Football Jets To West Coast For PFL Clash At San Diego Saturday

• Between the journey to Tarleton State final weekend and this weekend’s USD journey, the Eagles could have logged greater than 6,000 miles going to and from the video games.

• Morehead State has had success with recruiting the western United States. Actually, the Eagles’ 2023 roster incudes 25 gamers with a hometown in California.

• Morehead State has a number of entries into the highest 20 amongst NCAA FCS stage particular person stats:

QB Carter Cravens (passing yards per completion, 14.3 – twelfth) (passing yards per sport, 248.6 – twentieth) (passing yards, 1740 – twentieth) (complete offense, 281.4 – eleventh)

LB Jahleel Holmes (complete tackles per sport, 9.7 – twentieth)

• Carter Cravens has earned two Pioneer League Offensive Participant of the Week nods this yr.

• This sport will characteristic the PFL’s high two receivers in MSU’s Ryan Up and San Diego’s Ja’appear Reed. Upp averages 84.7 yards per sport, whereas Reed is barely barely greater at 91.4.

• Morehead State’s offense ranks first within the PFL and fifth nationally in changing red-zone probabilities to factors. MSU has scored on 18 of 19 red-zone forays.

•  Morehead State’s offense has taken care of the soccer this season. The Eagles have solely misplaced two fumbles complete, with a kind of being on a punt return.

• Not solely has QB Carter Cravens led the passing sport, however he’s additionally Morehead State’s main rusher with  230 yards on the bottom. He ranks second on the staff in speeding makes an attempt with 55 and has scored two speeding TDs.

• Linebacker Jahleel Holmes got here up with a profession excessive 13 tackles at Tarleton State and  has led the Eagles in six of the seven video games. In his final 5 video games, Holmes has 9, 9, 9, 11 and 13 stops.

• Defensive again Cooper Krezek has piled up 265 profession tackles, together with 230 simply up to now three seasons. He was certainly one of solely two Eagles since 2015 to report a 100+ deal with season when he  hit that determine (100) precisely final fall.

• MSU’s 5 turnovers gained in opposition to Dayton was probably the most in a sport in three seasons. Cornerback Kaleb Lyons had two interceptions, and three of the 5 takeaways occurred both in the long run zone or contained in the five-yard line on Dayton possessions.

• Eagle particular groups have been stable. Kicker Nathan Hazlettwho booted a game-winning 28-yard FG at Valparaiso, is 5-of-5 on discipline objectives and 12-of-13 on PATs, whereas Thomas Schwartz V is 2-of-2 on FGs. Punter Kip Warren ranks third within the PFL at 39.7 yards per punt. In the meantime, Braeden Haynes has stepped in for kickoff duties and averages practically 60 yards per boot. MSU’s punt return staff, headed by return man Ryan Upranks first within the PFL at 9.7 yards per return.