MEAC Announces Weekly Football Honors - 16 Sep 2019

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Four Aggies make weekly footbal honors

Jermaine Williams as DPOW
Noel Ruiz as SPOW
Marcus Pettiford as OLOW
Jah-Maine Martin as OPW

Ruiz made critical FGs, Williams played great defense, Pettiford opened the way and of cousrse Jah-Maine ran thru CSU for 299 yds

Congrats!

meacsports.com/news/2019/9/16/meac-announces-weekly-football-honors.aspx

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Martin Earns Numerous Weekly Honors
NCATAGGIES.COM



EAST GREENSBORO – North Carolina A&T junior running back Jah-Maine Martin (5-foot-10, 203, Conway, S.C.) rushed for 299 yards and two touchdowns in N.C. A&T’s 27-21 win over Charleston Southern Saturday night and a lot of people noticed.

Martin earned offensive player of the week honors from four different organizations on Monday including from FCS STATS who named him their national offensive player of the week. BoxToRow also named Martin their national player of the week along with College Sports Madness.

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) handed weekly honors to four different Aggies on Monday naming Martin offensive player of the week, senior defensive tackle Jermaine Williams (6-1, 270, Lumberton, N.C.) defensive player of the week, senior left tackle Marcus Pettiford (6-4, 286, Durham, N.C.) offensive lineman of the week and junior placekicker Noel Ruiz (5-11, 187, Wilson, N.C.) was named special teams player of the week.

Also, Ruiz was named honorable mention national player of the week by STATS FCS.

Martin (RB, 5-10, 203, r-Jr., Conway, S.C) had a single-game performance for the ages, recording the third-best rushing game in school history on Saturday at Charleston Southern. He carried the ball 25 times for 299 yards and two touchdowns, averaging nearly 12 yards per rush. He had three runs greater than 30 yards, with two of them resulting in touchdowns (of 84 and 76 yards).

Williams (DL, 6-1, 270, r-Sr., Lumberton, N.C.) helped the Aggies defense hold Charleston Southern to only 101 yards of offense and seven points in the second half of Saturday’s 27-21 win in Charleston, S.C. The Bucs offense also only had 48 yards rushing. Williams finished the game with six total tackles, 3.5 tackles for a loss of 13 yards and a sack for eight yards.

Pettiford (OL, 6-4, 286, r-Sr., Durham, N.C.) graded out at 90 percent and spearheaded an Aggies squad that amassed over 467 yards of total offense on Saturday. He didn’t yield any sacks and recorded three pancake blocks with no penalties in the win over Charleston Southern. Behind Pettiford, Martin was about to run for 299 yards and two touchdowns.

Ruiz (K, 5-11, 187, Jr., Wilson, N.C.) connected on field goals of 27, 31, 43 and 46 yards for the Aggies in their 27-21 win over Charleston Southern. He was 4-for-4 on field goals and 1-for-1 on extra points, and he has connected on his last seven field goal attempts dating back to the game winner against Elon in the season opener.

Martin’s day included touchdown runs of 84 and 76 yards, he had nine runs of 13 yards or more. His single-game rushing performance was the third-best in school history behind Maurice Hicks’ 437 yards in 2001 and 353 yards in 2000. It was the 20th time in N.C. A&T’s rich football history that a running back has rushed for more than 200 yards in a game.

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