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11/08/22 - DJ Johnson, rSr/2023, Oregon + More +

OCT 31 PAC-12 DEFENSE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: DJ Johnson, Sr., OLB, Oregon (Sacramento, Calif.),...2 sacks in Oregon's 42-24 win at California...2nd multi-sack performance this season and of his career...3 total tackles while adding a pass breakup...4th game with a sack this season...Tied for 4th in the Pac-12 with a team-high 6.0 sacks. Tied for 6th in the Pac-12 with 7.5 tackles for loss...Earned a team-high 86.0 defensive grade from Pro Football Focus, tied for No. 3 among qualified FBS edge rushers in Week 9...Solid 78.4 pass-rushing grade from PFF...1st time winning this awards and 3rd different Oregon player to win this season (Brandon Dorlus and Mase Funa)...3rd school to have at least 3 players win this award in the same season since the award was created before the 2019 season: 2019 Washington (Benning Potoa'e, Ryan Bowman, Joe Tryon) & 2019 Utah (Bradlee Anae, Leki Fotu, John Penisini, Mika Tafua). Also nominated: Van Fillinger, DE, Utah; BJ Green II, DL, Arizona State; Gary Smith III, DL, UCLA. - Pac-12 Football

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DE DJ Johnson, Oregon
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11/08/22 - Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu, rSr/2023, Oregon + More +

OCT 31 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu, Sr., RT, Oregon (Hilo, Hawaii.),...Helped Oregon rack up 586 yards of offense and 6 touchdowns, 3 passing and 3 rushing, in a 42-24 win at Cal...Earned a team-best 85.9 pass-blocking grade from Pro Football Focus, No. 1 among all Pac-12 tackles and tied for 13th nationally. 4th time in 8 games earning a pass-block grade of 80.0 or better, and 6th time at 78.0 or better...Did not allow a sack, pressure hurry or QB hit in 40 pass-blocking opportunities. Oregon did not allow a sack for the 7th time in 8 games; UO leads the nation with just 1 sack allowed.

Leads all Pac-12 tackles and ranks 8th nationally among tackles with an 85.4 pass-blocking grade on the season...1st time winning this award and 3rd different Oregon OL selected this season (T.J. Bass and Alex Forsyth)...An Oregon OL has taken home this honor in 4 of the 9 weeks this season...It's the 2nd most a school has won this award since its creation before the 2019 season; Oregon was honored 8 times in 14 weeks in 2019...Also nominated: Antonio Mafi, LG, UCLA; Jonah Monheim, RT, USC; Jonah Savaiinaea, RG, Arizona. - Pac-12 Football

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OT Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu, Oregon
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11/05/22 - Bo Nix, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

Bo Nix and the Oregon offense found creative ways to score, including an offensive lineman catching a touchdown pass and a linebacker scoring from short, as the eighth-ranked Ducks routed Colorado 49-10 on Saturday. With the wind howling - 39 mph gusts - the Ducks (8-1, 6-0 Pac-12, No. 8 CFP) breezed to their eighth straight win since a 49-3 loss to No. 1 Georgia in the season opener. The Ducks dialed up one gadget play after another, with offensive tackle Josh Conerly Jr. catching a 4-yard TD pass to open the scoring and linebacker Noah Sewell scoring on a 1-yard plunge. Even Nix got into the trick-play act by catching an 18-yard touchdown pass from tailback Bucky Irving. The Ducks are the first FBS team to have a receiving TD from an O-lineman, a receiving score from a QB and a rushing TD by a defensive player in the same game since at least 1996, according to research provided by Oregon. Nix turned in another strong performance, completing 20 of 24 passes for 274 yards and two scores. He also had two rushing touchdowns. With his TD reception, Nix joined the company of Marcus Mariota (2012 and '14) and Joey Harrington ('00) as Oregon quarterbacks who've been on the receiving end of scores since '96.

