FRISCO – Southeastern wide receive Jaylon Domingeaux, McNeese defensive lineman Phillip Bradford, and Southeastern return specialist Dkhai Joseph have been named the Southland Conference football weekly award winners for Week 10, the league announced Monday.
Offensive Player of the Week: Jaylon Domingeaux, Southeastern – WR – Jr. – Lafayette, La. (Comeaux HS)
Domingeaux finished with four catches for a career-high 157 yards and two touchdowns in No. 16/21 SLU's 59-14 victory over East Texas A&M. The junior now has a team-high eight receiving touchdowns – tied for the sixth-highest single-season total in program history.
Honorable Mention: Sam Vidlak, SFA
Defensive Player of the Week: Phillip Bradford, McNeese – DL – Jr. – Monroe, La. (Ouachita Parish HS)
Posted the best game of his career against Northwestern State, recording 4.5 tackles for a loss, 2.0 sacks, four QB hurries, and a fumble recovery. He made his first start of the season in place of the injured player in front of him on the depth chart. Bradford finished with a team-high six tackles, five of those solos and anchored a defense that held NSU to 178 total yards, a season low allowed by the Cowboys.
Honorable Mention: Laurence Sullivan Jr., Nicholls and Charles Demmings, SFA
Special Teams Player of the Week: Dkhai Joseph, Southeastern – WR – So. – Reserve, La. (East St. John HS)
Joseph averaged 29.2 yards per punt return, finishing with 117 yards and a touchdown on four returns in Saturday's 59-14 win over East Texas A&M. His 63-yard punt return for a touchdown gave SLU a 14-0 lead midway through the first quarter. His four catches for 55 yards and touchdown gave him a team-high 172 all-purpose yards in No. 16/21 Southeastern's victory - the team's fifth straight. Joseph is averaging 16.1 yards per punt return in 2025 and has two punt return touchdowns this fall.
Honorable Mention: Carlos Alvarado, SFA
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 |
* - 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.