Hibbett nets second AstroTurf SAC Offensive Player of the Week honor

Hibbett nets second AstroTurf SAC Offensive Player of the Week honor
Posted: Oct 20, 2014

VIDEO: Andy Hibbett Interview

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman football running back Andy Hibbett (Corryton, Tenn.) has been named the AstroTurf SAC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time in three weeks. 

Hibbett turned in a 221-yard performance in the Eagles' 55-35 win over the Tusculum Pioneers Saturday.  He toted the rock 30 times and scored three touchdowns.  The trio of scores all came in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach.
"The offensive line just handled the line of the scrimmage," Hibbett said. "Left tackle Dan Gallman is now the Washing Machine.  That's what we're calling him now because I scored two of the three touchdowns with the help of wash down blocks."
Hibbett slogged his way through the mud for the 14th-best single-game rushing tally in Carson-Newman football history.  His 221 yards narrowly edged out the last 200-yard game for the Eagles, a 219-yard day for Brandon Baker in C-N's season opening win over Glenville State in 2012. 
Hibbett said the muddy field actually played to his advantage. 

"Being a white running back, I'm not going to make people miss," Hibbett said. "And I'm really not going to run by people. I'm really a one-cut running back.  So it being so muddy really benefitted me."

The senior from Gibbs 30 carries were also the most by an Eagle ballcarrier since quarterback Brandon Haywood ran 34 times in a second round playoff win over Lenoir-Rhyne on November 23, 2012. 

With his 200-yard performance, Hibbett tied Buck Wakefield's school record of consecutive 100-yard rushing performances at five.  Unlike Wakefield (or Brandon Baker and Tyrone Westmoreland, who each had four straight 100-yard games), Hibbett's streak is in the middle of the season as opposed to its end. 

The Player of the Week plaudit is the fourth of the season for a Carson-Newman football player. Lonnie Williams (Philadelphia, Pa.) and De'Andre Thomas (Milledgeville, Ga.) garnered special teams and offensive player of the week accolades following the Brevard and Catawba games. 

Hibbett and the rest of the Eagles are back at Burke-Tarr Stadium Saturday for homecoming.  Festivities kickoff at 3 p.m. with pregame on the Eagle Sports Network starting at 2 p.m. with the Appalachian Electric Cooperative Tailgate Show on Joy 620 (WRJZ-AM, Knoxville), Mountain Country 106.3 (WPFT-FM, Sevierville) and online at cneagles.com/live. 

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