@BIgSouthSports Conference announces football player of the week 10.12.15 @bigsouthfb

Release from the Big South Conference:

Gardner-Webb quarterback Tyrell Maxwell (Cordova, S.C.) has been named the Choice Hotels Big South Football Offensive Player of the Week, while Runnin’ Bulldogs linebacker Chad Geter (Irmo, S.C.) has been selected as the Defensive Player of the Week for games played the sixth week of the regular season.  Coastal Carolina placekicker Ryan Granger (North Charleston, S.C.) is the Special Teams Player of the Week and Charleston Southern linebacker Solomon Brown (Central, S.C.) is The Crons Brand Freshman of the Week.

Maxwell dashed for a career-high 173 yards and three touchdowns on 21 carries, and passed for 105 yards and another score, in leading Gardner-Webb to a 34-20 win over No. 15/15 Liberty.  Maxwell’s rushing yards broke GWU’s single-game total by a quarterback and is the second-highest output by a quarterback in Big South history.  He scored on runs of 45, one and five yards, and accounted for 16 of Gardner-Webb’s 17 first downs against the Flames (10 rushing, six passing).

Geter tallied a team-high 10 tackles (seven solo, three assisted) with two tackles-for-loss and one sack in Gardner-Webb’s victory over Liberty.  Midway through the third quarter, Geter made an open field tackle on 3rd-and-11 that forced a long field goal attempt that missed.  In the fourth quarter, his four-yard TFL on second down eventually kept the Flames off the scoreboard.  He then had a critical seven-yard sack in the fourth quarter on Liberty’s final drive, and with LU out of timeouts, eliminated any chances at a rally.

Granger accounted for 16 of Coastal Carolina’s 24 points in a seven-point victory over Presbyterian College.  With PC ahead, 3-0, the Chanticleers faked a field goal and Granger took an option pitch and ran just inside the pylon for a four-yard touchdown.  Following that score, he hit field goals of 38 and 47 yards (season-long) to give the Chants a 12-3 halftime lead.  Granger’s 22-yard field goal gave CCU a 17-10 advantage and his lone PAT followed Coastal’s final touchdown of the day.

Brown recorded a team-high seven total tackles (five solo, two assisted) in CSU’s 37-7 win over Monmouth.  He also added two tackles-for-loss of seven yards plus one quarterback hurry.  He helped the Bucs hold MU to 1-of-13 on third down attempts and 115 offensive yards.