#theGAC FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Andrew Edwards, QB, Henderson State, Jr.,Bentonville, Arkansas
Edwards completed 26-of-33 passes for 232 yards and four touchdowns as the Reddies defeated Arkansas-Monticello, 42-7. He added a season-high 79 rushing yards. He has thrown at least four touchdown passes in three of his last four games and he has not thrown an interception in his last 121 attempts.
theGAC FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Clark Griffin, LB, Harding, Sr., Mountain Brook, Alabama
In the Bisons’ 49-17 home victory against No. 22/25 Southern Arkansas, Griffin amassed 14 tackles for the second-straight game, equalling his career high. He added a season-high 2.0 tackles-for-loss in addition to his first full sack of the season as the Bisons won their fifth straight against the Muleriders.
#theGAC FOOTBALL SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Brandon Perez, K, East Central, So., Crandall, Texas
Perez repeated as the league’s Special Teams Player of the Week after he drilled the game-winning 54-yard field goal in waning seconds of the Tigers’ 31-30 road contest against Southern Nazarene. Perez improved to 19-for-19 on his kicks season – 14-for-14 on extra points and 5-for-5 on field goals. East Central completed a 16-point second-half comeback.
OTHERS NOMINATED
Kendel Givens, RB (Ouachita Baptist), Braden Jay, RB (Harding), Brody Johnson, QB (Northwestern Oklahoma State), Sergio Kennedy, QB (East Central), Darius Melton, WR (Oklahoma Baptist), Cergio Perez, QB (Southeastern Oklahoma State)
Wilson Cal, LB (Northwestern Oklahoma State), Michael Grandy, S (Oklahoma Baptist), Desmond Greene, DB (Southwestern Oklahoma State), Jakobe Shell, DL (Henderson State), William Wallis, LB (Southeastern Oklahoma State)
Kendale Allen, ST (Harding), Jody Easter, KR (Henderson State), Connor Flannigan, PR (Ouachita Baptist), Jackson Nalley, P (Southeastern Oklahoma State), Kale Purvis, K (Northwestern Oklahoma State)
A three-person committee selects all GAC Athletes of the Week
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