Big South Announces Football Players of the Week - April 12
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – Monmouth redshirt-sophomore Juwon Farri (Gaithersburg, Md.) has been named the Big South Football Offensive Player of the Week, while teammate linebacker Eddie Hahn (Port Monmouth, N.J.) is the Defensive Player of the Week for games played during the league’s seventh week of the spring season. Charleston Southern kicker Nathaniel Toole (Barnwell, S.C.) is the Special Teams Player of the Week, and Monmouth quarterback Tony Muskett (Springfield, Va.) is the Freshman of the Week.
Farri rushed for a season-high 179 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries in Monmouth’s 42-17 win over No. 7/7 Kennesaw State to secure the Big South championship and FCS automatic playoff bid. He averaged 8.1 yards per carry, scored on touchdown runs of 29 and 48 yards, and posted his third consecutive 100-yard rushing game and ninth of his 14-game career.
Hahn was second on the squad with eight tackles (three solo, five assisted), one quarterback sack, one interception and a quarterback hurry in the Hawks’ triumph over Kennesaw State. He was part of a defense that held KSU to its fewest rushing yards in a game (161) since Nov. 7, 2015, and contributed to Monmouth’s six total sacks and two forced turnovers.
Toole connected on a CSU-record 53-yard field goal and added a 38-yard conversion to pace the Buccaneers’ special teams efforts in their 27-14 win over Robert Morris. Taking over the primary kicking responsibilities in the second half, Toole’s record-breaking field goal put Charleston Southern ahead, 24-7. He added two touchbacks on his six kickoffs on the day.
Muskett was 19-of-23 passing ( =82.6 percent) for 290 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions in leading the Hawks’ to a 42-17 win over Kennesaw State. He sparked the Monmouth offense to a 28-3 halftime lead following a 21-point second quarter in which he connected on scoring strikes of 43 and 72 yards. Muskett’s precision guided the Hawks to 492 offensive yards on just 57 plays (8.6 per play average).