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[Nors]

It IS A CRIME THIS KID IS NOT A STUD somewhere in a major Division 1 program.


Classis small school, a tick too short. I saw him in person - a major league talent. Vick like actually


Wildcats on the rise with Santos
October 5, 2004

The University of New Hampshire's impressive 51-40 road victory over 10th-ranked Villanova Saturday night vaulted the Wildcats three spots to ninth in this week's Sports Network 1-AA football poll, while dropping Villanova to 14th.

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UNH got an outstanding effort from redshirt freshman quarterback Ricky Santos of Bellingham, who was named the Sports Network co-player of the week for the second time this season after completing 38 passes for 538 yards and six touchdowns, all school records.

Maine's last-minute 43-38 loss to defending champion No. 4 Delaware dropped the Black Bears from eighth to 12th, while Northeastern's 38-35 overtime loss to William & Mary caused the Huskies to fall from 16th to 23d.

 

[Nors]

New Hampshire's Santos wins Player of the Week award
Each week during the season, readers can select their pick for USATODAY.com Player of the Week. Choices will be made available on Sunday night. USATODAY.com will name its own winner every Tuesday during the regular season. For a list of past honorees, see our archive page.

New Hampshire's Ricky Santos made quite an impression on Rutgers in his first career start.
By Christopher Barth, AP

New Hampshire's Ricky Santos won this week's USATODAY.com Player of the Week honor after leading the I-AA Wildcats to an uplikely upset of Rutgers. Santos did not take home the fan voting portion of the award as Notre Dame freshman Darius Walker won more than 50% of the votes.

This week's winner:

Ricky Santos, QB, New Hampshire — Rutgers was riding high after winning its opener, but New Hampshire and Ricky Santos brought them quickly to earth. The redshirt freshman threw for five touchdows in his first career start to rally the I-AA Wildcats to a 35-24 upset victory on the road. Santos hit 30 of his 40 passes and totaled 385 yards in the air. He threw for three scores in the second half as New Hampshire came back from a 24-14 deficit.

This week's nominees:

Korey Hall, LB, Boise State — The Broncos draw a lot of headlines for their offense, but it was a key defensive play that swung their game against Oregon State. Boise State trailed 14-3 when Korey Hall made the first of his three interceptions in the game. The sophomore returned the takeaway 46 yards for touchdown to start an avalanche of scoring by the Broncos. Hall also added four tackles in the 53-34 victory.

Santonio Holmes, WR, Ohio State — When then needed him most, Santonio Holmes made several key catches to help Ohio State squeeze past Marshall 24-21. The sophomore hauled in touchdown passes of 80 and 47 yards in the first half to give the Buckeyes an early lead. With the game tied in the final minute, Holmes, who finished with 10 receptions for 224 yards, caught passes of 9 and 8 yards to set up Mike Nugent's game-winning, 55-yard field goal on the final play.

Kyle Orton, QB, Purdue — It was nearly a perfect outing for Kyle Orton as Purdue rolled to an easy victory against Ball State. The senior quarterback was 23-of-26 for 329 yards and five touchdown passes. Orton's scoring strikes of 9, 17, 15, 43 and 15 yards all came in the first half, helping the Boilermakers cruise 59-7.

Darius Walker, RB, Notre Dame — A true freshman was an unlikely hero for Notre Dame. Darius Walker came off the bench and carried 31 times for 115 yards and two touchdowns as the Irish rolled past No. 7 Michigan 28-20. Tyrone Willingham's squad trailed 9-0, but runs by Walker from 6 and 5 yards out propelled Notre Dame to a much-needed win after a season-opening loss to BYU.

 

[Midswat]

Is he hybrid?

 

[Nors]

Is he hybrid?

Talk on topic, bring something to the table. Better yet go away.

Kid is a world class RB, Sprinter who is also a QB. He's a major league NFL talent. He will be playing Sundays.

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[Nors]

Santos makes Payton Award cut
Staff Report




What the heck, why not . . . Santos.

Ricky Santos, University of New Hampshire redshirt freshman quarterback, has played his way onto the official Walter Payton Award candidates list. The Payton Award is given annually to the top player in I-AA football. It mirrors the coveted Heisman Trophy, given annually to the top player in all of college football.

Santos became one of seven new players to be added to the "Payton Watch" list this week. There are now 16 players on the list, which will undergo two revisions prior to the distribution of ballots on Nov. 22. Members of the media and I-AA sports information directors elect the Payton Award winner.

There is a distinct New England tint to the Payton Watch list. UMaine running back Marcus Williams, Harvard back Clifton Dawson, and Yale quarterback Alvin Cowan are also on the list.

In addition, Colgate running back Jamaal Branch is in contention for the Payton Award. Colgate defeated Dartmouth earlier this season.

Against 10th-ranked Villanova in Philadelphia on Saturday, Santos connected with eight different receivers to pile up 538 yards, a school record. He also completed 38 passes for six for touchdowns. Both are UNH records. His TD passes covered 29, 60, 35, 12, 2 and 45 yards and led the Wildcats to a 51-40 win.

His 538 passing yards constituted the third-best performance in Atlantic 10 Conference history.

And Villanova won't soon forget Santos or his exploits. The UNH quarterback recorded the most passing yards and passing touchdowns by a Villanova opponent. Ever.

Yesterday, he received the Gold Helmet Award, a weekly honor presented by the New England Football Writers.

Moving into Payton Award consideration and winning the Gold Helmet Award in the same week is big news — but there's more.

Santos was also named The Sports Network National Player of the Week, a member of the I-AA.org All-Star team, Bob Hansen's Football Gazette National Player of the Week and both Player and Rookie of the Week in the Atlantic 10 Football Conference.

