2020 AGS Countdown - 38 DAYS!

[bonarae]

Campbell #38:

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MCKAY TAYLOR
HEIGHT 5-8
WEIGHT 175
CLASS Redshirt Sophomore
HOMETOWN Montgomery, Ala.
HIGHSCHOOL Trinity Presbyterian School

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2019: Saw time in a pair of games, serving as a kickoff specialist in wins over Presbyterian and Hampton…Kicked off 11 times for 584 yards (53.1 yards per kick average)…Posted a long kickoff of 64 yards against PC…


2018: Did not see game action…Redshirted the season…


Prep/Personal: Named all-conference first team as both punter and kicker his senior season for the Trinity Presbyterian Wildcats…Selected as team captain his senior year…Played varsity baseball all four years of high school…Son of Scott and Debbie Taylor…Has two siblings, Zach and Jackson…Full name is McKay Scott Taylor…Born Jan. 26, 2000…


ETSU #38 not yet assigned; here is a freshman eligible to wear it:

Tylik Edwards
POS. DB
HT. 6-1
WT. 170
YR. Fr.
HOMETOWN Rock Hill, S.C.
PREVIOUS SCHOOL Rock Hill HS

High School: Lettered in football and basketball at Rock Hill High School … Awarded Player of the Game six times in 2019 … Named Team MVP for football and Defensive Player of the Year in basketball … Named to the A-B Honor Roll.


Personal: Son of Timothy and Tammy Atkinson-Edwards.

[Tribe4SF]

W&M

#38

John Kearney
Freshman
Safety
6'1" 190
Ridgewood, NJ
Ridgewood H.S.

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[The Cats]

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Since no one is currently assigned to #37, we'll highlight assistant coach Arketa Banks



Arketa Banks
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POSITION Assistant Coach / WRs
HOMETOWN Warrenton, N.C.
ALMA MATER Elon
GRADUATING YEAR 2003


A Western Carolina assistant football coach from 2009-12, Arketa Banks has returned to Mark Speir's Catamount football coaching staff. Banks, who was initially retained by Speir upon his hire in 2011, returns to Cullowhee after spending the 2018 season on staff at Gardner-Webb where he coached the running backs and tight ends, continuing that role in his new appointment.

“We’re thrilled to have Arketa and his family back as a part of our Catamount football family,” said Speir on the addition of Banks to his coaching staff. “He is an outstanding recruiter, football coach, and mentor for our young men. He understands our culture and will promote the vision of our football program and this university. We are so happy that he is back in the Purple & Gold.”

Banks – who Speir coached as a player during three seasons at Elon – returns to again lead the Catamount running backs and will add the tight ends. He coached that same position for three of his previous four seasons on the WCU sidelines, mentoring 2009 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year in Catamount RB Michael Johnson. During his first stint in Cullowhee, he also served as the team’s community service liaison and assistant director of camps and clinics.

During his first stop in Cullowhee, three Catamount running backs collected SoCon All-Freshman honors including Johnson, Shaun Warren (2011) and Darius Ramsey (2012). Ramsey went on to collect first-team Academic All-America honors in 2014. WCU’s offensive scoring on the ground increased from seven TDs in Banks’ second season in 2010 to a dozen in 2011 and 22 in 2012 – which was the most since WCU rushed for 25 TDs in 2001.

After leaving WCU, Banks coached at NCAA Division II powerhouse Lenoir-Rhyne for five seasons from 2013-17 where he was the slotbacks coach in 2013-2014 and wide receivers’ coach from 2015-17. Under his tutelage during the 2014 season, the Bears’ slotbacks rushed for a school and D-II national-record 416.2 yards per game. Seniors, Chris Robinson and Jarrod Spears earned all-league and all-region honors under Banks’ watchful eye as Robinson rushed for 1,418 yards, the most by an L-R back in 20 years, earning NCAA Division II All-American honors. The Bears went 11-1 in 2014 and finished the season ranked No. 8 in the nation.

While at Lenoir-Rhyne, Banks also served as the Director of High School Relations and In-State Recruiting for the Bears.

A heralded defensive back and track & field standout, Banks got his start in coaching at his alma mater, Warren County High School in Warrenton, N.C., in 2004 as the junior varsity head coach, taking over at the varsity level in 2005. It was in the latter year that he posted a 6-5 record and mentored QB Victor Hunt to the NCC Player of the Year honor. He also coached prep football at Wakefield High in Raleigh in 2006-07, coaching defensive backs and quarterbacks.

He earned his first collegiate coaching position at Brevard College in 2008 coaching the defensive secondary and was the program’s recruiting coordinator before making his first move to Cullowhee prior to the 2009 season.

