Your Alabama Pro Athlete of the Week is DeVonta Smith. Smith’s acrobatic one-hand touchdown catch in the corner of the end zone capped off an 87-yard day, and provided the margin of victory in Philadelphia’s win over Jacksonville.
Others of note:
Saketh Myneni won the doubles title at the ATP Challenger event in Seoul. It was his 2nd tournament after a 6+ month lay-off.
Najee Harris had 131 yards from scrimmage (114 yards rushing) in the Week 8 Monday night game. It was his 3rd straight 100-yard game.
Tua Tagovailoa was 25-for-28 for a career-best 89.3 completion percentage, and threw 2 touchdown passes.
Derrick Henry had 133 yards from scrimmage (including 106 yards rushing) and 2 touchdowns. He surpassed the 1,000 rushing yard mark for his career and scored his 101st career rushing touchdown, which is 8th most all-time.
Jalen Hurts threw for 230 yards and 2 TDs, rushed for 67 yards and another TD, and had a 132.3 QB rating. Hurts has had ratings of 119.0 or better in 4 straight weeks.
Jahmyr Gibbs had 76 yards from scrimmage, and became the first player in NFL history to average 5.0 or more yards per rushing attempt in 7 straight games.
Josh Jacobs rushed for 95 yards.
Landon Dickerson contributed to Philadelphia rushing for 237 yards on the day.
Quinnen Williams had 2 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks.
Anfernee Jenning had 5 tackles and a career-best 4 QB pressures.
Henry To’oTo’o had 4 tackles and 2 tackles for loss.
Collin Sexton had a 23 point game on 10-for-11 shooting.
Keon Ellis was Sacramento’s defensive player of the game with a 2 steal, 3 block game.
Brandon Miller had 16 points and 6 assists in his return from an injury.
Jordan Bruner had a 14 point, 13 rebound game.
Noah Gurley had an 18 rebound, 8 assist, 3 block game.
Ar’mond Davis had a 33 point, 9 rebound, 9 assist game in the opening round of the Ireland National Cup, and also had a 26 point, 8 rebound, 3 assist regular season game.
Caden Rose had 2 multi-hit games in Arizona Fall League play.
