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#71 Matt DeGraffinreed


Class: RS Junior
Hometown: Raleigh, N.C.
High School: Millbrook HS
Height / Weight: 6-2 / 295
Position: OL

2014 (Junior): Did not participate in football activities, rejoining the team for spring drills.

2013 (Sophomore): Started four of the 12 games in which he saw action, opening the season with three-straight starts at offensive left guard ... Also saw time on placekicking special teams ... Helped WCU had four, 100-yard rushing performances on the season... Credited with one assisted tackle on the season.

2012 (Freshman): Played in nine games along the offensive line and special teams making two starts at right tackle ... Made his first collegiate start against nationally-ranked Appalachian State, also starting at Alabama.

Prior to Western Carolina: Three-year letter winner and two-year starter at Millbrook High where he played both offensive and defensive line ... Earned All-CAP-8 conference accolades as a senior ... Was additionally named to the All-OT Football second team offense as selected and released on HighSchoolOT.com ... Listed as a Top 100 player at the ScoutingCarolina.com and made the All-Combine team at the Charlotte Nike SPARQ combine ... Also played basketball as a prep.

Personal: Full name is Matthew Allen James DeGraffinreed ... Is the son of Paul M. and Carmelitta M. DeGraffinreed ... Has an older sister, Hannah, who plays basketball at USC-Aiken ... He had two uncles play collegiate football - one at Miami (Ohio) and another at Ashland College, while one of his cousins played at Wittenberg College.


Courtesy WCU Media Relations

Montana #71




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Junior
6'4", 270 lbs.
Woodinville, WA
Woodinville HS


'14 Stats:

13 O-Line Starts
14 Games Played

13 Career O-Line Starts
14 Career Games Played

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Tim Plough

Title: Wide Receivers Coach
Phone: 928-523-1900
Email: Timothy.Plough@nau.edu





Bio







• Enters his second season as the wide receivers coach at Northern Arizona University after being hired in February of 2013.

• Coached Nick Cole and Jesse Brantley to Big Sky Honorable Mention accolades in 2013. His receivers scored 11 of the team’s 13 receiving touchdowns, while four players registered 300 or more receiving yards on the season.

• Had a 10-year playing and coaching career at UC Davis under head coach Bob Biggs. He was the starting quarterback for the Aggies in 2007 under current NAU offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello and was also the backup for three seasons (2004-06). In his senior season, he completed better than 64 percent of his passes for 1,355 yards and 11 touchdowns.

• Began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant on the Aggie staff for the 2008 season before earning a full-time role as quarterbacks coach in 2009.

• Added responsibilities each season of his four-year stint, finishing as co-offensive coordinator and play caller for the 2012 season in the school’s first season in the Big Sky Conference. He started calling plays for the Aggies in 2011 and was also the pass-game coordinator for each of the last three seasons (2010-12).

• Set school records at Ramona High School for completions (312) and passing yards (5,005). He earned All-Valley League honors in both football and baseball as a senior. He added second-team All-San Diego Section distinction in 2002.

• Graduated from UC Davis in 2008 with a degree in history and earned his master’s degree in coaching education from Ohio University in 2012.





College: UC Davis, 2008

Playing Experience: UC Davis, 2005-08

Recruting Areas: Scottsdale/Phoenix HS (AZ), San Diego/Southern Cal HS (CA), Utah HS (UT), Snow College

Plough's Coaching Chronology

2008 UC Davis, Volunteer Assistant

2009 UC Davis, Quarterbacks Coach

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