Established in 1996, the NEC is an NCAA DI FCS league featuring 8 members: CCSU, Duquesne, LIU, Mercyhurst, Robert Morris, Saint Francis U, Stonehill & Wagner
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🏈 𝗜𝗧'𝗦 𝗔 🔵😈 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗧 ‼️
For the second-straight season, and the fourth time in program history, @ccsu_fb is headed to the @NCAA_FCS Playoffs as the NEC's automatic qualifier!
#NECFB x #NECChamps x @CCSUBlueDevils
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Today, the entire #NECFB Community stands in solidarity with our brothers and sisters from Duquesne. We are deeply saddened by the loss of Marquis Brown. May he Rest In Peace.
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We are grieving tonight.
Standing alongside @Wagner_Football, we are terribly saddened by the loss of Nashawn Brooks 😢 🙏
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The play that sent @DuqFB to the @NCAA_FCS Playoffs.
If this isn't #SCTop10 worthy, then what is!? #NECPrimePlay
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We are deeply saddened by the news of Tyamonee Johnson’s passing.
Please keep Tyamonee’s family and our @Wagner_Football brethren in your thoughts. May our fallen brother RIP.
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.@NECsports has finalized the matchup for #NECFB Spring Championship Game 🎩🆚❤️
Details ➡️ northeastconference.org/news…
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🗣️ Official #NECFB Prime Performers (Week 2⃣)
▪️ D. Perrantes, DUQ
▪️ L. Ellis, BRY
▪️ B. Bruzdewicz, DUQ
▪️ V. Dawson, MER
▪️ J. Josephs, DUQ
▪️ J. Carter, MER
▪️ R. Samson, MER
▪️ K. Apari, CC
▪️ E. Wormley, CC
▪️ D. Byrd, SHU
▪️ A. Crawley, WAG
▪️ F. Mukendi, BRY
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To The HOUSE(er) ✌️
@RMUFootball takes the lead on the 71-yard scoring strike #NECPrimePlay
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🏈 𝗧𝗵𝗲 🔵😈 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞!
Picked to finish last in the preseason poll, @ccsu_fb knocked off undefeated Duquesne to earn a piece of the 👑 and claim #NECFB's AQ to the @NCAA_FCS Playoffs for the first time since 2019!
@CCSUBlueDevils x #NECchamps🏆
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IT'S OFFICIAL.
The Week 1⃣2⃣ #NECFB Wild Card Game on ESPN3 will feature...
🎩 🆚 👿.
Saturday, November 17 at 🕛.
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📅 SCHEDULE DROP! 📅
Grab your calendar - #NECfootball has announced the full slate for the 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ season! 🏈
🔗: northeastconference.org/news…
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🚫 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘 🚫
Arsheen Jiles seals the DUB with a HUGE interception inside the final two minutes ‼️ @shu__football has now won 7️⃣ straight #NECFB games.
NEC Front Row
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The 2x #NECFB Defensive Player of the Year has himself a #NFL Contract!
KEEP GRINDING, Christian Kuntz.
#NECinNFL #OrangeCrush
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S/o to those #MackTough Boys for signing UDFA contracts w/ @NFL franchises 🦾🦾
➡️ OL Sam Cooper, @Ravens
➡️ DB Jovan Grant, @RamsNFL
@MerrimackFB | #NECinNFL
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🐶 ➡️ 🦁
Former @BryantAthletics baller Tom Kennedy has agreed to terms w/ the @Lions following the team’s rookie camp
#NECinNFL
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📜 #NECFB Prime Performers (Week 1⃣) 📜
▪️ Jason Brown, SFU
▪️ EJ Jenkins, SFU
▪️ Dymitri McKenzie, WAG
▪️ Aaron Winchester, CC
▪️ Dexter Lawson, CC
▪️ Chris Williams, WAG
▪️ Myron Morris, WAG
▪️ Nick Rinella, SFU
#NECPrimePerformer
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Saddened by the news, we join the @SHUBigRed family in mourning the loss of former #NECFB Offensive Player of the Year Keshaudas Spence.
