The Justice Hansen-led touchdown drive in the fourth quarter Wednesday night set off a celebration as Arkansas State earned its first victory of the season, 27-26 over Georgia Southern.
Five days later, ASU is trying to turn its attention to South Alabama, which visits Centennial Bank Stadium at 6 p.m. Saturday. But Hansen’s progression following his second start was still fresh on the minds of coaches.
Hansen was named Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week Monday after completing 16 of 27 passes for 182 yards with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions in the victory. The second touchdown came on a fade pass to Omar Bayless with nine seconds left that gave ASU (1-4, 1-0 Sun Belt) its first victory.