UAlbany's McCarty & Wargo Receive Weekly Northeast Conference Football Awards

Courtesy: UAlbany Sports Information

Albany, N.Y. -- University at Albany’s David McCarty has been selected as the Northeast Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week in football, as announced by the conference office on Monday, Oct. 6. McCarty, a junior tailback who received the honor for the second time this season, shared the award with Monmouth’s David Sinisi. UAlbany’s Marc Wargo was named the NEC Rookie of the Week.

McCarty rushed for 230 yards, the sixth-highest single-game total among Division I FCS players this season, and scored on a 24-yard reception in last Saturday’s 33-23 victory at Duquesne to begin the conference schedule. McCarty, who also caught three passes, accounted for a career-high 270 all-purpose yards. His touchdown catch put the Great Danes ahead for good, 20-17, with 58 seconds left in the second quarter and extended his scoring streak to 13 consecutive games.

A native of Gansevoort, N.Y., McCarty is the nation’s sixth-leading rusher at 142.0 yards per game. He became the eight UAlbany player to surpass 2,000 career rushing yards and is now seventh all-time in that category with 2,211.

Wargo, a redshirt freshman linebacker from East Windsor, N.J., made three tackles, including a sack of quarterback Connor Dixon on third down after Duquesne had recovered an on-side kick with less than three minutes remaining. He also set up UAlbany’s second touchdown by recovering a fumble at the Dukes’ 19.

UAlbany (2-3, NEC 1-0) meets NEC-rival Central Connecticut State in its first home contest of the season on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. The game will be televised in the Capital Region on Time Warner Cable (TW3). The Great Danes, who have play eight consecutive away games dating back to last November, are the last Division I FBS or FCS program to have a home date this year.