Every Monday during the season, NESCAC Players 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
Marek Hill – Amherst – Jr. – QB – Oak Park, Ill.
Hill completed 25 of 34 pass attempts (73.%) for 306 yards and four touchdowns and no interceptions in a 38-21 win at Hamilton. Hill found four different receivers for scores, two in each half, and led the Mammoths on three scoring drives of 12 plays or more. He also ran for 26 yards on four carries as the Mammoths piled up 462 yards of total offense in the victory. With the score tied at 14-14 entering the third quarter, Hill threw a 49-yard touchdown to Cam Fowler and followed up with a 20-yard strike to Jack Berger to give the Mammoths a lead they would not relinquish.

NESCAC Football Defensive Player of the Week
Carson Eutsay – Middlebury – So. – LB – Boston, Mass.
With the Polar Bears driving midway through the third quarter, Eutsay caught an errant pass and ran it back 70 yards for a touchdown, giving the Panthers a 10-0 advantage. The linebacker collected his second interception of the day in the red zone to seal the win. Eutsay’s 70-yard touchdown return is believed to be the longest in Middlebury history since an 85-yard housecall by Sam Guarnaccia in a 19-0 victory over the University of Vermont in 1930

NESCAC Football Special Teams Player of the Week
Yogi Culver – Wesleyan – So. – LB – Stuyvesant Falls, N.Y.
Culver recovered a fumble on a muffed punt from Tufts on the opening drive of the game, setting the Cardinals up with a 1st and 10 deep in the Jumbos territory, which led to Wesleyan’s first touchdown in the win over the Jumbos. Culver added three tackles, all on kickoff or punt returns, to complete his day. 

NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Senior Jackson Duncan (Wilton, Conn.) had three solo tackles, two quarterback hurries, and intercepted a pass on the first play from scrimmage as the Mammoths defeated Hamilton, 38-21. 

Bates – Liam Keaney (Swampscott, Mass.) tallied six total tackles, including five solo stops, a sack and forced a fumble on the play which resulted in a loss of seven yards for Trinity. The versatile sophomore leads the NESCAC with 2.5 sacks through two games … Sophomore Alex Kvaratskhelia (Greenwich, Conn.) impressed in his first game punting as a Bobcat. He averaged nearly 40 yards per punt, pinning Trinity inside their own 20 three times. He also unleashed a 58-yard punt in the contest, the longest by a Bobcat in two years.

Colby – Jack Nye (Clinton, Conn.) was Colby's top aerial weapon against Williams. Hauling in nine receptions for 90 yards, Nye served as the focal point of the Mules' passing offense, accounting for over half of the team's receiving yards on the afternoon. The junior delivered the game's biggest offensive spark on Colby's opening possession, capping off a 76-yard drive with a 17-yard touchdown reception to put the Mules on the board early. Nye averaged 10 yards per catch with a long reception of 23 yards … Senior Nicholas Cox (Lyme, Conn.) recorded a game-high eight total tackles (all solo) to consistently shut down plays near the line of scrimmage and limit yards after contact. His play helped keep the Mules competitive through all four quarters and anchored a resilient defensive front.

Hamilton – Sophomore Mitchell Ivatts (Barrington, R.I.) tied a team record with 14 receptions for a career-best 147 yards in a 38-21 setback against Amherst. Ivatts caught a 22-yard pass for a touchdown and pulled the Continentals within 28-20 late in the third quarter … Senior Mat Bucher (Half Moon Bay, Calif.) led all players with 10 tackles in a 38-21 setback against Amherst. Classmate Ben Hochadel (Stamford, Conn.) returned a fumble recovery 16 yards and sophomore Ryan Zouaoui (Mahopac, N.Y.) was credited with two quarterback hurries … Senior Carmelo Velardo went 3-for-3 on extra points in a 38-21 setback against Amherst. Velardo is 7-for-7 on PATs this season.

