Jennings, Bryant, Williams Earn Week 16 Honors
July 11, 2007 - United Indoor Football Association (UIF)
Evansville BlueCats News Release
EVANSVILLE, IN: The Evansville BlueCats are excited to announce that a trio of veteran players have been honored by the UIF in the Player of the Week awards for Week 16. The awards include running back Dale Jennings earning the UIF Offensive Player of the Week Award, defensive back AJ Bryant earning the UIF Defensive Player of the Week Award, and wide receiver Levron Williams being honored as the UIF Special Teams Player of the Week "Honorable Mention".
Last week against the River City Rage, running back Dale Jennings led the BlueCats with 3 touchdowns and 124 all-purpose yards. He rushed for 26 yards and 2 touchdowns and made 5 receptions for 98 yards and another touchdown. His 45-yard touchdown reception was the longest for the BlueCats this season, and the longest of his career. Jennings has scored 65 touchdowns over his 5-year career and been honored by the league in their weekly awards three different times. This is the second time in his career he's been chosen as UIF Offensive Player of the Week, with the other time occurring in Week One of 2005. Earlier this season, Jennings received UIF Special Teams Player of the Week "Honorable Mention" honors following Week 13.
Defensive back AJ Bryant earned UIF Defensive Player of the Week honors for the 2nd time this season (Week 11, Week 16). Last week against the Rage, Bryant tallied 8 tackles, one tackle for loss, and made his league leading 8th interception of the season. So far in 2007, Bryant leads the team with 64 tackles on the year, and has single season team record of 8 interceptions. He's scored 3 touchdowns this season with two on interception returns, and one on an 11-yard pass reception. He's also passed for a touchdown, tossing a 32-yard touchdown pass on his only attempt of the season. This is the 4th UIF award of his career, earning the UIF Defensive Player of the Week award 3 times (Week 15, 2006, Week 11 & 16, 2007) and Defensive Player of the Week "Honorable Mention" honors once. (Week 4, 2007)
Wide Receiver Levron Williams has earned UIF Special Teams Player of the Week "Honorable Mention" honors. The former First Team All-Big 10 running back at Indiana University and Bosse High School star saw his first action of the season as the BlueCats kick returner last week. He took advantage of his opportunities with 3 kick returns for 69 yards, giving the BlueCats excellent field position on all 3 returns with a 23-yard average per kick return. He also made one pass reception for 8 yards against the Rage. Williams is the BlueCats leading receiver this season with 34 receptions for 429 yards and 10 touchdowns. In 31 games of his BlueCats career (2003, 2006, 2007) he's gained 1,410 all-purpose yards and scored 38 touchdowns.
Other players receiving league awards for Week 16 were River City wide receiver Hurtis Chinn (Offensive "Honorable Mention"), Sioux Falls defensive end Nate Fluit (Defensive "Honorable Mention"), and River City kicker Derek Kutz (Special Teams Player of the Week).
Since the UIF was formed in 2005, no other team in the UIF has had more players earn more Player of the Week awards than the Evansville BlueCats.
The Evansville BlueCats return home this Saturday night for their final game of the 2007 season when the host the Bloomington Extreme at Roberts Stadium. Saturday's game will also be "Fan Appreciation Night" with plenty of exciting events and giveaways for the fans. For single game tickets, please visit ticketmaster.com or contact the Roberts Stadium box office at (812) 476-1383 extension 25. For group ticket rates and to purchase the Cold Stone Creamery Family Four Pack, please contact the BlueCats office at (812) 437-CATS. For more information on the Evansville BlueCats, please visit the website at www.evansvillebluecats.com.
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