The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, announced in 2012 by the Tyler Chamber and SPORTyler, recognizes the top offensive player in Division I football who also exhibits the enduring characteristics that define Earl Campbell: integrity, performance, teamwork, sportsmanship, drive, community, and tenacity; specifically tenacity to persist and determination to overcome adversity and injury in pursuit of reaching goals.
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Week 2
Oklahoma quarterback, John Mateer has been named The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award National Player of the Week for the second week of the college football season.
Mateer completed 21 of 34 passes for 270 yards and one touchdown and had team highs of 19 rushes for 74 yards and two touchdowns to lead #18 Oklahoma to a 24-13 win over #15 Michigan.
Through two games this season, Mateer has completed 72% of his passes. His 662 passing yards are the second most by an OU quarterback through the first two games of a career (Josh Heupel had 773 in the first two games of the 1999 season).
John Mateer is a graduate of Little Elm High School in Little Elm, Texas.
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Week 1
Georgia Tech quarterback, Haynes King has been named The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award National Player of the Week for the first week of the college football season.
Haynes King’s 45-yard touchdown run with 1:07 to go in the game lifted the Yellow Jackets to a season-opening 27-20 win at Colorado.
King rushed for 156 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries (8.2 avg.). It was a new career high for rushing yards in a single game and his fourth 100-yard rushing game in 25 games at Georgia Tech.
King’s three touchdown runs (4, 17 and 45 yards) matched his career high and gives him six games with multiple rushing touchdowns as a Yellow Jacket. King moved into sixth in Georgia Tech history for career rushing yards by a quarterback with 1,480. King moved into fourth in Georgia Tech history for career rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with 24.
Haynes King is a graduate of Longview High School in Longview, Texas.
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