Irving finished with 120 yards rushing and, courtesy of his pass, posted an astounding pass efficiency rating of 581.2. Oregon defensive back Christian Gonzalez tormented his former team with a pair of interceptions. Gonzalez earned Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention accolades last season for the Buffaloes before transferring. About the only thing that didn't go well for Oregon was Nix's backward, hook-shot-looking pass on fourth down near the end zone. Even that worked out, though, as two plays later Gonzalez intercepted a J.T. Shrout pass. It set up a short Nix run to make it 35-10. There was a scary moment for the Buffaloes (1-8, 1-5) in the fourth quarter when talented freshman receiver Jordyn Tyson went down with an undisclosed injury. He was helped off the field with his left leg trailing. Tyson had five catches for 137 yards, including an 81-yard score. It was a gusty day at Folsom Field, with wrappers and leaves constantly blowing all over the field. On one occasion, the pom-poms from the cheerleaders blew onto the field and players tracked them down. - Oregon/AP College Football

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QB Bo Nix, Oregon
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10/29/22 - Bo Nix, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

Bo Nix threw three touchdown passes and ran for three more scores to lead No. 8 Oregon to a 42-24 victory over California on Saturday for its seventh straight win. The Ducks (7-1, 5-0 Pac-12) broke open the game with three TDs in a span of less than seven minutes of game time spanning halftime and rolled to another win. Oregon hasn't lost since a season-opening 46-point loss to Georgia, winning six of the seven games by at least 15 points. The Golden Bears (3-5, 1-4) lost their fourth straight game as their defense could do little to slow down Nix and the Ducks and the offense couldn't keep up. Cal has lost 22 of its last 23 games against teams ranked in the top 10. Nix threw for 412 yards and accounted for six touchdowns combined through the air or on the ground. The Ducks gained 586 yards for the game, the most against the Bears in six seasons under coach Justin Wilcox. Jack Plummer threw for 214 yards and one TD for Cal.

Oregon scored three TDs in the second quarter to take charge of the game. Nix ran it in from the 4 on the opening play of the quarter. He bounced back from an interception near the goal line on the next drive to lead the Ducks to two more TDs in the second quarter, scoring on a 1-yard run and then throwing a 12-yard TD pass to Bucky Irving following Trikweze Bridges' interception of Plummer to make it 21-10. Oregon then took the second-half kickoff and scored another TD when Noah Whittington took a short pass from Nix and turned it into a 29-yard score. That gave Oregon it's third TD in a span of 6:29 on the game clock. Nix added a TD run and touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach. - Oregon/AP College Football

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QB Bo Nix, Oregon
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10/24/22 - Bo Nix, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

OCT 24 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Bo Nix, Sr., QB, Oregon (Pinson, Ala.),...Led Oregon to a huge 45-30 win over No. 9 UCLA with a stellar performance. Completed 22-of-28 passes for 283 yards and 5 touchdowns while rushing 8 times for 51 yards....Matched his career-high with 5 touchdown passes, his second 5-TD game of the season. Just the 3rd Oregon QB since at least 1996 to throw 5-plus touchdowns multiple times in the same season, joining Justin Herbert (2019) and Marcus Mariota (2014). 1 of 5 FBS quarterbacks this season to throw 5 TD multiple times. Perfect 11-of-11 for 151 yards and 3 touchdowns in the second quarter.

Connected on a 49-yard touchdown, his 7th completion of 40-plus yards this season. Completed 15 straight passes from the 1st quarter to the 3rd. Earned a terrific 90.4 overall grade from Pro Football Focus, tied for 8th among all FBS quarterbacks in Week 8. 1st time winning Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week, won the SEC Offensive Player of the Week last season with Auburn in Week 5. First Oregon player to take home this honor since Anthony Brown won in the final week of the regular season last year. Also nominated for Offense: Damien Martinez, RB, Oregon State; Michael Penix, Jr., QB, Washington; Jake Bobo, WR, UCLA; Tanner McKee, QB, Stanford; Elijhah Badger, WR, Arizona State. - Pac-12 Football

