11/20/09- Andrew Lorman, So, Grand Valley State, 6-2, 225 2009 ALL-GLIAC HONORABLE MENTION: Andrew Lorman (So./H-Back), has been selected All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Honorable Mention for the 2009 college football season in balloting conducted by the league’s head coaches. - Grand Valley State football
11/20/09- Jarrell NeSmith, Sr, Tusculum, 6-2, 225 SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD: Tusculum College tight end Jarrell NeSmith received the Football Scholar-Athlete Award for the third year in a row. The 2008-09 SAC Presidents Award winner has a 3.86 GPA and is a pre-medicine major. - SAC football
11/20/09- Michael Tribue, Jr, Carson Newman, 6-3, 244 SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE JACOBS BLOCKING TROPHY: The Jacobs Blocking Trophy went to Carson-Newman offensive lineman Michael Tribue. The Jacobs Blocking Trophy is presented to the top lineman in the league. Tribue anchored an offensive line that averaged 354 yards rushing per game. - SAC football
11/18/09- Vanness Emokpae, Sr, Truman State, 6-1, 240 2009 ALL-MIAA HONORABLE MENTION: Vanness Emokpae, Jr., WR, has been selected All Mid-America Conference Honorable Mention for the 2009 college football season. After missing most of last season with an injury, junior Vanness Emokpae (Sugarland, Texas/Sugarland) was the Bulldogs leader on offense. Emokpae led the team in rushing with 524 yards on 97 carries and receiving yards with 365 on 26 catches. He had five rushing touchdowns and four receiving scores and was used in several “wildcat” formations. - Truman football
11/17/09- DeMarco Cosby, Jr, Central Missouri, 6-3, 240 2009 ALL-MIAA SECOND TEAM: TE: DeMarco Cosby, Jr., Central Missouri, has been selected All Mid-America Conference Second Team for the 2009 college football season. Cosby was second on the squad with 39 receptions for 513 yards, while leading the team with five TD grabs. It was his second all-conference selection after earning first-team last year. - Central Missouri football
11/16/09- Richie Brockel, rSr, Boise State, 6-1, 240 Boise State tight end Richie Brockel is expected to miss the rest of the season with a foot injury. Brockel, who has eight catches for 75 yards and two touchdowns this season, injured his left foot in the sixth-ranked Broncos’ 63-25 blowout over rival Idaho Saturday. Coach Chris Petersen declined to provide details of the injury, but said the senior was undergoing tests Monday. The Broncos (10-0) also lost freshman running back Matt Kaiserman for the season. Kaiserman, who saw his first action last month at Hawaii, suffered a broken right leg. In four games, Kaiserman has 33 carries for 150 yards and one touchdown. - AP Sports
11/10/09- Richard Dickson, Sr, LSU, 6-2, 240 11/10/09 NFL DRAFT SCOUT FALLER: Richard Dickson, FB, LSU: The Tigers could have used the 2007 or 2008 versions of Dickson in their close loss to Alabama. But even if Dickson would have been healthy enough to play, his role has been limited this year; his 13 receptions average only 8.3 yards (108 total receiver yards) and include no touchdowns after scoring five in each of the past two seasons. An adequate blocker with marginal size (a likely moving tight end/H-back in the NFL) and average speed (4.78 40-yard dash), Dickson needs to be a consistently productive receiver to be graded as a mid-round pick. - Chad Reuter, The SportsXchange, NFLDraftScout.com
11/09/09- Dorin Dickerson, Sr, Pittsburgh, 6-2, 230 BIG EAST WEEK 10 HONOR ROLL: Dorin Dickerson, TE, Pittsburgh — Had seven receptions for a career-high 118 yards and a touchdown in a 37-10 win against Syracuse. - BIG EAST football
11/09/09- Aaron Hernandez, Jr, Florida, 6-2, 250 SEC WEEK 10 OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE: TE AARON HERNANDEZ (Florida) - Had career highs of seven catches for 120 yards against Vanderbilt. - SEC football
11/09/09- D.J. Williams, Jr, Arkansas, 6-2, 250 SEC WEEK 10 OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE: TE D.J. WILLIAMS (Arkansas) - Caught seven passes for 137 yards against South Carolina. - SEC football
11/08/09- Luke Lippincott, rSr, Nevada, 6-1, 215 SCOUTING THE OFFENSE: Nevada continues to lead the country in rushing at 319.1 yards per game, behind RB Vai Taua (105.1), QB Colin Kaepernick (100.6) and RB Luke Lippincott (75.6). The dominant rushing performance is nothing new, as the Wolf Pack ranked No. 3 in rushing offense last year. Nevada is ranked No. 2 in total offense (504.4 yards per game). The Wolf Pack has the top two scoring and yardage totals in the WAC this season, putting up 70 points and 662 yards against Idaho and 63 points and 773 yards against UNLV.
