THURSDAY, SEPT. 1 • 7 P.M. • ESPN+
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE at UCF
FBC Mortgage Stadium (44,206/Natural Grass)
Orlando, Florida
THE GAME
Thursday’s game will be the fourth meeting between UCF and South Carolina State … The Knights won the first three matchups by a combined score of 93-0, including back-to-back 38-0 victories in the 2016 and 2018 season openers … The 2018 win was the 14th consecutive victory in the Knights’ 25-game winning streak spanning 2017-18.
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE
0-0, 0-0 MEAC
Head Coach: Oliver “Buddy” Pough (South Carolina State ’75) 143-80, 21st season
Notes
South Carolina State enters head coach Buddy Pough’s 21st season on the heels of an outstanding 2021 campaign that ended with a MEAC title and a win against Jackson State in the Celebration Bowl … The Bulldogs went 7-5 overall and 5-0 in the MEAC, capturing their 18th conference title … South Carolina State started at 1-4, including setbacks to Clemson and New Mexico State, but rallied to win six of its last seven games … The top returning players from last year include WR Shaquan Davis, who had 43 receptions for 864 yards and eight touchdowns in 2021, and DL Jeblonski Green Jr., who had 41 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss and an interception in only nine games … Green was the MEAC leader in tackles for loss … The game against UCF is the first of two against FBS opponents for the Bulldogs, who visit South Carolina Oct. 1.
UCF
0-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach: Gus Malzahn (Henderson State ’90) 9-4, second season at UCF 86-42, 11th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
UCF was picked third in the American Athletic Conference preseason media poll after the Knights battled through key injuries to finish 9-4 overall and 5-3 in The American last season … UCF capped Gus Malzahn’s first year on the Knight sideline with a 29-17 win against Florida in the Gasparilla Bowl … UCF returns 19 starters from last year’s team, including the starting quarterback, leading receiver and the top five rushers … Former Ole Miss QB John Rhys Plumlee has been announced as the Opening Day starter … QB Mikey Keene threw for 1,730 yards and 17 touchdowns against six interceptions as a true freshman … RB Johnny Richardson rushed for 733 yards and averaged 7.0 yards per carry, while RB Isaian Bowser had 703 yards and nine TDs in eight games.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 2 • 7:30 P.M. • ACC NETWORK
TEMPLE at DUKE
Wallace Wade Stadium (40,004/Natural Grass)
Durham, North Carolina
THE GAME
Friday’s game will be the second meeting between Temple and Duke … The only previous game was Duke’s 56-27 win in the 2018 Independence Bowl, when Blue Devils QB Daniel Jones threw for 423 yards and five touchdowns … That game came after then-Owls coach Geoff Collins resigned to take the head coaching position at Georgia Tech.
TEMPLE
0-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach: Stan Drayton (Allegheny ’93) 0-0, first season
Notes
Temple, which went 3-9 last year, looks to return to the form that sent the Owls to bowl eligibility in six consecutive seasons (from 2014-19) … First-year head coach Stan Drayton was most recently running backs coach at Texas and won national championships while on the staffs at Florida and Ohio State … Drayton will be Temple’s fourth head coach in the last seven season-openers … More than half of the Owls’ 2022 roster has four years of eligibility remaining … QB D’Wan Mathis was limited by injuries to seven games, but passed for 1,225 yards and six touchdowns in 2021 … Mathis will be pressed by former North Dakota State and Virginia Tech QB Quincy Patterson … WR Jose Barbon (40 rec., 440 yards, 2 TD) is the top returning receiver … OT Peace Addo played in 17 career games at Duke before transferring to Temple.
