The Spartanburg Touchdown Club has selected wide receiver Matt Beavin and offensive guard Bobby Gibbs as the Wofford Offensive Players of the Week. Free safety Alex Love received defensive accolades from Saturday's contest versus Furman.
Beavin had three receptions for a career-high 123 yards. He entered the game with a team-best nine grabs for 96 yards. The 41.0 yards per catch ranks fourth in the SoCon single-game record book. The sophomore from Lexington, Ky., was on the receiving end of 44 and 73-yard connections from Jeff Zolman for Wofford's longest pass plays of the season. The 73-yard grab was the Terriers' longest play via the air since Travis Wilson and Jesse McCoy hooked up for a 73-yard scoring strike on Wofford's first play from scrimmage in a 40-31 win over Western Carolina in 2000.
The 123 yards receiving was also the most by a Terrier since Sept. 26, 1992, when Darrick Adams had 144 yards on three catches in a 42-17 win at Catawba. Beavin had Wofford's first 100-yard receiving day since Curtis Nash had 102 yards on four catches in last season's 38-6 victory over Western Carolina.
Gibbs had a team-high 19 knockdown blocks while grading out at 99.2 percent. The senior from Corbin, Ky., was a 2003 consensus All-America. He has 90 knockdowns on the year despite missing two games due to injury.
Wofford had more yards passing (182) than rushing (174) for the first time since a 45-24 loss at East Tennessee State on Nov. 7, 1998 (243 passing, 143 rushing).
Love totaled a career-best 11 tackles (eight solo), including one for a loss. In helping Wofford build a 14-0 first-quarter lead, he blocked a Paladin field-goal attempt while also recovering a fumble to set up a Terrier touchdown.
A junior from Decatur, Ga., Love now has five blocked kicks in his career.
The Terriers will continue their push for a return trip to the Division I-AA playoffs when they travel to VMI Saturday for a 1 p.m. contest.