FOR GAMES PLAYED 09-24-05

NCAA 1-AA NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
ANDRAE BROWN, JR. WR, 6'0, 180. TOWSON UNIVERSITY:Brown hauled in an Atlantic 10 record five touchdown catches as part of a nine-reception, 222-yard effort in Towson's 56-41 loss at Northeastern. He had scoring grabs of 8, 71, 30, 61 and 5 yards. This marks the seventh-highest single-game receiving yardage total in Towson history.

NCAA 1-AA NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
BARRICK NEALY. SR. QB, 6-5, 230. TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY:Nealy completed 26-of-34 passes for 378 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 36 yards and another score in the Bobcats 44-31 loss at Texas A&M. His passing yardage total was the third-best in Texas State history and he now holds the top three passing performances and six of the top 10 at the school. Nealy helped get Texas State back into the game in the fourth quarter, with a 38-yard touchdown run.

NCAA 1-AA NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
JOE RUBIN. SR. RB, 5-11, 230. PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY:Rubin rushed for 356 yards on 47 carries and scored five touchdowns in Portland State's 41-17 victory over Northern Colorado. The 356 yards was the third-best game in Big Sky history. His 47 carries was a school record. Rubin had touchdown runs of 9, 32, 8, 2 and 1. He also had a career-long 50-yard run

NCAA 1-AA NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
ROBERT MASON, SR. FS, 6'2 200. VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE:Mason recorded seven tackles (five solo), two passes defended and a 90-yard interception return for a touchdown in the Keydets' heartbreaking loss to nationally-ranked Lehigh. The fourth-quarter interception return, which pulled VMI within two points of the Mountain Hawks, was the second-longest in Big South and VMI history.

NCAA 1-AA NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
MARQUES MURREL, JR. DE, 6'2, 230. APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY:Murrel anchored the defense in the Mountaineers' 45-13 win over The Citadel. He racked up three tackles for loss, two sacks, one forced fumble and an 89-yard fumble return for a touchdown. Murrel leads the Southern Conference and is nationally ranked this season averaging 5.5 sacks, nine tackles and three forced fumbles.

NCAA 1-AA NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS
RYAN HOFFMAN. SR. P, 6'2, 195. ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY:Being only the second 1-AA punter ever named to the Ray Guy Award Watch List must have given Illinois State punter Ryan Hoffman a little extra motivation. For the second-straight week Hoffman double-teamed with the Redbird defense to keep ISU's opponent, Murray State, at bay. He belted four punts for 51.0 yards per kick, including a 65-yard bomb that was downed at the six-yard line.

NCAA 1-AA NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS
JOSH HOKE. JR. PK, 6'3, 195. COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY:Hoke kicked three field goals and one extra point in Coastal's 24-6 win over Delaware State. He booted a 49-yarder in the first quarter, the longest in school history, added a 26-yarder in the second stanza, and kicked a 46-yard field goal in the third quarter. He was also solid on kickoffs, posting four touchbacks on six kickoffs, with Delaware State's average start at its own 12-yard line on the remaining two kick. His 49-yard field goal was the third longest in league history.

NCAA 1-AA MID-MAJOR NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
RYAN ALEXANDER. SO. QB, 6'3, 200. DAVIDSON COLLEGE:Alexander played just 2 ½ quarters but was the difference maker as Davidson romped for a 48-17 victory against Valparaiso. He completed 15-of-20 passes for 343 yards and four touchdowns. Alexander had 307 yards passing at halftime.

NCAA 1-AA MID-MAJOR NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
JOHN SCIARRA. SR. QB, 6'1 195. WAGNER COLLEGE:Sciarra broke the 300-yard plateau for the second time this season and the sixth time in his two year career. He threw touchdown passes of 26, 14 and seven yards in the 38-21 loss to Marist. He has thrown two or more touchdown passes and completed 20 or more passes in all four games this season. He has also completed a touchdown pass in 14 of 15 career games.

NCAA 1-AA MID-MAJOR NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
COLIN DISCH. SO. LB, 6'1, 210. UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY:Disch posted a career-high 18 tackles, five tackles-for-loss, two sacks and a forced fumble despite Albany's, 14-13 loss to Central Connecticut State. The 18 stops is the most by a Great Dane player versus a Northeast Conference opponent, and tied the program's single-game Division 1-AA standard (Josh Bazan, Drake, 10/12/02). He is the league leader with 41 tackles this season. Last year he led the NEC in tackles (131) and tackles-for-loss (15.0).

