2024 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team

The 2024 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team represented Abilene Christian University as a member of the United Athletic Conference (UAC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were coached by third-year head coach Keith Patterson and played at Wildcat Stadium in Abilene, Texas.

Preseason UAC coaches' poll UAC coaches' poll 1 Central Arkansas 77 (5) 2 Tarleton State 74 (3) 3 Southern Utah 54 4 Eastern Kentucky 53 5 Austin Peay 46 (1) 6 Abilene Christian 43 7 North Alabama 26 8 Utah Tech 19 9 West Georgia 13

Schedule

Rankings

Roster

Player Class Height Weight Previous Schools Hometown High School College Quarterbacks 1 Maverick McIvor Graduate Student 6-2 210 Central High School Texas Tech San Angelo, Texas 9 Carson Haggard RS Sophomore 6-0 180 Gulliver Prep Tulane Miami, Florida 12 Quayde Hawkins RS Junior 6-1 210 Bainbridge High School Troy Bainbridge, Georgia 15 Carson May RS Sophomore 6-4 220 Jones High School Iowa - Wyoming Jones, Oklahoma 17 Trevor Baker RS Junior 6-3 195 Needville High School Needville, Texas 18 Leighton Adams Freshman 6-1 200 New Braunfels High School New Braunfels, Texas Running Backs 3 Rovaughn Banks, Jr. Junior 5-10 190 Union High School Tulsa, Oklahoma 6 Samuel Hicks Graduate Student 5-9 190 Nolan Catholic High School Saddleback College - Central Michigan Fort Worth, Texas 21 Deonte Dean Freshman 6-0 190 Lake Highlands High School Dallas, Texas 23 Isaiah Johnson Graduate Student 5-10 210 Cooper High School North Texas Lubbock, Texas 26 Jordon Vaughn RS Junior 6-3 235 Manvel High School Wyoming Manvel, Texas 32 Chad Lara Freshman 5-6 195 Abilene High School Abilene, Texas Wide Receiver 2 Hut Graham RS Sophomore 6-1 200 Gunter High School Texas Tech Gunter, Texas 4 J.J. Henry Junior 5-10 155 McKinney North High School Ole Miss McKinney, Texas 7 Trey Cleveland Graduate Student 6-2 195 Arlington High School North Texas Arlington, Texas 8 Jeshari Houston RS Junior 5-9 180 Abilene High School Tulsa Abilene, Texas 13 Blayne Taylor Graduate Student 6-5 215 Saginaw High School Cisco College Saginaw, Texas 14 Raydrian Baltrip Freshman 5-9 155 Silsbee High School Silsbee, Texas 16 Luke Moffitt Sophomore 6-0 170 Crandall High School Crandall, Texas 19 Javon Gipson RS Junior 6-4 215 George Ranch High School Baylor Richmond, Texas 20 Nehemiah Martinez Senior 5-9 200 Cooper High School Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas 25 Blake Pruitt Sophomore 5-11 185 Midland Christian Midland, Texas 29 J.R. Ceyanes Sophomore 6-3 200 Katy High School Katy, Texas 31 Brelon Badon Freshman 5-11 165 Abilene High School Abilene, Texas 34 Blake Suber Freshman 6-1 195 Cedar Park High School Cedar Park, Texas 81 Grant Jones Freshman 6-1 185 Burnet High School Burnet, Texas 82 Courtlin Scott Sophomore 5-7 140 Sachse High School Sachse, Texas 84 Jacoby Boykins RS Junior 6-1 195 Lamar High School Alabama Houston, Texas Tight Ends 83 West Wilson Sophomore 6-2 235 Lovejoy High School North Texas Allen, Texas 86 Chidubem Lebechi RS Sophomore 6-2 240 Tompkins High School Katy, Texas 87 Bryan Henry RS Sophomore 6-2 250 Belton High School Houston Belton, Texas 88 Jed Castles RS Junior 6-7 235 Rider High School Texas Tech Wichita Falls, Texas 89 Gavin Waits Sophomore 6-4 230 Fulshear High School Fulshear, Texas Offensive Line 54 Carson Walker RS Junior 6-4 315 Heritage High School Houston Midlothian, Texas 55 Alan Hatten Senior 6-3 310 Hackettstown High School Lackawanna College Great Meadows, New Jersey 57 Trent Pullen RS Senior 6-3 295 Connally High School Oklahoma State Waco, Texas 59 Jacob Thielen Graduate Student 6-4 305 Faith Christian Academy Broomfield, Colorado 61 Dylan Kinney RS Sophomore 6-3 310 Travis High School Richmond, Texas 66 Dylan Howerton Fifth Year 6-5 280 Katy High School Katy, Texas 68 Colter Lynch Sophomore 6-3 305 Cooper High School Lubbock, Texas 70 Tay Yanta RS Senior 6-5 330 Falls City High School Mary Hardin–Baylor - Texas Tech Falls City, Texas 71 Femi Sakiri RS Junior 6-3 300 