DUKE
0-0, 0-0 ACC
Head Coach: Mike Elko (Penn ’99) 0-0, first season
Notes
Duke had put together a stretch of five bowl appearances in six seasons between 2013 and 2018, but the Blue Devils have finished below .500 in each of the last three seasons, including last year’s 3-9 mark … Duke has lost 13 consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference games … Mike Elko makes his head coaching debut after 24 years as an assistant, most recently as defensive coordinator at Texas A&M … Elko was the defensive coordinator at Wake Forest in the Demon Deacons’ Military Bowl win against Temple in 2016 … Offensive coordinator Kevin Johns is familiar with the American Athletic Conference after spending the last three seasons in a similar role at Memphis … Duke returns 13 starters from last season and has to replace its leading passer, rusher and receiver … The Blue Devils return four of five starters on the offensive line.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 3 • NOON • ESPN
NC STATE at EAST CAROLINA
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium (50,000/Natural Grass)
Greenville, North Carolina
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 32nd meeting between NC State and East Carolina in a series that dates to 1970 … The Wolfpack holds an 18-13 series lead and has taken the last two … East Carolina was a 33-30 winner in 2016 the last time the teams met in Greenville … Former ECU head coach Ruffin McNeill is on Dave Doeren’s staff at NC State.
13/13 NC STATE
0-0, 0-0 ACC
Head Coach: Dave Doeren (Drake ‘94) 64-49, 10th season at NC State 87-53, 12th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
NC State is ranked in the preseason national polls for the first time since 2003, while the Wolfpack’s No. 13 ranking matches the best preseason slot in program history … NC State was picked second in the Atlantic Division in the preseason ACC media poll, trailing only Clemson … NC State went 9-3 overall and 6-2 in the ACC last year … The Wolfpack was slated to play UCLA in the Holiday Bowl, which was eventually canceled … NC State returns 18 starters from last year, including 10 defensive starters … QB Devin Leary was chosen as the 2022 ACC preseason player of the year after he passed for 3,433 yards and 35 touchdowns against only five interceptions … LB Drake Thomas (100 tackles) and S Tanner Ingle (82 tackles) were both All-ACC first team choices last year.
EAST CAROLINA
0-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach: Mike Houston (Mars Hill ‘94) 14-19, fourth season at ECU 94-44, 12th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
East Carolina returned to bowl eligibility for the first time since the 2014 season as the Pirates went 7-5 overall and 5-3 in The American last season … East Carolina was scheduled to face Boston College in the Military Bowl before the game was canceled … The Pirates won four of their last five regular-season games last season … ECU has 16 returning starters from last season … QB Holton Ahlers enters his fifth year as the Pirates’ starter and is poised to shatter nearly every American Athletic Conference career passing record … Ahlers passed for 3,126 yards and 18 touchdowns last season and added six rushing TDs … RB Keaton Mitchell had 1,132 yards and nine touchdowns as a freshman, while RB Rahjai Harris had 583 yards and four TDs.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 3 • NOON • CBSSN
DELAWARE at NAVY
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (34,000/FieldTurf)
Annapolis, Maryland
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 18th meeting between Navy and Delaware in a series that dates to 1931 … Navy holds a 10-7 series lead and has won the last three meetings, most recently a 51-7 decision in the 2013 season … The last 11 matchups have been played in Annapolis … Delaware’s last win in the series was a 59-52 victory in 2007.
DELAWARE
0-0, 0-0 CAA
Head Coach: Ryan Carty (Delaware ’06) 0-0, first season
Notes
Delaware is ranked No. 19 in the AFCA FCS preseason poll … The Blue Hens went 5-6 overall and 3-5 in the Colonial Athletic Association last season … Ryan Carty enters his first year as head coach at his alma mater after spending the last four seasons as the offensive coordinator at Sam Houston State and 11 seasons as an assistant at New Hampshire … The Blue Hens were picked second in the CAA preseason poll, trailing only conference favorite Villanova … WR Thyrick Pitts is a preseason All-CAA selection after he had 43 catches for 669 yards and seven touchdowns last season … The defense is paced by DB Kedrick Whitehead, an FCS All-America selection who had 76 tackles and eight pass breakups … Delaware was the NCAA Division II champion in 1979 and the Division I-AA (now FCS) champion in 2003.
