Ex Libertate Veritas | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

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FOUR? You lost four recruits to them? Yikes. The Marcus Freeman Era hitting some hiccups.

We didn't want those recruits anyways. Better ones are coming.

losing 4 straight to Clemson. I guess if they can't beat you, they gonna sabo your recruiting

ShireNiner knows whats up. If we really wanted em, we woulda stolen em.

Honestly the TE Cano was the only one I was really bummed about

the real steal was Orakpo by Miami. 98 scouted speed and a green gem

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Put the Kids To Bed.....This One's Graphic


You'd think it would be part of the game plan to cover the oppositions best receiver....right? Apparently not as Tabor collects his 3rd touchdown in the 1st half alone.

BOXSCORE

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
North Carolina	7	7	0	0	14
Coastal Carolina	21	28	7	7	63

ScoringSummary

Q	Team	Time	Play	North Carolina	Coastal Carolina
1st	Coastal Carolina	9:18	Marco Sawyer, Returned Punt 65 Yds	0	7
1st	Coastal Carolina	7:39	Braydon Tabor, 50 Yd Pass From Anthony Prude	0	14
1st	Coastal Carolina	6:36	Braydon Tabor, 46 Yd Pass From Anthony Prude	0	21
1st	North Carolina	2:22	Chad Thompson, 17 Yd Pass From Juan Pappoe	7	21
2nd	Coastal Carolina	9:27	Darin Best, 14 Yd Pass From Anthony Prude	7	28
2nd	Coastal Carolina	6:07	Morgan Briggs, 20 Yd Pass From Anthony Prude	7	35
2nd	North Carolina	3:51	David Ekwerekwu, 37 Yd Pass From Juan Pappie	14	35
2nd	Coastal Carolina	2:40	Morgan Briggs, 51 Yd Pass From Anthony Prude	14	42
2nd	Coastal Carolina	1:22	Braydon Tabor, 36 Yd Pass From Anthony Prude	14	49
3rd	Coastal Carolina	1:38	Fredrick McCallum, 8 Yd run	14	56
4th	Coastal Carolina	5:55	Skylar Lichtensteiger, 8 Yd Pass From Marquel Lamur	14	63

North Carolina                                                   Coastal Carolina

Passing               | Stats                                    Passing            | Stats
----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------
Juan Pappoe           | 17/34, 264 Yds, 2 TD, 2 INT              Anthony Prude      | 14/19, 345 Yds, 6 TD
Jaron Tripucka        | 2/4, 9 Yds                               Marquel Lamur      | 5/9, 44 Yds, TD

Rushing               | Stats                                    Rushing            | Stats
----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------
Elihu Owusu           | 8 Att, -5 Yds                            Skylar Lichtensteiger| 18 Att, 132 Yds
Juan Pappoe           | 6 Att, -28 Yds                           Fredrick McCallum  | 11 Att, 65 Yds, TD
Mitchell Gesicki      | 1 Att, -1 Yd                             Marquel Lamur      | 4 Att, 23 Yds

Receiving             | Stats                                    Receiving          | Stats
----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------
Dominick Jarrel       | 6 Rec, 55 Yds                            Braydon Tabor      | 8 Rec, 236 Yds, 3 TD
David Ekwerekwu       | 4 Rec, 78 Yds, TD                        Darin Best         | 3 Rec, 34 Yds, TD
Chad Thompson         | 3 Rec, 77 Yds, TD                        Morgan Briggs      | 2 Rec, 71 Yds, 2 TD
Elihu Owusu           | 2 Rec, 53 Yds                            Fredrick McCallum  | 2 Rec, 14 Yds
Nathan Baumann        | 1 Rec, 5 Yds                             Skylar Lichtensteiger| 1 Rec, 8 Yds, TD

