Oct. 22, 2024

Ferris State quarterback Trinidad Chambliss earns third consecutive GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week Award after record-tying performance

Ferris State University quarterback Trinidad Chambliss was named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Football Offensive Player of the Week for the third week in a row and fourth time this season after a record-tying performance.

Chambliss, a junior from Grand Rapids, threw a school-record tying six touchdown passes on Saturday as Ferris State decisively beat Michigan Tech University 51-13 at Top Taggart Field.

Chambliss connected 18 times in 30 attempts for 383 yards and six scores while adding a game-high 90 rushing yards on 10 carries for a nine-yard average.

His 473 yards of total offense represented the sixth-highest single game figure in school history and was among the top 15 performances all-time in GLIAC history.

The signal caller helped the Bulldogs jump out to a 20-0 lead after the opening period and Ferris State generated 577 yards of total offense in the win behind his play.

The victory was Ferris State's 12th-straight over the Huskies dating back to the start of the Tony Annese era as the Bulldogs’ head coach in 2012. The team improved to 23-0 under Annese versus Michigan's Upper Peninsula schools.

Ferris State, which moved up to third in this week's American Football Coaches Association D2 national rankings after the win, will visit rival and top-ranked Grand Valley State this Saturday for the Anchor-Bone Classic in Allendale. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. at Lubbers Stadium.