Mountains of Opportunity | Appalachian State

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Shawn Clark, Mountaineers set their eyes on College Football Playoff
The Appalachian State Mountaineers are the winningest program in college football over the playoff era to not make the CFP, but that may change in the 2024 season.

A day after being named the preseason favorite to win the Sun Belt Conference football championship for the East Division, Mountaineers head coach Shawn Clark addressed the pivotal change to the playoff format for the upcoming year, which tripled from four teams to 12 to complete for a national championship. The new format could potentially have a team from one of the Group of Five Conferences, like the Sun Belt. Before the expansion, a team from one of the Group of Five was guaranteed a spot in one of the New Year’s Six bowls, which would now be the CFP opening round.

“I like the setup. It gives us a chance to make a run at being in the College Football Playoffs, and that’s what you want an opportunity to do. In the years previously, you had to be undefeated, be a Power Five program,” said Clark. “You still have to have a great resume’ but whoever the highest ranked non-power four program has the opportunity to play in the college football playoff — that’s what you want. Our goal is always to win conference championships, bowl championships, and now this gives you an opportunity to make the College Football Playoffs."

“We play in one of the best conferences in all of college football. I believe our conference is set up for one of our teams to make a run and get a berth in the College Football Playoffs - hopefully that team is us.”

The Sun Belt Conference had an outstanding resume in 2023 as 12 of the 14-member schools played in a bowl game, winning five of them. That included Appalachian State, who bested the University of Miami at Ohio in the Avocados from Mexico Cure Bowl championship. Since re-joining the FBS in 2014, the Mountaineers have yet to have a losing season and are 7-1 in it's bowl games.

As Appalachian State looks to make a run at their fifth Sun Belt Conference championship and the first since 2019, they’ll bring back 70 percent of their production on both sides of the ball, which includes 14 starters. The Mountaineers are scheduled to open their season against East Tennessee State in Boone, NC.

10 Best Appalachian State Players
1. Thomas Shrader, OG Jr. (RS) - 86 OVR
2. Joey Aguilar, QB Sr. - 85 OVR
3. Kaedin Robinson, WR Sr. (RS) - 85 OVR
4. Eli Wilson, TE Sr. (RS) - 82 OVR
5. Kanye Roberts, RB Soph. (RS) - 81 OVR
6. Ethan Johnson, CB Jr. - 81 OVR
7. Nate Johnson, LB Soph. - 80 OVR
8. Christian Horn, WR Sr. - 80 OVR
9. Shawn Collins, DE Jr. (RS) - 79 OVR
10. Jordan Favors, S Jr. (RS) - 79 OVR

2024 Team Schedule
Aug. 31 - East Tennessee State
Sept. 7 - at Clemson
Sept. 14 - at East Carolina
Sept. 19 - South Alabama
Sept. 28 - Liberty
Oct. 5 - at Marshall
Oct. 12 - at Louisiana
Oct. 19 - OPEN DATE
Oct. 26 - Georgia State
Nov. 2 - Old Dominion
Nov 7 - at Coastal Carolina
Nov. 16 - OPEN DATE
Nov. 23 - James Madison
Nov. 30 - at Georgia Southern

