The American Athletic Conference's The Rise Season 5

Cougar Football
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly football honors for the opening week of the college football season.
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OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
McKenzie Milton • UCF • Jr. • QB • Kapolei, Hawaii
Milton led UCF to its 14th consecutive victory as the Knights took a 56-17 win at UConn. Milton completed 24 of 32 passes for 346 yards and five touchdowns and added 50 rushing yards.
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DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Bryan Wright • Cincinnati • Jr. • LB • New Castle, Del.
Wright had four tackles, including two sacks and three tackles for loss, and had a pivotal forced fumble in the fourth quarter that resulted in the go-ahead safety as the Bearcats took a 26-17 win at UCLA.
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Ed Oliver • Houston • Jr. • DT • Houston, Texas
Oliver finished with a game-high 13 tackles, including 3.5 tackles for loss, with two quarterback hurries in Houston’s 45-27 win against Rice. The 13 stops are the most by an American Athletic Conference player in Week 1.
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SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Thomas Bennett • Tulsa • Jr. • P • Carlsbad, Calif.
Bennett averaged 49.2 yards on four punts in Tulsa’s 38-27 win against Central Arkansas. Bennett’s kicks resulted in a 41.0-yard net average with a long punt of 68 yards.
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HONOR ROLL
Richie Grant • So. • UCF • S
Had six tackles, an interception and a fumble recovery in a 56-17 win at UConn.
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Michael Warren II • So. • Cincinnati • RB
Rushed for 142 yards and three touchdowns on 35 carries in a 26-17 win at UCLA.
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D’Eriq King • Jr. • Houston • QB
_Completed 17 of 24 passes for 320 yards and three touchdowns with one rushing TD in a 45-27 win at Rice. _
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Brady White • Jr. • Memphis • QB
Completed 22 of 28 passes for 358 yards and five touchdowns in a 66-14 win against Mercer.
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Blake Barnett • Sr. • USF • QB
Completed 24 of 34 passes for 305 yards and three touchdowns in a 34-14 win against Elon.

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Here are your 6 most IMPACTFUL power plays from week 1!

-Quincy Roche blocks Villanova’s FG attempt and Kimere Brown returns it 74 yards for the touchdown for Temple!

-Cincinnati’s Cortez Broughton forces a fumble leading to a safety giving the Bearcats the lead against UCLA!

-Tyre McCants barrells his way into the endzone over 3 defenders for a USF touchdown!

-McKenzie Milton scrambles out of the pocket and finds Tre Nixon for a 34 yard touchdown pass for UCF!

-D’Eriq King throws a 57 yard touchdown pass for Houston giving them the lead against Rice!

-Jonathan Banks scrambles for a first down on 4th and 11 which lead to a game tying field goal sending the game into overtime!

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Last one is Stevenson’s end around

We picked 4 of the most exciting touchdowns from week 1 for this edition of Touchdown Tuesday! Which of these plays do you think is most exciting?

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No Coog updates in this one. Sleeping on our 8-0 Volleyball team.

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What a week it was across The American… and these players had just a little something to do with it!

Start your week off with an all new episode of ‘The Rise’.

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King to Corbin was the last one.

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Still not talking about UH Volleyball.

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Hali is a former soccer player. That may be why It is more focused on that sport.

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That was the first time I noticed Corbin throw his hand up as soon as he knew he had the step. Great communication and perfect throw by King on the run, across his body. There was nothing easy about that TD. Awesome!

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Start your week off with The American’s top performers from week 3 of the college football season on an all new episode of ‘The Rise’!

D’Eriq King was named to the Honor Roll and is profiled at 2:07 of the video

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King to Stevenson at :40

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No Houston talk again

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No Coog highlights this week.

Check out our Pow6r Plays from week 6!

-Temple gets the strip sack and takes the ball in for a touchdown

-McKenzie Milton slips by defenders to score a 13 yard touchdown

-SMU converts a 2 point conversion in overtime to beat Navy

-Cincinnati comes up with a big interception late in the game to beat Ohio

-Darrell Henderson scores another 50+ yard touchdown for Memphis

-USF comes up with a big interception to seal the game against ECU

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No Coogs

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One Coog highlight in there:

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Coog soccer team gets a little shine starting at 40 seconds.

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What’s with UH in Olympic sports?