Three Tigers Receive ACC Player of the Week Honors |
OFFENSIVE BACK - Chris Weinke. Sr., QB, Florida State
For the sixth time this season, Florida State senior quarterback Chris Weinke has been named ACC Offensive Back of the Week. Weinke a 6-5, 240-pound senior from St. Paul, Minn., passed for 353 yards and three touchdowns to lead the third-ranked Seminoles to a convincing 30-7 victory over fourth-ranked Florida Saturday. Weinke finished his career as the ACC's all-time passing yardage leader with 9,839 yards and was third in total offense with 9.473 yards. OFFENSIVE LINEMAN - Brent Key Sr., OG, Georgia Tech Georgia Tech guard Brent Key, a 6-4. 290-pound senior from Trussville, Ala., was the top performing lineman in the Yellow Jackets' sixth straight win, a 35-22 victory at Maryland. Despite missing much of the week of practice due to a sprained knee, Key graded 90 percent against the Terps with four domination blocks. He helped the jackets pile up 547 yards of offense, including 193 yards rushing, marking Tech's fourth 500-yard effort in the last five games. DEFENSIVE LINEMAN - Keith Adams, ILB, Clemson Clemson's Keith Adams had 15 tackles, including two tackles for loss and a caused fumble, leading the Clemson defense against South Carolina. The 5-11, 220-pound junior from College Park, Ga., was a key reason South Carolina scored just two touchdowns in the game. Adams played the entire game even though he was questionable heading into the contest due to a concussion suffered in practice the previous Tuesday. DEFENSIVE BACKS - Alex Ardley, CB, Clemson & Tay Cody, CB, Florida State Clemson's Alex Ardley and Florida State's Tay Cody were named Co-Defensive Backs of the Week. Ardley, a 5-10, 170-pound junior from Tallahassee, Fla., had two interceptions and seven tackles in Clemson's 16-14 win over South Carolina. Cody, a 5-11,180-pound senior from Blakely, Ga., also had two interceptions in Florida State's 30-7 win over Florida. In addition. Cody had five tackles, two PBUs and 93 yards on the two interception returns SPECIALIST - Aaron Hunt, Fr, PK, Clemson Clemson freshman Aaron Hunt kicked three field goals, including a game winning 25 yard field goal with just three seconds left, to help Clemson to its 16-14 win over arch-rival South Carolina. Hunt's field goal was the latest score by a Clemson player to win a game since 1987 when David Treadwell kicked a field goal to beat Georgia with two seconds left. Hunt booted field goals of 22, 30 and 25 yards, marking the first time since 1998 that a Clemson player had kicked three field goals in a game ROOKIE - Philip Rivers, QB, NC State For the eighth time this season, NC state freshman quarterback Philip Rivers has been selected as the ACC Rookie of the week. Rivers, a 6-5, 221-pound freshman from Athens, Ala., completed 25 of 45 passes against Virginia for 266 yards. The Virginia game marked the eighth time this season that Rivers has passed for 200 or more yards. Rivers has thrown for 2,915 yards this season, the second most yards in a single season in NC State history.
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