Shaudy was a great on-field performer with a great personality off it. We will miss him. Our thoughts are with his family at this time 🙏
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He was the first-ever #NECFB player invited to @NFLPABowl (MVP) and @seniorbowl (2 INT, FF). Now, Lorenzo Jerome is a member of the @49ers.
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🏅 Official #NECFB Co-Defensive Player of the Week 🏅
➡️ Donte Williams, @MC_Athletics
📓 Williams anchored a defense that held Stonehill to just 10 points with 9️⃣ tackles, 2.5 TFL & 1.5 sack. The sophomore LB sealed the win with an interception on the Skyhawks' final play.
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This bevel’s got teeth 🦈👀
@LIUSharksFB x #NECFB
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Picked for a 7th-place finish in the preseason poll.
Finished the year with 7 wins.
The 2019 Colonials accounted for the program's best season of the decade.
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They got the dub at Towson and now it’s onto South Dakota State for @DuqFB #LetsGoDukes
Duquesne Football
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Football is family #RIPClay
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They are the first team to complete an undefeated #NECFB season since Albany in 2008. #NECchamps
Congratulations to @CCSUBlueDevils. Now, it's time to win some #FCSplayoffs games.
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🗣️ Official #NECFB Prime Performers (Week 7⃣)
▪️ Westin Elliott, QB (Merrimack)
▪️ Malik Grant, RB (Sacred Heart)
▪️ Marques DeShields, RB (Saint Francis)
▪️ Nick Martino, DL (Merrimack)
▪️ Kenny Dyson, DE (Bryant)
▪️ Shamere Collins, S (Sacred Heart)
#NECPrimePerformer
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The ICING on the 🎂.
Anthony LaMonica seals the WIN for @stonehillfb with the Skyhawks' 2nd interception of the fourth. 🚫
#NECFB | @gostonehill
NEC Front Row
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🗣️ Official #NECFB Prime Performers (Week 8⃣)
▪️ Malik Grant, SHU
▪️ Zevi Eckhaus, BRY
▪️ Kenneth Womack, SHU
▪️ Joe Andreessen, BRY
▪️ Kevin Peprah, SHU
▪️ Ryan Saddler, BRY
▪️ Rudy Silvera, LIU
▪️ Luke Jakubauskas, WAG
#NECPrimePerformer
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🏅 Official #NECFB Offensive Player of the Week 🏅
➡️ Malik Grant, @SHUBigRed
📓 Grant totaled 173 scrimmage yards and scored his second TD of the season in a 21-7 win over MEAC member Morgan State. Averaging 5.3 ypc, he broke the 100-yard rushing barrier for the first time.
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🗣️ Official #NECFB PRIME PERFORMERS (Week 1⃣)
🔹 Julius Chestnut, SHU
🔹 Joe Mischler, DUQ
🔹 Garrett Owens, DUQ
🔹 Spencer DeMedal, DUQ
🔹 Ricco Aaron, Jr., LIU
🔹 Joe Andreessen, BRY
#NECPrimePerformer
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🗣️ Official #NECFB Prime Performers (Week 1⃣)
🔹I Greene, CCSU
🔹C Barnes, DUQ
🔹A Janneh, DUQ
🔹R Silvera, LIU
🔹R DiNota, SHU
🔹S Benjamin, SFU
🔹D Horton, SFU
🔹D Snyder, SFU
🔹P Shelbred, STO
🔹J Washington, STO
🔹T Leo WC
🔹N Simmons, WC
#NECPrimePerformer
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We're TALKIN' FOOTBALL on July 23 😎
Be sure to watch 2020 #NECFB Virtual Media Day presented by American Identity Group. Kickoff set for 11:00 am ET on ESPN3 and @NECFrontRow 📺📱
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🗣️#NECFB Prime Performers (Week 4⃣)📜
▪️Allen (DUQ)
▪️Marchi (SHU)
▪️James (CCSU)
▪️Chambers (SHU)
▪️Jackson (RMU)
▪️Chestnut (SHU)
▪️Curtis (BRY)
▪️Gonzalez (RMU)
▪️DeCambre (WAG)
▪️Hill (BRY)
▪️Jones (CCSU)
▪️Harrison-Ducros (DUQ)
▪️Price (RMU)
▪️McFarlane (MER)
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Our #NECFB Membership is STRONG and ready to ball out 💪
🐶 @BryantUFootball
😈 @CCSUfootball
🎩 @DuqFB
🦈 @LIUSharksFB
🛡 @MerrimackFB
❤️ @SHUBigRed
⚡️ @RedFlashFB
🌊🦅 @Wagner_Football
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What a journey it’s been for @Buccaneers rookie Cam Gill.
