Football Offensive Player – Utica College
Jeremy Meier, Senior, WR – Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy
Meier caught seven balls for a game-high 135 yards and two touchdowns as he helped the Pioneers secure their school-record fourth conference victory of the season on Saturday, setting up a first place showdown at No. 16 Salisbury on Saturday. He started the scoring with a first quarter touchdown to put UC on top 7-0 and he insured the victory with a fourth quarter touchdwon grab, elevating the UC lead to 31-7. He headed into the contest needing just three yards receiving to break the College's career receiving yards record set by Cody Elliot back in 2009. Meier now has 2,252 career receiving yards. He needs two more catches in the next two games to break the school-record for receptions in a career, which is also currently held by Elliot. He has 171 catches in four seasons. He currently ranks eighth in the nation and first in the Empire 8 with an average of 123.38 receiving yards per game.