West Georgia return specialist Denarius Appling (SO, 5-8, 155, Griffin, GA) is the Gulf South Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for the period ending September 3rd.
Appling collects his second career honor after compiling 195 total return yards in UWG’s 20-10 road loss to Tusculum. The sophomore logged all five of the Wolves’ returns, fielding two punts for 98 yards (49.0 avg.) and three kickoffs for 97 yards (32.3 avg.) The Griffin, GA native gave West Georgia its lone lead of the game, 7-3, when he returned a punt 69 yards for a touchdown at the four-minute mark in the first quarter. The return was Appling’s second scoring return of his two-year career.