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Tulsa’s Robinson II and Bennett Earn Player of the Week Honors in The American
11/11/2019 10:41:00 AM | Football
TULSA, Okla. –– A pair of Tulsa Golden Hurricane football student-athletes earned American Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors today, it was announced by the league office. Cornerback Reggie Robinson II was named the Defensive Player of the Week and punter Thomas Bennett earned the Special Teams Player of the Week award.
Robinson II, a 6'1" senior from Cleburne, Texas, totaled 5 tackles, all solos, 3 pass breakups and a key interception that led to Tulsa's game-winning field goal in a 34-31 come-from-behind win over UCF on Friday night.
Robinson's interception came at the 6:59 mark of the 4th quarter when the score was tied 31-31, and he returned it to the UCF 18-yard line. Tulsa scored on a 23-yard field goal, which proved to be the game-winner, to take a 3-point lead. On UCF's subsequent possession, Robinson had his 3rd pass breakup on a 3rd-and-3 from the UCF 26.
A senior from Carlsbad, Calif., Bennett punted 6 times for a 46.3 -yard average, including 3 inside the 20-yard line dropping punts at the 13, 18 and 6-yard lines. He also had a net punting average of 46.3 yards, as no punts were returned, and a long of 62 yards.
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