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Hall (BYU) and Moore (UCLA) Named Walter Camp National Players of the Week
This is the sixth year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Bowl Championship 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.
New Haven, Conn. – The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its first 2009 Bowl Championship Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending September 5.
Please note: Outstanding performances during games played on Sunday (Sept. 6) or Monday (Sept. 7) will be considered for next week's award.
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 Championship 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
MAX HALL, BYU
Senior, Quarterback, Mesa, AZ/Mountain View
BYU quarterback Max Hall completed 26-of-38 passes for 329 yards and two touchdowns as the 20th-ranked Cougars upset third-ranked Oklahoma, 14-13. Hall threw a go-ahead seven-yard touchdown toss with 3:30 left in the fourth quarter to culminate a 16-play, 78-yard drive. BYU recorded its first non-conference victory over a top ten ranked opponent since the 1990 season (Sept. 8, 1990 vs. then top-ranked Miami). Hall is a member of the 2009 Walter Camp Player of the Year Preseason Watch List.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
RAHIM MOORE, UCLA
Sophomore, Safety, Los Angeles, CA/Dorsey
UCLA safety Rahim Moore tied a school record with three interceptions as the Bruins rolled to a season-opening 33-14 victory over San Diego State. Moore tied the UCLA single-game record achieved by three others, most recently by Darryl Henley in 1986. In the win, the Bruins’ defense held the Aztecs to just 277 yards of total offense.
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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