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Athletes of the Week

Justin Caliste

Justin Caliste

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/19/2011
  • Sport
    Football
  • Bio
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Caliste only touched the ball four times during the Gannon football team's 47-0 victory against Millersville, but he produced 222 yards of total offense in the process. The true freshman scored three touchdowns in the span of two minutes and 52 seconds late in the second quarter, extending a 9-0 Gannon lead to 30-0 at the half. He returned a kick-off 66 yards for a touchdown. After an interception on the next play, Caliste took a reverse hand-off 70 yards for a touchdown. Following a Millersville three-and-out, he then returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown. The Roseville, Calif., native also had another punt return that went for 33 yards, but was credited for a one-yard return after a holding penalty. Caliste became only the second player in school history to return a punt and a kickoff for a touchdown in the same season and the first since 1950. Caliste, who also returned a punt for a touchdown in the season opener at Lake Erie, also became the third player in school history to return two punts for a touchdown in the same season. He is the first since Steve Trejchel did it in 1990. The 85-yard punt return equals the fourth-longest return in school history. Three players have previously recorded 87-yard returns, including Caliste in the season opener. The 66-yard kickoff return is the sixth-longest in school history and the 70-yard run is the ninth-longest all-time at Gannon. His 222 all-purpose yards ranked eighth in school history. Caliste has already broken Gannon's single-season punt return yardage record with 237 yards despite playing only three games. He is almost halfway to Gannon's single-season all-purpose yardage record with 562 through only three games.


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