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U SPORTS Football Players of the Week: Patten, Lavallée, Liegghio honoured

U SPORTS Staff

UBC receiver Jacob Patten, Laval halfback Maxym Lavallée and Western kicker Marc Liegghio are the U SPORTS Football Players of the Week, for the period ending October 20, 2019.

Offensive Player of the Week: Jacob Patten, UBC

UBC’s Jacob Patten had a monster performance in the Thunderbirds’ 38-37 win over the defending CW Hardy Cup champion Saskatchewan Huskies. 

Patten reeled in 10 catches for 203 receiving yards and a late touchdown to down the Huskies.

Nominees

CW: Jacob Patten, receiver, UBC (winner)

OUA: Chris Merchant, quarterback, Western

RSEQ: James Tyrell, receiver, Concordia

AUS: Dale Wright, running back, Acadia

Defensive Player of the Week: Maxym Lavallée, Laval

Laval’s sophomore halfback Maxym Lavallée played the best game of his university career in the Rouge et Or’s 16-3 home victory over the Montreal Carabins before a record crowd of 19,381 at TELUS-Université Laval Stadium on Sunday. Lavallée completed three sacks, including a pair in the fourth quarter to shut down any hope of Montreal rebounding back on the scoreboard. The Sport intervention student completed the game with five tackles, including four solo efforts. His sacks imposed losses of 21 yards to the Carabins.

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Nominees

CW: Shae Weekes, defensive back, Manitoba

OUA: Danny McWhirter, defensive back, Carleton

RSEQ: Maxym Lavallée, halfback, Laval (winner)

AUS: Daniel Bell, defensive Back, Mount Allison

Special Teams Player of the Week: Marc Liegghio, Western

It was a record-setting day for Marc Liegghio, as he kicked his way into the history books at the school, conference, and national level with a six field-goal outing for the Western Mustangs.

The veteran kicker came into the week five field goals short of the U SPORTS record and tied with Lirim Hajrullahu for the total points record in school and OUA history. But that all changed in Western’s 32-23 win over Ottawa. Liegghio notched three field goals in the first half, with makes from 16, 32, and 21 yards, respectively, before adding another three (16, 18, 39) in the fourth quarter alone. With the teams separated by just nine points heading into the final frame, Liegghio’s points were certainly important to help secure the win, but they also etched his name into university football folklore.

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Thanks to his six field goals and 20 points on the day, the fourth-year kicker now stands alone as the highest point scorer in OUA history, surpassing the 422 collected by previous leader Hajrullahu (2009-13), and tops all U SPORTS kickers with 92 career field goals made, overtaking both Johnny Mark (Calgary, 2011-15) and Gabe Ferraro (Guelph, 2014-18).

 

Nominees

CW: Matt Riley, kicker, Manitoba

OUA: Marc Liegghio, kicker, Western (winner)

RSEQ: David Côté, kicker, Laval

AUS: James Parker, kicker, Mount Allison

- Player bios provided by U SPORTS member conferences