A 2003 graduate of Elon, Banks was a four-year letter and an All-Big South Conference performer on the football gridiron, collecting second-team plaudits as a receiver and a kick returner in 2002. During his career with the then option-oriented Phoenix between 1999 and 2002, Banks helped establish the program as one of the top independents in NCAA Division FCS before Elon’s first season in the Big South in 2002, receiving team MVP honors in 2001 after catching 22 passes for an average of 24.5 yards per reception with six touchdowns.

Going into his senior year at Elon, The Sports Network (now STATS FCS) deemed Banks the “fifth-best kick returner” in NCAA Division I-AA (now FCS) football after earning All-Independent as a return specialist in 2001. During his career, he led Elon in receiving from 2000-2002, amassing 1,371 yards on 54 catches with 17 receiving touchdowns.

Banks and his wife, the former Ms. Latora Pettaway of Henderson, N.C., were married during the summer of 2009. The couple has three children; Shymia, Kimora, and Arketa, II.

[UAalum72]

University at Albany, The State University of New York


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#38 LUKE THOMPSON
Wide Receiver


HEIGHT 5-10
WEIGHT 197
CLASS Redshirt Senior
HOMETOWN Saratoga Springs, NY
HIGH SCHOOL Saratoga Springs HS
OTHER COLLEGE Central Connecticut


2019: Appeared in seven games on special teams… had three tackles (two solo).


2018: Appeared in four games, recording two tackles vs. Maine (10/27) and Delaware (11/3)… five total tackles (three solo).


Before UAlbany: Redshirted at Central Connecticut State in 2016. ... Played for coach Terry Jones at Saratoga Springs High School. ... Played both receiver and safety in high school. Recorded 44 tackles, an interception and a sack in four games as a senior due to injury. ... Also played defense for the lacrosse program for two seasons.


Personal: Son of Margaret and Robert Thompson. ... Has two sisters, Julia and Emma, as well as a brother, Nicholas. ... Majoring in marketing.

[SFA 93]

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S: #38 Trenton Gordon 5-11; 195 Rowlett, Texas (Rowlett) (Sr.)

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- 2018 All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention

2019 (Junior): Started in all 12 games during the 2019 season recording 104 tackles 2.5 for a loss and 1 sack. Also had 1 int and 4 PBU.

2018 (Sophomore): Started the first nine games of the season at safety and was an All-Southland Conference honorable mention selection … Led the team in fumble recoveries (3), which tied for the second-most nationally among all FCS defenders and was the second-most in the Southland … Ranked third in the 11-team league in fumble recoveries per game (0.33) … Finished with the fifth-most total tackles among all Lumberjack defenders and tied for the third-most unassisted stops (23) on the team … Averaged 5.2 tackles per game to rank 41st among all Southland defenders and tied for the third-most pass breakups (4) on the team … Claimed five or more tackles on six different occasions and seven or more four times … Began the season with seven tackles at FBS 18th-ranked Mississippi State (Sept. 1) … Owned five tackles, including half of a tackle for loss, and a pass breakup at Incarnate Word (Sept. 15) … Recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown in the third quarter during the 24-21 home win over Abilene Christian (Sept. 22), it was SFA's lone defensive touchdown of the season … Posted five tackles and had a fourth-quarter fumble recovery at 11th-ranked McNeese (Sept. 29) … Broke up a pair of passes and had a trio of tackles in the 93rd Battle of the Piney Woods inside NRG Stadium in Houston against No. 16 Sam Houston State (Oct. 6) … Recorded seven tackles, including half of a tackle for loss, and broke up a pass at versus No. 16 Central Arkansas … Made a two-yard tackle for loss and finished with four total in the 42-14 road rout of Houston Baptist (Oct. 20) … Also had seven tackles and picked up a first-quarter fumble recovery against Lamar (Oct. 27) … Closed out the season by registering a season-high eight tackles with a season-best five solo stops at 16th-ranked Nicholls (Nov. 10).

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2017 (Freshman): Appeared in 10 games and made eight starts at safety as a true freshman … Led SFA with 76 total tackles on the season, including the second-most solo stops (39) of any Lumberjack … Ranked ninth in the Southland Conference in tackles per game (7.6) … Posted 1.5 tackles for loss for negative five yards and recovered a fumble … Tallied a career-high 11 tackles on three different occasions … Notched 11 tackles, including six unassisted, in the home opener against Southern Utah (Sept. 9) … Racked up 11 tackles, including a career-high seven solo stops, and made a two-yard tackle for loss versus 17th-ranked Nicholls … Finished the season with a career-high tying 11 tackles in the 52nd Battle for Chief Caddo at Northwestern State (Nov. 18) … Grabbed a fumble recovery and earned a half three-yard tackle for loss against No. 11/9 Sam Houston State in the 92nd Battle of the Piney Woods at NRG Stadium in Houston (Oct. 7) … Made six or more tackles in five other outings.

