The Sun Belt Conference said Wednesday that Arkansas State University senior defensive end Ja'Von Rolland-Jones is the conference's Player of the Year and redshirt junior quarterback Justice Hansen is its Offensive Player of the Year.
Rolland-Jones is the third player to win the Sun Belt's Player of the Year in consecutive seasons, and he is the first since ASU quarterback Ryan Aplin won the award in both the 2011 and 2012 seasons.
Rolland-Jones finished the regular season ranked second in the nation with 1.18 sacks per game, and his 43.5 sacks are one shy of the all-time NCAA Football Subdivision career sack record held by Arizona State's Terrell Suggs.