BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Following a trifecta sack performance versus Guilford on Nov. 7 and an ODAC defensive player of the week award, Averett University football senior defensive lineman Chavis Martin earned a spot on the D3football.com Team of the Week on Tuesday.

Martin, hailing from Martinsville, Virginia, notched four solo tackles, with the aforementioned three sacks in the Cougars' 21-14 win over rival Guilford last Saturday. Martin's performance leaped him into top billings for the team in sacks on the season, with five.

On the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) leaderboards, Martin's five sacks are second, only trailing Guilford's Simeon Reid with six. If zooming in closer to conference-only contests, the four quarterback takedowns that Martin has is tied on top with Bridgewater's Jayden Booth.

Martin joins teammate Jeremiah Marks for Averett players to be named to the team of the week this season, and is the first Cougar defensive lineman to earn that laurel since Jahlin Russell in Week 10 of 2023.

Martin brings the program's D3football.com weekly team selection to 41 all-time, dating back to 2003.

This week's D3football.com team of the week list can be viewed here.