Football | 10/3/2023 9:04:27 AM
Junior quarterback
Zac Boyes of the nationally-ranked football team was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week on Tuesday, Oct. 3. It is Boyes' second career D3football.com Team of the Week accolade of his collegiate career.
Boyes becomes the fourth E8 student-athlete to earn D3football.com weekly accolades in 2023, joining teammates
Mike Baloga (Sept. 12) and
JJ Laap (Sept. 19) and Alfred University linebacker
Joe Copp (Sept. 26).
Boyes, a native of Buffalo, NY, earned Empire 8 Offensive Player of the Week accolades for the second timethis season on Monday. He completed 22-of-29 passes (76 percent) for 294 yards and four touchdowns and rushed 10 times for 111 yards and two more scores in Cortland's 52-15 win at Morrisville Saturday. He threw a 70-yard touchdown pass on Cortland's first play from scrimmage and also had touchdown passes of two, 38 and 22 yards. His TD runs covered seven and nine yards, and seven of his runs covered 10 or more yards.
This season, Boyes leads the Empire 8 and is tied for second nationally with a passing efficiency rating of 213.9. He also leads the conference with 1,172 passing yards (293.0 per game) and 14 passing touchdowns. Boyes is in the top-20 in several passing categories nationally. In addition, he has 32 carries for 170 yards (5.3 yards per carry) and two rushing touchdowns.
League play continues for the Empire 8 on Saturday, Oct. 7, as Cortland, who is ranked No. 17 in the D3football.com poll and No. 19 in the AFCA Division III poll hosts undefeated Utica University, who is ranked No. 22 in the AFCA poll at 1 p.m. SUNY Brockport hosts Hartwick College at 1 p.m., while Alfred hosts Morrisville State at 2 p.m.
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