GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Three Boston College
student-athletes received Atlantic Coast Conference weekly football honors
following Saturday night’s 37-31 upset win over ninth-ranked Southern
California.
Tyler Murphy, whose 191 yards rushing were the second-most
by a quarterback in conference history, was recognized as the ACC Offensive
Back of the Week. Eagles center Andy Gallik, who led the blocking up front, was
named the ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week. Senior Josh Keyes picked up ACC
Linebacker of the Week honors after leading a defensive unit that limited the
Trojans to 20 yards on the ground in Boston College’s first win over a ranked
team since November of 2008 and first over a Top-10 opponent in a decade.
Virginia, which posted a 23-21 upset win over No. 21
Louisville in the weekend’s lone league game, saw strong safety Anthony Harris
recognized as ACC Defensive Back of the Week, while place-kicker Ian Frye was
named the ACC Specialist of the Week.
Miami senior Phillip Dorsett was named the ACC Receiver of
the Week, while Wake Forest sophomore tackle Josh Banks was recognized as the
ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week, and Duke’s Shaun Wilson was tabbed as the
ACC Freshman of the Week.
Wilson, who rushed for a school-record 245 yards in Duke’s
41-3 win over Kansas, was also named the National Freshman of the Week by
Athlon Sports. Virginia’s Frye, whose late-game field goal accounted for the
winning points against Louisville, was named one of three Lou Groza Award
Kicking Stars of the Week. Miami’s Dorsett, who amassed 201 reception yards on
just four catches in a 41-20 win over Arkansas State, was one of five players
named to the Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll for week three.
OFFENSIVE BACK – Tyler Murphy, Boston College, Gr., QB,
6-2, 213, Wethersfield, Conn.
Murphy led the Eagles to the upset of No. 9 Southern California with a career-high 191 yards on 13 carries, averaging 14.7 yards per carry against a Trojan defense that allowed just 128 total rushing yards to 13th-ranked Stanford in week two and only 4.0 yards per rush in its first two games. Murphy scored a rushing touchdown for the third straight game and tallied over 100 yards on the ground for the second time in 2014 and in his career. He also recorded a career-long 66-yard touchdown run, the longest of the season for the Eagles, which put BC up 37-24 with 3:30 to play.
Murphy led the Eagles to the upset of No. 9 Southern California with a career-high 191 yards on 13 carries, averaging 14.7 yards per carry against a Trojan defense that allowed just 128 total rushing yards to 13th-ranked Stanford in week two and only 4.0 yards per rush in its first two games. Murphy scored a rushing touchdown for the third straight game and tallied over 100 yards on the ground for the second time in 2014 and in his career. He also recorded a career-long 66-yard touchdown run, the longest of the season for the Eagles, which put BC up 37-24 with 3:30 to play.
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN – Andy Gallik, Boston College, Gr., C,
6-3, 304, Evergreen Park, Ill.
Gallik led the offensive line, starting in his 31st
career game, as the Eagles rushed for 452 yards and totaled 506 yards on the
day against a USC defense that had allowed just 285 total rushing yards over
the first two games. For the second time in 2014, Gallik led an offensive line
that helped the Eagles to a 500-yard offensive output. The Eagles also scored
five rushing touchdowns on the night, while quarterback Tyler Murphy and
running backs Jon Hilliman, Myles Willis and Sherman Alston all put up career
days for rushing yards. Gallik graded out at 85 percent and had three
knockdowns against the ninth-ranked Trojans.
RECEIVER – Phillip Dorsett, Miami, Sr., WR, 5-10, 180,
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Dorsett recorded a career-high 201 receiving yards and two
touchdowns on four catches in the Hurricanes’ 41-20 win over Arkansas State. He
is the nation’s only receiver this season to record three catches of 50-plus
yards in the same game. The career day for Dorsett marks just the third time in
program history that a player had over 200 receiving yards in a game. Dorsett
became the second receiver in the nation this season with two touchdown catches
of at least 60 yards in the same game and the first ACC player with two TD
catches of 60-plus yards in the same game since 2011.
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| Josh Banks |
DEFENSIVE LINEMAN – Josh Banks, Wake Forest, So.-r, DT,
6-4, 250, Apex, N.C.
Banks had seven tackles (three solo, four assists), a sack
and two tackles for loss in the Demon Deacons’ 36-24 loss at Utah State on
Saturday. In addition, Banks intercepted a pass and returned it 70 yards for a
touchdown, marking the longest interception return for a score ever by a Wake
Forest defensive tackle.
LINEBACKER – Josh Keyes, Boston College, Sr., LB, 6-2,
223, Ghent, N.Y.
Keyes helped the Eagles’ defense stifle ninth-ranked USC’s
running attack, as the Trojans netted just 20 rushing yards on the night. In
the first two games of the season, Southern Cal averaged 216.5 yards on the
ground per game. Keyes recorded eight total tackles, including seven solo
stops. Of his eight tackles, 5.5 were tackles for a loss and included a sack.
On third-and-four at the USC 42, and the Eagles up by 10 in the fourth quarter,
Keyes sacked USC quarterback Cody Kessler for a loss of eight yards, forcing a punt
which would eventually lead to a BC field goal.
DEFENSIVE BACK – Anthony Harris, Virginia, Sr., SS, 6-1,
185, Chesterfield, Va.
Harris had eight tackles and one interception in Virginia’s
23-21 upset of No. 21 Louisville. The UVa defense limited Louisville to just
282 yards of total offense as the Cavaliers picked up the win in their
conference opener.
SPECIALIST – Ian Frye, Virginia, Jr., PK, 6-6, 200,
Bristol, Va.
Frye made all three of his field goal attempts, including
the game-winner, in Virginia’s win over Louisville. Frye’s game- winning kick
was a 42-yarder with 3:42 to play. Earlier in the game he converted field goals
from 35 and 47 yards. His 47-yarder was the second-longest by an ACC player
this season. Frye also converted two PAT attempts.
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| Shaun Wilson |
ROOKIE – Shaun Wilson, Duke, Fr., RB, 5-9, 180,
Charlotte, N.C.
Wilson set the Duke single-game record for rushing yards
with 245 yards on 12 attempts in Saturday’s 41-3 win over visiting Kansas,
breaking the previous mark of 238 yards set by Robert Baldwin versus Maryland
in 1994. Wilson is the first FBS player since at least 2000 to rush for 240 or
more yards on 12 or fewer carries. Wilson rushed for three touchdowns on runs of
45, 68 and 69 yards to match the Duke single-game record for total points (18)
by a freshman, equaling the standard set by DeVon Edwards vs. NC State in 2013.
Wilson’s rushing yardage total marks the fourth-highest single-game total by a
freshman in ACC history, trailing North Carolina’s Amos Lawrence (286 versus
Virginia in 1977), Virginia Tech’s Darren Evans (253 versus Maryland in 2008)
and Wake Forest’s James McDougald (249 versus Clemson in 1976).
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