Arkansas QB Taylen Green and Ole Miss LB Suntarine Perkins named Walter Camp National FBS Players of the Week, presented by The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley

The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the Football Bowl Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending October 26, presented by The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley.

About the Award: This is the 21st year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Football Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season.   It is the nation’s longest running Player of Week award.

                                               

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

TAYLEN GREEN, ARKANSAS

RS Junior, Quarterback, Lewisville, Texas

Taylen Green had a career day in Arkansas’ 58-25 victory against Mississippi State. He was 23-of-30 (76.7%) passing for 314 yards, a career-high five touchdowns. Green also rushed 8 times for 79 yards and one touchdown. He was the first Arkansas quarterback to throw for five touchdowns and rush for a touchdown in a single game since 2010.

 

Notes: It is the sixth time overall an Arkansas player has earned Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors, and the first offensive honoree since Ryan Mallett (Sept. 19, 2010).

 

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

SUNTARINE PERKINS, OLE MISS

Sophomore, Linebacker, Raleigh, Miss.

Suntarine Perkins posted 11 tackles, 5.0 of which were for a loss, and 4.0 coming via the quarterback sacks in Ole Miss’ 26-14 victory against Oklahoma. The 4.0 sacks were the most by any individual Rebel defender since 1993.

 

Notes: It is the fifth time an Ole Miss player has earned Walter Camp National FBS Player of Week honors since 2004, and the first defensive honoree.

 

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) – 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). Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football’s most prestigious awards and its 24 awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935. This season, 13 NCFAA awards will honor national players of the week each Tuesday.  For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit NCFAA.org or follow on X at @NCFAA.

 

Global Sports & Entertainment is a dedicated division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management that focuses exclusively on the complex financial needs of professional athletes and entertainers. Our division grew out of an understanding that every sports and entertainment profession has its own unique characteristics, earnings profile and career span. Our clients need the support of advisors who understand how their money flows from their work to their wallet and can help them craft innovative financial strategies that match their lifestyle and career trajectory.

 

The Heights Group is led by brothers Ryan Heald and Brooke Heald, both of whom are former collegiate student-athletes and have earned the rare distinction of Morgan Stanley Global Sports and Entertainment Director, a designation earned by fewer than 1% of Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors. Ryan is a NFLPA Registered Institutional Player Financial Advisor with more than 20 years of experience working with top performers in sports and entertainment. The Heights Group started working with many talented clients and their families before they signed their first pro contracts, helping them understand, and prepare for, the complex financial challenges they would face as their careers progressed. The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley serves as their go-to advisors, always ready to help them sort through any financial issue and make informed decisions while pursuing their most important life goals.

 

Visit The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley at https://advisor.morganstanley.com/the-heights-group

 

Virginia Tech RB Bhayshul Tuten and Illinois LB Gabe Jacas named Walter Camp National FBS Players of the Week, presented by The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley

The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the Football Bowl Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending October 19, presented by The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley.    

About the Award: This is the 21st year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Football Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season.   It is the nation’s longest running Player of Week award.

                                               

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

BHAYSHUL TUTEN, VIRGINIA TECH

Senior, Running Back, Paulsboro, N.J.

Bhayshul Tuten recorded a Virginia Tech single-game record with 266 rushing yards in a 42-21 win over Boston College.  Tuten’s 266 rushing yards came on just 18 carries, averaging 14.8 yards per carry.  Tuten also scored four touchdowns as the Hokies improved to 4-3.

Notes: It is the second time this season (and fifth time overall) a Virginia Tech player has earned Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors.  Defensive end Antwaun Powell-Ryland earned the award on Sept. 17.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

GABE JACAS, ILLINOIS

Junior, Linebacker, Port St. Lucie, FL

Gabe Jacas totaled 13 tackles, 2.5 sacks, two quarterback hurries, and a forced fumble in Illinois’ 21-7 win over #24 Michigan. Jacas set career highs in tackles (13) and sacks (2.5) in the victory. All 2.5 of his sacks came in the fourth quarter, as Illinois held Michigan to its fewest points in a decade.

Notes: It is the second time this season (and fifth time overall) an Illinois player has earned Walter Camp National FBS Player of Week honors since 2004. Defensive back Xavier Scott earned the award on Sept. 10. 

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) – 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). Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football’s most prestigious awards and its 24 awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935. This season, 13 NCFAA awards will honor national players of the week each Tuesday.  For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit NCFAA.org or follow on X at @NCFAA.

 

Global Sports & Entertainment is a dedicated division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management that focuses exclusively on the complex financial needs of professional athletes and entertainers. Our division grew out of an understanding that every sports and entertainment profession has its own unique characteristics, earnings profile and career span. Our clients need the support of advisors who understand how their money flows from their work to their wallet and can help them craft innovative financial strategies that match their lifestyle and career trajectory.

