2023 AGS Countdown -> 9 DAYS!

[bonarae]

Harvard #9 - two players assigned:

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9 Cole Cleary




Height 6-2

Weight 211

Class Junior

Hometown Newton, Mass.

High School Middlesex

Position WR



https://gocrimson.com/sports/football/roster/cole-cleary/26488

9 Langston Rogers




Height 6-0

Weight 180

Class First-Year

Hometown Memphis, Tenn.

High School Lausanne Collegiate School

Position DB



https://gocrimson.com/sports/football/roster/langston-rogers/27201

St. Thomas #9 - two players assigned:

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9 Jacob WIldermuth




Position Wide Receiver

Height 6-3

Weight 215

Class Senior

Hometown Plymouth, Minn.

Highschool Wayzata



https://tommiesports.com/sports/football/roster/jacob-wildermuth/8760

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9 Tyree Gardner




Position Defensive Back

Height 6-2

Weight 196

Class Sophomore

Hometown Waterloo, Iowa

Highschool West



https://tommiesports.com/sports/football/roster/tyree-gardner/8708

ETSU #9 - two players assigned:

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#9 Will Huzzie

POS.

WR


HT.

6-3


WT.
205


YR.

RSr.


HOMETOWN

Duluth, Ga.


PREVIOUS SCHOOL

Duluth HS



https://www.etsubucs.com/football/roster/2023-24/12969/will-huzzie/

#9 Khalil Anderson

POS.

DB


HT.
5-10


WT.
185


YR.
RSo.


HOMETOWN

Atlanta, Ga.


PREVIOUS SCHOOL

Pittsburgh




https://www.etsubucs.com/football/roster/2023-24/13022/khalil-anderson/

[The Cats]

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It's now 9 days until the kickoff of Catamount football on Saturday, September 2nd, 2023, against the Arkansas Razorbacks in the War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock, AR.

Today we highlight two players assigned to #9, one on defense and one on offense

#9 Micah Nelson & #9 Cole Gonzales

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#9 Micah Nelson
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Position: Defensive End
Height: 6-3
Weight: 265
Class: Redshirt Junior
Hometown: Murphy, N.C.
High School: Murphy HS

2023 (Redshirt Junior): Selected first-team preseason All-Southern Conference by the league's head coaches.

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore): One of seven players including four defenders to start all 11 games on the season, doing so from his defensive end position … Recorded 35 tackles on the year with 14 solo stops and three tackles for loss coming on sacks … Credited with four quarterback hurries and a pass breakup … Posted three-or-more tackles in seven games on the year including a season-best seven tackles at Samford (Sept. 24) … Had four tackles including a sack and a half against VMI (Oct. 1) … Posted three tackles with a sack against Wofford (Nov. 5) … Named to the 2022 Fall Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Selected to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team ... Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and Received a SoCon Commissioner's Medal.

2021 (Redshirt Freshman*): Started all 11 games along the defensive line as a stand-up defensive end ... Finished with 33 total tackles on the year including 15 solo stops and three tackles for loss ... Had at least one tackle in all 11 games with four-or-more stops in five games including a season-high six against Samford (Sept. 18) ... Recovered a fumble against Furman (Nov. 6) ... Credited with three quarterback hurries and two pass break-ups ... Was a fourth-team All-Southern Conference selection by Phil Steele ... Named to the 2021 Fall Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Named to the 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2020-21 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in all nine of the team’s games with four starts … Recorded 27 total tackles including 13 solo stops and 1.5 tackles for loss … Credited with two quarterback hurries and one pass break-up … Made his collegiate debut in the season-opener at Liberty (Nov. 14) … Recorded his first collegiate tackles including half a tackle for loss at North Carolina (Dec. 5) … Tallied seven tackles at Furman (Feb. 20) … Recorded a career-high nine tackles including seven solo stops with a TFL against The Citadel (March 13) ... Named to the 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and was named Academic All-Southern Conference.

2019 (Freshman): Did not see game action and is eligible for a redshirt ... Named to the 2019-20 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Western Carolina: Joined the Catamount football team as a preferred walk-on after a stellar prep career at Murphy High … Was a two-time state champion (2016 & 2018) and three-time Smoky Mountain Conference champion as a prep … Twice named all-conference and All-Western North Carolina … Played wide receiver, defensive back, and quarterback as a senior during his prep career … Credited with 128 career tackles including seven tackles for loss while totaling 17 pass break-ups and 10 career interceptions … Finished with 57 career receptions for 907 yards, while also passing for 1,130 yards and rushing for 261 – recording 28 career total touchdowns ... High school coach was David Gentry.

