Chuck Wagon Wheels Way To MW Weekly Honor
11/15/2021 8:57:00 AM | Football
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – After turning in a monster game on the ground Saturday, UNLV running back Charles Williams has been named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday.
The Chuck Wagon led the Rebels to a 27-13 win over Hawai'i by finishing with 266 net yards rushing, which tied for the second most in school history and marked the third-best total in the nation this season. He scored all three of his team's touchdowns against the Rainbow Warriors, including a 47-yard scamper with under two minutes remaining to seal the victory.
Williams' big day included breaking Ickey Woods' 34-year-old school record for carries in a game with 38. Woods carried the ball 37 times in two different games during the 1987 en route to winning the NCAA rushing title.
A graduate of Bullard High School in Fresno, California, Williams took over the MW rushing lead with 1,089 yards through 10 games and sports a league-leading 13 touchdowns this fall. He also became just the fourth player in Mountain West history to reach the 4,000-yard rushing mark in a career (4,029).
The Super Senior is the first UNLV running back to win the league honor since Tim Cornett on Nov. 15, 2010, and the first to win it outright since "Jersey" Joe Haro way back in October 2001. Cornett, Frank "The Tank" Summers (2007) and Larry Croom (2002) all won Co-Offensive Player of the Week awards since Haro's outright win two decades ago.            Â
UNLV, which has won two straight, closes out its home schedule at Allegiant Stadium by hosting No. 23 San Diego State Friday at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are available by calling (702) 739-FANS or visiting unlvtickets.com.