11/07/09- Ryan Houston, Jr, North Carolina, 6-2, 245 Ryan Houston ran for a career-high 164 yards and Jheranie Boyd scored the clinching touchdown midway through the fourth quarter to help North Carolina beat Duke 19-6 on Saturday. Charles Brown also came up with a key interception late in the third quarter as part of a dominating defensive performance for the Tar Heels (6-3, 2-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), who shut down Thad Lewis and the prolific passing attack that had carried the Blue Devils (5-4, 3-2) to three straight victories. Duke finished with 125 total yards and had to fight for every one of them. The Tar Heels didn’t have much offensive success, but they wore down the Blue Devils behind Houston after starting tailback Shaun Draughn went out with an early shoulder injury. Houston finished with a career-high 37 carries, including 10 on the clock-draining drive that ended with Boyd’s touchdown with 6:57 left. He also had the lead block on Matt Daniels that allowed Boyd to get to the right pylon on a 3-yard end-around that made it a two-possession game. Not a bad performance for a guy who typically served as the short-yardage and goal-line back and had never had more than 18 carries or 74 yards rushing in a game. Then again, the Tar Heels didn’t have much choice after Draughn injured his left shoulder on a 9-yard gain on the Tar Heels’ first offensive play and didn’t return. North Carolina didn’t manage much offense outside of Houston. - AP Sports
11/06/09- Garrett Graham, rSr, Wisconsin, 6-3, 250 Wisconsin senior tight end Garrett Graham has accepted an invitation to play in the 85th East-West Shrine Game. The Game will be held Jan. 23, 2010, in Orlando, Fla., kicking off at 2 p.m. (CT). Graham, who was named to the Mackey Award Midseason Watch List, joins an elite list of football greats, such as John Elway, Tom Brady, Brett Favre and 62 NFL Hall of Famers who have played in the East-West Shrine Game, America’s longest-running college all-star football game. “The East-West Shrine Game has always fielded players among college football’s best,” said East-West Shrine Game Executive Director Jack Hart. “With all 32 NFL teams represented by GMs, coaches and scouts during game week, our players have the terrific opportunity to showcase their talents and get their first glimpse of life in the NFL … ‘Just Like on Sunday.’” Graham currently leads the Badgers with four receiving touchdowns, is second with 30 receptions and is third with 342 receiving yards. His reception total places him atop the Big Ten among tight ends and seventh nationally, while the Brick, N.J., native leads all Big Ten tight ends and is 11th with his receiving yards. - Wisconsin football
11/05/09- Cody Slate, Sr, Marshall, 6-3, 229 Marshall University's Cody Slate was named John Mackey Tight End of the Week by the Nassau County Sports Commission Wednesday. The Conference USA senior recorded five receptions for 80 yards and a touchdown in a last minute loss to UCF 21-20 on Sunday night. This marks the second time this season that Slate has been named John Mackey Tight End of the Week and the third time in his collegiate career. Other candidates considered for this week's Mackey Tight End of the Week include Jason Harmon of Florida Atlantic and Kyle Rudolph of Notre Dame. Slate, a senior from Chipley, Fla., leads all NCAA FBS tight ends in total receiving yards this season with 582 yards and in receptions with 48. The Mackey Award and All-America Candidate continues to build on an impressive career. Slate now has 197 receptions for 2,594 yards and 23 receiving touchdowns in his career. - Marshall football
11/05/09- Dorin Dickerson, Sr, Pittsburgh, 6-2, 230 Dorin Dickerson might play tight end, but if you were to look up the definition of a complete overall football player, he would be it. Dickerson, now a senior at Pitt, was recruited from nearby West Allegheny High School to play receiver. As one of the most electric high school players in recent history from western Pennsylvania, he rushed for 1,428 yards, had 423 receiving yards and scored 36 touchdowns in his senior season. But after seeing minimal time at receiver his freshman year at Pitt, he was moved to linebacker, where he recorded 15 tackles in 2007, playing in all 12 of the team’s games. Despite his sophomore success, he was again moved to a new position — tight end — before the beginning of last season. The switch to defense might have frustrated some players, but Dickerson said it made him a better player. It forced him to bulk up and be more physical. Now he is one of the best blocking and receiving dual-threat tight ends in the world of college football — and he loves the position. “You get to hit somebody. It’s not like you’re playing receiver, where you barely get hit,” Dickerson said. “When you’re a tight end, you’re in the mix every single second.” Dickerson’s high school coach Bob Palko, father of former Pitt quarterback Tyler Palko, said he believes playing linebacker helped Dickerson understand how to attack on offense. “Learning how to read linebackers’ drops and understanding how to read coverages a little bit more helped him,” Palko said. - Alex Oltmanns, The Pitt News
11/03/09- Dorin Dickerson, Sr, Pittsburgh, 6-2, 230 11/03/09 NFL DRAFT SCOUT RISER: Dorin Dickerson, FB, Pittsburgh: Entering the season, 2008 first-team All-Big East TE Nate Byham was expected to be QB Bill Stull's security blanket. Dickerson has taken that title, however, catching 32 passes for 332 yards and nine scores (Byham has 6-76-0). Two weeks ago, he went 5-58-1 in the big win vs. South Florida. The former receiver has grown into his 6-2, 230-pound frame. He's listed as a fullback but is really more of a positional blocker (but an effective one) than a pounder. His receiving skills will give him a chance to play either as a fullback or motion tight end, depending on the system his new team runs. - Chad Reuter, The SportsXchange, NFLDraftScout.com
11/01/09- Cody Slate, Sr, Marshall, 6-3, 229 SCOUTING THE OFFENSE: Marshall is 103rd nationally in scoring (20.9), 98th in passing (183.0) and 91st in total offense (329.9). The Herd has fumbled 17 times, but has been fortunate to lose only six of them. Marshall has only scored 12 TDs on 27 red-zone penetrations. QB Brian Anderson has two 300-yard games this season. PLAYERS TO WATCH: TE Cody Slate - The Mackey Award candidate tops the Herd with 43 receptions for 506 yards and three touchdowns this season. He ranks sixth in school history in receptions (192), seventh in TD catches (22) and eighth in receiving yards (2,514).
