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Cox (Georgia) and Butler (Washington) 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 September 19.
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 September 19.
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
JOE COX, GEORGIA
Senior, Quarterback, Charlotte, NC/Independence
Georgia quarterback Joe Cox completed 18-of-26 passes for 375 yards and tied a school record with five touchdown passes as the 23rd-ranked Bulldogs defeated Arkansas, 52-41. Cox connected on scoring passes of 21, 25, 50, 44 and 28 yards as Georgia improved to 2-1, 2-0 in the Southeastern Conference.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
DONALD BUTLER, WASHINGTON
Senior, Linebacker, Sacramento, CA/Del Campo
Washington senior linebacker Donald Butler recorded a game-high 12 tackles, forced a fumble and made one interception as the Huskies upset third-ranked USC, 16-13. Butler, who had 10 solo tackles, added a pass break up in the contest. It was the Huskies’ first win over a ranked opponent since the 2003 season.
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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