By air or by ground, football players from some of North Carolina’s top teams made huge gains this past weekend – and a handful of school records are under new ownership.
Here are our Best In State top offensive players for Week 5:
UNC Pembroke quarterback Colin Johnson and receiver Trey Dixon had a day for the ages in the Braves’ 41-20 win over Wheeling. Johnson threw six touchdown passes on 13 completions. Dixon caught four of those scoring throws and seven balls in all for 240 yards.
The duo etched their names into the UNCP record books as a result. Johnson, a redshirt junior from Sanford (Lee County HS) tied the school mark for most TD passes in a game, also held by Luke Charles. Dixon, a graduate from Gibson (Scotland HS) set new marks for touchdown receptions in a game and single-game receiving yards. Dixon was voted the Mountain East’s Offensive Player of the Week.
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Western Carolina’s Desmond Reid earned that same honor from the Southern Conference after doing his own record-book editing. The sophomore tailback from Miami Gardens, Fla., rushed for a school-best five touchdowns in the Catamounts’ win at The Citadel. Reid rushed for 167 yards on 18 carries. All of his touchdowns came in two quarters.
Reid has won the SoCon’s weekly offensive honor twice this season. Teammate Cole Gonzales won it last week for Western Carolina.
Five quarterbacks threw for 300-plus yards this week: Appalachian State’s Joey Aguilar (335), UNCP’s Johnson (334), Chowan’s Rashad McKee (329), Greensboro’s Alec Williams-Carr (314) and Campbell’s Hajj-Malik Williams (302).
Campbell”s Williams tossed five touchdown passes. McKee, Livingstone’s Marcus Drish and Brevard’s Ethan Beamish had four apiece.
Lenoir-Rhyne running back Dwayne McGee picked up South Atlantic Offensive Player of the Week recognition following his 184-yard effort against UVA Wise. He found the end zone three times.
Davidson’s Mari Adams was the Pioneer Football League’s top offensive player of the week. He rushed for 169 yards and four scores.
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Davius Richard of North Carolina Central has shown this season he can find the end zone with his arm or legs. The dual-threat quarterback rushed for four touchdowns this past week against Campbell, and threw for another score. He was named the MEAC offensive player of the week after rushing for 92 yards and throwing for 265.
In the midst of leading Central back from a 21-point deficit against the Camels — the Eagles won in overtime 49-48 — Richard broke the school record for most rushing touchdowns. He now has 33 rushing TDs for his career.
Barton’s Jordan Terrell got back to his usual ways after a sluggish game against Mars Hill on Sept. 23. Terrell rushed for 148 yards and a touchdown in a big win over Tusculum.
Corey Siemer had three touchdown runs for Wingate.
Davontay Deloatch had three touchdown receptions for Livingstone. Deloatch and Drish both earned CIAA offensive player of the week honors for their position.
Here is a more detailed list of the top offensive performers from North Carolina schools for week five, in table form:
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TOP PASSING YARDAGE DIVISION COMP ATT YARDS TDS INTS LONG Joey Aguilar (Appalachian State) FBS 27 39 335 3 2 52 Colin Johnson (UNC Pembroke) D2 13 28 334 6 3 75 Rashad McKee (Chowan) D2 23 37 329 4 0 75 Alec Williams-Carr (Greensboro) D3 22 37 314 2 3 42 Hajj-Malik Williams (Campbell) FCS 20 26 302 5 0 70 Ethan Beamish (Brevard) D3 10 18 273 4 0 75 Zachary Marquis (NC Wesleyan) D3 20 45 273 1 3 53 Davius Richard (NC Central) FCS 21 34 265 1 0 51 Alex Flinn (East Carolina) FBS 21 44 246 0 1 34 Cole Gonzales (Western Carolina) FCS 22 28 237 1 9 22 Jalen Ferguson (Lenoir-Rhyne) D2 13 18 234 3 0 59 Marcus Drish (Livingstone) D2 18 32 224 4 0 49 JR Martin (Mars Hill) D2 18 31 218 2 0 44
