JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The United Athletic Conference (UAC) has announced its weekly football awards for the week of Sept. 7 with Abilene Christian, North Alabama, Tarleton State and West Florida taking home honors.
Ty’Ray Davis from West Florida earned Offensive Player of the Week honors after he led the Argos to its second consecutive win after going 14-for-17 in the air for 227 yards and three touchdown passes. The redshirt sophomore playcaller added 75 yards on the ground and a score of his own en route to the Argos 42-14 win over Central Arkansas.
Tarleton State’s Tylan Hines had a record-breaking week to give him an Offensive Player of the Week nod. The 5th year running back had personal and FCS-season highs in rushing yards (250) and scrimmage yards (297) en route to the Texans’ second win over an FCS opponent over as many years. He had clocked a 72-yard run to set up a touchdown in the second quarter and took Tarleton State from its own eight-yard line to the Bowling Green nine-yard line after a breakaway 83-yard run late in the fourth quarter.
Hines’ teammate, Jadan Aubert, earned this week’s Defensive Player of the Week honor after he forced two fumbles against Bowling Green in the team’s 20-13 victory. Along with his two forced fumbles, both resulting in Texans takeaways and touchdowns, the senior defensive back recorded seven tackles
Abilene Christian’s Alex Broome took home the Specialist of the Week honor after he returned a 98-yard kickoff against FBS 12th-ranked Texas Tech. The return, which came late in the fourth quarter, was the only touchdown scored by the Wildcats on Saturday and was the first kickoff-return touchdown since 2019 and the longest run for ACU since the 2009 season. The senior running back went on to add in a team-high 52 rushing yards.
Xavier Johnson out of North Alabama earned his second consecutive Freshman of the Week award after he notched six catches for 82 yards - one of which being for 59-yards that set the Lions up for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
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About the United Athletic Conference
The United Athletic Conference (UAC) was established in 2023 as a single-sport football conference through a partnership between the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) and the former Western Athletic Conference. In July 2026, the ASUN and UAC formed Unisun Sports to further strengthen the conference, which now features eight football-playing member institutions: Abilene Christian University (Abilene, Texas), Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, Tenn.), the University of Central Arkansas (Conway, Ark.), Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, Ky.), the University of North Alabama (Florence, Ala.), Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Texas), the University of West Georgia (Carrollton, Ga.) and the University of West Florida (Pensacola, Fla.).