PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly football honors for Week 8 of the college football season.


 
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Trey Quinn • Jr. • WR • SMU • Lake Charles, La.
Quinn became the first player in this century to register at least 15 receptions in three consecutive games as he had 17 catches for a career-high 186 yards in SMU’s 31-28 win at Cincinnati. Quinn’s 17th catch against the Bearcats was a 28-yard reception in overtime on fourth-and-22 to set up the deciding field goal, and he had three receptions for first downs on a fourth-quarter drive that put the Mustangs ahead 28-20. Quinn, who accounted for 11 of SMU’s 26 first downs for the game, enters this week as the national leader in receptions (10.1 per game) and is fifth nationally in receiving yards (110.4 ypg).


 
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
TJ Carter • Fr. • DB • Memphis • Nashville, Tenn.
Carter had a game- and career-high 14 tackles to go with an interception and a forced fumble to lead Memphis to a 42-38 win against Houston, putting the Tigers in first place in The American’s West Division. Carter forced turnovers on Houston’s last two drives with a forced fumble near midfield and a game-clinching interception at the Memphis 34.


 
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Jake Verity • So. • K • ECU • Bremen, Ga.
Verity kicked four field goals, tying ECU’s single-game record, and was perfect on three PATs to account for a career-high 15 points in a 33-17 win against BYU. Verity helped ECU build a 19-10 lead through three quarters with field goals of 42, 42, 32 and 33 yards.
 


HONOR ROLL
Adrian Killins Jr. • So. • RB • UCF • Daytona Beach, Fla.
Rushed for 122 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries in a 31-21 win at Navy.
 
Bryant Shirreffs • Sr. • QB • UConn • Jefferson, Ga.
Completed 23 of 29 passes for 372 yards and a touchdown in a 20-14 win against Tulsa.
 
Riley Ferguson • Sr. • QB • Memphis • Matthews, N.C.
Completed 33 of 53 passes for a school-record 471 yards and a touchdown in a 42-38 win at Houston.
 
Darius Tice • Sr. • RB • USF • Miami, Fla.
Rushed for 141 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries in a 34-28 win at Tulane.

Shamari Brooks • Fr. • RB • Tulsa • Tulsa, Okla.
Rushed for 164 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns on 31 carries in a 20-14 loss at UConn in his first career start.