Frank Harris

Roadrunner quarterback Frank Harris scooped up a low snap and threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Oscar Cardenas with in the final seconds, giving No. 15 UTSA a wild 34-31 victory over UAB on Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

Along with that clutch play and his performance throughout the game, Harris is The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose National Player of the Week for 12th week of the college football season, Cindy Smoak, Executive Director of SPORTyler, announced on Tuesday.

Harris, who also earned Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week honors for the second time this season, passed for 323 yards and three touchdowns to help the No. 15 Roadrunners clinch the C-USA West Division title and the right to host the 2021 Ryan Conference USA Championship Game on Dec. 3. The senior completed 25 of 36 passes (69.4%) to help Texas-San Antonio improve to 11-0 overall and 7-0 in the league with their 10th straight conference victory.

Trailing 31-27 with one minute and six seconds left to play and no timeouts, the Schertz Clemens High School product directed UTSA on a 77-yard drive that culminated in the game-winning score, a 1-yard TD pass to Cardenas that followed a bobbled snap and a tipped ball in the back of the end zone with three seconds remaining. Harris also completed a 28-yard pass to Cardenas and a 33-yard pass to De’Corian Clark on the final possession to help set up the go-ahead touchdown. His three TD passes helped him break UTSA’s single-season record, as the Davey O’Brien Award and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award semifinalist now has 23 to rank 17th in the FBS.

This marks the second time a Roadrunner has been honored with this award this season, as Sincere McCormick was tabbed the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week on Sept. 28 after rushing for 184 yards and three TDs on 41 carries in the 31-28 comeback win over Memphis.

Riding a program-record 11-game winning streak, the Roadrunners will travel to Denton to face North Texas (5-6, 4-3) on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at Apogee Stadium and the game will air on ESPN+.

Previous winners of the award this year include: Week 1 — SMU quarterback Tanner Mordecai; Week 2 — Memphis quarterback Seth Henigan; Week 3 — Mordecia; Week 4 — UTSA running back Sincere McCormick;Week 5 — Texas running back Bijan Robinson; Week 6 — Texas A&M quarterback Zach Calzada; Week 7 — Baylor running back Abram Smith;Week 8 — Miami wide receiver Charleston Rambo; Week 9 — Houston quarterback Clayton Tune; Week 10 — TCU quarterback Chandler Morris; and Week 11 — Ohio State wide receiver Garrett Wilson.

The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, announced in 2012 by the Tyler Chamber and SPORTyler, recognizes the top offensive player in Division I football who also exhibits the enduring characteristics that define Earl Campbell: integrity, performance, teamwork, sportsmanship, drive, community, and tenacity; specifically tenacity to persist and determination to overcome adversity and injury in pursuit of reaching goals.

In addition, the nominee must meet one or more of the following criteria: born in Texas and/or graduated from a Texas High School and/or played at a Texas-based junior college or four year DI Texas college.

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Honorable Mention Week 12

Austin Aune, sophomore quarterback, North Texas

Hometown: Argyle

High School: Argyle

Passing: 6 of 12 attempts, 219 yards, 2 TDs

Rushing: 2 carries, 21 yards, TD

North Texas defeated Florida International, 49-7, on Saturday in Miami

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Davis Brin, junior quarterback, Tulsa

Hometown: Boerne

High School: Champion

Passing: 18 of 30 attempts, 297 yards, 2 TDs

Rushing: 1 carry, 1 yard, TD

Tulsa defeated Temple, 44-10, on Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma

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Jacob Cowing, sophomore wide receiver, UTEP

Hometown: Maricopa, Arizona

High School: Maricopa

Receiving: 11 catches, 170 yards, TD

Texas-El Paso defeated Rice, 38-28, on Saturday in El Paso

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Jarret Doege, senior quarterback, West Virginia

Hometown: Lubbock

High School: Cooper

Passing: 27 of 43 attempts, 290 yards, 3 TDs

West Virginia defeated Texas, 31-23, on Saturday in Morgantown, West Virginia

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Zakhari Franklin, junior wide receiver, UTSA

Hometown: Cedar Hill

High School: Cedar Hill

Receiving: 6 catches, 97 yards, 2 TDs

Texas-San Antonio defeated UAB, 34-31, on Saturday in San Antonio

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Isaiah Neyor, sophomore wide receiver, Wyoming

Hometown: Fort Worth

High School: Arlington Lamar

Receiving: 4 catches, 125 yards, TD

Wyoming defeated Utah State, 44-17, on Saturday in Logan, Utah

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Jerreth Sterns, junior wide receiver, Western Kentucky

Hometown: Waxahachie

High School: Waxahachie

Receiving: 12 catches, 143 yards, TD

Western Kentucky defeated Florida Atlantic, 52-17, on Saturday in Bowling Green, Kentucky

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Titus Swen, junior running back, Wyoming

Hometown: Fort Worth

High School: Eaton

Rushing: 15 carries, 169 yards, 2 TDs

Wyoming defeated Utah State, 44-17, on Saturday in Logan, Utah

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Garrett Wilson, junior wide receiver, Ohio State

Hometown: Austin

High School: Lake Travis

Receiving: 7 catches, 126 yards, 2 TDs

Ohio State defeated Michigan State, 56-7, on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio

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Bailey Zappe, senior quarterback, Western Kentucky

Hometown: Victoria

High School: Victoria East

Passing: 39 of 49 passing attempts, 470 yards, 6 TDs, 2 INTs

Western Kentucky defeated Florida Atlantic, 52-17, on Saturday in Bowling Green, Kentucky

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