campaign will be on Saturday, Sept. 12 - the following Saturday - at Indiana. - BG Daily News

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OLB DeAngelo Malone, Western Kentucky
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05/29/20 - DeAngelo Malone, rSr/2022, Western Kentucky, 6-3, 239 (DS#10 OLB) + More +

Conference USA has announced the league's bowl lineup that will span the six-year cycle from 2020-25. The conference is guaranteed seven bowl appearances in each year of the new cycle. "We are very pleased with our future bowl lineup," said C-USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod. "Our teams will continue to have postseason opportunities in outstanding destinations that are very accessible to our schools and their fans. We are also excited to have additional flexibility to create great matchups." As part of the new bowl cycle, C-USA will annually send teams to the Bahamas Bowl against a Mid-American Conference opponent, and to the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, against a Sun Belt Conference school. The league has participated in all six Bahamas Bowls and has placed a team in the New Orleans Bowl 14 times in its first 18 years. As previously announced, the league will continue its relationship with the Independence Bowl. C-USA is guaranteed to send a team to the Shreveport, Louisiana-based bowl in 2021 and 2025, while holding a secondary agreement with the bowl in the other years of the cycle. - Charlotte Observer

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OLB DeAngelo Malone, Western Kentucky
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05/20/20 - Ty Storey, rSr/2020, Western Kentucky, 6-1, 225 (DS#52 QB) + More +

Former Arkansas quarterback Ty Storey is returning to Northwest Arkansas. Storey, who started nine games for the Razorbacks in 2018 before transferring to Western Kentucky for his senior season, has been named the seventh-grade head football and basketball coach at Grimsley Junior High School in Centerton. Grimsley, the newest school in the Bentonville Public Schools system, is set to open on Aug. 16. "Thankful for the opportunity and excited to get to work!!" Storey tweeted Tuesday evening. A Charleston native, Storey transferred from Arkansas following the 2018 season in which he was 0-9 as a starter. He passed for 1,584 yards, 11 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. As Western Kentucky's quarterback, Storey returned to Fayetteville on Nov. 9 and led Western Kentucky to a 45-19 win over the Razorbacks in former coach Chad Morris' final game. - Northwest Arkansas Times

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QB Ty Storey, Western Kentucky
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04/02/20 - Lucky Jackson, rSr/2020, Western Kentucky, 6-0, 179 (DS#84 WR) + More +

Now more than ever, overall body of work by a player will be evaluated more than an agility drill or 40-yard dash. Those five Hilltoppers have taken their own routes to train with similar position groups since the season ended with a 9-4 record and a bowl win on Dec. 30. Season production has helped guys in the past like current NFL Hilltoppers Forrest Lamp, Tyler Higbee, Jack Doyle and Taywan Taylor. Pro days and individual workouts suited George Fant the best. He was a four-year star for the Hilltopper basketball team and barely played at tight end in his fifth-year eligibility. But his athleticism and individual workouts earned him a spot with the Seattle Seahawks where he was at one point the starting left tackle. The Bowling Green native recently signed a three-year, $30 million deal with the New York Jets.

"It may play in our guys' favor," Helton said. "We'll see, but the dynamics have changed. Who knows what happens, whether it hurts or helps them. The NFL does a great job and nothing will come out of this where a guy got missed. Our guys are working hard and trying to put their best foot forward to get their shot." The wide receiver Jackson certainly likes his own tape from 2019. He led the team with 94 receptions for 1,133 yards. His 209 catches rank second all-time at WKU and 2,680 receiving yards are third in school history. "In a situation like this where you're not able to have a pro day in front of scouts and other things they can judge off of, you have to go off what is already out there," Jackson said in a phone interview with the Daily News. "I played a lot of years so I've played a lot of football and a bunch of different games against different opponents, so I feel comfortable with my tape. That's up for them to judge. I'm waiting for my opportunity to perform." - BG Daily News

