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Tulsa’s Redford Jones Named The American Special Teams Player of the Week

University of Tulsa placekicker Redford Jones was selected as the American Athletic Conference's Special Teams Player of the Week, it was announced today by the conference office.

Jones, a 5'10" junior from Norman North High School in Norman, Okla., scored 10 points, including two crucial fourth-quarter field goals, in Tulsa's 40-37 overtime win against Cincinnati as the Golden Hurricane overcame a 10-point deficit in the final 15 minutes.

Jones hit a 24-yard field goal early in the fourth period to bring Tulsa within seven, and he hit a 22-yard field goal as time expired in regulation to force overtime.