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Dillon Romain was chosen NEC Offensive Rookie of the Year, the first UAlbany player to be voted the award since the Great Danes joined the league in 1999. |
| Romain, a freshman tailback from Vernon, N.J., was the conference's top offensive rookie after rushing for 547 yards and six touchdowns and averaging 86.7 all-purpose yards per game. He is 32nd among the FCS national leaders with a 25.1 kickoff return average. Romain was tabbed NEC rookie of the week on four occasions, including three times in the month of November. He established the program's freshman single-game rushing record with 193 yards against Wagner and averaged more than 120 yards on the ground in his team's three-game win streak to end the season. His 954 all-purpose yards is the highest total by a freshman in the school's Division I FCS history. |
Nov. 20, 2010 - Dillon Romain earned his third consecutive NEC rookie of the week award. He has been honored four times this season. |
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Dillon Romain Sets Freshman Rushing Record in Football's 24-14 Northeast Conference Win
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Albany, N.Y. - Freshman tailback Dillon Romain rushed for a career-high 193 yards and scored the go-ahead touchdown in the third quarter in leading UAlbany to a 24-14 victory over Wagner in Northeast Conference play on Saturday, Nov. 13 at University Field. Romain, who set the school's single-game freshman rushing mark, rumbled over the left side on a 25-yard touchdown run to break a 14-14 deadlock. He had all five carries on the first possession of the third quarter, including a 32-yard burst on the second play of the series. Albany (5-5, NEC 3-4) added a 37-yard field goal from Herb Glass with 7:09 left in the period. Wagner fell to 5-5 overall and 3-4 in the conference. UAlbany quarterback Buddy Leathley completed 8 of 15 passes for 150 yards. Romain's rushing total eclipsed a freshman standard previously held by Greg Garrett since 1996. "They (offensive line) opened up huge holes and Andrew Smith had some blocks," said Romain, who has reached the century mark two straight weeks in a pair of UAlbany wins. "It's not that hard when they block like that. This is important for the older guys; they want to win their last games. " Paw Prints: UAlbany's Dillon Romain ran for 193 yards, the highest total by a Great Dane since the 2008 Gridiron Classic ... Romain set the school's freshman rushing standard and eclipsed Greg Garrett's previous mark when he piled up 150 yards vs. St. Lawrence on Sept. 21, 1996 ... Bob Ford moved into a tie for fourth place among NCAA FCS Division I's winningest coaches with his 246th career victory ... Wagner head coach Walt Hameline, who was Ford's assistant in the late 1970s, recorded his 200th career win last week ... PK Herb Glass moved into sixth place on the program's career scoring chart with 160 points ... ILB Dave Plungas had a career-high 13 tackles and forced a fumble ... Ryan Kirchner's 80-yard punt return is second only to an 84-yard runback by Ray Gay against Plattsburgh in 1977. |
UAlbany's Dillon Romain Selected Northeast Conference Football Rookie of the Week for second time this season
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Somerset, N.J. - University at Albany's Dillon Romain has been chosen Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week in football, as announced by the conference office on Monday, Nov. 8. The freshman tailback earned the weekly award for the second time this season. Romain recorded career-highs in rushing yards (101) and all-purpose yards (152) in last Saturday's 35-23 conference win over Sacred Heart. The Great Danes snapped a three-game skid with their third road win of the season. He scored on a pair of touchdown runs, including a 7-yarder that tied the contest at seven apiece just before halftime. Romain added a 20-yard dash over the right side to provide his team with a 21-7 advantage with 6:44 left in the third quarter. A native of Vernon, N.J., Romain had a 28-yard kickoff return to midfield that led to an early fourth-quarter touchdown and caught two passes for 23 yards. Romain, who attended Blair Academy and was the 2008 New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year at Don Bosco Prep, scored on two touchdown runs for the second time this year. He is just the second UAlbany freshman to accomplish that feat in the program's Division I FCS era and the first since the 2000 campaign. |
| Freshman Tailback Dillon Romain Named Northeast Conference Football Rookie of the Week |
Somerset, N.J. - University at Albany's Dillon Romain has been chosen Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week in football, as announced on Monday, Oct. 11 by the conference office. He received the weekly award for the first time this season after his team posted a 48-0 NEC victory over Saint Francis, Pa. A freshman tailback from Vernon, N.J., Romain ran 15 times for a career-high 58 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns. He capped a 68-yard drive in the first quarter with a two-yard touchdown run for a 14-0 lead and scored on a one-yard blast in the third period. He became the second true freshman in the program's Division I FCS history to rush for two TDs in the same game. Romain, the 2008 New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year at Don Bosco Prep, has rushed for 50-plus yards in each of his last two contests. He is second on the squad in rushing with 133 yards and three touchdowns. UAlbany (3-2, NEC 1-1) has recorded back-to-back wins for the first time since October 2009. The Great Danes travel to conference-leader Robert Morris (5-1, NEC 4-0) on Saturday. |
| St. Francis vs UAlbany 2010 | Wagner vs UAlbany 2010 |
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| NJISAA 1st Team All State RB | NJISAA States Most Valuable Player |
| MAPL All Conference RB | MAPL Leagues Most Valuable Player |
| 2008 State Championship Video | 2008 Don Bosco vs Delasalle |
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