Today, the former @Wagner_Football linebacker (and all-time #NECFB sacks leader) hopes to help his team earn a #SuperBowl berth. #NECinNFL
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🗣️ Official #NECFB Prime Performers (Week 🔟)
▪️ B. Lucas, DUQ
▪️ C. Orth, LIU
▪️ M. McCray, SHU
▪️ R. Williams, CCSU
▪️ J. Carter, MER
▪️ T. Oyekanmi, LIU
▪️ R. Samson, MER
▪️ T. Leo, WAG
▪️ J. Parks, SFU
▪️ K. Dyson, BRY
▪️ K. Apari, CCSU
▪️ J. Worth, DUQ
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NEC Front Row
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🏅 Official #NECFB Defensive Player of the Week 🏅
➡️ Lake Ellis, @BryantAthletics
📓 Ellis led a defensive effort that limited NEC preseason favorite Sacred Heart to 227 total yards and 11 first downs. The sophomore defensive back totaled seven tackles and picked off a pass.
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📜 #NECFB Prime Performers (Week 2⃣) 📜
▪️Logan Marchi, SHU
▪️Tyshaun James, CC
▪️Julius Chestnut, SHU
▪️AJ Hines, DUQ
▪️Marquis Spence, MER
▪️Da'Jon Lee, SFU
▪️Tre Jones, CC
▪️Mike Mushaw, CC
▪️Michael Mercuri, MER
▪️Brendan Thompson, DUQ
▪️DeAndre Byrd, SHU
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🗣️#NECFB Prime Performers (Week 🔟)
▪️ J Chestnut, SHU
▪️ A Jackson, RMU
▪️ K Taylor, DUQ
▪️ J Brown, SFU
▪️ R Henry, SFU
▪️ B Puritt, CC
▪️ K Peprah, SHU
▪️ F Jalloh, CC
▪️ B Thompson, DUQ
▪️ C Williams, WAG
▪️ C Gill, WAG
▪️ A Buzzacco, RMU
▪️ J Nemerowicz, BRY
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2⃣0⃣2⃣0⃣➖2⃣1⃣ #NECFB Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award Winner
➡️ Spencer DeMedal, @GoDuquesne 🎩
#NECSAOTY #BooksANDBall
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The man has 8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣ yards from scrimmage in FOUR games 🤭
Julius Chestnut deserves your @FCS_STATS Walter Payton Award vote 🗳 #FCSelite
NEC Football
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For only the eighth time in 24 #NECFB seasons, a team has completed an undefeated run through the league schedule.
