DANTE SMITH OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, a senior wide receiver from Beaumont, Texas, has been named the SCAC Football Offensive Player of the Week for games played Saturday, October 22nd.
Smith threw for a touchdown and clinched the game with a 39-yard onside kickoff return for a score in a 42-38 win over Texas Lutheran on Saturday night.
Smith put the Pirates up 14-7 in the first quarter on a double pass play. After stepping back to take the first pass from quarterback Bryan Hicks, Smith found Kenneth Wynn Jr. near the end zone for a 27-yard score.
In the third quarter, Smith, who is always on the front row of the kickoff return team, quickly spotted an onside kick attempt by TLU and snagged the ball in the air and raced straight to the end zone to give Southwestern a 42-31 lead. It marked the Pirates' final score of the game and proved to be the difference in the first-place showdown.
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:s
Junior wide receiver J.B. Brown of Texas Lutheran University put up a career-best 233 yards of all-purpose yardage, including a career-high 185 receiving yards, in the Bulldogs' conference road loss to Southwestern. Brown caught a career-best 12 passes for 185 yards, with a long reception of 58 yards and an average of 15.4 per catch. Brown also returned two kickoffs for 48 yards, with a long of 31. Senior wide receiver Cody Sandman of Trinity University helped the Tigers to their first SCAC win of the season on Saturday, defeating Austin College 38-17 in a season-high scoring effort. Sandman caught 3 passes for 64 yards and a touchdown, scoring the only offensive touchdown of the second half for Trinity, and putting the Tigers ahead 38-3 at the time.
SCAC Football Offensive Players-of-the-Week |
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Week 1 | Austin Grauer, Trinity University |
Week 2 | Dylan Wilburn, Southwestern University |
Week 3 | Cooper Woodyard, Austin College |
Week 4 | Zach Galindo, Texas Lutheran University |
Week 5 | n/a |
Week 6 | Zach Galindo, Texas Lutheran University |
Week 7 | Matt Gillen, Southwestern University |
Week 8 | Dante Smith, Southwestern University |
Week 9 | |
Week 10 |