Parry Nickerson and Tulane Football Rack Up Awards in Wake of Houston Victory

 It's been a good week in the Tulane sports world. On Saturday night, the Green Wave shocked AAC fans when they took down a strong Houston team while spoiling their Homecoming in the process.

In the wake of that victory -- and with our own Homecoming on the horizon this week -- Tulane players racked up some nice individual awards.

Leading the pack, Parry Nickerson, who responded to a near ejection by intercepting the ball on two critical fourth quarter plays, was named American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week by the AAC as well as Defensive Player Honors for the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.

Forgot one important fact. Nickerson, who is now third in the country in interceptions, is a red-shirt freshman.

Fellow freshmen Tanner Lee and Dontrell Hilliard also were named, alongside Nickerson, to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll.

The future of this team is strong, and the young guns keep bringing it.

Happy Homecoming, and Beat Memphis.