COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Golden Eagles John Arnold, Austin Tallant, Trey Thompson, and Ladarius Vanlier have each received a weekly FCS honor from USA Football for their part in Tennessee Tech's 30-27 victory last Saturday night over Murray State. The four will be in action again Thursday night at UT Martin.

Vanlier was named the Special Teams Player of the Week, while Arnold was named Special Teams Rookie of the Week. Rookie of the Week honors were given to Thompson, while Tallant received honorable mention Defensive Player of the Week.

Vanlier had a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and accounted for 185 all-purpose yards. Arnold was 3-for-3 on field goal attempts, including a 41-yarder with nine seconds remaining to send the game to overtime, then won the contest in the extra session with a 20-yard field goal. Thompson had a game-high and career-best 15 total tackles, and Tallant had 13 tackles, 1.5 quarterbacks, and forced a fumble deep in Tech territory that halted a Murray State threat.

Tech hopes to continue its winning ways Thursday night with a 6:30 p.m. contest at UT Martin. The game can be heard on the Golden Eagle Sports Network with Roger Ealey, Buddy Pearson and Dylan Vazanno providing the call on 98.5 Kiss FM.