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11/20/19 - Tyshon King, rSr/2025, Youngstown State + More +

2019 ALL-GLIAC FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Tyshon King, Fr, RB, Kankakee, Ill.,...King finished with 647 yards on the ground and added four receptions for 97 yards. He led the team with a total of eight touchdowns, seven rushing and one receiving. At Michigan Tech, King reached 100 yards for the first time in his career, gaining 114 on the ground. He reached 99 yards at UT Permian Basin and 95 yards at Northwood. - Northern Michigan Football

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RB Tyshon King, Youngstown State
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11/04/19 - Mark Waid, Jr/2023, Youngstown State + More +

NOV 4 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: QB Mark Waid, Youngstown State,...Waid came into the game during the second half against North Dakota State, finishing 5-of-10 for 51 yards through the air while picking up 79 yards with his legs on nine carries to go along with a score. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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QB Mark Waid, Youngstown State
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10/29/19 - Terray Bryant, rSr/2022, Youngstown State + More +

OCT 28 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: LB Terray Bryant, Youngstown State,...Bryant had seven total tackles, including five solo stops in the Penguins' 59-14 win over Western Illinois. He also had a fumble recovery and pass breakup. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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OLB Terray Bryant, Youngstown State
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10/29/19 - Nathan Mays, rSr/2020, Youngstown State + More +

OCT 28 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: QB Nathan Mays, Youngstown State,...Mays threw for a career-high four touchdowns in a 59-14 win over Western Illinois. He had touchdown passes of 54, 40, 39 and 25 against the Leathernecks. Mays completed 10-of-17 passes for 182 yards in the contest. He had six rushes for 15 yards against WIU. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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QB Nathan Mays, Youngstown State
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10/29/19 - Colt McFadden, rSr/2023, Youngstown State + More +

OCT 28 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: PK Colt McFadden, Youngstown State,...McFadden made seven PATs and had a field goal in the Penguins' 59-14 win over Western Illinois. The 10 points scored were a career-best by McFadden. He made a 25-yard field goal in the contest vs. WIU. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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K Colt McFadden, Youngstown State
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10/26/19 - Joe Alessi, Sr/2020, Youngstown State + More +

Nathan Mays completed just 10 passes but four of them went for touchdowns and Joe Alessi ran for 156 yards and two scores as Youngstown State roughed up Western Illinois 59-14 on Saturday. Alessi raced 44 yards for a score to give the Penguins (5-3, 1/3 Missouri Valley Football Conference) a 7-0 lead just 1:10 into the game. The Leathernecks (0-8, 0-4) knotted the score at 7 on their first possession when Connor Sampson hit Clint Ratkovich for a 33-yard TD. Alessi scored on a 56-yard run to give Youngstown State the lead and Jermiah Braswell caught a 40-yard scoring strike from Mays and a 54-yarder from backup QB Joe Craycraft to put the Penguins up 28-7 after one quarter.

Mays sandwiched a pair of TD passes -- a 1-yarder to Christian Turner and a 39-yarder to Kendric Mallory -- around a Colten McFadden field goal for a 45-7 halftime lead. Mays' 25-yard TD toss to Miles Joiner and Braxton Chapman's 2-yard TD run stretched the Penguins' lead to 59-7 after three quarters. Sampson ended YSU's 52-point run with a 4-yard TD pass to Ratkovich in the fourth quarter. Mays completed 10 of 17 passes for 182 yards. Chapman added 62 yards and a score on 13 carries as the Penguins piled up 248 of their 524 total yards on the ground. Sampson completed 15 of 27 passes for 139 yards and two TDs. The Leathernecks were held to 260 yards of offense. - AP College Football

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WR Joe Alessi, Youngstown State
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10/05/19 - Jorge Portorreal, rSr/2022, Youngstown State + More +

Zaythan Hill ran nine yards for the game-winning touchdown in the final minute to give Lehigh a second-straight win and hand Colgate a sixth-straight loss, 21-14 in the Patriot League opener Saturday afternoon. Lehigh entered the game ranked 15th nationally at stopping the run, allowing an average of 90.2 yards per game. The Mountain Hawks held the Raiders to just nine net yards on the ground. Colgate scored its first touchdown on a fumble recovery in the end zone by Prince Ekwughalu. Malik Twyman carried three straight times from the Lehigh 14 to give Colgate a 14-7 lead in the second quarter.

