Bullock Wins Offensive C-USA Honor
September 26, 2011 | Football
Sept. 26, 2011
IRVING, Texas - After helping East Carolina to its first victory of the season with a 28-23 triumph over UAB Saturday, junior running back Reggie Bullock was named the Conference USA Offensive Player-of-the-Week according to an announcement Monday by league officials. It is the initial league award of Bullock's career as he became the first Pirate running back to win the weekly honor since current Tennessee Titans star Chris Johnson was selected Nov. 5, 2007.
Against the Blazers, Bullock rushed for a personal-best 169 yards and first career touchdown on 24 carries. The junior college transfer from Arizona Western averaged 7.0 yards per attempt and posted the second-highest single-game yardage total by a C-USA running back this season.
The performance marked the most yards by an individual in the Ruffin McNeill era and the most by an ECU player since Dominique Lindsay tallied 172 against Tulsa on Nov. 15, 2009. Bullock's total was also the sixth highest among all running backs at the FBS level during week four action.
The Las Vegas, Nev., native currently ranks second in C-USA in rushing yards per game (82.0) and eighth in all-purpose yards per contest (118.0). He owns 15 of the Pirates' 20 rushing first downs and is averaging 6.3 yards on first-down carries.
In addition to the league honor, Bullock was selected as a Week Four College Football Performance Awards Honorable Mention running back.
Joining Bullock as Conference USA honorees are defensive player-of-the-week Jamie Bender, a senior safety at UAB, and special teams player-of-the-week Danny Hrapmann, Southern Miss' senior kicker.
Bullock and the Pirates (1-2) return to action Saturday at 8:00 p.m. hosting in-state foe North Carolina (3-1). The game will be nationally televised on the CBS Sports Network.
