On campus How area FBS players fared during bowl season

BIG TEN

Michigan

RB De’Veon Smith, Fr., Howland: Carried four times for 7 yards in a 31-14 loss to Kansas State in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.

RB Fitzgerald Toussaint, Sr., Liberty: Carried twice for 2 yards and a TD and caught one pass for zero yards.

Michigan State

S Kurtis Drummond, Soph., Hubbard: Started and made five tackles, including 0.5 for loss, in a 24-20 win over Stanford in the Rose Bowl.

Nebraska

C Mark Pelini, Jr., Mooney: Played but did not record any statistics in a 24-19 win over Georgia in the Gator Bowl.

Ohio State

OL Corey Linsley, Sr.: Started at center in a 40-35 loss to Clemson in the Orange Bowl.

LS George Makridis, Sr., Warren Harding: Played but did not record any statistics.

TE J.T. Moore, Jr., Boardman: Played but did not record any statistics.

ACC

Pitt

S Ray Vinopal, Jr., Mooney: Started and made a game-high 11 tackles, including a sack, in a 30-27 win over Bowling Green in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.

Syracuse

LB Lewellyn Coker, Sr., Warren Harding: Played but did not record any statistics in a 21-17 win over Minnesota in the Texas Bowl.

MAC

Ball State

LB Trent Toothman, Jr., Salem: Played but did not record any statistics in a 23-20 loss to Arkansas State in the GoDaddy.com Bowl.

Bowling Green

DB Cameron Truss, Sr., LaBrae: Started and made two tackles in a 30-27 loss to Pitt in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.

Ohio

WR Landon Smith, Jr., Girard: Caught two passes for 37 yards, returned a kickoff for 19 yards and threw an incomplete pass in a 37-20 loss to East Carolina in the Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl.

Staff report