RICHMOND, Virginia - James Madison redshirt-junior quarterback Vad Lee (Durham, N.C./Hillside (Georgia Tech)) has been named the Colonial Athletic Association Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced today. This is the second time that Lee has won the weekly award this season and the eighth weekly award for the Dukes in 2014.
Lee led Madison to a 27-24 victory at Stony Brook, helping the offense to 515 yards of total offense against the No. 1 ranked defense in FCS football that was averaging giving up just 250 yards of total offense a game. He finished the game 20-of-33 passing for 314 yards and three touchdowns through the air, while posting 56 yards on the ground on 16 carries. In his efforts against the Seawolves, Lee set new JMU single-season records for passing touchdowns at 24, surpassing Michael Birdsong's 22 last season, and for total offense with 3,352 yards (former record was Rodney Landers in 2008 with 3,304 yards).
As part of the 2014 football season presented by CarMax, James Madison will travel for its final regular-season road game at No. 8 Richmond, Nov. 15. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. and will be nationally televised on NBC Sports Network. Following that, the Dukes will return home to host Elon in the regular-season finale, Saturday, Nov. 22 at 12 p.m. The team will recognize its 2014 senior class in a pre-game ceremony, with tickets available by contacting the JMU Ticket Office at 540-568-3853 or online at JMUSports.com/tickets.