10/31/09- DeMaundray Woolridge, rSr, Idaho, 5-09, 241 Running back De’Maundray Woolridge ran for a 2-yard touchdown with 52 seconds left Saturday to boost Idaho to a 35-34 win over Louisiana Tech. In the final second, Louisiana Tech’s Matt Nelson attempted a 56-yard field goal to change the outcome. It had the distance but went wide left. Louisiana Tech (3-5, 2-3 Western Athletic) dominated the first half with a 28-14 lead. But Idaho’s defense held the Bulldogs to a Myke Compton touchdown in the second half with the PAT going wide right. Woolridge, who leads the conference with 14 touchdowns, scored twice for Idaho (7-2, 4-1) in the fourth quarter. Idaho junior quarterback Nate Enderle went 25-for-45 with two touchdown passes and two interceptions for 327 yards. Louisiana Tech quarterback Ross Jenkins went 17-of-30 for 220 yards and three touchdowns. - AP Sports
10/31/09- Steve Platek, Sr, Drake, 6-0, 218 Peter Badovinac and Stephen Platek each ran for fourth-quarter touchdowns Saturday to pull Drake to a 45-38 win over Jacksonville. Drake (7-1, 5-0 Pioneer League) trailed Jacksonville (4-4, 3-2) for the first three quarters and were down 38-32 early in the fourth. But after Badovinac scored to tie and kicker Brandon Wubs was blocked for the extra point, the Bulldogs were able to force a fumble on Jacksonville’s kickoff return with 11:14 left. Two minutes later, Platek scored the go-ahead TD. Platek also caught a touchdown pass earlier from quarterback Mike Piatkowski, as did Spencer Cady and Mike Bilton. Piatkowski was 17 for 29 for 212 yards passing and ran for one TD. Jacksonville had kept the lead most of the game as quarterback Josh McGregor had 321 passing yards for three touchdowns. The Dolphins’ Kennan Bowe returned an interception 35 yards for a TD. - AP Sports
10/26/09- Charles Clay, Jr, Tulsa, 6-3, 230 GAME BALL GOES TO: FB Charles Clay - The junior had one of his most productive games of the season, with 158 all-purpose yards vs. UTEP. He led Tulsa with 84 yards rushing and a touchdown. He also caught four passes for 74 yards, including a 32-yarder to help set up a fourth-quarter touchdown.
10/26/09- DeMaundray Woolridge, rSr, Idaho, 5-09, 241 RB DeMaundray Woolridge, who had scored a touchdown in six consecutive games, had that streak snapped in the loss at Nevada. Woolridge had six carries for 13 yards against the Wolf Pack.
10/26/09- Cody Slate, Sr, Marshall, 6-3, 229 TE Cody Slate's 30-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter vs. UAB was his third of the season and 22nd of his career, tying him with Jim Swierczek (1951-53) for seventh in school history.
10/26/09- Allen Bradford, rJr, Southern Cal, 5-11, 235 PAC-10 WEEK 8 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: USC RB Allen Bradford, a junior from San Bernardino, Calif., rushed 15 times for a career-high 147 yards (9.8 yards per carry) and two touchdowns for 2 and 43 yards. He led the Trojan ground attack that rushed for 227 yards. Also nominated for offensive player of the week honors were running backs Jahvid Best of California and Toby Gerhart of Stanford, wide receiver Juron Criner of Arizona, tight end David Paulson of Oregon and quarterback Sean Canfield of Oregon State. - Pac-10 football
10/26/09- John Conner, rSr, Kentucky, 5-11, 240 Senior FB John Conner normally receives raves for his blocking, but he was Kentucky's leading ground-gainer with 46 yards on just six carries vs. ULM. Conner scored two touchdowns (one rushing, one receiving) and had a career-long 37 run.
10/26/09- Allen Bradford, rJr, Southern Cal, 5-11, 235 GAME BALL GOES TO: RB Allen Bradford has waited and waited at USC, and he was bumped up the depth chart behind Joe McKnight after Stafon Johnson was near-fatally injured in a weightlifting accident. Bradford gives the USC offense a tough runner to go with McKnight's crazy legs, and the junior had a big game against Oregon State, producing 147 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries.
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