University of North Carolina Athletics
Jones, Bernard Named ACC Players Of The Week
November 28, 2011 | Football
Nov. 28, 2011
Dwight Jones and Giovani Bernard have been named ACC Players of the Week for their performances in Carolina's 37-21 victory over Duke. Jones was named the league's top receiver this week and Bernard was named the Rookie of the Week for the third time.
RECEIVER - Dwight Jones, North Carolina, Sr., WR, 6-4, 225, Burlington, N.C.
Jones had 10 catches for 101 yards in Carolina's 37-21 win over Duke. He eclipsed the previous UNC single-season record for receptions and finished the game with 79 catches on the year. The previous mark of 74 was set by Hakeem Nicks in 2007. It was his fifth 100-yard receiving game of the season, tying the school record set by Nicks in 2008. Jones had touchdown catches of 6, 18 and 8 yards and became the first Tar Heel to catch three scoring receptions in a game since Nicks vs. Boston College in 2008. Jones has 11 touchdown catches this season, the second-highest single-season total in school history, just one shy of Nicks' record of 12 in 2008.
ROOKIE - Giovani Bernard, North Carolina, Fr., RB, 5-10, 205, Davie, Fla.
ernard had his seventh 100-yard rushing game of the season with 165 yards on 30 carries, both career highs, in North Carolina's 37-21 win over Duke. His seven 100-yard rushing games are a UNC freshman single-season record, breaking the previous mark of six set in 1977 by Amos Lawrence. Bernard now has 1,222 rushing yards this season, the most ever by a UNC freshman. He now ranks sixth on the school's single-season rushing chart. Bernard scored his 13th rushing touchdown of the season on a 48-yard run up the middle of the field in the second quarter. His 13 rushing scores equals the fifth-highest single-season total in school history, tied with Natrone Means in 1992. The last player to rush for more than 13 touchdowns in a season was Leon Johnson who had 14 in 1993. Bernard had 222 all-purpose yards against Duke, 165 rushing and 57 receiving. His previous high was 202 vs. Georgia Tech.
