Thomas wins CAA Offensive Rookie of the Year
Freshman running back Jaylan Thomas was named Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Offensive Rookie of the Year for 2018 in a press release from the CAA league offices on Tuesday, Nov. 20.
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Freshman running back Jaylan Thomas was named Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Offensive Rookie of the Year for 2018 in a press release from the CAA league offices on Tuesday, Nov. 20.
Elon University football (6-4, 4-3) is returning to the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs to visit the Wofford College Terriers on Nov. 24 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Sixteen senior Elon University football players made their way from the locker room in Alumni Field House, down the hill behind the north end zone and through the smoke, onto the field one last time at Rhodes Stadium. Running, walking or hobbling, the seniors took to the sod for their final home game.
Elon University football’s hopes of a conference championship came to an end at Rhodes Stadium Saturday when the No. 5 Phoenix (6-3, 4-2) fell to No. 20 Towson University (7-3, 5-2) 41-10. This was Elon’s worst loss of the year and the most points they have given up all year.
Elon University football (6-2, 4-1) is now no. 5 in the FCS Coaches Poll and No. 7 in the STATS Top-25 poll following a 24-21 win over the University of Rhode Island this past weekend.
It’s the end of an Elon football journey for senior running back Malcolm Summers. The senior took to Twitter Thursday night to make the announcement. After not playing the previous two games for the Phoenix and with speculation swirling on when, or if, the deep back would return, Summers closed the book officially on his career two days before Elon’s game against the University of Rhode Island.
Elon University’s football team clocked in at No. 5 (5-2, 3-1) in the first and only top-10 ranking the NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee will release until the final playoff bracket becomes available at the end of the season.
Elon University Football (5-2, 3-1) moved to No. 8 in the country in the STATS Top-25 poll and No. 6 in the FCS Coaches Poll following their win on Saturday over the University of Richmond Spiders 38-28. This is the third time this season that Elon has cracked the top 10 this season.
Elon football (5-2, 3-1) got back into the win column against a struggling University of Richmond (3-5, 1-4) at Rhodes Stadium on Saturday. An unfamiliar-looking Phoenix squad was able to prevail in a seesaw contest that went down to the wire.
Elon football (4-2, 2-1) is taking on University of Richmond (3-4, 1-3) on Saturday, Oct. 20 during Inauguration Weekend in front of their home fans at Rhodes Stadium. The Phoenix is clocking in before the game at No. 11 in the nation in both the FCS Coaches Poll and the STATS FCS Top-25. Elon suffered its first FCS loss of the season last week while on the road against the University of Delaware. This is Elon’s last game before playing three currently-ranked teams to close out the season.
Sophomore Davis Cheek will be out for the rest of the season due to a torn ACL in his left knee, as first reported by Adam Smith of the Times News. Cheek suffered the injury in Elon’s first Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) loss of the year against the University of Delaware on Saturday, Oct. 13.
Elon University football (4-2, 2-1) fell to No. 11 in both the FCS Coaches Poll and in the STATS FCS Top 25. This comes on the heels of the team’s 28-16 loss – its first FCS loss of the year – against the University of Delaware.
No. 5 Elon Football (4-2) fell to the University of Delaware (4-2) on Saturday 28-16. Elon was hampered by injuries that could prove to be much more costly than losing this game. This loss comes just one week after beating James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Elon University football has moved up to No. 5 in the nation in the STATS Football Championship Subdivision Top 25 poll and No. 6 in the FCS Coaches poll. This is the highest Elon has been ranked in the country since they were ranked at No. 6 in the nation for three straight weeks in 2009.
Elon University football (4-1) upset defending Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) champion and No. 2-seed James Madison University (4-2) in dramatic fashion to spoil the Dukes' Parents Weekend game 27-24.
On the day of an Elon University football game at home, there are a few constants: The sun will rise, the stands will be filled with fans and the Elon 7 a.m. Tailgate group will have the grills going as they cook up some mighty fine food.
Elon University football (3-1) got its third win in a row, outscoring the winless University of New Hampshire (0-4) team 30-9 on Saturday, Sept. 29, in front of the home fans and their parents.
Tampa, Fla. — It would be easy to write off last year’s Elon football season as a fluke. A team that had long served as the doormat of the Colonial Athletic Association suddenly rocketed towards the top behind a true freshman quarterback playing out of his mind.
The Phoenix is down in Tampa for their first test of 2018. After head coach Curt Cignetti catapulted the team to the top of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in his first season at the helm, expectations are high. Elon starts the year with a No. 12 ranking in the STATS FCS Poll and has a handful of all-conference players returning to the roster. There’s a legitimate shot at a playoff appearance on the line this fall, but first the Phoenix must surpass its lone FBS challenge tonight.
Elon University offensive lineman Ikenna Nwokeji just became the 12th Phoenix to sign a contract to the NFL when he signed on with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday, April 28.