CIAA Football Players of the Week- Week Seven
CIAA Football Players of the Week- Week Seven
October 11, 2010
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN- Edawn
Coughman, Shaw University
Position: OL Height:
6-6 Weight: 300
Class: Sr. Hometown:
Atlanta, GA
Comments: Coughman anchored an offensive
line that helped the Bears generate 491 yards of offense; 252 yards
rushing, on the way to a 45-13 win over Johnson C. Smith.
RECEIVER- Matthew Coston, Lincoln University
(PA)
Position: WR Height:
6-1 Weight: 175
Class: So. Hometown:
Queens, N.Y.
Comments: Matthew Coston set school records
for the Lions in yards (157) and receptions (9). He tied his own
school record for receiving touchdowns (2), also logging his third
100-yard receiving day of 2010. He had the longest reception of his
career, a 75-yarder.
OFFENSIVE BACK- Walter
Sanders, St. Augustine’s
College
Position: TB Height:
5-11 Weight: 220
Class: Sr. Hometown:
Baltimore, MD
Comments: Sanders rushed for 121 yards and
two touchdowns on 34 carries in a 40-35 victory against WSSU, who
had the No. 1 defense in the CIAA. It is the fifth consecutive
100-yard game for Sanders, the CIAA's leading rusher. He set the
tone with a 34-yard run for a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. When
WSSU pulled within six, 37-29, late in the game, the Falcons handed
the ball off to Sanders eight straight times for 40 yards which set
up a game-clinching field goal for a 40-29 lead with 1:40 left. The
Sanders-led drive ate up five minutes off the
clock.
DEFENSIVE LINEMAN- Timothy Green, Lincoln
University (PA)
Position:
DE Height: 6-1
Weight: 215 Class:
So. Hometown: Fanwood,
N.J.
Comments: Timothy Green had six tackles
including two sacks for a combined loss of 19 yards. He also had
two pass break-ups and a blocked extra point. Chowan recorded just
85 rushing yards.
LINEBACKER- Steven Stanback, St.
Augustine’s College
Position:
LB Height: 5-11
Weight: 220 Class:
Sr. Hometown: Temple Hills,
MD
Comments: Stanback led the Falcons with 10
total tackles (9 solo, 1 assisted), two interceptions, one fumble
recovery and one pass breakup in a 40-35 win over WSSU. He led the
Falcons’ defense which forced six turnovers against the No. 1
offense in the CIAA.
DEFENSIVE BACK- Zavis Padgett, Elizabeth City
State University
Position: CB
Height: 5-11 Weight:
200 Class: Sr
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Comments: Padgett was a big part of the
Vikings’ hold of Virginia Union to only 57 yards passing as
he finished the day with five tackles (3 solo, 2 assisted), a
tackle for a loss of a yard and two interceptions.
ROOKIE- Jermaine Jones, St. Augustine’s
College
Position: WR Height:
6-3 Weight: 200
Class: Fr. Hometown:
Wilmington, NC
Comments: Jones caught two passes for 87
yards and two touchdowns in the 40-35 victory over WSSU. He pulled
in a 68-yard scoring bomb in the first quarter to give the Falcons
a 14-7 lead and scored on a 19-yard pass in the second quarter to
push the Falcons' lead to 30-7.
SPECIALTY- Alexander Tucker, St.
Augustine’s College
Position:
PK Height: 5-11
Weight: 170 Class:
Fr. Hometown: Union,
SC
Comments: Tucker kicked a game-clinching
42-yard field goal with 1:40 left in the game to give the Falcons a
40-29 lead in a game they ultimately won 40-35. Tucker also booted
a 46-yard field goal in the game to set a modern school
record.
COACH- Michael Costa, St.
Augustine’s College
Comments: Costa devised a masterful
game-plan to stop unbeaten and nationally-ranked (17th)
Winston-Salem State, 40-35. The Rams entered the game with the No.
1 offense and defense but the Falcons scored 30 or more points for
the fourth straight game and forced six turnovers. The Falcons,
picked seventh in the CIAA preseason, lead the Southern Division
with a 4-0 record.
Notes of Interest: CIAA rushing leader Walter Sanders of Saint Augustine's College has rushed for over 100 yards in five straight games, a first for a Falcon player in the modern era. He is 178 yards away from becoming the first 1,000-yard Falcon rusher in the modern era.
