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BCSP NFL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
for games of 9/6-9/10

OFFENSE
TAVARIS JACKSON, QB, Minnesota (ALABAMA STATE) - Completed 13 of 23 passes for 163 yards including a 60-yard TD pass to Adrian Peterson with one interception in win over Atlanta. Also had two carries for ten yards.

DEFENSE
ROBERT MATHIS, 6-2, 235, DE, Indianapolis (ALABAMA A&M) - Four solo tackles, one assist, one sack and one forced fumble in win over New Orleans.

Other top performances

    OFFENSE
  • STEVE McNAIR, 6-2, 235, QB, Baltimore (13th year, ALCORN STATE) - Completed 20 of 34 passes for 203 yards with one TD and no interceptions in loss to Cincinnati.
  • JACOBY JONES, 6-2, 212, Rookie, WR, Houston (LANE) - Two receptions for 33 yards including a 26-yarder. Also returned four punts for three yards.
  • JEROME MATHIS, KR/WR, Houston (3rd year, HAMPTON) - Two kickoff returns for 25-yard average.
  • DONALD DRIVER, WR, Green Bay (ALCORN STATE) - Six receptions for 66 yards in win over Philadelphia.
  • VISANTHE SHIANCOE, TE, Minnesota (MORGAN STATE) - Two receptions for 18 yards in win over Atlanta.
  • MAURICE HICKS, RB, San Francisco (NORTH CAROLINA A&T) - Four kickoff returns for 22 -yard average. One reception for -1 yard.
    DEFENSE
  • ANTOINE BETHEA, S, Indianapolis (HOWARD) - Three solo tackles, two assists in win over New Orleans.
  • NICK HARPER, 5-10, 182, CB, Tennessee (6th year, FORT VALLEY STATE) - Six solo tackles and a forced fumble in win over Jacksonville.
  • DRAYTON FLORENCE, 6-0, 195, DB, San Diego (4th year, TUSKEGEE) - Four solo tackles in win over Chicago.
  • RON BARTELL, DB, St. Louis (HOWARD) - Four solo tackles in loss to Carolina.
  • NICK COLLINS, DB, Green Bay (BETHUNE-COOKMAN) - Three solo tackles in win over Philadelphia.
  • TRACY WHITE, LB, Green Bay (HOWARD) - Recovered a fumble in the end zone after the ball was hiked over the punter's head vs. Philadelphia.
  • CHARTRIC DARBY, DT, Seattle (SOUTH CAROLINA STATE) - Two solo tackles, two assists and a half-sack in win over Tampa Bay.
  • MARQUES DOUGLAS, DT, San Francisco (HOWARD) - Two solo tackles and one assist in loss win over Arizona.
Quarterback Tarvarias Jackson #7 of the Minnesota Vikings hands the ball off against the Atlanta Falcons at the Metrodome on September 9, 2007 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

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