Monday, December 22, 2003

JACOUBS NAMED ECAC SOUTHEAST ROOKIE OF THE YEAR;
POGUE HONORED AS FIRST TEAM ALL-STAR

CAPE COD, MA--- Freshman running back Chris Jacoubs (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven HS) of the Moravian College football team has been named the 2003 Eastern College Athletic Conference Southeast Rookie of the Year and senior Nate Pogue (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) earned a spot on the All-Star First Team announced Monday by the ECAC.

Moravian completed the 2003 season with a 3-7 overall record and a 3-6 slate in the Middle Atlantic Conference.

Jacoubs broke Moravian’s single season rushing record on his final carry of the season, finishing the year with 1,051 yards on 216 carries with seven touchdowns. He passed Jim Joseph’s mark of 1,048 yards set in 1985 when Joseph was a senior. Jacoubs and Joseph are the only two player in Moravian history to run for more that 1,000 yards in a season. Joseph holds the career mark with 2,751 yards on 648 carries. Jacoubs broke the single game rushing record with 319 yards on 51 carries with three touchdowns in a 28-24 loss at Albright College on November 8th. He passed James Evanko’s record of 256 yards set against Wagner College on November 14, 1953. Jacoubs was also named the 2003 MAC Rookie of the Year this season.

Jacoubs had just 241 yards on 43 carries when he became the starter in the fifth game of the season. He had 126 yards on 26 attempts in that game at King’s College, and Jacoubs also ran for 136 yards on 23 carries the next week versus Wilkes University. Jacoubs had the ability to break off a long run with eight carries over 20 yards after becoming the starter with four attempts for more than 40 yards with his longest run of the season, a 65-yard touchdown at King’s on his second carry of the game.

Jacoubs also caught five passes this season for the Greyhounds for 30 yards with a long reception of 19 yards against Muhlenberg College. Jacoubs was also called on to return kickoffs for Moravian with 11 returns for 215 yards. His longest kickoff return was a 44-yarder versus Lycoming College.

Pogue, a defensive back, was second on the Greyhound squad this season in tackles with 69 stops, including 44 solo tackles. Pogue also had five tackles for loss, two interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery while tying for the team lead in passes defended with 11. Pogue, who was a member of the MAC All-Conference Second Team in 2002 and 2003, completed his career with 221 tackles, nine tackles for loss, 15 interceptions with 158 return yards and one touchdown, 58 passes defended, four forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.

Jacoubs and Pogue were two of 23 players from the MAC honored by the ECAC. The complete ECAC team can be found at http://www.ecac.org/Players/All_Stars/Football_All-Stars_III_SE.