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QB Bo Nix, Oregon
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10/24/22 - Alex Forsyth, rSr/2023, Oregon + More +

OCT 24 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Alex Forsyth, Sr., C, Oregon (West Linn, Ore.),...Helped Oregon rack up 545 yards of offense and 262 rushing yards in a huge 45-30 win over No. 9 UCLA. Ducks rushed for 200-plus yards for the 3rd straight game and 5th time in 7 games; the last time UO rushed for 200-plus yards in 5 or more of its first 7 games was 2017. The leader of an offensive line that did not allow a sack for the 6th time in 7 games; UO leads the nation with just 1 sack allowed this season. Earned an 83.7 pass-blocking grade from Pro Football Focus while not allowing a pressure, hurry, QB hit or sack in 28 pass-blocking opportunities. Ranks 7th among all FBS offensive linemen with a team-best 89.9 pass-blocking grade from PFF this season. 1st time this season and 2nd time in his career that Forsyth has earned this honor. Won it in Week 2 of last season after the victory at Ohio State. 2nd Duck to be selected this year, T.J. Bass claimed the award back-to-back in Weeks 5 and 6. Also nominated: Jake Levengood, C, Oregon State; Troy Fautanu, LT, Washington. - Pac-12 Football

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C Alex Forsyth, Oregon
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10/24/22 - Brandon Johnson, Sr/2025, Oregon + More +

OCT 24 ACC DEFENSIVE BACK OF THE WEEK: Brandon Johnson, Duke, NB, Newton, N.C.,...Became the first Duke player since 2015 to be named Walter Camp National FBS Defensive Player of the Week following his performance in the Blue Devils' 45-21 win over Miami ... Logged a career-best and team-high nine tackles with 2.0 sacks, 2.0 TFL, a fumble recovery and an interception he returned 28 yards for a touchdown ... His fumble recovery in the second quarter also set up a Duke score ... Registered two of Duke's season-best six sacks. - ACC Football

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CB Brandon Johnson, Oregon
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10/24/22 - Bo Nix, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

Oregon's Bo Nix and Wake Forest's Sam Hartman on Saturday became the fourth and fifth Football Bowl Subdivision quarterbacks to throw for five touchdowns in multiple games this season. Nix passed for five scores against UCLA after having done it last month against Eastern Washington. Hartman, who threw for six TDs against Clemson last month, had five against Boston College. Ohio State's C.J. Stroud has thrown five TD passes in two games and six in another and leads the nation with 28. Mississippi State's Will Rogers has a game with six TD passes and another with a fifth. North Carolina's Drake Maye has two games with five TD passes. - AP College Football

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QB Bo Nix, Oregon
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10/23/22 - Bo Nix, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

OCT 23 WALTER CAMP NATIONAL FBS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: BO NIX, OREGON, Senior, Quarterback, Pinson, AL/Pinson Valley,...Bo Nix completed 22-of-28 passes for 283 yards and five touchdowns as eighth-ranked Oregon defeated 12th-ranked UCLA, 45-30. Nix had scoring passes of 17, 49, 2, 17 and 37 yards as the Ducks improved to 6-1, 4-0 in the Pac-12. Notes: Bo Nix is the 11th Oregon player to earn Walter Camp National Player of Week honors since the award started in 2004, and the first since safety Bennett Williams (Sept. 26, 2021). - The Walter Camp Football Foundation

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QB Bo Nix, Oregon
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10/23/22 - Brandon Johnson, Sr/2025, Oregon + More +

OCT 23 WALTER CAMP NATIONAL FBS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: BRANDON JOHNSON, DUKE, Sophomore, Safety, Newton, NC/Newton-Conover,...Brandon Johnson recorded a career-best nine tackles (8 solo), including two quarterback sacks and one interception Duke defeated Miami, 45-121. Johnson returned his interception 28 yards for a touchdown in the victory, which improved Duke's record to 5-3. Notes: Brandon Johnson is the sixth Duke player to earn Walter Camp National Player of Week honors (since 2004), and the first since former defensive back Jeremy Cash (September 27, 2015). - The Walter Camp Football Foundation

