Michael Downing
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NICKELS/OLB Coach/Co-Special Teams Coordinator @MOStateFootball | ATL ➡️ FTW ➡️ BOULDER ➡️ SPRINGFIELD | Walk-On. | #OutHitOutHustle
Springfield, MO
Joined June 2011
The Standard is the Standard! #OutHitOutHustle 🐻. Who’s next?!.
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Words can’t express the emotions I have at this moment. The opportunity @TCUCoachP gave to me, to not only play in his program, but coach in it, is something I cannot repay. The memories and lessons will last a lifetime. I only have two words for you Coach: Thank you. #Suffocate.
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Christmas came early! Takes a special woman to be a Coach’s wife, and I found the perfect one for it! I love you @Sarah_Riley9 😘💍
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RIP to one of the best teammates and players to come through TCU, Jeff Gladney. Many of my fondest memories from playing included Jeff on and off the field. Heartbreaking. #RIPJefe.
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“Put a smile on your face and. ” we know the rest. 🔒😈🐸.
These dudes are special! The Horned Frogs lead the way with 4⃣ All-Big 12 Defensive First Team selections. 😈👊. #EarnTheChip #GoFrogs
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Can’t thank these seniors enough. From being teammates to coaching them, it’s been a pleasure. All I can say is thank you. This football program will be back. #GoFrogs.
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Just a casual Friday morning in Boulder, CO. Sko Buffs! 🦬
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We got 7. Best in the Big 12. Best in Texas. 😈🐸.
Schools with the most players invited to the NFL Combine:. @LSUfootball 16.@UMichFootball 11.@OhioStateFB 11.@AlabamaFTBL 10.@GeorgiaFootball 10.@AuburnFootball 9.@NDFootball 9.@Utah_Football 9.@GatorsFB 8.@CanesFootball 8. .
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Thank you for a great evening! It was an honor to represent @TCUFootball and to be included in a group of great Student-Athletes and coaches across the DFW area! Like we say at TCU, it’s 40 not 4! And every person in the room exemplified this quality! #GoFrogs😈🐸
Launching NFF Gridiron Club of Dallas Twitter Feed w/ photos from March of chapter's 2018 honorees: Michael Downing Jr., TCU safety & now on Horned Frogs coaching staff as a graduate assistant, accepts a Collegiate Scholar-Athlete Award from NFF COO Matthew Sign. #GoFrogs #TCU
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Thank you to @FBCoachP for coming out the past couple days to hang with @MOStateFootball!! Had a blast talking ball and telling old stories again! Thanks to @Ry_Beard for making it happen! #OutHitOutHustle #BearSwarm #40not4 🐻
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@TCUFootball @usnikefootball ⚫️⚫️⚫️ Saturday Nights in the Carter. The Blackout hits different! #TooColdU 😈🐸
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I’m so happy for this group of seniors!! As I was once teammates with all of them, I’m beyond proud of their ability to fight back and get to a bowl game!! My former locker neighbor, THE MUEHL, held it down too! We got one more!! #FROGSUP😈🐸.
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Football is finally upon us, let Camp SZN begin! Let’s get it crackin @CUBuffsFootball! IT’S ABOUT THAT TIME #SkoBuffs.
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Thankful to be headed to Ames for another opportunity! Nothing better than great Family, Food and Football on this day! Happy Thanksgiving Frog Fam! 😈🐸🦃.
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One of the best to ever do it at TCU!! Well deserved!! Congrats 7!!.
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Conference USA announces Missouri State University will join the league on July 1, 2025. CUSA 🤝 @MissouriStBears . #NoLimitsOnUs |
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🗣 Special Mother’s Days for my mom this weekend!! #AllisonStrong.
Excuse the language but it is needed right here. So proud of this awesome, incredibly strong mom of mine! 5 years cancer free is such a blessing. Strongest person I know and a day worth celebrating! I love you mom and thank you for showing me what true resilience means!
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And speaking of cancer. She is done. Blood work shows NO trace of cancer in her blood. @AllisonDowning has BEAT cancer! Love ya mom!.
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Good luck to all the players and coaches in our great state opening their season this weekend! Show off that work put in this summer, Football is back! #SkoBuffs 🦬
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See y’all Saturday. 🤫😈🐸 #OneHuddle.
Nothing this year has been easy, but we have this family, and that's all we need. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. #OneHuddle #GoFrogs
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A walk-on just got drafted number 1 overall. Never let anyone doubt you, just put in the work! #NFLDraft18.