NCAA 1-AA MID-MAJOR NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS
JORDAN BONTRAGER, FR-RS, DB/PR, 5'11, 167, DRAKE UNIVERSITY:Bontrager returned six punts for 98 yards (16.7 ypr), including a 60-yard punt return just 2:10 into the game for the Bulldogs first score. The effort set the tone for a Drake 54-0 romp over visiting Austin Peay. He later added an interception on defense.

NCAA II NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
WES BESCHORNER, SR. QB, 5'10, 188. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA:Beschorner, who set or tied six school records, amassed seven total touchdowns, 519 yards total offense and 479 yards passing to lead the 14th-ranked South Dakota to a 59-14 win over fourth-ranked Nebraska-Omaha before 8,968 in attendance at the DakotaDome. He completed 18-of-23 passes for a school-record 479 yards and tied a school record with five touchdown passes. He also threw a school-record 90-yard touchdown pass to Stefan Logan. In addition, he rushed seven times for 40 yards amd two rushing touchdowns. He leads the nation with a 272.60 pass efficiency rating.

NCAA II NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
JAMES McNEAR, SR. QB, 6'1, 178. CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY-ST. PAUL:McNear produced 524 yards of total offense, including 309 yards passing and 215 yards rushing, to lift Concordia-St. Paul to a wild 55-48 overtime victory over previously unbeaten Bemidji State. McNear rushed for four touchdowns and passed for two more.

NCAA II NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
CHRIS HENDRICKS. SR. LB, 6'2, 215. SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY:Hendricks had a career-high 18 tackles in Southeastern Oklahoma's 35-3 romp over Oklahoma Panhandle State. Among his career effort was eight solo stops, 2.5 tackles-for-losses, 2.0 sacks, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries.

NCAA II NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
MARCUS WRIGHT, SR. RB. 5'11, 175. KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY:Wright intercepted three passes for 39 yards, broke up five passes and had five solo tackles in Kentucky State's 31-22 win over Morehouse.

NCAA II NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS
WESTON DRESSLER, SO, WR/KR/PR, 5'6, 163. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA:Dressler for the third time in five games this season has returned a kick for a touchdown. This time taking a punt 86 yards to paydirt in UND's 52-3 win over Augustana (SD). He finished the game with four punt returns for 130 yards. With three return touchdowns (2 PR, 1 KR) this season, Dressler has already tied UND's career record. He leads the North Central Conference in punt return yards (323) and punt return touchdowns (2).

NCAA II NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS
CRAIG McFARLIN. SO. P, 6'0, 181. OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY:McFarlin led the OBU special teams in a 34-21 home loss to Southern Arkansas. He recorded seven punts for 315 yards and a 45.0 average. He also placed three punts inside the 20-yard line and blasted a career long 68-yarder that was downed at the SAU seven-yard line in the second quarter.

NCAA II NATIONAL OFFENSIVE LINEMAN
FELISE LANGI, SR. OL, 6'3, 340. CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY:Langi graded out at 95-percent with four pancake blocks anchoring a line that helped produce 429 total offensive yards, averaging 5.6 yards per play, as CAU defeated Lane 52-20.

NCAA III NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
JOHN ORTIZ, JR. TB, 5'8, 175. KING'S COLLEGE:Ortiz rushed for a King's record 267 yards on an NCAA Division record 59 carries and scored two rushing touchdowns. He caught one pass for 11 yards and accounted for 278 yards of total offense. King's dropped a 29-27 verdict to Albright on a touchdown pass with no time left on the clock.

NCAA III NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
DOUG PHILLIPS. SR. QB, 6'0. 295. JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY:Phillips passed for a career-high 345 yards and three touchdowns completing 17-of-27 passes. He also had eight carries for 51 yards and two scores in the Blue Streaks 48-17 win over Marietta. His 396 yards total offense was the most by a Blue Streak since Tom Arth set the school record with 486 in 2001.

