Akron Hosts Eastern Michigan on Senior Night

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Akron (1-8, 0-5 MAC) vs. Eastern Michigan (5-4, 2-3 MAC)
Tuesday, Nov. 8
InfoCision Stadium
Akron, Ohio • 7 p.m.

Series History: Akron leads 19-14
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WHAT'S AHEAD
The University of Akron football team concludes its home campaign on Tuesday, Nov. 8, welcoming Eastern Michigan to InfoCision Stadium. The 7 p.m. tilt will be broadcast on the CBS Sports Network with Jason Knapp and Ross Tucker calling the action with a link on GoZips.com.

HEAD COACHES
Eastern Michigan: Chris Creighton (Kenyon, 1991), overall record: 181-107 (26th Season)/record at EMU: 42-61 (Ninth Season)
Akron: Joe Moorhead (Fordham, 1996), overall record - 53-33 (Seventh Season)/record at Akron - 1-8 (First Season)

SERIES HISTORY
Akron is meeting Eastern Michigan for the 34th time in program history with the Zips owning a 19-14 series advantage. In the last meeting between the two schools, the Eagles registered a 42-14 triumph past Akron on Nov. 12, 2019 at InfoCision Stadium.

The series between the two schools dates back to the 1923 campaign when the Zips earned a 10-3 home victory over Eastern Michigan.

SCOUTING EASTERN MICHIGAN
Eastern Michigan enters action this week against Akron at 5-4 on the campaign, including 2-3 in the Mid-American Conference, following a 27-24 setback versus Toledo on Saturday, Oct. 29.

Senior QB Taylor Powell directs the Eagles' attack passing for 1,232 yards, including throwing for eight touchdowns. Senior RB Samson Evans has rushed for a team-high 722 yards and nine touchdowns, while the duo of junior RB Jaylon Jackson and sophomore QB Austin Smith have rushed for 280 and 238 yards, respectively, while running for three combined touchdowns. Senior WR Tannue Knue has pulled down 30 passes for 425 yards and five touchdowns.

Defensively, the trio of senior LB Joe Sparacio, junior LB Chase Kline and senior DL Jose Ramirez have combined to record 65, 60 and 47 tackles, including posting 28, 24, 29 solo stops, respectively. Eastern Michigan has tallied 14 sacks and 37 tackles for a loss.

As a team, the Eagles average 27.0 points per game, while their opponents net 30.2 points per outing. Eastern Michigan has thrown for 204.7 yards and rushed for 137.8 yards per tilt.

As a team, the Eagles rank fourth in the NCAA in red zone offense (.970), 23rd in blocked kicks (2), 26th in third down conversions (.471) and 44th in kickoff returns (21.52).

Individually, Jackson is ranked first in the NCAA in kickoff return touchdowns (1), fourth in kickoff returns (28.9) and seventh in combined kickoff returns (462). Additionally, Evans is rated 21st in the NCAA in rushing touchdowns (9), 29th in rushing yards (722), 30th in total touchdowns (9) and 31st in rushing yards per game (90.2), while Ramirez ranks first in sacks per game (1.00), fifth in tackles for a loss (1.6) and 32nd in forced fumbles (0.25).

IN OUR LAST MEETING (NOV. 12, 2019 - AKRON, OHIO)
Midweek football returned to the Mid-American Conference as Akron fell 42-14 to Eastern Michigan on a frigid, 22-degree evening at InfoCision Stadium.

Akron posted 342 total yards of total offense as QB Kato Nelson led the way, completing 20-of-33 passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns. With 35 seconds remaining in the third quarter, Nelson threw a career-long 87-yard strike to WR Timothy Scippio for the first score, and WR Julian Hicks grabbed the second with 1:09 left in the game.

Hicks led the Zips' receiving corps with a team-best seven receptions for 41 yards, while WR Jeremiah Knight caught six passes for 121 yards. Scippio corralled 91 yards on two receptions.

Defensively, CB Randy Cochran and redshirt senior LB Bubba Arslanian (Aurora, Ohio) led Akron with 10 tackles apiece.

JACQUES-LOUIS NAMED TO BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LIST
Akron senior WR Shocky Jacques-Louis was named by The Tallahassee Quarterback Club (TQC) Foundation, Inc., the Florida-based creator and sponsor of the prestigious Biletnikoff Award to the 2022 Biletnikoff Award Watch List on Wednesday, Nov. 2.

A dynamic playmaker for the Zips, Jacques-Louis has pulled in a team-best 61 catches this season for a team-leading 770 yards, including a pair of touchdowns. Averaging 12.6 yards per reception, he has surpassed the 100-yard receiving plateau in four games on the campaign, including a season-high 152 yards at Ohio on Oct. 8, while registering 103 yards on the strength of nine catches at No. 1 Tennessee on Sept. 17.

Jacques-Louis is ranked sixth in the NCAA (FBS) in receptions (61), 13th in receptions per game (6.8), 14th in receiving yards (770) and 25th in receiving yards per contest (85.6), while also rating 24th in kickoff returns (23.5), 33rd in all-purpose yards (119.78) and 34th in combined kick returns (308).

He leads the MAC in receiving yards (770), while ranking second in receiving yards per tilt (85.6) and receptions per game (6.8). Through Akron's first five league games, Jacques-Louis has pulled in a conference-best 40 catches for a league-leading 8.0 receptions per game on the strength of 94.6 yards per outing.

