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NOV 25 CONFERENCE USA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: WKU junior DE Deangelo Malone spearheaded a WKU defense that held Southern Miss to its fewest points at home in six years, as the Hilltoppers took home a 28-10 victory in Hattiesburg. Malone had two tackles for loss, including 1.5 sacks, and seven total tackles on the day. But his biggest play of the game was forcing a fumble on a strip sack, then recovering the fumble and taking it into the end zone for a 5-yard scoop-and-score touchdown in the fourth quarter.

It was WKU's first fumble return for a TD since 2014. Earlier in the game, Malone set the Hilltoppers' single-season record in the program's FBS Era (since 2009) for tackles for loss. With 20 tackles for loss on the season, Malone is only the 11th defender in WKU's 101-season history to have at least that many. With 10.5 sacks, Malone is only the fourth defender in WKU's 101-season history to reach double-digit quarterback takedowns in a single season. - Conference USA Football

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OLB DeAngelo Malone, Western Kentucky
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11/23/19 - Ty Storey, rSr/2020, Western Kentucky, 6-1, 225 (DS#52 QB) + More +

Ty Storey threw two touchdown passes, Jacquez Sloan ran for a score and Western Kentucky cashed in on turnovers to beat Southern Mississippi 28-10 on Saturday. DeAngelo Malone recovered a fourth-quarter fumble and ran five yards for the Hilltoppers' final TD after Jeremy Darvin's strip-sack of Jack Abraham. Sloan capped the opening drive with a 21-yard TD run and Western Kentucky (7-4, 5-2 Conference USA) led 21-7 at halftime after Storey threw a 64-yard TD pass to Jahcour Pearson and a 21-yarder to Quin Jerringham. Pearson's TD was set up by Trae Meadows' recovery of Quez Watkins' fumble, forced by Dionte Ruffin. Storey was 20 of 30 for 225 yards passing for the Hilltoppers. Abraham was 16 of 31 for 223 yards for the Golden Eagles (7-4, 5-2) with a 60-yard first-quarter TD pass to Tim Jones. - Western Kentucky/AP College Football

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QB Ty Storey, Western Kentucky
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11/20/19 - Austin Reed, rSr/2024, Western Kentucky, 6-2, 220 (DS#11 QB) + More +

2019 ALL-GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): QB Austin Reed, West Florida, Fr., St. Augustine Beach, Fla.,...In his first season with UWF, Reed has started nine games and led the GSC in passing with 2,444 passing yards, 244.4 passing yards per game and 24 touchdown passes. The redshirt freshman from St. Augustine, Fla. is second in the conference with a 151.2 passer rating and has an 8-1 record as a starter. He is the third player in program history to win a Freshman of the Year award, joining Archie (defense) in 2016 and Mike Beaudry (offense) in 2017. - West Florida Football

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QB Austin Reed, Western Kentucky
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11/20/19 - Austin Reed, rSr/2024, Western Kentucky, 6-2, 220 (DS#11 QB) + More +

2019 GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Austin Reed, West Florida,...Reed has had an excellent debut campaign for West Florida. He led the conference with 2,444 passing yards and 24 touchdown passes. Reed is second in the conference with a 151.2 passer rating, and he will lead the Argonauts into a playoff showdown with Wingate this Saturday. He is the second player in program history to be name GSC Offensive Freshman of the Year (Mike Beaudry, 2017). - Gulf South Conference Football

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QB Austin Reed, Western Kentucky
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11/18/19 - Austin Reed, rSr/2024, Western Kentucky, 6-2, 220 (DS#11 QB) + More +

Valdosta State and West Florida have qualified for the NCAA Division II Football Championship. West Florida is back in the playoffs after a one year absence. The Argonauts advanced all the way to the 2017 NCAA Division II Championship Game in their last playoff appearance. They were a sixth seed that season, and were unseeded this year due to the new seeding principles the committee used. UWF finished the year with the top defense in the league, and freshman quarterback Austin Reed led the conference in passing yards per game and passing touchdowns. - Gulf South Football

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QB Austin Reed, Western Kentucky
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11/16/19 - Bailey Zappe, rSr/2022, Western Kentucky, 6-1, 217 (DS#8 QB) + More +

Bailey Zappe threw three touchdown passes and Houston Baptist held off Lamar for a 31-26 victory on Saturday. Zappe was 14-of-27 passing for 251 yards and threw all three scores to Jerreth Sterns, who finished with five catches for 53 yards. Dreshawn Minnieweather added 129 yards rushing and a touchdown for Houston Baptist (5-6, 2-5 Southland Conference). Ben Ratzlaff had 83 yards receiving on five catches, and Alfred King had an interception for the Huskies. Marcellus Johnson ran for 96 yards and two touchdowns, and Bailey Giffen kicked four field goals, including a 51-yarder in the first quarter, for the Cardinals (4-7, 2-6). The Huskies' Gino Garcia had a 46-yard field goal attempt blocked by Michael Lawson with 3:18 remaining. On the ensuing drive, Lamar got to the Houston Baptist 33 but threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-1 with 1:15 to play. - AP College Football

