Yet More Recognition for Colgate's Eachus
Colgate running back Nate Eachus is gaining almost as many awards this season as he did rushing yards for the raiders.
The latest: being named College Football Performance Awards' (CFPA) FCS Elite Running Back of the Year Thursday.
Eachus is the first Raider to ever earn this award and is one of only two Patriot League players to receive CFPA recognition. Eachus earned CFPA weekly honors four times throughout the season, including National Running Back of the Week, after rushing for 291 yards against Cornell.
The 2010 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, Eachus had one of the best seasons for a running back in school and Patriot League history. He carried 317 times for 1,871 yards and 21 touchdowns for the season. He also caught 18 passes for 168 yards and a score.
The 1,871 rushing yards stand third in a single-season in Patriot League history, just four yards behind former teammate Jordan Scott (2007). Eachus averaged 170.1 rushing yards per game, which is the second-best mark in Patriot League annals, just behind Scott's 170.5 average in 2007.
The purpose of the College Football Performance Awards is to provide what it calls "the most scientifically rigorous conferments" in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams.
As prominent scholars from a variety of disciplines note, CFPA eliminates the politics and biases that may effect balloting-based awards. Furthermore, CFPA is the only awards organization to receive praise from both Republican and Democratic White House officials for promoting objectivity and fairness in college football.
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