TYLER, Texas — UTSA redshirt junior Owen McCown has been named the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award National Player of the Week for his record-setting showing in the victory over Tulane last Thursday.
This honor comes one day after McCown was chosen as the American Conference Offensive Player of the Week. He also landed on the Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 and Manning Award “Stars of the Week” lists this week.
McCown broke a pair of school records in a near-perfect passing performance to help lead the Roadrunners to a 48-26 triumph over the Green Wave. The Rusk, Texas, native completed his first 16 passes — a school record — en route to going 31 of 33 for a program-best .939 completion percentage, passing for 370 yards and four touchdowns. He threw a pair of TD passes to David Amador II and one apiece to Will Henderson III and Devin McCuin, as the Roadrunners racked up a season-high 523 yards of offense while handing Tulane its first league loss of the season.
His .939 completion percentage is the best by an FBS player this season who has completed at least 20 passes in a game, while his 370-yard output gives him five 300-yard games at UTSA. McCown has completed 168 of 249 passes (.675) for 1,680 yards and 17 touchdowns this year.
Additionally, David Amador II made the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention list for his performance against the Green Wave. The redshirt sophomore caught 10 passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns, and he also completed a 21-yard TD pass to McCuin.
The Roadrunners (4-4, 2-2) will travel to Tampa to face South Florida (6-2, 3-1) on Thursday, Nov. 6. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. CT at Raymond James Stadium and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN.
THE EARL CAMPBELL TYLER ROSE AWARD
The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, announced in 2012 by the Tyler Chamber and SPORTyler, recognizes the top offensive player in Division I football who also exhibits the enduring characteristics that define Earl Campbell: integrity, performance, teamwork, sportsmanship, drive, community, and tenacity; specifically tenacity to persist and determination to overcome adversity and injury in pursuit of reaching goals. In addition, the nominee must meet one or more of the following criteria: Played football and graduated from a Texas High School and/or playing at a four-year D1 Texas college.
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