
MAC East honorees are: QB Dustin Crum (Kent State), S Joey Banks (Buffalo) and K Louie Zervos (Ohio).
MAC West honorees are: RB Bryant Koback (Toledo), DE Sean Adesanya (Central Michigan) and WR Mathew Sexton (Eastern Michigan).
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Offensive Player of the Week: Kent State QB Dustin Crum
Kent State junior quarterback Dustin Crum (Grafton, Ohio) set a career-high throwing for 310 yards and three touchdowns in a 62-20 win over Bowling Green. Crum was 26-31 passing for 83.8% completion rate, the most accurate a Kent State passer has been since 2015 (min 20 attempts). He added 65 yards rushing on nine carries. Crum found wide receiver Mike Carrigan on a 53-yard strike, the third-straight game he has had a touchdown pass of 50 yards or longer. His three touchdown passes were the most from a Kent quarterback since 2016.
Defensive Player of the Week: Buffalo S Joey Banks
Buffalo senior safety Joey Banks (Sacramento, Calif.) had six solo tackles and an interception returned for a touchdown in a 38-22 win over Temple. Banks spearheaded a defensive effort that held the Owls to only 31 yards rushing. Banks sealed the win with a 46-yard pick six, the first by a Buffalo player since the 2015 season.
Special Teams Player of the Week: Ohio K Louie Zervos
Ohio senior kicker Louie Zervos (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) accounted for seven points in a 45-25 loss to Louisiana. In the second quarter, Zervos matched his season high by connecting on a 48-yard field goal attempt, then knocked down a 49-yarder to set a new season high. He also finished the contest with one made extra point. Zervos has now made 63 career field goals, second-most in program history and 175 career extra points, most in program history, for 364 career points, which ranks second-most in program history. He has made his last 83 extra point attempts.
West Division
Offensive Player of the Week: Toledo RB Bryant Koback
Toledo sophomore running back Bryant Koback (Holland, Ohio) rushed for a career-high 228 yards and three touchdowns, with 168 yards coming in the third quarter, in a 41-35 win at Colorado State. It was the most yards by a Toledo running back since Kareem Hunt rushed for 271 yards vs. Arkansas State in the 2014 GoDaddy Bowl. Koback ran for touchdowns of 37, 75 and 47 yards in Toledo’s first three possessions of the third quarter. The 75-yarder was the longest run of his collegiate career. Koback also grabbed his first ever touchdown reception, an eight-yard touchdown grab in the first quarter.
Defensive Player of the Week: Central Michigan DE Sean Adesanya
Central Michigan senior defensive end Sean Adesanya (Rahway, N.J.) led with two sacks, two tackles for loss and a forced fumble in a 17-12 loss at Miami (Fla.). Adesanya led an outstanding defensive performance by the Chippewas defense at Miami as they limited the Hurricanes to just 17 points and 51 yards rushing, with four team sacks and nine tackles-for-loss.
Special Teams Player of the Week: Eastern Michigan WR Mathew Sexton
Eastern Michigan senior wide receiver Mathew Sexton (Clinton, Mich.) made the game-winning play with a blocked punt and return of 30 yards for a touchdown in a 34-29 win over Central Connecticut State. With Eastern Michigan trailing 29-28 with 20 seconds left in regulation, Sexton made the defining play as he broke through and blocked the punt, recovered the ball in stride and scored the game-winning touchdown for a 34-29 win with 10 seconds left in regulation. Sexton was also responsible for Eastern Michigan’s last blocked punt, which occurred during the 2018 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl against Georgia Southern on Dec. 15, 2018. Eastern Michigan has blocked six punts in six years under head coach Chris Creighton, with three of the blocked punts returned for touchdowns. This year, the Eagles rank first in the MAC, and fifth-nationally, in blocked punts.