NAVY
0-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach: Ken Niumatalolo (Hawaii ’89) 105-75, 15th season
Notes
Navy went 4-8 last season against a schedule that was rated as the third-toughest by the NCAA … Navy’s 12 opponents were a combined 94-48 last season … Eleven of the 12 teams played in bowl games … Head coach Ken Niumatalolo is the winningest coach in program history with 105 career victories … The Midshipmen were picked 10th in the American Athletic Conference preseason media poll … Navy has gone 33-22 in American Athletic Conference games since joining the league in 2015 … Navy returns 12 starters from last year … QB Tai Lavatai returns as the starting signal-caller after he rushed for 371 yards and seven touchdowns and threw five touchdown passes last year … The defense is led by LB John Marshall, who had 54 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss … K Bijan Nichols hit 15 of 19 field goal attempts.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 3 • 3:30 P.M. • ESPN
CINCINNATI at ARKANSAS
AT&T Stadium (71,815/Matrix Field Turf)
Fayetteville, Arkansas
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the first meeting between Cincinnati and Arkansas … The Bearcats are 17-46-3 all-time against members of the SEC, while the Razorbacks are 114-55-8 all-time against The American’s current roster … Cincinnati’s last game against an SEC team was against Alabama in last year’s College Football Playoff semifinal.
23/22 CINCINNATI
0-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach: Luke Fickell (Ohio State ’97) 48-15, sixth season at Cincinnati 54-22, seventh season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Cincinnati enjoyed its best season in program history in 2021 as the Bearcats went 13-1 overall and 8-0 in The American, reached the College Football Playoff semifinals and finished the year ranked No. 4 nationally … The Bearcats are 22-2 in the last two seasons with lone losses to the participants in last year’s National Championship (Georgia, Alabama) … Cincinnati saw nine players taken in the 2022 NFL Draft, but the Bearcats return 14 starters from a year ago … QB Ben Bryant returns to Cincinnati after spending last season as the starter at Eastern Michigan … Bryant and QB Evan Prater are in competition for the Opening Day starting duties … The defense is led by LB Deshawn Pace, who had 94 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss and four interceptions in 2021.
19/23 ARKANSAS
0-0, 0-0 SEC
Head Coach: Sam Pittman (Pittsburg State ’86) 35-14, fifth season at Cincinnati 41-21, sixth season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Arkansas enjoyed a turnaround season in Sam Pittman’s second year in Fayetteville as the Razorbacks went 9-4 after winning no more than four games in the four previous seasons … Arkansas capped the season with a 24-10 win against Penn State in the Outback Bowl … The Razorbacks started the year at 4-0, then shook off a three-game slide by winning five of its last six … Arkansas has only 11 returning starters from last season, including four on defense … The Razorbacks are ranked in the preseason top 25 for the first time since 2015 … QB KJ Jefferson passed for 2,676 yards and 21 touchdowns and four interceptions last season and was the leading rusher with 654 yards and six touchdowns … LB Bumper Pool registered 125 tackles and 7.5 tackles for loss.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 3 • 3:30 P.M. • CBSSN
HOUSTON at UTSA
Alamodome (36,582/FusionH XP2 Synthetic)
San Antonio, Texas
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the third meeting between Houston and UTSA … It is the only Week 1 matchup nationally between 12-win teams from last year … The Cougars won 59-28 in San Antonio in 2013 behind four TD passes from QB John O’Korn … The Roadrunners claimed a 27-7 victory in 2014 in the first game at Houston’s TDECU Stadium.
24/25 HOUSTON
0-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach: Dana Holgorsen (Iowa Wesleyan ‘93) 19-15, fourth season at Houston 80-56, 12th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Houston went 12-2 overall and 8-0 in American Athletic Conference regular-season play in 2021 and closed the year with a 17-13 win against Auburn in the Birmingham Bowl … The Cougars have 14 starters back from last year and were tabbed as the favorites in the 2022 American preseason media poll … The top offensive player is WR Nathaniel Dell, who had 90 receptions for 1,329 yards and 12 touchdowns, leading The American in all three categories … QB Clayton Tune passed for 3,548 yards and 30 touchdowns … RB Alton McCaskill, the 2021 American Rookie of the Year, suffered a preseason knee injury and could be out for the season … LB Donavan Mutin led the defense with 77 tackles to go with 6.5 tackles for loss and three forced fumbles in 2021.
