Football

League Announces Football Awards After 7-1 Opening Weekend

PRINCETON, N.J. -- After an opening weekend which saw Ivy League football teams post a record of 7-1 -- the best start since 2005 -- Harvard’s Aidan Borguet and Nate Leskovec and Princeton’s Will Powers and Ryan Butler took home weekly honors.
 
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Aidan Borguet, Harvard (Sr., RB -- Franklinville, N.J.)
  • Accounted for 166 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns, including two scores in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter and another in overtime to help rally Harvard past Merrimack in overtime, 28-21
  • Ran for 127 and two touchdowns on 20 carries and had 39 receiving yards and a touchdown on two catches
 
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Nate Leskovec, Harvard (Sr., DL -- Solon, Ohio)
  • Registered a school record 4.5 sacks for a loss of 23 yards, seven tackles – including six solo stops – and two quarterback hurries to help the Crimson rally past Merrimack
  • Helped catalyze a Harvard defense that limited the Warriors to -26 rushing yards
 
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Will Powers, Princeton (Sr., P -- Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
  • Averaged 48.7 yards per punt and had two punts land inside the 20
  • Bombed a 64-yarder that pinned Stetson at the one-yard line which later led to an interception
 
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Ryan Butler, Princeton (Fr., RB -- Plainfield, N.J.)
  • Rushed for 67 yards and two touchdowns on just seven carries in his collegiate debut to help lead the Tigers past Stetson
  • Also hauled in two receptions for 20 yards
 
HONOR ROLL
Graham Walker, Brown (Jr., WR -- Hinesburg, Vt.)
Wes Rockett, Brown (Sr., KR -- Marblehead, Mass.)
Joey Giogi, Columbia (Jr., RB -- Grafton, Wis.)
Bryan Bell-Anderson, Columbia (Sr., CB -- Sarasota, Fla.)
Alex Felkins, Columbia (Sr., K -- Tulsa, Okla.)
Fara’ad McCombs, Columbia (Sr., DB – Passaic, N.J.)
Gannon Carothers, Cornell (Fr., RB -- Pittsburgh, Pa.)
William Enneking, Cornell (Jr., TE -- Sussex, Wis.)
Jake Stebbins, Cornell (Sr., LB -- Cranberry Township, Pa.)
Holt Fletcher, Cornell (Jr., LB -- Wellesley, Mass.)
Zack Bair, Dartmouth (Sr., RB -- Rumson, N.J.)
Macklin Ayers, Dartmouth (Jr., LB -- Elizabethville, Pa.)
Charlie Dean, Harvard (Sr., QB -- Odessa, Fla.)
Sebastien Tasko, Harvard (So., P/K -- Ridgewood, N.J.)
Aidan Sayin, Penn (So., QB -- Carlsbad, Calif.)
Jake Heimlicher, Penn (Sr., LB -- Aurora, Colo.)
Ben Krimm, Penn (Sr., P -- Columbus, Ohio)
Joseph Bonczek, Princeton (Sr., LB --  Northfield, N.J.)
Andrei Iosivas, Princeton (Sr., WR -- Honolulu, Hawaii
David Pantellis, Yale (So., WR -- Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Osorachukwu Ifesinachukwu, Yale (Sr., DL -- Austin, Texas) 
Joshua Pitsenberger, Yale (Fr., RB -- Bethesda, Md.)