SELINSGROVE , PA – Susquehanna University freshman quarterback Keith Howell has been selected as the winner of the team's Gus Weber Crusader Player of the Week, sponsored by the Family Buffet and Steak House along Routes 11 & 15 in Shamokin Dam.

Howell (North Braddock, PA/Woodland Hills) made his collegiate debut in the second quarter of the Crusaders' 34-9 loss at Juniata on Saturday and carried 12 times for 172 yards, the third-highest single-game rushing total by a quarterback in program history.

The Family Buffet and Steak House will donate a check for $100 in the name of Howell to the charity of his choice during Friday's Quarterback Club luncheon at noon in the Apple Community Room in the James W. Garrett Sports Complex.

Now in their 10th year of sponsorship of the Gus Weber Player of the Week award, the Family Buffet and Steak House has donated $8,400 to charity in the names of Susquehanna players.

The Player of the Week award is named after former Susquehanna University president Gustave Weber , who served as president of Susquehanna for more than 18 years and was a former standout player at Wagner College . He was an avid booster of Crusader athletics, and in particular the football team, which he coached for the final two games of the 1965 season.

The Crusaders (1-4 overall, 1-3 MAC) host Widener in a 1:30 p.m. kickoff on Saturday.