Jeffery Jones Earns Second Consecutive Player Of The Week Award

Colorado Springs, Colorado - For the second time in as many weeks, New Mexico Highlands University running back Jeffery Jones has been named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's Football Offensive Player of the Week.

In the Cowboys' 69-55 win over Western New Mexico on Saturday night, Jones exploded for 385 yards on just 24 carries (16.0 yards per carry). He scored on touchdown runs of 27 yards, four yards, 80 yards, and 52 yards, with the final run coming with 1:45 left in the game to seal the NMHU win.

The 385 yards by Jones is a new NCAA Division II freshman single game rushing record as he broke the record previously held by Garrion Corbin of Tiffen University against Quincy on November 16, 2002.

Through two games this season Jones has 608 yards on 43 rushes (14.1 per carry) and seven touchdowns.

New Mexico Highlands is 2-0 for the first time since 2018 after sweeping both Eastern and Western New Mexico in the same season for the first time since 2012.

The Cowboys are off this Saturday and will return to action on September 20th when they welcome South Dakota Mines to Las Vegas for a 1:00 pm game.