UL senior cornerback Jarrett Jones, who had his second interception of the season in the Cajuns’ 31-23 home loss to Ohio on Saturday, was named the Sun Belt Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
Jones had a pass theft inside the Cajun red zone for the second straight week, picking off a pass at the UL 19 on Saturday to help UL hold onto a 13-10 lead at the time. His interception also set the Cajuns up for a seven-play, 81-yard drive that led to a score 1:03 before halftime.
For the second straight week, the New Orleans product led UL in tackles with seven stops including six solos.
He also had one tackle for minus yardage.
One week earlier, Jones had an interception in the end zone against South Carolina with UL trailing 14-0, and the Cajuns rallied to tie the game at 14 before halftime. He also had six tackles in that game.
Jones leads the Sun Belt in interceptions with two and is in the league’s top 15 in total tackles.
SCHEDULE: The Cajuns used Monday as its NCAA-mandated day off, after a late-night practice on Sunday. UL will return to full-contact workouts at 3:30 p.m. today.
"We did a lot of work on some execution things last night," UL coach Rickey Bustle said Monday. "We had four or five procedure penalties so we’re not doing that well enough. We have to focus better and our quarterbacks have to do a better job with the snap count.
"We worked hard on that last night. A couple of times our guys just didn’t hear it."
THAT PLAY AGAIN: Bustle only made one reference to the disputed fumble from Saturday’s final 40 seconds, one that cost UL the opportunity to score from the two-yard-line and go for a potential tying two-point conversion.
That ended a 12-play, 75-yard drive after Ohio had scored to take the eight-point lead.
"I think the character of our team showed a little there," Bustle said. "We had the chance to get down the field. That was a tough call, because we were going to give ourselves a chance to go for two.
"I’m not a big fan of this instant replay today."