UTSA
0-0, 0-0 Conference USA
Head Coach: Jeff Traylor (Stephen F. Austin ’90) 19-7 third season
Notes
UTSA enjoyed the best season in the relatively young history of the program last year as the Roadrunners went 12-2 overall and won the Conference USA title … UTSA earned a top-25 ranking for the first time, peaking at No. 15 in the Nov. 7 Associated Press poll … UTSA takes a 10-game winning streak at the Alamadome into the 2022 season-opener … UTSA which returns 14 starters, is the favorite in the Conference USA preseason poll, while QB Frank Harris was named as the league’s preseason player of the year … Harris passed for 3,177 yards and 27 touchdowns and added 566 rushing yards and six TDs on the ground last season … WR Zakhari Franklin had 81 catches for 1,027 yards and 12 TDs … S Rashad Wisdom leads the defense after he had 88 tackles with four tackles for loss, six pass breakups and a forced fumble.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 3 • 3:30 P.M. • FS1
TULSA at WYOMING
War Memorial Stadium (29,181/FieldTurf)
Laramie, Wyoming
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the seventh meeting between Tulsa and Wyoming and will break a 3-3 tie in the series … Wyoming won the first three matchups (in 1954, 1955 and 1994), and Tulsa has won the last three (1995, 1998, 2019) … Saturday’s contest will be the first meeting in Laramie since the 1994 game.
TULSA
0-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach: Philip Montgomery (Tarleton State ’95) 38-46, eighth season
Notes
Tulsa stood at 1-4 through five games of the 2021 season, but the Golden Hurricane rebounded to go 6-2 down to close the year, including a 30-17 win against Old Dominion in the Myrtle Beach Bowl … Tulsa needed to win its last three regular-season games to clinch bowl eligibility and scored two road victories in that stretch … Tulsa has 14 returning starters from last year … QB Davis Brin enters his second year as the starter … Brin passed for 3,244 yards and 18 touchdowns, but had 16 interceptions last season … WR Keylon Stokes was limited by injuries to only four games last season, but had 1,040 receiving yards in 2019 … LB Justin Wright led the defense with 82 tackles to go with 3.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss an interception and a forced fumble … K Zach Long made 22 of 23 field goal attempts last season.
WYOMING
0-1, 0-0 Mountain West
Head Coach: Craig Bohl (Nebraska ’82) 51-57, ninth season at Wyoming 155-89, 20th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Wyoming opened its 2022 season with a 38-6 loss at Illinois in Week 0, giving the Cowboys their first setback in a nonconference season-opener since 2017 … The Cowboys were outgained 479-212 against Illinois and had only 10 first downs … QB Andrew Peasley, a transfer from Utah State, got the start against Illinois and went 5-for-20 for 30 yards and an interception … A bright spot was RB Titus Swen, who gained 98 yards and averaged 5.8 yards per carry on 17 attempts … Wyoming went 7-6 last season … The Cowboys won their first four games, dropped the following four, and rebounded to win three of the last five, including a 52-38 win against Kent State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl … Swen rusehd for 785 yards and nine touchdowns on 132 carries last season.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 3 • 4 P.M. • ESPNU
BYU at SOUTH FLORIDA
Raymond James Stadium (65,857/Natural Grass)
Tampa, Florida
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the third meeting between BYU and South Florida … The teams have split the first two meetings … The Bulls scored a 27-23 victory in Tampa in 2019, while the Cougars took last year’s matchup 35-27 in Provo … Last year’s matchup saw BYU take a 21-0 first quarter lead before the Bulls’ comeback bid fell short.
