Player of the Week Journal November 26, 2005 Football Gazette

NCAA 1-AA NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
ERIK MEYER, SR. QB, 6'2, 210. EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY:Meyer completed 25-of-44 passes for 387 yards and four touchdowns in the 41-38 loss to Northern Iowa in 1-AA first round playoff action. He also rushed for 36 yards on 16 carries and one touchdown. With a completion percentage of .657, 10,261 yards, 84 touchdowns and just 17 interceptions in 42 career games, Eastern Washington senior quarterback Erik Meyer broke the I-AA record for efficiency rating by quarterbacks with at least 400 completions. His rating of 166.47 narrowly surpassed the previous record of 166.27 set by Montana's Dave Dickenson from 1992-95.

NCAA 1-AA NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
BARRICK NEALY, SR. QB, 6'5, 230. TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY:Nealy completed four touchdown passes, accounted for a school-record 526 yards of total offense and became Texas State's all-time passing leader as the Bobcats came from behind to post a 50-35 win over tradition-rich Georgia Southern in the first round of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. In throwing for a school-record 400 yards, a first against a Georgia Southern team in 109 games, Nealy surpassed David Williams for the career passing record. He now has 6,774 passing yards. Williams finished his career with 6,677 yards (1994-97). Nealy has also now accounted for the top two season totals, passing for 2,443 yards this year to rank second behind his sophomore-year performance. On the day he completed 23-of-32 passes and rushed for 126 yards on 12 carries with one touchdown.

NCAA 1-AA NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
RICKY SANTOS, SO. QB, 6'2, 215. UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE:Santos, who finished 18 of 27 for 252 yards and three touchdowns in UNH's 55-21 first round playoff win over Colgate, broke his own UNH single-season records for completions (274), passing yards (3,452) and total offense (3,851) during Saturday's game. He also increased his single-season passing touchdown record to 36 and his career TD passes record to 67. In addition, Santos rushed for a career-high 165 yards, including a career-long 51 yard carry and an 8-yard touchdown run, on 14 rushes..

NCAA 1-AA NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
JEFF PAMMER, SO. FS, 6'0, 210. UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE:Pammer helped No. 1-ranked and top-seeded University of New Hampshire football team defeat 24th-ranked Colgate University, 55-21, in the first round of the NCAA I-AA playoffs. He totaled 10 tackles (six solo), three pass breakups and returned his two interceptions a total of eight yards.

NCAA 1-AA NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS
MICHAEL BOYLE, R-FR. WR/KR, 5'8, 175. UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE:Boyle was the big catalyst for New Hampshire when he returned a punt 73 yards for a touchdown to put UNH up 14-0 in the first half. In the 1-AA first round playoff win over Colgate, 55-21, he totaled three punt returns for 101 yards (33.7 average) and had one kickoff return for nine yards.

NCAA 1-AA NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS
MARIO SANCHEZ, FR. PK, 6'1, 180. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY:Sanchez helped Prairie View (5-6) claim the victory over Texas Southern and put a stamp on Prairie View's most wins in a season, since finishing 5-5 in 1988. Sanchez connected on all three field goal attempts (30, 35 and 32) as Prairie View beat TSU 30-27. He also made all three of his extra point kicks for a total of 12 points in the win.

NCAA 1-AA NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS
BRIAN WINGERT, JR. PK, 6'1, 183. UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA:Wingert kicked the game-winning field goal with 51 seconds left to play in the game, which lifted UNI to a 41-38 victory over visiting Eastern Washington. He was perfect for the game hitting both his field goals (37 & 31) and all five extra point kicks.

NCAA 1-AA NATIONAL ALL-PURPOSE
ERIC KIMBLE. SR. WR/KR, 5'11, 200. EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY:Kimble caught nine passes for 155 yards and two touchdowns in a heart-breaking loss to Northern Iowa in 1-AA first round playoff action. He also returned a kickoff for 25 yards and had three punt returns for 65 yards. Kimble broke the Big Sky Conference career reception yards record, surpassing the 4,049 yards Sacramento State's Fred Amey had from 2001-04. Kimble's current total of 4,140 ranks fourth in I-AA history and his 253 catches is eighth. He also has 46 career touchdown catches to move him just four behind the I-AA record of 50 held by Jerry Rice.

NCAA II NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
JIM TERWILLIGER, JR. QB, 6'0, 170. EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY:Terwilliger threw for more than 300 yards for the 22nd time in his career and threw a touchdown pass in his 36th consecutive game. Both are NCAA Division II records. This was the third straight playoff game that ESU scored 50-plus points. For the game he completed 19-of-25 passes for 384 yards and five touchdowns, while also rushing for 35 yards on eight carries to help ESU whip C.W. Post 55-28 in NCAA Division II quarterfinal round playoff action.

NCAA II NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
JACOB FORD. JR. DE, 6'5, 238. UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS:Ford, who was all over the field Saturday, dropped North Alabama's running back Demarcus Blount for an 8-yard loss on UNA's first play in overtime from the 25. Ford, a junior from Memphis, finished with six tackles, including three tackles for loss, one sack, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and two passes broken up. North Alabama won in overtime 41-38 in the NCAA II quarterfinal game.

NCAA II NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
DAN SKUTA, R-FR. LB, 6'3, 240. GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY:Skuta put the Lakers in position for their first points of the game when he picked off a Chris Dougherty pass and returned it 27 yards to the Saginaw Valley 13. Skuta notched a career-high 13 tackles (six solo), picked off a pass and deflected a pass in the quarterfinal round NCAA Div. II playoff game victory by Grand Valley State over Saginaw Valley State, 24-17.

