23 DAYS! (AGS Countdown 2019)

[bonarae]

Harvard #23:

23 Diassa Diakite


Height:
6-0


Weight:
173


Year:
Fy


Hometown:
Northampton, Pa.


High School:
The Lawrenceville School


Position:
DB



Before Harvard:
Three-year letterwinner on the Lawrenceville School football team, serving as captain his senior year…Also was a four-year letterwinner in track and field and a one-year letterwinner in basketball at Lawrenceville…Named to the All-MAPL first team in 2018…Earned All-MAPL second team honors during his junior campaign…Recipient of the Lawrenceville School Scholar-Athlete-Leader Award…Two-time All-MAPL Track and Field honoree…Received All-County Track and Field recognition his junior year…Brother, Mohammed Diakité ’22, plays football at Penn.

[FUBeAR]

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23 WILL CONEWAY


POSITION Linebacker
HEIGHT 5-11
WEIGHT 217
CLASS Redshirt Senior
LETTERS 3
HOMETOWN Sandersville, Ga.
HIGH SCHOOL Washington County HS

Awards/Accolades


2016 SoCon All-Freshman Team

Season-by-Season
2018


Played in all 11 games with 10 starts at inside linebacker
Had a standout junior season with a team-leading 94 total tackles (45 solo, 49 assisted)
Ranked fifth in the SoCon with 8.5 tackles per game
Totaled 5.5 tackles for loss & one sack
Added three quarterback hurries & one pass breakup
Recorded 10-plus tackles in five games, including a career-best 13 vs. The Citadel (Sept. 22)
Became the fifth player in program history to reach 200 career tackles

2017


Played in 10 of Mercer's 11 games as a redshirt sophomore
Ranked third on the team with 67 tackles (20 solo, 47 assisted)
Tied for third on the team with 6.0 tackles for loss
Led the SoCon & ranked 17th nationally with three forced fumbles
Added three break-ups, two quarterback hurries & one fumble recovery
Totaled 10-plus tackles in three games, including a season-high 11 at Furman (Oct. 21) & vs. Samford (Nov. 4)
Missed Auburn game (Sept. 16) due to injury

2016


Earned SoCon All-Freshman honors after appearing in 10 games in first season of action
Led Mercer and ranked 15th in the SoCon with 10.0 tackles for loss
Notched 4.5 sacks, second-most among Bears
Ranked sixth on the team with 51 total tackles (31 solo, 20 assisted)
Erupted vs. ETSU (Nov. 5) with seven tackles, 3.5 tackles-for-loss and two sacks
Tallied two games with multiple tackles-for-loss
Totaled three pass break-ups and added seven tackles (1.5 TFL) at VMI (Oct. 1)

2015


Redshirted first season on campus

Before Mercer
High School


Two-sport athlete at Washington County High School
Earned four varsity letters on the gridiron for head coach Joel Ingram
Helped lead the Golden Hawks to a pair of regional titles and back-to-back state runner-up finishes
Selected as the AAA region and state Defensive Player of the Year as a senior
Three-time GHSA all-region honoree
Named a GHSA AAA all-state selection in 2013 and 2014
Earned back-to-back All-Middle Georgia recognition
Participated in the Georgia’s 2014 Rising Seniors game
Elected as a team captain in 2013 and 2014
Helped the Golden Hawks to three consecutive GHSA state weightlifting titles
Also a three-year letterwinner on the Washington County soccer team
Departmental honors winner and Academic Honor Roll member at Washington Count
Named Washington County's 2015 valedictorian
Earned the Binion-Anderson Student-Athlete and the Frank "Pop" Lee Awards

Personal


Son of Willie and Nicki Coneway
Has one brother, Warren
Born March 19, 1997 in Dublin, Ga.
Father, Willie, played football for Albany State
Chose Mercer because of the academics, atmosphere, coaches and the chance to build to tradition

[Tribe4SF]

W&M

#23

Donavyn Lester
Freshman
Running Back
6'2" 205
Plano, TX
John Paul II H.S.

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[UAalum72]

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30993



#23 JOSH WYNN

Position: Safety
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 210
Year: Graduate
Hometown: Albany, N.Y.
High School: Christian Brothers Academy

2018: Played in four games at safety, recording 17 tackles (10 solo).

2017: Started all 11 games at safety for the second consecutive season. ... Second on the team with 74 tackles (34 solo, 40 assisted). ... Also had two passes broken up, two passes defended, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. ... Got his first career interception in the season-opener at Old Dominion (Sept. 2). ... Had six games with at least seven tackles. ... Finished with a season-high 13 tackles (eight solo, five assisted) at Delaware (Nov. 11).

2016: UAlbany's starting free safety... Fourth on the team with 81 total tackles, adding 1.5 sacks, a forced fumble and fumble recovery... 10 games with at least five tackles... Recorded 10 tackles and recovered own forced fumble in win vs. Saint Francis (9/24)... Season-high 14 tackles vs. Richmond (10/8), followed by 11 at Maine (10/15)... Five solo tackles for six total in victory at New Hampshire (11/12).

2015: Played in eight games … Totaled seven tackle, including three solo … Recorded a season-high three tackles at Richmond (Oct. 31).

HIGH SCHOOL: Played three seasons of varsity football at CBA … Helped the Brothers win the 2013 Section 2 Class AA Championship, played at Bob Ford Field … Totaled 174 tackles, 11 interceptions, and two forced fumbles in his career … Logged 84 tackles, four interceptions, and forced two fumbles as a senior … Named first-team all-conference and selected to the Class AA Section 2 Coaches Team.

