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11/23/20 - Thiago Kapps, rSr/2023, Western Michigan + More +

NOV 23 MAC WEST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Thiago Kapps, Western Michigan, Kicker, Senior, Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Jac-Cen-Del [Ind.]),...Kapps was used early and often last Wednesday in WMU's 52-44 win over Central Michigan. Kapps was a perfect 7-for-7 on PAT's and was 1-of-2 on field goals, connecting on a 24-yard field goal. His perfect 7-for-7 performance against the Chippewas marked the 10th time in his career Kapps has been perfect on PATs. In three games Kapps has connected on 19 extra-point attempts, tying his for most in the Mid-American Conference. Against CMU, Kapps also had one kick-off for 65 yards, resulting in a touchback. - MAC Football

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K Thiago Kapps, Western Michigan
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11/18/20 - *Kaleb Eleby, rSo/2022, Western Michigan + More +

Kaleb Eleby threw three of his five touchdown passes to D'Wayne Eskridge, La'Darius Jefferson ran for 150 yards and Western Michigan held off Central Michigan 52-44 on Wednesday night. Western Michigan (3-0, 3-0 Mid-American Conference) has sole possession of first place in the East Division, and is 3-0 in the MAC for just the sixth time since 2000. Eleby was 12 of 20 for 382 yards passing and also had a 4-yard touchdown run. Eskridge finished with four catches for 212 yards. Jaylen Hall had four receptions for 110 yards with two touchdowns. Sean Tyler added 94 yards rushing with a 6-yard TD.

Eleby and Eskridge connected on scores from 33 yards in the first half, and from 72 and 85 yards in the third quarter that stretched the Broncos' lead to 45-22 early in the third quarter. Kobe Lewis broke loose for a 69-yard touchdown run to pull the Chippewas to 45-30. Eleby's 43-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open Hall early in the fourth made it 52-30. Daniel Richardson's 4-yard TD pass to Drayton Law for Central Michigan (2-1, 2-1) capped the scoring with 2:32 to play. Eskridge recovered the ensuing onside kick. Lewis had 114 yards rushing with two touchdowns for the Chippewas. Kalil Pimpleton added 108 yards on the ground with three touchdowns. Western Michigan had 628 yards of offense and Central Michigan finished with 406. - AP College Football

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QB *Kaleb Eleby, Western Michigan
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11/12/20 - *Kaleb Eleby, rSo/2022, Western Michigan + More +

Kaleb Eleby accounted for five touchdowns, including two in the final 45 seconds, and Western Michigan rallied from a 10-point deficit with less than 3 minutes remaining to beat Toledo 41-38 on Wednesday night. Eleby was 20-of-29 passing for 284 yards and three touchdowns and scored on a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs. Sean Tyler had 100 yards rushing on 12 carries and D’Wayne Eskridge had seven receptions for 131 yards, including a 47-yard touchdown in the third quarter.

Bryant Koback's 4-yard scoring run gave Toledo (1-1, 1-1 Mid-American Conference) a 38-28 lead with 2:54 to play. The Broncos answered with an 11-play, 70-yard drive capped by Eleby's second TD run with 45 seconds left and then recovered the ensuing onside kick. On first-and-goal as time ticked away, Western Michigan (2-0, 2-0) faked a clock-killing spike and Eleby hit a wide-open Jaylen Hall for a 9-yard touchdown to cap the scoring with 17 seconds left. Eli Peters completed 30 of 46 for 339 yards passing and a TD for the Rockets. Koback finished with 24 carries for 78 yards and two touchdowns and Isaiah Winstead added four receptions for 96 yards. - AP College Football

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QB *Kaleb Eleby, Western Michigan
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11/05/20 - DWayne Eskridge, rSr/2021, Western Michigan + More +

Kaleb Eleby passed for 262 yards and three touchdowns, including two to D'Wayne Eskridge, and Western Michigan cruised to a 58-13 win over Akron on Wednesday night in the season, and Mid-American Conference, opener for both teams. Eskridge had three receptions for 113 yards - including a 76-yard TD that made it 37-13 early in the third quarter - and his 45-yard kickoff return in the first quarter eventually led to his 5-yard scoring catch that gave Western Michigan the lead for good at 10-3. Akron has lost 18 in a row since a 17-10 win over Central Michigan on October 27, 2018, leaving second-year coach Tom Arth - who went 0-12 in last season - in search of his first win with the Zips. La'Darius Jefferson, Sean Tyler, Jaxson Kincaide and Christian Singleton each scored a rushing touchdown for WMU and Jaylen Hall scored on 68-yard catch-and-run. Jeremiah Knight had 74 yards rushing on 11 carries for Akron. - AP College Football

