Great year last year though:

A sustainable environmental design major from Rancho Mirage, California, Whelan captured All-Big Sky Conference Honorable Mention in his sophomore season. He averaged 41.5 yards on 77 attempts, pinning foes inside the 20-yard line on 35 occasions and booting 17 punts for 50 yards are more. Whelan continues a strong recenst tradition for the Aggies at the position, as each of his predecessors – Colton Schmidt and Colby Wadman – have gone on to NFL careers.

Just getting us acquainted and toughened up for eventually joining the PAC12... :razz:

EXCERPT FROM HERO SPORTS:

FCS 2019 PREVIEW: UC Davis Football Looks Like A National Title Contender

OUR TAKE: Expectations are sky-high for this program in 2019. And they should be. The trajectory of this program these last couple of years, along with tremendous recruiting, shows the Aggies are a team that will be in the national picture for awhile. And for this specific 2019 squad, which we preseason ranked No. 3, their eyes should be on the ultimate prize. UC Davis feels like it should've been playing in Frisco last year. And the amount of experience and talent back from that team suggests Texas is a realistic destination in January

MORE HERE: https://herosports.com/fcs/football-2019-preview-uc-davis-big-sky-bzbz

2019 FCS PUNTER OF THE YEAR - PRESEASON WATCH LIST

DJ Arnson, Northern Arizona
JT Bohlken, Illinois State
Matthew Campbell, The Citadel
Luke Carter, Wofford
Cade Coffey, Idaho
Anthony Craven, Alabama State
Steve Dawson, Murray State
Brad Dennis, Campbell
Chris Faddoul, Florida A&M
Andrew Foster, Morehead State
Joe Gurley, North Alabama
Brad Hurst, Georgetown
Winston Jones, Nicholls State
Ross Kennedy, Drake
Tanner Kulhan, San Diego
Doug Lloyd, Weber State
Mitch Maczura, Duquesne
Corey McCullough, Alcorn State
Andrew Mevis, Fordham
Harry O'Kelly, James Madison
Alex Pechin, Bucknell
Nick Pritchard, Delaware
Kyle Reighard, Charleston Southern
Jake Reynolds, Southeast Missouri
Drew Sanborn, New Hampshire
Jon Sot, Harvard
Garret Wegner, North Dakota State
Daniel Whelan, UC Davis

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2019/8/1/football-whelan-nominated-for-fcs-punter-of-the-year.aspx

2019 WALTER PAYTON AWARD - PRESEASON WATCH LIST

Tyrie Adams, QB, Western Carolina
Troy Andersen, ATH, Montana State
Kenji Bahar, QB, Monmouth
Eric Barriere, QB, Eastern Washington
Michael Bandy, WR, San Diego
Grant Breneman, QB, Colgate
Case Cookus, QB, Northern Arizona
Zerrick Cooper, QB, Jacksonville State
Tom Flacco, QB, Towson
Chase Fourcade, QB, Nicholls
A.J. Hines, RB, Duquesne
Cade Johnson, WR, South Dakota State
Noah Johnson, QB, Alcorn State
Reed Klubnik, WR, Yale
Jake Maier, QB, UC Davis
Caylin Newton, QB, Howard
Bryce Nunnelly, WR, Chattanooga
Aaron Parker, WR, Rhode Island
Josh Pearson, WR, Jacksonville State
James Robinson, RB, Illinois State
Shane Simpson, RB/RS, Towson
Nathan Stewart, Sam Houston State
Charlie Taumoepeau, TE, Portland State
Adam Trautman, TE, Dayton
De'Shawn Waller, RB, Alcorn State

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2019/7/31/football-maier-named-to-walter-payton-award-watch-list.aspx

http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i=20190731120528992504704

Maybe the conferences might be the same...PAC12... :starstruck:

Great interview with Keelan and predicting the Ags will win the National Championship too!

He's a mature, articulate, young man. You gotta love how the Aggies recruit such high quality athletes.

I hadn't thought about that...!

http://www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i=20190730113900195427704&ref=rec&tm=&src=FCS

Great to see this game scheduled. Hawkins vs Petersen...like minded, former Aggies tutored by Sochor...fantastic!

12/5 vs Boston University

I wonder why the Aggies have never hosted an early season tournament like this?

The Ags will play in the Arkansas State Red Wolves Classic in Jonesboro, Arkansas on November 14-17. This is a round robin tournament.

11/15 against Arkansas State
Idaho and VMI TBD

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/bigwest/2019-20-nonconference-opponents-t23557-s90.html

http://www.astateredwolves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7200&ATCLID=211807992

:up: :cheer:

This is a very exciting time for Aggie Athletics under the leadership of Blue. He is obviously a very intelligent and logical thinker who has the entire program on a fast, upward trajectory. He is the perfect fit for us and we can only hope he stays long while.

Our number 2 ranked FCS Prospect: Jake Maier, Quarterback from UC Davis



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