Offense QB Adam Knoblauch, So., Delaware Valley
Knoblauch tied a school record with five touchdowns while also rushing
for a score in DVC's 48-19 rout of Susquehanna. He was 20-for-29 passing
for 356 yards and ran seven times for 60 yards.
RT Kyle Lackscheide; RG Alex Olds; C Joel Jolink; LG Josh Van Laan;
LT Tyler Paesens, Olivet
Olivet picked up 514 yards in a 56-0 rout of Manchester. The Comets racked-up
369 yards on the ground, and 145 in the air. Olivet is averaging 420.0
yards rushing this season on 198 attempts, a 6.4 yard average. Olivet
is leading all divisions of NCAA football in rushing. The offensive line
has not allowed a quarterback sack this season. Jolink was the only returning
player to the offensive line as the other four are first-year players
at Olivet.
RB Matt Wycoff, Sr., Coe
Wycoff rushed for 285 yards and three touchdowns on 34 carries in the
Kohawks’ 42-34 victory against Upper Iowa. He scored on rushes of
66 yards, four yards and two yards. Wycoff also caught two passes for
24 yards, finishing the game with 309 all-purpose yards.
RB Tony Sutton, Jr., Wooster
Sutton reset his own school and conference records for rushing yards in
a game with 338 on 34 carries, as he paced Wooster's comeback win over
Case with four of his six touchdowns in the second half. The six touchdowns
also marked a league record and tied a school mark. Additionally, Sutton
eclipsed the 2,000-yard mark (2,079) in just his 12th career game.
WR Conrad Singh, Sr., Hampden-Sydney
Singh had a team-record 12 catches for a career-best 188 yards and one
touchdown to help guide 14th-ranked Hampden-Sydney to a 52-33 victory
over Guilford. Singh became Hampden-Sydney's all-time leader in career
receiving yards with 2,317 for his career.
WR Matt Yvon, Sr., Westfield State
Yvon had 11 receptions for a school record 257 yards and scored two touchdowns
in a 30-27 win against Fitchburg State. He scored a total of 18 points
as he hit a game-winning 31-yard field goal, was 1-for-1 in PAT kicking
attempts and ran for a two-point conversion on a reverse play.
TE Sean Hennigar, Sr., Lycoming
Hennigar led Lycoming's receiving corps with five catches for 114 yards,
including a 30-yard touchdown.
Defense DL Thomas DeMoss, Sr., Widener
DeMoss finished with nine tackles (three solo), including holding King's
out of the end zone with a tackle on second-and-goal from the 2. He broke
up two passes as well.
DL Ryan Rackliffe, So., Worcester Polytech
Rackliffe had 11 tackles, all unassisted, and four of WPI’s six
sacks, plus a pass deflection.
DL Chad Glover, Fr., East Texas Baptist
Glover caused a fumble and ran it back for an 18-yard second quarter touchdown,
then registered a late game fourth-down sack to help seal the 24-21 win
against Howard Payne. Glover finished with six tackles.
DL John Loveland, Sr., Alma
Loveland was credited with 14 tackles, eight of them solos and three for
lost yardage in the Scots' 16-2 victory against Defiance. He also recovered
a fumble and forced another.
LB Jai Echols, Sr., RPI
Jai had 12 tackles, all solo, in a 34-26 win at Worcester Polytech. He
caused and recovered a fumble, intercepted a pass and broke up two more.
LB Steve Kasperski, Jr., Colby
Kasperski was in on 77 of Colby's 78 defensive snaps in a 15-13 win against
Middlebury and came away with 18 tackles (13 solo), one for loss.
LB Matt Fuhrman, Jr., Kings Point
Fuhrman had nine tackles (seven solo) and forced two fumbles in a 21-0
win against Dickinson. The Red Devils gained just 136 yards and six first
downs on the afternoon, running a total of eight plays in Kings Point
territory.
DB Matt Diercks, Sr., Gustavus Adolphus
Ericks returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown against Augsburg,
tying the NCAA record for previously tied twice this season. He also broke
up five passes and had four tackles (two solo).
DB Nate Harrell, Sr., Chicago
Harrell returned an interception for a touchdown and was the Maroons'
leading tackler (12, seven solo) as Chicago fell to Illinois Wesleyan
30-21. Harrell's 59-yard interception runback with 18 seconds left in
the second quarter gave Chicago a 14-7 halftime edge. He was also credited
with 12 tackles and a pass breakup.
DB George Hewan, Jr., Shenandoah
Hewan had 10 tackles and a game-high seven solo in the Hornets' 28-14
win against Ferrum. He broke up two passes and have five tackles for loss.
DB Brian Kight, Jr., Wooster
Kight made the biggest play in Wooster's 62-33 win over Case Western.
With the Scots ahead 34-33 early in the fourth and the Spartans threatening
at the 19-yard line, Kight stepped in front of a pass by All-American
Eli Grant and sprinted untouched 85 yards for a score. Kight, who now
has three career interceptions returned for a touchdown, also had 14 tackles
on the afternoon.
Special teams K Mike Clark, Jr., Augustana
Clark booted the game-winning 54-yard field goal to lift the Vikings to
a 27-26 victory over UW-Platteville, he also kicked himself into the NCAA
record books. Clark's 54 yarder as time expired was not only a school
record, it also eclipsed the Division III standard for longest field goal
to end a game. It is also the second longest play to win a game on the
last play of regulation. Clark also kicked a 46-yard field goal and three
extra points.
P Matt Welch, Fr., Lewis & Clark
Welch booted five punts for a 50.8 average pinning Puget Sound inside
its own 5-yard line twice and also kicked the game-winning field goal.
RET Jared May, So., Hardin-Simmons
May became the first Cowboy to return a punt and kickoff for touchdowns
in the same game. He returned the punt 49 yards and the kickoff 86.