{
  "id": 18301062,
  "title": "Sanford's McCollum earns SoCon honor after game-winning kick",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/sanfords-mccollum-earns-socon-honor-after-game-winning-kick",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-05T12:02:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/sanfords-mccollum-earns-socon-honor-120200309.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Bryan McCollum, a sophomore placekicker for Western Carolina, was named the Southern Conference Special Teams Player of the Week after kicking the game-winning 36-yard field goal in a dramatic 27-26 victory over Furman on Saturday. The kick capped a nine-play, 58-yard drive engineered by quarterback Lex Thomas, and McCollum's performance earned him his second conference weekly honor of the season and the third of his collegiate career. With a 93.3% success rate nationally among FCS kickers with at least 10 field goal attempts, McCollum has emerged as one of the most accurate kickers in the country this season.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}