TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – After rewriting the Indiana State record book at No. 19 Liberty this past weekend, redshirt senior wide receiver Bob Pugh has been named the STATS FCS National Offensive Player of the Week.
 
Pugh, who was also named the MVFC Offensive Player of the Week yesterday (alongside freshman QB and Newcomer of the Week Cade Sparks), recorded the second-best receiving game in school history (and fifth-best in the history of the Valley) with 260 yards and two touchdowns on eight catches against the Flames. Sparks was also named a STATS FCS Honorable Mention Freshman Player of the Week for his 405-yard, two TD performance.
 
The Sycamores have the upcoming week off before opening the Valley season at Illinois State on Sept. 30.
 
#4 WR Bob Pugh, R-Sr., 5-11, 190, Foley, Ala. (Foley HS/Highland CC)
Only one receiver in school history and only four in Valley history has ever had a better night than Bob Pugh did at No. 19 Liberty on Saturday night, as the senior wideout was the main catalyst in a potent Sycamore passing game against the Flames. Pugh put up the second-best single-game performance in school history with 260 yards and two touchdowns on eight catches – the best at ISU since 1955 (319, Bill Griffith, vs. Evansville) and the fifth-best in the history of the MVFC (the best since Illinois State's Laurent Robinson set the current Valley record at 292 vs. Indiana State in 2005). Pugh's monster night ranks as the top receiving game in the FCS this season by 56 yards and the second overall in Division I between FCS and FBS, trailing only Hawaii's John Ursua's 272 at UMass in the season opener. Pugh teamed up with senior TE Jacquet McClendon (who had 115 yards and one TD on nine catches) to record just the second game in school history with multiple 100-yard receivers, with the previous (and first) game coming at Southern Illinois in 2016 (147 by Miles Thompson, 131 by Robert Tonyan Jr.). Pugh had an average of 32.5 yards per catch, with five of his catches coming at 30 yards or longer at 31, 37, 43, 49 and 64 (his scores coming at 31 and 64). On the season, Pugh stands at 30.7 yards per catch, fourth-best in the FCS. Pugh entered Saturday night's contest with 323 career receiving yards in two seasons at ISU.
 
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