NEW HAVEN, Conn. — University of North Carolina linebacker Kaimon Rucker has been named the Walter Camp National FBS Defensive Player of the Week, for games ending September 2.
Against South Carolina, Rucker recorded eight tackles (six solo), including 5.5 tackles for loss, and two quarterback sacks as North Carolina opened the 2023 season with a 31-17 victory over the Gamecocks in the Duke's Mayo Classic. Rucker led a Tar Heel defense that tallied nine sacks and limited South Carolina to -2 yards rushing.
Rucker became the seventh Tar Heel to earn the Walter Camp National Player of the Week honor since 2004 and is the first Tar Heel Defensive Player of the Week honoree since Kareem Martin in 2013.
This is the 20th year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Football Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season. Recipients are selected by a panel of national media members and administered by the Foundation. It is the nation's longest running Player of Week award.
Against South Carolina, Rucker recorded eight tackles (six solo), including 5.5 tackles for loss, and two quarterback sacks as North Carolina opened the 2023 season with a 31-17 victory over the Gamecocks in the Duke's Mayo Classic. Rucker led a Tar Heel defense that tallied nine sacks and limited South Carolina to -2 yards rushing.
Rucker became the seventh Tar Heel to earn the Walter Camp National Player of the Week honor since 2004 and is the first Tar Heel Defensive Player of the Week honoree since Kareem Martin in 2013.
This is the 20th year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Football Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season. Recipients are selected by a panel of national media members and administered by the Foundation. It is the nation's longest running Player of Week award.
