2019 James Madison Dukes football | |
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CAA champion | |
NCAA Division I Championship Game, L 20–28 vs.
North Dakota State | |
Conference | CAA Football |
Ranking | |
STATS | No. 2 |
FCS Coaches | No. 2 |
Record | 14–2 (8–0 CAA) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Shane Montgomery (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Spread [1] |
Defensive coordinator | Corey Hetherman (1st season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Bridgeforth Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 James Madison $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Albany ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Villanova ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elon | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Curt Cignetti and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium. They competed as a member of CAA Football. [a] They finished the season 14–2, 8–0 in CAA play to be CAA champions. They received the CAA's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Monmouth, Northern Iowa, and Weber State to advance to the FCS National Championship Game where they lost to North Dakota State.
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Dukes were predicted to finish in first place. [2]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | James Madison | 238 (20) |
2 | Towson | 217 (3) |
3 | Maine | 201 (1) |
4 | Elon | 164 |
5 | Delaware | 162 |
6 | Stony Brook | 151 |
7 | New Hampshire | 109 |
8 | Rhode Island | 104 |
9 | Villanova | 84 |
10 | Richmond | 62 |
11 | William & Mary | 58 |
12 | Albany | 34 |
The Dukes had six players selected to the preseason all-CAA team. [2]
Offense Liam Fornadel – OL
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Defense Ron'Dell Carter – DL Dimitri Holloway – LB Adam Smith – S Rashad Robinson – CB |
Special teams D'Angelo Amos – PR |
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 2:00 p.m. | at West Virginia* | No. 2 | AT&TSN Pitt | L 13–20 | 61,891 | |
September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Saint Francis (PA)* | No. 2 | NBCS WA | W 44–7 | 22,422 | |
September 14 | 3:30 p.m. | Morgan State* | No. 2 |
| NBCS WA | W 63–12 | 19,777 |
September 21 | 4:00 p.m. | at Chattanooga* | No. 2 | ESPN+ | W 37–14 | 8,795 | |
September 28 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 24 Elon | No. 2 | FloSports | W 45–10 | 11,926 | |
October 5 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 24 Stony Brook | No. 2 | FloSports/ SNY | W 45–38 OT | 12,812 | |
October 12 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 5 Villanova | No. 2 |
| MASN | W 38–24 | 25,076 |
October 19 | 3:30 p.m. | at William & Mary | No. 2 | FloSports | W 38–10 | 11,821 | |
October 26 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 16 Towson | No. 2 |
| MASN/SNY | W 27–10 | 23,983 |
November 9 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 23 New Hampshire | No. 2 |
| MASN/SNY | W 54–16 | 19,660 |
November 16 | 3:30 p.m. | Richmond | No. 2 |
| MASN/SNY | W 48–6 | 21,947 |
November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | at Rhode Island | No. 2 | FloSports | W 55–21 | 2,815 | |
December 7 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 14 Monmouth* | No. 2 |
| ESPN3 | W 66–21 | 10,881 |
December 13 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 6 Northern Iowa* | No. 2 |
| ESPN2 | W 17–0 | 8,741 |
December 21 | 6:30 p.m. | No. 4 Weber State* | No. 2 |
| ESPNU | W 30–14 | 10,487 |
January 11 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 1 North Dakota State* | No. 2 | ABC | L 20–28 | 17,866 | |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
Mountaineers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Red Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
No. 2 Dukes | 14 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 44 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bears | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 21 | 0 | 35 | 63 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 2 Dukes | 14 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 37 |
Mocs | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 2 Dukes | 14 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 45 |
No. 24 Phoenix | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | |
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No. 2 Dukes | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
No. 24 Seawolves | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 38 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 5 Wildcats | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 38 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
Tribe | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 16 Tigers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 23 Wildcats | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
No. 2 Dukes | 10 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 54 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Spiders | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
No. 2 Dukes | 10 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 48 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 2 Dukes | 10 | 21 | 7 | 17 | 55 |
Rams | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
The Dukes entered the postseason tournament as the number two seed, with a first-round bye. [4]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 14 Hawks | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
No. 2 Dukes | 21 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 66 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 6 Panthers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 4 Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
No. 2 Dukes | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
No. 1 Bison | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
Week | |||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
STATS FCS | 2 (14) | 2 (11) | 2 (9) | 2 (8) | 2 (4) | 2 (7) | 2 (1) | 2 (2) | 2 (3) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Coaches | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
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7 | 231 | Ben DiNucci | QB | Dallas Cowboys |
2019 James Madison Dukes football | |
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CAA champion | |
NCAA Division I Championship Game, L 20–28 vs.
