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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

FALL 2007
WEEK ENDING 9/22/07

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK  

Ray Miles, SUNY Cortland
Junior, Quarterback
Port Byron, NY/Port Byron

Miles becomes the second different Red Dragon to earn NJAC Offensive Player of the Week honors after leading Cortland to a 30-27 victory over rival Buffalo State in the first NJAC contest of the season. In the win, he completed 19-of-36 passes for 304 yards and four touchdowns. Trailing in the contest 17-0, he rallied his team with touchdown strikes of 15, 36, 37 and 3 yards, the last of which proved to be the game-winning score midway through the fourth quarter. Miles, who registered career highs in both passing yards and touchdowns on the day, currently ranks fourth in the NJAC in passing yards per game with a mark of 167.7.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK  

Joe King, The College of New Jersey
Senior, Defensive Line
Moutainside, NJ/Governor Livingston

King earns NJAC Defensive Player of the Week honors for the second time this season after propelling the Lions to a come-from-behind 13-12 road win at Division I Football Championship Subdivision opponent LaSalle. In the victory, he recorded eight total tackles, including six solo stops, two sacks for a loss of 21 yards, and four tackles for a loss of 35 yards. He was a key cog in a Lion defensive unit that held the Explorers to just 196 yards of total offense and 64 rushing yards in the game. King currently leads the NJAC in both sacks (6.0) and tackles for a loss (11.0).

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK  

Jeff Bliss, Montclair State University
Sophomore, Kick Returner
New Milford, NJ/New Milford

Bliss becomes the second consecutive Red Hawk to earn NJAC Special Teams Player of the Week honors after contributing to a 27-26 road win at No. 6 Wesley which snapped the Wolverines’ 23-game home winning-streak. He returned three kickoffs for a total of 142 yards and an average of 47.6 yards per return. Two-of-his-three returns set up Montclair touchdowns including an 89-yard return for a touchdown to open the second half which proved to be the game-winning score. His 89-yard touchdown return was the longest for MSU since a 90-yard effort in the 1999 NCAA Tournament.

OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK  

Tim Hagerty, Rowan University
Freshman, Quarterback
Glassboro, NJ/Glassboro

Hagerty becomes the second different Prof to earn NJAC Offensive Rookie of the Week honors after leading the Profs to a 41-0 non-conference victory over Widener. In his first collegiate start, he completed 9-of-24 passes for 116 yards and two scoring strikes of 18 and 9 yards each. He also rushed 14 times for 65 yards and two touchdowns. Hagerty, who was responsible for 4-of-the-5 Profs’ touchdowns in the win, currently ranks third in the NJAC in passer efficiency rating with a mark of 132.0.

DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK  

Brian Haas, SUNY Cortland
Freshman, Linebacker
East Aurora, NY/St. Francis

Haas earns NJAC Defensive Rookie of the Week honors after contributing to the Red Dragons’ 30-27 win over Buffalo State. In the first NJAC game of his career, he notched a team-high 12 tackles, including five solo stops. He also recorded two tackles for a loss of nine yards and one sack for a loss of seven. Haas currently ranks 32nd in the NJAC in tackles with an average of 5.0 per game.

PREVIOUS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK - FALL 2007

  Offensive
 Player
Defensive
Player
Special Teams
Player
Offensive
Rookie
Defensive
Rookie

Week 1

Greg Meyer
Buffalo State
Joe King
TCNJ
Jon Robinson
Kean
Mark Lisa
Rowan
Leer Biddle
William Paterson

Week 2

*Andrew Giuliano
Cortland
Cornell Hunt
Montclair State
Matthew Mintz
Cortland
Cory Russell
Cortland
Chris Lauda
Kean

Week 3

*Joel Rivera
William Paterson
Cornell Hunt
Montclair State
Marco Capozzoli
Montclair State
Wayne Neal
Western Connecticut
Leer Biddle
William Paterson

Week 4

*Ray Miles
Cortland
Joe King
TCNJ
Jeff Bliss
Montclair State
Tim Hagerty
Rowan
Brian Haas
Cortland

* Indicates ECAC Player of the Week selection as well