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Houston, Cincinnati, and ECU Players Take Home Weekly Football Honors in the AAC

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The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly football honors for the week-ending Oct. 22.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Clayton Tune • Sr. • QB • Houston
Tune threw five touchdown passes to lead Houston to a 38-20 win at Navy. He staked the Cougars to a 21-7 halftime lead with three TD passes in the first half and had a pair of second half touchdowns to help Houston answer the Midshipmen’s comeback bid. Tune completed 21 of 30 passes for 261 yards and added 43 rushing yards to finish with 304 yards of total offense. He became the sixth FBS player this season to throw five or more touchdown passes without an interception in a game.
 
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jireh Wilson • Jr. • S • East Carolina
Wilson led a defensive effort that limited UCF, which had averaged 41.3 points and 525.2 yards per game, to 13 points, 130 rushing yards and 426 total yards in a 34-13 victory. Wilson figured in two of the Pirates’ four takeaways as he had an interception and a fumble recovery in the first half, both of which led to East Carolina points, allowing ECU to build an 17-0 lead. He also finished with three tackles.
 
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Mason Fletcher • So. • P • Cincinnati
Fletcher set two school and American Athletic Conference records in the Bearcats’ 29-27 win at SMU. He averaged a record 65.0 yards on three punts, breaking the conference’s previous single-game best by 10.5 yards, and hit an 84-yard punt that topped The American’s previous record by five yards and was the longest punt by an FBS player this season.
 
HONOR ROLL
Ryan Coe • Jr. • K • Cincinnati
Scored 17 points, including a school-record five field goals (30, 25, 52, 44, 31) in a 29-27 win at SMU.
 
Holton Ahlers • Sr. • QB • East Carolina
Completed 30 of 36 passes for 311 yards and a touchdown, scored a rushing TD, and became the school’s career touchdown passes leader (87) in a 34-13 win against UCF.
 
Jha’Quan Jackson • Jr. • WR • Tulane
Had 119 all-purpose yards, including a 90-yard punt return for a touchdown, in a 38-28 win against Memphis. 
 
Dorian Williams • Sr. • LB • Tulane
Had a team-high 12 tackles with 1 sack, a pass breakup and two quarterback hurries in a 38-28 win against Memphis. 
 
Deneric Prince • Sr. • RB • Tulsa
Rushed for a career-high 231 yards — the most by an American Athletic Conference player this season — and had 260 all-purpose yards with two touchdowns in a 27-16 win at Temple.