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WR DWayne Eskridge, Western Michigan
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08/25/20 - DWayne Eskridge, rSr/2021, Western Michigan + More +

2021 SENIOR BOWL WATCH LIST: D'Wayne Eskridge, Western Michigan,...Eskridge, a 5-9, 190-pound native of Bluffton, Ind., is a preseason All-Mid-American Conference selection by Athlon Sports (1st team) and Phil Steele (3rd). Earlier this fall, he was named to the Paul Hornung Award Watch List. In 39 career games, Eskridge has caught 88 passes for 1,476 yards (16.77) and seven touchdowns and rushed 10 times for 73 yards (7.30).

Defensively, Eskridge has recorded 20 tackles with four pass breakups and one caused fumble. He owns 22 games with two or more receptions and five contests with five or more catches, including a career-high nine grabs versus Eastern Michigan in 2016. Eskridge has reached the 50-yard receiving plateau in 12 games and surpassed 100 yards in three contests with a personal-best 240 against Syracuse in 2018. A year ago, Eskridge started the first four games of the campaign before suffering a season-ending clavicle injury at Syracuse. - Western Michigan Football

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WR DWayne Eskridge, Western Michigan
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08/03/20 - Kainoa Fuiava, rSr/2022, Western Michigan + More +

2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT ALL-BIG SKY SECOND TEAM: Kainoa Fuiava, Idaho St, Sr.,...Fuiava appeared in 12 games in 2019...had 51 tackles with 18 solo and 33 assists...had a season high of 9 against Southern Utah on Oct 26...recorded 4 sacks throughout the season. - Idaho State Football

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DT Kainoa Fuiava, Western Michigan
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07/27/20 - DWayne Eskridge, rSr/2021, Western Michigan + More +

2020 PRESEASON PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST: D'Wayne Eskridge, Western Michigan,...In 39 career games, Eskridge has caught 88 passes for 1,476 yards (16.77) and seven touchdowns and rushed 10 times for 73 yards (7.30). Defensively, Eskridge has recorded 20 tackles with four pass breakups and one caused fumble. He owns 22 games with two or more receptions and five contests with five or more catches, including a career-high nine grabs versus Eastern Michigan in 2016. Eskridge has reached the 50-yard receiving plateau in 12 games and surpassed 100 yards in three contests with a personal-best 240 against Syracuse in 2018. - Western Michigan Football

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WR DWayne Eskridge, Western Michigan
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07/27/20 - Jaylon Moore, rSr/2021, Western Michigan + More +

2020 OUTLAND TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: OT Jaylon Moore, Western Michigan,...Moore is WMU's returning starter at left tackle and a preseason first team all-league pick by Athlon Sports and Phil Steele. He has played in 31 career games with 26 starts, all consecutively at left tackle. Moore, a 6-foot-5, 315-pound native of Detroit, finished the 2019 season by earning second team All-MAC honors. - Western Michigan Football

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OT Jaylon Moore, Western Michigan
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07/27/20 - Mike Caliendo, rSr/2022, Western Michigan + More +

2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Mike Caliendo, Western Michigan, senior, offensive line,...Off the field, Caliendo was a first team CoSIDA Academic All-District 5 honoree in 2019. He is a three-time Academic All-MAC (2017-18-19) selection and three-time MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete (2017-18-19). In addition to his candidacy for the Wuerffel Trophy, Caliendo is Western Michigan's nominee for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team for excellence in community service. Caliendo graduated from Western Michigan in December with a 3.90 cumulative grade-point average (GPA) and a degree in biomedical sciences. He owns a 4.00 GPA as a master's student in biomedical sciences and is applying to medical schools. Off campus, Caliendo has taken part in a variety of community service projects, including working with Ministry with Community, Kalamazoo Gospel Mission and YWCA. - Western Michigan Football

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C Mike Caliendo, Western Michigan
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07/27/20 - Mike Caliendo, rSr/2022, Western Michigan + More +

2020 OUTLAND TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: G Mike Caliendo, Western Michigan,...A preseason first team All-Mid-American Conference honoree by Phil Steele and second team by Athlon Sports, Caliendo enters as Western Michigan's returning starter at left guard. He has played in 38 career games with 36 starts, the last 33 at left guard. A 6-foot-4, 300-pound product of Brookfield, Wis., he earned second team All-MAC accolades in 2019. Caliendo was also a first team CoSIDA Academic All-District 5 honoree in 2019. He is a three-time Academic All-MAC (2017-18-19) selection and three-time MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete (2017-18-19). - Western Michigan Football

