GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Furman quarterback
Hamp Sisson has been named Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week, the league announced today.
Sisson, a redshirt sophomore from Birmingham, Ala., who sports a 4.00 GPA in health and exercise science, passed for 277 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for another score in Furman's 44-37 overtime win over Samford on Saturday. Â
He helped rally Furman from a 24-7 deficit, throwing two fourth quarter touchdown passes, including a 73-yard scoring strike to tight end
Ryan Miller with 2:39 remaining, to force overtime. Â His other scoring toss covered 10 yards. Â Sisson opened the scoring for Furman with a four-yard run in the first quarter.
The comeback win was Furman's largest in Paladin Stadium history, which spans 236 games beginning in 1981.
In his first full season as Furman's starting quarterback, Sisson has passed for 716 yards and eight touchdowns thru three games.
The Paladins (2-1, 2-1 SoCon), ranked 15th in this week's StatsPerform FCS Top 25 Poll, play at ETSU this Saturday in a 1:00 p.m. ESPN+ live streamed contest.
