Spencer Sanders picked up the first weekly conference honor of the season for an OSU football player on Monday as he was named the league’s Newcomer of the Week.
Sanders scored three times and accumulated 301 yards of total offense while not turning it over in OSU’s win over McNeese on Saturday. He edged out rival quarterback Jalen Hurts, who also scored three times in a win and also put up just over 300 yards of total offense. Hurts was named the Newcomer of the Week and Offensive Player of the Week in the Big 12 in Week 1.