Temple logs WePlayed Sports SAC Player of the Week
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman senior linebacker Cruz Temple has been named the WePlayed Sports South Atlantic Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday afternoon.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman senior linebacker Cruz Temple has been named the WePlayed Sports South Atlantic Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday afternoon.
Temple joins Zane Whitson as Eagles to be honored with weekly laurels from the league this season. He is C-N's first defensive player to win the honor this season and the program's first defensive player of the week since Mekhi Brown was recognized in back-to-back weeks of his freshman season in 2023 on October 2 and 9.
The Abbeville, S.C.-native tallied nine tackles, a tackle for loss and three quarterback hurries in Carson-Newman's 28-6 win at Anderson Saturday.
C-N limited AU to 270 yards of offense in the game. While Temple did not register a sack, he was part of an overwhelming presence in the backfield that did sack AU QB Tyler Wesley four times and pressured him with 15 quarterback hurries.
The 15 QB hurries are the most by C-N defensively in the last 14 years. AU was 3-for-10 on third downs and 0-for-3 on third downs in the contest.
Temple has started all six games for C-N at linebacker. The Eagles have the SAC's top scoring defense.
Temple and the rest of the Eagles will be in action Saturday at 3 p.m. on the banks of Mossy Creek for Homecoming against UVA Wise. Coverage on the Eagle Sports Network begins at 2 p.m. with the AEC Countdown to Tipoff on Joy 620 (WRJZ-AM, Knoxville), MIX 105.5 (WSEV-FM, Sevierville) and online at cneagles.com/live. A video stream is available with a subscription to FloCollege at cneagles.com/FloFB. Fans can go in the booth with the ESN as well with a live stream of the radio crew on YouTube.
