WEEK 11 NEC CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: AJ Duffy, New Haven, Quarterback, Junior, 6-2, 215 lbs., St. Augustine, FL/Rancho Verde (Florida State/San Diego State),...Week 11 Stats: 15-of-26 completions, 311 passing yards, 3 passing touchdowns, 0 interc eptions, 70 rushing yards, 12 rushes, 1 rushing touchdown...Duffy put an exclamation point on New Haven's inaugural season as an NEC and NCAA Division I member by delivering a sensational performance against visiting Merrimack on Saturday. The junior qua rterback orchestrated a second-half comeback that saw the Chargers bounce back from a 10-point halftime deficit to score a 41-31 victory over the Warriors. Opening the afternoon with the game's first score, a one-yard scamper into the end zone, Duffy fol lowed a Liam Quigley field goal with a 70-yard touchdown bomb to Jonathan Lawson to knot the score up at 24-all midway through the third quarter.That throw was the fourth-longest in the NEC this season. The Floridian continued to take control of t he game and fuel the Chargers' torrid scoring run in the fourth quarter. After Quigley kicked the go-ahead field goal just 15 seconds into the stanza, he threw touchdown passes of 37 and 60 yards to give his team a comfortable 41-24 lead with 5:04 left t o play. With two weeks to go in the 2025 regular season campaign, Duffy, who racked up 311 passing yards and 70 rushing yards in the win, tops the league's charts in several passing categories. He is first in touchdown throws (22), passing yards (2,347) and passing yards per game (234.7). In addition, Duffy is ranked among the nation's top-15 in each of those three categories, with his 22 touchdown passes being the sixth-most. Duffy closed out his first season as an NEC signal caller with two NEC/Atlant ic Tomorrow's Office Offensive Player of the Week nods. - NEC Football
(DS#999 QB) rJr/2027  QB AJ Duffy, New Haven
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