San Diego State senior running back Donnel Pumphrey is the nation’s active leader in rushing yards (4,272), rushing touchdowns (45) and all-purpose yards (5,145). He attended Canyon Springs High School.
UNLV
It’s no secret to followers of UNLV football that the energy level of strength coach Keith Belton and his assistant, Jeff Eaton, is off the charts. Their infectious enthusiasm also is no longer a secret to the outside world.
UNLV took a big step forward in its football fundraising efforts Friday, when it received a $2 million gift, the largest in program history, from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous. The donor is a longtime supporter of the school and its athletics department.
Former UNLV quarterback Blake Decker has been named a member of the 2016 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society.
A few months removed from a wrenching 31-28 loss at Fresno State, UNLV is hoping for a reversal of fortune Thursday in a recruiting battle with the Bulldogs for three-star quarterback Armani Rogers.
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Both football teams appear to be in similar situations, playing the final game of a disappointing season, the outcome having little effect on the Mountain West landscape. The situations, though, are not as similar as they appear.
Cameron Coffman has put up good numbers for Wyoming, but UNLV getting back Blake Decker is a potential game-changer.
Five burning questions for UNLV’s football game against Boise State at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Tony Sanchez talked about how he wasn’t especially proud of hitting 80 points, but he had his first victory in hand as UNLV’s football coach, so he was going to enjoy it.
A group of Idaho State students spent more than three miserable hours in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Idaho State coach Mike Kramer was livid at his team’s performance in an 80-8 loss to UNLV on Saturday night.
An astounding six of the Mountain West’s 12 football-playing schools are under new leadership at a time of tremendous challenge for the flagship football league among the so-called Group of Five. UNLV’s Tina Kunzer-Murphy, at the helm since July 2013, is one of the senior ADs in the conference.
The grade-point average of UNLV’s football team rose from a 2.35 in the fall semester to a 2.7 for the term that recently ended, coach Tony Sanchez said. He also said 11 players made the Dean’s List.
Two wide receivers and a center committed to play football at UNLV. Two had pledged to go to other schools before switching.
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