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.
South Carolina State’s William Atkins IV and the Grambling State Tigers were selected on Monday as the Stats Perform HBCU National Player and Team of the Week, respectively, for Week 9 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 9 honorees and honorable mention selections:
HBCU FCS National Player of the Week
William Atkins IV, South Carolina State, QB, Grad, 6-1, 215
The defending MEAC champion Bulldogs gained a 51-20 victory at Norfolk State in their conference opener as Atkins passed for 428 yards and four touchdowns. He completed 24-of-36 attempts with one interception, throwing for three of his TDs during a 7-minute, 1-second span in the second quarter, when coach Chennis Berry’s squad ran off 35 points.
Honorable Mention: Andrew Body, QB, Alabama State; Jamal Hailey, RB, Florida A&M; Aaron Harris, DB, North Carolina A&T; Will Hicks, DB, Hampton; Elijah Kennedy, Return/WR, North Carolina A&T; Geoffrey McKelton, DB, Alcorn State
HBCU FCS National Team of the Week
Grambling State (26-24 win over Jackson State)
Nationally ranked Jackson State has defeated 21 of its last 23 SWAC opponents, but both losses have come against coach Mickey Joseph’s Grambling squad in back-to-back seasons. A crowd of 29,655 watched at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas as Josh McCormick kicked a game-winning, 44-yard field goal with 21 seconds left. GSU quarterback C’zavian Teasett accounted for 263 yards of total offense and three touchdowns before suffering an injury late in the game.
Honorable Mention: Delaware State (35-26 win at North Carolina Central)
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