Hardy, Nickoli land GMAC Player of Week honors

JaQuan Hardy and A.J. Nickoli landed GMAC Player of the Week honors.
JaQuan Hardy and A.J. Nickoli landed GMAC Player of the Week honors.

JaQuan Hardy and A.J. Nickoli have been named GMAC Offensive and Special Teams Players of the Week.

Hardy ran wild again in Week 11 to do his part and then some to help Tiffin capture a championship title.
 
The league's leading rusher added to his season totals with 207 yards on 25 carries. He averaged 8.3 yards per carry and ran for one touchdown.
 
Hardy was the first player from the conference to reach the 1,000-yard mark on the season and the redshirt junior is now threatening the single-season rushing record currently held by Findlay's Daouda Sylla (1,554 in 2017).
 
Going into Saturday's first-round playoff game at Kutztown, Hardy is sitting on 1,405 yards this season.
 
He has 14 touchdowns and is averaging almost eight yards per handoff, a number that is destined to be the single season Great Midwest record. Hardy's 13-yard touchdown with 4:11 in the second quarter gave Tiffin a 21-20 lead.
 
This is his third offensive player of the week award for the season. He has gone over 200 yards rushing twice this season and has ran for 100 or yards or more in four straight games.

Nickoli made significant contributions in the win over Findlay as well, as he booted a 21-yard field goal and converted all seven PAT tries in a seven-point margin of victory for the Dragons.
 
Nickoli ended the regular season fourth in the conference in scoring only behind his teammate Hardy, Hillsdale's David Graham and Findlay's Nate Slagel. He recorded 71 points.
 
Going into the NCAA playoffs, Nickoli has made 53-of-54 extra-point attempts and is 6-for-11 on all field goal tries.