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American Dishes Out Weekly Player Awards To Greg Desrosiers, Santana Hopper, Alec Clark

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The American released its weekly player honors for football with Memphis RB Greg Desrosiers taking Offensive honors, and a pair of Tulane players in Santana Hopper and Alec Clark taking home Defensive and Special Teams honors, respectively.

Checkout the rest of the honorable mentions and a look at the performances of this week's honorees in the American's release below:

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Greg Desrosiers Jr. • Sr. • RB • Memphis
Desrosiers rushed for a career-high 204 yards and three touchdowns (2, 90, 1) on 19 carries to lead Memphis to a 55-26 win at Florida Atlantic, keeping the Tigers unbeaten at 5-0 and extending the nation’s longest active winning streak to nine games. Desrosiers’ 204 yards were the most by an American player this season and marked only the second time this season that an FBS player surpassed 200 yards on the ground.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Santana Hopper • Jr. • DL • Tulane
Hopper registered six tackles, including 1.5 sacks and four tackles for loss with two quarterback hurries, in Tulane’s 31-14 win at Tulsa in the Green Wave’s American Conference opener. Hopper’s four tackles for loss matches the most by an American player this season as Tulane limited the Golden Hurricane to just 92 rushing yards.

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Alec Clark • So. • P • Tulane
Clark was instrumental in the field position battle in Tulane’s 31-14 win at Tulsa as he averaged 44.5 yards on eight punts, pinning the Golden Hurricane inside the 11-yard line four times. Clark, who ranks fourth in the American in punting average (45.6) did not have a punt go for a touchback against Tulsa. 

HONORABLE MENTION
DeMarco Ward • So. • DB • Memphis
Had nine tackles with a tackle for loss and a forced fumble in a 55-26 win at Florida Atlantic.
 
Blake Horvath • Sr. • QB • Navy
Rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns (8, 2) on 21 carries and completed 8 of 13 passes for 172 yards in a 21-13 win against Rice.
 
MarcAnthony Parker • So. • LB • Navy
Registered 13 tackles and two tackles for loss in a 21-13 win against Rice.
 
Caleb Hawkins • Fr. • RB • North Texas
Rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns (6, 27) and had two receptions for 78 yards and a 68-yard TD in a 36-22 win against South Alabama.
 
Javin Gordon • Fr. • RB • Tulane
Rushed for 78 yards and three touchdowns (12, 25, 4) in a 31-14 win at Tulsa.