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Each week during the 2022 season the Maxwell Football Club will recognize outstanding performances with two weekly awards. The Maxwell Award Player of the Week will be recognized for overall performance on offense, defense or special teams, and the Chuck Bednarik Award Player of the Week will be honored for outstanding defensive player. Players selected do not have to be represented on the Maxwell or Bednarik Award watch list.
Additionally, the Augusta Sports Council announces the Ray Guy Award top punter each week, the FWAA announces the weekly Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week, and the Palm Beach County Sports Commission recognizes top-placer kickers each week in contention for the Lou Groza Award.
Nix shined in Saturday's 45-30 victory over UCLA as the 6-2, 213-pound senior from Pinson, Alabama went 22-28, for 283 yards and 5 TD’s, while adding 51 of his own rushing yards on the day. Saturday’s performance by Nix and the Ducks boosted them to #8 in this week’s AP Top 25 poll. The Ducks head to Berkeley this Saturday to take on Cal's Golden Bears.
Ricks, a 6-2, 190-pound junior from Rancho Cucamonga, California had a tremendous performance compiling 1 tackle, 1 assisted tackle, and only allowed 1 completion on the day in Alabama's 30-6 win over Mississippi State. Ricks and the Crimson Tide stay at #6 in this week’s AP Top 25 poll. Alabama heads into a bye week before heading down to Death Valley to face LSU on November 5th.
Buffalo safety Marcus Fuqua tied an FBS-era program record with three interceptions against Toledo on Saturday, leading a rally from a 17-point fourth quarter deficit from the defensive side in the Bulls’ 34-27 win between the Mid-American Conference division leaders.
The 6-0, 195-pound junior from Southfield, Mich., made his first interception at the end of the second quarter that set the table. Fuqua had two picks in the fourth quarter that led to Buffalo points, the second of which set up the Bulls' go-ahead touchdown as part of a 24-point fourth quarter. His third interception led to a field goal with 47 seconds left that extended the lead to seven and helped ice the game for the Bulls (5-3, 4-0). He also added four tackles.
Fuqua has six of Buffalo’s 17 takeaways in its eight games. His five interceptions are tied for the national lead, and he is Buffalo’s fourth-leading tackler with 35 on the season with five pass breakups and a fumble recovery. The takeaways have keyed Buffalo’s turnaround, as the Bulls have forced at least four turnovers against three of their last six opponents including six against Toledo, paced by Fuqua’s picks. Buffalo had only 12 takeaways in the 2021 season.
Fuqua has started all eight games in 2022 after appearing in 11 games with seven starts in 2021. He now has six career interceptions.
Buffalo, winners of five straight after an 0-3 start, is idle this Saturday. The Bulls are 4-0 in MAC play for the third time in the last five seasons and sit atop the East Division. They play at Ohio, second in the MAC East, on Tuesday., Nov. 1, with a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff on ESPN2.
The Augusta Sports Council and the Ray Guy Award are proud to announce Adam Korsak of Rutgers as the Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week for Week 8 games. Korsak punted 8 times during the game against Indiana for a total of 372 yards. His gross average was 46.5 and his net average was 44.63 yards due to him having only 1 punt returned for -5 yards. Four of his punts ended up inside Indiana's 20-yard line and he had a long punt of 66 yards.
Ryan Coe kicked a school-record five field goals on six attempts in Cincinnati’s 29-27 victory over SMU on the road in Dallas on Saturday. The junior from McDonald, Pa. connected from 44, 31, 30, 25 and a season-long 52 yards out. It was the fourth field goal from 50 yards of his career. A blocked try is all that kept him from the first 6-FG game in FBS since 2019. He made both his extra point attempts for a 17-point game. Coe is 33-for-33 on PATs and his 60 points lead all Bearcats in scoring.
Boise State rode the strong leg of Jonah Dalmas to a 19-14 victory over Air Force in Mountain West Conference action in Colorado Springs, Colo. on Saturday. The junior from Meridian, Idaho scored 13 of the Broncos’ points on field goals of 42, 39, 29 and a 51 yarder that tied his career long. It’s his second straight 4-FG game and the fifth such performance of his career. He now ranks 3rd in school history with 47 career makes. He is 14-for-18 on field goals this season and has made all 20 of his extra point attempts for a team-leading 62 points.
Junior kicker Josh Karty was all the offense Stanford needed in a come-from-behind 15-14 defeat of Arizona State in Pac-12 action in Stanford, Calif. on Saturday. He scored all the Cardinal points with two field goals from 44 yards, two from 36 yards, and what proved to be the game-winner from 47 yards out. The five field goals tied the all-time single-game record for the Cardinal, who snapped a ten-game conference losing streak. The Burlington, N.C. native has yet to miss a kick of any kind this season, going 12-for-12 on field goals and 18-for-18 on extra points for a team-leading 54 points.
The Maxwell, Bednarik, Ray Guy, Lou Groza and Bronko Nagurski Awards are members of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA), which encompasses the most prestigious awards in college football. Founded in 1997, the NCFAA and its 25 awards now boast over 800 recipients, dating to 1935. Visit ncfaa.org to learn more about the association.