2024 South Atlantic Conference Football

The South Atlantic Conference Announces Football Players Of The Week

The South Atlantic Conference Announces Football Players Of The Week

The South Atlantic Conference announced its Football Players of the Week for games played during the 10th week of the 2022 season.

Nov 8, 2022 by FloFootball Staff
The South Atlantic Conference Announces Football Players Of The Week

The South Atlantic Conference announced its Football Players of the Week for games played during the 10th week of the 2022 season. 

Lenoir-Rhyne quarterback Sean White was tabbed as the SAC Offensive Player of the Week, while Lenoir-Rhyne safety James Ussery was named the SAC Defensive Player of the Week.

Emory & Henry kicker Trace Butcher picked up SAC Special Teams Player of the Week honors.

White, a sophomore from Sarasota, Florida, led the Bears to a 62-10 win over Catawba last week. He threw for 269 yards, going 15-for-20 (75%) and rushed for 29 yards for a combined 298 yards of offense for the Bears. 

He had three touchdowns - one in the air and two on the ground.

Ussery, a freshman from Kings Mountain, North Carolina, had a career-high seven tackles in the Bears’ win over Catawba. Included in those seven tackles was a tackle for loss. 

Ussery also forced a fumble and blocked a kick in the game.

Butcher, a freshman from Dacula, Georgia, helped lead the Wasps to a 32-0 win over Erskine. He went 3-for-4 on field goal attempts, including nailing a 44-yard field goal. 

He also was perfect on his extra point attempts and finished the game, accounting for 12 of Emory & Henry’s points.

2022 SAC Football Players of the Week

Offensive Player of the Week

Sept. 5 – Tre Simmons, Tusculum
Sept. 12 – Tre Stewart, Limestone
Sept. 19 – Jaquan Lynch, Barton
Sept. 26 – Tre Stewart, Limestone
Oct. 3 – Shaw Crocker, Wingate
Oct. 10 – Sean White, Lenoir-Rhyne
Oct. 17 – Mario Anderson, Newberry
Oct. 24 – Mario Anderson, Newberry
Oct. 31 – Jordan Terrell, Barton
Nov. 7 – Sean White, Lenoir-Rhyne

Defensive Player of the Week

Sept. 5 – Christian Campbell, Catawba
Sept. 12 – DJ Horne, Wingate
Sept. 19 – Marquise Fleming, Wingate
Sept. 26 – Andrae Robinson, Tusculum
Oct. 3 – Alonzo Houston, Carson-Newman
Oct. 10 – Ivan Phillips, Emory & Henry
Oct. 17 – Davon Gilmore, Wingate
Oct. 24 – Wesley Scott, Tusculum
Oct. 31 – Devin HIbbitt, Lenoir-Rhyne
Nov. 7 – James Ussery, Lenoir-Rhyne

Special Teams Player of the Week

Sept. 5 – Kellan Dalton, UVA Wise
Sept. 12 – Ethan Evans, Wingate
Sept. 19 – Ethan Evans, Wingate
Sept. 26 – Juan Villasenor, Tusculum
Oct. 3 – Cameron Jones, Emory & Henry
Oct. 10 – Ryan Carter, Lenoir-Rhyne
Oct. 17 – Trayzel Jureidini-Wyche, Carson-Newman
Oct. 24 – Jelani Baker, Limestone
Oct. 31 – Ethan Evans, Wingate
Nov. 7 – Trace Butcher, Emory & Henry