SportsPac12 Players of the Week (Week 5)

The top offensive, defensive, and freshman players as chosen by our senior football writers

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Each week our three senior football writers—Dane Miller, Jack Follman, and Nick Bartlett—select an Offensive, Defensive, and Freshman Player of the Week throughout the 2020 football season.

They submit their selections before the official Pac-12 Players of the Week are released to keep their choices independent, based on the nominations of student broadcasters and writers through our partnership with Dash Sports TV.

You’ll find their nominations tabulated, along with both the SportsPac12 and Pac-12 selections, in tables at the bottom of the page.

— Offensive Player of the Week —

Jarek Broussard, Sophomore Running Back, Colorado

Colorado’s Jarek Broussard rushed for 301 yards vs. Arizona. | Rick Scuteri/AP Photo

Jarek Broussard rushed 25 times for 301 yards, including a 75-yarder, for an average of 12.0 yards per carry in Colorado’s 24-13 win at Arizona. The performance put the sophomore in elite company, recording one of only four 300-yard rushing games in Colorado history.

— Defensive Player of the Week —

Avery Roberts, Junior Linebacker, Oregon State

OSU’s Avery Roberts recorded 21 total tackles against Utah. | Kylie Murphy/osubeavers.com

Avery Roberts recorded a whopping 21 total tackles in Oregon States 30-24 loss to Utah, 10 solo and 11 assisted, setting a single-game high for the redshirt junior, and moving him into a tie for the third-best total in Oregon State history.

— Freshman Player of the Week —

Ty Jordan, Freshman Running Back, Utah

Utah running back Ty Jordan rushed for 167 yards against OSU. |AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Ty Jordan rushed for a career-high 167 yards on 27 carries, for a 6.2-yard per carry average, and a touchdown in Utah’s 30-24 win over Oregon State. He also logged two receptions for 22 yards, totaling 189 all-purpose, and nine rushing first downs.

Week 3 Comparative Players of the Week (SportsPac12 & Pac-12 Conference)

Week	Selector	Offensive	Defensive	Freshman
1	SportsPac12	Jarek Broussard	Talanoa Hufanga	Jayden de Laura
1	Pac-12 Conference	Jarek Broussard	Merlin Robertson	Jayden de Laura
2	SportsPac12	Tyler Shough	Avery Roberts	Ayden Hector
2	Pac-12 Conference	Sam Noyer	Nate Landman	Ayden Hector
3	SportsPac12	Jermar Jefferson	Jordan Happle	Dylan Morris
3	Pac-12 Conference	Jermar Jefferson	Jordan Happle	Dylan Morris
4	SportsPac12	Jermar Jefferson	Elijah Molden	Dylan Morris
4	Pac-12 Conference	Jermar Jefferson	Nate Landman	Dylan Morris
5	SportsPac12	Jarek Broussard	Avery Roberts	Ty Jordan
5	Pac-12 Conference	Jarek Broussard	Kuony Deng	Ty Jordan
6	SportsPac12	Ty Jordan	Talanoa Hufanga	Ty Jordan
6	Pac-12 Conference	Kedon Slovis	Talanoa Hufanga	Ty Jordan
7	SportsPac12	Simi Fehoko	Jamal Hill	Ty Jordan
7	Pac-12 Conference	Simi Fehoko	Evan Fields	Ty Jordan

Week 3 Nominations from Dash Sports TV Student Broadcasters and Writers

School	Offensive	Defensive	Freshman	Nominators
Arizona	Michael Wiley	Anthony Pandy	DJ Mourning	Jacob Mennuti & Ryan Wohl
Arizona State	Deamonte Trayanum	Merlin Robertson	Deamonte Trayanum	Wills Rice & Josh Eyraud
Cal	Nikko Remigio	Cam Goode	Muelu Iosefa	Jasper Kenzo Sundeen & Shailin Singh
Colorado	Jarek Broussard	Carson Wells	La’Vonte Shenault	Jason Marks & Kieran Murphy
Oregon	Travis Dye	Kayvon Thibodeaux	Noah Sewell	Michael Strite & Izzy La Rue
OSU	Calvin Tyler Jr.	Avery Roberts	Akili Arnold	Gus Light & Morgan Heffelfinger
Stanford	Austin Jones	Curtis Robinson	Myles Hinton	King Jemison & Daniel Martinez-Krams
UCLA	Dorian Thompson- Robinson	Caleb Johnson	Nicholas Barr-Mira	Sam Connon & Jack Perez
USC	Kedon Slovis	Talanoa Hufanga	Gary Bryant Jr.	Sam Arslanian & Nathan Ackerman
Utah	Ty Jordan	Devin Lloyd	Ty Jordan	Sammy Mora & Cole Bagley
Washington	Ty Jones	Edefuan Ulofoshio	Rome Odunze	Nathan Mathisen & Joseph Claypoole
WSU	Renard Bell	Brennan Jackson	Quinn Roff	Cody Schoeler & Ryan Root