TYLER, Texas – Following a historical day against Middle Tennessee, wide receiver
TK King has been named to the honorable mention list for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Player of the Week Award. The award recognizes student-athletes that either graduated from a Texas high school or play at a Texas DI four-year college.
King, a native of Houston, turned it the best performance of his collegiate career on Saturday against the Blue Raiders. The graduate of Alief Taylor High School finished the day with a career-high in receptions (10), receiving yards (178) and receiving touchdowns (2). With nearly 200 yards, his day marked the highest receiving total for an Aggie receiver since 2015 and the most for any Conference USA receiver this season.
Additionally, his 10-catch day is also tied for the most catches in a single game by any CUSA pass-catcher this season, matching the efforts of teammate
Donovan Faupel and UTEP's Kenny Odom.
In the 14
th week of the college football season, Texas State quarterback Brad Jackson was named the Earl Campble Tyler Rose Award National Player of the Week. Additionally, the complete list of student-athletes named to this week's honorable mention can be found below.
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Player of the Week Honorable Mention
Sedrick Alexander, RB, Vanderbilt
Owen Allen, RB, Air Force
Terrance Carter Jr., TE, Texas Tech
Caleb Douglas, WR, Texas Tech
Jordan Dwyer, WR, TCU
Caleb Hawkins, RB, North Texas
Josh Hoover, QB, TCU
TK King, WR, NM State
LJ Martin, RB, BYU
Drew Mestemaker, QB, North Texas
Behren Morton, QB, Texas Tech
Jeremy Payne, RB, TCU
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