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.
Lenoir-Rhyne's White and Ussery and Emory & Henry's Butcher Named South Atlantic Conference Football Players of the Week #MakeSACYours #SACFB
— South Atlantic Conference (@SAC_Athletics) November 7, 2022
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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