FRISCO – East Texas A&M University football player Ozlo Rigby has been named the Southland Conference Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday morning after guiding the Lions to victory on homecoming weekend.
 
Rigby (Panama City, Fla.) has been named a player of the week for the first time in his Lion career and is the first East Texas A&M honoree this season.
 
He sailed a 51-yard game-winning field goal right through the uprights last Saturday to give the Lions a 20-17 win over UTRGV. He was 2 for 2 in field goal attempts in the game, also drilling a kick from 36 yards earlier in the second half and went 2 for 2 in point-after attempts, accounting for eight points in the game.
 
The game-winning kick made by Rigby is tied for the fifth-longest field goal made in program history as well as being tied for the 13^th longest in the FCS this year.
 
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Following the bye week, the Lions return to action on October 17 at HCU.
 
2026 SOUTHLAND FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Date	Offensive	Defensive	Special Teams
Aug. 31	Cutter Stewart, HCU	Jayven Anderson, HCU	Lukasz Smolen, HCU
Sept. 7	Devin Lippold, McNeese	Lowote Jurkin, SFA	Carlos Alvarado, SFA
Sept. 14	Jackson Dufrene, Nicholls	Kennon Loftin, Nicholls	Andres Sandoval, Lamar
Sept. 21	Aiden Jakobsohn, UTRGV	Jaiden Haygood, UTRGV	Dkhai Joseph, Southeastern
Sept. 28	Chad Elzy Jr., Southeastern	Landon Barrett, McNeese	Caleb Holmes, Lamar
Oct. 5	Gavin Rutherford, SFA	Mike Sylvalie, HCU	Ozlo Rigby, East Texas A&M