Defensive             | Stats                                    Defensive          | Stats
----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------
CB Justice Hoppes     | 9 Tkl, TFL                               LB Trevor Bausby   | 6 Tkl, 2 TFL, Sack
SS Matt Braun         | 6 Tkl, TFL                               MLB Cordell Marvin | 6 Tkl, 3 TFL, Sack
MLB Clyde Cookus      | 4 Tkl, 2 TFL                             SS Anthony Paulo   | 4 Tkl, INT
DT Dalton Childress   | 2 Tkl, 2 TFL, 2 Sacks                    DE Russ DeVan      | 2 Tkl, TFL, Sack
                                                                 CB Dexter Gibbs    | 2 Tkl, INT
                                                                 DT Jason Ivory     | 1 Tkl, TFL, Sack

Conway, SC. - The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are officially so back. Quarterback Anthony Prude delivered the best half of his young career, torching North Carolina for six touchdowns and 354 yards in the first half alone as Coastal hung 49 points before the backups handled the entire second half.

The avalanche started fast. North Carolina opened with a three-and-out, and Marco Sawyer turned the ensuing punt into a magic act, escaping three defenders for a 64 yard touchdown return. Coastal never looked back.

Braydon Tabor spent the rest of the half making the Tar Heels secondary look like traffic cones, burning CB Justin Hoppes for a 50 yard score on his first catch and a 46 yard bomb on his second. His third touchdown was somehow the most painful for UNC. Facing 3rd and 1 and already up 42-14, the Tar Heels sold out for the run, leaving senior defensive end Storm Christianson (#78) lined up across from Tabor.

“It was a pass all the way,” offensive coordinator Tommy Rees grinned. “Even though I trust Ant would’ve audibled when he saw #78 lined up against Tabor.”

UNC briefly attempted to punch back with two touchdown tosses from Juan Pappoe, but turnovers buried the Tar Heels. A late first half interception and another late in the third quarter set up Frederick McCallum’s touchdown before Pappoe was pulled.

“We’ve been preaching patience with Ant all season. People forget this was only his seventh start,” Rees said. “We heard the calls for Johnny [Sumner] to get some run. Ant heard them, too. But now you see why it was never really on the table.”

Prude ended his day with a stat line straight out of a video game: 14 of 19, 345 yards, six touchdowns, all in one half.

Coastal Carolina continues its climb back into the national picture, now up to No. 4 at 6–1 following the opening week stumble vs Ohio State. The Chanticleers hit the road next week for a trip to Florida State (4–4).

Sawyer hit the gas and Coastal never looked back.


David Ekwerekwu showing off the fancy footwork in what would be the last points of the contest for North Carolina.


Dexter Bibbs with the beautiful, diving interception.

ACC Week Eight Results
27 Pittsburgh (4-4) @ UConn (2-6) 20
27 NC State (3-4) @ Florida State (4-4) 35
45 #2 Miami (8-0) @ Syracuse (5-3) 22
44 #1 Ohio State (8-0) @ Virginia (4-4) 17
24 West Virginia (4-4) @ Wake Forest (3-5) 20
6 Kansas (4-4) @ Duke (5-3) 34
37 Georgia Tech (5-3) @ Boston College (3-5) 27
31 Virginia Tech (3-5) @ #12 Clemson (6-2) 35

Notable Week Eight Results
24 Minnesota (5-2) @ #3 Penn State (6-1) 42
41 #17 SMU (7-1) @ #23 TCU (6-1) 45
35 Texas (4-4) @ #6 Ole Miss (7-1) 38
31 #13 Missouri (7-1) @ #9 Tennessee (5-2) 24

[Soapy]

45 #2 Miami (8-0) @ Syracuse (5-3) 22

fuck you fran brown

[Caesar]

Who the fuck did they have on Tabor? A parapalegic?

[ShireNiner]

No way BB let his girl stay up to watch this one

[Captain Canada]

Offense beat the piss out of them boys.

