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Seth McGowan Nationally Recognized for Three-Touchdown Performance
Press Release Per UK Athletics
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky senior running back Seth McGowan has earned honorable mention Player of the Week by the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, it was announced Tuesday.
The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award is presented annually to the nation’s most outstanding Division I offensive player who graduated from a Texas high school or plays at a four-year college in Texas. McGowan is a native of Mesquite, Texas, where he was a standout at Poteet High School.
Each week during the regular season, an Earl Campbell Tyler Rose National Player of the Week will be selected leading up to announcing the 16 semifinalists in November and up to five finalists in December. The recipient of the award will be announced in January.
It marks the second consecutive week a Kentucky player has received national recognition after safety Ty Bryant earned an honorable mention nod from Paycom Jim Thorpe Award a week prior.
McGowan turned in his first 100-yard rushing performance at UK and the second of his career in the Wildcats’ 48-23 victory over Eastern Michigan. He hit the end zone for three rushing touchdowns, making him the first Cat to do that since Ray Davis against Florida in 2023. He finished with 104 yards on 18 carries.
Through three games, McGowan’s six rushing touchdowns leads the Southeastern Conference and ranks second in FBS. He is the first UK player with at least 75 yards rushing and a touchdown rushing in each of the first three games of the season since Derrick Locke in 2010.
The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award is named in honor of Earl Campbell, who graduated from John Tyler High School in Tyler, Texas, before playing at Texas. In his senior season, Campbell led the nation with 1,744 rushing yards and 19 touchdowns, becoming Texas’ first Heisman Trophy winner. He was drafted by the Houston Oilers, where he earned Rookie of the Year honors in 1978 and went on to lead the NFL in rushing three times. Campbell earned NFL MVP in 1979 and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991.
UK (1-1, 0-1 SEC) has a bye this week and will visit South Carolina for its next outing on Saturday, September 27. Kickoff is set for 7:45 p.m. ET on the SEC Network.
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Magoffin woman charged with trafficking after puppy tips police to drug stash
SALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County woman has been arrested on multiple counts of drug trafficking after her hiding place was exposed by a puppy.
Deputies were called to a home over a report of domestic violence. When officers arrive, the saw Mary Gipson, 44, walk by and around a building to avoid them. A deputy had previously arrested Gipson for drug possession, so he went to ask her about the incident and check on her.
While they were talking, a puppy named Fred came by and knocked over her insulated drinking cup, at which time the deputy noticed the inside of the cup was only half as deep as the outside. An examination of the cup revealed a false bottom which concealed two bags of meth, two bags of fentanyl, five bags of heroin, and a bag containing an assortment of pills.
Police also found meth, marijuana and digital scales inside her home.
Gipson was arrested and charged with five counts of drug trafficking and possession of drug paraphernalia. She is being held in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville on a 25-thousand dollar cash bond.
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