Middlebury – Connor McClellan (Columbus, Ohio) tallied 134 yards of total offense as the Panthers tallied a 16-0 triumph against the Polar Bears. The junior averaged 5.5 yards per carry on 15 attempts, including a 35-yard run late in the fourth quarter to help seal the win. McClellan also added a career-high seven receptions for 51 yards. It marked the junior’s ninth career game with 100 or more scrimmage yards … Sophomore Yaseen Mousa (Millstone, N.J.) nailed a 30-yard field goal to open the scoring against the Polar Bears. The converted kick was his first as a Panther. Mousa also went 1-for-2 on extra points and recorded 201 yards on four kickoff attempts.

Trinity – Junior Josh Woodford (Union, N.J.) established the Bantams ground game, rushing for a game-high 77 yards on a career-high 14 carries with two touchdowns during Trinity's 43-0 victory over Bates. Woodford opened the scoring for the Bantams with a three-yard touchdown run to give Trinity a 7-0 lead, then tacked on a 10-yard touchdown scamper to push the Bantams’ lead to 14-0 … Junior Lincoln Moore (Foxborough, Mass.) led a Bantams defense that held Bates to just 71 total yards, including only 10 yards rushing, with three first downs. Moore tallied two tackles, including a 12-yard sack.

Tufts - Junior tailback Caden McCallum (Santa Monica, Calif.), who has battled injuries for both of his previous seasons with the Jumbos, came off the bench to rush for 23 yards on five carries, averaging 4.6 yards per carry at Wesleyan … Junior linebacker Ryan Horigan (Pleasantville, N.Y.) led all players with 11 stops at Wesleyan, adding one tackle for loss as well as three solo stops … First-year punter Ted Gialanella (Albany, N.Y.) averaged 40 yards per punt against Wesleyan on his four kicks, landing one inside the 20 while chalking up a high of 47 yards. The game was played in a driving rainstorm with gusts up to 50 MPH. 

Wesleyan – Matt Diaz (Stratford, Conn.) led the Wesleyan rushing attack with 98 yards on 21 carries and two rushing touchdowns. As a team, Wesleyan rushed for 191 yards against the Jumbos in a 42-7 home win. It was Diaz's second career two-touchdown game and the second-highest single-game rushing total of the junior’s career … Junior Dylan Minnick (Bethesda, Md.) led the Wesleyan defense with seven total tackles and two QB hurries in a dominant 42-7 home win over Tufts. The Cardinals held Tufts to 135 total yards of offense, the fewest yards for Tufts in a game since 2013.

Williams –  First-year Jack Fabiano (Topsfield, Mass.) became the first rookie in Williams football history to run for 100 yards in each of his first two collegiate games, galloping for 143 yards on 29 carries while scoring the go-ahead touchdown in the third quarter and the game-sealing score with 1:56 to play. That final score came at the end of a 20-play, 80-yard drive that ate up 14:21 of game clock with Fabiano taking the handoff 11 times (including the last six plays) and catching the lone pass attempt for 13 yards. For the season, Fabiano is averaging 124.5 yards per game to lead the NESCAC, 47 more than the next rusher … Senior Brady Carroll (East Sandwich, Mass.) forced the lone Colby turnover, picking off a pass in Mule territory late in the first half to give Williams a shot at taking a lead before the intermission. He also chipped in four solo stops and broke up another pass as the Eph defense held its opponent to seven points for a second straight week … Senior Leonardo Maiuolo (San Jose, Calif.) was called on to punt only twice on Saturday, but it was his first one that truly flipped the field and ultimately led to Williams' first score in a 19-7 victory at Colby. With the Ephs on their own 19, Maiuolo launched a career-long 72-yard boot (the second of 70-yard-or-more kick in his career) that pinned the Mules down on their own 9-yard line. A three-and-out later, Williams got the ball back in Colby territory and quickly traversed 47 yards to the end zone, knotting the game at 7-7. His other punt was 44 yards with no return, pushing the Mules back to their own 13 with 1:36 left in the half. For the day, the senior averaged 58.0 yards per punt, the most by an Eph punter in at least 30 years (minimum two punts).