NCAA II NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS
YUTA FUKUTA. JR. PK, 5'7, 170. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA:Fukuda, a junior from Gumma-Machi, Japan, kicked a 32-yard field goal with just 1:52 left in the game to force overtime, and then delivered the longest field goal of his brief collegiate career for the win on the final play of the game to advance in the NCAA playoffs, this time getting a 45-yarder in overtime for a 41-38 win over Central Arkansas in the Division II quarterfinals.

NCAA II NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS
MATT REGNERY. SR. P, 6'2, 190. GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY:Regenery punted five times for 210 yards (42.0 per punt average) with a long of 52 yards, including two inside the opponents 20-yard line, as GVSU defeated Saginaw Valley State 24-17 in NCAA II quarterfinal playoff action.

NCAA III NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
LARRY BEAVERS, SO. WR, 5'10, 170. WESLEY COLLEGE:Beavers set an Atlantic Central Football Conference single-game record for receiving yards and touchdown receptions in Wesley's 46-36 win at Mary Hardin-Baylor. He caught six passes for 239 yards (39.8 yards per catch) and scored four touchdowns. Beavers' also had one carry for 12 yards.

NCAA III NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
BRETT ELLIOTT, SR. QB, 6'3, 210. LINFIELD COLLEGE:Elliott completed 31-of-39 passes for 386 yards and three scores as the Wildcats rallied from a halftime deficit of 14-7 to pull out the win over Concordia-Moorhead, 28-14 in their NCAA Div. III second round clash. He also rushed for 16 yards on six carries, including a four-yard scramble into the endzone for the game-clinching touchdown.

NCAA III NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
NATE KMIC, FR. RB, 5'9, 190. MOUNT UNION COLLEGE:Kmic broke a school record with 361 rushing yards on 37 carries. The regular season record of 269 yards was held by Mike DiBlasi - set against John Carroll in 1970. Chuck Moore had the Raider playoff record of 346 yards set against Wittenberg in 2001. He rushed for four touchdowns and returned one kickoff for 27 yards as Mount Union defeated Augustana (IL) 44-7 in NCAA Div. III second round playoff action.

NCAA III NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
MIKE GIBBONS. SR. OLB, 5'10. 195. MOUNT UNION COLLEGE:Gibbons had a career-high 18 tackles, the most by a Raider defender in 2005. Six were unassisted, including one for a loss of two yards, as Mount Union defeated Augustana (IL) 44-7 in NCAA Div. III second round playoff action.

NCAA III NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
JIMMY GRADIS. SR. OLB, 5'11. 200. HOBART COLLEGE:Gradis recorded a game- and career-high 17 tackles, including 11 solo in the NCAA Div. III second round loss to Delaware Valley, 21-14. He also had 2.5 tackles for losses totaling six yards with one sack for -four yards. Gradis led Hobart with 76 tackles this season. In 41 career games, he registered 249 tackles (155 solo), 23.5 tackles for a loss, 21 passes defended, six interceptions, five sacks, five fumble recoveries, and three forced fumbles.

NCAA III NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS
JAKE REUTER, JR. P. 5'8, 166. WESLEY COLLEGE:Reuter averaged 42.2 yards per punt on five kicks with a long of 50 yards, including one inside the opponents' 20-yard line as Wesley won at Mary Hardin-Baylor 46-36 in NCAA Div. III second round playoff action.

NAIA NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
CRAIG FOBBE, SR. QB, 6'3, 225. MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE:Fobbe passed for a school-record 501 yards to raise his season's total to 4,627 yards to break the former NAIA national record of 4,616 yards by Jon Kitna of Central Washington University in 1995. Fobbe, who passed for five touchdowns in the win against Evangel, broke his own former school single-game record of 476 yards passing he set against Dana College in the Mustangs' regular season finale on Nov. 12. Fobbe also had a school-record 510 yards total offense against Evangel to break his former school record of 477 yards total offense in this year's opener against Midland Lutheran College on Sept. 3. Fobbe completed 31-of-46 passes and had four carries for nine yards as MC defeated Evangel 54-21 in NAIA quarterfinal playoff action.

NAIA NATIONAL OFFENSIVE
DEONTRAE JOHNSON, SR. WR, 6'3, 200. MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE:Johnson, who caught nine passes for a school-record 287 yards in the Mustangs' opening round 58-7 win against St. Ambrose, led the Mustangs with 13 catches for 263 yards to raise his season's totals to 78 catches for 1,825 yards and 20 touchdowns. He scored two touchdowns in Morningside's 54-21 victory over Evangel in NAIA quarterfinal playoff action.

NAIA NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
CEDRIC DEWBERRY, JR. DB. 6'1, 220. EVANGEL UNIVERSITY:Dewberry, the Defensive Player of the Game Award winner, intercepted a Fobbe pass to snap a streak of 190 consecutive passes Fobbe had thrown without an interception. He totaled 11 tacklers (eight solo), including 1.5 tackles for loss of four total yards. He recovered two fumbles for 23 return yards and returned an interception 48 yards for a touchdown in the loss to Morningside in NAIA quarterfinal playoff action.

NAIA NATIONAL DEFENSIVE
ADAM PAULSON, JR. LB. 6'3, 230. UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS:Paulson was named the defensive player of the game due to his constant pressure on the quarterback. To go with his eight total tackles, he had two tackles for a loss, one fumble recovery, and one interception. He also hurried the quarterback three times as Sioux Falls defeated Tabor 48-13 in NAIA quarterfinal playoff action.

NAIA NATIONAL SPECIAL TEAMS
CODY JAMINET, JR. WR/KR. 5'11, 185. MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE:Jaminet returned three kickoffs for 55 yards and returned three punts for 18 yards as Morningside defeated Evangel 54-21 in NAIA quarterfinal playoff action. On offense, he caught four passes for 50 yards.