SALISBURY, Md. - The No. 13 Salisbury University football program earns its first National recognition of the season from Dario Belizaire who was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week at the returner position. The Team of the Week is D3football.com's weekly honor roll, in its 28th season of recognizing the top performance at each position from the previous week. Players are nominated by schools.

Belizaire, the senior form Cambridge, Md., turned in an all-around showcase in the Sea Gulls' 47-10 thrashing of Catholic on Saturday, racking up 184 all-purpose yards and returning two punts to the house for touchdowns of 50 and 64 yards, respectively. Belizaire's NJAC-leading 137.3 total yards per game currently rank 29th in Division III. Belizaire was named NJAC Offensice Player of the Week last week after he piled up 202 yards of total offense and a receiving touchdown in to help Salisbury move to 2-0 on the year. He rushed for 90 yards on seven carries and hauled in four catches for 112 yards, including a 67-yard touchdown reception. Now this week he has been named NJAC and National special teams Player of the Week.
 
The Sea Gulls open New Jersey Athletic Conference play on Saturday, Oct. 3, traveling to The College of New Jersey for a 3 p.m. kickoff in Ewing, N.J.