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SCAC Players-of-the-Week
(11/13/06)
Football - Offensive
CHRIS JACKSON OF MILLSAPS COLLEGE,
a 6-2, 205-pound senior receiver/kick returner from Phenix City, Ala., has been selected the
SCAC Football Offensive Player-of-the-Week for games played Saturday, November
11.
Jackson put
on a show on Saturday afternoon, racking up 225 yards of total
offense, including two punt returns for a touchdown (51 and 67
yards), one kick return for 49 yards and five catches for 26 yards
and a touchdown in the Majors' 34-12 victory over 14th-ranked
Trinity. Jackson set a new school-record for punt return
yards (150) and punt returns for a TD (two) in a single-game and
also picked up two special teams tackles, delivering two big hits on
the Tigers’ Ted Barnhart. The win for Millsaps ends Trinity’s streak
of 13-straight conference championships and sends the Majors to the
playoffs for the first time since 1975. For the season, Jackson
leads the SCAC in receptions (59), receiving yards (661), receiving
touchdowns (9). all-purpose yards (156.4 per game) and kick returns
(22.7 yards per return).
Football - Defensive
RONNIE WHEAT OF MILLSAPS
COLLEGE, a 6-0, 210-pound
junior linebacker
from Vancleave, Miss., has been
selected the SCAC Football Defensive Player-of-the-Week for games played
Saturday, November 11.
Wheat
had seven tackles (four solo) and a half a
tackle-for-loss, and also returned his second interception for a
touchdown in as many weeks, picking off Trinity’s Jacob Cannon and
scampering 73 yards untouched for the score as the Majors earned
their first SCAC title since 1996 with the 34-12 victory over
Trinity. Wheat is the fifth Millsaps player to return an
interception for a touchdown this season and adds to the Majors
season total of 18 picks. For the season, Wheat has 35
tackles in seven games, including 6.5 tackles for loss. He also has
three interceptions that he returned for a league-best 92 yards.
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