BATON ROUGE — Nicholls State’s safety duo of Kareem Moore and Ladarius Webb don’t mind sharing another honor Monday as they were both named Defensive Players of the Week in the weekly awards announced by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
LSU’s Jacob Hester, who had a career night in leading LSU back from 10 points down to allow the No. 1 team in college football to defeat Florida Saturday night in Tiger Stadium was named the Offensive Player of the Week and place kicker Cole Wilson kept his lengthy field-goal streak alive, earning Special Teams Player of the Week from the voting panel of the LSWA.
Moore and Webb, earlier in the day named the Southland Conference defensive POW, each had two interception returns for touchdowns in a 58-0 win over Northwestern State on Saturday. Moore, a senior from Okolona, Miss., and Webb, a junior from Opelika, Ala., tied the NCAA record for most interception returns in a game by combining for the four. Moore had two in the first quarter of 49 and 65-yards, while Webb’s second quarter TD pickoffs were for 42 and 72 yards. Ironically, both had 114 return yards for the game.
Hester rushed for a career-high 106 yards and scored the game-winning TD with just over a minute left in LSU’s 28-24 win over Florida. Hester, on 23 attempts, averaged 4.6 yards per carry against a Florida defense that entered the game allowing just 63 yards per contest. Down 24-21 late in the fourth quarter, LSU gave the ball to Hester twice for fourth-down conversions. Hester carried the ball eight times on LSU’s final possession, gaining 39 of his cards in the final 15 minutes.
Wilson, a senior from St. Francisville, La., hit three field goals for the Warhawks in their 30-13 victory over Arkansas State this past weekend. Wilson has now made 17-consecutive field goals, tying him for the second-longest streak in the NCAA. Wilson’s first attempt put ULM on the board after ASU scored 13 unanswered points to open the game and it was the beginning of 30 unanswered points for the Warhawks. Wilson is 6-of-6 on field goals this season.