CONWAY - For the second consecutive week and third time in a six-game span, Coastal Carolina quarterback Alex Ross was selected as the Choice Hotels Big South Football Offensive Player of the Week. The league also announced Monday that Chanticleer running back Osharmar Abercrombie was named The Crons Brand Big South Football Freshman of the Week.

Playing just three quarters in a 59-34 win at Charlotte, Ross tied his own CCU single-game record with 426 yards of total offense while, for the second consecutive week, established a career high with 370 passing yards. (Note, Ross also had 426 yards of total offense Sept. 27 in a win versus Elon and he threw for a then career-best 351 yards Nov. 1 at Gardner-Webb.) Also, Coastal Carolina rolled up a school-record 690 yards of total offense - the fourth-best total in league history and just five yards shy of the league record - as the Chants set or tied seven school single-game records.

Ross was 27-of-37 passing and rushed nine times for 56 yards with two scores. He led scoring drives of 99 and 94 yards. On CCU's first drive, Ross converted two 3rd-and-long situations - one with CCU on its own one-yard line - that eventually resulted in a 7-0 lead. On Coastal's third scoring drive, he had three rushes for 27 yards, followed by 3-of-3 passing for 47 yards on Coastal's fourth scoring drive. Ross started the third quarter with completions of 11 and 20 yards before running a career-long, 41-yard touchdown. He was 6-of-6 passing for 75 yards in his final scoring drive of the day.

Over the last six games, Ross is completing 68.2 percent of his passes and averaging 299.7 passing yards per game with 12 touchdowns and one interception while averaging 354.7 yards of total offense per game. He has tallied at least 300 yard of total offense four times in the six-game span and six times this season.

In just 25 starts and 31 career games, Ross is third on the CCU career lists for passing yards (6,115), attempts (707) and completions (462). He needs just 246 yards to pass Zach MacDowall for second in the CCU career passing list and 484 to pass Tyler Thigpen for first. Ross is on pace to shatter the CCU career records for completion percentage (65.3, 2nd is 64.2) and efficiency (155.2, 2nd is 142.2).

Abercrombie had his best game as a Chanticleer, rushing 13 times for 62 yards - with no negative yards - for an average of 4.8 yards per carry. He added rushing touchdowns of one yard and four yards, which helped CCU tie a school record with seven rushing TDs in a game. In addition, six of his 13 rushes went for a first down or touchdown.

2014 Coastal Carolina Big South Weekly Honors
Sept. 1 Quinn Backus, Defensive Player of the Week
Sept. 8 De'Angelo Henderson, Offensive Player of the Week
Devin Brown, Special Teams Player of the Week
Sept. 15 De'Angelo Henderson, Offensive Player of the Week
Sept. 22 Alex Ross, Offensive Player of the Week
Sept. 29 Quinn Backus, Defensive Player of the Week
Oct. 13 Rayshaud Shields, Defensive Player of the Week
Oct. 27 John Israel, Offensive Player of the Week
Alex Catron, Special Teams Player of the Week
Nov. 3 Alex Ross, Offensive Player of the Week
Alex Catron, Special Teams Player of the Week
Nov. 10 Alex Ross, Offensive Player of the Week
Osharmar Abercrombie, Freshman of the Week