The Associated Press national player of the week in football for Week 9 of the season:

Drew Mestemaker, North Texas

The redshirt freshman passed for an American Conference-record 608 yards and four touchdowns in a 54-20 win at Charlotte on Friday. He completed 37 of 49 passes, with 16 going for 15-plus yards, as the Mean Green improved to 7-1 for the first time since 1977.

Mestemaker threw for the most yards by a Football Bowl Subdivision player since K.J. Costello passed for 623 yards for Mississippi State against LSU in 2020. The total was second-highest by a freshman or redshirt freshman in FBS history behind David Neill's 611 for Nevada against New Mexico State in 1998.

Runner-up

Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King passed for 304 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 91 yar

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