DIII Football: 9/12/23

Stats and updates from last weekends contests

WEEK 2 // DIII FOOTBALL

Top Team Performances

Most Yards: 754 yds, Coast Guard vs. Anna Maria

Most Combined Yards: Anna Maria (453) vs. Coast Guard (754), 1207 combined

Most Points: Coast Guard vs. Anna Maria, 93 points

Most Combined Points: Anna Maria (24) vs. Coast Guard (93), 117 combined

Biggest MOV: Coast Guard (93) vs. Anna Maria (24), 69 points

Top Passers

Michael Nadeau (Macalester vs. Martin Luther): 29/40, 542 yds, 8 TD

Kaleb Blaha (UW-River Falls vs. Ohio Wesleyan): 28/48, 420 yds, 3 TD

Jaelen Ray (Rockford vs. St. Scholastica): 37/53, 443 yds, 3 TD

Jack Curtis (Carleton vs. Pomona-Pitzer): 30/45, 387 yds, 4 TD

Joey Armentrout (Coast Guard vs. Anna Maria): 12/19, 374 yds, 4 TD

Top Rushers

Jhequay Chretin (Aurora vs. Franklin): 11 att, 241 yds, 4 TD

Tamir Thomas (Wis.-Whitewater vs. Saint Johns (MN)): 17 att, 179 yds, 3 TD

Kennedy Fauntleroy (Bridgewater (VA) vs. Southern Va.): 20 att, 163 yds, 4 TD

Elijah Garnett (Husson vs. Springfield): 17 att, 164 yds, 2 TD

Joseph Brown Jr. (Guilford vs. Methodist): 26 att, 163 yds, 2 TD

Top Receivers

Lathan Jones (Wilmington (OH) vs. Baldwin Wallace): 8 rec, 239 yds, 3 TD

Broock Desta (Coast Guard vs. Anna Maria): 7 rec, 237 yds, 2 TD

Jailen Hobbs (Rose-Hulman vs. Trine): 14 rec, 205 yds, 3 TD

Nick Bice (Macalester vs. Martin Luther): 7 rec, 204 yds, 2 TD

Mason Cox (Martin Luther vs. Macalester): 4 rec, 186 yds, 3 TD

Milestones

Most Points in a Game

Rk School (Year), Points

  1. Coast Guard (2023), 93

  2. Hardin-Simmons (2019), 91

  3. St. Norbert (2018), 91

  4. Mary Hardin-Baylor (2018), 91

  5. John Carroll (2019), 90

  6. Susquehanna (2019), 88

  7. Carleton (2022), 84

  8. North Central (IL) (2021), 84

  9. Lake Forest (2021), 84

  10. Salisbury (2021), 84

Season Leaders

Passing Yards

Rk Player, School, Yards

  1. Michael Nadeau (Macalester), 951

  2. Jacob Buniff (Hendrix), 854

  3. J Jensen III (Simpson), 744

  4. Jaelen Ray (Rockford), 720

  5. Xavier Reyero (Bluffton), 698

  6. Kaleb Blaha (UW-River Falls), 680

  7. Cruz Montana (Lewis & Clark), 648

  8. Ryan Russell (Anna Maria), 648

  9. Madden Lowe (Catholic), 646

  10. Jimmy Stines (Denison), 645

Rushing Yards

Rk Player, School, Yards

  1. Jhequay Chretin (Aurora), 386

  2. Hunter Clasen (Wartburg), 351

  3. Drake Marquez (Beloit), 301

  4. Thomas Little (Illinois Col.), 286

  5. Elijah Garnett (Husson), 278

  6. Jordan Embry (St. Olaf), 272

  7. Nehemiah Jenkins (Wilmington (OH)), 265

  8. Arsen Shtefan (Springfield), 259

  9. Tamir Thomas (Wis.-Whitewater), 259

  10. Montie Quinn (Curry), 258

Receiving Yards

Rk Player, School, Yards

  1. Lathan Jones (Wilmington (OH)), 384

  2. Nick Bice (Macalester), 364

  3. Declan O’Brien (Allegheny), 327

  4. Broock Desta (Coast Guard), 313

  5. Nate Thornton (Monmouth (IL)), 271

  6. Mason Cox (Martin Luther), 270

  7. Jack Studer (Wis.-La Crosse), 270

  8. Charlie Wilson (Hamline), 265

  9. Billy Guzzo (Denison), 258

  10. Nathan Wu (Macalester), 258

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