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University of Minnesota Athletics
Triplett Named National Player of the Week
9/13/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Bowl Championship Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending September 12.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
NATE TRIPLETT, MINNESOTA
Senior, Linebacker, Maple Plain, MN/Delano
Minnesota senior linebacker Nate Triplett recorded a career-high 17 tackles and returned a fumble 52
yards for the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter as the Golden Gophers came from behind to
defeat Air Force, 20-13. Triplett, who had 12 solo tackles, added a pass break up in the contest. Triplett’s total tackles were the most for a Gopher since 2002 and the highest total for a Big Ten player so far this season.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
CASE KEENUM, HOUSTON
Redshirt Junior, Quarterback, Abilene, TX/Wylie
Houston quarterback Case Keenum completed 32-of-46 passes for 366 yards and three touchdowns as the Cougars upset fifth-ranked Oklahoma State, 45-35. Keenum connected on scoring passes of 17, 32 and six yards and also rushed for a 16-yard score. Houston recorded its first victory over a top-five ranked opponent since 1984. It is the second time Keenum has earned Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week honors (November 16, 2008).
This is the sixth 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 selecting annually an All-America team.
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DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
NATE TRIPLETT, MINNESOTA
Senior, Linebacker, Maple Plain, MN/Delano
Minnesota senior linebacker Nate Triplett recorded a career-high 17 tackles and returned a fumble 52
yards for the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter as the Golden Gophers came from behind to
defeat Air Force, 20-13. Triplett, who had 12 solo tackles, added a pass break up in the contest. Triplett’s total tackles were the most for a Gopher since 2002 and the highest total for a Big Ten player so far this season.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
CASE KEENUM, HOUSTON
Redshirt Junior, Quarterback, Abilene, TX/Wylie
Houston quarterback Case Keenum completed 32-of-46 passes for 366 yards and three touchdowns as the Cougars upset fifth-ranked Oklahoma State, 45-35. Keenum connected on scoring passes of 17, 32 and six yards and also rushed for a 16-yard score. Houston recorded its first victory over a top-five ranked opponent since 1984. It is the second time Keenum has earned Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week honors (November 16, 2008).
This is the sixth 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 selecting annually an All-America team.
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