By Matt Schabert, Morehead State Athletic Media Relations
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MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Looking to end its 2017 season on a high note, the Morehead State football team will host Davidson Saturday at 1 p.m. ET in both team's season finales.
The Eagles (3-7/2-5 PFL) will try to top a Wildcat (2-8/0-7 PFL) team that, according to head coach
Rob Tenyer is "extremely talented," but has lost 15 straight league games.
The game will air live on the Eagle Sports Radio Network with Jason Blanton (WIVY-96.3 FM). Live video is on the OVC Digital Network.
Morehead State will honor 13 members of the team prior to their final
game. They are
Christian Robinson,
Braylyn Cook,
Jacob Biller,
Jake Sutherland,
Joby Embrey,
R.T. Sutherland,
Travis Jenkins,
Jack Sherry,
Liam Maloney,
Kyler Corbett,
Willie Currie,Â
Braden Hicks and
Jeff Jones.
QUOTING COACH TENYER
On Senior Day -- "It's always an emotional day with a few tears shed. These guys have meant a great deal to our program and every one of them has left a legacy."
On the matchup with Davidson -- "Davidson is an extremely talented and physical team. They have some dangerous guys at the skilled positions. We have to take care of the ball again and not make so many mistakes."
GAME NOTES
THE DAVIDSON SERIES
Morehead State leads the series with Davidson 12-6 and owns a five-game winning streak over the Wildcats. In fact in those five games, MSU has won by an average margin of 39.8-14.0. The Eagles are 6-2 all-time against Davidson in Morehead.
HOME ATTENDANCE LEADERS
Morehead and the region have shown tremendous support for the Eagle football program, and in fact MSU has led the Pioneer Football league in attendance for four consecutive seasons. Last year, MSU averaged 5,736 and averaged 6,401 in the first four games in 2017 - again leading the league.
MILLENNIUM MAN
Sophomore
Jaunyea Tarver ranks second in the NCAA FCS Division in kick return yardage. In fact, Tarver (1,039 yards) is one of only two FCS players with more than 1,000 yards and is one of only nine in all of NCAA FBS, FCS, II and III to eclipse the century mark in kick return yards.Â
CLIMBING THE CHARTS
Redshirt junior QB
Lawson Page owns the 12th-best single-season passing total in program history now with 2,469 yards. Page's career-best 427 yards at Marist is the second-best single-
game passing effort in the PFL this year, behind only the 445-yard
game by Drake's Grant Kraemer.
A BURST FROM HURST
Redshirt freshman receiver
Landon Hurst has averaged 78.7 yards per
game in the last four contests. He had career-highs in catches (7) against Stetson and Marist.
ONE OF THE BEST SEASONS EVER AT RECEIVER
Junior wide receiver
Jarin Higginbotham leads the conference in yards per catch at 19.2 and ranks fourth in yards per
game at 86.5. Higginbotham totaled a career-best 137 yards at Marist and now has four 100-yard receiving
games this season. His yards-per-
game average is the third-best single-season total right now in program history.
YOU GOT COOK'ED
Senior cornerback
Braylyn Cook leads all active players with 46 career passes defended, and that ranks tied for third among all active players at the FCS level.
GET THAT OUTTA HERE
Junior cornerback
Chauncey Johns leads the entire PFL with 13 passes defended.
A STARR IS BORN
Freshman safety Starr Hutcherson finds himself as the leading tackler on the defense in his first collegiate season. He has started the last five games and has piled up 61 total stops this year, and of those, 40 are solo stops.
NICK HAS THE KNACK
Junior defensive tackle Nick Flores leads the team with nine tackles for loss (for minus 37 yards). Of those stops, three have been sacks, also for the team lead.
