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Justin Rogers Earns CAA Weekly Award
Senior All-America CB Justin Rogers picked up his sixth career CAA Football weekly award, earning the league's Defensive Player of the Week honors as No. 11 Richmond put away Coastal Carolina, 41-19, Saturday at Robins Stadium.
With his sixth career CAA honor, Rogers has tied former James Madison QB Rodney Landers for the all-time conference lead.
The Buck Buchanan Award (top defensive player in the FCS) candidate made his presence felt in a number of ways Saturday, intercepting two passes, forcing a fumble, recording five tackles, knocking away a pass and collecting 52 yards in punt returns. He set up three of the Spiders' six touchdowns.
The interceptions were the first of the season for Rogers and the 11th and 12th of his standout career, moving him to tied for third on Richmond's all-time list. The first helped set up the Spiders' clinching touchdown - Tyler Kirchoff's 27-yard run with 1:49 left in the game, while the latter was returned 34 yards for a touchdown and capped the scoring in a 41-19 Richmond victory.
That return marked his third career interception returned for a touchdown to set a new Richmond all-time record.
Additionally, one of his punt returns of 44 yards gave the Spiders ideal field position at the Coastal 12-yard line early in the second quarter. Richmond capitalized one play later with a 12-yard TD run from Kirchoff - one of his career-best four TDs on the day - as the Spiders sprinted out to a 20-0 lead.
Top 25 Teams / Record
1. Appalachian St - 4-0
2. Delaware - 5-0
3. Jacksonville St - 5-0
4. Stephen F. Austin - 3-1
5. William & Mary - 4-1
6. James Madison - 3-1
7. Villanova - 3-2
8. Massachusetts - 4-1
9. South Carolina St - 3-1
10. Montana St - 4-1
11. Richmond - 2-2
12. Montana - 3-2
13. Georgia Southern - 3-1
14. Eastern Washington - 3-2
15. Texas St - 3-1
16. Cal Poly - 3-2
17. North Dakota St - 3-2
18. Northern Iowa - 2-2
19. Elon - 2-3
20. Western Illinois - 4-1
21. Southern Illinois - 2-3
22. Central Arkansas - 3-1
23. New Hampshire - 2-3
24. Northern Arizona- 3-1
25. Wofford - 3-1
Frank Coyle has scouted the FCS and lower levels extensively for over 20 years. He has specialized in finding small college gems for the NFL. He ranked QBs Joe Flacco and Tony Romo very high as NFL starters and recommended them both to major All-star committees, In addition, he has touted wideout Terrell Owens, runners Brandon Jacobs and Tim Hightower, and DE Jared Allen and Robert Mathias and safety Darren Sharper as top NFL starters.