NSU's Phillip Harvey nets Southland, national honors
By: Brandon Dunn
Updated: September 24, 2012
NATCHITOCHES - After scoring one
touchdown and setting up another with two long returns last Saturday night in
Northwestern State's 45-14 win over Mississippi Valley State, Demons senior
Phillip Harvey has won Southland Conference and College Football Performance
Awards FCS Special Teams Player of the Week awards.
Harvey responded to being victimized
by a personal foul on his first attempted return with 168 yards on his next two
runbacks. Waiting to field the game's first punt, Harvey was leveled by a
Mississippi Valley player well before the ball arrived and had to be helped off
the field.
He didn't return to the game until
the visitors kicked off after scoring on a 23-yard fumble runback to tie the
score. Harvey brought back the kickoff 97 yards to put the Demons ahead 14-7,
fielding the ball near the NSU sideline and angling across the field to the
Valley sideline and downfield.
In the second quarter, he broke
loose on a 71-yard punt return set up Northwestern's fourth touchdown for a
28-7 halftime lead.
Harvey's 97-yard kickoff return was
third-longest in school history and best since 1970. It was the second career
return score for Harvey, the school's all-time kickoff return yardage leader.
