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July 26, 2024

UNLV Football

  • UNLV quarterback Hajj-Malik Williams warms up during the first day of Spring football practice at the Fertitta Football Complex at UNLV Saturday, March 2, 2024.
    UNLV football set to commence quarterback competition
    By Mike Grimala
    The UNLV football team heads into the 2024 season with a loaded depth chart on offense. The offensive line is stocked with veteran All-Mountain West blockers, there are ...
  • Players pray in the end zone before the start of the UNLV Football Spring Showcase at Allegiant Stadium Saturday, April 6, 2024.
    Weekend wagers: Eight bets to make on eight different sports
    By Case Keefer
    Of all the 12 football teams that paraded through Circa as part of Mountain West Media Days earlier this week, UNLV stood out as one of the most confident groups. ...
  • Mike Scherer, defensive coordinator for UNLV football, poses in the Fertitta Football Complex on UNLV campus Thursday, June 13, 2024.
    UNLV football’s defensive dynamo looks for improvement in 2024
    By Ray Brewer
    A knee injury cost Mike Scherer part of his senior season of college football at Missouri. The linebacker rehabbed the injury with hopes of a professional career. He reached an NFL camp, only to ...
  • UNLV Rebel offensive lineman Tiger Shanks (70) practices at UNLV Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023.
    Leading UNLV football to title is goal for draft prospect Tiger Shanks
    By Mike Grimala
    Less than three years ago, UNLV offensive lineman Tiger Shanks was on an island. The then-redshirt freshman found himself starting at right tackle for a Week 3 matchup against Iowa State, and though the game was at Allegiant Stadium, the vast majority of the 35,000 in attendance were ...
  • UNLV head football coach Barry Odom calls out to players as they warm up for the UNLV Football Spring Showcase at Allegiant Stadium Saturday, April 6, 2024.
    UNLV football cranks up summer recruiting with wave of signings
    By Mike Grimala
    From his introductory press conference in December 2022 to his most recent meeting with the media after the spring game in April, head coach Barry Odom has made it clear he wants to build the UNLV football program with ...
  • UNLV head football coach Barry Odom calls out to players as they warm up for the UNLV Football Spring Showcase at Allegiant Stadium Saturday, April 6, 2024.
    Barry Odom signs contract extension with UNLV
    By Mike Grimala
    Barry Odom signed a contract extension on Friday, tacking an extra year onto the end of his current deal at UNLV. UNLV announced the extension ...
  • UNLV Rebels quarterback Majj-Malik Williams (6) passes during the UNLV Football Spring Showcase at Allegiant Stadium Saturday, April 6, 2024.
    Newcomers provide big plays in UNLV football showcase
    By Mike Grimala
    Early in the second half of UNLV’s spring scrimmage, senior quarterback Hajj-Malik Williams dropped back and zipped a quick pass to freshman receiver Damien McDaniel. Then the fireworks started ...
  • UNLV offensive coordinator Brennan Marion walks along the sidelines during the UNLV Spring Showcase at Allegiant Stadium Saturday, April 8, 2023.
    UNLV coordinator Brennan Marion back for encore: 'We have something good here'
    By Mike Grimala
    Brennan Marion is in the driver’s seat. As UNLV wraps spring practice and prepares to host its scrimmage showcase Saturday at Allegiant Stadium, the team’s ...
  • Talance Sawyer, seen making a tackle for the UNLV football team against Tulsa in the 1990s at Sam Boyd Stadium, was selected to the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame.
    Football great Sawyer leads UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame class
    By Ray Brewer
    Talance Sawyer arrived in Las Vegas for a recruiting trip with the UNLV football team in the mid-1990s, saw the bright lights of the Strip and knew he had found a home ...
  • UNLV Rebels linebacker Jackson Woodard (7) heads onto the field before an NCAA football game against Vanderbilt at Allegiant Stadium Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.
    UNLV's defensive leader Jackson Woodard is a man on a mission
    By Ray Brewer
    UNLV football player Jackson Woodard settled in at his apartment near campus on Swenson Avenue after the team returned to town last November following a win at Air Force. He noticed there was a persistent light shining into his unit. He opened the window to realize it was the LED display coming from the nearby Sphere, or as Woodard calls it, the “greatest video screen in the world.”
  • UNLV forward Kalib Boone (10) interacts with fans as he and his brother Keylan Boone (20) leave the court after the Rebels beat the Colorado State at the Thomas & Mack Center Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024.
    UNLV testing out new source for NIL funding: Las Vegas casinos
    By Mike Grimala
    Tonight, a UNLV fan will have a chance to win up to $150,000 by making a halfcourt shot during the team’s showdown against San Diego State at the Thomas & Mack Center. It promises to be a high-stakes spectacle. But the stakes may be even more elevated behind the scenes: The promotion is serving as a “test run” for a plan to ...
  • UNLV head coach Barry Odom watches players warm up during the first day of Spring football practice at the Fertitta Football Complex at UNLV Saturday, March 2, 2024.
    UNLV football gets the band back together on first day of spring practice
    By Mike Grimala
    At its core, the 2024 UNLV football team looks a lot like the 2023 version, and that is a very good thing.
  • UNLV head coach Barry Odom reacts to his defense during the second half of the Guaranteed Rate Bowl NCAA college football game against Kansas Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, in Phoenix. Kansas won 49-36.
    UNLV football schedule finalized for highly anticipated 2024 season
    By Mike Grimala
    The Mountain West released its 2024 football schedule on Thursday, finalizing the slate for perhaps the most anticipated season in UNLV history. Coming off a 2023 campaign that saw Barry Odom lead his Scarlet and Gray squad to a 9-3 regular-season record ...
  • UNLV quarterback Doug Brumfield (2) is sacked by Vanderbilt defensive back BJ Diakite (33) during the first half of a NCAA football game at Allegiant Stadium Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.
    UNLV's Doug Brumfield medically retiring from football
    By Ray Brewer
    UNLV quarterback Doug Brumfield is medically retiring from football, he announced this afternoon on social media.
  • UNLV Rebels guard D.J. Thomas (11) puts a up shot against Utah State Aggies forward Kalifa Sakho (34) as time runs out in the second half of a NCAA basketball game at the Thomas & Mack Center Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024.
    D.J. Thomas leads resurgent UNLV basketball to win at New Mexico
    By Mike Grimala
    UNLV basketball stayed hot on Saturday, as Kevin Kruger took his team on the road and knocked off No. 25 New Mexico, 80-77. The Scarlet and Gray have now won four straight games, their longest streak in conference play since ...
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