WASHINGTON - Gallaudet University junior running back Marcus Brown-Gabriel (Beeville, Texas) was named to the DC Touchdown Club's Washington Metro College Football Player of the Week Honor Roll for Week 4.
Brown-Gabriel was one of eight players selected which included local college student-athletes or college student-athletes that went to high school in the DMV region.
Brown-Gabriel ran for a career-high 217 yards on 26 carries (8.3 yards per carry) and scored two touchdowns as the Bison won their ODAC debut, 39-30, over Averett University last Saturday at Hotchkiss Field. Brown-Gabriel had 94 rushing yards on nine carries (10.4 yards per carry) in the first half and went for 123 yards on 17 carries (7.2 yards) in the second half. He ran hard through Averett tacklers the entire day. He broke through several tackles late in the fourth quarter when he made a short gain turn into a 19-yard touchdown run to put the icing on the cake for the Bison in their nine-point victory. Brown-Gabriel also scored Gallaudet's first touchdown on a 7-yard run in the first quarter.
University of Maryland (Division I) linebacker Daniel Wingate was named the DC Touchdown Club Washington Metro College Football Player of the Week as he made 11 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for a loss and one sack as the Terrapins beat Wisconsin 27-10. The Pallotti High School alum leads the Big 10 and is fifth nationally with 39 tackles.
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