After a school record 261 yards receiving, Ouachita Baptist University senior wide receiver Jeremy Young was named Monday to the Gulf South Conference Players of the Week award list.
Young earns his first-ever honor, leading the OBU offense in a 24-14 home upset of No. 16 Valdosta State. The senior caught 13 passes for 261 yards and a 20.1 per catch average along with touchdowns catches of 60 and 56 yards. He did stop there, also returning three punts for 32 yards and three kickoffs for 46, upping his all-purpose yardage to 339. The San Diego, CA native set the school record for receiving yards in a game which also placed sixth on the all-time GSC list. Young’s receptions and yards were also the most by any GSC player this season.
Midway through the fourth quarter, Young put the finishing touches on the game with a 60-yard touchdown catch from Eli Cranor, turning a three-point lead into a 24-14 advantage that would hold for the rest of the game.
The victory extends the Tigers’ current winning streak to eight games, the longest since 1968.
The victory against the Blazers is the first in the program’s history, going 0-9 against Valdosta State since Ouachita joined the Gulf South Conference in 2000. It was the first victory over a top-25 opponent since the 2003 season, when the Tigers defeated Southeastern Oklahoma State and Central Arkansas.
With the victory, Ouachita improves to 3-0 on the season and 2-0 in Gulf South Conference play. Todd Knight’s Tigers are two games shy of the school record for consecutive wins, a 10-game streak under Knight’s former coach, Buddy Benson, spanning the final five games of the 1967 season through the first five games of 1968.
