FAU Trip Awaits UMass Football On Friday

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE
Game Three	Massachusetts (0-2) at FAU (4-1)
Date \| Time	Fri., Nov. 20 \| 8 p.m.
Location	FAU Stadium \| Boca Raton, Fla.
Series History	First meeting
Game Notes	Massachusetts \| FAU \| Conference USA
Live Statistics	Sidearm Sports
Listen (Online) Listen (Radio)	TuneIn Radio App \| Radio.com \| WEEI.com 105.5 FM WEEI (Western Mass.) & 830 AM WCRN (Worcester)
Tickets	Information Available through the FAU Ticket Office
Watch	CBS Sports Network
Team Information	Massachusetts \| FAU
Twitter	@UMassFootball \| @UMassAthletics \| @CoachWaltBell
Instagram	UMass Football \| UMass Athletics

2020 SEASON TEAM TIMELINE

UMass Athletics initially announced the cancellation of the 2020 football season on Tues., Aug. 11. Football team student-athletes, who previously returned to campus in groups during the month of June, remained on-campus following the cancellation.
Following a review of the team's stringent COVID-19 safety protocols, the decision was made to return to play and the intention to complete a limited number of games in 2020 was announced on Wed., Sept. 21, 2020.
The first game added to the 2020 schedule following the announcement of the intention to play was on Thurs., Oct. 8 when the department announced the addition of the Sat., Oct. 17 game at Georgia Southern to the schedule.

LOOK AT ALL THESE NEW FACES

UMass football features 59 different student-athletes across its offensive, defensive and special teams depth charts. Of those 59 Minutemen, 39 are in their first or second seasons at UMass (66.1 percent). It includes 18-of-28 on the offensive depth chart (64.3 percent) and 19-of-26 on the defensive (73.1 percent). Additionally, two of the five specialists (40.0 percent) are in their first or second year, which is not including offensive and defensive position players.
Of the 59 total student-athletes featured on the depth chart, 19 are true-freshmen and four are redshirt freshmen.
Twenty-four different players made their UMass debuts on October 17 at Georgia Southern.
Twelve Minutemen made their first FBS starts during the opening two games, including six on the offensive side and six on the defensive side.

AYE AYE, CAPTAINS

UMass football has five team captains in 2020, elected by a team vote: Larnel Coleman, Samuel Emilus, Cole McCubrey, Ellis Merriweather and Josh Wallace.
Coleman is a redshirt senior offensive lineman and the starting left tackle for the third consecutive season. He has 27 starts during his career, including the last 14 at left tackle during and 12 at right tackle in the 2018 season. Coleman also started once in 12 appearances as a redshirt freshman in 2017, doing so at right tackle against Maine.
Emilus is in his third season as a wide receiver at UMass with 20 career games played, 52 receptions, 542 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. His prior captaincy experience includes when he served as the team's lone game captain for the contest at Northwestern during the 2019 season.
McCubrey started all 12 games in 2019 was the team's leading tackler with 84 stops, which more than doubled his previous single-season best (35 tackles in 2018). He has appeared in all but one possible game since his arrival at UMass prior to the 2017 season. McCubrey's prior captaincy experience includes three instances as a game captain in 2019 - once as the defensive game captain against Charlotte and twice as the team's sole game captain against Liberty and Army.
Merriweather is in his first season at UMass following two years playing JUCO football at Garden City Community College in Kansas. He posted 513 rushing yards on 90 carries, including six touchdowns, for GCCC in 2019. He was also a member of the Garden City team that finished 10-1 overall and reached the NJCAA National Championship Game in 2018. Merriweather had a game-high 16 carries in his UMass debut on 10/17 at Georgia Southern, the most for a Minuteman in a season opener since Marquis Young had 20 carries in the 2017 season opener at Hawai'i.
Wallace is in his second season at UMass in 2020 and made his ninth straight start at cornerback in the season opener. He started at cornerback in eight games and appeared in all 12 during the 2019 season with 33 tackles, one interception and a forced fumble and fumble recovery.

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Players Mentioned

Larnel Coleman

Samuel Emilus

Cole McCubrey

Ellis Merriweather

Josh Wallace

Marquis Young

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FAU Trip Awaits UMass Football On Friday

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Players Mentioned

Larnel Coleman

Samuel Emilus

Cole McCubrey

Ellis Merriweather

Josh Wallace

Marquis Young

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