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Oct. 7, 2002
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Virginia’s Jerton Evans has been selected as an Atlantic Coast Conference football Player of the Week, ACC officials announced on Monday.
The senior safety made a season-high 12 tackles in Virginia’s win at Duke. Eight of his 12 tackles were solo stops. Evans also broke up a pass and had a tackle for loss of three yards on third down for the day.
The ACC honor is the first of his career.
Riding a four-game winning streak, Virginia (4-2, 2-1 ACC) hosts Clemson (3-2, 1-1 ACC) on Saturday, Oct. 12. Kickoff is set for Noon. The contest will be televised nationally by ESPN2.
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCEPLAYERS OF THE WEEKfor Oct. 7, 2002
Offensive Back: Darian Durant, North Carolina, QB, SophomoreOffensive Line: Tyson Clabo, Wake Forest, GuardDefensive Line: E.J. Henderson, Maryland, ILBDefensive Back: Jerton Evans, Virginia, Safety, SeniorSpecialist: Leon Washington, Florida State, TB/PR, FreshmanRookie: Josh Allen, Maryland, TB, Freshman