NEW HAVEN, Conn. — UTSA senior outside linebacker Jimmori Robinson has been named the Walter Camp National FBS Defensive Player of the Week, the Walter Camp Football Foundation announced Tuesday.
This marks Robinson’s first career national player of the week honor and it comes one day after he earned his first American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week certificate for his record-setting performance in the 51-27 victory over Temple last Friday night at the Alamodome. It also marks the first time a Roadrunner has claimed the Walter Camp weekly award.
Robinson registered a school-record 5.5 tackles for loss and a program-record-tying four sacks in the win over the Owls that secured bowl eligibility for the Roadrunners for the fifth year in a row. He totaled seven stops and added three quarterback hurries to help UTSA limit the Owls to 289 yards, including only 70 rushing.
His 5.5 TFLs are the most by an FBS player in a game this season, while his four sacks are tied with seven other players for the top performance in the nation this fall. The Alexandria, Virginia, native now has 15.5 TFLs this season, good for fifth on UTSA's single-season list and currently sixth in the FBS in 2024. His 9.5 sacks rank him third in school history and place him eighth nationally this fall.
Kansas running back Devin Neal collected the Walter Camp National FBS Offensive Player of the Week honor.
This is the 21st year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national FBS player of the week during the regular season, presented by The Heights Group at Morgan Stanley. It is the nation’s longest-running player of the week award.
The Roadrunners will close out the regular season on Saturday, Nov. 30, when they travel to West Point, New York to face No. 22 Army. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. CT at Michie Stadium and the game will be televised on CBS Sports Network.
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