Through eight games, he ranked sixth nationally in punt returns with an 18.2 average and 17th in kickoff returns, averaging 27.7 yards. Totten needs 75 yards to break Western's career punt return yardage record of 964 and with a 620 total this season already has set school, CFA and Northwest small college marks. He established a school game record with 138 punt return yards against Western New Mexico and had 112 versus Simon Fraser, returning one 69 yards for a touchdown. Totten, who returned a kickoff 87 yards for a touchdown against Saint Mary's CA, leads the CFA in all-purpose yardage, averaging 121.9 yards a game. Just the way he moves around and his smarts about the game.
Some people just have the knack.
We need to use him in a lot of situations. And Totten has been in on a lot of situations. He leads the team in tackles with 52, while also having seven passes defensed, one interception, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. But Totten isn't looking for individual recognition. We have some really good players, and we want to get deeper into the playoffs this year.