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QB Bailey Zappe, Western Kentucky
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11/11/19 - Ty Storey, rSr/2020, Western Kentucky, 6-1, 225 (DS#52 QB) + More +

NOV 11 CONFERENCE USA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: WKU graduate transfer QB Ty Storey took advantage of one of the most unique opportunities in college football this season, as the graduate transfer returned to his former school – Arkansas of the SEC – and led the Hilltoppers to a 45-19 dismantling of the Razorbacks. He completed 22-of-32 passes for 213 yards, including a 69-yard touchdown throw. Storey also rushed 17 times for 77 yard and two touchdowns, all career-highs in the ground game. Storey completed 68.8% of his passes, marking the sixth consecutive game in which he has completed at least 68% of his attempts. Of his 213 yards passing, Storey had 202 of those in the first half, when WKU built a 35-7 lead and cruised to its sixth victory of the season in the second frame. - Conference USA Football

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QB Ty Storey, Western Kentucky
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11/11/19 - Devon Key, rSr/2021, Western Kentucky, 6-0, 208 (DS#21 SS) + More +

NOV 11 CONFERENCE USA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: WKU junior S Devon Key returned his fifth-career interception 25 yards for a touchdown in WKU's 45-19 victory at Arkansas, while tying for the team lead with seven tackles. Key and the Hilltoppers held Arkansas to only 87 yards passing (9-of-26 with no touchdowns and two interceptions), the fewest by the Razorbacks since they had 61 on Sept. 9, 2014, at Texas Tech. Removing touchdown rushes of 86 and 76 yards by Arkansas running back Rakeem Boyd, WKU held the Razorbacks to 178 total yards of offense on 52 plays (3.4 yards per play). - Conference USA Football

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SS Devon Key, Western Kentucky
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11/11/19 - Bailey Zappe, rSr/2022, Western Kentucky, 6-1, 217 (DS#8 QB) + More +

2019 WALTER PAYTON AWARD WATCHLIST ADDITION: QB Bailey Zappe, Houston Baptist,...Zappe has completed 288-of-428 passes for 2,947 yards and 29 touchdowns, leading the nation in touchdowns and completions, ranking second in yardage and sixth with a 67.3 completion percentage. The Victoria, Texas, native completed 41-of-53 passes for 513 yards and five touchdowns in a 53-52 victory at South Dakota on Sept. 14, followed with four touchdowns in a win over Northwestern State, then went 43-for-59 for 498 yards and seven touchdowns in a victory against Texas Southern to earn STATS National Offensive Player of the Week honors. - Houston Baptist/STATS FCS Football

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QB Bailey Zappe, Western Kentucky
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11/09/19 - Ty Storey, rSr/2020, Western Kentucky, 6-1, 225 (DS#52 QB) + More +

Ty Storey, the son of a football coach and school administrator, has stoically answered questions from the media since his days as a high school All-American quarterback. It's how he was taught. And while his words stayed dry and plain after he led Western Kentucky to a 45-19 win over his former team, Arkansas, on Saturday, his expression belied those remarks. Storey, who lost his job as Arkansas starting quarterback in 2018, transferred to Western Kentucky after that season. His performance against old mates -- 22 for 32 for 213 yards with a touchdown and two more on the ground -- was the primary reason he gained his redemption.

As to whether he felt some schadenfreude, the facade cracked with a toothy grin and a touch of blush. "I'm playing for WKU. I hope the best for them," Storey said. "I hope they win out and do what they can. Right now, I have too much to focus on in Bowling Green." Storey was the most heralded in-state quarterback recruit Arkansas had netted in a generation. He was a Parade All-American and two-time Gatorade and Wendy's Player of the year in the state. And while it may have taken five years, he made an impression on the Razorbacks. He also may have been a harbinger of Arkansas coach Chad Morris' future. Arkansas didn't stop Storey or the Hilltoppers one time in the first half. Touchdown drives of 42, 75, 59, 73 and 68 yards paced Western Kentucky to a 35-7 halftime lead. - Western Kentucky/AP College Football

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QB Ty Storey, Western Kentucky
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10/29/19 - Adam Cofield, rSr/2022, Western Kentucky, 5-11, 199 (DS#106 RB) + More +

