CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Players and coaches from conference champions and national statistical leaders dominate the 2023 New England Football Writers annual awards list.
Holy Cross running back Jordan Fuller is the recipient of the Harry Agganis/Harold Zimman Award as the outstanding player in New England. Fuller, a junior, ranked third in the Patriot League in rushing at 104.6 yards per game and finished 13th nationally in Division I FCS. He led FCS in touchdowns scored rushing with a Holy Cross single season record 18. His 1,085 all-purpose yards were good for 32ndin the nation. Holy Cross finished in a tie for the Patriot League title.
The Season Gold Helmet Awards to the most valuable player in each Division were earned by players that lead the nation in their respective Divisions. Bentley University graduate student Salvatore Lupoli, Jr., a linebacker from Bentley University was the selection in Division II/III. Lupoli, Jr., ranks first in Division II nationally with his 123 total tackles, 12.3 tackles per game and his assisted tackles. Max Brosmer, junior quarterback from the University of New Hampshire is the University Division recipient. Brosmer has led all of Division I FCS with 3,449 passing yards. His total offense of 325 yards per game is also tops in FCS by over a 23 yards per game margin.
The Jack Grinold Division I Coach of the Year Award goes to Sammy McCorkle of Dartmouth. In his first year at the helm of the Big Green, under trying and tragic circumstances including the passing of head coach Buddy Teevens and player Josh Balara, McCorkle led Dartmouth to a share of the Ivy League title.
Joe Adam of St. Anselm College is the recipient of the Division II/III Coach of the Year award. Hawks finished in a tie for second in the Northeast-10 and Adam was named NE-10 Coach of the Year. He is the first St. Anselm coach to be honored by the NEFW.
The Jerry Nason Award to the senior football player in New England who has succeeded in football against all odds goes to Harvard University tight end Tyler Neville. Harvard finished the season in a tie for the Ivy crown.
The late Dartmouth College Robert L. Blackman Head Football Coach Buddy Teevens is the recipient of the George Carens Award to the person who has made significant contributions to football in New England. The award will be presented by Harvard Stephenson Family Head Football Coach Tim Murphy, a lifelong friend of Teevens, and will be accepted by Teevens’ wife Kirsten.
Al the award recipients were honored at the New England Football Writers Captains and Awards Banquet presented by the Jack Grinold/Eastern Massachusetts of the National Football Foundation on Thursday, December 7, at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel & Conference Center.
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