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DJ Lagway
Derek "DJ" Lagway (born August 13, 2005) is an American football quarterback for the Florida Gators. Early life Lagway attended Willis High School in Willis, Texas. As a junior in 2022, he passed for 2,081 yards with 24 touchdowns and five interceptions. Prior to his senior season in 2023, Lagway participated in the Elite 11. As a senior, he passed for 4,631 yards with a Texas Class 6A record 58 touchdown passes, and added 975 rushing yards with 15 touchdowns. He was named the MaxPreps National Player of the Year and Mr. Texas Football. For his career, Lagway had 8,392 passing yards and 100 passing touchdowns with 2,196 rushing yards and 29 rushing touchdowns. A five-star recruit, Lagway committed to the University of Florida to play college football. College career 2024: Freshman Season Lagway entered his true freshman season with the Florida Gators in 2024 as the backup to Graham Mertz. After Mertz was placed in concussion protocol following the season opener against Mia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quarterback
The quarterback (QB) is a position in gridiron football who are members of the offensive side of the ball and mostly line up directly behind the Lineman (football), offensive line. In modern American football, the quarterback is usually considered the leader of the offense, and is often responsible for calling the play in the huddle. The quarterback also touches the ball on almost every offensive play, and is almost always the offensive player that throws forward passes. When the QB is tackled behind the line of scrimmage, it is called a Quarterback sack, sack. The position is also colloquially known as the "signal caller" and "field general". The quarterback is widely considered the most important position in American football, and one of the most important positions in team sports. Overview In modern American football, the starting quarterback is usually the leader of the offense, and their successes and failures can have a significant impact on the fortunes of their team. Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Mertz
Graham Mertz (born December 6, 2000) is an American professional football quarterback for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers and the Florida Gators. Mertz was selected by the Texans in the sixth round of the 2025 NFL draft. Early life Mertz's first two years of high school were spent at Bishop Miege High School in Roeland Park, Kansas. While there, he played high school football and backed up all-state quarterback Carter Putz. Before his junior year, Mertz transferred to Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park, Kansas. He led Blue Valley North to a Class 6A state championship as a junior, and to state runner-up as a senior. In his senior year he completed 61.1% of his passes for 3,886 yards and a state-record 51 touchdowns. He was a finalist for the Elite 11 quarterback competition in 2018, and was named Gatorade Kansas Football Player of the Year. Graham was invited to the All-American Bowl aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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2005 Births
5 (five) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 Digit (anatomy), digits on their Limb (anatomy), limbs. Mathematics 5 is a Fermat prime, a Mersenne prime exponent, as well as a Fibonacci number. 5 is the first congruent number, as well as the length of the hypotenuse of the smallest integer-sided right triangle, making part of the smallest Pythagorean triple (3, 4, 5). 5 is the first safe prime and the first good prime. 11 forms the first pair of sexy primes with 5. 5 is the second Fermat number, Fermat prime, of a total of five known Fermat primes. 5 is also the first of three known Wilson primes (5, 13, 563). Geometry A shape with five sides is called a pentagon. The pentagon is the first regular polygon that does not Tessellation, tile the Plane (geometry), plane with copies of itself. It is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baylor University
Baylor University is a Private university, private Baptist research university in Waco, Texas, United States. It was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the first educational institutions west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Located on the banks of the Brazos River next to Interstate 35 in Texas, I-35, between the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex and Austin, Texas, Austin, the university's campus is the largest Baptist university in the world. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. , Baylor had a total enrollment of 20,824 students (15,155 undergraduate and 5,669 graduate). It is one of 146 US universities Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "List of research universities in the United States, R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity". The university grants Undergraduate education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Florida Gators Football Team
The 2024 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gators were led by third-year head coach Billy Napier and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium located in Gainesville, Florida. The Gators entered the season having the most difficult schedule in the country. Following Florida's 23–17 defeat in overtime to No. 8 2024 Tennessee Volunteers football team, Tennessee that resulted in the Gators going 1–2 in conference play, there was speculation head coach Billy Napier would be fired. However, the team would rally towards the end of the season, upsetting No. 22 2024 LSU Tigers football team, LSU and No. 9 2024 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Ole Miss at home consecutively. The Florida Gators would finish on a three-game winning streak, beating their in-state Florida–Florida State football rivalry, rivals 2024 Florida State Seminoles foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 NCAA Division I FBS Football Season
