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Pittsburgh, PA - The Wagner College football team will conclude its 2022 season at Duquesne on Saturday, with kickoff set for 12 pm.
 
Simmons Scores Again
 
Junior Naiem Simmons compiled 100 receiving yards for the third time this season against Sacred Heart on Saturday. Simmons caught a season-long 71-yard pass from quarterback Nick Kargman for the first score of the game, as the junior wide receiver compiled 134 yards on six receptions.
 
Simmons remains among the top-five in all major receiving categories in the Northeast Conference (NEC).

A little Seahawks' trickery before Nick Kargman launches a 71-yarder to Naiem Simmons to put @Wagner_Football on the board first! 🪄🎯

It's the longest conversion for Wagner this season, and Simmons' 6th TD catch of 2022.#NECFB pic.twitter.com/6SbNiR3GFY

— NEC Front Row (@NECFrontRow) November 12, 2022

 
Defensive Touchdowns
 
Senior Coby Calvin returned a fumble 93 yards for a touchdown against Sacred Heart for his second defensive touchdown of the season.
 
As a team, the Seahawks have four defensive touchdowns, tied for third in the country. Only Morgan State and Southern U have more defensive touchdowns on the season than Wagner.

.@wagner_football's DEFENSE is locked in. Check out this 9️⃣6️⃣ yard fumble return for Coby Calvin... WOW. 😅 #NECFB pic.twitter.com/6LarPKcrmL

— NEC Football (@NECFootball) November 12, 2022

 
Leo Continues To Impress
 
Graduate student Titus Leo was once again tied for the team lead with two tackles for loss against Sacred Heart.
 
Leo has been the recipient of numerous preseason awards, taking home HERO Sports First Team Preseason All-America, STATS Perform Second Team Preseason All-America, and Preseason All-NEC honors. Leo also earned a spot on the Buck Buchanan Award Watch List, which Stats Perform presents to the national defensive player of the year in college football's Division I subdivision. Most recently, Leo was named to the watch list for the 2023 Reese's Senior Bowl. Leo joins an elite list comprised of the best seniors and graduate students across all of college football. 
 
Following the 2021 season, Leo was named a Stats Perform FCS Third All-American, First Team FCS All-American by HERO Sports, and Third Team All-American by Phil Steele.
 
After earning his Bachelor's Degree in Sociology in May, Leo has re-enrolled at Wagner, where he is pursuing a Master's Degree in Business Administration. 
 
Leo was also named the Northeast Conference (NEC) Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. No player has ever won the NEC Defensive Player of the Year award three times.
 
This marked the fourth straight season a Seahawk has won the highest honor for a defensive player in the NEC, as Leo follows Super Bowl LV Champion and former All-American Cam Gill, who won the award in 2018 and 2019 and was a HERO Sports FCS Second Team All-American in 2019.
 
Wagner is the first school in NEC history to win four consecutive NEC Defensive Player of the Year awards. Leo, Gill and defensive lineman Bill Sommers, who earned the distinction in 1996, are the only Wagner players to earn NEC Defensive Player of the Year honors.
 
Scouting The Dukes
 
Duquesne enters Saturday's matchup with a 3-7 overall record and 2-4 mark in conference play. The Dukes most recently lost 51-14 at Saint Francis U.