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Well deserved @TheReal_Tre7! #SafetyGang💯.
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Have loved my time so far in the SEMO area of the SHOW ME State! Thanks to all the great coaches and adminstration for the hospitality, 1st class people! Last day tomorrow! Where the ballers I haven’t seen yet?! #OutHitOutHustle #TheHUNT 🐻
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Proud of you Pretty Girl! Go kill it!! 😘.
Forever thankful for my frogs, but excited to announce I’ve accepted a Development Coordinator position at San Diego State University within the Aztec Club. Excited to be apart of a growing athletics program, stadium expansion, and great career opportunity. Go Aztecs!
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Say it louder for the kids in the back! 🗣.
I’m recruiting young men to MY school, with the coaches who coached me. To the city I love and the school I chose. #Loyalty.
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I could not be more happy for this kid. The NFL is gonna find out what a real dog is!! Congrats AD! Size don’t matter!! @ad_washington24 #ProFrogs 😈🐸.
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Can’t wait to watch future Bears play some ball! If you can play, come out and prove it! #OutHitOutHustle #40Strong.
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It’s the time of the year that gives you goosebumps. We’ve put in the work, so now we go show it. See you at 11 in the Carter! OWN THE PROCESS. 😈🐸 #BeatSU.
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There’s something about the Alamo! I couldn’t have asked for a better game to end my career! Thank you to my teammates for making this season so special! It’s been an honor to wear the purple and black for the past 5 years and I have memories that will last a lifetime! Go Frogs!.
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Congrats to one of the best to ever do it! The @Raiders got a great one! Welcome to the NFL @TheReal_Tre7!!.#ProFrogs 😈🐸.
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Happy Thanksgiving Frog Fam! I hope your day has been filled with Family, Food, and Football!! 😈🐸.
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Let’s go!! Congrats Ty!!!.
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Congrats to all the new Frogs that join the #CarterBoys today! We are fired up that you are headed to Funky Town! The work has just begun!! 😈🐸.
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Best in the business! Thanks for the hospitality and help! If you need a suit in DFW- go to Men’s Collections! @JSong_18.
Big thanks and congrats to my old teammate from @TCUFootball and now coach at @MOStateFootball - @_CoachDowning on his upcoming wedding. Hope you enjoy your new wedding suit!
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Excited to head up to St. Louis tomorrow for @GlazierClinics and talk some ball! I’ll be speaking at 1:30 on Saturday about Quarters Defense! Hope to see y’all there and can’t wait to connect! #OutHitOutHustle 🐻
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To all the players in High School starting the season tonight, welcome back!! It don’t last forever so enjoy it! FOOTBALL IS BACK! 😈🐸.
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RIP John Madden. Thank you for what you’ve done for the greatest game ever created. I may not be old enough to remember your coaching career, but your broadcasting career and game helped me love football as much as you. All Madden will live on forever!.
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LETS GOOOOO!!! Ain’t nothing better than a defensive ball game!! How bout dem Frogs!!! 😈🐸 #CheezItBowlCHAMPS.
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Wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world. Show no weakness. #BleedPurpleOrBleedOut #GoFrogs
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It’s an honor to be in Springfield to work with such a great group of players and coaches! Thank you to @Ry_Beard, @CoachLDScott, and countless others for the opportunity! #OutHitOutHustle.
Beard Finalizes Bears Football Coaching Staff
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DFW ➡️ Springfield! #OutHutOutHustle 🐻.
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Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everyone has enjoyed a great day with family celebrating the birth of Jesus! For me, there’s no better place to be than with the Frog Fam in Phoenix! It’s about that time once again. #BeatCal #CheezItBowl 🎄😈🐸.
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Wasn’t pretty, but 6 in a row is 6 in a row! 👀🐻 #OutHitOutHustle.
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Alright @josh_dobbs1! Reppin the Alpharetta!! Even tho Im not surprised, he did for us time and time again. Keep ballin brah! #AlwaysARaider.
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Officially headed to TCU as a preferred walk-on! Considering where I was in May, I am blessed to have this opportunity! Time to get to work!.
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“Blocked away! The Frogs have done it in the Alamo City!” Still gives me chills every time.
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Highest FG% in the Valley! Well deserved @yobeid23! The specialist standard at Mo State continues!! #OutHitOutHustle . Who’s Next?!.
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LETS GO RAIDERS!!! 1-0 at the end of the night. I'm so proud of you @M_Down07, you deserve this!!! WE #BEATMILTON #AlwaysARaider.
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