Week 7: Dillon Dunathan, Albany

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University at Albany linebacker Dillon Dunathan, who starred at Damascus High School, has been named the DC Touchdown Club Washington Metro College Player of the Week after his career-best performance led the Great Danes to a rivalry victory.

Dunathan made a career-high 13 tackles with 1 ½ sacks and broke up two passes as Albany beat Stony Brook, 48-31 to claim the Golden Apple Trophy.

An honorable mention All-Colonial Athletic Association selection last season, Dunathan returned to Albany and has been a leader under first-year coach Tom Perkovich. The redshirt junior leads the team with 54 tackles and is second on the team in tackles for loss (six) and sacks (four). After winning just two games last season, Albany already is 4-3 this season.

“I may not be the most rah-rah guy or be talking to everyone, but I’ll do what I have to do and people will see that and they’ll follow,” Dunathan told the Albany Times-Union in a preseason interview.

This week’s DC Touchdown Club College Player of the Week Honor Roll:

  • Tennessee LB Amare Campbell (Unity Reed) made eight tackles with two tackles for loss as the Volunteers beat Georgia, 26-10.

  • Georgetown TE Burke Carroll (Gonzaga) caught two touchdown passes as the Hoyas beat Colgate, 27-17.

  • Rhode Island LB Rohan Davy (St. John’s) made eight tackles and intercepted a pass as the Rams beat Yale, 41-23.

  • Navy QB Jackson Gutierrez completed 3 of 7 passes for 120 yards and two touchdowns, rushed 21 times for 139 yards and two touchdowns and caught a 63-yard pass to set up another score as the Midshipmen lost to UTSA, 38-34.

  • Tennessee Tech WR Tre Holloway (H.D. Woodson) caught seven passes for 78 yards and two touchdowns as the Golden Eagles beat Eastern Kentucky, 49-20.

  • Campbell DB Myles Johnson (Gonzaga) made seven tackles, intercepted a pass and broke up a pass as the Camels beat Towson, 24-20.

  • Wake Forest DB Myles Turpin (Stone Bridge) made a career-high 10 tackles with 1 ½ tackles for loss and broke up two passes as the Demon Deacons beat Cal, 41-7.

  • Catholic RB Lamar West Jr. rushed 17 times for 145 yards and one touchdown as the Cardinals earned their first win of the season, 28-27 over Western Connecticut.