COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Mountain West Conference announced University of New Mexico senior quarterback Justin Millea as its Offensive Player of the Week this morning. Millea is the third Lobo to earn MWC Player of the Week honors this season and the first New Mexico quarterback honored since Sean Stein in 1999.
Making his first career start, Millea led New Mexico to a 25-16 win over UNLV. The former walk-on from Silver City, N.M. received the starting nod three days before kickoff following an injury to starter Casey Kelly and the one-game suspension of back-up Kole McKamey. Millea ran 20 times for 143 yards and completed two of eight passes for 20 more. His 73-yard scoring run staked the Lobos to a 21-10 third quarter lead. Millea helped UNM get on the board by engineering a season-long 10-play, 90-yard touchdown drive in the second quarter. His rushing output was the highest by a Lobo quarterback in 29 years, while his touchdown run was the longest by a UNM player since 1997.
New Mexico is one of four Mountain West schools to earn conference Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Player of the Week honors this season. Seniors Dwight Counter (Sep. 2) and Charles Moss (Sep. 9) were named special teams and defensive Players of the Week, respectively, earlier in the season.v