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OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
TJ PRATT • Rowan University
Freshman • Wide Receiver • Swedesboro, NJ/Kingsway Regional

Pratt earns NJAC Offensive Rookie of the Week honors for the second time, marking the fourth time this season and the third consecutive week that a Prof has claimed the offensive rookie honor. In a 67-0 NJAC road win at Morrisville State, he garnered a team-high three receptions for 27 yards. He also notched his second career touchdown on a 10-yard scoring strike in the second quarter. Pratt is averaging 11.3 yards per reception in five games played for Rowan on the season.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
FRANK WILCZYNSKI • Rowan University
Senior • Quarterback • Pine Hill, NJ/Overbrook

Wilczynski earns NJAC Offensive Player of the Week honors after accounting for six touchdowns despite playing only one half of Rowan’s 72-14 NJAC road win at Western Connecticut. Through the air, he completed 12-of-18 passes for 216 yards and three touchdowns (59, 10, and 9 yards apiece). On the ground, he averaged 16.1 yards per carry with 145 yards rushing on nine attempts including touchdown runs of 53, 2, and 68 yards, the latter of which marked the longest run from scrimmage by a quarterback in school history. Wilczynski currently leads the NJAC in rushing as a quarterback, with an average of 110.8 yards per game.

OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
TARIQ GAINES • Rowan University
Freshman • Running Back • Glassboro, NJ/Glassboro

Gaines becomes the fourth different Prof to earn NJAC Offensive Rookie of the Week honors after helping Rowan secure a 72-14 NJAC road win at Western Connecticut. He averaged 35.7 yards per rush with 143 yards on only four carries, including a 61-yard scoring run for one of the Profs’ school record-tying 10 touchdowns. Gaines, who scored the first touchdown of his collegiate career in the victory, currently ranks 15th in the NJAC in rushing with an average of 32.4 yards per game.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
MIKE BARONE • Rowan University
Senior • Free Safety • Hammonton, NJ/Hammonton
Barone earns NJAC Defensive Player of the Week honors after helping the Profs secure a homeopening 56-20 NJAC victory over Brockport. In the win, he garnered two interceptions, including one that he returned 100 yards for a touchdown. His second quarter pick was one of three interceptions returned for touchdowns in the game by the Profs, and tied a school record for the longest interception return in program history. Barone, who also recorded three tackles from his safety position,
currently is tied for the conference lead in interceptions with three on the season.

OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
KAY ROBINSON • Rowan University
Freshman • Wide Receiver • Camden, NJ/Camden Catholic
Robinson becomes the third different Prof to earn NJAC Offensive Rookie of the Week honors after helping Rowan secure a 56-20 home-opening NJAC victory over Brockport. In the win, he recorded four receptions for a team-high 103 yards, marking the first 100-yard receiving game of his collegiate career. Robinson currently ranks 22nd in the NJAC in receiving yards per game (35.3).

OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
TJ PRATT • Rowan University
Freshman • Wide Receiver • Swedesboro, NJ/Kingsway

Pratt becomes the second different Prof to earn NJAC Offensive Rookie of the Week honors after helping Rowan secure a 28-13 NJAC road victory at William Paterson. In the win, he recorded the first collegiate reception of his career en route to finishing the day with two catches for 39 yards. Pratt finished the game as the Profs’ leading receiver in the victory which marked the 300th career win in the history of the  Rowan football program.

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
MARK GETSINGER • Rowan University
Senior • Kicker • Deptford, NJ/Deptford

Getsinger earns NJAC Special Teams Player of the Week honors after playing a key role in the Profs’ season-opening 29-7 non-conference road win at Lycoming. In the victory, he scored a game-high 11 points with a pair of successful extra points and three successful field goal attempts of 26, 20, and 36 yards apiece. Getsinger currently leads the NJAC in field goals made per game (3.00), and is tied for the conference lead in field goal percentage (1.000).

OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
JAMES KINLOCH • Rowan University
Freshman • Wide Receiver • Westampton, NJ/Rancocas Valley Regional
Kinloch earns the first NJAC Offensive Rookie of the Week selection after contributing to the Profs’
season-opening 29-7 non-conference road win at Wilkes. In the first collegiate contest of his career,
he produced a 39-yard touchdown reception to extend Rowan’s lead to 9-0 early in the contest.
Kinloch’s touchdown, which came on the first reception of his collegiate career, was the longest pass
play from scrimmage in the win for the Profs.

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