Your Alabama Pro Athlete of the Week is Najee Harris. Harris sparked Pittsburgh’s offense with a season-high 122 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns, and become the first running back in Steeler history to reach 1,000 yards from scrimmage in each of his first three seasons.
Runner-up this week is Will Anderson. Anderson recorded 2 sacks and 6 quarterback pressures while playing limited snaps in Houston’s win over Tennessee.
Others of note:
Julio Jones had 2 touchdown receptions.
Jerome Ford had 121 yards from scrimmage (64 rushing, 57 receiving) and a receiving touchdown.
DeVonta Smith had 79 receiving yards and a touchdown in his Week 16 Monday game.
Xavier McKinney had 16 tackles over two games.
C.J. Mosley had 8 tackles, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery.
Christian Harris had 5 tackles and defended 2 passes.
Brian Branch had 4 tackles and defended 2 passes.
Marlon Humphrey had 2 defended passes and an interception in Baltimore’s Week 16 Monday game.
Collin Sexton averaged 22.7 points and 4.7 assists per game over three games for Utah.
Noah Clowney had a 25 point G League game, and also scored a career-high 14 points in an NBA game.
J.D. Davison averaged 18.0 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 9.0 assists over three games.
Brandon Miller averaged 18.5 points per game in his two games this week.
Joshua Primo scored 24 points in his only game of the week.
Ricky Tarrant had a 19 point, 9 assist game for Yalovaspor.
Tony Mitchell had a 26 point game for Libya at the Arab Basketball Championships.
Alex Reese scored 31 points in 34 minutes over the course of two games.
Tevin Mack hit a 3-pointer with 3 seconds left to give Karditsa a 2-point win.
Sam Gardner threw 2.2 scoreless innings in the Australian Baseball League, and now has 17.1 scoreless innings on the season.