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Prior to SFA: Three year letterwinner at Rowlett High School, playing both cornerback and safety … Two-time all-district selection … Named district’s Defensive Newcomer of the Year in 2014 … Closed out his career with 197 total tackles, including 13 pass breakups, six interceptions and three sacks … Six career interceptions ties program record … Helped lead the Eagles to three-straight playoff appearances, advancing to the regional semifinals in 2015 … Two star recruit by Scout … Coached by Dough Stephens … Also lettered three times in track and field, competing in the 400 meter dash and the 4x400 meter relay … Son of Robert and Carla Gordon … Collegiate major is undecided.

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[dewey]

Here is #38 for the 3 time defending and overall 16 time National Champions the North Dakota State University Bison.

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GARRET WEGNER
POSITION Punter
HEIGHT 6-0
WEIGHT 196
CLASS Senior
HOMETOWN Lodi, Wis.
HIGH SCHOOL Lodi HS

* 2018 STATS FCS All-America Third Team
* 2018 Associated Press All-America Third Team
* 2018 Phil Steele FCS All-America Fourth Team
* 2018 All-Missouri Valley Football Conference First Team
* 2019 MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week
* 2018 MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week
* 2019 MVFC All-Academic Honorable Mention
* 2017 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2016, 2017, 2019 MVFC Honor Roll

2019 SEASON (JUNIOR): Handled the punting and kickoffs in all 16 games...Seventh in the Missouri Valley Football Conference with an average of 40.5 yards on 53 punts...Had nine punts of 50-plus yards...MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week after booting a season-long of 60 yards against Northern Iowa and averaging 50.7 yards on three punts with two inside the 20...Second in the MVFC with 22 fair catches...Had one punt blocked for a safety at Delaware...Averaged 57.3 yards on 103 kickoffs with 27 touchbacks...Honorable mention to the MVFC All-Academic Team...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

2018 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): All-America third team by STATS FCS and the Associated Press...Fourth team pick by Phil Steele...All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first team...Averaged 43.0 yards per punt on 59 attempts...Ranked second among league punters and 11th in the FCS...Booted 14 punts of 50-plus yards...League-best 27 punts inside the 20-yard line...Also limited returners to 16 fair catches...Opponents returned 20 punts for just 3.3 yards per return...NDSU ranked sixth nationally in net punting with a 39.15 average...MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week after the 21-17 win over South Dakota State in which he averaged 47.4 yards on five punts with three inside the 20-yard line...Booted a 49-yard punt out-of-bounds at the SDSU 2 with just 1:15 left before halftime and launched a key 54-yarder to the SDSU 7 that led to a three-and-out on SDSU's final offensive possession.

2017 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Appeared in six games as the backup for punts and kickoffs...Handled 11 kickoffs over the first three weeks of the season and another two attempts in late October against Northern Iowa...Averaged 61.7 yards per kickoff with one touchback...Punted three times in the NCAA playoffs with an average of 32.7 yards...Longest punt was 36 yards against San Diego...MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVFC Honor Roll.

2016 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out as a redshirt in the Bison program...MVFC Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Part of three conference championship teams at Lodi under head coach Dave Puls...2015 Kevin Stemke Award winner as the most outstanding kicker/punter in Wisconsin...2015 Associated Press all-state second team punter...Averaged 40.5 yards per punt and 60.0 yards per kickoff...Had 31 of 56 kickoffs go for touchbacks...Connected on 39 of 40 extra points...Made a school-record 54-yard field goal...Third in Wisconsin state history with 30 career field goals (30-for-51)...Holds two of the state's top single-season marks for field goals with 11 as a sophomore and 12 as a senior...Kicked a state-record five field goals to give Lodi a 15-14 state quarterfinal victory in 2015...Three-time all-conference center fielder for three conference championship baseball teams.

PERSONAL: Majoring in food science...Son of Dan and Mary Wegner of Lodi, Wis...Has a younger brother, Nathan.

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

Go Bison!

Dewey

[mvemjsunpx]

Montana #38

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Max Feight - S
RS Freshman
6'2", 188 lbs.
Whitehall, MT
Whitehall HS


'19 Stats:

(Redshirted)



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