Box Score New Orleans – Texas State freshman kicker Marcus Ripley has been selected as the Sun Belt Conference Special Teams Player of the Week.
Ripley played a key role in helping Texas State win its season-opening game at Ohio 56-54 in triple overtime last Saturday.
Playing in his first collegiate game and attempting the first field goal of his career, Ripley kicked a 27-yard field goal to tie the score at 38-38 at the end of regulation and send the game into overtime. Then, he kicked a second field goal from 37-yards in the first overtime.