On the heels of his big
rushing night against East Stroudsburg on Saturday,
IUP senior tailback Chris Morgan has been selected
a co-recipient of the D2Football.com National Offensive Player of the Week
award.
Morgan
(Pittsburgh/Woodland Hills) rushed for 286 yards on only 18 carries to break
his own school single game record as IUP improved to 2-0 on the season. He
averaged 15.9 yards per carry and scored on runs of 62, 26 and 51 yards –
all in the first half – to power IUP to a 28-20 lead by the break.
The 286 yards is the second highest single game total in Division II so far
this season and Morgan’s average of 213.0 yards per game is second
nationally behind only Danny Woodhead of Chadron State, who is at 236.0 per
contest. Morgan, who averages 12.2 yards per carry, is also fourth in the
nation in scoring at 15.0 points per game on the strength of his five
touchdowns.
Morgan previously set the IUP single game rushing record in 2004 when he
posted 266 yards against Lock Haven. He has rushed for over 100 yards in 16
of 20 games as the starting tailback dating back to the final two contests
of the 2003 season.
In addition to breaking the single game rushing record, Morgan also
continued his climb up the IUP career record book. He moved past Dennis
Robinson for third place in rushing yards with 2,925 and is also third in
attempts with 523 and seventh with 25 touchdowns on the ground. Morgan also
stands 10th with 26 total touchdowns scored.
Only Michael Mann (4,805) and Aamir Dew (3,623) have rushed for more yards
in an IUP uniform than Morgan.
