Kaep wins WAC Offensive Player of Year
Nevada sophomore quarterback Colin Kaepernick was named Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year. The sophomore has 2,479 pass yards, 1,115 rush yards and 35 total touchdowns this year.
Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick was named Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year on Monday, while 10 Wolf Pack players received First- or Second-Team All-WAC Honors.
“It’s a great feeling,”Kaepernick said. “It shows the hard work and dedication our players have put in.”
Kaepernick has thrown for 2,479 yards and 19 touchdowns, while running for 1,115 yards and 16 scores this season.
He ranks 10th in the nation in points produced per game (17.5) and is the fifth player in NCAA history to pass for more than 2,000 yards and run for 1,000 yards.
“Well deserved,”Nevada head football coach Chris Ault said. “He was player of the year.”
Nevada had six players named to the All-WAC First Team along with Kaepernick: senior wide receiver Marko Mitchell, senior offensive lineman Dominic Green, sophomore running back Vai Taua, sophomore defensive lineman Kevin Basped and senior kicker Brett Jaekle.
The Wolf Pack also had four players make the All-WAC Second Team: junior offensive linemen Alonzo Durham and senior Mike Gallet sophomore defensive lineman Dontay Moch and sophomore punter Brad Langley.
The 2008 Wolf Pack football team finished the season second in the nation in rushing yards per game (291). Navy was first with 292 yards per game and will play Army Saturday in its annual rivalry game.
Nevada also finished fifth in total offense with 510 yards per game.
The Wolf Pack also finished with the nations fourth best rushing defense. Nevada allowed only 74.5 yards per game on the ground in 2008.
Six of the Wolf Pack’s 10 honored players will be back next season for the Wolf Pack.
“They all grew as the season continued,”Ault said. “It was a tough year. No team in the conference had the same pressure in the last four games as this team.
“The pyramid is going to continue to improve.”
Emerson Marcus can be reached at emarcus@nevadasagebrush.com.
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