(BOWLING GREEN, Ky.) – The Mid-South Conference announced their football players of the week Monday afternoon. For the first time in his Saints career, redshirt sophomore quarterback
Blaine Espinosa was named the Offensive Player of the Week.
Espinosa, who is from Cookeville, Tennessee, had a huge game Saturday afternoon against University of the Cumberlands in Thomas More's final game of the season. He went 22-31 through the air for 254 yards and five touchdowns, three of them going to
Roques Dowdy.
Espinosa tied the program record with his five-touchdown performance and is the first one since Justin Post on Aug. 31, 2019, to throw five touchdowns in a single game. He becomes just the third player in program history to accomplish the feat.
Espinosa also ran for 23 yards on eight attempts and added a touchdown on the ground in the 43-10 victory. He finishes the season with a career-high 1,839 passing yards, 14 passing touchdowns, 223 rushing yards, and seven rushing touchdowns.
