McRainey led the 'Dawgs with 104 total tackles to average 8.0 per game. Gaither also rushed for over 100 yards in five games during the 2022 season. That mark is the second most rushing yards by a GWU player in program history, and the most ever by a Gardner-Webb player in the Division I era (Since 2000). In the FCS Playoffs, Gaither rushed for 245 yards and two touchdowns at Eastern Kentucky. native played in nine games at running back last season, rushing for 1,019 yards on 154 carries and seven touchdowns. Gaither returns to Gardner-Webb after earning First Team All-Conference honors last season. He posted a tackle-for-loss in ten of 13 appearances, as well as a sack in nine outings. During the five-game Big South season, French was tops with 5.5 sacks, ranked sixth with 6.5 TFL, and amassed 23 total tackles. FBS opponents this season and held a streak of three-straight games with 2.0 sacks. French is ninth nationally in sacks per game (0.88) and 44th in TFL per contest (1.2). He tallied 72 total tackles, 15 tackles-for-loss, one interception and one forced fumble. He finished the regular-season as the Big South leader in sacks with 11.5 - setting the league single-season record. Brown recorded five tackles, a fumble recovery and an interception at Coastal Carolina (9/10) to earn Big South Player of the Week and STATS Perform National Player of the Week Honorable Mention honors (9/12).He also came up clutch for GWU, securing a 40-yard fumble return to set up the 'Dawgs for a score in the de-facto Big South Championship game vs NC A&T (11/19).įrench was a finalist for the Stats Perform FCS Buck Buchanan National Defensive Player of the Year Award, Ted Hendricks Award and the first Runnin' Bulldog to be voted Big South Defensive Player of the Year since 2008. He finished the season with 60 tackles (35 solo), three interceptions, and two fumble recoveries. Anderson also earned STATS Perform National Player of the Week Honorable Mention honors (10/3) for his play against the Thundering Herd.īrown started all 13 games at free safety for GWU. He earned Big South Freshman of the Week honors (10/3) after recording nine tackles (three solo), 1.5 tackles for loss and a 45-yard pick six at Marshall (10/1). Ty Anderson, Jamari Brown, Ty French, Narii Gaither, Brennan McGuire, William McRainey, Raequan Ousley, Ian Sauter, AJ Thomas, Gabe Thompson, and Jamie Wilson all earned the honors for Gardner-Webb.Īnderson earned Big South Defensive Freshman of the Year honors, recording 39 tackles (15 solo), six tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and an interception. This list is of the 64 returning All-Conference players from the ten teams in the two conferences last season. The 'Dawgs also had eleven players selected to the Big South-OVC Football Association Watch List. Tennessee Tech rounds out the squads that earned a first-place vote, as the Golden Eagles were voted fourth, earning 58 points. The Skyhawks earned 85 points and one first-place vote. Gardner-Webb edged out UT Martin by one point, who is predicted to finish third. GWU is predicted to finish behind Southeast Missouri State, the reigning OVC champions, who earned six first-place votes and 96 points. The 'Dawgs picked up a pair of first-place votes, three second-place votes, four third-place votes, and one fourth-place vote. The Runnin' Bulldogs earned a total of 86 points, earning 10 points for each first place vote. The defending Big South Conference champions earned their highest preseason prognostication in over 17 years, earning second-place nods in the 2023 Big South-OVC Football Association Preseason Poll, announced on Tuesday, July 25. Big South-OVC Football Association Preseason Poll.
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