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Bush Named NFC Player of the Week
by Doug Miller, NewOrleansSaints.com
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 - 1:00 PM
For the third time in his young career, New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush has been named as one of the NFC’s Players of the Week.
In a primetime performance, Bush electrified the crowd on Monday night and tied an NFL-record with two punt-return touchdowns. The third-year player averaged 35.2 yards per punt return (five returns for a franchise-record 176 yards), including touchdowns of 71 and 64 yards.
He became just the 12th player in NFL history with two punt-return touchdowns in a game and the first since EDDIE DRUMMOND in 2004. Bush’s 71-yard punt-return touchdown in the third quarter pulled the Saints within three points at 20-17 and his 64-yard touchdown gave the Saints the lead 27-20 in the fourth quarter. For the game, Bush finished with 269 all-purpose yards (176 punt returns, 64 receiving, 29 rushing). In his career, Bush has four punt-return touchdowns, the most in team history.
In his third season from USC, this is Bush’s third career Player of the Week Award. He has been honored twice on Special Teams (Week 5, 2006 and Week 5, 2008) and once on Offense (Week 13, 2006). Bush is the only Saint to win awards for both Offense and Special Teams.
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