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University of Minnesota Athletics
VanDeSteeg Earns National Honor
10/12/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
NEW HAVEN, Conn. The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Bowl Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending October 11. Minnesota's Willie VanDeSteeg and Texas' Jordan Shipley are this week's winners.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
WILLIE VAN DE STEEG, MINNESOTA
Senior, Defensive End, Silver Lake, MN/Glencoe-Silver Lake HS
Senior defensive end Willie VanDeSteeg had three quarterback sacks and forced a fumble that led to a touchdown as Minnesota defeated Big Ten rival Illinois, 27-20. VanDeSteeg (5 tackles) also broke up a fourth-quarter pass that resulted in an interception to seal the victory for the Golden Gophers (6-1, 2-1 in the Big Ten). Minnesota’s 6-1 start is its best since 2003.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JORDAN SHIPLEY, TEXAS
Senior, Wide Receiver, Burnet, TX/Burnet HS
Senior wide receiver Jordan Shipley made a career-high 11 receptions for 112 yards and one touchdown and added a 96-yard kickoff return for a score as fifth-ranked Texas defeated top-ranked Oklahoma, 45-35, in the Red River Rivalry Game. Shipley finished the game with 225 all-purpose yards. With his 16-yard touchdown reception, Shipley has now caught a scoring pass in all six Longhorn games this season.
About the Award: This is the fifth 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 during the regular season. Recipients are selected by a panel of national media members and administered by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
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 annually selecting an All-America team.
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