MONTGOMERY – Alabama State’s Kourtney Berry and Khalid Thomas have received player of the week honors for their play in last weekend’s win over Mississippi Valley State.
Berry received two Defensive Player of the Week Honors; one from the Southwestern Athletic Conference and he was also named College Sports Madness SWAC Defensive Player of the Week. Berry had seven stops on defense, including three solo in earning the Defensive Player of the Week award. Berry also had 1.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage (-7 yards) and he picked up a blocked punt that resulted in a fumble from the punter and returned it 18 yards for a score.
In earning the SWAC Special Teams Player of the Week, Thomas finished a monster game for ASU with 230 all-purpose yards. He returned five punts for 132 yards, averaging 26.4 yards per return. He also had a career-high 98 yards rushing along with a touchdown on nine carries. Thomas averaged 16.4 yards every time he touched the ball against the Delta Devils
