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SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Southern Conference named its football players of the week today for the games played on Saturday, September 4

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: DeAndre Presley, Appalachian State, Jr., QB
Presley engineered Appalachian State's 42-41 comeback victory over Chattanooga Saturday afternoon. With the Mountaineers trailing 28-7 late in the third quarter, Presley guided the offense to 253 yards and five touchdowns in the final 17:29 of the game. The junior signal caller finished 22-of-29 through the air for 340 yards and three touchdowns. Presley ran 11 times for 25 yards and two touchdowns.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brandon Wiggins, Elon, Sr., LB
Wiggins recorded a game-high 19 tackles in Elon's 41-27 loss at Duke. The Greensboro, N.C., native recorded nine solo stops and was credited with 10 assisted tackles. He recorded one-half tackle for loss against the Blue Devils. Wiggins has moved into the top ten on the school's career tackles list with 253.

FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Matt Thompson, The Citadel, Fr., QB
Thompson came on in relief of starting quarterback Ben Dupree and promptly threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Alex Carr on his first career pass attempt. Thompson finished the day 5-of-6 passing for 127 yards and three touchdowns. His longest completion of the day was a 42-yard strike to Domonic Jones. Thompson also ran the ball eight times for 70 yards with one touchdown. Thompson helped the Bulldogs build a 49-0 halftime lead over Chowan, a modern day first half scoring record for The Citadel.

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Adrian Mora, Georgia Southern, Jr., PK
Junior Adrian Mora was responsible for 11 points in the Eagles' 48-3 victory over Savannah State. The Dalton, Ga., native connected on all five PATs and was 2-for-2 on field goal attempts. Mora opened the scoring with a 39-yard boot to give the Eagles a 3-0 lead in the first quarter. He then connected from 34-yards out with 18 seconds left in the second half to give GSU a 27-0 halftime advantage.

eagleskins wrote:How Brent Russell didn't win the DPOW is beyond me. Guy is the best defensive player in the conference by a good margin.

eagleskins wrote:How Brent Russell didn't win the DPOW is beyond me. Guy is the best defensive player in the conference by a good margin.

SmallCollegeFBFan wrote:

eagleskins wrote:How Brent Russell didn't win the DPOW is beyond me. Guy is the best defensive player in the conference by a good margin.

I would put him 2nd behind Mark LeGree.