From TCU Media Relations: After rushing for 209 yards and two touchdowns in Saturday's 38-7 win over Air Force, TCU sophomore tailback Ed Wesley has been named the Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Week.
Wesley single-handedly outrushed (209-184) an Air Force team that entered the game as the nation’s leading ground attack at 346.9 yards per game. An Irving, Texas, native, Wesley posted TCU’s first 200-yard game and the most yards by a Frog since Joseph Turner totaled 226 yards rushing at San Diego State in 2007.
Wesley had the 24th 200-yard game in TCU history and the 20th-best single-game total.
Wesley has a team-high 874 yards rushing, already the highest single-season total by a Frog since Robert Merrill finished the 2005 campaign with 911 yards.
Wesley is on pace for 1,420 yards this season. He would become TCU’s first 1,000-yard rusher since Merrill ran for 1,107 yards in 2003.
Wesley ranks second in the MWC and 13th nationally with his 109.2 yards per game mark. He’s the first Frog to average over 100 yards a game since Lonta Hobbs (128.6) in 2002.
At his current pace, Wesley would have TCU’s highest single-season rushing total since LaDainian Tomlinson led the nation with 2,158 yards in 2000.
From TCU Media Relations: After rushing for 209 yards and two touchdowns in Saturday's 38-7 win over Air Force, TCU sophomore tailback Ed Wesley has been named the Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Week.