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WR Lucky Jackson, Western Kentucky
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12/30/19 - Lucky Jackson, rSr/2020, Western Kentucky, 6-0, 179 (DS#84 WR) + More +

Freshman Cory Munson kicked a career-long 52-yard field goal with no time left after a rules review to give Western Kentucky a 23-20 victory over Western Michigan in the First Responder Bowl on Monday. The Hilltoppers (9-4) drove 36 yards in 27 seconds before Munson kicked his third field goal in four tries. The game appeared headed to overtime when Ty Storey's desperation heave was knocked down by the Broncos. But the Broncos were hit with a five-yard defensive substitution penalty and Munson was awarded an untimed down after a video review determined that Western Michigan had 12 players on the field as it switched between its field goal unit and regular defense.

Munson had tied the score at 20 on a 31-yarder with 1:36 to play. He also kicked a 26-yarder and missed from 29. Thiago Kapps' 20-yard field goal with 4:58 to play gave Western Michigan (7-6) a 20-17 lead. Kapps' field goal, his second of the game, capped a 62-yard drive that took 5:35 after Western Kentucky had tied the score on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Ty Storey to Lucky Jackson with 10:40 to go. Jackson had 17 catches for 148 yards and was named the game's most valuable player. - AP College Football

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WR Lucky Jackson, Western Kentucky
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12/21/19 - Austin Reed, rSr/2024, Western Kentucky, 6-2, 220 (DS#11 QB) + More +

Austin Reed broke the NCAA Division II championship game record for yards passing before halftime, throwing for 399 of his 523 yards in West Florida's 48-40 victory over Minnesota State on Saturday in a matchup of teams seeking a first title. Reed had to wait until the second half to break the record for touchdown passes, finishing with six after the redshirt freshman tied the previous mark with five in the first half. Three of the scores went to Quentin Randolph, who ended up 16 yards short of the title game record with 254 yards receiving. Reed broke the previous title-game mark of 361 yards passing on a 48-yard touchdown to Randolph for a 38-21 lead with 18 seconds left in the first half.

West Florida (13-2) had already become the first team to beat three undefeated teams in the same Division II postseason before making Minnesota State (14-1) the fourth. The Argonauts ended defending champ Valdosta State's 25-game winning streak in the second round, Lenoir-Rhyne's 15-game home winning streak in the quarterfinals and 2018 finalist Ferris State's 14-win run at home in the semifinals. West Florida, the first NCAA football team to reach the postseason twice in its first four years of existence, improved to 9-1 in the playoffs. The Argonauts lost to Texas A&M-Commerce in the 2017 championship game. - AP College Football

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QB Austin Reed, Western Kentucky
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12/21/19 - DeAngelo Wilson, rSr/2022, Western Kentucky, 5-08, 175 (DS#999 WR) + More +

2019 ALL-OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): WR - DeAngelo Wilson, Austin Peay,...In many other seasons, Wilson's eye-popping numbers (68 catches, 1,246 yards and 12 touchdowns) would have him not just as a first-team lock but on the short list for Offensive Player of the Year. Alas that the best receiving season in program history should come in such a pass-happy time for the league, but don't let that diminish program single-season records in yards and receiving touchdowns. Wilson's All-OVC honor is the first by an Austin Peay receiver since Jared Beard in 2016. - Austin Peay Football

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WR DeAngelo Wilson, Western Kentucky
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12/19/19 - Jerreth Sterns, Sr/2022, Western Kentucky, 5-07, 183 (DS#41 WR) + More +

2019 ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): WR Jerreth Sterns, Houston Baptist, So., Waxahachie, Texas,...Sophomore wide receiver Jerreth Sterns was also a third-team pick, leading the nation with 105 receptions, the second-most in Southland history. The Waxahachie, Texas, native ranks sixth with 833 receiving yards and tied for fifth with nine receiving touchdowns. He also scored a rushing touchdown and threw a touchdown pass. Sterns tied the Southland record with 18 receptions against UIW. He had three 100-yard receiving performances, including a season-high 136 against UIW. He made nine or more receptions seven times, including double-digit receptions four times. - Houston Baptist Football