Congrats @CCSUBlueDevils 😈🏆🎉
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🏅 Official #NECFB Defensive Player of the Week 🏅
➡️ Robert O'Donnell, @SHUBigRed
📓 O'Donnell recorded a career-high 🔟 tackles, including 4️⃣ solo and 0.5 for loss, against Norfolk St. The graduate linebacker sealed the Pios' win with an interception in the 4th quarter.🚫
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After becoming the first @BryantUFootball alumnus to appear in a #NFL regular season game last fall, Tom Kennedy is back w/ @Lions for training camp. 🐶 #NECinNFL
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🗣️ Official #NECFB Prime Performers (Week 9⃣)
▪️ Aaron Dawson, RB (CCSU)
▪️ Camden Orth, QB (LIU)
▪️ Jonathan Cabral-Martin, S (CCSU)
▪️ Jake Heiple, OLB (Saint Francis)
▪️ Dom Barbuto, LB (LIU)
▪️ Titus Leo, DE (Wagner)
▪️ Shane Stump, LB (Duquesne)
#NECPrimePerformer
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BREAKING: Three #NECFB Games Selected for ESPN3 Exclusives
▪️ @LIUSharksFB at @SHUBigRed (March 14)
▪️ @DuqFB at @BryantUFootball (March 28)
💠 Championship Game (April 11)
[Download the ESPN app and get ready 📱📺]
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You think you have him, but then you don't 🤷♂️
@SHUBigRed | #Julius4Payton
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🏅 Official #NECFB Defensive Player of the Week 🏅
➡️ Kevin Peprah, @SHUBigRed
📓 Peprah applied plenty of pressure against Wagner, spearheading a SHU effort that limited the visitors to 8 first downs and 119 total yards. The veteran DE logged nine tackles, including 2.5 TFL.
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We stand with @RMU_Football in mourning the loss of Joe Walton.
After his #NFL career, Coach Walton became the first-ever head coach in RMU program history and guided the Colonials into @NCAA_FCS where they became a founding #NECFB member in 1996. #RIPCoachWalton #NoOrdinaryJoe
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🗣️ #NECFB Prime Performers (Week 3⃣) 📜
▪️ Logan Marchi, SHU
▪️ Keonte Lucas, CC
▪️ Kezio Snelling, SHU
▪️ Tyrese Chambers, SHU
▪️ Jason Brown, SFU
▪️ Foday Jalloh, CC
▪️ Gio Vonne Sanders, SFU
▪️ Tomas Wright, BRY
▪️ Mike Wilen, SHU
▪️ Khaliq Byard, WAG
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🗣️ Official #NECFB Prime Performers (Week 5⃣)
▪️ Zevi Eckhaus, BRY
▪️ Lovell Armstead, SFU
▪️ Garrett Owens, DUQ
▪️ Anthony Frederick, BRY
▪️ Naiem Simmons, WAG
▪️ Malik Grant, SHU
▪️ Jeremiah Josephs, DUQ
▪️ Titus Leo, WAG
▪️ Jahan Worth, DUQ
▪️ Jayvis Rayside, BRY
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🗣️#NECFB Prime Performers (Week 8⃣)📜
▪️ A Winchester, CCSU
▪️ AJ Hines, DUQ
▪️ J Brown, SFU
▪️ J Chestnut, SHU
▪️ D Lee, SFU
▪️ R Harrison-Ducros, DUQ
▪️ DJ Exilhomme, CCSU
▪️ M Mercuri, MER
▪️ B Thompson, DUQ
▪️ C Williams, WAG
▪️ J Ragusa, MER
▪️ G Fairman, RMU
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🏅 Official #NECFB Defensive Player of the Week 🏅
➡️ Ernest Howard, @SHUBigRed
📓 Howard had ✌️ big defensive plays to help the Pios defeat 2x defending Ivy League champ Dartmouth in OT. He had 11 tackles and sealed the win with a 4th-down interception in the extra session.🚫
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🗣️Official #NECFB PRIME PERFORMERS for Week #️⃣1️⃣2️⃣⤵️
🔹Kimal Clark, CCSU
🔹Darius Perrantes & Gianni Rizzo (DUQ)
🔹Chiebuka Aduaka, MC
🔹Marques Mason, SHU
🔹DaMario Crawford, Cole Doyle & Dawson Snyder (SFU)
🔹Jermaine Corbett & Vahn Friday (STO)
🔹Rickey Spruill (WC)
ALT NEC Football Prime Performers for Week #12
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🏅 Official #NECFB Offensive Player of the Week 🏅
👉 Julius Chestnut, @SHUBigRed
🗒️ Chestnut accounted for 209 scrimmage yards and all four of his team’s touchdowns during Sacred Heart’s season-opening trip to Duquesne. He averaged 8.71 yards per touch.
