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Trio of Buccaneers Receive Phil Steele All-American Nods

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 16, 2020) – A trio of ETSU football players were named to the Phil Steele All-American squads, as announced late Wednesday afternoon. Artevius Smith (Birmingham, Ala.) was tabbed to the Phil Steele All-American Third Team, while Nasir Player (Columbia, S.C.) was named to the Phil Steele All-American Fourth Team. Donovan Manuel (Ellenwood, Ga.) culminated a strong freshman campaign by being honored with a Phil Steele All-American Freshman Fourth Team appearance.

ETSU Places 36 Student-Athletes on SoCon Fall Academic Team

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (Jan. 15, 2020) – The Southern Conference announced its Fall Academic All-Conference Team on Wednesday afternoon, as 36 ETSU student-athletes earned the academic honors for 2019.

Bucs Garner Plethora of Phil Steele All-SoCon Awards

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 8, 2020) – The ETSU Buccaneers were well represented on the Phil Steele All-Southern Conference Teams, garnering nine positions on the three teams.

Player Garners Third All-American Recognition

WACO, Texas (Dec. 20, 2019) – The list of accolades just keeps getting bigger and bigger for Nasir Player (Columbia, S.C.) as he was named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) FCS Coaches’ All-America Second Team. The honor was announced Friday morning and is the third All-American honor of the season and the week for Player.

Buccaneer Duo Earns STATS FCS All-American Honors

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Dec. 19, 2019) – The All-American accolades continue to funnel in for the Bucs as Nasir Player (Columbia, S.C.) and Artevius Smith (Birmingham, S.C.) snatch their second All-American honors of the week and the postseason. The ETSU duo were named to the STATS FCS All-American Second Team following strong senior campaigns.

ETSU Football Inks Seven on National Signing Day

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Dec. 18, 2019) – ETSU Football Head Coach Randy Sanders introduced the seven newest additions to the Buccaneer roster on Wednesday afternoon as part of the 2020 ETSU National Signing Day, presented by Chick-fil-A in Johnson City.