DALLAS – Conference USA announced Monday its weekly award winners for week 13. The weekly awards are voted on by a panel of the league’s media.
 
Offensive Player of the Week – Amari Odom, Kennesaw State – R-So. – QB – Inglewood, Calif.
Odom rewrote the Kennesaw State (8-3, 6-1 CUSA) record book en route to winning a shootout, 41-34, over Missouri State to finish a perfect 6-0 at home. He set program records for passing yards (387), total offense (419), passing touchdowns (5) and touchdowns responsible for (6), including the 14-yard game-winner with 27 seconds left to Chase Belcher. Odom helped lead KSU to back-to-back games with 500 yards of offense for the first time since 2019. He is one of only three FBS quarterbacks this season to record 350 passing yards, five passing TD’s, one rushing TD and amass more than 400 yards of offense overall in a single game, joining Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia and Syracuse’s Steve Angeli.
 
Defensive Player of the Week – Jakari Foster, LA Tech – R-Sr. – S – Piedmont, Ala.
Foster came up with two critical interceptions in LA Tech’s 34-28 OT win over Liberty on Saturday and added eight tackles. His two picks were among four recorded by Tech safeties. His first came late in the third quarter with the Bulldogs (6-5, 4-3 CUSA) down 28-14 and Liberty driving. Foster intercepted a pass at Tech’s four-yard line, setting up a 96-yard scoring drive that made it 28-21. His second interception was the biggest of the night, as he picked off Ethan Vasko’s pass in the end zone on Liberty’s first overtime possession. Tech scored on the first play of its overtime drive to secure the 34-28 win. The redshirt senior leads the nation with six interceptions.
 
Special Teams Player of the Week – David Barker, NM State – Fr. – K – Brisbane, Australia
Barker finished the day a perfect 2-2 on field goal attempts and 4-4 on PATs in a 34-31 Battle of I-10 victory over rival UTEP, including making a season-long 46-yarder to give the Aggies (4-7, 2-5 CUSA) their first lead of the game late in the third quarter. His 46-yard field goal was the longest made by any CUSA kicker in Week 13. Barker’s two field goals and 12 total points both tied for the most by a CUSA kicker this past week.
 
Freshman of the Week – Clayton Coppock, Kennesaw State – Fr. – WR – Atlanta, Ga.
Coppock turned in a key performance in the 41-34 win over Missouri State with career highs in receiving yards (87) and touchdowns (2) while failing to record a drop. He has now caught a touchdown pass in three-straight games. Coppock is one of only 13 freshmen wideouts nationally to haul in two scores and 80 receiving yards in a single game and one of only two in CUSA (UTEP’s Wondame Davis, Jr. – Sept. 20).
 
Offensive Lineman of the Week – Chad Staley, FIU – Sr. – LT – Tampa, Fla.
In addition to his work in the trenches, Staley hauled in a one-yard receiving touchdown, becoming the first offensive lineman to score a receiving touchdown in program history. He played an integral part on the line as FIU (6-5, 4-3 CUSA) racked up 202 rushing yards in a 27-21 upset of Jax State to clinch bowl eligibility for the first time since 2019. In 16 offensive snaps, he recorded the top PFF offensive grade of any Panther offensive lineman (79.5) and the third-highest run block grade (74.1).
 
2025 Weekly Award Winners
 
Offensive Players of the Week
A25     Maverick McIvor, WKU
S1      Maverick McIvor, WKU
S8      Cam Cook, Jax State
S15     Kejon Owens, FIU
S22     Amari Odom, Kennesaw State
S29     La’Vell Wright, WKU
O6      Maverick McIvor, WKU
O13    Cam Cook, Jax State
O20    Kejon Owens, FIU
O27    Jacob Clark, Missouri State
N3      Evan Dickens, Liberty
N10    Joe Pesansky, FIU
N17    Jacob Clark, Missouri State
N24    Amari Odom, Kennesaw State
 
Defensive Players of the Week
A25     Jaylen Lewis, WKU
S1      Mekhi Mason, LA Tech
S8      Kanye Young, Missouri State
S15     Juwon Gaston, MTSU
S22     Kolbe Fields, LA Tech
S29     Caleb Offord, Kennesaw State
O6      Naeten Mitchell, NM State
O13    Tylon Dunlap, Kennesaw State
O20    Jessiah McGrew, FIU
O27    Thomas Anderson, Missouri State
N3      Tywon Christopher, Kennesaw State
N10     Caleb Nix, Jax State
N17    Caleb Nix, Jax State
N24    Jakari Foster, LA Tech
 
Special Teams Players of the Week
A25     Cole Maynard, WKU
S1      John Hoyet Chance, LA Tech
S8      Garrison Rippa, Jax State
S15     John Hoyet Chance, LA Tech
S22     Kyre Duplessis, Delaware
S29     John Hoyet Chance, LA Tech
O6      Ryan Hawk, NM State
O13    Garrison Rippa, Jax State
O20    Julian Gray, Liberty
O27    Koron Hayward, WKU
N3      Cole Maynard, WKU
N10    Nate Reed, Delaware
N17    Christian Pavon, Sam Houston
N24    David Barker, NM State
 
Freshmen of the Week
A25     Marvis Parrish, WKU
S1      Caden Williams, Liberty
S8      Jeron Askren, Missouri State
S15     Shamir Sterlin, FIU
S22     Wondame Davis Jr., UTEP
S29     Alonzo Jackson Jr., LA Tech
O6      Marvis Parrish, WKU
O13    Deuce Bailey, Missouri State
O20    Mac Sanders, Jax State
O27    Rodney Tisdale Jr., WKU
N3      Rodney Tisdale Jr., WKU
N10    Elijah Hill, Kennesaw State
N17    Roman Gagliano, MTSU
N24    Clayton Coppock, Kennesaw State
 
Offensive Linemen of the Week
A25     Laurence Seymore, WKU
S1      Fintan Brose, Delaware
S8      Bubba Grayson, Jax State
S15     Steven Demboski, Delaware
S22     J.T. Pennington, Kennesaw State
S29     Marshall Jackson, WKU
O6      Laurence Seymore, WKU
O13    J.T. Pennington, Kennesaw State
O20    Julius Pierce, FIU
O27    JaDarious Lee, Kennesaw State
N3      Landon Nelson, LA Tech
N10    Josiah Chenault, Kennesaw State
N17    Marshall Jackson, WKU
N24    Chad Staley, FIU