HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. -- Hampden-Sydney College senior running back
Terry Hicks (Clayton, NC) has been named to the
D3football.com Team of the Week for games played September 18-19. Hicks was selected for his school-record 317 yards rushing during a 43-41 non-conference road win on Sept. 19 at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine.
Hicks rushed for his career-high and school-record 317 yards on a career-high 36 attempts (8.8) and one touchdown, and had 12 runs of 10 or more yards, including two 30-plus yard runs. It's the highest single-game rushing total in Division III this season, and the second-highest total in all NCAA Divisions this season, while the third-highest single-game total in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) history. Through three games, he has 528 rushing yards on 75 attempts (7.0) and one touchdown, and leads the ODAC in rushing yards, rushing yards per game (176.0), all-purpose yards (550) and all-purpose yards per game (183.3), while fifth in total offense (528) and total offense per game (176.0). Hicks ranks third in Division III rushing yards, fourth in rushing yards per game, and eighth in all-purpose yards and all-purpose yards per game.
Terry now totals 2,484 career rushing yards on 448 career attempts (5.5) and 26 career touchdowns in 29 career games, and ranks eighth all-time in career rushing yards and 10th in career touchdowns.
Jimmy Ferguson '79 owned the previous single-game record at the College for the past 49 years with his 226 yards rushing against Liberty Baptist in 1977 in a game that was played in Danville. Grayson Overstreet of Emory & Henry has the ODAC single-game record of 324 yards against Ferrum in 2019. Cephus Harris of Division II Davenport (MI) has the NCAA's top single-game effort this season with his 351 yards against Gannon (PA) on August 29. Hicks was previously named this week's ODAC Offensive Player of the Week and the CFBNETWORK D-3 Co-Offensive Player of the Week.
H-SC has a bye week (Sept. 26) before beginning ODAC competition on the road—for the third time already this season—at Shenandoah University on Saturday, October 3, at 1 p.m. in Winchester.