CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Big South Conference announced its Football Players of the Week on Monday afternoon and Hampton earned two awards after its 41-20 win over Howard in the Chicago Football Classic.
Deondre Francois took the Offensive Player of the Week award, while redshirt freshman Darran Butts won the Freshman of the Week honor.
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Francois was the Chicago Football Classic Offensive MVP with four touchdown passes in Hampton’s 41-20 win over Howard at Soldier Field. He threw for 217 yards, including scoring passes of 70, 68 and a pair of five-yard connections, and finished the day with a 212.14 pass efficiency clip. On the season, Francois leads the Big South in touchdown passes with seven.
Butts amassed 199 all-purpose yards on just five touches in Hampton’s win over Howard. He recorded his first collegiate receiving touchdown on a 70-yard connection that gave Hampton its first score of the day and a 7-3 lead. Late in the first half, he nearly returned a kickoff for a touchdown as he went 90 yards before being knocked out of bounds at the five. The Pirates scored on the next play on a five-yard pass from Francois to Jadakis Bonds.
Hampton returns to action this Saturday facing Liberty in Lynchburg starting at 6 pm.
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