University of Richmond Athletics
Jacobi Green Named CAA Offensive Player of the Week
RICHMOND, Va. – Richmond senior RB Jacobi Green has been named CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season as announced by league officials on Monday morning.
Green, the senior National Player of the Year candidate, galloped for 218 yards, second most in his career behind his 236-yard performance at James Madison earlier this season that also earned him CAA Player of the Week honors. He at one point during the second half of Saturday’s game had outgained the entire William & Mary offense and added his 15th rushing touchdown of the season to complete the regular season with the CAA lead in that category.
Green’s rushing total for the season has now reached 1,285 yards and surpassed William & Mary’s Kendell Anderson for the CAA regular season rushing title. Anderson managed just 47 yards against the Richmond defense on Saturday afternoon. A defense that held the opponent without a touchdown for the first time this season and for the first time since Oct. 18, 2014 opposite Rhode Island.
Richmond received the No. 7 overall seed and a first round bye in the 2015 FCS Playoffs on Sunday and on Dec. 5 will host the winner of William & Mary and Duquesne who match up in Williamsburg this weekend. The game will kick off from Robins Stadium at Noon and tickets are already on sale through the Richmond ticket office.