Tuesday, November
30, 2004
FOUR
GREYHOUNDS & TEAM RANKED IN 12TH NCAA FOOTBALL
STATISTICS RELEASE OF 2004
INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- Four
different players from the Moravian College football team are ranked in six categories
in the 12th NCAA III Division football statistical ranking released Tuesday. The Greyhounds
are also listed in two team categories in the statistics through games of November 27th.
Sophomore tailback Chris
Jacoubs (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven Regional HS) is fifth in the nation
in rushing with an average of 162.6 yards per game, 15th in scoring at 10.4 points
per game and seventh in all purpose yards per game at 176.5. Jacoubs also
has the 15th highest (257 yards at Lebanon Valley College) single game rushing yardage
and 11th best (295 yards versus Albright College) all-purpose single game yardage this
season among all NCAA Division III players.
Senior wide receiver Jed
Warsager (Andover, NJ/Newton HS) is seventh in the nation in kickoff returns
with an average of 29.7 yards per kickoff return while senior punter John McLain
(Belvidere, NJ/Belvidere HS) is currently 26th in the nation with an average
of 38.7 yards per punt. Senior linebacker Bill Carasia (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair
Haven HS) is tied for 29th in the nation in forced fumbles at 0.33 per game.
As a team, Moravian is tied
for 29th in rushing offense at 231.0 yards per game and 34th in turnover margin with
a +0.80 per game.
The Greyhounds finished the
2004 season with an overall record of 7-4 and a 7-2 slate in Middle Atlantic Conference
action. Moravian began the season with a school record 7-0 start. Moravian closed out
its season with a 37-20 loss to Franklin & Marshall College in the 2004 ECAC Southwest
Championship game.
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