Gross named SBC Offensive Player of the Week
October 17, 2005 · MT Media RelationsEugene Gross was tabbed the SBC Offensive Player of the Week after rushing for 131 yards and four touchdowns against FAU. (Betsy Johns)
The junior from Statesboro, Ga., led the Blue Raiders to a 35-14 victory at Florida Atlantic Saturday by rushing a career-best 30 times for 131 yards and a personal-high four touchdowns. The four scores equaled the second-most in school history for a single-game.
Gross, who becomes the first running back at Middle Tennessee to win the Offensive Player of the Week award since ReShard Lee on Oct. 1, 2001, topped the 100-yard rushing mark for the second time this season and the fifth time during his career.
Gross enters this week's Homecoming game against Louisiana-Lafayette with a team-best 398 rushing yards with a 4.0 per carry average and six touchdowns.
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