DALLAS — Fresh off a 49-17 victory over North Texas, UTSA has swept the Conference USA Player of the Week awards, the league office announced Tuesday. Sincere McCormick collected his fourth honor of the season on the offensive side of the ball, while Trevor Harmanson and Lucas Dean were named Defensive and Special Teams Player of the Week, respectively.
McCormick continued his record-setting ways with a career performance in the rout of North Texas on Saturday at the Alamodome. The sophomore running back broke his own school record for rushing yards in a game with 251 on 23 carries, an average of 10.9 yards per attempt. He reached the end zone twice, scoring on a 65-yard dash in the second quarter and an 18-yard run in the fourth quarter to push his single-season rushing touchdowns record tally to 11. His sixth 100-yard game of the season and the ninth of his career — both program records — helped the Roadrunners rack up a school-record 443 rushing yards and program-best 624 total yards in the home finale. His 251-yard showing is the best by any C-USA player this season and he owns five of the league's top nine rushing performances in 2020. The Converse Judson High School product also moved back into the FBS rushing yardage lead, as he increased his school-record total to 1,345 yards, while his 2,328 career yards are just shy of the UTSA standard of 2,393.
Harmanson paced a stout UTSA defense in last Saturday's convincing win over the Mean Green. The junior linebacker registered nine tackles, including four solo stops, as well as two quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and a pass breakup. The Dickinson, Texas, native had a pair of tackles and both QB pressures on one drive during the opening period, while his forced fumble and PBU both came in the third quarter. Harmanson's performance helped key a unit that held North Texas to just 17 points, 20 points below its average entering the contest. On the season, he has posted 68 tackles, including nine for loss, which is tied for fourth in C-USA.
Dean continued his stellar sophomore season by averaging 46.7 yards on three punts in the triumph over North Texas. The Australian pinned the Mean Green inside their 20-yard line twice, once on 48-yarder that was returned to the 16 and again on 40-yard kick that was fair caught at the 16, while his other punt went 52 yards for a touchback. Dean leads C-USA and ranks seventh in the FBS with a 46.3 punting average this season. Of his 55 punts, 27 have ended up inside the 20, 21 have sailed 50-plus yards and 10 have resulted in fair catches.
UTSA now has collected 11 C-USA weekly awards this fall, seven more than the program's previous standard for most in a single season of four in 2014. The Roadrunners' sweep of all three awards marked the second time that has happened this season, joining Louisiana Tech on Nov. 2.
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