#ProCanes Report - 11/28/16
The Monday #ProCanes Report will weed through all the NFL highlights and news to bring you the information you care about the most… what the former University of Miami Hurricanes did during the week prior. As if there was any doubt about which school rightfully claims the title of “#TightEndU,” Hurricanes across the NFL put that argument to rest Sunday. Clive Walford’s late touchdown helped the Raiders to a win, Jimmy Graham led all Seahawks in receiving yardage to build on a dominant season, and Greg Olsen had another strong outing for the Panthers. Read on for more from across the NFL.
TOP PERFORMERS
Clive Walford (Oakland Raiders) – three catches, 43 yards, one touchdown
Second-year tight end Clive Walford had one of his better performances of the season in Sunday’s thrilling 35-32 win over Carolina. Walford’s clutch touchdown reception in the back of the endzone with less than nine minutes remaining set up the game-tying two-point conversion, with the Raiders going on to win on a late field goal. The touchdown was the second of the season and fifth career score for Walford, whose Raiders remain in first place in the AFC West.
Denzel Perryman (San Diego Chargers) – 10 tackles
In a much needed win over the Houston Texans, San Diego got a boost in the form of second-year linebacker Denzel Perryman, who returned to the starting lineup after missing the previous two games with an injury. Perryman totaled 10 tackles – his second double-digit tackle performance of the season and fourth of his career – in the Chargers’ 21-13 victory over fellow #ProCanes Lamar Miller and Vince Wilfork. He has 43 tackles in eight games this season.
Jimmy Graham (Seattle Seahawks) – six catches, 67 yards
Little went right for Seattle in a 14-5 loss to Tampa Bay Sunday, but Jimmy Graham had another strong outing for the Seahawks. The seventh-year tight end and second-year Seahawk hauled in six passes totaling 67 yards, pushing his franchise-record tight-end yardage total to 706 in 11 games. Graham is looking for his first 1,000-yard season since 2013, when he totaled 1,215 in his second-to-last season with the Saints. He moved past 6,000 career receiving yards in Sunday’s loss.
Olivier Vernon (New York Giants) – four tackles, 1.5 sacks
Make it four straight games with a sack for defensive end Olivier Vernon, who helped lead the New York Giants to a 27-13 win over Cleveland Sunday. Vernon, who totaled four tackles and 1.5 sacks in his team’s victory, has 5.5 sacks on the season and has now totaled 45 tackles, which ranks among the top 10 for defensive linemen this year. Sunday’s performance marked the third time in his career he has had a sack in four straight games, and he now has 34.5 sacks to his name in just over four seasons.
AROUND THE LEAGUE
Greg Olsen (Carolina Panthers) had four catches totaling 45 yards in a matchup with Oakland…Lamar Miller (Houston Texans) had 57 rushing yards and added three receptions totaling 18 yards against San Diego…Frank Gore (Indianapolis Colts) carried 15 times against Pittsburgh…Allen Hurns (Jacksonville Jaguars) had a 12-yard touchdown reception against Buffalo…Erik Swoope (Indianapolis Colts) had a 35-yard reception against the Steelers…Travis Benjamin (San Diego Chargers) had one eight-yard reception against Houston…Sean Spence (Tennessee Titans) had one tackle in a win over Chicago…Phillip Dorsett (Indianapolis Colts) had three catches totaling 31 yards against Pittsburgh…Duke Johnson Jr. (Cleveland Browns) had five rushes and three receptions and totaled 40 all-purpose yards against the New York Giants.
