Hamilton Named Walter Camp National Player of the Week

New Haven, Conn. – Vanderbilt’s Ryan Hamilton has been named The Walter Camp Football Foundation Bowl Subdivision National Defensive Player of the Week for games ending September 20.

The junior strong safety tied a school record with three interceptions, returning one for a 79-yard touchdown, as Vanderbilt defeated Ole Miss, 23-17. Hamilton’s final interception sealed the victory as time expired.

For the game, Hamilton added a fumble recovery and had six tackles (4 solo), including a goal-line stop to prevented a Rebel score. With the win, the Commodores improved to 4-0, its best start to a season since 2005.

Hamilton is from Wycombe, PA and played at Council Rock North High School there.

Walter Camp, “The Father of American football,” first selected an All-America team in 1889. Camp – a former Yale University athlete and football coach – is also credited with developing play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side. The Walter Camp Football Foundation – a New Haven-based all-volunteer group – was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team.

This is the fifth consecutive year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season. Recipients are selected by a panel of national media members and administered by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.