BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Coming off a milestone road win, Campbell (2-1, 1-1 CAA) returns home to Barker-Lane Stadium, hosting in-state and new CAA foe Elon (1-2, 1-0 CAA) on Parent's Weekend. Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m.

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TICKETS
Single game tickets for Campbell's home football games remain on sale at GoCamels.com/Tickets and via phone at 1-877-GO-HUMPS. As always, Campbell students receive free admission at the gate with their CU ID.

Complimentary 12 and under youth admission is available with purchase of adult ticket(s) at GoCamels.com through the new Future Camels initiative, courtesy of the Fighting Camel Club.

CLEAR BAG POLICY
Campbell University Athletics implements a clear bag policy that regulates the size and type of bag that may be carried into Campbell Athletics facilities, including Barker-Lane Stadium. Fans are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the new policies before arriving at the venue to minimize time spent searching bags at security checkpoints.

Bags that are approved include:
• Clear tote bags made of plastic, vinyl or PVC that do not exceed 12″ x 6″ x 12″
• One-gallon clear plastic zip-style bags
• Small purses or clutch bags that do not exceed 6.5″ x 4.5"
• Medical or diaper bags must be accompanied by a child

Bags are that not permitted include:
• Backpacks
• Printed pattern or tinted plastic bags
• Drawstring bags
• Fanny packs
• Camera or binocular cases
• Large purses or bags

PEPSI TAILGATE TOWN
The Pepsi Tailgate Town is Campbell's new football pregame experience, debuting at Barker-Lane Stadium for the 2023 season.

Come hang out with other Fighting Camel fans before the game in the tailgate lots between Barker-Lane Stadium and Stadium View Apartments, where Campbell will host activities for the whole family, including food trucks, inflatables, yard games, live music and face painting, as well as events from local businesses and organizations.

Also new to Campbell's football game day this season will be the Pepsi Camel Walk, greeting the team as they make their way to Barker-Lane Stadium. Approximately three hours before kickoff, the team will pass through the 421 Tunnel to be welcomed by the Sound of the Sandhills Band and CU cheerleading squad, as well as the Campbell community, friends and family.

Immediately after the Camel Walk, Tailgate Town will open for everyone to have a good time before the game.

LAST TIME OUT
NaQuari Rogers rushed for 152 yards and three touchdowns, leading Campbell over Monmouth 45-31 at Kessler Stadium. The Camels picked up their first CAA win, while handing Monmouth its first conference loss of the year.

Rogers carried the ball a career-high 21 times for 152 yards and three touchdowns, including the go-ahead 32 yard score with 9:37 to play in the fourth quarter. Rogers, a sophomore from Virginia Beach, Va., also punched in TDs in the first quarter and in the third, giving Campbell its first lead, 24-23, with 6:49 on the clock in the third.
Monmouth led 23-7 with 4:19 to go in the second after Jaden Shirden's 35 yard touchdown. Campbell answered with 24 straight, including Chaney Fitzgerald's 12-yard TD catch, and Caleb Dowden's 42-yarder just before the half. Rogers' second score, followed by a three yard keeper from Hajj-Malik Williams made it 31-23 Camels.

After Shirden's 22 yard touchdown catch tied it at 31-31 early in the fourth quarter, Rogers' 32 yard run, followed by Chris McKay, Jr.'s 26 yard scamper put Campbell ahead 45-31. Shirden who ran for 111 yards on 19 carries with a touchdown in the first half, finished the day with 165 yards rushing, adding four catches for 31 yards.

The Hawks led 23-17 at the half before the Camels owned the second half, 28-8. Campbell piled up 249 second half yards, rushing for 118 yards in the fourth quarter alone.

Williams completed 16-of-25 passes for 184 yards and a touchdown, also rushing for 32 yards and another TD, while Fitzgerald hauled in eight catches for 54 yards and a score. Javonte Kinsey and VJ Wilkins combined for 69 yards on five catches.

Marquez McCray completed 19-of-36 passes for Monmouth for 211 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions, with Dymere Miller grabbing nine balls for 138 yards.

CJ Tillman paced the Campbell defense with 10 tackles, with Ed Dennis and Monchovia Gaffney added seven stops apiece. Keevan Bailey and D'Marcus Harrington also added second half interceptions.

The game marked Campbell's second largest come from behind win (16-point deficit), only behind the Camels' 48-31 win at North Alabama in 2021. Campbell trailed by 17 points (24-7) in the second quarter before rattling off 41 straight points.