But wait. There's more. Santos also was named this week's College Sports Television's Player of the Week. He will be featured on the CSTV's I-AA Players of the Week page of the CollegeSports.com Web site for the entire week.

In 4½ games this season, Santos has connected on 122 of 177 passes, good for 1,546 yards and 16 touchdowns. He has been intercepted twice.

 

[Nors]

He walks on and goes 10/11 and punks Delaware!


Delaware football team drops opener to UNH

9:36 a.m., Sept. 3, 2004--Deflating a boisterous sellout crowd of 22,727 fans, the University of Delaware football team fell 24-21 to the University of New Hampshire on Thursday night at Delaware Stadium.

The Fightin’ Blue Hens lost just their second season opener in the last 10 years.

New Hampshire won with strong line play and gritty performances at quarterback by redshirt freshman Ricky Santos and R.J. Harvey, whose primary position is at running back. Both were pressed into service when starter Mike Granieri went down with a knee injury in the first half.

Santos completed 10 of 11 passes for 146 yards, including a game-clinching 44-yard touchdown pass to David Ball early in the fourth quarter, and Harvey ran for 114 yards on 32 carries and scored two touchdowns.

New Hampshire scored first, getting the ball after UD’s initial drive ended with an interception thrown by starting quarterback Sonny Riccio, and led until early in the fourth quarter when Sean Bleiler scored on a seven-yard touchdown run to give the Hens a 21-17 lead.

New Hampshire came right back on its next possession, capping a 67-yard drive with the touchdown catch by Ball.

“Any loss is a tough loss,” UD Head Coach K.C. Keeler said. “You can't be that inefficient inside the 20-yard line and turn the ball over. They really took it to us up front and that surprised us because we have so many players back on the defensive front and at linebacker. We didn't tackle well and that is a credit to New Hampshire. We come out of this game with a lot of questions. We have to handle adversity and I think we will be fine. We knew this was going to a tough opener and it was.”

Riccio completed 13 of 17 passes for 101 yards and one touchdown, a 29-yard screen pass to running back Lonnie Starks. Backup quarterback Ryan Carty, who came on late in the game when Riccio suffered leg cramps, completed three passes in five attempts for 71 yards.

Bleiler ran for 90 yards on 12 carries and Starks for 74 yards on 11 carries. Starks also was UD’s leading receiver, hauling in four passes for 40 yards.

UD will return to action against Towson University, the newest member of the Atlantic 10 Football Conference, at 7 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 11, at Delaware Stadium.

 

[Midswat]

Talk on topic, bring something to the table. Better yet go away.

Kid is a world class RB, Sprinter who is also a QB. He's a major league NFL talent. He will be playing Sundays.

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So I take it he's not hybrid?

 

[Nors]

So I take it he's not hybrid?

a football player, move on your hybrid hatred is getting to you and misguided. This was a thread on a NATIONAL BREAKOUT ROOKIE PROSPECT. thats all.

 

[Midswat]

a football player, move on your hybrid hatred is getting to you and misguided. This was a thread on a NATIONAL BREAKOUT ROOKIE PROSPECT. thats all.

A simple "yes" or "no" would suffice . . .

 

[Dallas]

a football player, move on your hybrid hatred is getting to you and misguided. This was a thread on a NATIONAL BREAKOUT ROOKIE PROSPECT. thats all.

I find it hilarious how Nors knows all the talent and knows all the answers for every team. Mr. Source. He is right and everyone else is wrong.

Hybrid is BACK on the menu.

 

[TxStar61]

but You'll have to admit this guy sounds like he's a playa...winnin the awards and doin all the deeds to get his name in lights. Looks pretty good to me. Keep us informed! Thanks

 

[DallasCowpoke111]

mmmmm, New Hampshire "punks" that football power house, the Fightin' Blue Hens of Delaware, and "made quite an impression on" that perennial AP Poll front-runner, Rutgers.

I'm sure ABC will be contacting their athletic dept w/ that offer of the coveted Saturday 2:00 p.m. time-slot any day now!!



Gawd Nors, you're a dweeb!

 

[Hostile]

Sounds like a player. Thanks for the heads up. I'll watch for him.

 

[Nors]

Sounds like a player. Thanks for the heads up. I'll watch for him.

Not many kids make it out of Bellingham, Mass. He is a Patrick Clayton clone. A stud athlete under the radar for whatever reason. That he is getting national ink is amazing.

 

[Hostile]

Not many kids make it out of Bellingham, Mass. He is a Patrick Clayton clone. A stud athlete under the radar for whatever reason. That he is getting national ink is amazing.

Pretty cool. Of course Walter Payton and Jerry Rice are the most compelling evidence that watching kids like this does pay off.

 

[Nors]

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/recap?gid=200410300197

Ran and caught a TD...........This is Patrick Clayton 2

 

[DLK150]

Never can tell. Hey, if he were to win the Walter Payton Award, we'd have two players that have won it on the roster if we brought him in.

 

[jamez25]

what kind of Offense do they run ?

 

[Nors]

Rookie of the Week
Ricky Santos - New Hampshire
Freshman, QB, 6-2, 195 lbs., Bellingham, MA/Bellingham HS
Santos tossed five touchdown passes while completing 12-of-21 passes for 166 yards – all in the opening half – as New Hampshire downed Towson, 62-24, to clinch the North Division title...also rushed for 38 yards on six carries...had scoring strikes of 5, 27, 3, 10 and 34 yards...marked his third game with five or more touchdown passes...his 26 scoring tosses are a UNH single-season record, eclipsing the previous mark of 23, set by Matt Griffin in 1991...named the A-10 Rookie of the Week for a league-leading fifth time.

 

[Nors]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=243250311

Puts 50 on the board, 3 TD passes and 60 yards rushing.

Unbelievable year for the freshman QB.