Byron Nelson High School UConn Roanoke, Texas 75 Cameron Vann Freshman 6-6 320 Wylie High School Abilene, Texas 76 Joziah Fogle Junior 6-4 310 Spring High School Spring, Texas 77 George French II RS Senior 6-8 315 Bethlehem Catholic High School Pittsburgh Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Defensive Line 9 Alex Bowman, Jr. RS Sophomore 6-2 255 Madison High Dallas, Texas 43 Elijah Sims RS Freshman 6-3 260 Fort Bend Marshal Missouri City, Texas 52 Jordan Butler RS Senior 6-3 320 IMG Academy Northwestern Las Vegas, Nevada 90 Kaghen Roach RS Senior 6-5 255 Celina HS Blinn College - North Texas Celina, Texas 91 Colt Cooper RS Junior 6-4 245 Ford High School Quinlan, Texas 92 Luke Gambs Sophomore 6-2 250 S. H. Rider High School Wichita Falls, Texas 93 Chris Herpin Sophomore 6-2 300 Dawson High School Pearland, Texas 95 Jerry Lawson Sophomore 6-2 295 Breckenridge High School Breckenridge, Texas 98 David Oke Junior 6-2 290 Alief Hastings High School Houston, Texas 99 Devin Dawson RS Senior 6-2 300 Lone Star High School Alcorn State Aledo, Texas Linebackers 0 Darius Moore Senior 6-1 235 El Reno High School Northeastern Oklahoma A&M El Reno, Oklahoma 1 Will Shaffer Graduate Student 6-0 240 Saguaro High School Utah State - Arizona State Tempe, Arizona 6 Izaiah Kelley Senior 6-2 200 Coronado High School SMU Lubbock, Texas 8 Chris Wright RS Junior 6-4 240 Aledo High School North Texas Aledo, Texas 14 Rashon Myles, Jr. RS Sophomore 6-1 223 Brownsburg High School Northern Illinois Brownsburg, Indiana 17 Micho Lavine Freshman 6-1 200 Millwood High School Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 19 Jameer Dudley Sophomore 6-2 205 Samuel Clemens High School Schertz, Texas 24 Bryce Morton RS Freshman 6-1 215 C.E. King High School Spring, Texas 30 Sean Dubose, Jr. RS Sophomore 6-2 240 Tompkins High School Katy, Texas 35 Ethan Taite Senior 6-2 225 Independence High School Frisco, Texas 36 Jailyn Gibbs Freshman 6-1 215 Rider High School Wichita Falls, Texas 37 Trace Low Freshman 6-0 195 Legacy High School Wichita Falls, Texas 42 Reese Young Junior 6-1 225 Stephenville High School Stephenville, Texas 46 Cirby Coheley Senior 6-4 220 Iowa Park High School Iowa Park, Texas Defensive back 2 Jordan Mukes Junior 6-3 210 Choctaw High School Oklahoma Choctaw, Oklahoma 4 Tyson Williams Sophomore 5-11 180 Bixby High School Bixby, Oklahoma 12 DeAngelo Ponder RS Freshman 6-2 190 Bowie High School Arlington, Texas 15 Sam Mason, Jr. RS Sophomore 6-0 190 Charter Oak High School Oregon State Covina, California 18 Gabe White Sophomore 6-2 205 Goose Creek High School Butler CC Charleston, South Carolina 20 Damien Johnson Freshman 5-10 180 Legacy High School Midland, Texas 21 Carson Finney Freshman 6-0 180 Brock High School Brock, Texas 27 Harold West RS Junior 6-1 185 Lamar High School North Texas Arlington, Texas Safety 3 Dorian Plumley RS Junior 6-0 200 El Reno High School Oklahoma El Reno, Oklahoma 5 Javen Ware Senior 5-11 175 Hernando High School Texas State Hernando, Mississippi 7 Elijah Moffett RS Senior 6-2 210 Veterans Memorial High School Selma, Texas 41 T.J. Marshall RS Senior 6-1 210 Shadow Creek High School Houston Pearland, Texas Punter 22 Grant Nickel RS Junior 6-1 185 Grand Oaks High School Texas Tech Spring, Texas 33 Hugo Nash RS Sophomore 6-2 195 Scotch College James Madison Melbourne, Australia Kicker 39 Kyler Meschi RS Freshman 6-0 185 Flour Bluff High School Corpus Christi, Texas 40 Elijah Medina RS Freshman 6-0 180 Grace Preparatory Academy Sul Ross State Mansfield, Texas 45 Cade Coulson Sophomore 6-2 160 Richland High School Mary Hardin–Baylor Fort Worth, Texas 47 Will Chipman Freshman 5-8 155 Southwest Christian School Fort Worth, Texas 48 Ritse Vaes Senior 6-2 160 Hirschi High School Midwestern State Wichita Falls, Texas 94 Spencer Fiske RS Sophomore 5-10 160 Hidden Valley High School College of Idaho Grants Pass, Oregon Long Snapper 49 Devan Daugherty RS Senior 6-2 250 Aledo High School Midwestern State Aledo, Texas 50 Justin Duff RS Senior 6-3 250 Armijo High School UTEP San Pablo, California

