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WCFF Names National Players of the Week for Week Ending Sept. 29

California WR DeSean Jackson and South Florida LB Ben Moffitt honored

New Haven, Conn. – The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Bowl Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending September 29.

About the Award: It is the fourth consecutive year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national “Bowl Subdivision Player of the Week.” Selections are made each week during the regular season by a panel of national media members and publicized by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK DeSEAN JACKSON, CALIFORNIA, Senior, Wide Receiver, Los Angeles, CA/Long Beach Poly HS Junior wide receiver DeSean Jackson recorded career highs in receptions (11) and receiving yards (161) and had two touchdowns as sixth-ranked California defeated 11th ranked Oregon, 31-24, on the road. A member of the 2007 Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List, Jackson had scoring catches of 31 and 25 yards – his first two scores of the season. With the victory, the Golden Bears improved to 5-0, 2-0 in the Pac-10.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK BEN MOFFITT, SOUTH FLORIDA, Senior, Linebacker, Bushnell, FL/South Sumter HS For the second straight week, a South Florida player earns Walter Camp Defensive Player of the Week honors. Senior linebacker Ben Moffitt had eight tackles (7 solo) and two interceptions as the 18th ranked Bulls (4-0, 1-0 in BIG EAST) defeated fifth-ranked West Virginia, 21-13. Moffitt, who had two tackles for losses and one pass breakup, returned one of his interceptions 28 yards for a touchdown.

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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.