[Count]

sheesh Tabor

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45 #2 Miami (8-0) @ Syracuse (5-3) 22

fuck you fran brown

I replaced Fran at Syracuse with Savage

FUCK EM

Who the fuck did they have on Tabor? A parapalegic?

first two they left him on single press coverage. He has takeoff, didn't work out well.

In the final one, somehow their starting defensive end was in coverage it was 3rd and 1 and I called a 2 TE mesh, they clearly loaded the box thinking it would be a run

No way BB let his girl stay up to watch this one

she was tucked in with a bottle at this point

Offense beat the piss out of them boys.

sheesh Tabor

WE BYKE

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2034 - Week Nine Preview

#6 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (5-1)           | Description                   | Florida State Seminoles (4-4)
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97 Overall // 95 Offense // 98 Defense           | Team Rating                   | 82 Overall // 81 Offense // 84 Defense
Marcus Freeman (6-1 / 126-40)                    | Head Coach                    | Tyler Lutrus (19-15 / 73-41)
Power Spread                                     | Offensive Scheme              | Multiple 
4-2-5                                            | Defensive Scheme              | 4-2-5
41.0                                             | Offensive Points Per Game     | 32.9
20.9                                             | Defensive Points Per Game     | 28.0
489.0                                            | Offensive Rankings            | 405.1
339.9                                            | Defensive Rankings            | 368.4

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers        | Description             | Florida State Seminoles
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55-35                                | Combined Record         | 50-230
Ohio State (8-0) L 37-20             | Week 1                  | FCS W 56-14
@ Notre Dame (5-2) W 40-10           | Week 2                  | @ Duke (5-3) L 27.23
@ Louisville (4-3)  W 42-33          | Week 3                  | Boise State (3-4) L 43-35
@ West Virginia (4-4)  W 42-21       | Week 4                  | Georgia Tech (5-3) W 51-24
Clemson (6-2) W 31-28                | Week 5                  | @ Miami (8-0) L 45-14
Pittsburgh (4-4) W 49-3              | Week 6                  | Auburn (5-2) L 30-27
BYE                                  | Week 7                  | @ West Virginia (4-4) W 24-14
North Carolina (2-5) W 63-14         | Week 8                  | NC State (3-4) W 35-27

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers                     | Description                   | Florida State Seminoles
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DT Miles Clutts (86)   Torn Pec (4 Weeks)         | Injuries                      | 
LB David Bean (78)   Suspension (Season)          | Injuries                      | 

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers                                            Florida State Seminoles
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FR(RS) Anthony Prude (89) 175/239 (73%), 1,947 Yds, 23 TD, 9 INT | QB  | SR(RS) Rashad LeCounte (83) 154/269 (57%), 1,851 Yds, 18 TD, 4 INT
JR Fredrick McCallum (90)  126 Att, 938 Yds, 7 TD                | HB  | JR(RS) Markell Coxie (92) 139 Att, 882 Yds, 5 TD
JR(RS) Braydon Tabor (92)  43 Rec, 761 Yds, 8 TD                 | WR  |  SR(RS) Darin Wilkes (92) 46 Rec, 564 Yds, 7 TD
FR(RS) Darin Best (89)  39 Rec, 287 Yds, 5 TD                    | WR  | JR(RS) Isaac Tuttle (88) 37 Rec, 457 Yds, 7 TD
JR(RS) MLB Cordell Marvin (87)  55 Tkl, 15 TFL, 5.5 Sacks, INT   | DEF | SR(RS) CB Mailau Lapuaho (76) 45 Tkl
SR SS Anthony Paulo (90)  47 Tkl, 9 TFL, 2 Sacks, INT            | DEF | JR DT Jordan Delgado (82) 24 Tkl, 9 TFL, 3 Sacks
JR(RS) DE Gill Frantz (90)  10 Tkl, 6 TFL, 4 Sacks               | DEF | SR DE Matthias Bober (82) 24 Tkl, 8 TFL, 3.5 Sacks
FR(RS) CB Desmond Schraeder (86)  19 Tkl, 2 TFL, INT             | DEF | SR(RS) FS Carl Dineen (72) 25 Tkl, INT

