Walter Camp Football Foundation Names National 1-A Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/15/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 15, 2005
New Haven, Conn. – The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Division 1-A National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending November 12.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
DREW OLSON, UCLA
Senior, Quarterback, Piedmont, CA/Piedmont
Senior quarterback Drew Olson passed for 510 yards and five touchdowns as 14th-ranked UCLA defeated Arizona State, 45-35. Olson completed 22-of-27 passes and had scoring throws of 91, 56, 6, 7 and 13 yards. In the first quarter alone, Olson completed 8-of-10 passes for 295 yards and three touchdowns. Over his last six games, Olson has thrown for 22 touchdowns and just one interception. With the victory, UCLA improved to 9-1, their most wins since 1998.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
A.J. Hawk, OHIO STATE
Senior, Linebacker, Centerville, OH/Centerville
Senior linebacker A.J. Hawk recorded a team-high eight tackles, one quarterback and forced one fumble and added a touchdown off a blocked punt as 10th-ranked Ohio State registered a 48-7 victory over 25th-ranked Northwestern. A finalist for the Butkus Award, Hawk led a Buckeye defensive unit that held Northwestern to a season-low 251 yards of total offense in the contest. With the victory, Ohio State improved to 8-2, 6-1 in the Big Ten.
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. For more information on the Walter Camp Football Foundation, go to www.waltercamp.org.
