Titans QB Marcus Mariota and Eagles DB Malcolm Jenkins Named Walter Camp All-America Alumni NFL Players of the Week
The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its All-America Alumni NFL Offensive and Defensive Players of the week for games ending November 30.
About the Award: The Walter Camp Foundation has more than 300 of its All-American alumni currently on NFL rosters. The Foundation’s All-America teams date back to 1889, and the Foundation has also selected a Second Team since 1998. Each week during the NFL regular-season, the Walter Camp Foundation will recognize one offensive and one defensive player as its Alumni Players of the Week.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
MARCUS MARIOTA, Quarterback, Tennessee Titans
Marcus Mariota became the first player in NFL history to record at least 250 passing yards, 100 rushing yards and three touchdowns passes in a game. Mariota passed for 268 yards, three touchdowns and rushed for 112 yards and one score in the Titans’ 42-39 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Mariota was the 2014 Walter Camp Player of the Year as a member of the University of Oregon Ducks.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
MALCOLM JENKINS, Defensive Back, Philadelphia Eagles
Macolm Jenkins recorded seven tackles and returned an interception for a touchdown in the Eagles’ 35-28 victory over the New England Patriots. A collegiate standout at Ohio State, Jenkins was a 2007 Walter Camp Second Team All-American.
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 (www.waltercamp.org, @WalterCampFF) – 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. The Foundation is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige of the game’s predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism and the highest standards for the administration of its member awards and the selection of their candidates and recipients. For more information, visit the association’s website, www.ncfaa.org
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