FOREST, Va. --- Two of the ODAC's three Player of the Week from Week 3 have earned extra recognition. Averett University cornerback Jeremiah Marks and Hampden-Sydney College running back Terry Hicks were selected to the D3football.com Team of the Week.

Marks and Hicks join Washington and Lee University cornerback Macus Canton from Week 1 as ODAC honorees on the weekly national awards list. Marks is the 29th Cougar to receive this honor, while Hicks is the 36th Tiger to collect team of the week laurels.

Marks, a junior from Norfolk, Va., became the first player in Averett football program history to intercept three passes in the Cougars 55-19 win over former ODAC member Gallaudet University on Saturday in Danville. Marks, who also made three tackles (2 solo), is the first ODAC player to pick off three passes since former Randolph-Macon standout Brandon Evans achieved the feat in the Yellow Jackets' 46-0 shutout of Ithaca College in the second round of the 2023 NCAA Division III Football Championship. Marks picked off his first pass in the opening quarter to set up the Cougars' second touchdown. He hauled in a pass off the intended receiver's hands at the GU 41-yard line and returned it 24 yards to the Bison 17. AU made it 14-0 two plays later. Marks' second takeaway was nearly the longest play of the game. Just before halftime, Marks corralled a pass just over the intended receiver at the AU 18-yard line. He weaved the far sideline 82-yards to paydirt, but a block in the back penalty wiped the touchdown off the board. Marks registered his third interception with 11:18 to go in the fourth quarter. With the Bison threatening on the AU 6-yard line, the Cougars' pass rush hit the GU quarterback as he was throwing for the end zone. Marks elevated and pulled in the floating ball with one-hand while going to the ground at the 2-yard line. For the season, Marks has registered 13 tackles (7 solo) with Saturday's three interceptions in addition to three pass breakups.

Terry Hicks, senior from Clayton, N.C., was the high-revving engine behind Hampden-Sydney's offense on Saturday as he ran for the third-most yards in ODAC history to help the Tigers post a 43-41 come-from-behind victory at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. Hicks carried the ball a career-high 36 times for 317 yards as only the fourth player in conference history to crack 300 yards on the ground. His effort on Saturday marks the most rushing yards in Division III this season. Hicks' 317-yard output ranks behind former Emory & Henry College (now University) standout Grayson Overstreet's 324 yard league record against Ferrum College in 2019 and the 321 yards posted by former Shenandoah University star Cedrick Delaney against E&H in 2014. The remaining ODAC back to eclipse 300 yards rushing was former E&H ball-carrier Oliver Jordan, who posted 310 yards against Greensboro College in 1998. Hicks was far from just a grinder against UNE as he averaged 8.8 yards per carry with 12 rushes covering 10 or more yards powered by a trio of 30-plus yard efforts. He found the end zone for the first time this season, scoring from seven yards out to extend H-SC's lead to 22-14 late in the second quarter. For the season, the 2025 ODAC rushing yards leader is again atop the league list with 528 yards on 75 carries through the first three games. He is averaging 176.0 yards per game.