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10/16/21 - Bo Nix, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

Three plays were all it took for Auburn. Strip-sack score. Fourth-down stop. Long touchdown pass. The Tigers turned a three-point deficit into an 11-point lead in the span of 3:03 and staved off Arkansas' attempted comeback to upset the No. 17 Razorbacks 38-23 on Saturday. Auburn's Derick Hall sacked and stripped KJ Jefferson in the Arkansas end zone and teammate Marcus Harris pounced on the fumble to give the Tigers a 21-17 lead early in the third quarter. On the ensuing drive, Jefferson marched the Razorbacks 45 yards, but on fourth-and-3 from the Auburn 30, he gained just a yard on a keeper.

One play later, Bo Nix found Demetris Robertson over the top for a 71-yard touchdown for Auburn. "It was huge. Obviously the play of the game. Those back-to-back were important," Nix said. "That just carried us on throughout the game into the fourth quarter when we got a chance to run the ball." Nix, less than a month after being benched in a 10-point win over Georgia State, had his best game of the season. He went 21 for 26 for 292 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. He also ran for another 42 yards, including a 23-yard touchdown with 2:30 left that provided the game's final score. Jefferson did what he could to keep Arkansas around, throwing for 228 yards and two touchdowns and running for another 66 yards. Arkansas outgained Auburn 460 yards to 427. The Razorbacks had more first downs, a better third-down conversion rate and fewer penalties. But Auburn's big plays made the difference. - Auburn/AP College Football

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QB Bo Nix, Oregon
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10/16/21 - Anthony Brown Jr., rSr/2022, Oregon + More +

Quarterback Anthony Brown shut out the noise to lead Oregon to a fourth-quarter comeback, then let the defense seal a victory over California. Brown scored on an 11-yard keeper with 4:50 left and the ninth-ranked Ducks held off surprisingly tenacious Cal 24-17 on Friday night. The Golden Bears took a 17-10 lead early in the final quarter, but Brown answered with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Jaylon Redd to tie it. The Ducks (5-1, 2-1 Pac-12) pulled in front on Brown's scamper into the end zone. Cal threatened on the ensuing possession. The Golden Bears got to the Oregon 3 after Chase Garbers' fourth-down pass to Kekoa Crawford preserved the drive, but his fourth-and-2 attempt with just 2 seconds left fell incomplete.

Oregon was coming off a bye following an overtime loss at Stanford. The rebound win was the Ducks' 16th straight victory at Autzen Stadium. Travis Dye ran for 145 yards and a score as Oregon leaned on him in the absence of CJ Verdell, who was injured against Stanford and is out for the season. Brown threw for 244 yards and a touchdown, while rushing for 44 yards and another score. But he faced boos from the Autzen crowd earlier in the game as Oregon's offense sputtered. "He's a great leader, he's willing to step up in those big moments and he's not afraid to shy away from those moments. He shows that time and time again," said offensive lineman Ryan Walk. "We saw that tonight, when the going was getting tough there he stepped up, grabbed the offense, he said, `We're going to get this thing right, let's get it going." - Oregon/AP College Football

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QB Anthony Brown Jr., Oregon
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10/04/21 - Bo Nix, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

OCT 4 SEC CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Bo Nix, QB, Auburn,...Threw for 255 yards and one touchdown while rushing for a game-high 74 yards and one touchdown while leading Auburn to its first win at LSU since 1999...Led Auburn to a 13-point come-from-behind SEC road win for the first time since Tigers beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa in 2010 (down 24)...Down nine, directed Auburn to fourth quarter TD drives of 75 and 92 yards for the win...His 74 yards rushing were a season-high and second most of his career. - SEC Football

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QB Bo Nix, Oregon
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10/04/21 - Bennett Williams, rSr/2023, Oregon + More +

