FRC – CIS football players of the week (#9) Kennedy, Caron, Hus honoured

OTTAWA (CIS) – Windsor quarterback Austin Kennedy, Concordia linebacker Max Caron and Regina special teams specialist Jorgen Hus are the Canadian Interuniversity Sport football players of the week for the period ending Oct. 29, 2011.

The selection was made by a committee comprised of members of Football Reporters of Canada (FRC).

Kennedy, a second-year business student from Windsor, Ont., was honoured on offence after a near-perfect performance in the first playoff game of his CIS career. The 5-foot-10, 205-pound sophomore completed 74 per cent of his passes (25 of 34) for 429 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions to lead the Lancers (6-3) to a 50-33 OUA quarter-final win at Ottawa, which marked their first post-season victory since 2003. Kennedy, who also rushed for a team-high 86 yards and a major on the afternoon, now hopes to lead the Blue & Gold to an upset of nationally third-ranked Western (7-1) in Saturday’s conference semifinals.

Acadia receiver Taylor Renaud and quarterbacks Reid Quest of Concordia and Billy Greene of UBC were also up for the award.

Caron, a second-year political sciences student from Kingston, Ont., took home the weekly honour on defence thanks to his two interceptions in a 58-30 playoff-clinching win over McGill, including one he took back 96 yards for a touchdown. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound sophomore also had six solo tackles and two assisted tackles on the day to end the regular schedule with a CIS-high total of 78.5, a new single-season Quebec conference record. Caron also set new RSEQ marks for most majors scored on interception returns in a season (3) and in a career (4).

Linemen Rob Jubenville of Saint Mary’s, Seamus Postuma of Windsor and Stefan Charles of Regina were also nominated.

Hus, a third-year kinesiology student from Saskatoon, was the choice on special teams after he helped the Rams (3-5) secure the final playoff spot in Canada West with a key blocked punt in the early moments of a 31-22 road win over Manitoba. Four minutes into the contest, with the Bisons facing third-and-long deep in their own territory, the 6-foot-1, 213-pound linebacker broke through the protection and stepped in front of a Brendon Bowman kick. The loose ball was recovered in the end zone by teammate Steve Famulak and Regina held on to the lead the rest of the way.

Kickers Thomas Blight of Acadia, Boris Bédé of Laval and Dan Village of Queen’s were also up for the distinction.

Offensive nominees:

AUS: Taylor Renaud, receiver, Acadia

RSEQ: Reid Quest, quarterback, Concordia

OUA: Austin Kennedy, quarterback, Windsor (recipient)

CWUAA: Billy Greene, quarterback, UBC

Defensive nominees:

AUS: Rob Jubenville, lineman, Saint Mary’s

RSEQ: Max Caron, linebacker, Concordia (recipient)

OUA: Seamus Postuma, lineman, Windsor

CWUAA: Stefan Charles, tackle, Regina

Special team nominees:

AUS: Thomas Blight, kicker, Acadia

RSEQ: Boris Bédé, kicker, Laval

OUA: Dan Village, kicker, Queen’s

CWUAA: Jorgen Hus, cover, Regina (recipient)