College Football Players of the Week

Here are your college football players of the week.

Remember, if you feel that another player was worthy of higher honors than the two I chose, post the athlete and let me hear why you think he or they were more deserving.

Remember though, the two athletes I pick are usually going to be on a team that played somebody other than the nerds from the Revenge of the Nerds movie.

That’s just how I roll – here are your top performers of the week:

Offensive Player of the Week: Colt McCoy, QB Texas
RULE BREAK WARNING: Okay, so I’m about to break my own rule about selecting a player who didn’t play a tough opponent, but how many times during a season does a QB throw six touchdown passes? McCoy lit up Baylor for 275 yards passing and six touchdown tosses in a 63-31 victory over the Bears on Saturday. McCoy had three touchdown passes in the second quarter alone and broke James Brown’s school record for touchdown passes in a single game (Brown had five).

Defensive Player of the Week: Ramel Meekins, DE Rutgers
How about a small school hero making the player of the week honors? Meekins had 12 tackles, two sacks and three forced fumbles in a 34-0 shutout of Navy on Saturday. The Scarlet Knights remained undefeated on the season and are now 6-0 for the first time since 1976. Rutgers also held a Midshipmen team that had been averaging 351 yards on the ground, to just 161 total yards offensively. Meekins’ individual performance was amazing – the kid was like a one-man wrecking crew.