OCT 28 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: RB Adam Cofield, North Dakota State,...Cofield scored the game-winning touchdown for North Dakota State in a 23-16 win at South Dakota State. On fourth-and-inches, he broke a tackle near the line of scrimmage and went 71 yards to put the Bison ahead with 2:24 left in the game. It was the longest play of his career. Cofield finished with seven carries for 86 yards. He has scored in six straight games for NDSU and is averaging 94.3 rushing yards per game over the past three weeks. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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RB Adam Cofield, Western Kentucky
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10/28/19 - Jamale Carothers, rSr/2023, Western Kentucky, 5-09, 200 (DS#999 RB) + More +

OCT 28/WEEK 9 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jamale Carothers, Navy, So., FB, Bowling Green, Ky.,...Carothers rushed for 154 yards and three touchdowns and had a 31-yard touchdown reception to help Navy to a 41-38 win against Tulane, improving the Midshipmen to 6-1 overall and 4-1 in The American. Carothers scored all four touchdowns by Navy's offense, converting runs of 52, 35, 31 and 15 yards. - American Athletic Conference Football

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RB Jamale Carothers, Western Kentucky
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10/26/19 - Adam Cofield, rSr/2022, Western Kentucky, 5-11, 199 (DS#106 RB) + More +

Adam Cofield sprinted 71 yards on fourth down for a touchdown with 2 1/2 minutes left and FCS top-ranked North Dakota State claimed its 28th straight victory with a 23-16 win over South Dakota State on Saturday. The Bison (8-0, 4-0 Missouri Valley Conference) were inches short of a first down when they handed the ball to Cofield, who popped through the line and raced down the right sideline to snap a tie. North Dakota State's defense did the rest, stopping Pierre Strong for a 1-yard loss and sacking Keaton Heide twice before the Jackrabbits (6-2, 3-1) came up way short on a fourth-and-23 razzle-dazzle play.

Chase Vinatieri kicked the two of his three field goals in the first quarter to give the Jackrabbits the early lead but North Dakota State scored the next 16 points on a Griffin Crosa field goal, a 59-yard run by Ty Brooks and a 6-yard TD pass from Trey Lance to Ben Ellefson. Heide's 3-yard TD run tied the game at 16 with 7:22 left in the game. Strong rushed for 120 yards for South Dakota State. J'Bore Gibbs, the starting quarterback for the third-ranked Jackrabbits, left the game with an apparent leg injury in the first quarter. - North Dakota State/AP College Football

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RB Adam Cofield, Western Kentucky
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10/22/19 - Markese Stepp, rSr/2024, Western Kentucky, 6-0, 229 (DS#90 RB) + More +

Southern California running back Markese Stepp needs surgery and could miss up to five weeks due to an ankle injury suffered against Arizona last weekend. Trojans coach Clay Helton said Monday that Stepp will need surgery to repair a torn ligament and is out at least three weeks. Stepp, a redshirt freshman from Indianapolis, has rushed for 307 yards and three touchdowns in six games this season. The 6-foot, 235 pound Stepp had provided a physical presence to complement the spread passing component of the Air Raid offense over the past three games before he was hurt in the third quarter of USC's 41-14 win over the Wildcats on Saturday.

Stepp's injury is the latest blow to USC's depth at running back. Redshirt junior Vavae Malepeai, who leads the team with 406 yards rushing and four touchdowns, remains out after undergoing knee surgery last week. Junior Stephen Carr did not practice Monday after sustaining a hamstring strain against the Wildcats. Helton did not know if Carr, who has 266 yards rushing and two touchdowns, would be available to play at Colorado on Friday. "I've never lost three backs in one week in 25 years before, but, you know what, there's a first time for everything," Helton said. Those injuries leave freshman Kenan Christon in line to start against the Buffaloes. Christian, the 2019 California high school 100-meters champion, had touchdowns runs of 55 and 30 yards against Arizona and finished with 103 yards rushing on eight carries. - AP College Football

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RB Markese Stepp, Western Kentucky
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10/19/19 - Ty Storey, rSr/2020, Western Kentucky, 6-1, 225 (DS#52 QB) + More +

Ty Storey passed for 283 yards and two touchdowns and Western Kentucky scored the final 16 points to pull away from Charlotte 30-14 on Saturday. Lucky Jackson caught five passes for 141 yards and a touchdown for the Hilltoppers (5-2, 4-0 Conference USA). Cory Munson kicked field goals of 45, 32 and 48 yards to help Western Kentucky build a 23-14 lead with 5:41 left in the third quarter. Story connected with Jackson for an 8-yard TD pass to cap the scoring with 8 seconds left in the third. The teams scored touchdowns on four of the first five possessions of the game with Chris Reynolds' 47-yard pass to Benny LeMay making it 14-all for the 49ers (2-5, 0-3) with 9 minutes left in the second quarter. Reynolds passed for 200 yards, a touchdown and an interception, the only turnover in the game. - Western Kentucky/AP College Football

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QB Ty Storey, Western Kentucky
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