Mikel Leshoure Rivals National Player of the Week and Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week
November 22, 2010 9:28 AM
Illinois tailback Mikel Leshoure made certain the first football game at Wrigley Field in 40 years would be known for more than just an awkward end zone situation.
He rushed for 330 yards and two touchdowns on 33 carries Saturday in a win over Northwestern to make Illinois bowl eligible. Leshoure, who is from Champaign (Ill.) Centennial, set Illinois' single-game rushing record to earn Rivals.com National Player of the Week honors.
It was the fifth-highest rushing total in Big Ten history and the most in the Big Ten since Penn State's Larry Johnson rushed for 327 against Indiana in 2002.
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Leshoure set a school record with a career-best 330 rushing yards on 33 carries with a pair of touchdowns against Northwestern. The junior running back averaged 10 yards per carry, including a 70-yard sprint in the first quarter and a 62-yard run in the fourth quarter. His 330-yard effort broke the program record of 315 yards set by Robert Holcombe at Minnesota on Nov. 16, 1996. Leshoure's day ranks fifth in Big Ten history and marks the conference's first game of 330 or more yards since Wisconsin's Ron Dayne compiled 339 yards at Hawaii on Nov. 30, 1996. The 330-yard game is also the highest total by any Football Bowl Subdivision player in over two seasons. The Champaign native earns his third career weekly accolade and second in three weeks after being honored on Dec. 6, 2009 and Nov. 8, 2010.
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He rushed for 330 yards and two touchdowns on 33 carries Saturday in a win over Northwestern to make Illinois bowl eligible. Leshoure, who is from Champaign (Ill.) Centennial, set Illinois' single-game rushing record to earn Rivals.com National Player of the Week honors.
It was the fifth-highest rushing total in Big Ten history and the most in the Big Ten since Penn State's Larry Johnson rushed for 327 against Indiana in 2002.
rivals.com
Leshoure set a school record with a career-best 330 rushing yards on 33 carries with a pair of touchdowns against Northwestern. The junior running back averaged 10 yards per carry, including a 70-yard sprint in the first quarter and a 62-yard run in the fourth quarter. His 330-yard effort broke the program record of 315 yards set by Robert Holcombe at Minnesota on Nov. 16, 1996. Leshoure's day ranks fifth in Big Ten history and marks the conference's first game of 330 or more yards since Wisconsin's Ron Dayne compiled 339 yards at Hawaii on Nov. 30, 1996. The 330-yard game is also the highest total by any Football Bowl Subdivision player in over two seasons. The Champaign native earns his third career weekly accolade and second in three weeks after being honored on Dec. 6, 2009 and Nov. 8, 2010.
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