Boston College Athletics
Three Eagles Earn ACC Player of the Week Honors
September 15, 2014 | Football
Chestnut Hill, Mass. - Three Boston College football players received Atlantic Coast Conference weekly football honors following Saturday night's 37-31 upset win over ninth-ranked Southern California, the league announced on Monday.
Graduate quarterback Tyler Murphy was named ACC Offensive Back of the Week, while graduate center Andy Gallik was named the league's Offensive Lineman of the Week and senior linebacker Josh Keyes earned ACC Linebacker of the Week.
Murphy rushed for a career-high 191 yards in the victory over the Trojans, which was the second-highest total by a quarterback in ACC history. He averaged 14.7 yards per carry against a Trojan defense that allowed just 128 total rushing yards to 13th-ranked Stanford in week two and only 4.0 yards/rush in the first two games. Murphy scored a rushing TD for the third straight game and tallied over 100 yards on the ground for the second time in 2014 and in his career. He also recorded a career-long 66-yard touchdown run, the longest of the season for the Eagles, which put BC up, 37-24, with 3:30 to play.
Gallik led the offensive line, starting in his 31st career game, as the Eagles rushed for 452 yards and totaled 506 yards on the day against a USC defense that had allowed just 285 total rushing yards over the first two games. For the second time in 2014, Gallik led an offensive line that helped the Eagles to a 500-yard offensive output. The Eagles also scored five rushing touchdowns on the night, while Murphy and running backs Jon Hilliman, Myles Willis and Sherman Alston all put up career days for rushing yards. Gallik graded out at 85 percent and had three knockdowns.
Keyes helped lead the Eagles defense to stop ninth-ranked USC as the Trojans could only pick up 20 rushing yards on the night. In the first two games of the season, Southern Cal averaged 216.5 yards on the ground per game. Keyes recorded eight total tackles, including seven solo stops. Of his eight tackles, 5.5 were tackles for a loss and included a sack. On third-and-four at the USC 42, and the Eagles up by 10 in the fourth quarter, Keyes sacked quarterback Cody Kessler for a loss of eight, forcing a punt and give BC the ball back, which would eventually lead to a field goal.