ROGERS NAMED CAA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
After rushing for career-highs of 152 yards and three touchdowns, Campbell's NaQuari Rogers has been named CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week.

Rogers powered Campbell to a 45-31 road win at Monmouth, giving the Camels their first CAA win. The sophomore running back carried the ball 21 times, also a career-high, including the go-ahead 32 yard score with 9:37 to play in the fourth quarter. A Virginia Beach, Va. native, Rogers also punched in TDs in the first quarter and in the third, giving Campbell its first lead, 24-23, with 6:49 on the clock in the third after trailing 23-7.

Rogers owned 17 yards rushing at the halftime break before bursting out for 135 second half yards, including 90 in the fourth quarter alone on 12 carries to help Campbell solidify the win. His three rushing TDs on Saturday matched his previous career total.

The sophomore is the third Camel to earn CAA weekly honors this season.

LEADING THE CAMELS
Campbell comes into this week's matchup with the fifth-ranked scoring offense in FCS, averaging 41.7 points per game, also ranking 10^th best in total offense nationally at 452.7 yards per game.

Hajj-Malik Williams owns the FCS' third best completion percentage at 75.0 percent, completing 63-of-84 throws, averaging 254.3 passing yards per game and five total touchdowns. The redshirt senior QB has also rushed for three scores, logging his 13^th career game with both a passing and a rushing touchdown at Monmouth.

Williams has connected with 12 different CU receivers through three games, including seven with multiple catches. Jalen Kelsey has posted a team-high 175 yards receiving on 11 grabs, while VJ Wilkins and Chaney Fitzgerald both have caught two touchdowns. Lamagea McDowell and NaQuari Rogers both own three touchdowns on the ground, combining for 362 yards.

Defensively, CJ Tillman has registered a team-best 16 tackles with 1.0 for loss, while Monchovia Gaffney owns 13 tackles.

THE MATCHUP: ELON
The Phoenix are coming off their first win of the season, a 27-3 victory over North Carolina A&T following losses at Wake Forest and Gardner-Webb to open 2023.

Matthew Downing and Justin Allen have combined for 406 yards passing through three games, with Downing tossing four touchdowns. Jalen Hampton, meanwhile, is averaging 106.3 rushing yards per game with a TD. Defensively, Bo Sanders has posted 19 tackles, with Caleb Curtain adding 15 tackles, including 2.5 for loss, and two interceptions.

Saturday will mark the second all-time meeting between the Camels and the Phoenix, and first as CAA rivals. Elon edged CU 24-23 in the Camels' 2019 home opener.

TWO FORMER CAMELS OPEN SEASON ON NFL ROSTERS
For the first time, two former Camels appeared on active NFL rosters opening the 2023 season. Both matched up in their first career NFL game, with Brevin Allen's Los Angeles Chargers hosting Julian Hill's Miami Dolphins in week one.

Allen became the first Camel to play in an NFL game on Sunday, seeing time in 12 plays, including seven kickoffs, a punt return and four defensive snaps. He increased his playing time to 18 plays in week two.

After making the Dolphins' initial 53-man roster, Hill has been inactive through two games due to injury.

Both signed as undrafted free agents after the 2023 NFL Draft following their Campbell careers, with Allen initially signing to the LA practice squad as an outside linebacker.

Allen was a four-time All-Big South honoree at CU as a defensive end, earning second team honors this season, despite being limited to just eight games in 2022. The redshirt senior totaled 22 tackles with 7.5 stops for loss, including 4.5 sacks, to go along with an interception, still ranking among the Big South Conference's leaders in tackles for loss and sacks.

Campbell's all-time leader in tackles for loss (38.0) and tied for the school record for sacks (20.5), Allen earned All-America honors in 2021. In his final collegiate season, the Greensboro native was named Big South Defensive Player of the Week after posting three sacks and an interception in the first half of Campbell's win over Robert Morris, also earning honorable mention FCS defensive player of the week accolades.

He was also named to the Buck Buchanan watch list for FCS defensive player of the year, as well as the East-West Shrine Bowl 1000.

One of the top FCS tight end targets in the country, Hill earned First Team All-Big South honors in 2022, collecting all-conference accolades for the third time in his career. Hill registered 659 yards receiving with five TD catches and 38 total receptions, leading all Big South tight ends in those categories. He posted 50 or more receiving yards six times on the season, including a career-high 122 yards on four catches with a touchdown at Bryant.

