Austyn Carta-Samuels, Ian Watts MWC POTW

[MrTitleist]

From the MWC homepage:

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -

Andy Dalton (TCU), Austyn Carta-Samuels (Wyoming), Reggie Rembert (Air Force) and Ian Watts (Wyoming) are Mountain West Conference Players of the Week for games through Sept. 26. Dalton and Carta-Samuels share the Offensive Player of the Week honor, while Rembert garners the Defensive Player award and Watts receives Special Teams recognition. This marks the first-ever player of the week honor for all four individuals.

CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

ANDY DALTON, TCU
Junior, Quarterback, Katy, Texas/Katy HS
Andy Dalton guided TCU to a 14-10 win at Clemson, marking the Horned Frogs' second road win in three weeks against an ACC opponent. The junior quarterback finished with 312 yards of total offense, completing 17-of-26 passes for 226 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions while adding a team-best 86 yards rushing on a career-high 19 attempts. The Katy, Texas, native was 8-of-10 through the air in the second half, including the game-winning, fourth-quarter 25-yard TD pass to wide receiver Antoine Hicks.

AUSTYN CARTA-SAMUELS, WYOMING
Freshman, Quarterback, San Jose, Calif./Bellarmine College Prep
True freshman quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels led Wyoming to a 30-27 victory over UNLV in the first college start of his career, guiding the Cowboys on scoring drives of 57, 80, 73, 80 and 26 yards. The San Jose, Calif., native completed 24-of-37 pass attempts (64.9 percent) for 234 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. He also rushed for 34 yards for 268 yards of total offense. Carta-Samuels' nine-play, 80-yard drive midway through the fourth quarter tied the game at 27-27. With Wyoming facing a second-down and nine on the UNLV 15, Carta-Samuels was forced to scramble from the pocket before hitting wide receiver Travis Burkhalter in the corner of the end zone to tie the game. The freshman would later lead the Cowboys on a drive in which he completed 4-of-5 passes for 32 yards, setting up Wyoming's 28-yard, game-winning field goal.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

REGGIE REMBERT, AIR FORCE
Junior, Defensive Back, Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound HS
Reggie Rembert recorded a team-high seven tackles (five solo stops), a career-best two interceptions, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble in Air Force's 26-14 win over San Diego State. Midway through the first quarter, the junior defensive back from Flower Mound, Texas, recovered a fumble and returned it 47 yards for his first career touchdown to put the Falcons up 7-0. Rembert had a hand in four of the Falcons' six forced turnovers in the game, leading to 13 of Air Force's 26 points.

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

IAN WATTS, WYOMING
Freshman, Placekicker, Philadelphia, Pa./Radnor HS
True freshman placekicker Ian Watts successfully made all three of his field goal attempts from 29, 22 and 28 yards, including his final kick that provided the margin of victory in Wyoming's 30-27 home win over UNLV. Never having attempted a field goal as a collegian, the walk-on gave Wyoming a 3-0 lead with a 29-yard field goal in the first quarter. He added a second field goal in the second quarter to pull the Cowboys to within one point at 7-6. With Wyoming on the UNLV 11-yard line and a little over four minutes remaining in the game, Watts connected on a 28-yarder to put the Pokes ahead to stay at 30-27. The Philadelphia, Pa., native was also a perfect 3-of-3 in point-after attempts to score 12 of Wyoming's 30 points on the day.

[PApokesPhan]

awesome! way to rep PA Watts!! ha