Deuce McAllister Voted FedEx Ground Player of the Week; Children's Hospital of N.O. Benefits
Douglas P. Miller, NewOrleansSaints.com
Oct 12, 2006 – 5:30 pm


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Deuce McAllister of the New Orleans Saints and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb are the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week for games played on October 8-9, the NFL announced today.

McNabb had a 112.4 passer rating in the Eagles 38-24 victory over the Dallas Cowboys, completing 18 of 33 passes for 354 yards and two touchdowns. McNabb, who scored on a one-yard TD run in the second quarter, threw second-half touchdown passes of 40 and 87 yards.

McAllister carried 15 times for 123 yards and one touchdown in the Saints' 24-21 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He scored on a 24-yard run in the second quarter.

McNabb and McAllister were selected from among finalists in air and ground categories through 191,578 fan votes. The other FedEx Express NFL Player of the Week finalists were quarterbacks Damon Huard of the Kansas City Chiefs and Eli Manning of the New York Giants, while running backs Frank Gore of the San Francisco 49ers and Fred Taylor of the Jacksonville Jaguars were the other finalists for the FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week.

McNabb received 48 percent of the fan votes for FedEx Express NFL Player of the Week, while Manning received 46 percent and Huard received 7 percent. McAllister's 75 percent of the fan votes for FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week beat out Gore's 15 percent and Taylor's 10 percent.

Fans voted for more than their favorite players. The weekly FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week Awards are also a win for the local community. Along with the player awards, FedEx is awarding Children's Crisis Treatment Center and Children's Hospital of New Orleans, the children's hospitals in each winning market, a check for $5,000.

The children's hospitals in the two season-long winner's markets, announced at Super Bowl XLI in South Florida, will be awarded $25,000 each. That means that FedEx will deliver nearly $250,000 to local children's hospitals around the country in recognition of the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week Award winners.

FedEx, the premier global provider of transportation, e-commerce and supply-chain management services, is the Official Delivery Service Sponsor of the NFL, Super Bowl and Pro Bowl. Through the weekly FedEx Air and Ground awards, FedEx recognizes those NFL players who represent the same speed, precision and teamwork that their customers have come to expect from the full range of FedEx air, ground, freight and international shipping services.