NCAA III NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
KEITH RICCA. FR. QB, 6'4. 201. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY:Ricca set CUA records for completions (34) and attempts (57) for 407 yards with four touchdowns, and was 6-for-6 on the final 80 yard drive for the winning score as Catholic ended a 14-game losing streak by defeating Randolph-Macon 28-24. Ricca broke his brother Kevin's record for completions as Kevin had 31 against Randolph-Macon in 1995.

NCAA III NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
CHRIS WARRICK. JR. QB, 6'2. 212. WESLEY COLLEGE:Warrick threw for 352 yards completing 28-of-35 passes with four touchdowns in Wesley's romp over Kean 49-19. He ran for another score in the Wolverine's third straight game of at least 45 points scored. On the year he has thrown for over 1,200 yards in four games and 13 touchdowns.

NCAA III NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
CHRIS KERN, SR. LB. 6'2, 228. SIMPSON COLLEGE:Kern totaled 19 tackles (six solo), including six tackles-for-loss of 42 yards with four sacks for minus 39 yards as Simpson defeated Dubuque 40-7. He also recovered a fumble.

NCAA III NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
KEVIN STROUSE, SR. DE, 6'2, 212. THIEL COLLEGE:Strouse posted a school-record four quarterback sacks to go along with five tackles, a forced a fumble and a pass breakup for the Tomcats in Thiel's 41-7 victory over Bethany (WV).

NCAA III NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
BILL STRUZZI, JR, CB, 6'0, 200. ITHACA COLLEGE:Struzzi returned his first career interception 91 yards for the winning touchdown in overtime of 15th-ranked Ithaca's 41-35 win over 17th-ranked St. John Fisher. He recovered a fumble with 8:32 left in regulation to set up the tying drive for the Bombers, who trailed 35-21 in the fourth quarter. Struzzi also blocked a punt in the first quarter and totaled six tackles.

NCAA III NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS
JOEL MUSIELEWICZ, SR. KR. 6'0, 195. ADRIAN COLLEGE:Musielewicz returned three kickoffs a total of 155 yards, including one for 92 yards, and returned two punts in the Bulldogs' 45-21 victory over Bluffton.

NCAA III NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS
KEVIN OLSON, FR. PK. 5'10, 180. HOBART COLLEGE:Olson recorded 12 points against RPI, tying the Hobart single-game record for points by kicking as Hobart defeated RPI 56-48 in triple-overtime. He converted all six of his PAT's, to improve to 13-of-13 for his career. Olson also kicked field goals of from 29 yards and 47 yards out.

NAIA NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
DE DE DORSEY, SR. TB, 6'0, 204. LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY:Dorsey scored a school-record six touchdowns in a 42-27 win over eighth-ranked and previously unbeaten Graceland. He accumulated 271 rushing yards on 43 attempts with six rushing touchdowns and his lone reception for 27 yards picked a crucial first down late in the game.

NAIA NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
HOWARD EASLEY, SO. DB. 6'1, 205. BACONE COLLEGE:Easley led a solid defensive performance to help lead Bacone to a huge upset victory over fifth-ranked Georgetown (KY) College, 24-17. He recorded 12 tackles, including two tackles for losses, one interception and four pass breakups. His fourth quarter interception was returned 40 yards to set up the go ahead touchdown.

NAIA NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
CHUCK JONES, SR. DB, 5'11, 185. CUMBERLAND (TN) UNIVERSITY:Jones had a total of 20 (10 solo) tackles in the win over 24th-ranked Virginia-Wise, 34-22. He also forced a fumble, recovered a fumble and had a tackle for loss of 15 yards.

NAIA NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS
ZACH BLAIR, SR. P/PK, 6'0, 185. GENEVA COLLEGE:Blair recorded eight punts for 388 yards, a long of 69 yards, averaging 48.5 per punt as Geneva fell to 10th-ranked St. Xavier 35-20. He also had four kickoffs for 196 yards and nailed a pair of field goals, including a 45-yarder.

NCCAA NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
CURT CHRISTENSEN, JR. WR, 6'2, 200. MARANATHA BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE:Christensen caught 15 passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns in the Crusaders 27-24 win over Blackburn. His 15 catches marks the second most in school history.

NCCAA NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS
DENNIS HOLSMAN, SR. LB/PK, 6'1, 197. NORTHWESTERN (MN) COLLEGE:Holsman was successful on 5-of 7 extra point kicks and blocked a punt in NWC's 47-0 win over Crow