Week 8 (games of Oct. 25)
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Offense
QB Joe Brannen, Jr., Coe
Brannen was 25-for-34 passing for 420 yards and five touchdowns and ran for two more scores. He did not throw an interception in the 66-63 win against Cornell.

OL Corey Diehl (LT), Todd Nelson (LG), Jason Kelly (C), Ed Huth (RG), Jim Baird (RT), King's
King’s had three runners each rush for over 100 yards for the first time in school history. Richard Jackson rushed for a team-high 167 yards on 32 carries, sophomore T.D. Callahan followed with a career-high 143 yards on 20 carries, while senior quarterback David Hessler also set a career-high with 122 yards on 14 carries. King’s amassed a school-record 430 rushing yards on 67 carries, averaging 6.4 yards per play. King’s held a 20:10-to-9:50 advantage in possession time in the second half.

RB Michael Carter, Sr., Chapman
Carter played both ways, playing the unusual pairing of running back and defensive lineman in a win against Whittier. He carried 26 times for 223 yards and three touchdowns, while also recording six tackles (five solo), three for loss and two sacks.

RB Taylor Ramos, So., Delaware Valley
Ramos had 17 carries for a career-high 197 yards and an 85-yard touchdown run. The score came with 4:28 remaining to seal Delaware Valley's 45-30 victory against Albright.

WR Conrad Singh, Sr., Hampden-Sydney
Singh caught 10 passes for a team-record 224 yards and one touchdown as the Tigers racked up over 600 yards on offense in a 57-14 win at Catholic. The 224 yards not only set a single-game record but also moved Singh over 1,000 receiving yards for the season as he became the first Hampden-Sydney receiver to achieve the mark.

WR Terrell Cummings, Sr., Hanover
Cummings had career highs in receptions (11), yards (133) and touchdowns (3) in Hanover's 48-19 win against Anderson.

TE Brian Maver, Jr. Westfield State
Maver had four catches for 103 yards and two touchdowns in Westfield's 36-6 win against Framingham State.

Defense
DL Jeremy Duerr, Sr., UW-La Crosse
Duerr had three of UW-L's season-high five sacks in a 20-13 win at UW-Platteville. He also finished with a team-high eight tackles, including five tackles for loss. Duerr's three sacks is tied for eighth in single-game school history

DL Brandon Tisdale, Jr., Wilmington
Tisdale recorded three sacks and 5½ tackles for loss in Wilmington's first victory of the season, helping hold Marietta's running offense to 68 yards.

DL Joe Kearney, Jr., Wooster
Kearney finished with 10 tackles (seven solo), including 2½ sacks, during Wooster's 52-24 win at Earlham. Among Kearney's sacks, 1½ came during a three-play stretch when the Quakers had driven inside the 10-yard line early in the fourth quarter and were trying to make it a two-score game.

DL Joe Kersten, Sr., UW-Stout
Kersten was a key to holding UW-River Falls, a wishbone offense and the top offensive team in the WIAC, to 211 rushing yards. Kersten had 13 tackles (seven solo), five tackles for loss, a sack and caused a fumble.

LB John Walther, So., Brockport State
Walther had a season-high 17 tackles to lead Brockport State to its seventh win in eight games. He also had four tackles for losses and helped the Golden Eagles hold McDaniel to 86 yards passing and 219 in total offense.

LB Justin Fletcher, Jr., Springfield
Fletcher had a game-high 11 tackles (seven solo), and was in on his first three career sacks (15 yards for loss) in a 56-10 win against WPI.

LB Brad DeHaven, Jr., Salisbury
DeHaven had 12 tackles (four solo), six for loss and a sack in a 31-6 win against Newport News. Salisbury held the Builders to 31 rushing yards.

DB Brent Hanson, Jr., RPI
Hanson had a school-record tying three interceptions and caused and recovered a fumble as RPI thrashed Hartwick 52-7.

DB Bryan Diaz, Jr., Trinity (Texas)
Diaz recorded a career-high 11 tackles (seven solo), as well as 2½ sacks. He also had two quarterback hurries in the 52-7 win. He had four tackles for loss.

DB David Vogt, So., Texas Lutheran
Vogt picked a pass for a 19-yard return early in the fourth quarter to spark the Bulldogs to a 26-21 comeback win against Louisiana College. The interception helped keep Louisiana College on its end of the field and put TLU in position for a field goal on its next possession. Vogt finished the game with five solo tackles, a stop for a loss and a pass breakup.

DB Kennard Davis, Jr., Thiel
Davis accounted for 18 of Thiel's 42 points in Saturday's 42-14 rout of Bethany. Davis finished with two intereception returns for touchdowns of 99 and 24 yards, respectively, to go along with an 89-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. He also led the Tomcats with six tackles. Both the 99-yard interception return and 89-yard kickoff return are school records.

Special teams
K John Goss, So., Colby
Goss booted two field goals from 39 and 33 yards out to tie the NESCAC single-season record of eight field goals and break the school record of seven. Goss is 8-for-9 in field goal attempts this season, including 2-for-2 from 40-49.

P James Wilson, Jr., Linfield
Wilson averaged 50.4 yards on five punts, including a 74-yard effort in a 30-24 win against Menlo.

RET Jamarcus Shepard, Jr., DePauw
Shephard scored four touchdowns including two on kickoff returns of 95 and 91 yards in the first 15:45 of a 55-34 win against Millsaps. The two returns for touchdowns set DePauw and SCAC records and tied a Division III record. Shephard leads all of NCAA football in kickoff return average at 47.0 yards.