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SMU, USF, and North Texas Players Take Home Weekly Football Honors In The American

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The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly football honors for the week-ending Sept. 16.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Preston Stone • So. • QB • SMU
Stone enjoyed the most productive day of his young career as he completed 15 of 20 passes for career highs of 300 yards and five touchdowns while adding a rushing TD in a 69-0 win against Prairie View A&M. Stone engineered scoring drives on six of the Mustangs’ first seven possessions before coming out of the game early in the third quarter.
 
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Daquan Evans • Sr. • S • South Florida
Evans led a South Florida defense that kept No. 10 Alabama out of the end zone until late in the third quarter in a 17-3 loss to the Crimson Tide. Evans finished with eight tackles, including three sacks and four tackles for loss to go with a pass breakup as the Bulls held Alabama to its fewest points in a win since the 2016 season.
 
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Noah Rauschenberg • Sr. • K • North Texas
Rauschenberg scored 16 points - the most by an American Athletic Conference kicker this season - and hit the game-winning field goal with three seconds left in regulation to lift North Texas to a 40-37 win at Louisiana Tech. Rauschenberg’s gamewinner was his fourth field goal of the day as he connected from 25, 22, 48 and 31 yards.
 
HONOR ROLL
Blake Watson • Sr. • RB • Memphis
Rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries and had six receptions for 68 yards in a 28-24 win against Navy.
Ayo Adeyi • Jr. • RB • North Texas
Rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries in a 40-37 win at Louisiana Tech.
JT Daniels • Sr. • QB • Rice
Completed 11 of 17 passes for 255 yards and four touchdowns - all in the first half - in a 59-7 win against Texas Southern.
Joquez Smith • Fr. • RB • Temple
Rushed for 142 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries and had a 15-yard TD reception in a 41-7 win against Norfolk State.
Kai Horton • So. • QB • Tulane
Completed 12 of 19 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns and added a rushing TD to figure in all three Tulane touchdowns in a 21-3 win at Southern Miss.