FRISCO – East Texas A&M University football player Colin Douglas has been named the Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Monday morning after guiding ET to victory over Southeastern.
 
(Brookville, Md.) had a fumble recovery in the red zone in the second quarter as well as the interception in the fourth quarter, which came right after the go-ahead field goal by East Texas A&M, to go along with seven tackles. The Lion defense did not allow a point against Southeastern. 
 
This is the first career weekly honor for Douglas and second for the Lions, with Ozlo Rigby having been named the SLC Special Teams Player of the Week on October 5. 
 
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The Lions head back on the road at Nicholls on Saturday at 3 p.m. 
 
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
Oct. 12	Jojo Uga, Lamar	TJ Neal, UTRGV	Mason Stallons, Lamar
Oct. 19	Cutter Stewart, HCU	Javon Bejarano, HCU	Drew Talley, Southeastern
Oct. 26	Emmett Brown, UIW	Jaiden Haygood, UTRGV	Kylon Harris, SFA
Nov. 2	Clayton Wayland, SFA	Colin Douglas, East Texas A&M	Blake Thomas, Lamar