The 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 155th season of college football in the United States, the 119th season organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the 49th of the highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The regular season began on August 24 and ended on December 14. The postseason began on December 14, and, aside from any all-star games that are scheduled, end on January 20, 2025, with the College Football Playoff National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. This was the first season of the new College Football Playoff (CFP) system, with the bracket being expanded to 12 teams. It was the first time since the 2021 season that no major team finished the season undefeated, as the Oregon Ducks, the season's last undefeated team, were defeated by the eventual national champion Ohio State Buckeyes 41–21 in the Rose Bowl. The season's Heisman Trophy winner was Colorado Buffaloes cornerba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Florida State Seminoles Football Team
The 2024 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the Atlantic Coast Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season, entering the season as the defending ACC champion. The Seminoles were led by Mike Norvell, who was in his fifth year as their head coach. The Seminoles played home games at Doak Campbell Stadium, with a reduced capacity due to renovations, located in Tallahassee, Florida. Despite high pre-season expectations, including a top ten ranking in the polls, the Seminoles instead had a disastrous season, finishing with their worst record in a season since 1974, becoming the first team in the CFP era to go from double-digit wins to double-digit losses the following year as well as the first team in college football history to start the season in the top ten and finish with double-digit losses. The Seminoles became bowl ineligible following a loss to rival Miami, the first time for a defending power conference champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Ole Miss Rebels Football Team
The 2024 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels were led by fifth-year head coach Lane Kiffin. The team played its home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. Expectations were high for the Rebels going into the 2024 season as they were coming off of a 2023 season in which they won Peach Bowl, went 11–2 on the season, and finished #9. They were #6 in the preseason polls and started out 4–0 before suffering a shocking 20–17 loss at home to unranked Kentucky. The next week, they rebounded by beating South Carolina 27–3 in Columbia, however the week after that, they lost 29–26 to #13 LSU in overtime despite the Tigers never having the lead during regulation. This loss caused the Rebels to fall to 5–2 and #18, but they rebounded with a home win over Oklahoma and a road win over Arkansas (the latter of which f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 LSU Tigers Football Team
The 2024 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by Brian Kelly who was in his third year as LSU's head coach. The Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Offseason On December 27, 2023, offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock was announced as the new offensive coordinator at Notre Dame after two seasons at LSU. On January 3, 2024, Kelly announced that LSU would part ways with defensive coordinator Matt House, cornerbacks coach Robert Steeples, safeties coach Kerry Cooks, and defensive line coach Jimmy Lindsey prior to the 2024 season. On January 5, 2024, Missouri defensive coordinator Blake Baker was hired by LSU to become their new defensive coordinator after two seasons at Missouri, replacing House. Baker was previously the linebackers coach at LSU in 2021 prior to his hiring by Mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Georgia Bulldogs Football Team
The 2024 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by ninth-year head coach Kirby Smart, who notched his 100th win as head coach during the season. The Bulldogs went 11–3 and won the SEC Championship Game against Texas in overtime. After the end of the season with Georgia's 23–10 loss to Notre Dame at the Sugar Bowl, Smart called the season "the toughest year of my tenure. Easily the toughest of my tenure." Offseason Entered NFL draft Team departures Over the course of the off-season, Georgia lost 48 total players. Eleven players graduated, 12 players declared for the NFL Draft, while the other 22 players entered the transfer portal. Transfer portal Twenty-two Georgia Bulldogs players entered the NCAA transfer portal during or after the 2023 season. Over the off-season, Georgia added eleven players from the transfer p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Kentucky Wildcats Football Team
The 2024 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats are led by Mark Stoops in his 12th year as their head coach. The Kentucky football team plays its home games at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. After a loss to Texas on November 23, the Wildcats became bowl ineligible for the first time since 2015, ending a school record eight straight bowl game streak. Schedule Kentucky and the SEC announced the 2024 football schedule on December 13, 2023. The 2024 Wildcats' schedule consists of 8 home games and 4 away games for the regular season. Game summaries vs Southern Miss vs South Carolina vs No. 1 Georgia vs Ohio at No. 6 Ole Miss vs Vanderbilt (rivalry) at Florida (rivalry) vs Auburn at No. 7 Tennessee (rivalry) vs Murray State (FCS) at No. 3 Texas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
