CANTON, Ga. — The Southern Athletic Association weekly accolades continue to roll in for the Millsaps football team as freshman defensive back
Peyton Depolitte was voted the SAA Football Defensive Athlete of the Week on Monday. Depolitte secured the honor after a league-wide Sports Information Directors' vote and was announced by the SAA office.
Depolitte provided the game-clinching interception in a 27-24 victory over Southwestern on Saturday. Depolitte intercepted the pass at the Millsaps 20-yard line and returned it seven yards, sliding down at the 27-yard line with only 13 seconds remaining in the game. The Pirates reached Millsaps territory and were looking to make field-goal range, but were stopped by Depolitte. He also added five tackles at Harper Davis Field in Jackson, Miss.
The Meterie, La., product becomes the seventh Major to be recognized with an SAA weekly accolade this season. Senior defensive back
Luke Bridges represented the defense on Oct. 20, while freshman quarterback
Grant Bizjack has secured three honors offensively (Sept. 22, Oct. 6, Oct. 20). Sophomore
Connor Babin was also the SAA Special Teams Athlete of the Week on Sept. 15 and Oct. 13.
Millsaps will next travel No. 17 NPI ranked Trinity University on Saturday, Nov. 8, at 1 p.m. in San Antonio, Texas. Live video and live stats will begin at gomajors.com.
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Founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 1890, Millsaps College is a national liberal arts college dedicated to academic excellence, open inquiry and free expression, the exploration of faith to inform vocation and the innovative shaping of the social, economic and cultural progress of our region. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The John Templeton Foundation, and The Fiske Guide to Colleges.
