Nick Milgate had a big day on defense for Alfred in a 34-7 win against Hartwick. Alfred athletics photo by Peter Mangels

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Games of Oct. 25-26, 2019

Offense

QB Jackson Erdmann, Sr., St. John's

Erdmann broke his own school records for passing yards and yards of total offense in Saturday's win at St. Olaf. He finished 25-of-36 passing for 496 yards and four touchdowns and led the Johnnies with a career-high 67 yards on 10 carries, for 563 yards of total offense. The totals surpassed his previous records (470 passing, 456 total offense) set in the 2018 Johnnie-Tommie game.

OL Isaac Patry, Peter Rakauskas, Vince Lucca, Jordan Hartley, Sullivan Boyd, WPI

The WPI offensive line helped the Engineers jump out to a 49-0 halftime lead as WPI powered past Merchant Marine 66-13 in a NEWMAC contest. The 66 points is the most all-time in program history, while the 645 offensive yards amassed by the Engineers is the highest single-game output during head coach Chris Robertson's 10-year history. WPI amassed over 400 yards of first-half offense for third straight game.

RB Robert Shufford, Jr., Birmingham-Southern

Shufford continued his streak of 100-plus rushing yards by netting 282 yards in the Panthers' 38-21 win over Centre, breaking the career-high he set last week, and putting him in second place for the most rush yards in a single-game in program history. He averaged 13.4 yards per carry with his longest of the day a 66 yard touchdown. Shufford scored three of the team's five touchdowns.

RB Ethan Greenfield, So., North Central

Greenfield posted the sixth-highest single-game total for all-purpose yards and 10th-highest single-game total for rushing yards in program history in just one half of work against Carthage. He had 13 carries for 208 yards and two touchdowns and also added a 42-yard touchdown catch in the win. Greenfield has scored eight touchdowns in his last four games.

WR Harrison Wellman, So., Johns Hopkins

Wellmann enjoyed a career night in Johns Hopkins' 63-7 win against Gettysburg as he had nine receptions for 224 yards and two touchdowns; the 224 yards are the third-best total in Johns Hopkins history. The Centennial's leading receiver, who did not play in the second half, scored on receptions of 38 and 52 yards.

WR Cole Burgess, So., Cortland

Burgess caught eight passes for a career-high 187 yards and two touchdowns in Cortland's 42-37 win at St. John Fisher. He caught 50-yard and 64-yard TD passes in the second quarter and also had a huge 36-yard reception on third-and-10 from midfield in the final three minutes to lead to a crucial Cortland field goal that extended the lead to five. Burgess' 187 receiving yards are the seventh-highest single-game total in school history.

TE Colton Jewell, Sr., Aurora

Jewell caught seven balls for 123 yards and a touchdown with a long of 60 yards in Aurora's 56-14 win over Rockford. He also helped the Aurora run game rush for 5.2 yards per rush and 199 yards total in the game.

Defense

DE Joshua Smiley, Jr., Framingham State

Smiley recorded five solo tackles with three sacks for a loss of 24 yards including a sack-fumble in the fourth quarter on the Colonials' final possession of the game with three minutes remaining in the Rams' 39-14 win over Western Connecticut State.

DT David Tomb, Fr., Lycoming

Tomb posted four stops, two for loss, a sack and a blocked punt in 42-21 win over FDU-Florham. He disrupted the line of scrimmage all day, no more so than when he blocked an FDU punt at the 27 in the first quarter to set up the team's second touchdown.

DE River Shindledecker, Jr., Wheaton

Shindledecker's pressure on third-and-9 forced an intentional grounding in the end zone, creating a safety that increased Wheaton's lead to 5-0 early in the second quarter on his 13-yard sack. His first sack of the day was an 8-yarder late in the first quarter. He also had a 7-yard sack on fourth-and-8 late in the second quarter to end an Augustana drive and give Wheaton the ball at its own 31-yard line. The Thunder scored four plays later to increase the lead to 26-0. Shindledecker had four and a half tackles for loss and three and a half sacks.

LB Tevin Jones, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor

Jones set a new UMHB single-game record with 20 total tackles in the Cru's 15-14 win over Hardin-Simmons. He added a sack and two and a half tackles for loss. The sack came on the second series and knocked HSU out of field goal range. His final tackle for loss came on third down and forced a Cowboy punt to give the Cru the ball back for its game-winning drive.

LB John Christensen, So., Washington U.

Christensen had a career-high 16 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, a sack and his first career interception in WashU's 21-0 win at Illinois Wesleyan. Christensen and the WashU defense limited Illinois Wesleyan to 161 yards of total offense and forced six turnovers (two fumbles, four interceptions) as the Bears recorded their first shutout since 2013.

LB Mykael Ignaszak, Jr., Wisconsin Lutheran

Ignaszak recorded a game-high 16 tackles, including 10 solo, in the Warriors' 39-6 loss at Lakeland. He forced and recovered a pair of fumbles, including one which he returned 19 yards for a touchdown to give WLC a first-quarter lead. It marked the fifth consecutive game that Ignaszak has tallied at least 13 total tackles.

LB Nick Milgate, Sr., Alfred

Milgate totaled 15 tackles, six solo, and earned two tackles for loss, along with a sack and a forced fumble in a 34-7 win against Hartwick.

CB Kenny Hernandez, So., Brockport

Hernandez picked off two passes, one of which he returned 42 yards for a score in the fourth quarter, as Brockport topped visiting Utica 41-14 on Saturday. He also added three tackles and one pass breakup in the victory. 

S Ryan Gibson, Fr., Emory & Henry

Gibson earned his first start on Saturday and made the most of it, picking off three passes, breaking up three more and making five tackles as Emory & Henry won 41-31 over Shenandoah for its fifth consecutive victory. It is the longest win streak for the Wasps since the final five games of the 2016 season.

S Travis Brown, Jr., Carleton

Brown accumulated a career-best 17 tackles to go along with one forced fumble and a pair of fumble recoveries in Carleton's loss to nationally ranked St. Thomas. In the sixth double-digit tackle game of his career, Brown registered 11 solo tackles. He also broke up two passes and recorded a tackle for loss.

CB Tre Wilridge III, Jr., Central

Wilridge broke up a team-high four passes for Central in a 49-35 win over Nebraska Wesleyan. Three of the breakups happened inside the red zone. He also had six tackles, four of them solo.

Special teams

K Tim Branneky, So., Westminster (Mo.)

Branneky made a 58-yard field goal in Westminster's 17-14 win at Minnesota-Morris. This was a school record, a conference record and the longest in D3 this season. He also made a 45-yarder, which is the second-longest in school history.

P Jimmy Lahay, Sr., Albright

Lahay averaged 48.5 yards per punt on four attempts on Saturday against Widener. He hit a career-long of 57 yards and landed a pair of punts inside the Pride 20-yard line.

RET Jamir Prevard, So., Delaware Valley

Prevard took the opening kickoff and returned 98 yards for his first collegiate touchdown and sparked the Aggies in a convincing 51-3 win over Lebanon Valley at home.

ST Joey Biel, Sr., Monmouth

Biel was a one-man kicking band for Monmouth on Saturday and added a new dimension recovering his own onside kick in Monmouth's 27-14 win at Cornell. With the Scots leading 10-7 in the third quarter, the senior kicker recovered his own kick at the Monmouth 46. The rest of his five kickoffs averaged 56.2 yards and his six punts racked up 264 yards for a 44-yard average. Biel tacked on a pair of field goals and three PATs for nine total points.