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2024 Team Roster
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#	Offense	POS	YR	OVR			#	Defense	POS	YR	OVR
4	Joey Aguilar	QB	Sr.	85			12	Shawn Collins	DE	Jr. (RS)	79
7	Billy Wiles	QB	Jr. (RS)	74			5	Michael Fletcher	DE	Sr. (RS)	78
6	Matthew Wilson	QB	Fr.	63			97	Kevin Abrams-Verwayne	DE	Jr. (RS)	69
16	David Hernandez	QB	Sr. (RS)	56			96	Josiah Wyatt	DE	Soph. (RS)	69
14	Kanye Roberts	HB	Soph. (RS)	81			92	AJ Mebane	DE	Fr. (RS)	63
1	Anderson Castle	HB	Jr. (RS)	76			9	Markus Clark	DT	Jr.	74
28	Maquel Haywood	HB	Sr.	76			29	Santana Hopper	DT	Soph. (RS)	75
3	Ahmani Marshall	HB	Sr.	71			95	Montez Kelley	DT	Sr.	72
26	Khamani Alexander	HB	Fr.	66			94	Kendall Farmer	DT	Fr.	67
20	Jaylon Calhoun	HB	Fr. (RS)	58			91	Joshua Donald	DT	Jr.	67
2	Kaedin Robinson	WR	Sr. (RS)	85			90	Nate Johnson	LB	Soph.	80
13	Christian Horn	WR	Sr.	80			15	Thomas Davis	LB	Jr. (RS)	78
8	Dalton Stroman	HB	Jr. (RS)	76			55	Jackson Bussey	LB	Fr.	62
12	Michael Hetzel	WR	Jr. (RS)	72			44	Brodrick Gooch	LB	Soph. (RS)	74
11	Grant Tucker	WR	Fr. (RS)	72			56	Kyle Arnholt	LB	Jr. (RS)	73
0	William Fowles	HB	Fr. (RS)	71			33	Derrell Farrar	LB	Soph. (RS)	72
15	Makai Jackson	WR	Jr.	67			14	Jayden Bethea	LB	Fr. (RS)	69
82	Chris Lawson Jr.	WR	Fr.	66			35	Jack Scroggs	LB	Sr. (RS)	54
10	Emmett Pressley	WR	Soph.	59			52	Orlando Leon	LB	Soph.	51
18	Doug Meadows	WR	Fr.	58			8	Brendan Harringon	LB	Sr. (RS)	78
22	Franklin Baret	WR	Fr.	55			26	Caden Sullivan	LB	Jr. (RS)	76
87	Eli Wilson	TE	Sr. (RS)	82			31	Jaleel Freeman	LB	Fr.	63
85	Doug Larkins	TE	Jr. (RS)	78			40	Cole Becker	LB	So. (RS)	57
86	Kanen Hamlett	TE	Soph. (RS)	70			10	Ethan Johnson	CB	Jr.	81
42	Christian Johnstone	TE	Sr. (RS)	67			16	Seth Robertson	CB	Sr.	77
80	Max Drag	TE	Fr. (RS)	63			0	Trenton Alan Yowe	LB	Jr. (RS)	73
83	Jack Kelly	TE	Fr.	61			13	Elijah Mc-Cantos	CB	Soph. (RS)	71
70	Thornton Gentry	OT	Jr. (RS)	74			6	Jason Chambers	CB	Jr.	68
72	Markell Samuel	OT	Jr. (RS)	69			36	Tyshawn Sanders	CB	Fr.	64
78	Dyland Barbrey	OT	Fr.	57			19	Myles Farmer	S	Sr. (RS)	77
76	Luke Burgess	OT	Soph. (RS)	73			27	Ronald Clarke	S	Sr.	71
63	Jayden Ramsey	OT	Jr. (RS)	72			21	DJ Burks	S	Soph. (RS)	71
60	Ethan Ryan	OT	Jr. (RS)	58			11	Avarion Cole	S	Jr. (RS)	70
68	Montrell Walker	OT	Fr.	57			17	Jalik Thomas	S	Sr.	70
67	Thomas Shrader	OG	Jr. (RS)	86			20	Kaleb Neal	S	Fr.	63
75	Felix Doege	OG	Fr.	59			25	Kai Fernandes	S	Fr.	61
50	Zach Wynn	OG	Sr.	73			7	Jordan Favors	S	Jr. (RS)	79
74	Griffin Scroggs	OG	Soph. (RS)	71			18	Trey Lenhardt	S	Fr.	64
66	Danny Stevens	OG	Fr. (RS)	65			37	Andre Hamilton	S	Jr. (RS)	55
64	Michael Marotta	C	Jr. (RS)	70			99	Michael Hughes	K	Sr.	80
52	Cayden Sweatt	C	Fr. (RS)	67			39	Jackson Moore	K	Fr. (RS)	65
62	JT Sowell	C	Fr.	58			49	Mitchell Lake	P	Soph.	68
53	Jake Ganoe	C	Soph. (RS)	56

Bolded player denotes starter

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