MEMPHIS, Tenn. – After setting the freshman single game rushing record and posting his third consecutive 100-yard rushing game of the season, redshirt freshman running back Kenneth Gainwell was named to the American Athletic Conference's weekly honor roll, Monday.
Gainwell leads the American Athletic Conference with 124.0 yards per game rushing and with 151.8 all-purpose yards a contest. The Yazoo City, Mississippi, native rushed for 209 yards on 14 carries in a 52-33 win at UL Monroe Saturday to help Memphis to a 5-0 record. Gainwell tallied a pair of rushing touchdowns in the win, giving him six through five games this season, not counting a receiving touchdown against Southern in game two.