First-Ever ACC Players of the Week – Stanford Cardinal

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Stanford football has earned its first two ACC Players of the Week, as announced by the conference on Monday morning. Outside linebacker David Bailey has been named the conference’s Linebacker of the Week, and kicker Emmet Kenney has been named the Specialist of the Week.

For Bailey, this is the second time in his career that he takes home a conference Player of the Week award (Pac-12 Week 1, 2023). Bailey was a game-wrecker in the first half against Syracuse, putting up his second-career multi-sack game. He also forced a fumble and recorded five total pressures. Stanford’s defense compiled four sacks in the first half and held Syracuse to -13 rushing yards to that point.

Kenney went 4-4 on field goals, including a career-long 51-yard field goal in the first half and the game-winning 39-yard field goal as time expired. In his first season as Stanford’s starting place kicker, Kenney is a perfect 8-8 on field goals and has yet to miss an extra point. His eight makes are the second most in the country by a kicker who has not yet missed a field goal.

With multiple players of the week, Stanford accomplishes this feat for the first time since Oct. 17, 2022 (Jonathan McGill, Joshua Karty).

Stanford returns to the road this weekend to face No. 17 Clemson on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 4:00 pm PT on ESPN. Both Stanford and Clemson are coming off of ACC wins this past week, as Clemson downed NC State in its conference opener.