The American Athletic Conference saw some top performances across the Week 1 slate from Thursday to Saturday. Included in that slate was the successful return to form from multiple top-tier players and some impressive performances from some potential newcomers who could change the fate of the AAC in 2024.
These AAC Players of the Week deserve their praise.
Week 1 AAC Players of the Week
As a reminder, our conference Players of the Week series is a weekly recurring honor given to the top players from the AAC. These honors are bestowed upon the players immediately following all the action from the conference in a given week.
Like our Team of the Week and Players of the Week honors at the national level, all factors are considered, including the quality of the opponent, contribution to team success, the time and impact of a player’s individual efforts, and many other factors.
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In some instances, the player of the week for their respective side of the ball would naturally be duplicated at their respective position. Instead of duplicating players, we’re awarding an overall offensive and defensive player of the week based on their total overall impact. We then remove them from the running for their position-specific honor and highlight the top honoree from the remaining players at their respective positions.
Here’s the best of the best from the AAC in Week 1.
Week 1 AAC QB of the Week: Chandler Morris, North Texas
CMP: 32
ATT: 41
YDs: 415
AVG: 10.1
TD: 3
INT: 0
RSH YDs: 17
RSH TDs: 2
Week 1 AAC Offensive Player of the Week: Damon Ward Jr., WR, North Texas
REC: 12
YDS: 230
AVG: 19.2
LONG: 54
TD: 2
Week 1 AAC Skill Player of the Week: Devin McCuin, WR, UTSA
REC: 11
YDs: 79
AVG: 7.2
LONG: 16
TD: 2
Week 1 AAC Offensive Lineman of the Week: Paolo Gennarelli
Snaps at left and right guard; Army averaged 6.7 yards per carry and ran for 375 yards with six touchdowns.
Week 1 AAC Defensive Player of the Week: Kahzir Brown, CB, FAU
Solo Tackles: 1
Total Tackles: 5
PBU: 1
INT: 1
Pressure: 1
Week 1 AAC Defensive Lineman of the Week: Roderick Brown, DT, North Texas
Tackles: 3
Sack: 2
TFL: 2
Pressure: 2
Week 1 AAC Secondary Player of the Week: Jaxson Campbell, CB, Navy
Tackles: 10
Sack: 0.5
TFL: 1.5
PBU: 1
Week 1 AAC Special Teams Player of the Week: Lloyd Avant, PR, Tulsa
Total Returns: 2
YDs: 127
AVG: 63.5
TD: 1
Week 1 AAC Freshman of the Week: Kelvin Hill, CB, UAB
PBU: 1
Catches Allowed: 0
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