JOHN MACKEY AWARD
PRESS RELEASE
September 3, 2014
For Immediate Release
Contact:
media@johnmackeyaward.com
Joel Ruiz of Georgia State
Named John Mackey Tight End of the Week

Breakout performance puts Ruiz on the National Radar
Ruiz (8) had the best game of his college career as Georgia State came away with the win.  
New York, N.Y. (September 3, 2014) - The John Mackey Award (www.johnmackeyaward.com) has named Joel Ruiz of Georgia State as John Mackey Tight End of the Week. The Sun Belt Conference junior had a career best game recording seven receptions for 111 yards and two touchdowns as Georgia State beat Abilene Christian 38-37. Ruiz is now the starting Tight End for Georgia State after transferring from Presbyterian. Honorable mentions for this week's John Mackey Tight End of the Week include Austin Hooper of Stanford and Justin Sinz of Purdue.    
 
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 announcement of the Midseason Watch List on October 13, 2014, 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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