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TOUCHDOWN PASSES DIVISION TDS Colin Johnson (UNC Pembroke) D2 6 Hajj-Malik Williams (Campbell) FCS 5 Ethan Beamish (Brevard) D3 4 Marcus Drish (Livingstone) D2 4 Rashad McKee (Chowan) D2 4 Jalen Ferguson (Lenoir-Rhyne) D2 3 Joey Aguilar (Appalachian State) FBS 3 Alec Williams-Carr (Greensboro) D3 2 JR Martin (Mars Hill) D2 2
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TOP RUSHERS DIVISION ATT YARDS TDS YDS/CARRY LONG Dwayne McGee (Lenoir-Rhyne) D2 17 202 3 11.9 52 Chancellor Lee-Parker (Brevard) D3 21 184 1 8.8 40 Mari Adams (Davidson) FCS 14 169 4 12.1 66 Desmond Reid (Western Carolina) FCS 18 167 5 9.3 23 Jordan Terrell (Barton) D2 32 148 1 4.6 53 Coulter Cleland (Davidson) FCS 6 132 0 22.0 57 Kenji Christian (NC A&T) FCS 15 118 2 7.9 34 Kevin White (NC A&T) FCS 11 115 2 10.5 65 Mason Sheron (Davidson) FCS 10 114 2 11.4 78 Nate Noel (Appalachian State) FBS 18 109 0 6.1 35 Asa Barnes (Winston-Salem State) D2 19 104 1 5.5 25 Colin Johnson (UNC Pembroke) D2 13 94 0 7.2 20 LJ Turner (Catawba) D2 16 93 2 5.8 16 Riley Leonard (Duke) FBS 18 88 0 4.9 33 Davius Richard (NC Central) FCS 21 86 4 4.1 17 Corey Siemer (Wingate) D2 13 78 3 6.0 23 Latrell Collier (NC Central) FCS 17 77 2 4.5 25 Zayvion Turner-Knox (Lenoir-Rhyne) D2 5 48 2 9.6 17
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RUSHING YARDS/CARRY DIVISION ATT YPC Coulter Cleland (Davidson) FCS 6 22.0 Mari Adams (Davidson) FCS 14 12.1 Dwayne McGee (Lenoir-Rhyne) D2 17 11.9 Mason Sheron (Davidson) FCS 10 11.4 Kevin White (NC A&T) FCS 11 10.5 Zayvion Turner-Knox (Lenoir-Rhyne) D2 5 9.6 Desmond Reid (Western Carolina) FCS 18 9.3 Chancellor Lee-Parker (Brevard) D3 21 8.8 Kenji Christian (NC A&T) FCS 15 7.9 Colin Johnson (UNC Pembroke) D2 13 7.2 Nate Noel (Appalachian State) FBS 18 6.1 Corey Siemer (Wingate) D2 13 6.0 LJ Turner (Catawba) D2 16 5.8 Asa Barnes (Winston-Salem State) D2 19 5.5
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RUISHING TOUCHDOWNS DIVISION TDS Desmond Reid (Western Carolina) FCS 5 Davius Richard (NC Central) FCS 4 Mari Adams (Davidson) FCS 4 Corey Siemer (Wingate) D2 3 Dwayne McGee (Lenoir-Rhyne) D2 3 Kenji Christian (NC A&T) FCS 2 Kevin White (NC A&T) FCS 2 Latrell Collier (NC Central) FCS 2 LJ Turner (Catawba) D2 2 Mason Sheron (Davidson) FCS 2 Zayvion Turner-Knox (Lenoir-Rhyne) D2 2
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TOP RECEIVERS DIVISION NO. YARDS TDS LONG Trey Dixon (UNC Pembroke) D2 7 240 4 75 Jalen Kelsey (Campbell) FCS 7 172 2 70 Deven Franklin (Chowan) D2 6 137 2 61 Matthew Henry (Livingstone) D2 8 130 0 49 Christian Horn (Appalachian State) FBS 6 124 2 52 Zackary Orr (Brevard) D3 3 120 2 67 Kaedin Robinson (Appalachian State) FBS 10 112 1 16 Kobe Christian (Catawba) D2 2 110 0 55 Chandler Brayboy (Elon) FCS 4 109 1 76 DeAree Rogers (Lenoir-Rhyne) D2 6 105 0 59 Ah’shaan Belcher (Shaw) D2 5 99 1 33 Malik Laurent (Mars Hill) D2 6 95 0 33 Devin Smith (NC Central) FCS 5 90 0 51 Brevin Caldwell (Johnson C. Smith) D2 6 88 0 42 Censere Lee (Western Carolina) FCS 6 83 0 19 Dominique Marshall (Lenoir-Rhyne) D2 3 82 1 56 Jack Hestera (Charlotte) FBS 7 81 1 25
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RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS DIVISION TDS Trey Dixon (UNC Pembroke) D2 4 Davontay Deloatch (Livingstone) D2 3 Christian Horn (Appalachian State) FBS 2 Deven Franklin (Chowan) D2 2 Jalen Kelsey (Campbell) FCS 2 RJ Mobley (Winston-Salem State) D2 2 Zackary Orr (Brevard) D3 2
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