Hill added a rushing touchdown at North Carolina A&T, also helping lead the Camels to 500 or more yards of total offense four times, and 400 or more passing yards twice.

He played in 48 games from 2018-22 at Campbell, making 26 consecutive starts over his last three seasons, with 85 receptions for 1,218 yards and seven touchdowns.

The duo was two of three Camels to sign with NFL squads following the 2023 NFL Draft, along with safety Aaron Maddox with the Indianapolis Colts.

The trio became the first Camels to join NFL squads since running back De'Shawn Jones attended rookie minicamp with the Seattle Seahawks in 2018.

Other Camels to join the NFL ranks include defensive tackle Greg Milhouse, who played for the New York Giants in the 2016 NFL preseason, and then with Seattle in 2017, long snapper Daniel Dillon, who played in the 2016 NFL preseason for the Arizona Cardinals, and defensive end Ugonna Awuruonye who attended rookie minicamp with Atlanta in 2016.

CAMELS BEGIN 16TH SEASON OF MODERN ERA
Heading into the 16th season of Campbell's modern era of football in 2023, the program continues its upward trajectory.

Just five Big South Conference seasons removed from the non-athletic scholarship Pioneer Football League (the football conference home for CU from 2008-17), the Fighting Camels are now a member of the CAA, the top conference in the FCS, home of some of the most history rich, consistent, national championship winning and storied programs in the subdivision.

In the offseason, the Camels hauled in the top recruiting class in the FCS for the second consecutive year.

The 2023 Camels return 11 total starters, including seven on the offensive side of the ball, three on defense and one on special teams, as well as 44 letterwinners (losing 53 last season), while bringing in a whopping 53 newcomers (25 freshmen, 28 transfers) in head coach Mike Minter's 11th season in Buies Creek.

CAMPBELL JOINS THE COASTAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Campbell University officially became a member of the Coastal Athletic Association in all sports on July 1, 2023.

The addition of Campbell in 2023 increases the CAA's full membership to 14 schools, joining fellow new members North Carolina A&T, Hampton, Monmouth and Stony Brook as schools that have all joined in the last year. CAA Football now consists of 15 teams in 2023.

The conference encompasses many of the nation's largest metropolitan areas with a geographic footprint that stretches from Boston to Charleston. It has produced 18 national team champions in five different sports and 33 individual national champions.

Campbell joined NCAA Division I in 1977 and became a charter member when the Big South Conference was formed in 1983. Campbell joined the Atlantic Sun Conference in the summer of 1994 and competed in the ASUN 17 years before returning to the Big South in the summer of 2011.

After a five-decade absence, Campbell resumed football competition in 2008 as a member of the Pioneer Football League. Campbell moved up to competition in Big South football in 2018.

EDWARDS, GREENE NAMED TO REESE'S SENIOR BOWL WATCH LIST
Campbell's Mike Edwards and Isaiah Greene have been named to the 2024 Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List. The Senior Bowl identifies the "best of the best" draft prospects at every level of college football for the 2024 NFL Draft.

Edwards, making an appearance on the watch list for the second straight season after electing to return to CU, has also earned multiple preseason All-American nods. Edwards has been named Preseason First Team All-American by Phil Steele, while taking second team honors from Stats Perform and The Bluebloods.

A graduate student, Edwards is coming off an All-American campaign for the Camels, earning second team honors from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and third team accolades from Phil Steele in 2022.

A Hope Mills native, Edwards was also named First Team All-Big South following the 2022 season, anchoring the left side of an offensive line that helped CU set a single season passing yards record for the second straight year. Edwards started Campbell's first nine games before being lost due to injury, pushing the Camels to 500 or more yards or total offense four times.

Greene, meanwhile, heading into his first season at Campbell after transferring from Central Connecticut State, also appears on the watch list. A cornerback from Newark, N.J., Greene appeared in all 11 CCSU games in 2022, posting 47 tackles with 3.5 stops for loss, including 1.5 sacks, adding two interceptions, five breakups, a forced fumble and a blocked kick.

The 2024 Reese's Senior Bowl, played annually for the past 74 years in Mobile Ala., is set for February 3 at Hancock Whitney Stadium and broadcast on the NFL Network.

WILLIAMS NOMINATED FOR ALLSTATE AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM
Campbell's Hajj-Malik Williams is one of 136 nominees nationally for the 2023 Allstate American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team.

