NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Walter Camp Football Foundation/SMU) – SMU safety Ahmaad Moses has been named the Walter Camp National FBS Defensive Player of the Week, announced the foundation on Tuesday.
Moses had an electric performance in the Mustangs' victory over No. 10 Miami. The senior registered a career-high 15 tackles, including two tackles-for-loss. Moses caught two interceptions, making it his second career game with multiple interceptions. Both of his interceptions led to touchdowns for the Mustangs in the following drive, including the takeaway in overtime to stop the Hurricanes' drive.
The safety is the sixth SMU player to be named an Offensive or Defensive Walter Camp Foundation Player of the Week. Moses is the first Mustang to earn this defensive honor since 2016, when defensive end Jarvis Pruitt nabbed the accolade.
Nationally, Moses is tied for first in total interceptions with five. The Texas native leads the conference in interceptions per game (0.56), good for fifth in FBS. Moses is a vital part of the SMU defense that is ranked first in the nation in turnovers gained (22), fourth in passes intercepted (14) and fourth in red zone defense (0.647), all conference-leading marks.
Also for his defensive play against Miami, the former Mansfield Summit standout was also selected as the Senior Bowl Stock Up Defensive Player of the Week and the ACC Defensive Back of the Week earlier on Monday.
At the start of the season, the safety was selected as the ACC Defensive Back of the Week after his performance against East Texas A&M on Sept. 2 when he caught an interception and took it 95 yards to score a touchdown. Prior to the start of the season, Moses was named to the Phil Steele Preseason All-ACC Second Team, the Athlon Sports Preseason All-ACC First Team, the Panini Senior Bowl Top 300 List and the East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 List.
About the Award: This is the 22nd year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Football Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season. It is the nation's longest running Player of Week award.
