Polk named National Player of the Week
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Polk named National Player of the Week

  • 01 November 2006
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WICHITA FALLS
,
Texas
-
Midwestern
State
University
quarterback Daniel Polk was selected as one of two NCAA Division II National Offensive Players of the Week by Don Hansen's Football Gazette for his outstanding play against
Southeastern
Oklahoma
State
University
.

Polk, a 6-2, 206 pound junior from Dallas/South Oak Cliff, came off the bench to rush for 259 yards on 19 carries with three touchdowns. It was the top rushing performance for a Division II quarterback this season and the third-best rushing performance by a quarterback in any division this year. It was also the best rushing effort of a

Texas
collegian this season.

Polk accounted for all four touchdowns in MSU's 33-23 win over Southeastern, as he also threw for a touchdown and completed 8-of-12 passes for 76 yards.

Polk broke his own MSU school record for single-game rushing of 244 yards that he set on Oct. 29, 2005 against

Eastern New Mexico
.

With 951 yards on the season, Polk needs just 49 yards to get his first 1,000-yard rushing season. He's also in a race with teammate Ross Harrison to see who can break the MSU career rushing record of Indianapolis Colts running back Dominic Rhodes of 2,541 yards. Polk is in third on the all-time list with 2,273 yards, just 269 yards away from the record.

Harrison
is sitting 53 yards ahead of Polk with 2,326 yards.

MSU (7-2 overall, 5-2 all Lone Star Conference, 2-2 LSC South) plays its final regular season home game on Saturday afternoon against

Eastern New Mexico
. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. It's MSU's annual Holiday Food Drive, with general admission ticket available for two cans of food and $2.

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