CFL Names Players of the Week for Division Semifinals
November 18, 2014 - Canadian Football League (CFL) News Release
TORONTO - John White, Jerald Brown, Kendial Lawrence and Gregory Alexandre were named the Canadian Football League Players of the Week for the Division Semifinals of the 2014 Canadian Football League season.
The four players were chosen by a panel of judges including: former Canadian Football League players Matt Dunigan and Duane Forde of TSN, and Pierre Vercheval of RDS.
CFL Offensive Player of the Week
John White
RB - Edmonton Eskimos
Saskatchewan Roughriders 10 @ Edmonton Eskimos 18
Edmonton Eskimos running back John White was named the Offensive Player of the Week for the Division Semifinals. White racked up 148 yards from scrimmage on 21 touches as the Eskimos advanced past the Roughriders 18-10 at Commonwealth Stadium.
White was the Eskimos' focal point on offence with his 148 yards accounting for 64 per cent of the Eskimos' total offence.
The product of Utah carried the ball 17 times totaling 134 yards (an average of 7.1 per carry) and added a pair of receptions for 14 yards.
The Torrance, California native finished fourth in the league in rushing this season with 852 yards while averaging 6.9 yards per carry and scoring a pair of majors.
Playing in his second season in the CFL, this is White's second Player of the Week award of his career. His first came earlier this year in Week 14.
CFL Defensive Player of the Week
Jerald Brown
DB - Montreal Alouettes
BC Lions 17 @ Montreal Alouettes 50
Montreal Alouettes defensive back Jerald Brown was named the Defensive Player of the Week for the Division Semifinals. Brown collected five tackles, an interception, a knockdown, a fumble recovery and a touchdown in Montreal's convincing 50-17 win over the BC Lions.
Brown intercepted a Kevin Glenn pass on the very first play of the second quarter and returned it eight yards to the Lions' 23-yard line. In the fourth, the former standout from Glenville State collected a fumbled ball by Lions running back Stefan Logan and returned it 103 yards for the major.
The five-year veteran finished the season third on the Alouettes with 65 tackles and was tied for first on the team with four fumble recoveries.
This is Brown's first Player of the Week honour this season and his fourth overall; his last came in Week 15 of the 2013 campaign.
CFL Special Teams Player of the Week
Kendial Lawrence
KR/PR - Edmonton Eskimos
Saskatchewan Roughriders 10 @ Edmonton Eskimos 18
Edmonton Eskimos kick and punt returner Kendial Lawrence was named the Special Teams Player of the Week for the Division Semifinals. Lawrence amassed 156 combined-return yards on 10 returns, including the game-winning 84-yard punt return touchdown that propelled the Eskimos into the Western Division Final.
With just under seven minutes remaining in the second quarter, the Rowell, Texas native sent back a Josh Bartel punt for a touchdown and a 16-0 lead. This marked the second time this season that he has returned a touchdown against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Lawrence, a former Missouri Tiger, returned seven punts for 104 yards and added three kickoff returns for 52 yards.
The first year player has saved his best work for the final weeks of the season. This is Lawrence's second Special Teams Player of the Week award after receiving his first in Week 17.
CFL Canadian Player of the Week
Gregory Alexandre
DT - Edmonton Eskimos
Saskatchewan Roughriders 10 @ Edmonton Eskimos 18
Edmonton Eskimos defensive lineman Gregory Alexandre was named the Canadian Player of the Week for the Division Semifinals. Alexandre tallied a pair of sacks as Edmonton prevailed at home with an 18-10 decision to set up a Battle of Alberta for the Western crown.
The fifth-round pick in the 2011 CFL Draft wrapped up Riders quarterback Kerry Joseph for a nine-yard loss in the third quarter. Tino Sunseri suffered the same fate in the fourth as Alexandre notched his second sack of the game and sent the Riders back six yards.
This was the Montreal, Quebec native's first multi-sack game of his career.
The product of the Universite de Montreal accumulated 16 tackles and five sacks this season.
This is Alexandre's first career Player of the Week honour.
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