DALLAS – After accounting for 400 yards of offense and four touchdowns in a narrow 37-35 triple overtime loss to No. 24 Houston, UTSA QB Frank Harris was voted C-USA Offensive Player of the Week. WKU DB Kaleb Oliver took home Defensive Player of the Week honors following a strong performance in a road non-conference win over Hawai’i, intercepting a pair of passes for the Hilltoppers. Harris’ teammate, K Jared Sackett was named C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week after connecting on a pair of clutch field goals for the Roadrunners on Saturday. The 2022 C-USA Players of the Week awards are presented by Blenders Eyewear and are voted on by a panel of the league’s media.
Harris accounted for 400 yards of offense and four touchdowns in a 37-35, triple-overtime setback to No. 24 Houston on Saturday at the Alamodome. The senior quarterback completed 26-43 passes for 337 yards and three TDs and added 63 yards and another score on the ground. He completed passes to six different receivers, with a pair topping the century mark in yards and another hauling in two touchdown catches. Harris had a 38-yard touchdown dash in the second quarter to give UTSA its first lead of the afternoon and he later led the Roadrunners on a 55-yard drive in less than 20 seconds to set up the game-tying 37-yard field goal as time expired to force overtime.
Oliver had the best game of his WKU career in Saturday’s 49-17 win over Hawai’i. The Georgia Tech transfer intercepted a pair of passes on the night and broke up another. His two picks were two of six takeaways produced by the WKU defense. Oliver also made two tackles on the night. Oliver returned his first interception 42 yards to the Hawai’i 17-yard line, setting up a WKU touchdown on the very next play. His second interception came late in the third quarter, helping WKU put the game away.
Sackett made the most of his return to the UTSA program in the season opener versus No. 24 Houston on Saturday in San Antonio. The senior transfer kicker drilled a 37-yard field goal as time expired to tie the score at 24-24 and force overtime. In the first extra period, the Fort Worth native split the uprights from 39 yards out to send the contest into double overtime before the Roadrunners eventually dropped a 37-35 heartbreaker to the Cougars. Sackett was a two-time Lou Groza Award semifinalist and Freshman All-American for UTSA in 2017-18 before transferring to Arkansas and then USF prior to rejoining the Roadrunners this year.
2022 WINNERS
Offensive Player of the Week
A29 – QB Austin Aune, North Texas
S5 – QB Frank Harris, UTSA
Defensive Player of the Week
A29 – DB Justin McKithen, Florida Atlantic
S5 – DB Kaleb Oliver, WKU
Special Teams Player of the Week
A29 – K Morgan Suarez, Florida Atlantic
S5 – K Jared Sackett, UTSA
-ConferenceUSA.com-