SEPT 27 PAC-12 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Bennett Williams, Jr., Safety, Oregon (Campbell, CA),...Named the Walter Camp National FBS Defensive Player of the Week...Led Oregon's defense in a 41-19 win over Arizona to open Pac-12 play, recording 2 of the Ducks' 5 total interceptions. Also matched his season-high with 8 tackles, including 6 solo...Returned his second interception 68 yards for a touchdown...First career game with multiple interceptions...One of just seven Oregon players since 2000 to have multiple INTs in a game while returning one for a TD. 68-yard pick-six is the longest by a Duck since 2017. Intercepted a pass in consecutive games for the first time in his career, and now has three in the last two games...Owns 3 of Oregon's 9 interceptions on the season, tied for the most in the country. A main contributor to Oregon's 13 total takeaways, the most in the nation...Was Oregon's highest-graded player by PFF against Arizona with an 87.9 overall grade...2nd straight week an Oregon player has won this award after Verone McKinley III won it last week. Also nominated: Avery Roberts, ILB, Oregon State; Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah; Kyler Gordon, CB, Washington; Ron Stone Jr., Edge, Washington State; Qwuantrezz Knight, DB, UCLA; Kyle Soelle, LB, Arizona State. - Pac-12 Football

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SS Bennett Williams, Oregon
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10/03/21 - Bo Nix, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

Bo Nix passed for a touchdown and ran for a score and Jarquez Hunter scored on a 1-yard run with 3:11 to give No. 22 Auburn its first lead and a 24-19 victory over LSU on Saturday night. Auburn (4-1, 1-0 Southeastern Conference), which had not won at LSU's Tiger Stadium since 1999, secured the victory when Bydarrius Knighten intercepted Max Johnson's pass on fourth down at the Auburn 39 with 1:09 left. Nix frustrated LSU (3-2, 1-1) with his feet whether he was scrambling or running by design. His 5-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter, capped a series in which he ran on three of the final four plays for 23 yards. The touchdown pulled Auburn to 19-17 early in the fourth quarter, and that score stood until Nix led a 92-yard, 11-play, winning drive highlighted by Hunter's 44-yard run on a pitch to the left side.

Ducking under tacklers or spinning away from them, Nix also converted several extended scrambles behind the line of scrimmage into pivotal completions. The most unlikely such play - arguably one of the highlights in all of college football on the day - saw Nix spin away from multiple pass rushers, traverse more than half the width of the field and rifle a fourth-down touchdown strike to Tyler Fromm moments before he was engulfed by defenders along left sideline. The play cut LSU's lead to 13-7 in the second quarter. Shortly before the half ended, Nix threw for first down during another fourth-down scramble, setting up a field goal that made it 13-10. Nix finished 23 of 44 for 255 yards without a turnover. He also rushed for 74 yards. - Auburn/AP College Football

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QB Bo Nix, Oregon
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09/26/21 - Bennett Williams, rSr/2023, Oregon + More +

SEPT 26 WALTER CAMP NATIONAL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: BENNETT WILLIAMS, OREGON, Junior, Safety, Campbell, CA/St. Francis,...Bennett Williams recorded eight tackles and two interceptions, one of which he returned 68 yards for a touchdown as third-ranked Oregon defeated Arizona, 41-19. Notes: Bennett Williams is the 10th Oregon player since 2004 to earn Walter Camp National Player of Week honors, and the first since running back CJ Verdell (Oct. 27, 2019). - The Walter Camp Football Foundation

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SS Bennett Williams, Oregon
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09/26/21 - Anthony Brown Jr., rSr/2022, Oregon + More +

Anthony Brown threw for 206 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 3 Oregon handed Arizona its 16th straight loss with a 41-19 victory on Saturday night. Oregon (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) extended its winning streak at Autzen Stadium to 15 games. The Ducks are the lone undefeated team left in the Pac-12. Despite being winless this season, the Wildcats (0-4, 0-1) closed to within 24-19 late in the third quarter on Drake Anderson's 1-yard touchdown run.

