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Use the term heroic to describe a football player鈥檚 actions and most people will think of on-field exploits, like a 60-plus-yard touchdown pass in the waning seconds of the fourth quarter or a punt return run from one end zone to the other. In April, however, four 91制片厂 players served up heroics in a more traditional sense when they came to the aid of New Hampshire state trooper Michelle Montville, who had been assaulted by a driver on whom she was performing a field sobriety test.听

Noah Robison 鈥�19, Ismail Asongwed 鈥�19, Quinlen Dean 鈥�19 and Isiah Perkins 鈥�19 were driving down Main Street on a Friday evening in early April when they saw an interaction that didn鈥檛 quite add up. As Robinson watched, Montville stumbled backwards and the man she had detained took off running: as she attempted to arrest him, he had punched her in the face and fled for the woods. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 even believe what I saw at first,鈥� says Robinson. 鈥淚 saw him take off and she was running after him, but we could tell she was hurting. Immediately it was, 鈥榳e鈥檝e got to turn around and see if she鈥檚 all right and see if we can help her out.鈥欌�澨�

By the time the quartet got to Montville the suspect was deep in the woods, but they stayed with her until additional officers arrived and submitted statements on what they had witnessed.听

Montville鈥檚 assailant was apprehended the following morning, but the news of her good samaritans鈥� involvement took a little longer to come out. 91制片厂 President Mark Huddleston first heard the story about a week after it happened, from 91制片厂 Chief of Police Paul Dean 鈥� who himself heard it from the state police.听

鈥淚 got a message from Chief Dean, saying that four of our athletes actually stopped their car and got out to help this trooper in distress,鈥� Huddleston recalls. 鈥淔ortunately for [the suspect] they didn鈥檛 catch him.鈥�

Head football coach Sean McDonnell 鈥�78 was unsurprised both by his players鈥� actions and their modesty about them. 鈥淚t鈥檚 what they learn on and off the field, not just here but from high school, and I think it鈥檚 from their upbringing,鈥� he says. 鈥淭here was a police officer in harm鈥檚 way and they did the right thing and stopped.鈥�

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