Wyoming Cowboys in the NFL: Week 5

LARAMIE -- Being named your team's player of the game is a small consolation prize considering the Saints camp up short on the scoreboard Sunday inside the Superdome.

Carl Granderson, one week removed from watching from the sideline with an ankle injury, registered two sacks of former Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray on 25 pass-rush opportunities in that 23-13 home loss to the Vikings. He also tallied five total tackles, including two solo stops.

The 6-foot-5, 261-pound edge rusher now has 2.5 sacks on the season, playing opposite of Chase Young, the No. 2 overall selection in the 2020 NFL Draft. Granderson, who played in Laramie from 2015-18, went undrafted the year prior.

The Sacramento, Calif., native now has 16 tackles and 4.5 for loss this fall. He has also blocked a field goal.

Granderson racked up 17.5 sacks and 35.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage during his days in the Brown and Gold. He also picked off a pass against Hawaii during his senior season and returned it 61 yards for a touchdown. That wasn't his only trip to the end zone that fall, either. He scooped up a a fumble in the fourth quarter of the 2018 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl and rumbled 58 yards for the score in a 37-14 rout of Central Michigan.

Below is a list of all the former Wyoming Cowboys and how they did in Week 4:

QB - Josh Allen (Buffalo Bills)
In Buffalo’s 37-34 win at the Los Angeles Rams Monday night, Josh Allen was 12-for-19 for 210 yards with one touchdown and one interception. On the ground, he ran the ball 10 times for 121 yards with an additional score. For the season, Allen is 94-for-141 for 1,247 with seven touchdowns and four picks. He’s carried it 43 times for 239 yards with eight scores for the 4-1 Bills.

TE - Treyton Welch (New Orleans Saints)
Welch played sparingly in the Saints’ 23-13 loss to Minnesota on Sunday. He participated in nine snaps, all on special teams. For the season, Welch has played 56 snaps, 22 on offense and 34 on special teams for the 1-4 Saints. New Orleans travels to the New York Giants in Week 6.

S - Marcus Epps (Philadelphia Eagles)
Epps was inactive for the second consecutive week in the Eagles’ 19-17 loss to Jacksonville on Sunday in London. For the season, Epps has registered 14 tackles for the 2-3 Eagles. Philadelphia hosts Carolina in Week 6.

S - Andrew Wingard (Arizona Cardinals)
Wingard was inactive in the Cardinals’ 45-21 loss to Detroit on Sunday. For the season, Wingard has logged 23 tackles, three tackles for loss, one pass defended, one interception and one forced fumble for the 1-4 Cardinals. Arizona travels to the Los Angeles Rams in Week 6.

DE - Sabastian Harsh (Houston Texans)
Edge rusher Sabastian Harsh was on the inactive list during Houston's 26-3 victory Sunday in Tennessee. The former Poke has seven tackles and half-a-sack under his belt so far during his rookie campaign.

OL - Emmanuel Pregnon (Jacksonville Jaguars)
The 6-foot-4, 314-pound offensive guard allowed two quarterback pressures, including a hit, on 46 pass-blocking opportunities in a 19-17 victory over Philadelphia Sunday in London. Pregnon was also penalized three times in the win.

OL - Frank Crum (Denver Broncos)
Crum has begun the season in Denver on the injured reserve list. The Broncos won at the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, 23-17, to improve to 3-2 on the season.
Denver hosts Seattle on Thursday Night Football.

Caden Barnett (Chicago Bears), Isaiah Neyor (Green Bay Packers) and Evan Svoboda (Los Angeles Chargers) are both on their respective team’s practice squads. John Michael Gyllenborg (Kansas City Chiefs) suffered a season-ending injury in fall camp and Solomon Byrd (Houston Texans) is also on injured reserve.

* A UW press release contributed to this report

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