CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Four Bowie State University football players along with Bulldogs head coach Damon Wilson earned CIAA weekly honors for week #2 as selected by the conference's head coaches and Sports Information Directors on Monday afternoon. Senior Nyme Manns (Baltimore, Md.) was named Receiver of the Week for the second straight week, redshirt freshman Amir Hall (Bowie, Md.) repeats as Quarterback of the Week and sophomore Maurice Williams (Baltimore, Md.) was tabbed Offensive Back of the Week. Redshirt junior Victor Tamba (District Heights, Md.) was selected as Offensive Lineman of the Week. Coach Wilson was voted Coach of the Week following Bowie State's 52-0 whipping of Johnson C. Smith.
Manns led all receivers with six receptions for 103 yards in the Bulldogs' 52-0 home win against Johnson C. Smith and sat out most of the fourth quarter. Hall completed 24-of-41 passes (two interceptions) for a game-high 267 passing yards and rushed for two touchdowns. Williams rumbled through the JCSU defense on Saturday and finished with a game and team season-high 149 rushing yards and two touchdowns. He averaged 12.4 yards per carry on 12 carries. Tamba was a key component along the offensive front for Bowie State, helping the Bulldogs amass 619 total yards of against Johnson C. Smith. The 619 yards is second best all-time for the Bowie State program.
Bowie State will move up one level next Saturday (September 17), traveling to Division I (FCS) Central Connecticut State. Game time versus the Blue Devils is set for 3 p.m.