Blake Proehl

18 players from NC selected in NFL Draft

May 5, 2021 Shawn Krest

North Carolina was well represented in last weekend’s NFL Draft. One out of every 14 players drafted — 18 of 259 — either played high school or college football in the state. Another 13 have […]

Local NFL hopefuls prepare for next week’s draft

April 21, 2021 Shawn Krest

The NFL Draft will take place next week in Cleveland as the league returns to an on-site show following last year’s pandemic-necessitated remote draft. While we may not get to see shots of Kliff Kingsbury’s […]

Ending season with 2 straight wins gives ECU momentum

December 2, 2020 Brett Friedlander

At face value, the 2020 season was a disappointing one for the East Carolina football team. It started with the cancellation of a game against Marshall designed to pay tribute to the Thundering Herd on […]

ECU falls behind, can’t catch up against Tulane

November 7, 2020 Cory Lavalette

East Carolina dropped its third straight game Saturday, losing 38-21 to Tulane at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville. Pirates quarterback Holton Ahlers threw for 351 yards and three touchdowns, but ECU managed just seven first-half points […]

QBs, WRs fuel NC teams’ top offenses

August 12, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Amid growing pessimism that the 2020 college football season is on its last legs, the ACC provided a badly needed ray of hope Monday when its athletic directors decided to continue moving forward in an […]

ECU holds on for a win over Old Dominion

September 29, 2019 The Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va. — Warren Saba blocked a punt for a touchdown, Holton Ahlers passed for two more and East Carolina held off Old Dominion 24-21 Saturday night. Each team scored a field goal on its […]

Ahlers leads East Carolina past Gardner-Webb 48-9

September 7, 2019 Cory Lavalette

GREENVILLE — Holton Ahlers threw for a touchdown and ran for two more as East Carolina rolled past Gardner-Webb 48-9 on Saturday to give new coach Mike Houston his first win with the Pirates. ECU […]

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ECU, family members rally around Proehl after season-ending injury

August 8, 2017 Brett Friedlander

Blake Proehl was primed to make an immediate contribution for the East Carolina football team this year. But his true freshman season ended literally before it had a chance to get started. The three-star wide […]