STEPHENVILLE — After earning conference recognition on Monday, Tylan Hines took it a step further by garnering national attention.
Hines was named the Stats Perform FCS National Offensive Player of the Week on Monday following his standout performance at Bowling Green this weekend.
Hines rushed for 250 yards on 26 carries (9.6 YPC), and added 47 receiving yards on two receptions to reach 297 yards from scrimmage in Tarleton State’s FBS road win 20-13 at Bowling Green on Saturday. Hines’ 250 rush yards are the most rush yards in a single-game across both FBS and FCS this season. The next closest is 227 by Duke’s Nate Sheppard against Tulane on Sept. 5. Hines’ 250 rush yards Saturday are the tied-fifth most in a single-game in Tarleton State Football program history. He had two different rushes reach 70-plus yards, an 83-yard rush in the fourth quarter and a 72-yard rush in the second quarter. Hines has the most rush yards this season across the FBS and FCS, now at 434. The next closest is Colgate’s Danny Shaban at 308. Hines is averaging the most rush yards per game in the FCS this season at 217.0 YPG. The next closest is at 163.0 by Texas Southern’s Athean Renfro. Hines is averaging the sixth most yards per carry in the FCS at 8.51.
Tarleton State’s Hines, Villanova’s Omari Bursey, Idaho State’s Mason Lindberg and Morehead State’s Cross Watson were all the Stats Perform FCS National Players of the Week for Week 1 college football games this past week. In addition, The Citadel Bulldogs were named the Stats Perform FCS National Team of the Week.
Earlier Monday, Hines and defensive back Jadan Aubert were named UAC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively.
The No. 4 Texans have started the season 2-0, becoming the 16th FCS program to win consecutive FBS games since the FBS/FCS labels were created in 2006.
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