Personal: Full name is Micah Thomas Nelson … Is the son of Becky and Thomas Nelson … Was born in Bristol, Va. … Has two younger siblings, Grace and Tyra … Father, Thomas, was an All-American football player at Emory & Henry College (1998) and a 2011 inductee into the Emory & Henry College Sports Hall of Fame.

PRONUNCIATION: MY-kuh Nelson

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#9 Cole Gonzales
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Position: Quarterback
Height: 6-0
Weight: 195
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Ocala, Fla.
High School: Trinity Catholic HS

2022 (Freshman): Played in eight games as a true freshman with four starts at quarterback … Completed 102-of-161 passes for 1,336 yards with 11 touchdowns against seven interceptions … Added 147 rushing yards on 43 attempts with a touchdown … Averaged 185.4 yards of total offense per game … Made his collegiate debut in the season-opener at Charleston Southern (Sept. 3) without recording any statistics … Completed his first collegiate pass at Georgia Tech (Sept. 10), finishing 6-of-8 for 38 yards against the Yellow Jackets … Made his first collegiate start in the home win over Presbyterian (Sept. 17), throwing for 276 yards on 19 completions with three TD passes - his first on a five-yard pass to TE Ajay Belanger … Completed a career-best 24 passes for 224 yards and two touchdowns in guiding WCU to a win over nationally-ranked Chattanooga (Nov. 19) … Named to the 2022 Southern Conference All-Freshman team on offense ... Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Western Carolina: Pro-style quarterback was a four-year varsity starter at Trinity Catholic HS … Threw for 932 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior, adding 668 yards and five scores on the ground in leading Trinity Catholic to the regional finals of the FHSAA 3A playoffs … Also averaged 42.3 yards per punt … Passed for 1,008 yards while rushing for 300 as a junior, guiding his high school to the Class 3A state semifinals … Also plays baseball as a prep.

Personal: Is the son of Julie and Billy Gonzales … His father is an assistant football coach at FAU where he coaches wide receivers … Was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.


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[Tribe4SF]

W&M

#9 Two players assigned.

Bronson Yoder (Previously wore #16)
Senior
Running Back
5'11" 210
Nappanee, IN
Northwood H.S.

Team Captain
All-CAA
All- American

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Sammy Sarantis
Junior
Defensive Line
6'4" 295
Oakton, VA
James Madison H.S.

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[McCowboys]

McNeese Cowboys #9 Jadden Matthews & Cam Thomas
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Defensive Back 178 lbs
9 JADDEN MATTHEWS (https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6383734359116918752/5159650804196305257#)
Junior Moss Point, Miss.
Moss Point HS
East Mississippi CC

Before McNeese: Helped lead Coach Buddy Stephens' East Mississippi Community College Lions to a combined two-year record of 17-4, back-to-back MACCC playoff appearances, and consecutive No. 6 final rankings in the NJCAA Division I poll… Member of EMCC's 2022 MACCC championship team (8-3 record) and 2021 MACCC North Division title team (9-1 record)… Recorded 24 total tackles, three pass breakups and had a pass interception this past year as a sophomore for the Lions… Began the year with four stops, including half a QB sack, and an INT against Copiah-Lincoln… His three pass breakups on the year all came during the last four games - Itawamba as well as MACCC playoff wins over Mississippi Gulf Coast and Northwest Mississippi… Had seven total tackles as an EMCC freshman in 2021.

High School: Two-time All-Region 8-4A First Team Defense at Moss Point High School.


