Sportsman of the Week Ending 11/13/2016

An amazing weekend of NFL football concluded with the almost certain Offensive Rookie of the Year and possible Most Valuable Player had a statement play and really game that demonstrated that the Dallas Cowboys are a force to be reckoned with.  Ezekiel Elliott made big play after big play in a see saw battle with the Pittsburgh Steelers to win what might be the game of the year.  In addition to an effective 114 yards on 21 carries and two touchdowns, he also scored a TD on a pass while racking up 95 yards passing on two catches, the big blow an 83 yard TD.  The total puts him as the first running back over 1000 rushing yards in the NFL.  His 10 TD are also tied for third in the league.  He's a force, the Cowboys have the best record in the NFL, and for the third time, he is our Longhorndave Sportsman of the Week!

Sportsman of the Week Ending 1/18/2015

Extremely rare that we'd give a nod to the same player in a three week span, but rules are made for exception.  When you're as dominant as this guy, I give up.  Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott backed up his amazing Sugar Bowl performance with a jaw dropping effort in the first ever College Football Playoff Championship game to beat the Oregon Ducks.  The previous two weeks (Big 10 Championship Game and Sugar Bowl) "only" registering 20 carries (for 220 and 230 yards respectively), he needed 36 carries for 246 this week.  And four touchdowns.  Single-handedly outscoring the favored Oregon Ducks.  He was the star of the past few weeks, and now for two of three weeks, our Sportsman of the Week!

Editors note, Elliott joins elite company in repeat winners: Peyton Manning (3), LeBron James (2), Aaron Rodgers (2) and Kevin Durant (2) (through 160 weeks).

Sportsman of the Week Ending 1/4/2015

With apologies to the NFL and the Wild Card Playoff round, the best football player this week came from Ohio State.  The Buckeyes sophomore Ezekiel Elliott lit up the renown Alabama Crimson Tide defense in a 42-35 Sugar Bowl victory in what will go down as one of the greatest games in Ohio State's rich football history.  A week after breezing through (20 carries for 220 yards) a seemingly non-existent Wisconsin defense to propel his team to the first ever College Football Playoff, Elliott outdid himself with 20 carries for 230 yards on the bowl's biggest stage.  Both weeks he had a run over 80 yards, both weeks he scored two TD.  Worthy of our Sportsman of the Week!