FRISCO – Southeastern wide receiver Jaylon Domingeaux, McNeese defensive lineman Phillip Bradford, and SFA return specialist Bugs Mortimer have been named the Southland Conference football weekly award winners for Week 13, the league announced Monday.
Offensive Player of the Week: Jaylon Domingeaux, Southeastern – WR – Jr. – Lafayette, La. (Comeaux HS)
Domingeaux tied a career-high with three receiving touchdowns in Thursday's 38-26 win over Nicholls, all coming in the first half of the River Bell Classic. The junior now has hauled in 11 touchdowns on the season - the third-highest single-season total in program history.
Honorable Mention: Coleby Hamm, McNeese and Nathan Denney, UTRGV
Defensive Player of the Week: Phillip Bradford, McNeese – DL – Jr. – Monroe, La. (Ouachita Parish HS)
Bradford recorded his second pick-6 of the season when he snatched a Lamar pass out of the air and returned it 21 yards for a score to give McNeese a 21-13 lead over the 19th-ranked Cardinals. He added to his conference leading tackles for loss total with two more in the game and totaled three tackles as well as a QH hurry.
Special Teams Player of the Week: Bugs Mortimer, SFA – WR/PR– R-Jr. – Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Dillard HS) – FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week
The Nation's leading punt returner Bugs Mortimer delivered a fourth punt return touchdown with a 79-yard score against Northwestern State to open the scoring up last Thursday night. Mortimer set a new Southland Conference record for punt return yards in a season with 537 yards.
Honorable Mention: Pinton Fabrizio, McNeese
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 |
| Nov. 24 |
Jaylon Domingeaux, Southeastern |
Phillip Bradford, McNeese |
Bugs Mortimer, 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.