 

The Heights Group is led by brothers Ryan Heald and Brooke Heald, both of whom are former collegiate student-athletes and have earned the rare distinction of Morgan Stanley Global Sports and Entertainment Director, a designation earned by fewer than 1% of Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors. Ryan is a NFLPA Registered Institutional Player Financial Advisor with more than 20 years of experience working with top performers in sports and entertainment. The Heights Group started working with many talented clients and their families before they signed their first pro contracts, helping them understand, and prepare for, the complex financial challenges they would face as their careers progressed. The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley serves as their go-to advisors, always ready to help them sort through any financial issue and make informed decisions while pursuing their most important life goals.

 

Visit The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley at https://advisor.morganstanley.com/the-heights-group

 

Army QB Bryson Daily and Texas LB Anthony Hill Jr. named Walter Camp National FBS Players of the Week, presented by The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley

The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the Football Bowl Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending October 12, presented by The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley.    

About the Award: This is the 21st year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Football Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season.   It is the nation’s longest running Player of Week award.

                                               

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

BRYSON DAILY, ARMY

Senior, Quarterback, Abernathy, Texas

Bryson Daily accounted for five touchdowns (4 rushing, 1 passing) in Army’s 44-10 win over UAB. Daily passed for 102 yards and rushed for 136 on only 12 carries, becoming the first Army rusher with a four rushing touchdown game since 2018. With the win, Army improved to 6-0 (first time since 1996), 5-0 in the American Athletic Conference.

Notes: It is the second time an Army player has earned Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors.  Former running back Terry Baggett was honored on Oct. 13, 2013.

 

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

ANTHONY HILL JR., TEXAS

Sophomore, Linebacker, Denton, TX

Anthony Hill Jr. compiled a career-best 11 tackles (7 solo), two quarterback sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble and one pressure in Texas’ 34-3 win over Oklahoma. Notching his second double-digit tackling effort of his career and season. It was Hill’s fourth-straight game with a sack. With the victory, Texas has started the season 6-0 for the first time since 2009.

Notes: Anthony Hill, Jr. is the 13th Texas player to earn Walter Camp National FBS Player of Week honors since 2004, and the first defensive honoree since linebacker Joseph Ossai (Nov. 1, 2020).

 

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) – 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). Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football’s most prestigious awards and its 24 awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935. This season, 13 NCFAA awards will honor national players of the week each Tuesday.  For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit NCFAA.org or follow on X at @NCFAA.

 

Global Sports & Entertainment is a dedicated division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management that focuses exclusively on the complex financial needs of professional athletes and entertainers. Our division grew out of an understanding that every sports and entertainment profession has its own unique characteristics, earnings profile and career span. Our clients need the support of advisors who understand how their money flows from their work to their wallet and can help them craft innovative financial strategies that match their lifestyle and career trajectory.

 

The Heights Group is led by brothers Ryan Heald and Brooke Heald, both of whom are former collegiate student-athletes and have earned the rare distinction of Morgan Stanley Global Sports and Entertainment Director, a designation earned by fewer than 1% of Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors. Ryan is a NFLPA Registered Institutional Player Financial Advisor with more than 20 years of experience working with top performers in sports and entertainment. The Heights Group started working with many talented clients and their families before they signed their first pro contracts, helping them understand, and prepare for, the complex financial challenges they would face as their careers progressed. The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley serves as their go-to advisors, always ready to help them sort through any financial issue and make informed decisions while pursuing their most important life goals.

 

Visit The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley at https://advisor.morganstanley.com/the-heights-group

 

Pitt QB Eli Holstein and Louisiana LB Cameron Whitfield named Walter Camp National FBS Players of the Week, presented by The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley

The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the Football Bowl Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending October 5, presented by The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley.

About the Award: This is the 21st year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Football Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season.   It is the nation’s longest running Player of Week award.

                                               

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

ELI HOLSTEIN, PITTSBURGH

RS Freshman, Quarterback, Zachary, LA

Eli Holstein led Pitt to its first 5-0 start since 1991 with a 34-24 victory at ACC-rival North Carolina.  Holstein totaled 457 yards in total offense and accounted for four touchdowns.  He threw for a Pitt freshman-record 381 yards on 25-of-42 passing with three touchdowns.  He was the Panthers’ leading rusher with 76 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries (7.6 avg.). 

Notes: It is the ninth time a Pitt player has earned Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors since 2004, and the first since running back Israel Abanikanda on Oct. 9, 2022.

 

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

CAMERON WHITFIELD, LOUISIANA

Redshirt Junior, Linebacker, Houston, TX

Cameron Whitfield tied a school-record with 4.0 quarterback sacks while adding six tackles and a pair of forced fumbles in Louisiana’s 23-13 victory at Southern Miss.   Whitfield’s forced fumbles on sacks on the Golden Eagles’ final two drives of the game.  It was Louisiana’s first win against Southern Miss since 1993.

Notes: Cameron Whitfield is the second Louisiana player to earn Walter Camp National FBS Player of Week honors since 2004, joining former running back Tyrell Fenroy (Oct. 5, 2008).

