September 22, 2022
Football Heads North For Saturday contest at UAlbany
CCSU Football travels to former NEC opponent UAlbany for a Saturday afternoon tilt
The Central Connecticut football team plays its second of three straight road games when it travels to the University of Albany for Saturday's 3:30 pm matchup. Rogr Wyland and Michael Johnso, Jr. will call all the action on FloSports Football.
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Albany is a former NEC rival of CCSU. In each of the first four NEC Championship years for the Blue Devils (2004, 2005, 2009 & 2010) CCSU defeated the Great Danes on the way to the league crown. The last regular season meeting between the two teams came in 2014, a 19-0 win by UAlbany in New Britain. The squads last played at UAlbany in the regular season in 2013, a 20-17 Blue Devils victory.
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Central is 23rd nationally in fewest penalties per game, 5.0, and fewest penalty yards per game, 40.3. The squad is ranked first in the NEC if fewest penalties, 15.
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Central blocked a pair of PAT's at Southeastern, giving them three on the year, which is second most in FCS. Jermaine Williams and Isaiah Greene both did so Saturday night. Luquay Washington blocked a field goal in the opener at UConn.
- The Blue Devils are 19th in the nation in passing yards allowed, holding opponents to 176.3 yards per outing.
- Jahlil Brown has two fumble recoveries this season, tied for the most in the nation. He is third on the roster with 24 stops this fall, including his second double-digit tackle game, 10, at home versus SHU. His career-best came 9/11/21 at Wagner, when he had 13 stops, nine solo. He had eight tackles and a QBH at Southeastern.
- CCSU enters the fourth week with three of the top-six tacklers in the NEC. Chizi Umunakwe is tops at 8.7, while Artest Banks and Jahlil Brown are averaging 8.0 stops a game, good for fourth. No other team has three players in the top-12.
- Shon Mitchell made his season debut in the second-half at Southeastern and went 2-4, including a 30-yard TD pass. He also rushed for five net yards on the night. He now has seven career TD passes in his 10 games under center as a Blue Devil.
- Jonathan Cabral-Martin leads the league with four PBU's, while is 1.33 per outing is second in the conference. He has made 16 tackles, 13 solo, with a season-best seven against Sacred Heart. He recorded his first TFL of the year at Southeastern.
- Nasir Smith has 164 rush yards and 229 all purpose yards this season. He ran for 92 yards, on 21 carries, and a TD against SHU. He has made 3 catches in each game this fall, for 65 yards. He had a career-best 122 yards at Miami (2021), carrying the ball 12 times.
