Conference and Independent Players of the Week

DEFENSE
DENMARK REED, Sr., FS, Grambling St. - 7 tackles, 5 solo, 5 pass br. ups, 2 interceptions and one fumble recovery in win over UAPB.

SPECIAL TEAMS
AARON WALL, Sr., P, Ark-Pine Bluff - Punted 10 times for 425 yds., 42.5 avg. vs. Grambling.

NEWCOMER
O'KEEFE HENDERSON, Jr., DB, Miss. Valley St. - Had 99-yard int. return for a TD vs. Alabama A&M, one TFL and one pass break-up.

SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSE
ADAM LAMB, Sr., QB, Morehouse - Ran for 130 yds., in 15 carries and passed for 84 yds., and 1 TD in loss to Tuskegee.

DEFENSE
JOSEPH KILLINS, Sr., LB, Miles - 13 tackles, 9 solos and an int., in 3 OT win over Lane.

NEWCOMER
JERMAINE COLLINS, Fr., DB, Albany State - 3 ints., 5 tackles, 5 pass br-ups in loss to Ky. State.

SPECIAL TEAMS
TRAVIS GUMBS, So., PK, Tuskegee - Booted through a game-winning 20-yard field goal with 7 seconds left for win over Morehouse.

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN
KENNETH TURNER, So., C, Ft. Valley St. and LEONARD KYNER, Sr., OG, Lane

CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
RECEIVER
SEAN WILLIAMS, So., WR, NC Central - 6 rec., for 118 yds., including 64-yarder in loss to WSSU.

OFFENSIVE BACK
JOE WARD, Jr., QB, Livingstone - Threw for 263 yards in five TDs in win over JC Smith.

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN
VIRGIN BURTON, Jr., LB, Virginia Union - 15 t, 8 s, 3 ffs, 2 fr, 1 int., in win over Gannon.

DEFENSIVE BACK
PHIL CRUMB, Sr., DB, Fayetteville St - 12 tackles, one int., for a TD in win over Virginia State.

ROOKIE
WILLIAM KIRKLAND, II, Fr., SS, Bowie State - 2 ints., one for 44-yard TD, seven tackles in win over ECSU.

MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSE
Allen SUber, Sr., QB, Bethune-Cookman - 25 car., 192 yds., including a 3-yard TD run, and passed for 60 yards in win over SC State.

DEFENSE
STEVE BAGGS, Jr., LB, Bethune-Cookman - Nine tackles, eight solos, one interception, one sack in win over SC State.

ROOKIE
RASHARD POMPEY, Fr., RB, Florida A&M - In win over NC A&T, rushed for 119 yards on 20 carries and had a 1-yard TD run.

SPECIAL TEAMS
E. J. COLLIER, Jr., KR, Florida A&M - Five returns for 104 yards, including 35-yarder.

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN
ERIK STEINER, Sr., C, Hampton -

INDEPENDENT PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSE
TYVUN GREEN, QB, Stillman - Passed for 196 yards and four TDs as NCAA Div. III Stillman upset NCAA Div. I-AA and SWAC member Texas Southern.

DEFENSE
BRENDAN GIVAN, LB, Stillman - Seven tackles, two tackles for loss and one pass deflection in win over Texas Southern.

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