Troup entered the AJC rankings this week for the first time this season. Troup has not been ranked this late in a season since 2011. Troup's best player that season is now a finalist for the Butkus Award at Alabama, where he is the team's leading tackler and main signal-caller on defense. Who is he? (Answer Friday)

Answer to Wednesday's question: J.T. Jones, the defensive player of the week in the Mid-American Conference, played high school football at Miller Grove, where he was a four-year letterman.

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Laurence Walker, a volunteer with the Cajun Navy Relief, left, takes two volunteers out on his boat on Lake Oconee to search for Gary Jones, Tuesday, February, 18, 2025, in Eatonton, Ga. The Putnam County sheriff is investigating and searching after Spelman College instructor Joycelyn Nicole Wilson and an Atlanta private school coach Gary Jones went missing on Lake Oconee over a week ago, Saturday Feb. 8th. The body of Wilson was found Sunday, Feb. 9th and Jones has not been found. (Jason Getz / AJC)

Credit: Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com