Wheaton College Athletics · wheaton.edu
Sep 28, 2004
Brad Musso is selected to D3Football.com's "Team of the Week"
Wheaton, Ill. (9/28) Wheaton College senior Brad Musso (Hinsdale, Ill. /Hinsdale Central) has been selected to the D3Football.com Team of the Week. The wide receiver tied his career-high with 13 receptions for a career-high 197 yards in Wheaton 's 45-28 win at Hope College last Saturday. Musso's 197 receiving yards accounted for 52 percent of Wheaton 's 380 yards gained through the air. Two of Musso's catches resulted in Wheaton touchdowns. He caught a nine-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter to put Wheaton on the scoreboard 7-0 and caught a 49-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter to give the Thunder a 21-14 lead. Wheaton, ranked third in this week's AFCA Coaches Poll and 10th in this week's D3Football.com Top 25, will put is 22-game regular season winning streak on the line this Saturday against North Central at home.
Musso has caught 26 passes for 335 yards and three touchdowns in two games this season. He leads the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) in receptions per game, with 13.0 RPG, and in receiving yards per game with 167.5 yards per game.
Musso has caught 183 passes in his four years at Wheaton for 3,329 yards with 30 touchdown catches. He has amassed 4,140 all-purpose yards in his career with 3,329 receiving yards, 696 punt return yards, 111 yards from kickoff returns and four rushing yards. He is just 43 yards shy of breaking the school record of 4,183 career all-purpose yards, held by Dane Shaw (1993-96). Musso is second on Wheaton 's career receiving yards list, just 272 yards short of Wheaton 's school record of 3,601 career yards held by Mark Loeffler (1993-96).