FRISCO – UTRGV wide receiver Tony Diaz, Southeastern linebacker KK Reno, and SFA placekicker Carlos Alvarado have been named the Southland Conference football weekly award winners for Week 12, the league announced Monday.
Offensive Player of the Week: Tony Diaz, UTRGV – WR – R-Fr. – San Marcos, Texas (San Marcos HS)
Diaz hauled in his first-career multi-TD game with a career-high three touchdown catches against McNeese. For Diaz, it is his fourth 100+ yard receiving game with 134 yards on seven receptions, an average of over 19 yards per reception. His first score gave UTRGV the lead for good at 14-10 and he added a 75-yard TD pass on second play of 4th quarter to extend the lead. He added one more to put the game on ice late in the fourth.
Defensive Player of the Week: KK Reno, Southeastern – LB – Sr. – New Iberia, La. (Catholic-New Iberia HS) – FCS National Defensive Player of the Week
For the second straight week, Reno set a new career-high in tackles, posting a game-high 17 tackles and a team-high 1.5 tackles for loss in a 10-7 victory over UIW. The senior now leads the team with 110 tackles. With Reno leading the way, SLU has allowed 11.4 points per game to Southland Conference opponents and has held six of seven league opponents to 14 points or less.
Honorable Mention: Jayven Anderson, HCU
Special Teams Player of the Week: Carlos Alvarado, SFA – K– R-So. – Tomball, Texas (Tomball HS)
The ‘Jacks elected to take the points and Alvarado delivered three times in the win over Lamar. He connected on a career-long 43 yarder to put SFA up 10-0 at the end of the first quarter, hit a 20 yarder with under six minutes before the intermission and added a 33-yarder in the fourth quarter for a 26-7 lead. He went 3-for-4 as the 'Jacks made four field goals in the win.
Honorable Mention: Jack Hunter, Southeastern
2025 Southland Football Players of the Week
| Date |
Offensive |
Defensive |
Special Teams |
| Sept. 1 |
Miequle Brock, Jr., Nicholls |
Fernando Washington, Northwestern State |
Cooper Evans, Northwestern State |
| Sept. 8 |
Nathan Denney, UTRGV |
Kristian Pugh, Lamar |
Ben Woodard, Lamar |
| Sept. 15 |
Jake Strong, McNeese |
Andrew Huff, Lamar |
Kendric Malone, Lamar |
| Sept. 22 |
Jerrell Wimbley, SFA |
Rodney Dansby, HCU |
Kylon Harris, SFA |
| Sept. 29 |
Jerrell Wimbley, SFA |
Declan Williams, UIW |
Kyndon Fuselier, Lamar |
| Oct. 6 |
Sam Vidlak, SFA |
Jaydon Southard, SFA* |
Kyndon Fuselier, Lamar* |
| Oct. 13 |
Xai'Shaun Edwards, HCU |
Ronnie Hamrick II, Lamar |
Brady Young, HCU |
| Oct. 20 |
Jake Strong, McNeese |
Kyree Anderson, East Texas A&M |
Ben Woodard, Lamar* |
| Oct. 27 |
Eddie Lee Marburger, UTRGV |
Ty Marsh, Nicholls |
Brandon Hayes, Southeastern |
| Nov. 3 |
Jaylon Domingeaux, Southeastern |
Phillip Bradford, McNeese |
Dkhai Joseph, Southeastern |
| Nov. 10 |
Jake Strong, McNeese |
Andrew Huff, Lamar |
Bugs Mortimer, SFA |
| Nov. 17 |
Tony Diaz, UTRGV |
KK Reno, Southeastern* |
Carlos Alvarado, SFA |
* - Also named Stats Performn National Player of the Week
Southland weekly award winners are nominated and voted upon by each school’s sports information director. Voting for one’s own athlete is not permitted. To earn honorable mention, a student-athlete must appear on 25 percent of ballots.