PERSONAL: Born March 31, 1996 … Son of William and Eileen Wynn … Has three brothers (Zach, Cam, and Michael) and three sisters (Sierra, Tyler, Alexis). Brother Cam is also a member of the UAlbany football team … Undecided on major.

[dewey]

Here is #23 for the overall 15 time and 2 time defending National Champions the North Dakota State University Bison.

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#23 Carson Yaggie
Class: Redshirt Sophomore
Position: Wide Receiver
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 196
Hometown: Breckenridge, Minn.
High School: Breckenridge HS

*2017 MVFC Honor Roll

2017 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program...Made the Missouri Valley Football Conference honor roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2017 graduate of Breckenridge High School...Three-year starter who played quarterback, wide receiver and safety under coach Chad Fredericksen...Completed 61 percent of his passes for a school-record 1,962 yards and 20 touchdowns his senior year...Added seven rushing TDs...Passed for career-record 3,721 yards and was responsible for 52 total TDs...Single-game record 334 passing yards...Went 15-6 as starting QB...First team all-conference in 2015 and 2016...Section quarterback of the year...Two-year starter in basketball...Four-year starter on the baseball diamond...Honor roll student...Participates in Mathletes, JETS and Knowledge Bowl.

PERSONAL: Majoring in agricultural economics...Son of Jeff and Janet Yaggie...Has two brothers, Connor and Preston, and a sister, Lauren...Latest in family’s long line of NDSU students...Great uncle Bob Yaggie and cousins Bruce Yaggie and Alex Yaggie played football for the Bison...Cousin Brooke Yaggie played women’s basketball at NDSU.

Good luck with the upcoming season and in the classroom Carson.

Go Bison!

Dewey

[The Cats]

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#23 was worn by Jerry Gaines and is retired

Jerry Gaines was an Associated Press and American Football Coaches Association All-America selection in 1974 ... Also earned All-America honors in baseball and track & field while at Western ... Set WCU records with 3,449 career receiving yards, a 20.6-yard per reception average for his career, and recorded 15 games with over 100 yards receiving ... Only the second Western Carolina football player to have his jersey retired ... Inducted into Western Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990, WCU's first-ever induction class.



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Jerry Gaines is the only three-sport All-American in WCU athletic history. He was an NCAA Division II All America Selection in 1974 and helped the Catamounts to a 9-1 record and the national playoffs. He is one of three football players to have his jersey and number - 23 - retired and established over 40 football records as he caught 187 passes for 3,449 yards in four season. A track and field All-American in the long jump and triple jump in 1971 and 1972. His records still stood after the 1990 season. He batted .404 in 1975 and was named NCAA Division II All America and North Carolina College Athlete of the Year. He signed with the Texas Rangers in 1975. Inducted in the Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991

[SFA 93]

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CB:#23 Jadarius Byrd 5-10; 170 Jacksonville, Florida (Edward White/Butler C.C.) (Sr.)

2018 (Junior): Started the final six games of the season opposite of Aretavious Hendrix at cornerback, appearing in nine games total … Tallied 20 total tackles on the season, 17 of which were solo stops … Recorded a tackle for loss and forced a fumble, while registering the second-most pass breakups (5) among all Lumberjack defenders … Had multiple tackles in the final six games of the season and had at least three tackles on five different occasions … Made first career tackle for SFA in the season opener at FBS 18th-ranked Mississippi State (Sept. 1) … Posted two pass breakups at 11th-ranked McNeese (Sept. 29) … Owned three tackles in the 93rd Battle of the Piney Woods inside NRG Stadium in Houston against No. 16 Sam Houston State (Oct. 6) and versus 16th-ranked Central Arkansas (Oct. 13) … Notched a career-high five stops, forced a fumble and brok up a pass in the home affair with Lamar (Oct. 27) … Claimed three tackles and a pass breakup both at No. 16 Nicholls (Nov. 10) and in the 53rd Battle for Chief Caddo against Northwestern State (Nov. 15), including making a three-yard tackle for loss versus the Colonels.

Prior to SFA: Spent one season at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa, and Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas … Played in nine games at Ellsworth Community College, totaling 27 tackles, two interceptions, three pass breakups, a fumble recovery and a tackle for loss … At Butler Community College, played in 11 games and recorded 22 total tackles, including 21 solo stops … Posted three interceptions and had five tackles for loss for 22 yards and a forced fumble … Named 2017 Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference All-Conference honorable mention … Three-star recruit by 247Sports.com coming out of Edward White High School … Picked up all-conference honors as a junior and senior … Offered by Missouri, Maryland and Oregon State following his prep career.

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#23 -- SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

Ferlando Jordan
Cornerback
6'0, 180, R-SO
Mays HS, Atlanta, Ga.

2018: Started all 11 games at cornerback for the Lions … Finished with 53 tackles (38 solo) … Ranked ninth in the league with 10 passes defended and sixth with three interceptions … Led team in both categories … Intercepted a pass and returned it 42 yards in collegiate debut at ULM … Finished with season-high eight tackles, a tackle for loss and a pass breakup in a 24-17 win over Northwestern State … Made seven tackles and a pass breakup in 23-6 victory over No. 11 McNeese … Intercepted passes at Lamar and Sam Houston State … Credited with six tackles versus Central Arkansas, Incarnate Word and Houston Baptist … Broke up two passes at Nicholls.
2017: Redshirt season.
High School: Helped Mays High School to a region championship as a senior … Played both ways for the Raiders … Was a defensive back and wide receiver at MHS.

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