Jeremy Maclin Wins Walter Camp Weekly Award
11/18/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 18, 2007
COLUMBIA, Mo. - University of Missouri freshman wide receiver/return man extraordinaire Jeremy Maclin has been named the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week, for his record-breaking efforts in MU's 49-32 win yesterday in Manhattan, Kan., over Kansas State.
Maclin, who is proving himself to be the most dynamic and versatile freshman in the nation, amassed an MU single-game record of 360 all-purpose yards, breaking the NCAA freshman single-season all-purpose yardage record in the process.The old record was 2,026 by Terrell Willis of Rutgers in 1993, and after Saturday, Maclin now has 2,309 in 11 games.
Maclin broke the NCAA record on an historic play, as he took a kickoff return 99 yards for a touchdown in the 1st quarter, for Mizzou's first kickoff return for a score since 1982. Mizzou had gone 287 games and 976 kickoff returns between its last touchdown, both of which were nation-long streaks.
Maclin, who leads the Big 12 Conference and ranks 2nd in the NCAA in all-purpose yards (209.9 ypg), is the only player in the nation to have touchdowns via receiving (9 TDs), rushing (4), punt return (2) and kickoff return (1). He also became only the third Tiger in history to have a kickoff return and punt return for a touchdown in a season - joining former greats Roger Wehrli (1968) and John Moseley (1973).
After his big day at Kansas State, which also included a career-best nine receptions for 143 yards and two touchdowns, Maclin now leads MU with 885 receiving yards on the season. He ranks 2nd in the Big 12 (18th nationally) in punt returns (12.19 avg.), 6th in the league in receiving yards (80.45 ypg), 6th in scoring (8.73 ppg) and 8th in kickoff returns (24.47 avg.).
