Walter Camp winners: Longhorns Ewers & Sooners Stutsman
Danny Stutsman recorded a game-high 17 tackles (5 solo), including 2.5 for losses, one quarterback sack and one quarterback hurry as 18th-ranked Oklahoma defeated SMU, 28-11.
By Earl Heath
Contributing Sports Writer
Quinn Ewers, a quarterback for University of Texas and Danny Stutsman an Oklahoma linebacker were named respectfully Walter Camp Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week.
Ewers completed 24-of-38 passes for 349 yards and three touchdowns as 11th-ranked Texas defeated third-ranked Alabama, 34-24. Ewers threw two scoring passes to highlight the Longhorns’ 21-point fourth quarter that lifted them to win, that snapped the Crimson Tide’s 21-game home winning streak.
The native of Southlake, TX is the 12th Texas player to earn Walter Camp National FBS Player of Week honors since 2004, and the first Longhorn since former running back Bijan Robinson was recognized on Sept. 5, 2021.
On the defensive side Stutsman, from Oklahoma, was named the Walter Camp Defensive Player of the Week. He recorded a game-high 17 tackles (5 solo), including 2.5 for losses, one quarterback sack and one quarterback hurry as 18th-ranked Oklahoma defeated SMU, 28-11
Danny Stutsman recorded a game-high 17 tackles (5 solo), including 2.5 for losses, one quarterback sack and one quarterback hurry as 18th-ranked Oklahoma defeated SMU, 28-11.
“I just trust the system I’m playing in,” Stutsman said after the game. “Really starting to understand it. All those extra hours with the coaches is really starting to pay off. It slows down. I know there is so much to improve on. I made a lot of mistakes. I have a long ways to go.”
Stutsman also recovered a fumble as the Sooners (2-0) held the Mustangs scoreless over the game’s final 12 minutes to seal the victory.
The junior, Linebacker, is the 11th – Oklahoma player has earned Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors since 2004. Danny Stutsman is the first Sooner defensive POW honoree since LB Kenneth Murray (Sept. 23, 2018).
Walter Camp is The Father of American football,” first selected an All-America team in 1889. Camp – a former Yale University athlete and football coach – is also credited with developing play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side. The Walter Camp Football Foundation (www.waltercamp.org) – a New Haven-based all-volunteer group – was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team.
