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Bridgewater, NJ — Mercyhurst junior wide receiver Jason Woods (Lorton, VA/St. John's College (Wake Forest)) was pegged the Stats Perform FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week, the organization announced on Monday morning. 

Woods is the second NEC football student-athlete to garner national recognition from Stats Perform this season. He joins Central Connecticut sophomore running back Davon Smith, Jr. (Baltimore, MD/Mervo), who ran to Stats Perform FCS National Freshman Player of the Week honors on Oct. 19 following a 162-rushing yard and three-touchdown performance against Mercyhurst.

Woods took the return game to another level against Wagner on Saturday, becoming the first FCS player in a game this season to score on both a kickoff and a punt return. The junior wide receiver pulled Mercyhurst even at 21-21 before halftime with a 99-yard kickoff return before finding the end zone again with a 54-yard punt return that put the Lakers ahead, 28-27, early in the fourth quarter. 

Piling up 170 total return yards on the afternoon, including 116 on two kickoff returns, Woods caught five passes for a career-high 68 receiving yards for 238 all-purpose yards. The Lorton, VA native continues to rank among the NEC’s top return specialists. Leading the league with 496 kickoff return yards, he is sitting second with a 26.1 yard-per-kickoff average.