MEMPHIS – Senior quarterback Riley Ferguson set career bests for completions, attempts, yards and touchdown passes in a 70-31 conference road win at UConn and was named the American's Offensive Player of the Week for his second 400-plus yard career game, Monday.
Ferguson, who had now passed for 48 career touchdowns in just 18 games at Memphis, tied the school and American record with seven touchdown passes in the win at UConn, Friday. This is the fifth time in his two-year Tiger career, and the second this season, that he has earned the league's offensive weekly award.