Joseph Capra from the Colorado School of Mines is the Week 7 player of the week honoree, presented by the Colorado Chapter of the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame. RELEASE
The NFF Colorado Chapter board of directors and representatives from College Sports Communicators at the 10 schools that compete in college football in Colorado voted to determine the seventh POW recipient this season.
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Capra, a junior quarterback from Denver South High School, had one of his best performances, throwing for four touchdowns and 278 yards to lead Mines to a 31-24 rivalry win over Colorado Mesa in the Nyikos Cup game. Capra finished with a 192.4 passer rating and completed 78% of his passes. Capra totaled 325 offensive yards and led the team on the ground for 47 yards.
Capra has received the NFFCC POW recognition for the second time this season. He is the 37th player to win the award multiple times since it began in 2002. Overall, Mines has had 23 players earn 41 POW certificates.
When Mines started its current four-game winning streak on September 19 with a 34-3 win over Fort Lewis in Golden, Capra went 16-of-22 for 267 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 55 net yards in three quarters of play. This effort earned him his first NFFCC POW certificate.
Running Back Max Barnes was the second Oredigger to win the NFFCC POW honor this season in Week 5. In Mines’ 38-13 win over Black Hills State on October 3 in Golden, Barnes rushed for 147 yards on 16 carries, scoring two touchdowns, and caught one pass for a seven-yard gain.
Linebacker Carter Daniels (Week 0) and quarterback Navi Bruzon (Week 2) from Colorado State Pueblo, quarterback Hauss Hejny (Week 1) from Colorado State, Capra (Week 3) and Barnes (Week 5) of Mines, and quarterbacks Liam Szarka (Week 4) and Medders (Week 6) of the United States Air Force Academy were the first seven NFFCC recipients.
Here are the other nominees presented this week to Sarah Meier, coordinator of the Colorado Chapter’s POW program. PAST RECIPIENTS
- Blake George (Brighton, Colo.), linebacker, Adams State
- Evan Medders, quarterback, Air Force
- Navi Bruzon, quarterback, CSU Pueblo
- Trey Olsen (Fort Collins), wide receiver, Northern Colorado
- JT Miller, kicker, Western Colorado
George, a freshman from Brighton, had nine tackles (five solos), one sack (14 yards) and two forced fumbles in Adams State’s 69-0 setback at Chadron State.
With Medders leading Air Force to its fourth straight win, a 41-31 victory over UNLV at Falcon Stadium, he set career highs in every rushing category: 18 carries, 152 yards, and three touchdowns. A sophomore from Waxhaw, N.C., he averaged 8.4 yards per carry and caught two of three passes for 18 yards. Six of his carries went for first downs, including one on third down and one on fourth down. Medders made his second career start, first at home, and is now 2-0 as a starter, moving Air Force into first place in the MW at 3-1.
In the No. 4 Pack’s 77-17 homecoming win over New Mexico Highlands, Bruzon completed 68 percent of his passes, going 17-for-25 for 282 yards, with a career-high five touchdown passes, no interceptions, and an efficiency of 228.8. A two-time Arizona Gatorade High School Player of the Year from Peoria, he tossed touchdown passes of 8 yards, 60 yards, 1 yard, 4 yards, and 25 yards and scored on a one-yard touchdown run with 12:12 left in the third quarter to give the Pack a 42-3 lead in the win to extend the Pack’s win streak to seven straight games and its RMAC’s win streak to 30.
In UNC’s 28-18 win over Cal Poly in Greeley, Olsen finished with 121 receiving yards on four catches, a career high and his second straight 100-yard game. A sophomore from Loveland High School, Olsen caught a 30-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter, his third receiving touchdown of the season and his career, and ran for a 15-yard touchdown in the fourth, his first rushing touchdown.
Miller connected on all six of his field goal attempts (19, 43, 20, 30, 47 and 45) in the Mountaineers’ 55-0 win over Fort Lewis in Gunnison. The feat tied the most FGs in a single game by a Colorado state collegiate kicker. For the season, the junior from Rogers, Ark., has made 15 of 16 field goals and leads the Colorado collegiate scorers with 79 points.
