BRENTWOOD, Tenn. - Eastern Illinois sophomore punter Scott Weatherford has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Special Teams Player of the Week. The Terre Haute, Ind., native averaged 44.8 yards per punt for the Panthers on six punt attempts during Saturday night's 31-20 loss to Tennessee Tech. Weatherford was able to pin two of the punts inside the 20-yard line as EIU special teams limited TTU to only 8 yards per punt return. He had a long punt of 60 yards on the night.

For the season Weatherford is averaging 41 yards per punt to rank 28th in the nation in punting. He has pinned four of 14 punts inside the 20-yard line this year.