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Pinkel, Roethlisberger added to MAC Hall

5/31/2015

By EVAN MEYER
CLEVELAND – Five new members were inducted into the Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame Wednesday night at the Honors Dinner inside the Renissance Cleveland hotel.

Among the quintet were former Miami University and current Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, as well as former Toledo and current Missouri head football coach Gary Pinkel.

Also inducted were Central Michigan’s Casey Cunningham, one of the best wrestlers in MAC history, along with legendary track coaches in Eastern Michigan Bob Parks and Western Michigan’s George Dales.
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MAC MISC – This and that from around the MAC

5/19/2015

Headlines . . .
► Nate Navigato will join Toledo MBB
► Buffalo adds Dallas area player
► New Falcon shines in ‘3’ and ‘D’
► Toledo to Play in 2015 GCI Great Alaska Shootout

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MAC MISC … This and that from around the MAC

5/11/2015

HEADLINES . . .

► Former Citadel guarded will join RedHawks

► Bulls bring in ‘big time shooter’

► Holmes invited to NBA Combine event

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MAC players among free agent signers, camp invitees

5/4/2015

With the 2015 NFL Draft ending Saturday evening, many former MAC football student-athletes have either signed or agreed to NFL rookie free agent contracts or invites to rookie mini-camps with various NFL clubs. Over the next several days this list will continue to grow as NFL teams announce their free agent signings.

Former MAC Student-Athletes Signed To NFL Contracts/Rookie Invites
Ball State; RB Jahwan Edwards, San Diego Chargers
Central Michigan; WR Titus Davis, San Diego Chargers
Central Michigan; RB Thomas Rawls, Seattle Seahawks
Central Michigan; TE Dean Butler, Detroit Lions - Invite to Rookie Mini-Camp
Central Michigan; LB Justin Cherocci, Detroit Lions - Invite to Rookie Mini-Camp
Central Michigan; DB Jason Wilson, Dallas Cowboys - Invite to Rookie Mini-Camp
Central Michigan; OL Andy Phillips, Green Bay Packers - Invite to Rookie Mini-Camp
Central Michigan; OL Kevin Henry, Atlanta Falcons - Invite to Rookie Mini-Camp
Central Michigan; TE Mike Kinville, Atlanta Falcons - Invite to Rookie Mini-Camp
Eastern Michigan; TE Tyreese Russell, Detroit Lions - Invite to Rookie Mini-Camp
Eastern Michigan; QB Rob Bolden, Detroit Lions - Invite to Rookie Mini-Camp
Kent State; TE Casey Pierce, Detroit Lions
Ohio; DL Cameron McLeod, Houston Texans
Toledo; OL Greg Mancz, Houston Texans
Toledo; LB Junior Sylvestre, Indianapolis Colts
Toledo; K Jeremiah Detmer, Chicago Bears
Western Michigan; DB Donald Celiscar, Indianapolis Colts
Western Michigan; DB Justin Currie, New York Giants

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Cardinals QB will leave program

5/3/2015

Ozzie Mann, a redshirt sophomore quarterback on the Ball State football team for the 2014 season, has decided to transfer from the university and pursue other opportunities.

"We want to thank Ozzie for his hard work and for representing our program in a first class manner,” Ball State head coach Pete Lembo said. “Depth chart decisions are never easy, but they need to be made. Ozzie has our full support and we will do whatever we can to help him with this next step in his career."

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More MAC players get NFL draft call

5/2/2015

Three more Mid-American Conference players were drafted by NFL teams Saturday. They join Miami RedHawks cornerback and 2014 MAC Defensive Player of the Year Quinten Rollins, who was selected Friday in the second round by Green Bay.

Getting the call Saturday were:
► DL Leterrius Walton (Central Michigan) by the Pittsburgh Steelers (6th round, 199th overall
► DT Kristjan Sokoli (Buffalo) by the Seattle Seahawks (6th round, 214th overall)
► WR Da'Ron Brown (Northern Illinois) by the Kansas City Chiefs (7th round, 233rd overall)

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RedHawk Rollins is first MAC player drafted

5/1/2015

Quinten Rollins finished the 2014 campaign with two interceptions against Ohio U. That helped propel the four-year RedHawks basketball player to 2014 MAC football Defensive Player of the Year honors. He is now headed to the Green Bay Packers. Photo by Mike Smith.

'Q' headed to Green Bay
Quinten Rollins, a former member of the Miami University football team, was selected by the Green Bay Packers on Friday, May 1 in the second round of the National Football League Draft. He was taken with the 62nd overall pick and was the first player from the Mid-American Conference selected.

Rollins is the first RedHawk picked in the NFL Draft since Zac Dysert was selected in the seventh round in 2012 by the Denver Broncos.

Rollins is also the highest Miami player selected since Ben Roethlisberger was taken 11th overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2004.

The Wilmington, Ohio native has one of the most unique stories in this year’s draft. The defensive back played just one year of college football after participating with the Miami basketball team for four years.

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MAC Misc – This and that from around the MAC

5/1/2015

HEADLINES

► Cardinals will replace gridiron turf

► Area player inks with Falcons

► Miami inks forward

► Buffalo named to tip-off tournament field

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