Football

Ivy League Football Week 2 Award Winners Announced

PRINCETON, N.J. -- After leading their teams to victories on Saturday Columbia’s Bryson Canty and Alex Felkins, Penn’s Jake Heimlicher and Yale’s Joshua Pitsenberger each took home weekly Ivy League football honors.
 
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEKK
Bryson Canty, Columbia (So., WR -- Pfafftown, N.C.)
  • Led team with eight catches for 139 yards and a touchdown in Columbia's 42-6 victory over Georgetown
  • First Lion receiver to eclipse 100 yards since Josh Wainwright in 2019
 
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jake Heimlicher, Penn (Sr., DL -- Aurora, Calif.)
  • Registered a sack, three tackles for a loss and a game-high 10 total tackles (seven solo) in the victory over Lafayette
  • Led the defensive effort in the shutout
 
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Alex Felkins, Columbia (Sr., K -- Tulsa, Okla.)
  • Converted on a pair of field goals, converting from 48 and 35 yards, and was 4-for-4 on PATs
  • Kicked off seven times with four touchbacks with an average distance of 64.3 yards per kick
 
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Joshua Pitsenberger, Yale (Fr., RB -- Bethesda, Md.)
  • Had three touchdowns with two coming on the ground and one through the air
  • Finished with 93 yards on 17 rushing attempts
 
HONOR ROLL  
Jake Willcox, Brown (Jr., QB -- Everett, Mass.)
Cooper DeVeau, Brown (Sr., CB -- Foxboro, Mass.)
Wes Rockett, Brown (Sr., WR/KR -- Marblehead, Mass.)
Scott Valentas, Columbia (Sr., LB -- Wichita, Kan.)
Rocco Milia, Columbia (Fr., LB -- Bloomfield, Mich.)
Jameson Wang, Cornell (So., QB -- El Segundo, Calif.)
Resean Thomas, Cornell (Jr., S -- Mobile, Ala.)
Jackson Kennedy, Cornell (Jr., K/P -- Aldie, Va.)
Nick Howard, Dartmouth (Sr., QB -- Green Bay, Wis.)
Q Jones, Dartmouth (So., RB -- Fountain, Colo.)
Charlie Dean, Harvard (Sr., QB -- Odessa, Fla.)
Alex Washington, Harvard (Sr., DB -- Hoover, Ala.)
Kym Wimberly Jr., Harvard (Sr., WR -- Slidell, La.)
Aidan Borguet, Harvard (Sr., RB -- Franklinville, N.J.)
Justin Cayenne, Penn (So., TE -- Ponte Vedra, Fla.)
Ben Krimm, Penn (Sr., P -- Columbus, Ohio)
Jeffrey Sexton, Princeton (So., Louisville, Ky.)
Andrei Iosivas, Princeton (Sr., WR -- Honolulu, Hawaii)
Liam Johnson, Princeton (Jr., LB -- Moorestown, N.J.)
Glenie Cross III, Princeton (Fr., DB -- Detroit, Mich.)
Mason Tipton, Yale (Jr., WR -- Akron, Ohio)
Osorachukwu Ifesinachukwu, Yale (Sr., DL -- Austin, Texas)