Former Rutgers wide receiver Hunter Hayek announced his commitment to Stony Brook Football as a graduate transfer on Aug. 20. Hayek was ranked the 52nd-best overall recruit from New Jersey by 247Sports.
“Although it was our hope to compete this fall, circumstances beyond our control have necessitated an alternate path,” Stony Brook Director of Athletics Shawn Heilbron said in a press release.
Stony Brook’s season opener at MAC member Western Michigan is set to pay out $325,000 to the Seawolves. This means Stony Brook is currently slated to receive a combined total of $725,000 for showing up to play the first two weeks of its season against FBS opponents.
Stony Brook added their second FBS opponent, the Western Michigan Broncos, as their season opener now scheduled for Friday, Sept. 4 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This match replaces their previously scheduled matchup against Fordham on Aug. 29.
Stony Brook Football’s 2017 season began Saturday afternoon with the Seawolves taking top-25 FBS team to the edge, losing 31-17 to USF on the road in a game that the Seawolves led at the half.
The Colonial Athletic Association, the NCAA athletic conference in which Stony Brook Football is a member, hired Brian Gordon as its associate commissioner for football.
On a muggy 95-degree afternoon, the Stony Brook Football team was thrashed 38-0 by the Temple Owls of the Football Bowl Subdivision at Lincoln Financial Field.
After a five-game span in which the Seawolves were outscored 124-51, Stony Brook was able to ride the peaks and troughs right back to where it started—an even record.
In this edition of 4th and Goal, football writer Chris Gaine takes a look at the big contributions from Stacey Bedell and Victor Ochi and more points from Saturday's game.
Stony Brook football will open up its Colonial Athletic Association schedule against the reigning conference champion New Hampshire Wildcats on Saturday night.
