By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director CENTRE – Defensive lineman Tae Diamond certainly didn’t suffer through a sophomore slump this past football season for the Cherokee County Warriors. He became a sophomore sensation. As a freshman in 2021, Diamond delivered 53 tackles, including 19 for loss, with 8 ½ sacks, three fumble recoveries (one for
Monty Rice Biography
2020: One of five finalists for the Butkus Award, which recognizes the nation s best linebacker.starter at LB in eight of 10 games.All-America Second Team by The Athletic.All-SEC First Team by the Associated Press.team s third-leading tackler with 49 total stops.team-high eight tackles vs. Tennessee included a sack, forced fumble and 20-yard fumble return for a TD, all on the same play.was his first career fumble recovery and touchdown.named by the Maxwell Football Club as the Chuck Bednarik Award Player of the Week after the UT game.led the Bulldogs with seven tackles in win over Auburn.had three total tackles, a pass breakup and two QB pressures in season-opening win at Arkansas.forced a third-quarter fumble in win at Kentucky.named to the pre-season watch list for the Butkus Award (nation s top LB).also named to the pre-season All-SEC Second Team, as picked by the media covering the league.named one of three team captains for the Auburn, Alab
How Bielema s Long Friendship With High School Coach Led to Illini RB Signee
Bret Bielema may want you to believe it was fate that landed him 3-star tailback Josh McCray. McCray s high school coach knows Bielema s personal commitment to know different.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Don’t let
Bret Bielema fool you into thinking it was fate that led him to the opportunity to recruit and sign running back
Josh McCray into his 2021 recruiting class at Illinois.
One of McCray’s high school coaches certainly doesn’t see it that way at all.
In announcing one of his two February signees for the 2021 class, Bielema suggested in his Zoom media conference with media that it just so happens that a longstanding relationship with longtime Wisconsin high school football head coach Jed Kennedy resulted in a quick recruitment of McCray, a three-star tailback prospect from Enterprise, Ala., to Illinois.