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The Eagles cracked the AP Poll for the first time in a decade and made their first-ever appearance in the College Football Playoff rankings, but a three-game losing streak and a bowl cancellation changed the narrative of what looked like a special season.
Looking for its first eight-win season since 2009, BC was instead dealt a cancellation in its final game of the season, the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl.
Although the final three games of the regular season ended in disappointing defeats, BC still enters the bowl season having been ranked for the first time since 2008 while additionally hosting College GameDay.
Over the course of the past eight days, Chris Herren Jr. has made his first two collegiate starts and logged a season-high 22 points—and to cap it all off, he was awarded a scholarship on Thursday afternoon.
The Wayne, N.J. native—who threw for over 2,000 yards and 23 touchdowns, all while rushing for 825 yards and 12 scores as a senior at Bergen Catholic—is returning home to play for the Scarlet Knights.
BC student Michael Sorkin, CSOM ’21, was named as the student arrested for damaging property in Walsh Hall, racist vandalism in Welch Hall, and assaulting a BCPD officer earlier that morning.
A BC student was issued an interim suspension from the University on Sunday after writing racially explicit epithets in Welch Hall. In separate incidents, the student discharged a fire extinguisher and destroyed property in the Walsh Hall laundry room, and assaulted a BCPD officer.
Cornerback Hamp Cheevers and return man Michael Walker were named to the Walter Camp All-American Second Team on Thursday, becoming the 14th and 15th players in program history to earn Walter Camp All-American honors.
After finishing third and eighth in the country in points this past season, BC’s Sam Apuzzo and Dempsey Arsenault earned spots on the national team.
Since arriving at BC, Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond has provided a support system for first-generation student-athletes, hosting meet-and-greets and debuting an informative and inclusive panel discussion.
