Week 4 Stats: 13-31 completions, 163 passing yards, 1 passing touchdown, 59 rushing yards, 4 carries, 1 rushing touchdown
Haggard, a sophomore quarterback, turned in a strong performance against Buffalo on Saturday to earn NEC/Atlantic Tomorrow’s Office Offensive Player of the Week honors after helping Robert Morris push the FBS opponent to the brink. Registering 163 yards through the air on 13 completions while adding 59 rushing yards on four carries, the Floridian contributed two touchdowns for the Colonials, who came just three points shy of what would have been the program’s first-ever victory over an FBS squad. Haggard delivered one of the biggest plays of the afternoon in the second quarter when he broke free for a career-long 50-yard touchdown run to give Robert Morris a 14-7 advantage. He later helped fuel the Colonials’ late comeback bid by orchestrating an 81-yard, 46-second drive which resulted in a 32-yard touchdown throw that made it a 31-28 game with 1:46 left to play. Haggard enters the week ranked second in both passing yards per game (193.0) and touchdown passes (8). This is Haggard’s first weekly award from the NEC, and the second for a Colonial this season.