AKRON HONORS 17 SENIORS
Akron will honor 17 players competing in their final home game in pregame ceremonies before the squad's showdown with Eastern Michigan on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Among those being honored are redshirt junior LS Kyle Bauman (North Royalton, Ohio), redshirt junior DB Sean Conroy (North Olmsted, Ohio), redshirt senior DB Logan Day (Cincinnati, Ohio), senior P Noah Gettman (Daytona Beach, Fla.), DL Curtis Harper, redshirt junior DL Logan Hawkins (Harrison City, Pa.), senior DB Jalen Hooks (Warren, Ohio), redshirt senior DL Angelo Howze (Fishers, Ind.), WR Shocky Jacques-Louis, redshirt senior DL Victor Jones (Sacramento, Calif.), redshirt senior DB Jaylen Kelly-Powell (Detroit, Mich.), redshirt sophomore WR Jalen Knight (Akron, Ohio), redshirt senior DL Zach Morton (Detroit, Mich.), redshirt sophomore TE Jacob Shaffer (Portersville, Pa.), K Cory Smigel, redshirt senior LB Tim Terry (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and redshirt senior OL Anthony Whigan (Lexington Park, Md.).

ZIP TIDBITS
• Twenty-one different Zips recorded a tackle versus Miami.
• Nine different Zips posted four or more tackles against the RedHawks, led by a team-high 11 tackles (two solo and nine assists) from LB Bubba Arslanian and seven tackles from sophomore DB Tyson Durant (Copley, Ohio) and five courtesy of redshirt sophomore DB KJ Martin (Charleston, W.Va.).
• WR Alex Adams corralled a career-best 10 receptions against Miami.
• P Noah Gettman surpassed 10,000 career punting yards with his seven punts for 285 yards versus Miami.
• QB DJ Irons has completed 25 or more passes in six of nine games this season, including four straight for the Zips. He has completed 60 percent or more of his passes in seven of Akron's nine games this season.
• WR Alex Adam's 200-yard receiving outing at Kent State represents the first Akron receiver to hit the 200-yard plateau in a game since a 217-yard effort from Dustin Burkhart against UAB on Sept. 7, 2019.
• QB DJ Irons connected on a school-record 43 completions against Ohio finishing the game 43-of-54 for a career-high 418 yards passing. His 43 completions stand as a single-game high for Division I this season and best the previous school-record mark of 37 set by Dalton Williams in 2012. Additionally, his 54 pass attempts ranks as the fifth-best single-game performance in program history.
• For the first time this season the Zips had a pair of receivers break the 100-yard plateau as WR Shocky Jacques-Louis and WR Daniel George posted career-high totals of 152 and 108 yards, respectively, as the duo each pulled in 11 catches versus Ohio.
• LB Bubba Arslanian surpassed the 300-tackle plateau for his decorated career at Akron with a 12-tackle effort against Bowling Green on Oct. 1 and enters play against Eastern Michigan with 355 career tackles.
• The Zips have posted an interception in four of Akron's nine games this season.
• WR Shocky Jacques-Louis has registered four 100-yard receiving games this season pulling in eight catches for 122 yards against Saint Francis (Sept. 1), nine receptions for 103 yards at Tennessee (Sept. 17), 11 catches for 152 yards at Ohio (Oct. 8) and nine receptions versus Miami (Oct. 29) for 103 yards. He enters play against Miami rated 18th in the NCAA in receiving yards (667), 20th in receptions per outing (6.5) and 29th in receiving yards per game (83.4).
• Akron is rated 24th in the NCAA in passing offense (286.4), 27th in first down offense (199), 33rd in completion percentage (.656), 44th in blocked kicks (1), 45th in kickoff returns (21.51) and 46th in time of possession (30:46).
• Individually, QB DJ Irons is rated sixth in completions per game (27.00), 10th in passing yards (2,516), 19th in passing yards per game (279.6) and 36th in completion percentage (.669), while WR Shocky Jacques-Louis is ranked 29th in kickoff returns (23.5), 33rd in all purpose yards (119.78) and 34th in combined kick returns (308). LB Bubba Arslanian is rated fourth total tackles (11.1) and 33rd in solo tackles (5.1).
• LB Bubba Arslanian has sparked Akron's defensive efforts over the course of his decorated career having recorded 173 solo tackles, including 46 this season, and 182 career assisted tackles. He is ranked 13th among active career leaders across all divisions in total tackles (355) and in assisted tackles (182), 36th in solo tackles (173) and 61st in total tackles per game (8.26). Additionally, he is rated sixth in Division I in total tackles (355), seventh in assisted tackles (182), eighth in total tackles per contest (8.26), 15th in solo tackles (173) and 21st in solo tackles per tilt (4.02). Arslanian has had 10 or more total tackles in 23 of the last 31 games he has played in overall. Arslanian surpassed the 300-tackle plateau for his career against Bowling Green on Oct. 1, 2022.
• Junior QB Jeff Undercuffler, Jr. (Delran, N.J.), is rated 29th among active career D1 leaders in touchdown passes (59), 37th in total plays (6,111), 42nd in passes per game (27.82), 47th in passing yards (6,495), 52nd in passing yards per game (191.0), 57th in total offense (6,111) and 64th in completion percentage (.549).
• P Noah Gettman is ranked fourth among active career leaders in punting yards (10,045) and 14th in punts per game (5.14).
• Arslanian has paced the Zips in tackles over 21 of Akron's last 24 contests he has appeared in dating back to the 2019 campaign.

UP NEXT
Akron travels to Buffalo, N.Y., for a 3:30 p.m. tilt against Buffalo on Nov. 19.

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