Established in 1992, the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team is one of the most coveted community service awards in college football. From the 136 nominees, the final roster of 23 award recipients will bring together 11 players from the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision; 11 players from the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, Divisions II, III and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA); and one honorary head coach. To be considered for a spot on the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, each player must be actively involved with a charitable organization or service group while maintaining strong academic standing.

Among the team and department-wide leaders in community services hours logged and events attended in 2022-23, Williams is heavily involved in the greater community, volunteering for events such as the Special Olympics, Polar Plunge, Night to Shine, as well as Read Across America at Buies Creek Elementary.

The Atlanta native also helped donate and promote Campbell Football's inaugural Food and Toy Drive, put on in conjunction with Harnett County Veteran Services, served at the Buies Creek Food Pantry, and is an active participant with the Lillington Boys and Girls Club. Williams is also working to create a Big Brothers Program with Campbell Football and the Dunn Boys and Girls Club/P.A.L.

On the field, Williams passed for a school record 2,221 yards last season as the only QB in the Big South Conference to rank in the league's top-three in passing and top-15 in rushing.

The former Freshman All-American was a two-time Big South Offensive Player of the Week, combining for 294 yards with a touchdown while completing 22-of-33 passes in a win over NC Central, and passing for three touchdowns and 249 yards on 26-of-35 passing (career-best 74.3 completion percentage) in the first half of a win over Robert Morris.

The final 22-member team and honorary coach are selected by a voting panel of former Allstate AFCA Good Works Team members, current and former head coaches and journalists. They look for exceptional leadership on and off the football field.

CAMELS FACE ONE OF THE STRONGEST SCHEDULES IN FCS
According to Stats Perform, Campbell faces the fifth toughest schedule in the FCS, based on 2022 Division I opponent records. CU's 2023 opponents, all Division I FCS or FBS, owned a 77-55 record (.583) last season.

Harvard owns the strongest 2023 slate, according to the metric at .648 (68-37), followed by Nicholls (.610, 83-53), Elon (.606, 80-52) and Cal Poly (.585, 69-49). North Alabama (.573, 71-53), Yale (.571, 60-45), ETSU (.570, 65-49), Central Arkansas (.568, 67-51) and Northern Arizona (.561, 74-58) round out the top-10.

FIRST TIME OPPONENTS
Campbell will face off against four first time opponents, coming in consecutive weeks from October 21 to November 11. CU will take on Maine (October 21), followed by Richmond (October 28), North Carolina (November 4) and Delaware (November 11).

Since the 2018 campaign, which coincided with the program moving to the Big South, and now the CAA in 2023, CU has already faced 22 first time opponents, with that number set to grow to 26 by the end of the season. Campbell faced eight first time opponents during the 2022 season.

NEXT UP
The Camels step back out of CAA competition, making the short trip to No. 18 North Carolina Central on September 30. Campbell will then head to new CAA foe Hampton on October 7 before returning to Barker-Lane Stadium to a Homecoming matchup with Maine on October 21.

FLOSPORTS IS THE NEW STREAMING HOME OF CAMPBELL ATHLETICS
With Campbell's move to the CAA, all Fighting Camel home video streams and all away conference broadcasts will be aired live on FloSports.

Using this specific Campbell link, any Fighting Camels fan can sign up for a FloSports subscription with a discounted rate of $12.99 a month or $99 per year. Faculty, staff, and students with a campbell.edu email address can use the same link for a discounted rate of $9.99 a month or $99 a year.

A FloSports subscription gives you access to over 1,200 live events, including every Campbell home football game, plus all men's and women's basketball home games. Select CU Baseball, Men's and Women's Soccer, Volleyball, Softball and Women's Lacrosse contests are on FloSports, totaling more than 150 Campbell events a year.

This summer, the CAA extended its wide-ranging media partnership with FloSports to serve as the exclusive world-wide digital platform for live and on-demand coverage of CAA sports through 2026-27. The new eight-figure agreement with FloSports is the most lucrative media rights deal in league history and will see over 1,200 games air annually, including the majority of conference championships.

Founded in 2006, FloSports is a subscription video streaming service dedicated to sports, offering live and on-demand access to hundreds of thousands of competition events across 25+ vertical sport categories in the US and abroad. With a growing library of more than 300,000 hours of premium content including news, expert commentary, films, documentaries and more, FloSports has established itself as an innovator and leader in sports streaming.