On campus

Stony Brook running back Miguel Maysonet will attend the NFL Scouting Combine from Thursday through Sunday. Here’s a look back at his statistics and highlights:

2012 season

267 atts. – 1,964 yds. – 7.4 avg – 23 Total TDs (21 rush, 1 receive, 1 KOR)

Career (includes 2009 at Hofstra)

773 atts. – 5,110 yds. – 6.6 avg. – 56 Total TDs (51 rush, 4 receive, 1 KOR)

Highlights

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Stony Brook wide receiver Kevin Norrell, who led the Football Championship Subdivision in yards per catch (21.0) last season, has accepted an invitation to play in the NFLPA-sponsored Collegiate Bowl all-star game Jan. 19 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The game will be televised live on ESPN2, and ESPNU will provide live practice coverage during the week.

Norrell joins Seawolves...

Three seasons of excellence at Stony Brook are paying off for running back Miguel Maysonet. The runner-up for the Walter Payton Award as FCS player of the year has been invited to participate in the NFL scouting combine scheduled Feb. 20-26 in Indianapolis, where league personnel experts gather to test, interview and evaluate more than 300 top prospects for the 2013 NFL Draft.

Stony Brook...

There’s an old saying that says, “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight that matters; it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” That much was evident in an emotional effort by Montana State’s undersized defense in the Bobcats’ 16-10 second-round FCS playoff win over Stony Brook Saturday night in Bozeman, Mont.

The Bobcats’ defensive front was outweighed by 40 pounds per man against a Stony...

Facing a week of uncertainty after Stony Brook’s regular season ended with a loss at Liberty, Seawolves athletic director Jim Fiore didn’t just sit back, cross his fingers and hope his football team received a bid to the FCS playoffs. He got his staff together to make Stony Brook’s case to the NCAA selection committee and backed it up with a bid to host a first-round game

That groundwork paid...

When the final whistle blew in Stony Brook’s second-round FCS playoff loss last season at then-No. 1 Sam Houston State, the Seawolves knew they wanted to come back to make a run at a national title this season. Now, they have put themselves in position to do just that.

Stony Brook has climbed to No. 6 in the Sports Network poll and No. 8 in the FCS Coaches poll by virtue of a 9-1 record, including...

Stony Brook's Miguel Maysonet leads all of FCS (formerly Division I-AA) in rushing with 1,502 yards.

He is second in rushing average (166.89) to Zach Zenner of South Dakota State (180.88). Maysonet, from Riverhead, has played nine games compared with Zenner's eight.

Here's the breakdown of how Maysonet's total rushing yards stacks up with other divisional leaders across the country.

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Stony Brook’s defense came up big once again with the game on the line, forcing a fourth-quarter fumble by Coastal Carolina and then four incompletions by Chanticleers quarterback Aramis Hillary to preserve a 27-21 Big South road win on Saturday. When the Football Championship Subdivision polls come out Monday afternoon, the Seawolves, who got 233 yards rushing from Miguel Maysonet, should have...

There simply has been no stopping Stony Brook running back Miguel Maysonet this season. One week after setting a personal best with 198 rushing yards in a comeback win over Colgate, Maysonet amassed 220 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries in a 23-3 win over Army on Saturday at Michie Stadium.

It was the first-ever win over an FBS school in Stony Brook history. Maysonet was voted preseason...

After a last-second loss to Northwestern and a very respectable losing effort against USC, some called Syracuse the best 0-2 team in the country because of the prolific passing of quarterback Ryan Nassib. Playing at home in the Carrier Dome on Saturday against an FCS school like Stony Brook (2-0), the Orange should be a prohibitive favorite to get their first win.

But there’s one area where...