NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 27—Shortly before he tossed potatoes into the eager crowd of his Cougar football teammates with a wide smile on his face, Washington State senior wide receiver Joshua Meredith fought back tears. The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl MVP reflected not only on WSU’s 34-21 victory over Utah State on Monday in Boise, which included his team-leading eight catches for 84 yards, but also on his five-year …
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NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 27—Shortly before he tossed potatoes into the eager crowd of his Cougar football teammates with a wide smile on his face, Washington State senior wide receiver Joshua Meredith fought back tears. The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl MVP reflected not only on WSU’s 34-21 victory over Utah State on Monday in Boise, which included his team-leading eight catches for 84 yards, but also on his five-year …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Postseason awards and honors continue to be handed out across the state of Pennsylvania and on Wednesday, the Maxwell Football Club announced its Mini-Max Award recipients which included a trio of local talents. The award is given out to athletes from across the commonwealth that excel on the field, in the classroom, and within the community. This year, 55 athletes earned the award. All 55 …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Ada High School football team claimed six of the top honors when the District 4A-4 awards were announced. Inside linebacker Kelton Stipe was named the district’s Defensive MVP, while quarterback Brock Boyles earned co-Offensive MVP honors alongside Hilldale’s Brady Scott. Stipe led the Cougars’ defense, leading the team with 106 total tackles. He added one sack, two tackles for loss and an …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 11—BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Tennessee wide receiver Braylon Staley was named the SEC Freshman of the Year on Wednesday as voted on by the league’s head coaches. Staley, an Aiken native, becomes the third player in program history to earn SEC Freshman of the Year honors, joining running back Jamal Lewis (1997) and quarterback Peyton Manning (1994). He is also the fourth player in the Josh Heupel …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Friendship Christian sophomore defensive end Gideon Knox broke Nashville Christian’s monopoly on the Middle Region major football awards by being named co-Defensive Player of the Year by the league’s coaches, it was released late last week. Knox led the Commanders with 88 tackles (a statistic which normally goes to the middle linebacker in coordinator Duane Lowe’s defense) and nine sacks. …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Texas Tech senior linebacker Jacob Rodriguez has won the Bronko Nagurski Award given annually to the nation’s top college defensive player. The 6-foot-1, 230-pound Rodriguez received the award at a banquet Monday night at the Charlotte Convention Center. Rodriguez, known for his dark mustache that is now copied by Texas Tech football fans, has 114 tackles this season, along …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Chicago Tribune Silver Football, awarded annually to the best in the Big Ten since 1924, predates the Heisman Trophy by 11 years. Red Grange of Illinois was the first recipient and Jay Berwanger of Chicago won it in 1935, the year he was named the inaugural Heisman winner. In the current voting format, each Big Ten head coach votes for his first and second choice — worth two points and one …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 5—BRANDON, S.D. — For the first time in the 40-year history of the award, South Dakota’s Gatorade football player of the year is a repeat winner. Brandon Valley senior offensive lineman Hudson Parliament was named the award winner for the second time on Friday following the Lynx’s Class 11AAA championship season. A 6-foot-4, 325-pound offensive guard, Parliament is a four-star recruit who …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… In the game of football, there have been many notable individuals who have gone on to productive careers in the NFL as either kickers or punters — the most notable of which include Morten Andersen, Jan Stenerud and Ray Guy, the lone three individuals to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame solely on their kicking (Andersen, Stenerud) or punting (Guy) abilities. Without question, …