Lawton Arnold Earns National and Northeast Conference Special Teams Honors on Monday
Following a 49-48 double overtime victory over Monmouth on Saturday, sophomore Lawton Arnold was named The Sports Network National Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday. He also earned Northeast Conference Special Teams Player of the Week accolades after returning a kick for a touchdown and blocking a field goal in the win on Saturday.
Following a 49-48 double overtime victory over Monmouth on
Saturday, sophomore Lawton
Arnold was named The Sports Network National Special Teams
Player of the Week on Monday. He also earned Northeast Conference
Special Teams Player of the Week accolades after returning a kick
for a touchdown and blocking a field goal in the win on
Saturday.
Arnold made a major impact on special teams in Central Connecticut
State's double-overtime win at Monmouth. The defensive end
returned a second-quarter kickoff for a touchdown and blocked a
short field goal during crunch time.
After Monmouth used a 69-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at
21-21, Arnold answered right back. The 6-foot-2, 230-pound
defender fielded the ensuing at the 30-yard line and ran 70 yards
to pay-dirt.
Arnold struck again with fewer than six minutes remaining in the
fourth quarter. With Monmouth attempting a 24-yard field goal that
would have increased its lead to nine, Arnold came up with his
first block of the season to keep the Blue Devils within one
score.
Arnold and the Blue Devils host St. Francis (PA) at 12 p.m. this
Saturday, with a chance to claim a share of the NEC title. Central
can finish the NEC regular season with a 7-1 record for the second
straight season, and would tie Robert Morris for the regular season
crown.
