ODAC FOOTBALL WEEKLY REPORT

HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. -- Hampden-Sydney College senior quarterback Andrew Puccinelli (Glen Allen) has been named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Football Offensive Player of the Week for week three of the 2023 season.

Puccinelli passed for a game-high and career-high 368 yards (30-42-0) and three touchdowns with no interceptions, adding one rushing touchdown, while making his first start of the season during a 58-28 road win at non-conference opponent Greensboro (NC) College on September 16. He scored on a one-yard touchdown run at 10:37 of the first quarter, and then connected with junior wide receiver Austin Fernandez on a 67-yard touchdown pass at 5:27 of the second quarter, before adding two third-quarter touchdown passes … as senior wide receiver Jamahdia Whitby caught an eight-yard touchdown pass from Puccinelli at 4:55 and junior running back JT Diehl scored his first collegiate touchdown when he caught a four-yard touchdown pass from Puccinelli at 1:33.

In two games played this season, Puccinelli has passed for 438 yards (35-48-0) and four touchdowns with no interceptions, adding the one rushing touchdown. Ironically, in two career games against Greensboro College – his only two collegiate starts – Andrew has passed for 673 yards (58-75-2) and seven touchdowns, along with the one touchdown on the ground versus the Pride.

H-SC will enjoy its bye (off) week this weekend (September 23) before returning to competition in its ODAC opener at home against visiting Bridgewater College on Saturday, Sept. 30, at 1 p.m. on Fulton Field at Lewis C. Everett Stadium.