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Monday, Nov. 8 1:50pm ET RB Roberts breaks I-AA rushing mark, wins weekly honors JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (Ticker) -- Sacramento State running back Charles Roberts broke the single-game Division I-AA rushing mark with 409 yards and has been named the ESPN/USA Today Offensive Player of the Week for the period ending Saturday. The winner on defense was defensive back Kunle Williams of Pennsylvania, while Western Carolina kicker Josh Jones won on special teams. Roberts broke the single-game rushing mark held by Reggie Greene of Siena, who ran for 379 yards against St. John's (New York) on November 2, 1996. Roberts, who scored five touchdowns in the 41-20 victory over Idaho State, also is the Division I-AA record-holder for most yards in a season with 2,260 last year. The 5-6, 175-pound junior from Montclair, California has 1,967 yards for Sacramento State (5-5) and can break his own record with 294 yards at Cal Poly on November 20 in the regular season finale. Williams, a 6-1, 180-pound sophomore from Rolling Hills Estates, California, returned a pair of interceptions for touchdowns in Penn's 41-13 triumph over Princeton. He picked off Jon Blevins and returned it 41 yards for a score to complete the Quakers' 21-point third-quarter outburst and added a 102-yard touchdown return with 34 seconds left to complete the rout. Jones hit six field goals, but the Catamounts fell, 35-32 in overtime, to Samford. The 5-10, 161-pound junior from Greensboro, North Carolina converted from 25, 30, 47 and 33 in a 12-point second quarter, added a 27-yarder in the fourth quarter and gave Western Carolina a 32-29 lead with a 30-yarder in overtime.
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