PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly football honors for the ninth week of the 2016 college football season.
James Flanders • Sr. • RB • Tulsa • Midwest City, Okla.
Flanders rushed for a career-high 249 yards and tied the American Athletic Conference single-game record with five touchdowns in Tulsa’s 59-30 win at Memphis, lifting the Golden Hurricane into second place in the West Division. Flanders scored on touchdown runs of 14, 52, 1, 48 and 7 yards and has rushed for 439 yards and seven TDs in Tulsa’s last two games.