25/rv BYU
0-0
Head Coach: Kalani Sitake (BYU ’00) 48-29, seventh season
Notes
BYU went 10-3 last season and finished the year ranked No. 19 in the Associated Press poll … The Cougars return 21 starters from that team and are ranked No. 25 in the 2022 preseason poll … BYU will join three current American Athletic Conference schools in the Big 12 Conference as of July 1, 2023, ending 12 seasons as an FBS independent … The Cougars return all 11 starters from a defense that held seven of 13 opponents to 20 points or fewer … LB Ben Bywater had a team-high 102 tackles to go with 8.5 tackles for loss to lead the defense … QB Jaren Hall made 10 starts last year and passed for 2,583 yards and 20 touchdowns … WR Puka Nacua is the top receiver after he had 43 catches for 805 yards and six touchdowns in 2021 … P Ryan Rehkow ranked fourth nationally with 48.6 yards per punt.
SOUTH FLORIDA
0-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach: Jeff Scott (Clemson ’03) 3-18, second season
Notes
South Florida went 2-10 last season, but hopes are high in Tampa as the Bulls return 20 starters, entering the season as one of the most experienced teams nationally … In addition to the returning starters, the Bulls also boast the return of RB Brian Battie, an NCAA Consensus All-America selection as a kick returner in 2021 … Battie averaged 32.5 yards on kickoff returns and led the nation with three 100-yard touchdowns … QB Gerry Bohanon was named as the No. 1 signal-caller after transferring from Baylor, where he led the Bears to the Big 12 title last season … RB Jaren Mangham had a team-high 671 rushing yards with 15 touchdowns, while WR Xavier Weaver had 715 receiving yards and two TDs … The defense is paced by LB Antonio Grier, who had 92 tackles, 3.0 sacks, 9.0 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and two interceptions.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 3 • 7 P.M. • ESPN+
MASSACHUSETTS at TULANE
Yulman Stadium (30,000/UBU Speed Series 5M)
New Orleans, Louisiana
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the second meeting between Massachusetts and Tulane … The only previous matchup was the Green Wave’s 31-24 win in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Oct. 1, 2016 … Tulane WR Terren Encalade had seven receptions for 125 yards and a touchdown as part of a 24-0 run as the Green Wave overcame a 14-0 deficit.
MASSACHUSETTS
0-0
Head Coach: Don Brown (Norwich ’77) 43-19, sixth season at Massachusetts 95-45, 13th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Massachusetts went 1-11 last season and has gone 2-26 in the last three seasons, but the Minutemen have turned to former head coach Don Brown to reverse the program’s fortunes … Brown previously served as UMass’ head coach from 2004-08 and led the Minutemen to the NCAA FCS championship game … Brown was also the defensive coordinator on the Minutemen’s 1998 FCS national championship team … UMass is in its seventh year as an FBS independent and thus has seven road games on its 2022 schedule … The Minutemen return 17 starters … The top player on offense is RB Ellis Merriweather, who rushed for 1,138 yards and five touchdowns last season … WR Rico Arnold had 27 catches for 461 yards and three TDs … The Minutemen return their top five tacklers on defense.
TULANE
0-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach: Willie Fritz (Pittsburg State ‘83) 31-43, seventh season at Tulane 202-112, 25th season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Tulane looks to bounce back from a 2-10 season that was initially disrupted by the impact of Hurricane Ida, which caused the Green Wave to relocate its operation to Birmingham, Alabama … Tulane opened some eyes in a 40-35 setback to then-No. 2 Oklahoma in the season opener, but the Green Wave endured an eight-game slide in the middle of the season … Tulane returns 18 starters from last year … QB Michael Pratt enters his third years as the Green Wave’s starter … Pratt threw for 2,381 yards and 21 touchdowns last season … The top rusher is RB Tyjae Spears, who returned from a knee injury to finish with 863 yards and nine touchdowns in 2021 … LB Nick Anderson, who had 4.0 sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss, leads a veteran defense that has nine starters back.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 3 • 7:30 P.M. • ESPNU
MEMPHIS at MISSISSIPPI STATE
Davis Wade Stadium (61,337/Natural Grass)
Starkville, Mississippi
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 46th meeting between Memphis and Mississippi State in a series that dates to 1951 … The Tigers’ snapped the Bulldogs’ 12-game winning streak in the series with a 31-29 win last year in Memphis … Mississippi State holds a 33-12 series lead and has won
six straight in Starkville.