North Dakota State | |
Conference | CAA Football |
Ranking | |
STATS | No. 2 |
FCS Coaches | No. 2 |
Record | 14–2 (8–0 CAA) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Shane Montgomery (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Spread [1] |
Defensive coordinator | Corey Hetherman (1st season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Bridgeforth Stadium |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 James Madison $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Albany ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Villanova ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elon | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Curt Cignetti and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium. They competed as a member of CAA Football. [a] They finished the season 14–2, 8–0 in CAA play to be CAA champions. They received the CAA's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Monmouth, Northern Iowa, and Weber State to advance to the FCS National Championship Game where they lost to North Dakota State.
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 23, 2019, the Dukes were predicted to finish in first place. [2]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | James Madison | 238 (20) |
2 | Towson | 217 (3) |
3 | Maine | 201 (1) |
4 | Elon | 164 |
5 | Delaware | 162 |
6 | Stony Brook | 151 |
7 | New Hampshire | 109 |
8 | Rhode Island | 104 |
9 | Villanova | 84 |
10 | Richmond | 62 |
11 | William & Mary | 58 |
12 | Albany | 34 |
The Dukes had six players selected to the preseason all-CAA team. [2]
Offense Liam Fornadel – OL
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Defense Ron'Dell Carter – DL Dimitri Holloway – LB Adam Smith – S Rashad Robinson – CB |
Special teams D'Angelo Amos – PR |
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 2:00 p.m. | at West Virginia* | No. 2 | AT&TSN Pitt | L 13–20 | 61,891 | |
September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Saint Francis (PA)* | No. 2 | NBCS WA | W 44–7 | 22,422 | |
September 14 | 3:30 p.m. | Morgan State* | No. 2 |
| NBCS WA | W 63–12 | 19,777 |
September 21 | 4:00 p.m. | at Chattanooga* | No. 2 | ESPN+ | W 37–14 | 8,795 | |
September 28 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 24 Elon | No. 2 | FloSports | W 45–10 | 11,926 | |
October 5 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 24 Stony Brook | No. 2 | FloSports/ SNY | W 45–38 OT | 12,812 | |
October 12 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 5 Villanova | No. 2 |
| MASN | W 38–24 | 25,076 |
October 19 | 3:30 p.m. | at William & Mary | No. 2 | FloSports | W 38–10 | 11,821 | |
October 26 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 16 Towson | No. 2 |
| MASN/SNY | W 27–10 | 23,983 |
November 9 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 23 New Hampshire | No. 2 |
| MASN/SNY | W 54–16 | 19,660 |
November 16 | 3:30 p.m. | Richmond | No. 2 |
| MASN/SNY | W 48–6 | 21,947 |
November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | at Rhode Island | No. 2 | FloSports | W 55–21 | 2,815 | |
December 7 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 14 Monmouth* | No. 2 |
| ESPN3 | W 66–21 | 10,881 |
December 13 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 6 Northern Iowa* | No. 2 |
| ESPN2 | W 17–0 | 8,741 |
December 21 | 6:30 p.m. | No. 4 Weber State* | No. 2 |
| ESPNU | W 30–14 | 10,487 |
January 11 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 1 North Dakota State* | No. 2 | ABC | L 20–28 | 17,866 | |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
Mountaineers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Red Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
No. 2 Dukes | 14 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 44 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bears | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 21 | 0 | 35 | 63 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 2 Dukes | 14 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 37 |
Mocs | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 2 Dukes | 14 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 45 |
No. 24 Phoenix | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | |
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No. 2 Dukes | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
No. 24 Seawolves | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 38 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 5 Wildcats | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 38 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
Tribe | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 16 Tigers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 23 Wildcats | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
No. 2 Dukes | 10 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 54 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Spiders | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
No. 2 Dukes | 10 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 48 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 2 Dukes | 10 | 21 | 7 | 17 | 55 |
Rams | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
The Dukes entered the postseason tournament as the number two seed, with a first-round bye. [4]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 14 Hawks | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
No. 2 Dukes | 21 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 66 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 6 Panthers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 4 Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
No. 2 Dukes | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 2 Dukes | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
No. 1 Bison | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
Week | |||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
STATS FCS | 2 (14) | 2 (11) | 2 (9) | 2 (8) | 2 (4) | 2 (7) | 2 (1) | 2 (2) | 2 (3) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Coaches | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
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7 | 231 | Ben DiNucci | QB | Dallas Cowboys |