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Buckram (UTEP) and Allen (USF) Earn Walter Camp Player of the Week Honors
The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Bowl Championship Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending October 3.
New Haven, Conn. – The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Bowl Championship Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending October 3.
About the Award: This is the sixth year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season. Recipients are selected by a panel of national media members and administered by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
DONALD BUCKRAM, TEXAS EL-PASO
Junior, Running Back, Copperas, TX/Copperas Cove
UTEP running back Donald Buckram rushed for a career-high 262 yards (on 32 carries) and four touchdowns as the Miners upset 12th-ranked Houston, 58-41. The 262 yards rushing by Buckram are the second-most ever by a UTEP. Buckram had 158 yards and four touchdowns in the second half alone. It was UTEP’s first win over a ranked opponent since 1997.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
NATE ALLEN, SOUTH FLORIDA
Senior, Safety, Cape Coral, FL/Cape Coral
South Florida safety Nate Allen recorded eight tackles and two interceptions as the Bulls defeated Syracuse, 34-20. Allen had two of USF’s season-high five interceptions during the contest. The Bulls forced a school record seven turnovers in the victory, improving their record to 5-0, 1-0 in the Big East.
Walter Camp, “The Father of American football,” first selected an All-America team in 1889. Camp – a former Yale University athlete and football coach – is also credited with developing play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side. The Walter Camp Football Foundation – a New Haven-based all-volunteer group – was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team.
Walter Camp, "The Father of American football," first selected an All-America team in 1889. Camp — a former Yale University athlete and football coach — is also credited with developing play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side. The Walter Camp Football Foundation — a New Haven based all volunteer group — was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All America team.
About the Foundation
"Walter Camp was one of the giants of football in the United States. He stands with Stagg, Rockne, Thorpe, Warner, Heffelfinger in the imprint they made upon the game. He stands first among them, for it was he who sired the game as it is played in the United States, the game that evolved from the rugby football of England. He played in the first Yale-Harvard game of rugby in 1876. From then on, his was the fertile, inventive mind and guiding leadership that brought about the evolution of the American style of football."
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