Tag: Walter Camp Player of the Week

Bennett Williams named Walter Camp Defensive Player of the Week

With 8 tackles, two interceptions, and one touchdown, Oregon safety Bennett Williams has been named the Walter Camp Defensive Player of the Week.

Bennet Williams earned honors far more valuable than our Ducks Wire Player of the Game on Saturday night. On Sunday, he was given the title of the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week.

With his 8 tackles, two interceptions, and one touchdown, Williams was a bright spot in the Oregon Ducks defense; a defense that was full of highlights and impressive moments against the Arizona Wildcats. Williams picked up his first interception of the night in the first quarter, and his second late in the fourth quarter to seal the 41-19 victory for the Ducks.

Williams now has three interceptions on the season and is among the team leaders in tackles. His place at the boundary safety position is as solid as we could have ever expected, and the junior is among the biggest leaders on the defense. This honor is well deserved, and surely the first of many to come this season.

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Texas Football: Longhorns honored with Big 12 and National honors

D’Shawn Jamison, Joseph Ossai and head coach Tom Herman were all recipients of weekly honors for the victory over Oklahoma State 41-34.

Taking down a top ten team is no easy task. Especially when it comes on the road but the Texas Longhorns found a way to pull it off. It was the first instance this happened for the Horns since they beat the No. 5 Nebraska Cornhuskers in 2010. The last time this team pulled off a victory over a top ten team on the road they followed it up with loss, let’s hope that history is not on the Longhorns side.

One of the players that was a key cog for the Longhorns victory was D’Shawn Jamison. He returned a kickoff 100 yards for a score to immediately answer Oklahoma State.

The kickoff returned for a score was the only scoring play for the Longhorns in the third quarter. That kept them within striking distance for the win they secured for their efforts. D’Shawn Jamison took home Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week.

As big as the return by Jamison was, no one had the impact of ‘Jack’ Joseph Ossai. He secured the walk-off sack that gave the Longhorns the victory. In the game he led the team in tackles with 12. Six of which were tackles for loss. Couple those stats with three sacks, one fumble forced on a strip sack and a fumble recovery. That is much the reason that Ossai was the talk of college football on Saturday.

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Not only did Joseph Ossai pick up Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors but also three other national honors for his performance. Walter Camp Football Foundation, Chuck Bednarik Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy Player of the Week also went the way of the Longhorns top defender. Not a bad week for Ossai. With that performance National NFL Draft analysts are circling him as a potential first round draft pick. B/R’s Matt Miller even mocked him as high as No. 16 in his latest mock draft.

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These two defensive players weren’t the only individuals associated with the Longhorns to earn weekly honors. Texas head coach Tom Herman was named Coach of the Week by the Dodd Trophy. The award given annually to the top coaches in all of FBS. Herman was named to the preseason watchlist earlier this year.

Texas QB Sam Ehlinger named Walter Camp Offensive Player of the Week

The Walter Camp Foundation named Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger the Offensive Player of the Week. He had a monster night in Austin.

Saturday was a big night for Texas Longhorns quarterback Sam Ehlinger. Some feel that he can put on a Heisman worthy campaign this year and it was off to a roaring start. So much so that he was named Walter Camp Offensive Player of the Week for his performance.

Comp Att YPA Yards TD INT Rating
25 33 12.9 426 5 0 234.2

The 426 yards passing and five touchdown passes were both career highs for the senior from Austin, Texas. Which says a lot about the new offensive scheme under Mike Yurcich since Ehlinger did most of that damage in the first half while building a 45-3 lead.

This marked the second time in Ehlinger’s career that he was named Walter Camp Offensive Player of the Week. The last time it came when Ehlinger led the Longhorns offense to 386 yards of total offense and five touchdowns in their 48-45 win over Oklahoma.

According to the release by Texas Athletics, Ehlinger is the second Big 12 quarterback to throw for 420 yards and five touchdowns in an opening week win. Will Grier (WVU) was the last to do it in 2018. Ehlinger could be in store for big things this year, with how the offense looked in week one.

Next up for Ehlinger and the offense is Texas Tech on Sept. 26. The Red Raiders defense was torched by Houston Baptist to the tune of 572 passing yards and 600 yards of total offense. HBU had three receivers go for 100 yards or more. Which included Caden Sterns’ younger brothers. Josh and Jerreth combined for 17 receptions for 339 yards and three touchdowns.

If Yurcich keeps with the same style of gameplan versus Tech, look for Ehlinger to put up monster numbers again in two weeks.