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Alabama Pro Athlete of the Week – Wilson Furr and Kristen Gillman (October 9, 2023)

Your Alabama Pro Athletes of the Week are Wilson Furr and Kristen Gillman. Both golfers went into their respective tour championships outside of the cut lines for securing PGA/LPGA tour cards, and both posted Top 10 finishes to secure tour promotions. Furr, with a T-6th finish at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, moved from 32nd to 24th in the final tour standings and secured a PGA Tour card. Gillman finished birdie-eagle at the Epson Tour Championship to finish T-4th, which moved her from 13th to 10th in the final standings.

Others of note:

Calvin Ridley had 122 yards receiving and 136 total yards from scrimmage, and gained first downs on 8 of his 9 touches.

Tua Tagovailoa threw for 308 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Jalen Hurts threw for 303 yards and a touchdown, and rushed for a season-high 72 yards and another touchdown.

CJ Mosley had 13 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and a pass defended.

Henry To’oTo’o had 12 tackles.

Will Anderson had 6 tackles, and a tackle for loss.

Minkah Fitzpatrick had 9 tackles.

Cheyenne Knight shot a final round 63 to finish 6th at The Ascendant LPGA.

Merel Van Dongen scored a goal in Atlético de Madrid’s win.

Krystal Rivers had 27 points in Stuttgart’s 5-set season-opening win.

Peyton Wilson had a .375 batting average and a .474 on-base percentage in his first week in the Arizona Fall League.

Jordan Lewis had 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists in her professional debut in Greece.

Jasmine Walker had 18 points, 4 assists, and 3 steals.

Oceana Hamilton had 22 points and 10 rebounds in her debut in Poland.

Jimmie Taylor averaged 15.5 points and 11.0 rebounds in Anorthosis’ Europe Cup qualifiers.

Donta Hall had 16 points and was 6-for-6 from the field in a game for Monaco.

James Rojas averaged 35.5 points for Ferro Carril in Uruguay.

Tony Mitchell averaged 18.3 points per game for Beirut Club at the Arab Club Championships.

Ricky Tarrant had a 19 point, 6 assist game.

Trevor Lacey had a 16 point game.

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