Ricky Dobbs and Wyatt Middleton Elected 2010 Football Team Captains

Navy opens up the 2010 campaign Sept. 6 against Maryland at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium

	Ricky Dobbs and head coach Ken Niumatalolo

Feb. 19, 2010

ANNAPOLIS, Md.- Navy head football coach Ken Niumatalolo announced Friday night at the Navy Football Banquet that quarterback Ricky Dobbs (Douglasville, Ga.) and safety Wyatt Middleton (Norcross, Ga.) have been elected team captains for the 2010 football season by their teammates.

"It's a great honor for Ricky and Wyatt to be elected team captains by their teammates and there is no doubt in my mind they will do a phenomenal job" said Niumatalolo. "They have been team leaders since the day they set foot on campus and I am confident they will provide great leadership on the field, in the classroom and in Bancroft Hall."

Dobbs and Middleton led Navy to a school-record tying 10 wins in 2009, a seventh-consecutive Commander-In-Chief's Trophy, a seventh-consecutive bowl game, a victory over Notre Dame for the second time in three years and a 35-13 thrashing of Missouri to win the Texas Bowl.

Despite playing with a broken kneecap over the final six games and missing the majority of two games, Dobbs scored a school-record 27 touchdowns and set the NCAA record for single-season rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. Additionally, he was ranked No. 2 nationally in touchdowns scored (27) and points per game, averaging 12.46 points per contest. He finished 12th in points responsible for per game (rushing and passing touchdowns), averaging 15.23 points per contest. He played a role in 33 of the Mids' 51 touchdowns in 2009 (27 rushing, six passing) and his 198 points responsible for set a school record. His 35-career rushing touchdowns are second on the Navy all-time list, while his 35-career total touchdowns are also second. He is just the third quarterback in school history and 37th quarterback in NCAA history to rush for 1,000 yards and pass for 1,000 yards in a single-season. Dobbs has compiled a career record of 10-3 (.769) as a starter, rushing for over 100 yards in nine of his 13 career starts and scoring at least one touchdown in all 13 of his career starts.

Middleton was named a 2009 First-Team All-East selection after recording 68 tackles, a team-high four interceptions and breaking up seven passes. He was part of a defense that did not allow a touchdown against Army or Air Force, was ranked 18th in the nation in scoring defense (19.4 points per game) and was the sixth-best red zone defense in the country. He had huge games last fall against Pittsburgh (nine tackles), Air Force (nine tackles and two passes broken up), Temple (two interceptions), Notre Dame (eight tackles), Delaware (seven tackles and three passes broken up) and Missouri (fourth quarter interception to seal the game and broke up a pass).