NEW ORLEANS – After rushing for a season-high 223 yards and a touchdown in last Saturday's 28-23 win over South Alabama, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns running back Elijah McGuire was named the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week in a release by the conference office on Monday.
McGuire, currently ranked sixth among FBS players with 408 yards rushing, recorded his 14th career 100-yard rushing performance and his second 200-yard contest in the Ragin' Cajuns Sun Belt Conference opener. McGuire gained nearly half of his yards in the fourth quarter, highlighted by a 68-yard touchdown run that gave Louisiana a 28-17 lead with 7:05 remaining.