Young Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week
Nov 10 | Football
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rutgers sophomore running back Kordell Young (West Deptford, N.J.) was named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week Monday by the league office after totaling 170 yards of total offense in the victory over Syracuse.
Young posted his first career 100-yard game with a career-best 143 yards on a career-high 29 carries and one touchdown in the 35-17 victory vs. the Orange. Young finished the day with 170 yards of total offense, another career-high for the New Jersey native. In four BIG EAST games this season, Young is fourth in the league with 96 yards per game.
It marked the second time in Rutgers’ last two games a Scarlet Knight was named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week. Mike Teel earned the honor after his six-touchdown performance in the 54-34 victory at #17 Pittsburgh Oct. 25.
In addition to Young’s award, junior strong safety Zaire Kitchen (Hightstown, N.J.) was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll. Kitchen led a stingy RU defense with a career-high seven tackles and a game-changing sack and forced fumble. With the score tied at 14 in the third quarter, Kitchen sacked SU QB Cameron Dantley and forced a fumble, which RU recovered and led to a touchdown. It marked the second straight game Kitchen forced a fumble in the third quarter of a league win which led to a RU touchdown on the ensuing drive.
Winners of three straight, Rutgers returns to action Saturday at USF. The BIG EAST Network Television Game of the Week has a 12 noon kickoff with live television coverage on SNY and WPVI-ABC6 in Philadelphia and South Jersey.
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