Week 7 Stats: 121 rushing yards, 29 rushes, 2 rushing touchdowns, 75 receiving yards, 2 receptions, 1 touchdown reception
Trobel was a defense shredder on Saturday in Mercyhurst’s 19-7 win at Wagner. The senior running back tallied 196 all-purpose yards and registered three touchdowns for the second time this season to help the Lakers improve to 2-0 in NEC play. Running the ball for 121 yards and a pair of scores on 29 carries, the 11th most rushes by a running back in the nation this season, the Buckeye State native added 75 receiving yards and a touchdown catch on a pair of receptions. Scoring on a three-yard run before hauling in a 76-yard touchdown throw — the longest play from scrimmage in the NEC this season — Trobel fueled Mercyhurst’s game-clinching third touchdown drive after he carried the ball seven times for 46 yards. He capped that stretch with a four-yard scamper into the end zone to extend Mercyhurst’s lead to 12 with 4:25 left to play in the third. His NEC-leading eight total touchdowns are tied for the 11th-most in the nation. Trobel enters the week ranked second in the conference with 67.9 rushing yards per game, while his seven rushing scores are a league-best number. He is the first Laker to garner NEC/Atlantic Tomorrow’s Office Offensive Player of the Week distinction this year.