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BCSP NFL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
for games of 12/4-5

OFFENSE
JIMMY SMITH, 6-1, 202, WR, Jacksonville (13th year, JACKSON STATE) - Three receptions for 49 yards including a 12-yard third quarter TD in win over Cleveland. Smith has now caught a pass in 72 staight games. He needs only 2 yards to become the 13th receiver in league hitory to top 12,00 career receiving yards.

DEFENSE
MICHAEL STRAHAN, 6-5, 275, DE, NY Giants (13th year, TEXAS SOUTHERN) - Five solo tackles, including two sacks, in win over Dallas. Strahan's sacks give him 127.5 for his career, moving him one sack past Derrick Thomas and into 19th place on the NFL's all=time list.

Other top performances

    OFFENSE
  • STEVE McNAIR, 6-2, 230, QB, Tennessee (11th year, ALCORN STATE) - Completed 22 of 33 passes for 220 yards in loss to Indianapolis.
  • DONALD DRIVER, 6-0, 190, WR, Green Bay (6th year, ALCORN STATE) - Led Packers with eight receptions for 64 yards in 19-7 loss to Chicago.
  • MAURICE HICKS, 5-11, 200, RB, San Francisco (2nd year, NC A&T) - Rushed ten times for 17 yards including a one-yard TD run and had three receptions for eight yards in loss to Arizona.
  • JEROME MATHIS, 5-11, 172, WR/KR, Houston (1st year, HAMPTON) - Returned four kickoffs for 24.8 yard average in loss to Baltimore.
  • DERRICK WIMBUSH, 6-1, 220, RB/KR, Jacksonville (1st year, FORT VALLEY STATE) - Returned two kickoffs for 56 yards (28.0 avg.) including a 37-yarder in win over Cleveland.
    DEFENSE
  • NICK COLLINS, 5-11, 210, FS, Green Bay (1st year, BETHUNE-COOKMAN) - Led Green Bay with five solo tackles and one assist in loss to Chicago.
  • MARQUES DOUGLAS, 6-2, 280, DE, San Francisco (6th year, HOWARD) - Four solo tackles and one assist in loss to Arizona.
  • ROBERT MATHIS, 6-2, 235, DE, Indianapolis (3rd year, ALABAMA A&M) - Four solo tackles in win over Tennessee.
  • GRADY JACKSON, 6-2, 345, NT, Green Bay (9th year, KNOXVILLE) - Big Grady had four solo tackles and two assists in loss to Chicago.
  • RONALD BARTELL, 6-1, 208, DB, St. Louis (1st year, HOWARD) - Six solo tackles, one assist in loss to Washington.
  • DANTE WESLEY, 6-0, 211, CB, Carolina (4th year, ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF) - One solo tackle and one assist in win over Atlanta.
  • RASHEAN MATHIS, 6-1, 195, DB, Jacksonville (3rd year, BETHUNE-COOKMAN) - Six solo tackles, one assist in win over Cleveland.
  • OLIVER CELESTIN, 6-0, 207, DB, NY Jets (2nd year, TEXAS SOUTHERN) - Two solo tackles in loss to New England..
  • GREG WESLEY, 6-2, 206, FS, Kansas City (6th year, ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF) - Six solo tackles in win over Denver.
  • ANTHONY MITCHELL, 6-1, 215, DB, Cincinnati (6th year, TUSKEGEE) - Three solo tackles, two assists in win over Baltimore.
  • BRENT ALEXANDER, 5-11, 200, FS, NY Giants (12th year, TENNESSEE STATE) - Four solo tackles, two assists and an interception in win over Dallas.
  • DRAYTON FLORENCE, 6-0, 195, CB, San Diego (3rd year, TUSKEGEE) - Led San Diego with seven solo tackles in win over Oakland.
  • CHARTRIC DARBY, 6-0, 270, DT, Seattle (5th year, S. C. STATE) - Four solo tackles, one assist in win over Philadelphia.
Giants DE Michael Strahan (TEXAS SOUTHERN) is all pumped up after sacking Cowboys QB Drew Bledsoe. (AP) Jaguars QB David Garrard celebrates with WR Jimmy Smith (JACKSON STATE) after the two connected on a 12-yard touchdown against Cleveland. (AP)

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