Oct. 23, 2024

Ferris State quarterback Trinidad Chambliss named National Offensive Player of the Week by D2Football.com after record-tying game

Ferris State University quarterback Trinidad Chambliss was named D2Football.com National Offensive Player of the Week after tying a school record with six touchdown passes last Saturday.

Chambliss, a junior from Grand Rapids, earned the recognition from the online media after previously being honored earlier this week as the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Football Offensive Player of the Week for the third consecutive time and fourth time overall this year.

Chambliss threw a school-record tying six touchdown passes as Ferris State beat Michigan Tech University decisively 51-13 at Top Taggart Field. He completed eight of 18 of 30 passes 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 junior 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 the university’s 12th-straight over the Huskies dating back to the start of the Tony Annese era as Ferris State’s head coach in 2012 and the Bulldogs also 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.