Game summaries at Texas Tech (FBS)

Statistics ACU TTU First downs 30 27 Total yards 615 539 Rushing yards 109 161 Passing yards 506 378 Turnovers 1 0 Time of possession 33:48 26:07 Team Category Player StatisticsAbilene Christian Passing Maverick McIvor 36/51, 506 yards, 3 TD Rushing Isaiah Johnson 13 rushes, 42 yards, 3 TD Receiving Blayne Taylor 7 receptions, 141 yards, TDTexas Tech Passing Behren Morton 30/42, 378 yards, 5 TD Rushing Tahj Brooks 27 rushes, 153 yards, TD Receiving Josh Kelly 10 receptions, 156 yards, TD

West Georgia

Statistics UWGACU First downs 22 28 Total yards 344 499 Rushing yards 102 202 Passing yards 242 297 Turnovers 1 2 Time of possession 26:06 33:54 Team Category Player StatisticsWest Georgia Passing Quincy Casey 14/34, 201 yards, 2 TD, INT Rushing Quincy Casey 9 rushes, 50 yards, TD Receiving Dylan Gary 7 receptions, 153 yards, 2 TDAbilene Christian Passing Maverick McIvor 24/37, 297 yards, 3 TD Rushing Isaiah Johnson 14 rushes, 71 yards, TD Receiving Nehemiah Martinez I 7 receptions, 132 yards, 2 TD

at Northern Colorado

Statistics ACU UNCO First downs 12 18 Total yards 325 266 Rushing yards 96 241 Passing yards 229 25 Turnovers 0 1 Time of possession 20:17 39:43 Team Category Player StatisticsAbilene Christian Passing Maverick McIvor 20/34, 229 yards, TD Rushing Sam Hicks 9 rushes, 76 yards, TD Receiving Javon Gibson 7 receptions, 102 yardsNorthern Colorado Passing Jonah Chong 4/8, 14 yards Rushing Darius Stewart 21 rushes, 132 yards Receiving Brayden Munroe 1 reception, 8 yards

No. 4 Idaho

Statistics IDHOACU First downs 23 25 Total yards 424 393 Rushing yards 171 105 Passing yards 253 288 Turnovers 0 3 Time of possession 30:57 29:03 Team Category Player StatisticsIdaho Passing Jack Wagner 18/35, 253 yards, 2 TD Rushing Nate Thomas 15 rushes, 64 yards, TD Receiving Jordan Dwyer 5 receptions, 91 yards, TDAbilene Christian Passing Maverick McIvor 26/46, 288 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT Rushing Isaiah Jonhson 10 rushes, 59 yards, TD Receiving Nehemiah Martinez I 4 receptions, 77 yards, TD

at Utah Tech

Statistics ACU UTU First downs 22 22 Total yards 609 508 Rushing yards 323 180 Passing yards 286 328 Turnovers 1 2 Time of possession 28:48 31:12 Team Category Player StatisticsAbilene Christian Passing Maverick McIvor 18/33, 286 yards, 2 TD Rushing Sam Hicks 12 rushes, 203 yards, 3 TD Receiving Blayne Taylor 5 receptions, 128 yards, TDUtah Tech Passing Reggie Graff 13/22, 231 yards, TD Rushing Reggie Graff 12 rushes, 79 yards, TD Receiving Eric Olsen 3 receptions, 60 yards, TD

No. 5 Central Arkansas

Statistics UCAACU First downs 31 23 Total yards 528 506 Rushing yards 202 156 Passing yards 326 350 Turnovers 2 0 Time of possession 30:17 29:43 Team Category Player StatisticsCentral Arkansas Passing Will McElvain 33/46, 326 yards, 2 TD, INT Rushing ShunDerrick Powell 20 rushes, 155 yards, 2 TD Receiving Malachi Henry 5 receptions, 83 yardsAbilene Christian Passing Maverick McIvor 22/36, 350 yards, 5 TD Rushing Isaiah Johnson 15 rushes, 91 yards Receiving Nehemiah Martinez I 7 receptions, 202 yards, 3 TD

at North Alabama

Statistics ACUUNA First downs 26 22 Total yards 468 506 Rushing yards 193 286 Passing yards 275 220 Turnovers 2 1 Time of possession 31:38 28:22 Team Category Player StatisticsAbilene Christian Passing Maverick McIvor 30/48, 275 yards, TD, INT Rushing Sam Hicks 13 rushes, 99 yards, 2 TD Receiving Nehemiah Martinez I 13 receptions, 93 yardsNorth Alabama Passing T. J. Smith 17/24, 220 yards, 4 TD, INT Rushing Jalen Fletcher 10 rushes, 123 yards, TD Receiving Kobe Warden 9 receptions, 112 yards, 2 TD

Eastern Kentucky

Statistics EKUACU First downs 19 27 Total yards 357 552 Rushing yards 92 212 Passing yards 265 340 Turnovers 3 2 Time of possession 29:24 30:36