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Flanders, Griffin, Boumerhi Take Weekly Football Honors

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.

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK



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.