Every Monday during the season, a NESCAC Player of the Week will be selected based on information submitted by the athletic communications offices at member institutions.
 
NESCAC Football Offensive Player of the Week
Luke Kurzum – Hamilton – Sr. – QB – Caldwell, N.J.
Kurzum was 26-of-32 for 224 yards and three touchdowns in a 28-14 win against Colby. Kurzum threw two TD passes in the second quarter as the Continentals built a 21-0 lead by halftime. The senior added 43 yards rushing on nine carries.

NESCAC Football Defensive Player of the Week
Jackson Duncan – Amherst – Sr. – DL – Wilton, Conn.
Duncan had nine tackles (5 solo) in a 15-9 win over previously unbeaten Wesleyan. The senior had two tackles for a loss of 23 yards, three sacks for 18 yards, a forced fumble, and a quarterback hurry.

NESCAC Football Special Teams Player of the Week
Caden Lawlor – Tufts – Sr. – K – Seattle, Wash.
Lawlor’s 37-yard field goal with 32 seconds remaining was the difference in a 24-21 win over Williams. It was the first game-winning kick of his career. Lawlor was also 3-for-3 in PATs against the Ephs.

NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Bates – Jeff Vidou (Cornish, N.H.) caught a career-high 11 passes for a career-high 178 yards and a touchdown Saturday against Middlebury. The junior’s 178 receiving yards are the most by a Bobcat since 2016. Vidou has a career-best 316 receiving yards this season, which ranks 12th in the NESCAC … Major Spencer III (Mansfield, Texas) paced the Bobcats with nine total tackles on against the Panthers. The junior notched six solo stops and forced a fumble as well.
 
Bowdoin – First-year linebacker Brody Aeschliman (Zionsville, Ind.) led an outstanding defensive effort against Trinity with a game-high 12 tackles, including two tackles for loss. The Polar Bears held the NESCAC’s highest-scoring team, entering the weekend averaging a conference-best 37.4 points per game, to their lowest offensive output of the season (10).

Colby – Jagger Matera (Newton, Pa.) drove his team downfield for scores on the first two drives of the second half on Saturday against Hamilton. The junior opened the third quarter by running in an 8-yard touchdown, then threw a 20-yard touchdown pass on the ensuing drive to keep the Mules in the game.  On the two drives, Matera went 10-for-13 passing, and Colby covered 138 yards and converted eight first downs to go with the pair of scores … Linebacker Lincoln Merrill (West Paris, Maine) turned in a game-high 10 tackles (6 solo) to help slow down Hamilton’s offense. The senior has recorded three double-digit tackle performances and ranks third in the NESCAC with 54 total stops. 

Hamilton - Ryan Zouaoui (Mahopac, N.Y.), who had one career sack coming into the game, posted 3.5 in a 28-14 win against Colby. Zouaoui ended up with seven tackles, and the sack total was the most in a game in the conference this year. The sophomore recorded 2.5 of those sacks on the Mules' final two drives, which ended in a punt and a turnover on downs … Senior Carmelo Velardo (Fort Lee, N.J.) made all four extra-point attempts and averaged 59.8 yards on five kickoffs as just one of them was returned against the Mules.

Middlebury – Aidan Moss (Los Angeles, Calif.) went 16-of-24 passing for 219 yards and two touchdowns, leading Middlebury to a 31-13 win at Bates. The senior’s 80-yard touchdown strike to open the scoring during the second quarter is the third-longest pass in program history and the second-longest in the conference this season. Moss ranks third and fourth in the NESCAC in completion percentage (61.3) and passing yards (1,300), respectively … Sophomore Brady Phillips (Roseland, N.J.) recorded six total tackles (3 solo) versus the Bobcats. The Panther also forced and recovered a fumble on Bates’ opening drive and added a second fumble recovery on the Bobcats' first drive of the fourth quarter. His two fumble recoveries are the most by a Middlebury player in a single contest since 2007 … Sophomore Yaseen Mousa (Millstone, N.J.) converted a 25-yard field goal and went 4-for-4 on extra points to contribute to Middlebury’s 18-point win. Mousa also handled kickoff duties, tallying 349 yards on six attempts with three touchbacks. 

Trinity – Junior Ethan Krauss (Somers, N.Y.) anchored the Bantams defense in a 10-3 win over Bowdoin, recording a career-high 12 tackles, including 10 solo tackles, plus a sack and a QB hurry. Krauss ranks fifth in the NESCAC in total tackles (51) and tackles per game (8.5).

Tufts – Senior Matt Rios (Walpole, Mass.) had his best game of the season on the outside, with five catches and 102 yards in the win at Williams. The five receptions tied his career high, and it was his third 100-yard game … Senior Johnny Ferrelli (Tampa, Fla.) finished with eight total tackles, but picked off a pair of passes including one in Tufts territory bringing it back 46 yards to set up the first touchdown of the day for the Jumbos. Ferrelli has three interceptions in his last two games after none in his first 27 games as a Jumbo.

Williams – After rushing for over 100 yards in his first two collegiate games and leaving the third early with an injury, first-year Jack Fabiano (Topsfield, Mass.) returned to the gridiron against Tufts and picked up right where he left off. The rookie amassed 137 yards on 19 carries and ran for all three Williams touchdowns in a last-minute 24-21 loss to the Jumbos. Despite missing two full games and a large chunk of a third, Fabiano has the second-most rushing yards in the NESCAC (404) … Junior Luke Mangini (Moreland Hills, Ohio) led Williams’ defensive effort against Tufts, piling up a game-high 11 tackles (5 solo) with two going for a loss … Senior Leonardo Maiuolo (San Jose, Calif.) booted four punts for an average of 37.5 yards, but more importantly, placed three inside the Tufts 20. He also converted all three PATs.