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Marshall’s Hodge Named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week
10/14/2019 6:41:00 PM | Football
Thundering Herd defensive end has monster game on Saturday
IRVING, Tx. – Marshall defensive end Darius Hodge was named Conference USA's Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
Hodge tied a school record with 4.5 sacks to go with his seven tackles in Marshall's 31-17 home win over Old Dominion on Saturday. The 26 yards lost on those sacks tied for third-most in school history. The Thundering Herd racked up a season-high eight sacks as a team, tied for the second-most in school annals. Hodge's 4.5 sacks tied a school record set by Cecil Fletcher on Sept. 13, 1986 at Ohio. The Wake Forest, North Carolina, native also tied two others for the third-most sacks in Conference USA history, equaling the 4.5 sacks by Louisiana Tech's Houston Bates against Illinois in 2014, and FAU's Martin Wright against FIU in 2013. Hodge's sack total is also the most by a Marshall player in Joan C. Edwards Stadium history.
The Thundering Herd (3-3, 1-1 Conference USA) travels to Florida Atlantic (4-2, 2-0) for a 6:30 p.m. ET kickoff on Friday that will be carried by CBS Sports Network.
Hodge tied a school record with 4.5 sacks to go with his seven tackles in Marshall's 31-17 home win over Old Dominion on Saturday. The 26 yards lost on those sacks tied for third-most in school history. The Thundering Herd racked up a season-high eight sacks as a team, tied for the second-most in school annals. Hodge's 4.5 sacks tied a school record set by Cecil Fletcher on Sept. 13, 1986 at Ohio. The Wake Forest, North Carolina, native also tied two others for the third-most sacks in Conference USA history, equaling the 4.5 sacks by Louisiana Tech's Houston Bates against Illinois in 2014, and FAU's Martin Wright against FIU in 2013. Hodge's sack total is also the most by a Marshall player in Joan C. Edwards Stadium history.
The Thundering Herd (3-3, 1-1 Conference USA) travels to Florida Atlantic (4-2, 2-0) for a 6:30 p.m. ET kickoff on Friday that will be carried by CBS Sports Network.
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