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Higgins, Fletcher, Toone Honored

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SWeberCat02

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"OGDEN, UTAH (Oct. 19, 2009) - The Big Sky Conference has selected its football Players of the Week for games played on Saturday, Oct. 17. Weber State quarterback Cameron Higgins is the Offensive Player of the Week. Montana State defensive end Dane Fletcher is the Defensive Player of the Week. Weber State returner/wide receiver Tim Toone is the Special Teams Player of the Week.

Higgins, a 6-foot-2, 210-pound junior from Kai, Hawai’i, completed 23-of-30 passes (76.6 percent) for 290 yards with a career-high tying five touchdowns in No. 15 Weber State’s 49-10 home win over Sacramento State. The 2008 Big Sky Offensive MVP and Walter Payton Award candidate had an efficiency rating of 212.9. Higgins fired four of his touchdowns in the first half as the Wildcats cruised to a 35-7 lead. Higgins leads the nation with 2,109 passing yards through seven games. Higgins has been named Player of the Week twice this season and six times in his career.

Fletcher, a 6-2, 245-pound senior from Bozeman, Mont., tallied 11 tackles - three for loss - a sack and a quarterback hurry in Montana State’s 31-24 overtime victory over South Dakota. Fletcher helped send the game into overtime when he sacked the South Dakota QB with less than 20 seconds remaining in regulation from the MSU 49-yard line, sending the game into overtime. Fletcher ranks second in the nation in tackles per loss at 2.08 per game. This is Fletcher’s third career Player of the Week honor.

Toone, a 5-10, 175-pound senior from Peoria, Ariz., set a Big Sky Conference record with a 95-yard punt return for a touchdown in Weber State’s 49-10 win over Sacramento State. The 95-yard punt return, which bettered the previous conference record by 1 yard, gave the Wildcats a 21-0 lead in the second quarter. It was one of four touchdown’s Toone scored on the day. He caught TD passes of 5, 8 and 25 yards, finishing the game with eight catches for 154 yards. He had two punt returns for 109 yards. Toone became the seventh player in league history to amass 3,000 career receiving yards. This is Toone’s third career Player of the Week Award.

Others Nominated for Weekly Honor


OFFENSE
Matt Nichols, QB, Eastern Washington
Chase Reynolds, RB, Montana
Cody Kempt, QB, Montana State
Conrad Meadows, WR, Northern Arizona
Bryan Waggener, QB, Northern Colorado

DEFENSE
J.C. Sherritt, LB, Eastern Washington
Keith Thompson, CB, Montana
Brandon Vance, DE, Northern Arizona
Korey Askew, CB, Northern Colorado
Ryan Rau, LB, Portland State
Jordan Brown, S, Weber State

SPECIAL TEAMS
Mike Jarrett, K, Eastern Washington
Jon Vanderwielen, P, Idaho State
Marc Mariani, Ret., Montana
Austin Shanks, Ret., Northern Arizona
Michael York, K, Northern Colorado
Zach Brown, K, Portland State"

Just my opinion, but although Cam had a great game and deserves offensive POW, I think Toone should have gotten both special teams POW and offensive POW. Anyway, how does he not even get nominated for the offensive POW with 8 catches for 154 yards and 3 TD receptions? And I don't think he even played the 4th quarter.
 
"Payton Award winner Edwards among national players of the week

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Appalachian State quarterback Armanti Edwards, Fordham cornerback Isa Abdul El-Quddus, Eastern Kentucky safety Patrick McClellan and Weber State receiver-returnman Tim Toone have been named The Sports Network's FCS national players of the week.

OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Armanti Edwards, Appalachian State, Senior, 6-0, 184, QB, Greenwood, S.C.

Edwards, the 2008 Walter Payton Award winner, led Appalachian State back from a 14-point, second-half deficit with a season-high 415 yards and two touchdowns and added a third score on the ground as the Mountaineers rallied for a 44-34 road victory over Wofford on Saturday. Edwards became the Southern Conference's all-time leading passer. Edwards finished 27-of-34 passing (79.4%) and fired touchdown strikes of 27 and 57 yards to Brian Quick, the second TD pass clinching the game midway through the fourth quarter. Edwards also scored on a three-yard scamper to end the first half and finished with 14 carries for 17 yards. He engineered an offense that piled up 611 yards.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Isa Abdul El-Quddus, Fordham, Junior, Cornerback, 6-1, 200, Union, N.J.

Abdul El-Quddus tied a Fordham record with three interceptions and also shared for the team lead with six tackles in the Rams' 39-27 victory at Cornell on Saturday. He totaled 81 return yards on the three interceptions, including a 37-yard run back on his final pick that set up Fordham's last touchdown. Abdul El-Quddus had five solo stops and a pass breakup in the game.

Patrick McClellan, Safety, Sophomore, 6-3, 204 Maineville, OH.

McClellan was involved in three of Eastern Kentuckys five takeaways in the nationally-ranked Colonels 31-25 win over UT Martin. McClellan grabbed his first two collegiate interceptions, including one at his teams own 14-yard line in the third quarter. His other interception came in the first quarter as EKU built a 14-0 advantage. Late in the fourth quarter McClellan recovered a fumble on a muffed Skyhawk punt, falling on the ball at the UTM four-yard line and setting up the teams game-winning score. McClellan also added a season- high seven tackles.

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Tim Toone, Weber State, Senior, 5-10, 165, WR/KR, Peoria, AZ.

Toone returned a punt 95 yards for a touchdown on a day where he piled up 263 all-purpose yards with four total touchdowns to lead Weber State to a 49-10 victory over Sacramento State. Toone returned two punts for 109 yards and added eight receptions for 154 yards and three TDs of 25, five and eight yards for the Wildcats. The 95-yard punt return broke the previous Big Sky Conference and school record by one yard, beating the mark of Randle Anderson of Weber State in a 1971 game against North Texas. Toone also became the seventh player in league history to reach the 3,000 career receiving yards mark.

10/19 15:47:08 ET"
 
Apparently National POW isn't that big of a deal to everyone. I was watching the local news last night and KSL's top sports story was Max Hall getting conference offensive player of the week, yet absolutely no mention of Toone winning either conference or national POW. I turned it to channel 4 and Wesley Ruff had a good story on Toone and the awards, complete with highlights from last week. Good to see some of the local media giving props.
 
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