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Armanti Edwards, Appalachian State, SR, 6-0, 184, Quarterback, Greenwood, S.C.

Edwards piled up the fourth-highest, single-game total offense performance in Appalachian State history as the Mountaineers torched Furman, 52-27, Saturday on the road. Playing just three quarters, Edwards completed 25-of-36 passes for 355 yards and two touchdowns and rushed 10 times for 106 yards and four more scores. The 2008 Payton Award winner also became the first player in NCAA Division I history to exceed the 9,000-yard barrier in passing and the 4,000- mark in rushing for a career. Edwards now has 9,184 yards passing and 4,132 yards rushing for a career total offense figure of 13,316 yards. His total offense mark ranks him fourth in FCS history. It was the second time this season that Edwards has been named national player of the week.

Armanti Edwards, Appalachian State, Sr., QB

Edwards amassed the fourth-highest single-game total offensive yardage output in school history (461 yards) despite sitting out the entire fourth quarter in Appalachian State’s 52-27 win at Furman. In doing so, he became the first player in NCAA Division I history (FCS or FBS) with 9,000 passing yards and 4,000 rushing yards in a career, and he moved to fourth in NCAA Division I FCS history with 13,316 career yards of total offense. Edwards compiled 355 yards passing with a pair of touchdowns to go along with 106 rushing yards and four scores.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Matt Johnson, Eastern Washington, SO, 6-1, 205, Linebacker, Tumwater, WA.

Johnson tied a Big Sky Conference record with four interceptions in Eastern Washington's 47-10 victory over Portland State at Seattle's Qwest Field. Johnson became the third player in league history to pick off four passes in a game, and the first in 20 years. He tied the mark held by Ed Cerkovnik of Montana (1977) and Mike Babb of Weber State (1989). Johnson picked off two passes in the first quarter. His third interception came in the second quarter and stopped a PSU scoring drive. Johnson added the fourth interception in the fourth quarter. Eastern Washington limited Portland State's run and shoot offense to 163 passing yards, one season after the Vikings had 623 passing yards in an upset of the Eagles. Johnson also registered two tackles.

CatMom wrote:4 INTs - excellent. He had to have read that QB, like a book, very early.

Johnson credited EWU’s ability to change and disguise its passes coverages for his first two interceptions, explaining, “Their quarterback never even saw me.” But his third and fourth picks, he added, were the result of him reading receivers and making plays.

“We strive on turnovers and try to get three a game, at least, on defense,” Johnson said. “We know it’s a big boost for our offense, especially when things aren’t going right for them.”

MrTitleist wrote:Is that guy in the yellow jersey the human version of a peacock?

bench wrote:

MrTitleist wrote:Is that guy in the yellow jersey the human version of a peacock?

I've always thought he looks like the goddamn Predator