Tyler Monaco was 16 of 28 for 231 yards passing and a 19-yard touchdown to Nate Hope to start the second quarter. Monaco scored from a yard out to tie game just before intermission. Neither team scored in the second half until Hill punched through with :33 left in the game. With nowhere to run, Grant Breneman, the preseason All-Patriot League quarterback, was 19 of 27 for 204 yards for the Raiders. The Mountain Hawks (2-3, 0-1) opened the season with losses to Saint Francis, No. 24 Villanova and No. 4 UC Davis before breaking through with a 10-3 win over Merrimack last week. Defending Patriot League champion Colgate (0-6, 0-1) opened the season with losses to Villanova, William & Mary, No. 22 Maine, Air Force and Dartmouth. The Raiders find themselves at 0-6 for the first time since 1995 when they went 0-11. - AP College Football

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WR Jorge Portorreal, Youngstown State
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09/30/19 - Joe Alessi, Sr/2020, Youngstown State + More +

SEPT 30/WEEK 5 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: TB Joe Alessi, Youngstown State, 5-10, 190, Sr., North Lima, Ohio (South Range),...Alessi rushed for 146 yards on 14 carries and scored a touchdown in the Penguins' 45-10 victory over Robert Morris. Alessi scored on a run of 43 yards in the third quarter, one play following a YSU interception. It was Alessi's second career 100-yard game and first since November 2016 at Missouri State. - Missouri Valley Football Conference Football

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WR Joe Alessi, Youngstown State
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09/30/19 - Zaire Jones, rSr/2022, Youngstown State + More +

SEPT 30/WEEK 5 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINATION: SS Zaire Jones, Youngstown State,...Jones led the Penguins with six tackles in a 45-10 victory over Robert Morris. Jones had three solos and three assisted tackles as YSU improved to 4-0. All four wins have come by at least 20 points. - Missouri Valley Football Conference Football

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SS Zaire Jones, Youngstown State
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09/29/19 - Joe Alessi, Sr/2020, Youngstown State + More +

Joe Alessi had a 43-yard touchdown run and finished with 146 yards on 14 carries and Nathan Mays threw a TD pass and ran for two scores to propel Youngstown State to a 45-10 victory over Robert Morris on Saturday. Robert Morris took a 7-0 lead on its second possession of the game, marching 97 yards in six plays. Alijah Jackson did most of the damage for the Colonials (1-4). He picked up a first down with a 12-yard run on third-and-10. Jackson ran for 80 yards on the next play, setting up George Martin's 4-yard TD toss to Terence Stephens Jr. But it was all Youngstown State after that. Mays ended an eight-play, 80-yard drive with a 2-yard TD run to knot the score at 7 at the end of the first quarter.

The Penguins (4-0), ranked 20th in the FCS coaches' poll, took the lead for good on Mays' 24-yard scoring strike to Jermiah Braswell with 10:59 left before halftime. After forcing a three-and-out, Alessi had his long TD run on the Penguins' first play and after another three-and-out Jake Coates returned a punt 63 yards for a score. Colten McFadden added a 22-yard field goal on the last play of the second quarter for a 31-7 lead. Mays added a 1-yard TD run in the third quarter and Joe Craycraft scored on a 7-yard run in the fourth quarter to cap the scoring for Youngstown State. The Penguins had 394 yards of offense, including 257 on the ground. Jackson finished with 140 yards rushing on 20 carries. The rest of the Colonials' offense managed just 72 yards. - Youngstown State/AP College Football

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WR Joe Alessi, Youngstown State
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09/18/19 - Mark Waid, Jr/2023, Youngstown State + More +

SEPT 16/WEEK 3 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: QB Mark Waid, Youngstown State,...Waid had a successful collegiate debut scoring two touchdowns in the Penguins' 34-14 win over Duquesne. Waid, who did not play in the first two games, came on during YSU's first drive of the game, and capped it off with a six-yard touchdown run. He added a one-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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QB Mark Waid, Youngstown State
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09/18/19 - Mark Waid, Jr/2023, Youngstown State + More +

QB Mark Waid, Youngstown State
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09/18/19 - Nathan Mays, rSr/2020, Youngstown State + More +

SEPT 9/WEEK 2 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: QB Nathan Mays, Youngstown State,...Mays threw two touchdown passes and ran for another in the Penguins' 54-28 win over Howard. He competed 8-of-14 passes for 182 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 30 yards on seven carries and scoring a touchdown. Mays threw touchdown passes of 38 yards to Jermiah Braswell and 15 to Ryan Emans and added a two-yard rush in the third quarter for a touchdown. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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QB Nathan Mays, Youngstown State
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09/18/19 - DeMarko Craig Jr., rJr/2023, Youngstown State + More +

SEPT 9/WEEK 2 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: DT DeMarko Craig, Youngstown State,...Craig had a career-high seven tackles, including three TFLs against Howard. He had a career-high two sacks as well in the victory. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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DT DeMarko Craig Jr., Youngstown State
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09/18/19 - Zaire Jones, rSr/2022, Youngstown State + More +

SEPT 2/WEEK 1 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: CB Zaire Jones, Youngstown State,...In his YSU debut, Jones intercepted a pair of passes and had five total tackles in the Penguins' season-opening 45-22 victory over Samford. Both of Jones' interceptions came inside the red zone. The first came with YSU leading 17-7 and Samford facing a 2nd-and-8 from the YSU 29-yard line. He intercepted the ball at the 14-yard line. His next interception came later in the quarter when he intercepted a Liam Welch pass at the YSU 10-yard line. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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