IRVING, Texas – Following a stellar performance in Saturday's 40-14 win at Florida Atlantic, UCF quarterback John Rhys Plumlee has been named American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week, the conference announced on Monday.
Plumlee helped lead the Knights to a bounce back win in Boca Raton, as he threw for a career-high 339 yards and completed a career-best 25 passes. He completed nearly 70% of his passes and threw for a touchdown. He gashed the Owls defense with 20 rushing attempts for 121 yards and two rushing touchdowns.
The Hattiesburg, Mississippi, native's 460 total offensive yards in the win over the Owls are the second most by a player in a single game this season and just three yards shy of tying for the national lead.
With Plumlee leading the charge, UCF rushed for 314 yards and passed for 339 yards to surpass 600 yards of total offense for the second time this season.
UCF is the only FBS team to compile 600 or more yards of total offense in two games this season.
Plumlee is the first UCF player to earn AAC Offensive Player of the Week honors since Dillon Gabriel earned the accolade on Oct. 19, 2020.
UCF returns to action at home this weekend to welcome Georgia Tech for a 4 p.m. kickoff on ESPNU from FBC Mortgage Stadium.