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PRIME PERFORMERS (Week 2️⃣) 📜 ⬇️
🔹Jordan Meachum, SHU
🔹Bear Fenimore, SFU
🔹AJ Hines, DUQ
🔹Chris Agyemang, SHU
🔹Sean Orsini, SFU
🔹Vincent Nisivoccia, BRY
🔹Nick Rinella, SFU
🔹Matthew Gonzalez, RMU
🔹Jacob Dolegala, CCSU
#NECFB #NECPrimePerformer
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🏅 Official #NECFB Defensive Co-Player of the Week 🏅
➡️ Joe Andreessen, @BryantAthletics
📓 Andreessen contributed four tackles and two takeaways to a defensive effort that limited Wagner to 214 total yards and no offensive touchdowns in Bryant’s 31-10 road victory.
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To The HOUSE 💨🏡
It's become a weekly thing for @SHUBigRed's Julius Chestnut and, sometimes, twice on Sundays
(10 touchdowns in 3 games = Good Ratio)
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The #NECFB coaches are choppin it up in New Jersey at their annual administrative meeting 🗣💼
Focused on the future of the game and the wellness of the STUDENT-athlete❗️
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❌ The @SHU__Football defense has been absolutely crushing it this season.❌
#StatTuesday | #NECFB
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These FOUR @Wagner_Football alumni have been battling in #NFL Training Camps across the country this summer 🟢⚪️ #NECinNFL
▪️ Julian Stanford, @Panthers
▪️ Greg Senat, @Chiefs
▪️ Chris Williams, @Colts
▪️ Cam Gill, @Buccaneers
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🏅 Official #NECFB Defensive Player of the Week 🏅
➡️ Victor Nelson Jr., @LIUAthletics
📓 Nelson Jr. recorded 3️⃣ interceptions vs. No. 6 Villanova to push his season total to a FCS-leading 4️⃣ through ✌️ games. The DB added 4️⃣ tackles to earn his first career NEC weekly honor.
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🗣️ Official #NECFB Prime Performers (Week 3⃣)
▪️ Malik Grant, RB (Sacred Heart)
▪️Jacari Carter, WR (Merrimack)
▪️Jyron Russell, QB (Saint Francis)
▪️Ryan Saddler, LB (Bryant)
▪️Donnell Brown, DL (Saint Francis)
▪️Kevin Peprah, DE (Sacred Heart)
#NECPrimePerformer
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Julius Chestnut was a BAD man again on #ChampionshipSunday 😱
The @SHUBigRed RB gained 189 yards from scrimmage in the win #NECPrimePerformer
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Preseason #NECelite Defensive Line 😎
▪️ Jack Daly, BRY
▪️ James Watkins, SFU
▪️ Joe Amalfitano, LIU
▪️ Kevin Peprah, SHU
#NECFB #Kickoff2021
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🏅 Official #NECFB Co-Offensive Player of the Week 🏅
➡️ Marquez McCray, @SHUBigRed
📓 McCray completed 70.0% of his passes and threw for a career-high 405 yards against Stonehill for the 11th best performance by a QB in the FCS this season. He had 1 TD pass and 1 TD rush.
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🏅 Official #NECFB Rookie of the Week 🏅
👉 Larry Elder (DB), @LIUAthletics
🗒️ Elder contributed six tackles and two pass break-ups to a defensive effort that lifted LIU to its first win since elevating to the Division I level.
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🗣️ Official #NECFB Prime Performers (Week 3⃣)
🔹 Joe Mischler, DUQ
🔹 Cyrus Holder, DUQ
🔹 Julius Chestnut, SHU
🔹 Jonathan DeBique, LIU
🔹 Noel Hijazi, SHU
🔹 Ricco Aaron, LIU
🔹 Titus Leo, WAG
🔹 Jack Daly, BRY
#NECPrimePerformer
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.@CCSUBlueDevils alumnus Jacob Dolegala spent his entire #NFL rookie season on @Bengals’ 53-man roster.
This year, he’s part of a QB Room that includes Joe Burrow.
#NECinNFL 😈➡️🐯
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