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How can an offense with Grier, David Sills V, White, Gary Jennings, Justin Crawford and

After earning nearly every First Team All-SEC lists in 2015, Zach Cunningham has been named to multiple 2016 preseason nominee lists including the Dick Butkus, Bronko Nagurski and the Denarik awards. His 16½ tackles for a loss and four forced fumbles were third highest among SEC players during the regular season. With 14 career starts in 23 games, Cunningham is the leader among the linebacker unit. He's also the Vanderbilt active career leader in total tackles (170), solo tackles (106), tackles for a loss (23), forced fumbles (five), and fumble recoveries (three).

After a Northridge penalty moved the ball to the two-yard-line, Gibson would go the final two-yards for another Newark Catholic score.The point after kick was missed. leaving this a,27-12 Newark Catholic lead.Gibson finished with 136 yards and three touchdowns on 23 carries. He looked like a man playing against boys in the the second half. A large part was because of the work of his offensive line, who seemed to play much better then they did in the opening half.

Besides two long offensive plays, the defense shut down the offense, allowing only three touchdowns. One of those came from former Mountaineer quarterback Geno Smith to Shelton Gibson.

Where he got drafted in the first round and was the fifth pick to the San Diego Chargers in 2001. Tomlinson was an immediate starter, where he had a pretty good rookie season but also a really tough one. He rushed for over 1,200 yards (1,236) his rookie season, but the team overall could only pick up five wins which mean 11 loses. In 2003 he became the first running back in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards and added on to that 100 receptions in just one season. In his fourth season he reached fifty touchdowns for his career (60 game). Ladanian also tied Lenny Moore’s all-time record for consecutive games scoring a touchdown which was 18. In 2005 Tomlinson became just the 7th player in NFL history to run, pass and catch for a touchdown in just a single game. Ladanian Tomlinson broke his ribs close to the end of his 2005 season, but that didn’t stop him from rushing for over 1400 yards and setting a new career high scoring 20 touchdowns (18 rushing and 2 receiving). In Ladanian Tomlinson’s 06 season he broke some NFL records. Rushing for 14 touchdowns in a span of just four games. Rushing for 16 in a span of 5 and rushing for 19 touchdowns in a span of just six games. He also was the first to score 3 touchdowns in three straight games and became the first person to score at least 3 touchdowns in four consecutive games. He’s the second player to score 4 or more touchdowns in three games in just a single season.

Galesburg, IL - A 3rd Quarter 32 yard Touchdown pass to Junior Malik Hamilton to put Knox up 21-14 over Lake Forest made Senior Quarterback Matt McCaffrey Knox’s new career leader in passing yards.

Dustin Harrison was the top receiver for Puget Sound with nine catches for 62 yards and a touchdown. Plus, Steve Branham had five catches for 56 yards and two touchdowns, plus teammate Austin Wagner had nine rushes for 105 yards – 85 of which came on just one rush to support the Puget Sound ground game.

He set a South Carolina single season record for sacks and tackles for losses with 13 and 23.5 respectively. Clowney was also responsible for 3 forced fumbles and 54 tackles, with 40 of those solo tackles. He was unanimously named an All-American, won the Ted Hendricks Award for being America’s best defensive end, and was placed 6th overall for the 2012 Heisman Trophy. Following Clowney’s amazing sophomore year, fans voted him as the 2012 AT&T All-America Player of the Year in January

If he does not follow his blockers, he will have a much greater chance of getting tackled for a loss of yards. On a pass play, the quarterback relies on the offensive line to give him the time he needs to read the defense and put the ball where the wide receiver can catch it. If the offensive line does not block, then the quarterback will be sacked for a loss of yards, or he will make a bad decision and throw an interception, thus resulting in a loss of possession or, even worse, a pick six, which is a touchdown for the opposing team. If the offensive line does their jobs correctly, big plays are guaranteed to

The Cardinals lead the NFL in point differential this season. Carson Palmer has lost two games as a starting quarterback dating back to the 2013 regular season. With a two game lead in the NFC West, this weeks Sunday Night Matchup against the Seahawks is the team’s biggest test to date.

Bishop Sankey received the start at running back for the Titans. Sankey rushed eight times for 16 yards.

In addition to being a third-down threat out of the backfield, Sproles returned two punts for touchdowns in 2014 and 2015. He accounted for two of the Eagles’ NFL record-tying seven special teams touchdowns and was selected to the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career last season.

Novice teams typically don't play during the "playoff" weekends, but an agreement was made between the two teams for one final game. Waterford is the only team to beat Calaveras and the decision was made to play again following the first meetings between Calaveras and Waterford.

Abdullah makes for an attractive play in week one for a few reasons. For starters, the head coach Jim Caldwell has announced that Joique Bell will be the opening day starter, although he hasn’t played a single snap in the preseason after recovering from knee and achilles injuries. The Lions should be getting a plus matchup in the run game, facing a Chargers run defense that graded out 20th overall in 2014. The Lions rookie has flashed enough big-play ability to be solid tournament play in your DFS lineups.

The biggest strength for both of these teams is their ability to rush the passer. Both teams finished in the top five in total sacks. J.J. Watt of the Texans led the NFL with 17.5 sacks, and after getting his cast for a broken hand removed looked back to his old self last Sunday.