Football: BIG EAST Weekly Award Winners


By Julie Brown for WVUsports.com
November 28, 2011 11:31 AM

Julian Miller
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – Senior defensive tackle Julian Miller and junior punter Corey Smith have been named BIG EAST Weekly Award Winners, and junior wide receiver Tavon Austin has been named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for their performances against Pitt on Friday night.

Miller earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honors for the second time in three weeks after helping West Virginia to its 21-20 win against Pittsburgh. He had 12 tackles and tied a school record with four sacks against the Panthers, including two sacks on Pittsburgh’s final drive. Miller leads all active Bowl Subdivision players with 27.5 career sacks.

Smith entered West Virginia’s game against Pittsburgh in the second quarter and made an immediate impact in the field position battle. He averaged 57.2 yards on four punts, hitting kicks of 57, 50, 62 and 60 yards, dropping two punts inside the Panther 20-yard line and one on the 2-yard line. Smith’s 60-yard punt from the West Virginia 14 in the final two minutes helped the Mountaineers seal the win on defense.

Austin was named to the Weekly Honor Roll after making 10 catches for 102 yards and earning 122 all-purpose yards in the win.

The Mountaineers (8-3, 4-2 BIG EAST) return to action at USF (5-6, 1-5 BIG EAST) on Thursday, Dec. 1 to close out the regular season in an 8 p.m. contest at Raymond James Stadium (65,857). The game will be televised live on ESPN.




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