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Daniel Passafiume, Hanover College, Football (Offense)
Hanover wide receiver Daniel Passafiume (Louisville, Ky./St. Xavier) broke an NCAA all-divisions record with 25 catches in Hanover's 42-28 loss to Franklin and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Football Player of the Week on offense.
The sophomore hauled in 25 catches for 153 yards and two touchdowns, breaking the previous mark of 24 catches by hall-of-fame receiver Jerry Rice and Chas Gessner.
Rice, a former standout for the San Francisco 49ers, had 24 catches for Mississippi Valley State in a 1983 game against Southern University, while Gessner collected 24 balls for Brown University in a 2002 game against Rhode Island.
Passafiume capped the 2009 season with 114 receptions for 1,054 yards and 14 touchdowns.
| HCAC Football Offensive Players-of-the-Week | |
| Week 1 Derek Eitel, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | |
| Week 2 Derick Tabar, College of Mount St. Joseph | |
| Week 3 Mitch Grider, Anderson University | |
| Week 4 Jake Davis, College of Mount St. Joseph | |
| Week 5 C.J. Croft, Hanover College | |
| Week 6 Kyle Kovach, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | |
| Week 7 Nathan Ellis, Franklin College | |
| Week 8 Brandon Wells, Manchester College | |
| Week 9 Derek Eitel, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | |
| Week 10 Derek Eitel, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | |
| Week 11 Daniel
Passafiume, Hanover College | |
