Wildcats Take Trio of SIAC Football Weekly Honors

10/25/2023 12:39:00 AM

By: Chris Myers

ATLANTA, Ga. – With the pleasing of the Homecoming crowd of the gridiron victory, the Wildcats reaped the rewards on Tuesday. Fort Valley State saw a trio of players pick up Southern Intercollegiate Conference weekly football honors of Brandon Marshall, Cedric Hillsman and Elan Hall as the Newcomer, Defensive and Special Teams Player of the Week.

FVSU scored the game's final 31 points and sent the overflow crowd home happy with the 31-3 victory over Morehouse College last Saturday.

The SIAC's leading rusher recorded his 4th 100-yard plus rushing game in the last five games. Marshall rushed 28 times for 140 yards for a 5.0-yard average and scored a pair of touchdowns along with grabbing one pass for another eight yards. His 1-yard leap over the line into the endzone with 1:43 left in the opening frame gave FVSU a 7-3 lead it would not give up. He also put the game out of reach with a 14-yd scoring run up the middle with 14:12 in the game to make it 21-3 in the eventual.

Hillsman led the FVSU defense, which gave up only 137 total yards to Morehouse and only 86 yards over the final 54 minutes after the game's opening possession. Hillsman recorded a season-high six tackles, a sack of 7 yards, 3 tackles for loss of 11 yards, as well as forcing a fumble that was recovered by FVSU on the Morehouse first play of the third quarter and added a quarterback hurry to his day.

Hall had a superb day punting for FVSU with his four punts covering 184 yards for an impressive 46.0-yard per punt average with three inside the 20-yardline and one touchback with a 55-yard long. On his first punt, the freshman kicked it 48 yards and was downed at the Morehouse 11-yardline. The second punt went 36 yards, but it was fair caught at the Morehouse 5-yardline. His third boot went 55 yards, his long on the day, for a touchback, which hit just over the endzone line. On his final punt, Hall's effort went 45 yards and was fair caught at the Morehouse 11-yardline.

The trio of weekly honorees and the Wildcats return to action this Saturday, Oct. 28, for their final home contest. FVSU hosts Virginia University of Lynchburg in a 2 p.m. kick-off for 'Senior Day.'

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