University of Albany Football's Herb Glass Selected Northeast Conference Special Teams Player of the Week - UAlbany Sports 2011

Somerset, N.J. - University at Albany's Herb Glass has been selected Northeast Conference Special Teams Player of the Week in football, as announced on Monday, Sept. 5 by the conference office.

Glass, a senior placekicker, made a pair of 40-plus yard field goals and all four point-after attempts in last Saturday's 37-34 overtime loss against Colgate. He drilled a 41-yard kick on the first possession of the extra period to put his team ahead, before the Raiders scored a touchdown on their overtime series. Glass also made a 48-yarder in the first quarter, tying the third longest in program history. In addition, Glass kicked off six times and had a career-high three touchbacks.

A native of Miller Place, N.Y., Glass became the school's all-time scoring placekicker, breaking a mark previously held by Bryan Bagstad (1999-2001). Glass is fifth on UAlbany's overall career scoring chart with 174 points. He also tied Jason Fralicker (2006-07) for first place in career field goals with 28. Glass was also recognized by College Football Performance Awards in the honorable mention category for Division I FCS placekicker of the week.

Paw Prints: UAlbany is idle this week before meeting Maine in the home opener at University Field on Saturday, Sept. 17 ... the 6:00 p.m. contest will air on Time Warner Cable Sports (Channel 3) ... UAlbany's season opener was decided by three points or less for the fifth time in the last six years ... the Great Danes, who played in their fifth overtime contest, have had eight games decided by three points or less since the start of the 2009 campaign ... UAlbany scored its most points in an opener since 1999, as starting quarterback Dan Di Lella accounted for career-highs in passing yards (239) and total offense (261) ... Di Lella and reserve quarterback Buddy Leathley helped UAlbany set the program's FCS record for single-game passing yards with 334, breaking a mark of 319 at Robert Morris on Nov. 11, 2000 ... defensive end Eddie Delaney had a career-high 10 tackles with one sack ... inside linebacker Jon Morgan made 11 tackles, including seven unassisted, for the second-highest total of his career ... Herb Glass has kicked eight field goals of 40 or more yards as a collegian.

Courtesy: UAlbany Athletics