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Kyler, Lovett, Jones, Allen & Davis Claim Football Weekly Honors

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PRINCETON
, N.J. -- The Ivy League is home to 2-of-4 remaining FCS unbeatens—Princeton and Dartmouth—and also maintains an FCS-best .750 non-conference winning percentage after a 3-1 weekend in non-League play. 
 
CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Derek Kyler, Dartmouth (So., QB – DeKalb, Ill.)
  • Threw for 221 yards and three touchdowns, completing 18-of-21 passes
  • Rushed for 18 yards, averaging 8.5 yards per carry in a 37-14 win over Penn 
  • Led Dartmouth to its 700th victory in program history, sixth-most among FCS schools
  • Connected on 75.3 percent of his passes (58-of-77) in his first three collegiate starts
  • Is the first Big Green quarterback to complete at least 70 percent of his passes in three-straight games since 2014 (Dalyn Williams) 

CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
John Lovett, Princeton (Sr., QB – Wantagh, N.Y.) 
  • Threw for 135 yards and two touchdowns, completing 12-of-22 passes
  • Rushed for a career-high 174 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 10.2 yards per carry
  • Led Princeton to its second 3-0 start of the Bob Surace era (2015)
  • Paces the FCS with 28.7 points responsible for per game

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
David Jones, Cornell (Jr., DB – Sugar Land, Texas) 
  • Intercepted a pair of passes in Cornell’s 43-24 rout of previously unbeaten Sacred Heart
  • Returned his first interception 48 yards for a touchdown, 
  • Aforementioned pick-six was the first for Cornell student-athlete since 2011
  • Ran his career interception total to six, including five in his last four games
  • Registered a pair of tackles and a career-long 46-yard punt return
 
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Will Allen, Columbia (So., DB – Pembroke Pines, Fla.) 
  • Posted a career-best 120 kickoff return yards in the losing effort against Princeton
  • Returned the opening kickoff for a career-long 91 yards
  • Aforementioned kickoff return was the eight-longest in program history 
  • Set up 1-of-2 Columbia scores in the 45-10 loss to Princeton
  • Led the Lions with 120 all-purpose yards

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Connor Davis, Dartmouth (Fr., K – Ocala, Fla.) 
  • Went 1-for-2 on field goals and 4-for-5 on PATs in Dartmouth’s 37-14 victory over Penn
  • Provided the final margin with a career-long 44-yard field goal, the longest by a Big Green kicker in seven seasons
  • Scored a team-high seven points and owns a team-high 28 points on the year
  • Recorded touchbacks on 4-of-7 kickoffs, averaging 57.0 yards per kickoff 

HONOR ROLL
Chima Amushie
, Brown (So., DB – Richmond, Texas)
Michael McGovern, Brown (So., QB – St. Louis, Mo.)
Jakob Prall, Brown (Jr., WR – Tipp City, Ohio)
Ryan Gilbert, Columbia (Sr., DB – Bellevue, Wash.)
Harold Coles, Cornell (Jr., RB – Erie, Pa.)
Nikolas Null, Cornell (Jr., K /P – Bradenton, Fla.)
Jackson Perry, Dartmouth (Sr., DL – Las Vegas, Nev.)
Emmanuel Kelly, Harvard (Jr., DB – Greensboro, N.C.)
Jake McIntyre, Harvard (Jr., K – Orlando, Fla.)
Jon Sot, Harvard (Fr., P – Clark, N.J.)
Jacob Martin, Penn (Jr., DB – Buford, Ga.)
Nick Miller, Penn (Sr., LB – New Market, Md.)
Stephen Carlson, Princeton (Sr., WR – Jamestown, N.Y.)
TJ Floyd, Princeton (Jr., DB – Jacksonville, Fla.)
Alex Galland, Yale (Sr. K/P – Bakersfield, Calif.) 
Reed Klubnik, Yale (Jr., WR – Austin, Texas)
Kurt Rawlings, Yale (Jr., QB – Bel Air, Md.)