{"id":89,"date":"2009-12-17T21:51:03","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T02:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=89"},"modified":"2009-12-17T21:51:03","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T02:51:03","slug":"moats-brings-home-the-hardware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=89","title":{"rendered":"Moats Brings Home the Hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_90\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90\" data-attachment-id=\"90\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=90\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/moats.jpg?fit=360%2C550&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"360,550\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"moats\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Your 2009 Buck Buchanan Award Winner&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/moats.jpg?fit=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/moats.jpg?fit=360%2C550&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90\" title=\"moats\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/moats.jpg?resize=360%2C550\" alt=\"Your 2009 Buck Buchanan Award Winner\" width=\"360\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/moats.jpg?w=360&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/moats.jpg?resize=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-90\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Your 2009 Buck Buchanan Award Winner<\/p><\/div>\n<p>JMU Senior defensive end Arthur Moats has officially won the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsnetwork.com\/merge\/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&amp;page=cfoot2\/misc\/2009buchanan_moats_815.htm\" target=\"_blank\">2009 Buck Buchanan Award<\/a>. The award goes to the top defensive player in FCS football. Moats ran away with the award, finishing 110 points ahead of second place finisher, Eastern Washington linebacker J.C. Sherritt. The 110 point margin was the largest in the 15 year history of the Buchanan Award. Moats is the second Duke to win the award. JMU linebacker Derrick Lloyd captured it in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who saw Moats play this year, knows the guy is just a beast. He had a FCS best 23.5 tackles for loss and \u00a0racked up 11 sacks. The Buchanan award is just the latest honor for Moats who was also named a first team All-America by the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, \u00a0and Walter Camp Foundation. He was also first team All-CAA and CAA defensive player of the year.\u00a0That&#8217;s not a bad haul for a guy who was left off The Sports Network&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsnetwork.com\/merge\/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&amp;page=cfoot2\/news\/newstest.aspx?id=4241886\" target=\"_blank\">pre-season All-America team<\/a>. This almost makes up for The Sports Network robbing Rodney Landers of the Walter Payton Award last year. Almost.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D89&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JMU Senior defensive end Arthur Moats has officially won the 2009 Buck Buchanan Award. The award goes to the top defensive player in FCS football. Moats ran away with the award, finishing 110 points ahead of second place finisher, Eastern Washington linebacker J.C. Sherritt. The 110 point margin was the largest in the 15 year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[8,456,9],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":386,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=386","url_meta":{"origin":89,"position":0},"title":"The Buzz Starts for Moats","date":"March 2, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Arthur Moats picked up where Dorian Brooks left off at the combine, running a 4.6 40 yard dash.The time was tied for\u00a0second fastest amongst the defensive lineman. Moats also placed in the top 10 for vertical leap and the 20 yard shuffle. 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