Oregon extended its lead with Camden Lewis' 43-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter, then added Brown's 18-yard scoring pass to Spencer Webb to make it 34-19 with 8:26 left. The Ducks put it away on Bennett Williams' 68-yard interception return for a touchdown on Arizona's ensuing series. The Ducks got off to a quick start, with Brown's pass to Jaylon Redd for a 63-yard touchdown just more than a minute into the game. Then Oregon intercepted Arizona starter Jordan McCloud on the Wildcats' first series. - Oregon/AP College Football

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QB Anthony Brown Jr., Oregon
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09/21/21 - T.J. Bass, rSr/2023, Oregon + More +

SEPT 20 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: T.J. Bass, Jr., OG, Oregon (Deming, WA),...Tied for the team high with four knockdowns in No. 4 Oregon's 48-7 win over Stony Brook...Earned a terrific 86.4 grade by Pro Football Focus, including a stellar 93.5 run-blocking grade. 93.5 run-block grade ranked second nationally among all offensive linemen and first among guards in Week Three, and his 86.4 overall grade was tops in the nation among guards and 11th overall...Helped pave the way for an Oregon rushing attack that went for 173 yards on 39 carries. Oregon's offense scored 40-plus points for the first time this season...2nd time Bass has won this award, having previously been honored in November 2020. Ducks win the award in back-to-back weeks after Alex Forsyth won it after Oregon's win over Ohio State. Oregon also won the award in consecutive weeks last season with Ryan Walk and T.J. Bass winning the first 2 weeks of the 2020 season. Since this award began in 2019, Oregon has won it 12 of the 24 weeks...Also nominated: Will Craig, LT, California; Luke Wattenberg, C, Washington; Jake Levengood, OL, Oregon State; Henry Hattis, RG, Arizona State. - Pac-12 Football

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OG T.J. Bass, Oregon
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09/21/21 - Verone McKinley III, rJr/2022, Oregon + More +

SEPT 20 PAC-12 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Verone McKinley III, So., Safety, Oregon (Carrollton, TX),...Led the Oregon defense in a 48-7 win over Stony Brook, recording a pair of interceptions and three tackles (two solo)...Notched his second career multi-interception game and brought his season INT total to 3 through 3 games. 3 INT leads the Pac-12 and is tied for the most in FBS this season. Now has 8 career interceptions, 4 away from cracking the UO all-time top 10. Picked off passes in consecutive games for the second time in his career...Earned a solid 80.1 overall grade by Pro Football Focus, including a stellar 88.5 grade in pass coverage...Oregon's defense held its opponent to single-digit points for the first time since Nov. 16, 2019. The Ducks held Stony Brook scoreless in the second half while allowing just 80 total yards...2nd time McKinley has won this award with first time coming in October 2019. He's the first Duck to win the award since Jamal Hill won it after the 2020 Pac-12 Championship Game...Also nominated: Drake Jackson, OLB, USC; Brendan Radley-Hiles, DB, Washington; Nate Landman, ILB, Colorado; Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah; Jimmy Wyrick, Safety, Stanford; Kyle Soelle, LB, Arizona State; Qwuantrezz Knight, DB, UCLA; Omar Speights, ILB, Oregon State. - Pac-12 Football

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FS Verone McKinley III, Oregon
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09/18/21 - Dillon Gabriel, rSr/2025, Oregon + More +

Central Florida quarterback Dillon Gabriel will be out indefinitely after suffering a broken clavicle on the final play of the Knights' loss Friday night to Louisville. UCF (2-1) announced Saturday that Gabriel would not need surgery, but it gave no timetable for his return. The junior is one of the top quarterbacks in the country. He led the nation in yards passing last season and completed 68.7% of his passes for 814 yards and nine touchdowns. Gabriel was injured with the Knights trailing by a touchdown in the final seconds deep in their own territory as they tried to make a desperation lateral play. He was slammed to the turf on his left throwing shoulder while trying to keep the ball alive. - AP College Football

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QB Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
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09/14/21 - CJ Verdell, rSr/2022, Oregon + More +

