NFL Week 3: Pee Dee & Grand Strand players
Posted: 09.25.2011 at 9:18 PM
Justin Durant and the Detroit Lions are 3-0.
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Former Wilson High linebacker Justin Durant made six tackles, including one tackle for loss for the Detroit Lions, in a 26-23 overtime win against the Minnesota Vikings.

Ex-Coastal Carolina fullback Mike Tolbert had three catches for 24 yards and ran the ball four times for 19 yards helping the San Diego Chargers to a 20-17 win over the Kansas City Chiefs.

Former WPDE All-Zone selection Robert Ayers, who played for head coach Dean Boyd at Marlboro County High, made four tackles and recovered a fumble for the Denver Broncos in a 17-14 loss to the Tennessee Titans.

Atlanta Falcons defensive end John Abraham, a product of Lamar High, made one tackle for loss and had a quarterback hit in a 16-13 loss at Tampa Bay.

Wide receiver Jerome Simpson out of Coastal Carolina make one catch for six yards for the Cincinnati Bengals in a 13-8 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

In the Sunday night game, 2003 WPDE Zoneman winner Lawrence Timmons out of Wilson High made three tackles, one for a loss and one pass defended for the Pittsburgh Steelers, in a 23-20 win over the Indianapolis Colts.