Quote:Garrett Wolfe Named Walter Camp Award National Offensive Player of the Week
Tailback also tabbed as one of four nominees for the Cingular All-America Player of the Week honor



Garrett Wolfe's record-setting performance at Ball State has earned him national accolades.



Oct. 1, 2006

DeKALB, Ill. - After a record-setting night Saturday at Ball State, Northern Illinois tailback Garrett Wolfe was honored by the Walter Camp Football Foundation as its National Offensive Player of the Week. In addition, Wolfe is one of four nominees for the Cingular All-America Player of the Week, the only major college football honor determined exclusively by fan balloting.

Wolfe surpassed his own NIU single-game rushing record by totaling 353 yards on 31 carries (an 11.4 average) in the Huskies' 40-28 victory at Ball State. The senior scored on runs of 48, 51 and 53 yards, on his way to establishing a new NIU career record with 50 touchdowns. Also in the game, Wolfe set a NCAA mark for the highest rushing total through the first five games of a season with 1,181 yards.

The Walter Camp Foundation, named after "The father of American football," honors an offensive and defensive player of the week as well as selecting an All-America team and national player of the year at the season's end.



Cingular's All-America Player of the Week award is determined through fan balloting from a list of four nominees. Fans can make their selection by text messaging "VOTE" to "87654" on their wireless phone and casting their votes for the nominees before voting ends at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday. The winner will be announced September 21 during ESPN's Thursday night college football game between Florida State and NC State. Fans can vote as many times as they like, with each vote counting as one entry into a sweepstakes to win a trip to the 2007 BCS National Championship game.