MAC Football Notes: Former MAC Players in the NFL, Week 1

Maxx Crosby made a pair of tackles, Ball State's Willie Snead had a TD grab, Miami's Sam Sloman made two field goals in his debut

Welcome to The Ypsilanti Eleven! I’ve got some notes for you to start your week off with, and these notes will cover how former Mid-American Conference footballers performed on Thursday and Sunday for the NFL’s opening games.

MACtion in the NFL: Week 1 Roundup

The NFL began its league’s competition Thursday and over the weekend, which was more palatable than all of the college material that’s been on the last couple Saturdays. Not saying the college games have been sloppy (which they have, but I digress), but it’s easier to watch the pro athletes play under their terms of agreement than it is to watch the college kids play under their terms of somebody else’s agreements.

The start of the 2020 NFL season began with 69 former Mid-American Conference players on NFL rosters, including 44 on active 53-man lists. Here’s how a bunch of them performed over the weekend while we still wait for tonight’s double-header of
New York Giants vs. Pittsburgh Steelers and Denver Broncos vs. Tennessee Titans.

Note: All former EMU players are in bold. All players that formerly transferred out of MAC programs while still in school are italicized.

Kansas City Chiefs 34, Houston Texans 20 (Thursday)

• CMU-KC: DE Mike Danna (49% offensive snaps) — 3 tackles

• CMU-KC: OL Eric Fisher (100% offensive snaps, 24% special teams snaps)

• NIU-HOU: OL Max Scharping (100% offensive snaps, 12% special teams snaps)

• EMU-KC: OL Andrew Wylie (100% offensive snaps)

Las Vegas Raiders 34, Carolina Panthers 30

• EMU-LVR: DE Maxx Crosby (76% defensive snaps) — 2 tackles

• WMU-CAR: OL Taylor Moton (100% offensive snaps)

New Orleans Saints 34, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23

• BGSU-TB: WR Scott Miller (61% offensive snaps) — 2 targets, 2 receptions, 18 yards; 1 rush, 6 yards

• CMU-TB: CB Sean Murphy-Bunting (100% offensive snaps) — 5 total tackles, 1 TFL

• EMU-TB: DE Pat O’Connor (7% defensive snaps)

New England Patriots 21, Miami Dolphins 11

• Kent State-NE: WR Julian Edelman (58% offensive snaps) — 7 targets, 5 receptions, 57 yards; 1 rush, 23 yards

• CMU-MIA: S Kavon Frazier (94% special teams snaps)

Green Bay Packers 43, Minnesota Vikings 34

• CMU-MIN: TE Tyler Conklin (15% offensive snaps, 46% special teams snaps)

• Toledo-GB: CB Ka’Dar Hollman (38% defensive snaps)

• Buffalo-MIN: WR K.J. Osborn (54% special teams snaps)

• UMass-MIN: WR Tajae Sharpe (13% offensive snaps)

Jacksonville Jaguars 27, Indianapolis Colts 20

• Ohio-IND: CB T.J. Carrie (22% defensive snaps)

• Ball State-IND: OL Danny Pinter (7% offensive snaps)

Chicago Bears 27, Detroit Lions 20

• Buffalo-CHI: LB Khalil Mack (86% defensive snaps, 6% special teams snaps) — 4 total tackles

• UCF-DET: K Matt Prater (19% special teams snaps) — 3/4 field goals

Buffalo Bills 27, New York Jets 17

• Ohio-NYJ: LB Tarell Basham (54% defensive snaps, 58% special teams snaps) — 3 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 QBH; 1 ST tackle

• Toledo-BUF: TE Reggie Gilliam (3% offensive snaps, 35% special teams snaps)

• Buffalo-BUF: CB Cam Lewis (23% special teams snaps)

• Kent State-BUF: OL Brian Winters (1% offensive snaps)

Baltimore Ravens 38, Cleveland Browns 6

• Toledo-CLE: RB Kareem Hunt (49% offensive snaps) — 13 rush, 72 yards; 6 targets, 4 receptions, 9 yards

• Akron-CLE: WR JoJo Natson (3% offensive snaps, 42% special teams snaps) — 1 punt return, 1 yard

• Ball State-BAL: WR Willie Snead (66% offensive snaps) — 4 targets, 4 receptions, 64 yards, 1 TD

Seattle Seahawks 38, Atlanta Falcons 25

• NIU-ATL: WR Christian Blake (9% offensive snaps, 24% special teams snaps)

Los Angeles Chargers 16, Cincinnati Bengals 13

• WMU-CIN: CB Darius Phillips (96% defensive snaps, 21% special teams snaps) — 1 tackle, 1 pass defended; 1 ST tackle

Arizona Cardinals 24, San Francisco 20

• NIU-SF: S Jimmie Ward (100% defensive snaps) — 4 total tackles, 1 pass defended

Los Angeles Rams 20, Dallas Cowboys 17

• Miami-LAR: K Sam Sloman (40% special teams snaps) — 2/3 field goals

Washington Football Team 27, Philadelphia Eagles 17

• N/A

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