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CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina concludes its three-game Sun Belt road trip play on Saturday night as the Chanticleers visit Arkansas State. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET. Roger Twibill, Pete Cordelli, and Dorian Craft will have the call on ESPN+. CCU fans can hear the Chanticleer Sports Radio Network broadcast with Joe Cashion, Layne Harris, Chris Burgin, and Joe Catenacci on WRNN 99.5 FM and online at wrnn.net.
 
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ROAD TEST CONTINUES
• CCU's stretch of three consecutive conference road games is the first in the history of the program.
 
MCCALL'S CAREER DAY
• Grayson McCall had the most prolific passing day of his career at Appalachian State, throwing for a career-high 373 yards.
 
• McCall completed 19-of-28 passes for two touchdowns and connected on his first nine attempts in the win.
 
• McCall was named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week for his performance.
 
• He also was named a Manning Award Star of the Week.

RISING TO THE OCCASION
• Five different Chanticleers set or tied their career highs in tackles at CCU against Appalachian State, led by Micheal Mason and Mason Shelton.
 
• Mason led the Chants with eight tackles in the victory, tying his season-high mark he set against Jacksonville State. 
 
• Shelton finished with a career-best six tackles, including four solo stops. 
 
HENSLEY STEPS UP
• Kade Hensley made the most of his season debut as the Chants' starting place kicker against Appalachian State.
 
• Hensley made all three of his extra points and connected on both field-goal attempts, including the game-winner from as time expired.
 
• The redshirt sophomore is 51-of-52 on extra points in his career and 10-of-13 on field goal attempts
 
MCCALL CLOSING IN ON MORE HISTORY
• Grayson McCall enters Saturday's game needing just 239 yards to become the 146th player in NCAA history to pass for 10,000 yards in a career.
 
• McCall's 104 career touchdowns responsible for puts him tied for 69thin NCAA FBS history with Chad Pennington (Marshall).
 
PINCKNEY'S CONSISTENCY
• Wide receiver Sam Pinckney extended his streak of consecutive games with a catch to 51 against Appalachian State. 
 
• Pinckney posted his second straight game with 100+ receiving yards, finishing with 102 yards on seven receptions.

• Pinckney is now tied for second in program history with seven games with 100+ yards receiving. 
 
BIG PLAY THREAT
• Coastal Carolina's offense recorded eight plays of at least 20 yards on offense against App State, the most since the Chants racked up nine such plays against Duquesne.
 
• CCU's passing offense was particularly potent against the Mountaineers as the Chants completed six passes of over 30 yards. 
 
ON THE MARCH
• The Chanticleers tied a season-high with an 83-yard scoring drive to open last week's game, matching the 83-yard drive CCU put together against Duquesne. 
 
• Coastal Carolina's last 14 scoring drives have all covered at least 59 yards. 
 
SCOUTING THE RED WOLVES OF ARKANSAS STATE
• Arkansas State saw its three-game winning streak end on Oct. 7 with a 37-3 loss at Troy that dropped the Red Wolves to 3-3 (1-1 SBC).
 
• The Red Wolves are 75-28 (.728) when playing at home since the 2005 season.
 
• True-freshman QB Jaylen Raynor made his debut against Stony Brook and finished with nine rushes for 57 yards, becoming the first A-State QB to rush for 50-plus yards since 2018.
 
• Senior LB Melique Straker has registered 10-plus tackles in four of his last seven games
 
• Redshirt-sophomore RB Ja'Quez Cross has four games with 100-plus all-purpose yards to rank 14th nationally and fifth in the Sun Belt Conference with 131.2 all-purpose yards per game.
 
• Redshirt-freshman LB Javante Mackey leads the team with 31 solo tackles and 47 total stops. 
 
• Redshirt-junior RB Zak Wallace is among 42 active FBS players with 2,000 or more rushing yards in their career.
 
• Dating back to the 2013 season, A-State has 5.0 or more tackles for loss in 100 of 131 games, tied with Marshall for the most in the Sun Belt.
 
SERIES SNAPSHOT WITH ARKANSAS STATE
• Coastal Carolina and Arkansas State have met five times on the gridiron with the Red Wolves holding a 3-2 lead in the series.
 
DATE       LOCATION                     RESULT
10/14/17   Jonesboro, AR                L, 17-51
11/10/18   Conway, NC                    L, 16-44
11/16/19   Jonesboro, AR                L, 27-28
10/03/20   Conway, SC                   W, 52-23
10/07/21   Jonesboro, AR               W, 52-20
 
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