College Football Digest / Hometown Stories
The college football moments that mean more back home. The players, the plays, and the schools that knew them first.
Watch the storyTramell Jones Jr.’s route to Florida’s quarterback room began at Mandarin High School in Jacksonville. Now his name is at the center of a much larger stage.
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Watch the storyTulane needed one yard to keep Memphis from getting the ball back. Johnnie Daniels gave the Green Wave 48—and a touchdown.
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Watch the storyIndiana State lost the game. Spencer Conrad still made the other end of the field matter.
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Watch the storyMudia Reuben’s story reaches from Kansas City to college football—and to water wells in Nigeria.
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Watch the storyKhalid Bueno left Philadelphia with school tackle records. At Stony Brook, he is giving opposing offenses another reason to remember his name.
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Watch the storyJack Foley’s touchdown gave Wake Forest room to breathe. His eight catches did much more than fill a stat sheet.
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Watch the storyThe run that opened the game up covered 72 yards. The route that brought Herschel Turner to Nevada started in Richmond, California, and passed through Mt. Diablo High School in nearby Concord.
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Watch the storyWith 46 seconds left, Blake Baker found the pass Louisiana Tech needed. Eli Finley caught the go-ahead touchdown, and a night spent chasing Louisiana ended in a 32–31 win.
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Watch the storyGio Lopez joined the school that had beaten his previous team. By October, the quarterback from Madison, Alabama, was driving Wake Forest past another North Carolina rival.
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Watch the storyEli Campbell arrived at Wofford from Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach. Against Elon on October 10, the defensive back from Sanford, Florida, came away with 2 interceptions and a fumble recovery while the Terriers kept the scoreboard at zero.
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Watch the storyAndre Porter’s father played defense for UNLV. On October 10, the Las Vegas native and Liberty High graduate supplied the Rebels’ only touchdown: a 23-yard interception return in a 13–7 win over North Dakota State.
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Watch the storyHyde Park’s Jojo Uga took a route through Weston High School, Worcester Academy and Albany before reaching Lamar. Against UIW on October 10, the Massachusetts running back scored 3 touchdowns in a game the Cardinals won by 3 points.
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