2034 Heisman Watch
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QB | Angelo Allgeier (Ohio State) | 215/279 (77%), 2,840 Yds, 30 TD, 1 INT
WR | Tevan Hutson (Miami)         | 58 Rec, 926 Yds, 13 TD
HB | Fredrick McCallum (Coastal)  | 126 Att, 938 Yds, 7 TD; 44 Rec, 354 Yds, 2 TD
WR | Bob Barnes (Sam Houston)     | 75 Rec, 1,127 Yds, 14 TD
QB | Taulia Anger (Texas)         | 169/281(63%), 2,272 Yds, 22 TD, 1 INT

ACC Week Nine Schedule
#2 Miami (8-0) @ South Carolina (4-4)
North Carolina (2-5) @ #12 Clemson (6-2)
Syracuse (5-3) @ NC State (3-4)
West Virginia (4-4) @ Pittsburgh (4-4)
Wake Forest (3-5) @ Liberty (6-3)
Virginia (4-4) @ #18 Louisville (4-3)

Notable Week Nine Matchups
#5 Nebraska (6-1) @ #20 Wisconsin (5-2)
#25 LSU (7-2) @ Georgia (4-3)
#3 Penn State (6-1) @ Michigan (4-3)
#19 Alabama (5-2) @ #6 Ole Miss (7-1)

Reishawn Lafitte (LSU TE) 2034 Stats
2034 Stats - 31 Rec, 363 Yds, 8 TD
5 Rec, 49 Yds, 4 TD (W vs Wyoming 59-14)
5 Rec, 67 Yds (W vs Rutgers 42-21)
5 Rec, 74 Yds, TD (W vs FCS 41-0)
4 Rec, 39 Yds (W vs Mississippi State 40-21)
0 Rec, 0 Yds (W vs ULL 41-20)
2 Rec, 31 Yds (L vs Texas 43-38)
1 Rec, 4 Yds (W vs Ole Miss 35-27)
5 Rec, 51 Yds, TD (L vs Florida 49-38)
4 Rec, 48 Yds, TD (W vs South Carolina 52-31)

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Chanticleers Flip Recruiting On Its Head With Surge Of Commitments

Conway, SC. - After watching Clemson reel in four recruits in three weeks, Coastal Carolina and head coach Marcus Freeman finally punched back, and did so with one of the loudest recruiting weekends in program history.

It began with Marquez Henderson, the No. 2 overall player in the 2026 class and a Cornelius, N.C. native, who publicly committed shortly after Coastal’s 63–14 demolition of North Carolina.

“That’s it baby, CINO all the way,” Henderson posted after the game, later adding, “WHO ELSE IS COMING WITH ME” on X alongside a photo of fellow five-stars Ezekiel Gillette, Dontae Hook, and Antoine Borghi, all captured on the broadcast during their visit.

Whether Henderson’s message pressured the others or simply amplified the moment might never be known, but it worked.

Within hours, Gillette (No. 17 overall) and Hook (No. 18) announced their commitments, followed soon after by Borghi (No. 16), giving Coastal four top 20 recruits in a single weekend and flipping the national narrative on a program many questioned after Kade Vaughn’s exit.

Henderson is the headliner: a violent, downhill safety with corner level movement skills. “He’s got the athleticism of a corner and the playmaking of a linebacker,” one evaluator said. “If his game translates, you’re talking about a Bob Sanders type, everywhere at once.” In Freeman’s 4–2–5, he’s a plug-and-play Day 1 starter.

Borghi might have the highest ceiling of the group. At 6'1 and twitchy off the edge, he could stay at linebacker or grow into a true pass rusher depending on his frame. “He’s explosive. First step quickness, great bend. He can be whatever his body lets him be,” a staff source said.

