Sturges and Durham earn KJCCC ‘Player of the Week’ honors

Grizzly football players Brock Sturges and JaQuez Durham pick up Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference 'Player of the Week' honors after their performances in the Grizzlies 33-13 win over Coffeyville Saturday night.

Brock Sturges, freshman running back from Allen, TX, earned Offensive 'Player of the Week' honors after having a huge day on the ground Saturday night rushing for 225 yards on 24 carries and two touchdowns. Sturges had two long runs of 54 and 68-yards in the first quarter to give Butler a 13-0 lead; both were the only plays of the drive for the Grizzlies. Sturges accounted for 138 of Butler's 139 total yards in the first quarter. Sturges continued to power through the Coffeyville front lines as he averaged 9.4 yards per carry in the game. After Saturday, Sturges leads the nation in rushing touchdowns with six and total rushing yards at 462. He is also second in rushing yards per game at 115.5.

JaQuez Durham, the 5-7 sophomore return specialist, earned Special Teams 'Player of the Week' honors after he breaking the game open in the third quarter against the Red Ravens Saturday night with his electrifying 72-yard punt return for a touchdown. The return would give Butler a 20-13 lead late in the third and the momentum to close out the game and win 33-13. Durham finished the night with four total punt returns with an average of 28.8 per return. "That was the play of the game – without a doubt," said Butler head coach Tim Schaffner. Durham's punt score was the first time Butler had returned a punt for a touchdown since Oct. 14, 2017.

Sturges and Durham are the second and third Grizzlies to earn this honor four weeks into the season.