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Darius Phillips Named MAC Special Teams Player of the Week

CLEVELAND - Darius Phillips the MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday for his performance against Georgia Southern on Saturday in the Broncos 49-31 win over the Eagles to improve to 4-0.

Phillips had his second special teams score of the season on Saturday night, with a 100-yard kick return for a touchdown against Georgia Southern. He is just one of four players in the country this season to return a kickoff 100 yards. He previously scored on a punt return against North Carolina Central. Coming into Saturday's game, Georgia Southern had allowed only 9.