SEPT 13 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: CJ Verdell, Jr., RB, Oregon (Chula Vista, CA),...Ran for 161 yards and 2 touchdowns on 20 carries in Oregon's historic 35-28 win over then #3 ranked Ohio State. Also led team with 3 receptions for 34 yards and another score. Finished with 195 all-purpose yards and 3 total TD...Surpassed 150 yards on the ground for the 5th time in his career and the 11th career 100-yard game (T-5th most in school history)...7th in school history with 2,758 rushing yards and tied for 9th all-time at Oregon with 24 career rushing TD...Oregon's 269 total rushing yards are the most by any team against Ohio State in Ohio Stadium since November 22, 2014...3rd time winning the award, taking it home in as a sophomore in October 2019 and a freshman in October 2018. Also nominated: B.J. Baylor, RB, Oregon State; Micah Bernard, RB, Utah; Jayden Daniels, QB, Arizona State; Jayden de Laura, QB, Washington State, Tanner McKee, QB, Stanford. - Pac-12 Conference Football

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RB CJ Verdell, Oregon
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09/14/21 - Alex Forsyth, rSr/2023, Oregon + More +

SEPT 13 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Alex Forsyth, Jr., C, Oregon (West Linn, OR),...Helped pave the way for Oregon to run for 269 yards, including 7.1 yards per carry, in Oregon's historic win at then #3 Ohio State. Most rushing yards by any team against Ohio State in Ohio Stadium since November 22, 2014. Ducks had 505 yards of total offense...Led Oregon with a whopping 6 knockdowns and did not allow a sack, hurry or pressure all game while recording a terrific 82.3 pass-blocking grade by Pro Football Focus...Finished with a 70.3 total blocking grade by PFF while playing all 75 offensive snaps at center...Has not allowed a sack, hurry, or pressure in 145 snaps to start the season...First Oregon player to win this award since T.J. Bass won it in November 2020. The Ducks won the award the first 2 weeks of last season, with Ryan Walk winning it in Week One. Also nominated: Kellen Diesch, LT, Arizona State; Joshua Gray, OL, Oregon State; Abe Lucas, OT, Washington State. - Pac-12 Conference Football

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C Alex Forsyth, Oregon
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09/13/21 - CJ Verdell, rSr/2022, Oregon + More +

C.J. Verdell watched on TV last week as Minnesota's Mohamed Ibrahim shredded Ohio State's disheveled defense early. The Oregon running back thought he could take advantage in the same fashion. Verdell, who has struggled with injuries the past two seasons, made it happen. He ran for 161 yards and scored three touchdowns as short-handed No. 12 Oregon stunned No. 3 Ohio State 35-28. Verdell and quarterback Anthony Brown exploited holes in Ohio State's defense and handed the Buckeyes their first regular-season loss in nearly three years and the first of third-year coach Ryan Day's tenure. The Buckeyes' last loss in the regular season came at Purdue in October 2018 under Urban Meyer. - AP College Football

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RB CJ Verdell, Oregon
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09/13/21 - Dillon Gabriel, rSr/2025, Oregon + More +

SEPT 13 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL: Dillon Gabriel, Jr., QB, UCF,...Had 355 yards of total offense with three touchdowns (two passing, one rushing) in a 63-14 win against Bethune-Cookman. - American Athletic Conference Football

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QB Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
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09/12/21 - Verone McKinley III, rJr/2022, Oregon + More +

Oregon and Iowa were the big movers in The Associated Press college football poll after road wins over top-10 opponents. The Ducks' victory over Ohio State earned them a promotion from No. 12 to No. 4. Another impressive defensive performance by Iowa in the Cy-Hawk Trophy game pushed the Hawkeyes from No. 10 to No. 5. Arkansas, coming off a home win over old Southwest Conference rival Texas, was rewarded with its first appearance in the AP Top 25 in five years, coming in at No. 20. Alabama remained No. 1 in the AP Top 25, which is presented by Regions Bank. The Crimson Tide received 60 of the 63 first-place votes. Georgia, which picked up the other three first-place votes, stayed at No. 2. Oklahoma was No. 3 and followed by Oregon, Iowa, Clemson, Texas A&M, Cincinnati, Ohio State and Penn State. - AP College Football

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