FOREST, Va. --- Washington and Lee University cornerback Marcus Canton has been named to the D3football.com Team of the Week, as announced by the national outlet on Tuesday. Canton was named the first ODAC Defensive Player of the Week on Sunday.

Canton is the 17th player in Generals' program history to earn a Team of the Week selection. He extends WLU's streak to four straight seasons with at least one honoree joining Hunter Hawk (2023, Week 10), Jalen Todd (2024, Week 7), and current teammate Ryan Clemens (2025, Week 10).

Canton, a junior from Tarrytown, N.Y., helped Washington and Lee's defense limit Wittenberg University to just seven points in the Generals' 13-7 victory in overtime on Saturday in Lexington. Canton registered 12 tackles including five solo and 1.0 for a loss that cost the Tigers' offense five yards. That TFL gave WLU's offense a chance to put points on the board at the end of the first half as he not only stopped WU's receiver for a loss of five yards, but he jarred the ball loose which Parker Maynard recovered with 25-seconds on the clock. Canton also made a stop (with Brennan Stout) on WU's first down play in overtime, limiting the Tigers to two yards. Ultimately, WU was forced to kick a field, which it missed to end their lone OT possession and set up WLU's game-winning drive. Canton's tackle figures – overall, solo, assisted (7) – are new career-highs, far surpassing his previous personal-bests (2 in each category) from last season.