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Jean Sifrin of Massachusetts
Named John Mackey TE
of the Week
Career-best game in heartbreaking loss to Toledo
The 185 yard receiving performance by Sifrin (87) are the most in a single game by an
NCAA Division I FBS tight end during the 2014 season.
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New York, N.Y. (October 29, 2014) - The John Mackey Award has named Jean Sifrin of Massachusetts as the John Mackey Tight End of the Week. The Mid-American Conference junior had six receptions for a career-high 185 yards and a touchdown as Massachusetts lost a heart breaker 42-35 against Toledo. He was targeted 10 times on the day and his touchdown tied the game at 35-35 with 5:57 remaining. Sifrin also had five catches for first downs, four of which came when UMass was facing third-down. Sifrin accounted for 42% of UMass pass offense and 37% of their overall output. Honorable mentions for this week's John Mackey Tight End of the Week include Pharaoh Brown of Oregon, Billy Freeman of San Jose State and Jeff Heuerman of Ohio State.
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.
The John Mackey Award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA) which encompasses the most prestigious awards in college football. The 21 awards boast 678 years of tradition-selection excellence. Visit www.ncfaa.org to learn more about our story. The Friends of John Mackey is responsible for the administration of the John Mackey Award and the John Mackey Award Selection Committee. Please visit www.johnmackeyaward.com for all Mackey Award related information. -###-
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