 

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) – 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). Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football’s most prestigious awards and its 24 awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935. This season, 13 NCFAA awards will honor national players of the week each Tuesday.  For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit NCFAA.org or follow on X at @NCFAA.

 

Global Sports & Entertainment is a dedicated division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management that focuses exclusively on the complex financial needs of professional athletes and entertainers. Our division grew out of an understanding that every sports and entertainment profession has its own unique characteristics, earnings profile and career span. Our clients need the support of advisors who understand how their money flows from their work to their wallet and can help them craft innovative financial strategies that match their lifestyle and career trajectory.

 

The Heights Group is led by brothers Ryan Heald and Brooke Heald, both of whom are former collegiate student-athletes and have earned the rare distinction of Morgan Stanley Global Sports and Entertainment Director, a designation earned by fewer than 1% of Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors. Ryan is a NFLPA Registered Institutional Player Financial Advisor with more than 20 years of experience working with top performers in sports and entertainment. The Heights Group started working with many talented clients and their families before they signed their first pro contracts, helping them understand, and prepare for, the complex financial challenges they would face as their careers progressed. The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley serves as their go-to advisors, always ready to help them sort through any financial issue and make informed decisions while pursuing their most important life goals.

 

Visit The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley at https://advisor.morganstanley.com/the-heights-group

 

Walter Camp Announces New Leadership

The Walter Camp Foundation recently announced its new slate of leadership officers for 2024-25.

President:  John Barbarotta

President-elect:  Michael Madera

Vice-President:  Dr. Greg Rocchio

Vice-President: Michael Leone

Treasurer:  William Raffone

Secretary:  Jeremy Rosner

 

Note:  John Barbarotta is the first two-time President in the history 58-year history of the Foundation.

 

 

Alabama QB Jalen Milroe and Boston College DE Donovan Ezeiruaku named Walter Camp National FBS Players of the Week, presented by The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley

The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the Football Bowl Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending September 28, presented by The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley.    

About the Award: This is the 21st year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Football Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season.   It is the nation’s longest running Player of Week award.

                                               

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

JALEN MILROE, ALABAMA

RS Junior, Quarterback, Katy, TX

Jalen Milroe accounted for a career-best 491 total yards and four touchdowns in the Crimson Tide’s 41-34 win over No. 2 Georgia.  He threw for a career-high 374 yards and two scores on 27-of-33 passing, and added 117 rushing yards on 16 carries and two touchdowns (7 and 36 yards). With the victory, Alabama improved to 4-0, 1-0 in the Southeastern Conference.

Notes: It is the 20th time an Alabama player has earned Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors since 2004.  Milroe is the first Alabama quarterback to be honored since Blake Sims on September 21, 2014.

 

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

DONOVAN EZEIRUAKU, BOSTON COLLEGE

Senior, Defensive End, Williamstown, NJ

Donovan Ezeiruaku finished with a career-best 14 tackles (10 solo) and three quarterback sacks as Boston College came-from-behind to defeat Western Kentucky, 21-20.    Trailing 20-7 entering the final quarter, the Eagles defensive unit forced WKU into a punt, a strip sack (caused by Ezeiruaku), and a turnover on downs over its last three offensive series.   With the win, BC improved to 4-1 on the season.

Notes: Donovan Ezeiruaku is the seventh Boston College player to earn Walter Camp National FBS Player of Week honors since 2004, and first since former Eagle defensive end Wyatt Ray (Sept. 16, 2018).

 

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) – 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). Founded in 1997, the NCFAA includes college football’s most prestigious awards and its 24 awards have honored more than 900 recipients dating back to 1935. This season, 13 NCFAA awards will honor national players of the week each Tuesday.  For more information about the NCFAA and its award programs, visit NCFAA.org or follow on X at @NCFAA.

 

Global Sports & Entertainment is a dedicated division of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management that focuses exclusively on the complex financial needs of professional athletes and entertainers. Our division grew out of an understanding that every sports and entertainment profession has its own unique characteristics, earnings profile and career span. Our clients need the support of advisors who understand how their money flows from their work to their wallet and can help them craft innovative financial strategies that match their lifestyle and career trajectory.

 

The Heights Group is led by brothers Ryan Heald and Brooke Heald, both of whom are former collegiate student-athletes and have earned the rare distinction of Morgan Stanley Global Sports and Entertainment Director, a designation earned by fewer than 1% of Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors. Ryan is a NFLPA Registered Institutional Player Financial Advisor with more than 20 years of experience working with top performers in sports and entertainment. The Heights Group started working with many talented clients and their families before they signed their first pro contracts, helping them understand, and prepare for, the complex financial challenges they would face as their careers progressed. The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley serves as their go-to advisors, always ready to help them sort through any financial issue and make informed decisions while pursuing their most important life goals.

 

Visit The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley at https://advisor.morganstanley.com/the-heights-group