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C Mike Caliendo, Western Michigan
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07/24/20 - *Skyy Moore, rSo/2022, Western Michigan + More +

2020 PRESEASON BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LIST: Skyy Moore, Western Michigan,...Last year, Moore was a first team All-MAC pick, becoming the first Bronco wide receiver to be first team All-MAC since Corey Davis in 2016. Moore was also the first MAC true freshman wide receiver to be first team all-league since Roger Lewis of Bowling Green in 2014, the first in WMU history and just the third in the MAC since 1982. During 2019 in the MAC, Moore ranked fourth in receiving yards per game (61.69), fourth in total receiving yards, ninth in yards per reception and tied for 10th in receptions per game (3.92). - Western Michigan Football

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WR *Skyy Moore, Western Michigan
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06/10/20 - Bricen Garner, rSr/2023, Western Michigan + More +

For the second time this offseason, the Western Michigan football team bolstered its defensive backfield with a former Pittsburgh Panther. Graduate transfer Bricen Garner announced Tuesday his intention to join the Broncos for the 2020 football season, reuniting him with former Panther teammate Therran Coleman, a cornerback who signed with WMU as a grad transfer in January. "I'm thankful for the opportunity to have played, studied and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh," Garner wrote in a Twitter post. "The city will forever hold a special place in my heart. With that being said, I will play my last year of college eligibility at Western Michigan University."

The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Pittsburgh native will have immediate eligibility in Kalamazoo, after redshirting his freshman year with the Panthers and seeing action in each of the past three seasons. Garner started six games at free safety as a redshirt freshman in 2017, tallying 30 tackles, two pass break-ups and an interception in the end zone that sealed Pitt's 28-21 overtime win over Youngstown State. He also collected a career-best six tackles in a 33-14 loss to No. 4 Penn State that year. - Kalamazoo Gazette

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FS Bricen Garner, Western Michigan
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02/17/20 - LaDarius Jefferson, rSr/2023, Western Michigan + More +

Michigan State is hiring Chris Kapilovic as its offensive line coach and running game coordinator. The school announced the move Monday night. Kapilovic filled those same roles last season at Colorado under new Michigan State coach Mel Tucker. The Spartans hired Tucker last week following Mark Dantonio's retirement. Tucker brings the 51-year-old Kapilovic with him to East Lansing. "Chris is very passionate about the game of football and is a master motivator," Tucker said in a statement. "He's a great teacher who puts a premium on technique and fundamentals." Tucker has also been an assistant at North Carolina, Southern Mississippi, Missouri State and Alabama State. He was the offensive coordinator at North Carolina before his brief stint at Colorado. - AP College Football

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FB LaDarius Jefferson, Western Michigan
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02/13/20 - LeVante Bellamy, Sr/2020, Western Michigan + More +

2020 NFL COMBINE INVITE: LeVante Bellamy, RB, Western Michigan,...Bellamy, a 5-9, 190-pound Indianapolis product, was named a 2019 Doak Walker Award semifinalist and the Mid-American Conference Vern Smith Leadership Award winner as the league MVP. The Doak Walker Award is presented annually to the top running back in the nation. Bellamy was also tabbed the MAC Offensive Player of the Year and first team all-league last season.

In 2019, Bellamy carried 266 times for 1,472 yards (5.53 yards/carry) and 23 touchdowns. He added 15 receptions for 55 yards. Bellamy's 23 rushing TDs tied for fourth most in MAC single-season history and led the country. He ended the campaign standing third nationally in points scored per game (10.6), fifth in total points scored (138), ninth in rushing yards per game (113.2) and 10th in total rushing yards. On the WMU career charts, Bellamy finished fourth in rushing yards with 3,720 and eighth in carries with 617. His 23 TDs were the second most in a year in program history while his 1,472 yards were the fifth most by a Bronco. - Western Michigan Football

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RB LeVante Bellamy, Western Michigan
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01/02/20 - Dorian Jackson, rSr/2023, Western Michigan + More +

2019 ALL-NORTHEAST CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DB Dorian Jackson, Saint Francis, So.,...Sophomore Dorian Jackson (Pittsburgh, Pa./Obama Academy ) joined Lee as the only other Saint Francis defensive player to garner first team honors. Jackson set the school record for pass breakups in a season with 16, tops among all NEC players, as the Saint Francis defensive backfield held opposing quarterbacks to a measly 51.2% completion percentage. Jackson broke up passes in eight of 12 games including a career-high six vs. Robert Morris on Oct. 12. - Saint Francis Football

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