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Running Back
5'8" 170 lbs
9 CAM THOMAS (https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6383734359116918752/5159650804196305257#)
Junior
Picayune, Miss.
Picayune HS
Mississippi Gulf Coast CC

Before McNeese: First Team All-MACCC South at running back… Academic All-American… Rushed for 824 yards on 161 carries with eight touchdowns this past season… averaged 82.4 yards per game and 5.1 yards per carry… ranked seventh in the NJCAA and second in the MACCC in average per game… three games with 100-yards or more… 191 yards on 33 carries and a TD in a win over Jones College… 103 yards (9 carries) in a win over East Central CC… 131 yards (14 carries) in a close three-point loss to East Mississippi CC in a game where he scored on a 99-yard run… In 2021, played in 6 games and ran 122 times for a team-high 714 yards ... Scored 3 TD rushing ... Ranked 3rd in the NJCAA with 119 yards per game ... Missed three games and played briefly in another because of injuries sustained in an auto accident ... Ran for 192 yards on 34 carries in a 31-13 win over East Central ... Ran for 164 yards on 36 carries in a 42-37 loss at Hinds ... In 2020, ran 38 times for 63 yards and 2 TD ... Earned NJCAA All-Academic Student-Athlete Second and Academic All-MACCC honors.

High School: As a senior, set a Mississippi record by running for 3,517 yards, which tied for the national lead … Carried the ball 291 times (12.1 ypc) and scored 48 touchdowns … Helped lead Picayune to the Class 5A state championship game... Named the Mississippi Association of Coaches Class 5A Offensive Player of the Year and MaxPreps Mississippi Player of the Year … Named to the Clarion-Ledger All-State First Team … Selected to play in the Bernard Blackwell All-Star Game ... As a junior, made 31 tackles, 19 assists, 2 TFL, 1 sack, 1 QBH, 1 IN and 5 PD ... Played for Coach Dodd Lee.


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[dewey]

Here is #9 for the 17 time National Champions the North Dakota State University Bison.

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9
Cole Payton
Position Quarterback
Height 6-3
Weight 230
Class Sophomore
Hometown Omaha, Neb.
High School Westside HS
Bio Related Stats Historical
Biography
* 2022 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2022 MVFC Honor Roll

2022 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in 13 games as the team's No. 2 quarterback...Rushed 38 times for 284 yards and two touchdowns...Averaged 7.5 yards per carry...Tied a career high with 48 rushing yards against Montana in the second round of the NCAA playoffs...Completed all four passing attempts against North Carolina A&T and finished the season 8 of 12 for 51 yards with one interception and no touchdowns...MVFC Honor Roll...MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2021 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Used a redshirt season with the Bison...Played in three of a possible four games under NCAA rules but dressed with the team in all 15 games...Completed 1 of 3 passing attempts and rushed eight times for 78 yards and two touchdowns...Ran three times for 48 yards including a 37-yard TD in the home win over Valparaiso...Had four carries for 28 yards with an 18-yard TD against Indiana State...Also appeared in the national championship win over Montana State carrying one time for two yards.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2021 graduate of Omaha Westside High School...Three-year starter...Team captain his senior year...Played for coach Brett Froendt...Led the Warriors to a 31-5 record over three seasons including a Class A state championship in 2020...Nebraska's Gatorade State Player of the Year for 2020-21...Two-time all-state first team...Set school records for career passing completions, yards and touchdowns...Threw for 5,338 yards and 65 TDs in his career while rushing for 2,122 yards and 37 scores...Accounted for 2,742 yards of total offense and 39 TDs in a 12-0 senior season after a state runner-up finish his junior year...Also participates in baseball...All-metro academic honoree...2020 Greater Omaha Sports Football Scholar.

PERSONAL: Majoring in sport management...Son of Brian and Lynda...Has a brother, Ethan.

Go Bison!

Dewey

[mvemjsunpx]

Montana #9o

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Sawyer Racanelli - WR
Junior
6'3", 204 lbs.
FBS Transfer ('22) - Washington
Brush Prairie, WA
Hockinson HS
Major: (unknown)


'22 Stats:

(Redshirted)

Career Stats (@ UMT:

(none)



https://gogriz.com/sports/football/roster/sawyer-racanelli/6819



(https://gogriz.com/sports/football/roster/beau-dantic/6449)Montana #9d

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David Koppang - S
Senior
6'0", 215 lbs.
Missoula, MT
Loyola Sacred Heart HS
Major: Elementary Education


'22 Stats:

4 Tackles

Career Stats (incl. Spring '21):

10 Tackles (0.5 TFL)
1 INT

Awards:

Academic All-Big Sky ('22)



https://gogriz.com/sports/football/roster/david-koppang/6800