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Cam Newton (Auburn) and Greg Jones (Michigan State) Named National Players of the Week
The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Football Bowl Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending October 16.
New Haven, Conn. – The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Football Bowl Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending October 16.
About the Award: This is the seventh 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
CAM NEWTON, AUBURN
Junior, Quarterback, College Park, GA/Blinn JC
Junior quarterback Cam Newton accounted for four touchdowns and 328 yards of total offense (188 rushing and 140 passing) as seventh-ranked Auburn defeated 12th-ranked Arkansas, 65-43. Newton rushed for three touchdowns (5, 1 and 3 yards) and also threw a 15-yard scoring pass as the Tigers scored their most points ever in a SEC contest.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
GREG JONES, MICHIGAN STATE
Senior, Linebacker, Cincinnati, OH/Archbishop Moeller
Senior linebacker Greg Jones had a game-high 14 tackles (4 solo) as 13th-ranked Michigan State remained unbeaten with a 26-6 victory over Illinois. Jones added one quarterback hurry and also broke up one pass as the Spartans held the Illini scoreless in the second half. Michigan State is 7-0 for the first time since 1966.
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. Plans are already underway for the 44th annual Walter Camp Weekend, scheduled for January 13-15, 2011 in New Haven. The Walter Camp 2010 College Player of the Year recipient and its 121st All-America Team will be announced live on ESPN in early December.
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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