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(STATS) -- Wide receivers Karel Hamilton of Samford and Kamron Lewis of Saint Francis can take comfort knowing the only FCS player with more receiving yards than them this season -- barely, in fact -- won last years Walter Payton Award.Hamilton and Lewis hope to reel in STATS national offensive player of the year award, which they were nominated to on Wednesday. The Payton Award is celebrating its 30th anniversary season.Eastern Washingtons Cooper Kupp, who won the 2015 Payton Award, leads the FCS with 1,230 receiving yards, just ahead of Lewis 1,227 and Hamiltons 1,158.The two new nominees:---=Karel Hamilton, Samford, WR, Sr., 6-1, 202, Valrico, FloridaIn the Samford passing offense, Hamilton wont necessarily beat cornerbacks with the long ball, but hes going to beat them again and again and again. … Quarterback Devlin Hodges sure-handed go-to receiver leads the FCS in receptions (95) and receptions per game (10.6) and ranks third in receiving yards per game (128.7). … Hes athletic and will go get any pass near him. … Has had a tremendous career in the Southern Conference, starting with a spot on the 2013 all-freshman team and continuing with first-team all-conference honors as a sophomore and junior. He is the Bulldogs all-time leader in receiving yards.---=Kamron Lewis, Saint Francis, WR, So., 6-4, 195, Fresno, CaliforniaLewis breakout season has coincided with Saint Francis claiming its first Northeast Conference title and FCS playoff bid. … The wiry wideout has been a big-play specialist, ranking second in the nation in receiving yards and fourth in receiving yards per game (122.7) while averaging nearly 19 yards per catch. … Scored the final three touchdowns of a 38-17 win over Sacred Heart on Oct. 29, which gave the Red Flash control of the conference title race. … Has excellent hands, will go over defenders to make a catch and is adept at breaking the first tackle and picking up yards.---=The offensive watch list also includes:Quarterbacks: Aaron Bailey of Northern Iowa, Jeremiah Briscoe of Sam Houston State, Dillon Buechel of Duquesne, Taryn Christion of South Dakota State, Case Cookus of Northern Arizona, Austin Gahafer of Morehead State, Gage Gubrud of Eastern Washington, Brady Gustafson of Montana, Devlin Hodges of Samford, KD Humphries of Murray State, Eli Jenkins of Jacksonville State, DeVante Kincade of Grambling State, Kyle Lauletta of Richmond, Anthony Lawrence of San Diego, Tyrell Maxwell of Gardner-Webb, RJ Noel of Sacred Heart, Peter Pujals of Holy Cross and Bryan Schor of James Madison;Running backs: Khalid Abdullah of James Madison, Kendell Anderson of William & Mary, Tarik Cohen of North Carolina A&T, Derrick Craine of Chattanooga, Chase Edmonds of Fordham, Darius Hammond of Charleston Southern, Kade Harrington of Lamar, DeAngelo Henderson of Coastal Carolina, John Santiago of North Dakota, Lenard Tillery of Southern and Darius Victor of Towson;Wide receivers: Emmanuel Butler of Northern Arizona, 2015 award winner Cooper Kupp of Eastern Washington, Troy Pelletier of Lehigh, Justin Watson of Penn and Jake Wieneke of South Dakota State.Tight end: Dallas Goedert of South Dakota StateOffensive tackle: Julien Davenport of BucknellA national panel of over 150 sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries will select the STATS FCS Walter Payton Award following the regular season. 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Detroit coach Jeff Blashill has not ruled him out for Tuesday.Abdelkader has a goal and is minus-2 in five games.Hurricanes left wing Jeff Skinners status is uncertain after he missed practice on Monday but worked out in the PNC Arena weight room.Skinner did not appear to be injured Saturday during Carolinas 6-3 road loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. He was involved in a late scrap with Flyers right wing Wayne Simmonds in front of the benches and each was sent off with a roughing penalty.Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said Skinner was not concussed but the team was waiting on results of medical testing. Skinner is day-to-day and will make the one-game game trip to Detroit.I think hes OK, Peters told the Charlotte News-Observer.Skinner owns two goals and six points in five games and is tied with Lee Stempniak for the team scoring lead.Carolina (1-2-2) has yet to play a home game this season.Peters said the team has given up too many goals but does not blame goalies Came Ward and Eddie Lack.He said the Canes five-man play needed to be better, helping the goalies.We knew we had more skill. Now we have to make sure our wwork ethic is where it was last year, he said.dddddddddddd We had a very hard-working team last year. Weve got to get back to that.The Red Wings are 4-2-0 after winning four straight.Before beating San Jose on Saturday, Detroit defeated the Nashville Predators 5-3 at home on Friday night to make it two straight against top teams from the Western Conference.These two games I think we took steps forward as a team, coach Jeff Blashill told mlive.com. We got to measure ourselves against two real good teams. So far, everybody weve played was a playoff team last year, with the exception of Ottawa, and they look to be improved.The Red Wings defensemen played particularly well in the last two wins and are doing a good job of limiting turnovers, preventing opponents from getting easy chances and getting the puck out of the zone quickly.I think were playing better in our own end, left wing and captain Henrik Zetterberg said. I think were faster. Were stopping them a little easier. Theyre not spending as much time (in Red Wings zone) as they did the first two games. When we do that, we spend more time in their end.Detroit defenseman Mike Green was the NHLs Third Star for last week after his first career hat trick in a 5-1 win over the Ottawa Senators in the season opener at Joe Louis Arena.Green also posted two assists in four games. ' ' '