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Oct. 31,
2005
Football: Bishop Garners Gateway Special Teams Honor
St. Louis, Mo. -- Youngstown State punter Joe Bishop
was named the Gateway Football
Conference Special Teams Player of
the Week, the league announced on
Sunday. Southern Illinois running
back Arkee Whitlock was named the
Gateway's Offensive Player of the
Week while Western Illinois
linebacker Wyatt Green was named the
conferences' defensive player of the
week.
Bishop averaged 46.0 yards
on five punts in the Penguins’ 21-7
defeat at Northern Iowa on Saturday.
He had a long of 53 yards in the
contest and placed three punts
inside the 20-yard line. Of his five
punts, one was downed at the
eight-yard line and another was
downed at the UNI five-yard line.
Both of his kickoffs reached the end
zone.
Whitlock carried for a career-high 207 yards on 33 attempts
to lead SIU to a victory over No.
1-ranked Western Kentucky, 30-21.
Whitlock also had three touchdowns.
His yardage total was the most by a
Saluki back since Muhammad
Abdulqaadir rushed for 209 yards
against UNI on Oct. 12, 2002.
Whitlock also caught one pass for
six yards and returned two kicks for
41 yards. He ranks among the
nation’s leaders in all-purpose
yardage.
Green was part of a Western Illinois defense that shut down
the league’s hottest team in a 31-17
victory over No. 18 Illinois State.
Green had nine total tackles,
including four stops and added 1.5
sacks for minus-10 yards. His second
sack came on fourth down to stop a
fourth-quarter ISU drive deep in
Western Illinois territory. WIU held
Illinois State’s offense to its
lowest output since the season
opener against Iowa State. The win
was the first conference victory of
the year for the Leathernecks.
Other Penguins who were named Gateway performers of the week
this year were Monquatanae Gibson
(offense vs. Northeastern), Mike
Andrews (defense vs. Illinois State)
and Brian Palmer (special teams vs.
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