Week 11: Jalen Redfearn, Shenandoah

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photo courtesy shenandoah athletics

Shenandoah running back Jalen Redfearn, who played at Woodbridge High School, has been named the DC Touchdown Club Washington Metro College Football Player of the Week after the biggest day of his career on any level led the Hornets to a 35-7 win over Hampden-Sydney.

Redfearn, a junior with only one previous 100-yard game during his college career, carried 38 times for 247 yards and two touchdowns. He was named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week.

“Jalen does a great job,” Shenandoah Coach Scott Yoder told the Winchester Star after the game. “If you've watched us this year, you know how physical he can run the football, but it was lean on the O-line. [However] many plays we got, we just keep leaning on the O-line. You got a lot of guys up there that played a lot of football, and we felt like that could be an advantage for us.”

Redfearn tallied 81 yards rushing on Shenandoah’s opening drive and broke his previous career-high of 117 yards before halftime.

“I like to set the tone for my team," Redfearn told the Winchester Star. "The feeling that everybody's proud of me and everybody's saying good game, that's really what I do it for."

This week’s DC Touchdown Club Washington Metro College Football Player of the Week honor roll:

  • Morgan State RB Jason Collins Jr. (Theodore Roosevelt) rushed 24 times for a career-high 152 yards and one touchdown and caught two passes for 14 yards as the Bears beat Delaware State, 36-28.

  • Lafayette RB Jamar Curtis (St. John’s) rushed 28 times for 122 yards and three touchdowns, including two scores in the final 7 ½ minutes as the Leopards rallied to beat Colgate, 21-20.

  • Christoper Newport WR Trey Hayes (Dominion) caught five passes for 132 yards and one touchdown as the Captains beat Montclair State, 33-10.

  • Averett LB Tre’ Maxwell (Centreville) made 12 tackles with one tackle for loss as the Cougars beat Guilford, 28-21.

  • Wake Forest WR Taylor Morin (Westfield) caught nine passes for 110 yards in the Demon Deacons’ 46-36 loss to Cal.

  • Towson LB Daniel Raymond (Friendly) made five tackles with 1 ½ tackles for loss and returned his first career interception 62 yards for a touchdown as the Tigers beat Hampton, 27-10.

  • Navy P Riley Riethman punted seven times for an average of 49.7 yards per punt, placing three inside the 20-yard line, as the Midshipmen controlled field position and beat South Florida, 28-7.

  • Penn K Sam Smith (Quince Orchard) made both of his field goal attempts, including a career-best 45-yarder, and all seven of his point-after kicks as the Quakers beat Cornell, 67-49.