For Immediate Release: November 27, 2016 Contact: Al Carbone (203) 671-4421
[email protected] Twitter @WalterCampFF LSU’s Derrius Guice and Penn State’s Brandon Bell Named Walter Camp National FBS Players of the Week, presented by Generation UCAN New Haven, CT – The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the Football Bowl Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, presented by Generation UCAN, for games ending November 26. About the Award: This is the 13th year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Football Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season. Recipients are selected by a panel of national media members and administered by the Foundation. OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK DERRIUS GUICE, LSU Sophomore, Running Back, Baton Rouge, LA/Catholic HS Derrius Guice set a school record with 285 yards rushing (on 37 carries) and scored four touchdowns as LSU defeated Texas A&M, 54-39. Guice scored on runs of 45, 45, 6 and 1 yard in the victory, With the victory, which improved the Tigers’ record to 7-4, 5-3 in the Southeastern Conference. Notes: Derrius Guice is the 8th LSU player since 2004 to earn Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors. The last player to earn Walter Camp honors was Guice’s teammate Leonard Fournette (Sept. 20, 2015). DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK BRANDON BELL, PENN STATE Senior, Linebacker, Mays Landing, NJ/Oakcrest HS Brandon Bell recorded a game-high 18 tackles (3 solo), including 0.5 for losses and one pass deflection, as 7th- ranked Penn State defeated Michigan State, 45-12, to clinch the Big Ten East Division title.