TORONTO (U Sports) – Calgary Dinos quarterback Jimmy Underdahl, Laval kicker Adam Auclair, and Dinos kicker Niko DiFonte are the U Sports football players of the week for the period ending Nov. 20, 2016.
Underdahl, a fifth-year business student from Calgary, Alta., returned from an injury suffered Oct. 14 in the second half of the Mitchell Bowl for the Dinos, finishing the game 11-for-16, for a total of 217 yards and two touchdowns. He led Calgary to 32 second half points as they defeated the AUS finalist StFX X-Men, 50-24. Underdahl’s performance earned him the Mitchell Bowl MVP in his home finale at McMahon Stadium.
Receivers Brentyn Hall of Laurier, Dejuan Martin of StFX, and Félix Faubert-Lussier of Laval were also nominated for the honour.
Auclair, a first-year consumer scienes student from Notre-Dame-des-Pins, Que., continued to be a defensive force for the Rouge et Or. Leading the team with a total of seven tackles, five of which were solo, he would also force a fumble in the third quarter.
Defensive backs Godfrey Onyeka from Laurier, Hayden Peters of StFX, and Hunter Turnbull of Calgary were others nominated for the award.
DiFonte, a first-year arts student from Winnipeg, Man., went three-for-three from field goal range, his longest from 41-yards out, scoring 16 of Calgary’s 50 points. He also kicked for a total 383 yards, averaging 63.8 yards per kick.
StFX kicker Jonathan Heidebrecht, Laurier defensive back Godfrey Onyeka, and kicker Félix Faubert-Lussier of Laval were the other nominees for the award.
Offensive nominees:
AUS: Dejuan Martin, receiver, StFX
RSEQ: Félix Faubert-Lussier, receiver, Laval
OUA: Brentyn Hall, receiver, Laurier
CWUAA: Jimmy Underdahl, Calgary (recipient)
Defensive nominees:
AUS: Hayden Peters, defensive back, StFX
RSEQ: Adam Auclair, defensive back, Laval (recipient)
OUA: Godfrey Onyeka, defensive back, Laurier
CWUAA: Hunter Turnbull, defensive back, Calgary
Special teams nominees:
AUS: Jonathan Heidebrecht, kicker, StFX
RSEQ: Félix Faubert-Lussier, kicker, Laval
OUA: Godfrey Onyeka, defensive back, Laurier
CWUAA: Niko DiFonte, kicker, Calgary (recipient)
WEEK 14 SCHEDULE (all times local)
NOTE 1: Click HERE for the complete 2016 regular season schedule & results
NOTE 2: Click HERE for the complete 2016 playoff schedule & results
November 26 (Vanier Cup Game)
13:00 52nd ArcelorMittal Dofasco U Sports Vanier Cup : No. 1 Laval (10-1) vs. No. 6 Calgary (9-2) (Sportsnet, Sportsnet 360, TVA Sports, SN Now, TVAsports.ca)
Source: usports.ca
About Canadafootballchat.com
Canadafootballchat.com (CFC) is the number one national amateur football website (source: ComScore.com) and most respected source for high school and recruiting news in Canada. CFCs mission is to promote players, coaches, administrators, teams, & leagues from coast to coast. Powered by 40+ local reporters, CFCs content driven network covers Canadian NCAA & CIS recruiting, and high school players & teams like no one else.
About CFC Insider
The ‘CFC Insider’ section is for the fan, player, coach, parent, looking for MORE. The mission of this exclusive membership section is to give more recruiting news, exclusive rankings and multi-series stories as well as coach-player instructional videos. To become a CFC INSIDER member, CLICK HERE!
Advocating for football prospects one story at a time.
