Opta Analyst’s 2025 FCS coverage includes weekly HBCU player and team of the week honors. A season-ending Stats Perform HBCU National Player of the Year will be announced on Dec. 8.
Texas Southern’s Michael Akins and the Jackson State Tigers were selected on Monday as the Stats Perform HBCU National Player and Team of the Week, respectively, for Week 5 FCS college football games this past weekend.
The weekly football honors lead up to the Stats Perform FCS National Awards Show on Jan. 3 in Nashville, Tennessee. The season-ending awards are in their 39th year.
The Week 5 honorees and honorable mention selections:
HBCU FCS National Player of the Week
Michael Akins, Texas Southern, DE, Grad, 6-2, 255
Akins was the defensive stopper in Texas Southern’s first win, 23-20 at Mississippi Valley State in the SWAC. He had eight tackles, including seven solos, and they resulted in a combined negative-3 yards as four went for loss with one sack. With his team trailing in the fourth quarter, Akins forced a fumble that a teammate recovered at the TSU 25. He then had a QB hurry on a third-down play to force the MVSU punt that led into the Tigers’ game-winning touchdown drive. He later broke up a pass on MVSU’s final possession.
Honorable Mention: Jaden Carter, DB/ST, Morgan State; JaCobian Morgan, QB, Jackson State; Christian Peters, QB, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Jacorian Sewell, RB, Alcorn State; Antone Watts, S, Bethune-Cookman
HBCU FCS National Team of the Week
Jackson State Tigers (38-13 win at Southern)
In a rematch of the 2024 SWAC championship game, coach T.C. Taylor’s Jackson State squad scored 31 consecutive points over the final 35 minutes for a seventh straight victory over rival Southern. JaCobian Morgan passed for 337 yards and two touchdowns, which went for 51 and 82 yards. Donerio Davenport scored on a pair of short runs, while Kam Sallis thwarted the Jaguars with an interception in the JSU end zone while the Tigers trailed 13-10.
Honorable Mention: Alabama State (42-14 win at Florida A&M); Prairie View A&M (28-13 win over Grambling State)
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