Eagles' Wakefield Named SAC Offensive Player of the Week
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Carson-Newman senior running back Buck Wakefield (Drummonds, Tenn.) has been named South Atlantic Conference Offensive Player of the Week, league officials announced Monday.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - Carson-Newman senior running back Buck
Wakefield (Drummonds, Tenn.) has been named South Atlantic
Conference Offensive Player of the Week, league officials announced
Monday.
Wakefield, a senior from Drummonds, Tenn. (Munford HS) set the
Carson-Newman single-game record for rushing yards, gaining 303
yards on only 19 carries and leading the Eagles to a 45-7 win over
Wingate and the outright South Atlantic Conference title on
Saturday in Wingate, N.C. He had touchdown runs of 68 and 64 yards
as C-N racked up 496 yards, including 317 in the first half, on the
ground. He also caught two passes for 36 yards.
Wakefield broke former running back and SAC Player of the Year
Heath Hawkins' record of 299 yards rushing in a single game with
the performance. Hawkins set his record in 1998 in C-N's national
semifinal win over Slippery Rock.
For the year, Wakefield is averaging 112 yards per game.
The Eagles are 7-0 since his return to the lineup after an
early-season injury and are up to No. 14 in this week's AFCA
Poll.
Tusculum College defensive back Lyall Harrison was named Defensive
Player of the Week, and Tusculum College punter John Gregory was
named Special Teams Player of the Week.