Gillette profiles as a pure man to man corner, the exact archetype Coastal keeps stacking. At 6'0, 168, he isn’t the biggest, but he’s sticky, feisty, and always around the ball. Another staffer put it bluntly: “We’re gonna play man nearly every snap. He fits that.”

Hook is the classic middle linebacker thumper; instinctive, reliable, and technically sharp. “He’s not flashy, but he never misses and he’s always in the right spot,” the source added. “Think Walt Reyna; blue collar, lunch pail guy. And now he gets to be coached by Walt Reyna, which wasn’t a coincidence.”

In one weekend, Coastal Carolina went from a program facing questions about staying power to the school that just landed four of the top 18 players in the entire nation—and reclaimed its place among college football’s recruiting heavyweights.

-2034-Recruiting-Rankings

Ranking	Position	Name	Height	Weight	Hometown	Tendency	NAT/STA/POS	Stage	Coastal Rank
	FS	Marquez Henderson	5'11	188	Cornelius, NC	Box Specialist	2/1/1	Committed	Coastal
	LB	Antoine Borghi	6'1	231	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Lurker	16/2/1	Committed	Coastal
	CB	Ezekiel Gillette	6'0	168	Linden, AL	Bump and Run	17/2/2	Committed	Coastal
	MLB	Dontae Hook	6'3	224	Pinson, AL	Thumper	18/3/2	Committed	Coastal
	HB	Major Rambo	6'0	211	Norfolk, VA	North/South Blocker	34/7/2	Top 3	1st
	DT	Marcel Knott	6'1	283	Cincinnati, OH	Power Rusher	94/3/7	Top 10	2nd
	DT	Jamar Maginn	6'2	306	Oklahoma City, OK	Pure Power	116/3/9	Committed	Coastal
	MLB	Rahim Jamerson	6'3	231	Ellenwood, GA	Thumper	201/14/10	Committed	Coastal
	LB	Manu Cutrera	6'1	215	Highland Springs, VA	Thumper	214/5/22	Top 3	4th
	G	Sean Keller	6'4	301	Aurora, CO	Raw Strength	223/3/10	Committed	Coastal
	ATH	Deron Zombo	6'2	236	Miami, FL	Thumper	297/42/15	Committed	Coastal
	DE	Rashaud Willie	6'3	238	Rabun Gap, GA	Speed Rusher	312/22/30	Committed	Coastal
	T	Phillip Kilpatrick	6'8	294	Gastonia, NC	Raw Strength	347/15/30	Top 3	2nd
	DT	Ricky Thrasher	6'2	304	Princeton, NJ	Power Rusher	382/11/24	Top 10	1st
	DE	Joel Coasts	6'3	215	Summerville, SC	Speed Rusher	383/7/36	Top 3	1st
	G	Sidney Ford	6'3	297	Oxford, MS	Agile	415/11/19	Committed	Coastal
	ATH	Daryll Foxworth	6'5	247	Mauldin, SC	Pure Possession	478/9/14	Top 3	1st
	K	Mateo Valerio	6'0	202	Denton, TX	Power	533/81/2	Top 5	1st
	HB	Hasheem Orakpo	6'0	172	Altamonte Springs, FL	East/West Playmaker	54/7/6	Committed	Miami
	T	Rashaud Magoolaghan	6'5	285	Leesburg, GA	Agile	104/7/6	Committed	Tennessee
	LB	Carmelo Ankrah	6'0	233	Sumter, SC	Lurker	224/5/23	Committed	Clemson
	T	Antoine Folkerts	6'5	307	Ponte Verde Beach, FL	Raw Strength	357/48/31	Committed	Clemson
	DE	Kirk Trahan	6'4	256	Rock Hill, SC	Power Rusher	452/10/45	Committed	Clemson
	TE	RJ Cano	6'3	225	Florence, SC	Vertical Threat	455/11/15	Committed	Clemson
	G	Keiwone Corner	6'4	307	American Fork, UT	Agile	373/5/15	Committed	BYU