Southern’s Herman Brister III Earns Aeneas Williams Award HBCU Defensive Back of the Week Honors

BATON ROUGE, LA — Southern University junior safety Herman Brister III delivered one of the most impactful defensive performances of Week 6, earning national recognition as the Aeneas Williams Award HBCU Defensive Back of the Week and Southwestern Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week following the Jaguars’ 28-14 victory over Prairie View A&M. Brister, a team captain and key leader in Southern’s secondary, helped power a defensive effort that featured four forced turnovers and limited the Panthers to just 179 passing yards. His ability to disrupt Prairie View A&M’s passing attack proved instrumental in securing an important conference victory…