Randolph named SAC Offensive Player of the Week
ROCK HILL, S.C. - A historic rushing performance earned Mars Hill's Jonas Randolph South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Offensive Player of the Week honors, league officials announced on Monday. The Daleville, Ala., native wins the award for the fifth time this season.
Randolph had the best rushing day in SAC history on Saturday, finishing with 49 carries for 373 yards -- both setting conference records -- in the Lions' win over Tusculum. His 373 yards were the most in Division II this season and the ninth-most in DII history. The 49 carries were also the most in any NCAA division this year.
Randolph has the two highest single-game carry totals (49 vs. Tusculum; 43 vs. Catawba) in NCAA Division II in 2011.
The performance against the Pioneers also vaulted Randolph into second on the SAC's all-time rushing yards list, and he became just the second player in league history to surpass 5,000 yards. Randolph leads all NCAA divisions in rushing (1,738) this season and is the active career leading rusher (5,176) in the NCAA among all divisions.
Carson-Newman's Zeke Andrews was named the SAC Defensive Player of the Week, and SAC Special Teams Player of the Week honors went to Carson-Newman kicker Carlos Lopez.