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Youngstown St. QB Beau Brungard heads AP FCS All-America team
Youngstown State QB Beau Brungard, the Missouri Valley Football Conference offensive player of the year, heads the list of student-athletes on The Associated Press FCS All-America team.
Toledo names Mercer's Mike Jacobs as next head coach
The Toledo Rockets have named Mercer's Mike Jacobs as the school's next football coach, calling the Ohio native "an extraordinary fit" for the program.
Sources: Mercer’s Mike Jacobs is working toward a deal to become the next coach at Toledo. He’d replace Jason Candle, who left for UConn. The sides are expected to come together today. He brings an 80.3% winning percentage as a head coach, as he’s 94-23 with no losing seasons.
In 10 seasons as a head coach, he has seven league titles, six NCAA playoff appearances and four Coach of the Year Awards.
Phillips rushes for 2 TDs, South Dakota picks off Mercer 4 times in 47-0 FCS playoff victory
— L.J. Phillips Jr. rushed for a pair of touchdowns, Mikey Munn made two of South Dakota's four interceptions and the 11th-seeded Coyotes blanked sixth-seeded Mercer 47-0 in the second round of the FCS playoffs on Saturday.
Highlight: Deuce Knight shines with six TDs in Auburn's blowout win vs. Mercer
Knight posts 239 yards and two touchdowns on 15-for-20 passing while adding 162 yards and a ridiculous four touchdowns on the ground in the 62-17 win over the Bears.
Deuce Knight accounts for 6 TDs in his first career start as Auburn rolls Mercer 62-17
— Deuce Knight accounted for 401 yards and six touchdowns, tying a school record, and Auburn beat lower-division Mercer 62-17 on Saturday.
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Seven players score TDs as Mercer beats Chattanooga 63-17
— Braden Atkinson threw five touchdowns to four different receivers, tallying 326 yards passing, and seven different players found the end zone as Mercer defeated Chattanooga 63-17 in a rout on Saturday.
Atkinson leads Mercer in 49-47 win over Western Carolina, which gets 7 TD passes from Dickens
— Braden Atkinson threw three touchdown passes, CJ Miller ran for three scores, and Mercer defeated Western Carolina 49-47 on Saturday in a shootout to win the Southern Conference title.