University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Athletics

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Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada – Former University of Mary Hardin-Baylor standout Jerrell Freeman has been named the Canadian Football League’s Gibson’s Finest Defensive Player of the Week for the past week. Freeman, a second-year linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, had three quarterback sacks and three tackles in the Riders 37-13 victory over the British Columbia Lions. Freeman was a four-year letterman for the Cru and won D3football.com National Defensive Player of the Year honors as a senior in 2008. He has also been a standout on special teams for the Riders this season and now has seven special team tackles, five defensive tackles and the three sacks on the season. The Riders are 5-4 on the season and have a week off before returning to action on August 28^th.