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SUWANEE, Ga. -- After a 34-12 thumping of No. 14 Trinity
University for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship,
a pair of Millsaps Majors earn this week’s SCAC Player
of the Week honors.
Chris Jackson, a 6-2, 205-pound senior receiver/kick returner
from Phenix City, Ala., has been selected the SCAC Football Offensive
Player-of-the-Week, while fellow teammate Ronnie Wheat, 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, Nov. 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.
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).
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.
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 and three interceptions that he returned for
a league-best 92 yards.
Millsaps will play its first playoff game since 1975 on Saturday,
Nov. 18, traveling to Pittsburgh, Pa., to face off with the No.
24 Carnegie Mellon University Tartans (10-0) in Round 1 of the
Division III playoffs. Game time is slated for a 12 p.m. ET kickoff.
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