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WR Jerreth Sterns, Western Kentucky
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12/19/19 - Ben Ratzlaff, rSr/2022, Western Kentucky, 6-1, 189 (DS#298 WR) + More +

2019 ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): WR Ben Ratzlaff, Houston Baptist, Jr., San Diego, Calif.,...Junior wide receiver Ben Ratzlaff made the third team, leading the Southland with 1,139 receiving yards, tied for the league lead with 12 receiving touchdowns and ranking third with 87 receptions. The San Diego, California, native recorded five 100-yard receiving performances and had double-digit catches twice and eight or more five times. He broke his own school record with 178 receiving yards on 13 catches with a pair of touchdowns at Sam Houston State. Ratzlaff made 12 catches for 155 yards and three touchdowns and threw the game-winning two-point conversion in a 53-52 victory at South Dakota. He had two touchdowns against both Northwestern State and Texas Southern. - Houston Baptist Football

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WR Ben Ratzlaff, Western Kentucky
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12/18/19 - Jaylon George, rSr/2020, Western Kentucky, 6-2, 290 (DS#135 DT) + More +

2019 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DT Jaylon George, R-Sr., WKU,...Honorable Mention players, who received at least one All-Conference vote, for WKU include (alphabetically): Junior linebacker Kyle Bailey (Carrolton, Ga.), Senior nickelback Ta'Corian Darden (Russellville), Junior defensive tackle Jeremy Darvin (Nashville, Tenn.), Senior defensive tackle Jaylon George (Atlanta, Ga.), Junior safety Devon Key (Lexington), Junior safety Antwon Kincade (Valdosta, Ga.), Junior cornerback Trae Meadows (Greensboro, N.C.), Junior offensive guard Jordan Meredith (Bowling Green), Freshman tight end Joshua Simon (Dalzell, S.C.). - Western Kentucky Football

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DT Jaylon George, Western Kentucky
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12/18/19 - Jeremy Darvin, rSr/2022, Western Kentucky, 6-1, 301 (DS#127 DT) + More +

2019 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DT Jeremy Darvin, R-Jr., WKU,...Honorable Mention players, who received at least one All-Conference vote, for WKU include (alphabetically): Junior linebacker Kyle Bailey (Carrolton, Ga.), Senior nickelback Ta'Corian Darden (Russellville), Junior defensive tackle Jeremy Darvin (Nashville, Tenn.), Senior defensive tackle Jaylon George (Atlanta, Ga.), Junior safety Devon Key (Lexington), Junior safety Antwon Kincade (Valdosta, Ga.), Junior cornerback Trae Meadows (Greensboro, N.C.), Junior offensive guard Jordan Meredith (Bowling Green), Freshman tight end Joshua Simon (Dalzell, S.C.). - Western Kentucky Football

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DT Jeremy Darvin, Western Kentucky
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12/18/19 - Trae Meadows, rSr/2021, Western Kentucky, 6-1, 183 (DS#65 CB) + More +

2019 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DB Trae Meadows, R-Jr., WKU,...Honorable Mention players, who received at least one All-Conference vote, for WKU include (alphabetically): Junior linebacker Kyle Bailey (Carrolton, Ga.), Senior nickelback Ta'Corian Darden (Russellville), Junior defensive tackle Jeremy Darvin (Nashville, Tenn.), Senior defensive tackle Jaylon George (Atlanta, Ga.), Junior safety Devon Key (Lexington), Junior safety Antwon Kincade (Valdosta, Ga.), Junior cornerback Trae Meadows (Greensboro, N.C.), Junior offensive guard Jordan Meredith (Bowling Green), Freshman tight end Joshua Simon (Dalzell, S.C.). - Western Kentucky Football

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CB Trae Meadows, Western Kentucky
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