MEMPHIS – Redshirt sophomore Tony Pollard was named the American Athletic Conference's Special Teams Player of the Week by the league office, Monday. Teammates Curtis Akins and Darrell Henderson were also named to the weekly honor roll for their work in Memphis' 37-29 win over Louisiana Monroe.
Pollard, the defending special teams player of the year for the conference, now leads the country with a 72.0 yard per return average. To open the second half of the ULM game, Pollard took the opening kickoff 99 yards for his third career kickoff return touchdown.