MEMPHIS
0-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach: Ryan Silverfield (Hamden-Sydney ’03) 14-12, third season
Notes
Memphis went 6-6 last season as the Tigers gained bowl eligibility for a program-record eighth consecutive season … Memphis was selected to play against Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl before the game was canceled … The Tigers return 15 starters from last season … QB Seth Henigan was named as an FWAA Freshman All-America after he passed for 3,322 yards and 25 touchdowns against eight interceptions as a true freshman … RB Brandon Thomas led the team with 669 rushing yards and eight touchdowns … WR Javon Ivory is the top returning receiver with 29 catches for 413 yards and three TDs last season … The defense is led by S Quindell Johnson, a two-time all-conference selection who had 105 tackles and 11 pass breakups in 2021 … S Rodney Owens had 78 tackles with two interceptions and five pass breakups.
MISSISSIPPI STATE
0-0, 0-0 SEC
Head Coach: Mike Leach (BYU ’83) 11-13, third season at Mississippi State 150-103, 21st season as collegiate head coach
Notes
Mississippi State went 7-6 in Mike Leach’s second season on the Bulldogs’ sideline … The Bulldogs fell 34-7 to Texas Tech in the Liberty Bowl to close the year … The Bulldogs faced five top-25 teams and went 3-2 against ranked opponents … Mississippi State is one of the nation’s most experienced teams in 2022, with 19 returning starters … QB Will Rogers is the engineer of the Bulldogs’ Air Raid offense … Rogers passed for 4,739 yards and 36 touchdowns last season … WR Jaden Walley had 55 catches for 628 yards and six touchdowns and is one of four returning players who had at least 50 receptions last season … LB Jett Johnson leads the defense after he had 87 tackles last year … LB Tyrus Wheat and 7.5 sacks and 10.5 tackles for loss.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 3 • 7:30 P.M. • CBSSN
SMU at NORTH TEXAS
Apogee Stadium (30,850/FieldTurf)
Denton, Texas
THE GAME
Saturday’s game will be the 42nd meeting between SMU and North Texas in a series that dates to 1922 … The Mustangs hold a 34-6-1 series lead and have won the last three matchups, including a 35-12 decision last year in Dallas … North Texas’ last win against SMU was a 46-23 victory in Denton in 2018.
SMU
0-0, 0-0 American
Head Coach: Rhett Lashlee (Arkansas ’08) 0-0, first season
Notes
SMU makes its debut under new head coach Rhett Lashlee, the Mustangs’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2018-19 who was at Miami (Fla.) for the last two seasons … Lashlee inherits a squad that went 8-4 overall and 4-4 in The American last season … SMU won its first seven games and was ranked as high as No. 16 in the coaches’ poll before going 1-4 down the stretch … The Mustangs were slated to face Virginia in the Fenway Bowl, which was canceled … SMU has 13 starters back from last year … QB Tanner Mordecai passed for 3,628 yards and an American Athletic Conference-record 39 touchdown passes last season … WR Rashee Rice had 670 yards and nine touchdowns on 64 receptions … DE Elijah Chatman is the player to watch on defense after he had 40 tackles with 10.0 tackles for loss in 2021.
NORTH TEXAS
1-0, 1-0 Conference USA
Head Coach: Seth Littrell (Oklahoma ’01) 38-38, seventh season
Notes
North Texas is off to a 1-0 start in Conference USA play after the Mean Green scored a 31-13 Week 0 win against UTEP in El Paso … QB Austin Aune led the way, going 16- of-29 for 236 yards and three touchdowns without an interception … The Mean Green was 5-for-5 in red zone chances against the Miners … North Texas has won six straight games against Conference USA opponents after the Mean Green won its last five regular-season games of 2021 … North Texas went 6-7 last season, going 1-6 to start before rallying for the five-game winning streak to close the regular season … Aune passed for 1,991 yards and nine touchdowns and nine interceptions in 13 games last season … The top defensive player is LB KD Davis, who was an all-conference selection after he had 121 tackles and 13.0 tackles for loss in 2021.
