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Nick O'Leary of Florida State
Named John Mackey TE
of the Week
Broke FSU record for career receptions by TE
O'Leary (35) also set a single game career high for receptions with eight.
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New York, N.Y. (October 15, 2014) - The John Mackey Award has named Nick O'Leary of Florida State as the John Mackey Tight End of the Week. The Atlantic Coast conference senior caught a career-high eight passes for 97 yards and a touchdown in Florida State's 38-20 win at Syracuse on Saturday. In the process, O'Leary became FSU's all-time leader in receptions by a tight end with 90 receptions, breaking Gary Parris' record (82) that had stood since 1972. O'Leary's second-quarter touchdown gave FSU a 24-6 lead at the half. Honorable mentions for this week's John Mackey Tight End of the Week include EJ Bibbs of Iowa State, AJ Derby of Arkansas and Pharaoh Brown of Oregon.
The 2014 John Mackey recipient will be announced on December 10, 2014 and presented live on December 11, 2014 at The Home Depot College Football Awards Red Carpet Show on ESPNU. Other key dates include the Mackey Semi-finalists on November 17, 2014 and the Mackey Finalists on November 24, 2014. All future announcements can be found at www.johnmackeyaward.com, on our official Twitter account: @JohnMackeyAward and also on our official Facebook page: www.facebook.com/JohnMackeyAward.
The John Mackey Tight End of the Week is an honor distinct and different from the annual John Mackey Award. This weekly honor was started in 2004 to draw attention to individual play by Tight Ends during the active season. The Tight End of the Week acknowledgment does not have a direct bearing on the final John Mackey Award selection process.
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