Devante Greaves of UMass Dartmouth and Kyle McKinnon of Western Connecticut State are the MASCAC Football Co-Offensive Player of the Week while Jacob Burkhead of UMass Darmouth is Defensive, Cody Cleveland of Westfield State is Special Teams and Greaves is Rookie of the Week brought to you by GEICO.
Greaves rushed for 237 yards on 30 carries (7.9 yards per attempt) in his first career start and scored four touchdowns on runs of 3, 6, 11 and one yards in the Corsairs' 41-27 victory over Worcester State. Lost only two yards in the entire game (which came on 29th carry) and accounted for 64 percent of team's 368 rushing yards in contest.
Kyle McKinnon
Western Connecticut State
Senior • Running Back • New London, Conn.
McKinnon scored four touchdowns on 20 carries with 72 yards rushing in the Colonials' 50-48 quadruple overtime comeback win over Bridgewater State. Scored the game-tying touchdown with two minutes left in the game to force the first overtime. Ran it in from eight yards out and added the two-point conversion in the second overtime then scored the game-winning one-yard score with another two point conversion to seal the victory.
Jacob Burkhead
UMass Dartmouth
Sophomore • Defensive Back • Plymouth, Mass.
Burkhead recorded two of the Corsairs' five total interceptions while adding three total tackles and a pair of pass break-ups in the 41-27 victory over Worcester State. First interception was on the Corsairs' nine yard line to stop the Lancers' scoring drive.
Cody Cleveland
Westfield State
Junior • Kicker/Punter • Northampton, Mass.
Cleveland punted 10 times for 392 yards (39.2 yard average), including two that pinned the Rams inside their own 20 yard line in the Owls' 27-2 setback to Framingham State.
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