K-Mac Named Defensive Player of the Week
Published on June 3, 2003 under Arena Football League (AFL)
Orlando Predators News Release
ORLANDO, Fla. (June 3, 2003) -- Orlando Predators Defensive Specialist Kenny "The Glove" McEntyre was named the Arena Football League's "Defensive Player of the Week" for his playoff performance against the New York Dragons on Sunday.
McEntyre made two huge first half plays that allowed the Predators (13-4-0) to build a 42-18 lead at halftime and eventually coast to a 69-62 win over the Dragons and advance to this Saturday's semifinal game against the Tampa Bay Storm.
With the Predators leading 15-6. McEntyre stepped in front of an Aaron Garcia pass for his 10th career post-season interception. He returned the ball to the New York 14, where Jay Gruden hit Cory Fleming on a touchdown pass two plays later to up the lead to 22-16.
With under a minute to go in the first half, lineman EJ Burt knocked the ball loose from Garcia on a sack and McEntyre recovered in the end zone for a touchdown and a 34-12 lead. For the game, McEntyre also posted five tackles.
McEntyre edged several other players out for the weekly award, including teammate Reggie Doster, who had 5.5 tackles and a pair of interceptions in the game. It was the third time this season that McEntyre was named AFL Defensive Player of the Week.
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PREDATOR NOTES: The Predators announced on Tuesday that they were selling a limited number of tickets to Saturday's AFL Semifinal playoff game with arch-rival Tampa Bay...the tickets are priced from $18.75 to $43.75 and are available by calling the Predators Ticket Office at 407-44-PREDS...The Predators organization is urging its fans attending the game to purchase their tickets from the Predators office and to wear black at the game...kickoff at the St. Pete Forum (formerly the Ice Palace) is 3 p.m...the team will practice in Orlando on Wednesday and Thursday before busing to Tampa on Friday afternoon...the Predators will practice at the Forum on Friday before Saturday's game...with six touchdown passes and no interceptions last week against New York, quarterback Jay Gruden now has 55 touchdown passes and just two interceptions this season...his 27.5:1 touchdown to interception ratio is the best in Arena Football League history and club officials believe it is one of the best in pro football history...Orlando and Tampa both come into the game with identical 13-4-0 records...The two teams split a pair of games earlier this season and the all-time series stands at 17-15-0 in favor of Orlando...the Predators hold a 4-2 advantage over the Storm in playoff games and sent Tampa out of the playoffs three straight times from 1998-2000...it's interesting to note that only two points (1,320 to 1,318) separate the two teams in aggregate points scored in the series.
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