News from the FCS
November 15th, 2015, 04:20 PM
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Eastern Illinois senior defensive lineman Dino Fanti was named the Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week after playing a huge role in the Panthers 23-21 win over UT Martin on Saturday afternoon.**Fanti made two huge plays in the fourth quarter that helped EIU win its second straight game in Martin, Tenn.* With EIU leading by one point the senior hit Skyhawks quarterback Jarod Neal forcing him to float a pass that was picked off by Thomas Coronado and returned 45 yards for a touchdown to give EIU an eight-point advantage.* After UTM closed the margin to 23-21 with 4:51 to play, Fanti tackled Neal on a two-point conversion attempt to preserve the lead and victory (as the Skyhawks only ran one more offensive play after that).* Fanti finished the game with seven tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, a sack and a forced fumble.* He ranks eighth nationally in tackles for loss per game with 17 total and 15th in forced fumbles.** Already the career leader in tackles for loss at EIU, Fanti needs two tackles for loss to tie Pete Catan for the single season school record of 19.
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Eastern Illinois senior defensive lineman Dino Fanti was named the Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week after playing a huge role in the Panthers 23-21 win over UT Martin on Saturday afternoon.**Fanti made two huge plays in the fourth quarter that helped EIU win its second straight game in Martin, Tenn.* With EIU leading by one point the senior hit Skyhawks quarterback Jarod Neal forcing him to float a pass that was picked off by Thomas Coronado and returned 45 yards for a touchdown to give EIU an eight-point advantage.* After UTM closed the margin to 23-21 with 4:51 to play, Fanti tackled Neal on a two-point conversion attempt to preserve the lead and victory (as the Skyhawks only ran one more offensive play after that).* Fanti finished the game with seven tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, a sack and a forced fumble.* He ranks eighth nationally in tackles for loss per game with 17 total and 15th in forced fumbles.** Already the career leader in tackles for loss at EIU, Fanti needs two tackles for loss to tie Pete Catan for the single season school record of 19.
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