LOGAN, Utah – Utah State senior wide receiver Deven Thompkins has been named the College Sports Madness Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week following his performance in the Aggies' 35-13 come-from-behind victory at New Mexico State this past Saturday afternoon at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
 
In the win over New Mexico State, the 5-foot-8, 155-pound Thompkins caught nine passes for a career-high 215 yards, which is tied with James Murphy for the ninth-most receiving yards in a single game in school history.
 
Thompkins also had a career-high-tying two touchdown receptions from 22 and 54 yards out, respectively, to give him eight touchdown catches on the season and 13 in his career.
 
Overall, it was Thompkins' fifth-straight 100-yard receiving game and the seventh of the season and his career. He also had a career-high 242 all-purpose yards as he returned two kickoffs for 27 yards.
 
Thompkins became the first Aggie to reach the 200-yard receiving plateau since the 2001 campaign, when Kevin Curtis caught 11 passes from Jose Fuentes for 211 yards at South Florida on Nov. 24.
 
The native of Fort Myers, Florida, now has 141 receptions for 2,129 yards in his career to rank 10th all-time in school history in both categories. On the season, he has 71 receptions for 1,314 yards to rank fourth in receiving yards and 10th in receptions. 
 
Thompkins currently leads the nation in receiving yards (146.0 ypg) and all-purpose yards (173.1 ypg), is second in the Mountain West and sixth in the nation in receptions (8.0 pg), second in the conference and 11th in the nation in receiving touchdowns with eight (0.89 pg), and third in the league and 31st in the nation in yards per reception (18.3). 
 
UP NEXT
 
Utah State (7-2, 4-1 Mountain West) remains on the road for the second-consecutive week as the Aggies head to the Golden State, returning to Mountain West play against West Division-foe San José State (5-5, 3-3) on Saturday, Nov. 13, at CEFCU Stadium. The game, which will be televised live on Fox Sports 1, is slated to begin at 8:30 p.m. (MT). 
 
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