Cory Ross Wins UFL Offensive Player of the Year; Trufant, Novak, Fassel Honored

by FanHouse StaffFiled under: UFLThe UFL announced several season awards on Tuesday during UFL Championship week in Omaha, Nebraska. Cory Ross, running back of the Sacramento Mountain Lions, was named the 2010 UFL Offensive Player of the Year. Isaiah Trufant, cornerback of the Las Vegas Locomotives, was named the Defensive Player of the Year and Nick Novak, kicker for the Florida Tuskers, garnered the Special Teams Player of the Year. Ross had three games of 10 catches each to set a new league standard, carried the ball 25 times in Week 6 at Florida and ripped off a 75-yard run in Week 9 at home against the Omaha Nighthawks. His 56 catches during the season destroyed the previous mark of 27. The former 5-foot-6, 200-pound Nebraska running back, Ross played in all eight games for the Mountain Lions this fall, recording 443 yards and a touchdown on his 56 catches and 435 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns on 121 carries. His 878 yards from scrimmage is a new UFL single-season record...