Nov. 30, 2010
Three Texas A&M players - senior Von Miller, junior Cyrus Gray and junior Randy Bullock -- received weekly honors after the Aggies' 24-17 win over archrival Texas in Austin on Thanksgiving Day. The victory was the Aggies' sixth in a row and gave A&M three wins in the last five meetings with the Longhorns.
An All-American in 2009, Miller (DeSoto HS) pulled in a trio of honors in what might have been his greatest all-around performance in the maroon and white. Miller was named National Defensive Player of the Week by the prestigious Walter Camp Football Foundation, earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors and took National Defensive Performer of the Week honors from the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA).
Against the Longhorns, Miller was at his game-changing zenith with the interception that clinched the victory, two quarterback sacks and three total tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a recovered fumble and three QB pressures. Â Â Â Gray (DeSoto HS) was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week and received Honorable Mention RB of the Week honors from CFPA after exploding for a career-high 223 yards and a pair of TDs on 27 carries against the Longhorns. It was the most rushing yards by an Aggie ever against the Horns and Gray became A&M's first 200-yard rusher since Leeland McElroy had 229 vs. LSU in 1995. It was the No. 5 rushing performance in school history.
Bullock (Klein HS) was named Honorable Mention Kickoff Specialist of the Week by the CFPA after averaging 69.4 yards on five kickoffs with two touchbacks. With the Horns fielding Bullock's kickoffs in the endzone or at the goal line, Texas' average starting position after kickoffs was its 22-yard line. On placekicks, Bullock connected on a career-long 50-yard field goal and was perfect on three extra points.