Player
of the Week
Teamkong
There is no substitute for speed.
Speed Kills. You
cannot coach speed.
But you can recruit speed!
This years team is much faster than recent Gorilla teams. In fact this might be the fastest Pitt State team many of us
have ever seen. Both
offensively and defensively.
This team has speed (and depth with speed) at virtually
every position.
So, with this in mind, this weeks Teamkong Player of the Week
just happens to be the player with the most speed on the team.
He better be fast, because at 5’7”, 150 pounds he
won’t run over many tacklers.
Jermaine Carpenter, the Junior wide receiver from Waco,
Texas runs the 40 yard dash in a blazing 4.31 seconds.
Jermaine has made a huge impact on the Pitt State offense this
year. He has caught
fourteen passed for 399 yards and 5 touchdowns.
He has also been a threat on special teams as a kick
returner.
This week his performance against the Rolla Miners was
tremendous, considering he only played the first half, because
the Gorillas led 56-0 at halftime.
Carpenter had 4 catches for 126 yards and a touchdown.
This marks his third consecutive game to have over 100
yards receiving, and he is the first receiver in school history
to accomplish this feat.
Jermaine is not the only Gorilla getting in on the receiving
action. Against
Rolla nine different receivers caught passes.
For the season sixteen different Gorillas have caught
passes. Pitt State
is still solid rushing the football at 272 yards per game, but
the Gorillas are passing for an average of 232 yards per game.
This balance is a joy to Gorilla fans everywhere, and
something which has made the other members of the MIAA take
notice.
Imagine.
Pitt State running the “toss-sweep” as a base play in
the I formation, and attempting more than twenty passes a game.
This
season is going to continue to be a fun one!
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