SUWANEE,
Ga. -- For the first time this year and the third
time in two seasons, Millsaps has swept the SCAC Football
Player of the Week Honors, with Juan Joseph being
named the Offensive
Player of the Week for the second time this season and Ronnie
Wheat getting the nod for Defensive Player of the Week.
A
6-2, 178-pound junior quarterback from Edgard, La., Joseph returned
to the starting
lineup in impressive fashion, completing 32 of 56 passes for 475
yards and five touchdowns to
lead the Majors to a 35-17 road win over DePauw to move into first
place in the SCAC. 
The nation's
ninth-ranked passer heading into the contest and fourth-ranked
passer after the blowout performance, Joseph hit 11 different
receivers en route to a career day, breaking
Beau
Pollard's (1995-98) career completion record of 365 on a fourth
quarter, 62-yard touchdown strike to Eric McCarty. It was Joseph's
26th completion of the game and fourth TD pass.
For the season,
Joseph is leading the SCAC in passing (336.2 ypg)
and total offense (323.2 ypg) and is third
in pass efficiency (152.5 rating). He has thrown 15 TD passes
with just two interceptions in four games.
A 6-0, 200-pound senior linebacker
from Vancleave, Miss., Wheat
picked up six solo tackles, a tackle-for-loss, a sack
and a 20-yard interception return to help lead the Majors to
their first win at DePauw in six tries. The interception
was his second of the season and fifth for his career while adding
to his career total of 128 tackles.
Wheat currently
ranks second on the team in total tackles with 23 (15 solo),
third in tackles-for-loss (4.0) and is tied for the team lead
in interceptions with Jonathan Brooks (2).
The weekly
award is the second of his career after being named the SCAC
Defensive Player of the Week in Week 11 after a 34-12 win over
then No. 14 Trinity University. Wheat tallied seven tackles and
picked off a Jacob Cannon pass and returned it 73 yards for a
score.
Winners of four-straight, Millsaps
will host Centre College (3-2, 2-1 SCAC) next Saturday at 1 p.m.
at Harper Davis Field while the Tigers travel to SCAC provisional
member Birmingham-Southern (0-2). The Majors are off to their
best start through five games since the 1996 SCAC championship
season.