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CB Brandon Johnson, Oregon
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10/22/22 - Bo Nix, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

Bo Nix threw for 278 yards and five touchdowns and No. 10 Oregon handed No. 9 UCLA its first loss of the season with a 45-30 victory on Saturday. The win extended Oregon's winning streak at Autzen Stadium to 23 games, matching a school record. It is the third-best active home streak in the nation. The Ducks (6-1, 4-0 Pac-12) have won six straight since a season-opening loss to Georgia and are the lone remaining undefeated team in Pac-12 conference play. The loss snapped a nine-game overall winning streak for the Bruins, who have not won in Eugene since 2004. UCLA (6-1, 3-1) hasn't defeated the Ducks since 2017. Nix, a transfer from Auburn, is a mobile threat who has thrown for 17 touchdowns and rushed for eight this season. He completed 21 of 28 passes against the Bruins. His favorite target on Saturday was Troy Franklin, who had eight catches for 132 yards and two scores.

UCLA's Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who was completing nearly 75% of his passes going into the game, threw for 262 yards and two touchdowns. Zach Charbonnet rushed for 136 yards and a score. Oregon slowed UCLA's ground game, allowing 186 rushing yards. The Bruins were ranked second in the Pac-12 with an average of 211.5 yards. In contrast, the Ducks piled up 273 rushing yards. After trading field goals, the Ducks went up 10-3 early in the second quarter on Nix's 17-yard touchdown pass to Terrance Ferguson. UCLA answered with Thompson-Robinson's 36-yard scoring pass to Keegan Jones. Franklin caught a 51-yard scoring pass from Nix to pull the Ducks back in front. Oregon recovered an onside kick and went on to extend its lead with Jordan James' 2-yard touchdown carry. Nicholas Barr-Mira added a 44-yard field goal for the Bruins to close the gap. The Ducks were pushed back by a pair of penalties on the final drive before halftime, but Franklin caught a 2-yard pass from Nix for a 31-13 lead at the break. Nix became the third Oregon quarterback since at least 1996 with multiple games of five or more touchdowns in a season. He joins Justin Herbert (2019) and Marcus Mariota (2014). - Oregon/AP College Football

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QB Bo Nix, Oregon
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10/17/22 - Dillon Gabriel, rSr/2025, Oregon + More +

BIG 12 FOOTBALL NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK: Dillon Gabriel, OU, QB, Jr.,...Redshirt junior quarterback Gabriel completed 29 of 42 passes (69%) for 403 yards and two touchdowns, and rushed 10 times for 37 yards and a TD in Oklahoma's 52-42 win over No. 19 Kansas. Gabriel's 403 passing yards and 440 total offensive yards were both the second most by a Big 12 player this year and the most in a conference game. He threw for 304 yards in the first half alone, marking OU's first 300-yard passing half in three seasons. Gabriel's performance helped the Sooners amass 701 yards of offense, their most against a Big 12 opponent in four years and the most by a Big 12 team this season (fourth most nationally). - Big 12 Football

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QB Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
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10/15/22 - Dillon Gabriel, rSr/2025, Oregon + More +

Dillon Gabriel passed for 403 yards in his first game back after a concussion, and Oklahoma defeated No. 19 Kansas 52-42 on Saturday to end its three-game losing streak. Gabriel was injured in the second quarter of Oklahoma's loss to TCU on October 1, and the offense had sputtered in nearly seven quarters without him heading into the Kansas game. But a week after the Sooners were held to 195 yards against Texas, Oklahoma (4-3, 1-3 Big 12) exploded for 701 yards. Eric Gray ran for 176 yards, Marvin Mims had a career-high nine catches for 106 yards and Brayden Willis had five catches for a career-best 102 yards for the Sooners, who relieved some of the pressure that had been building for first-year coach Brent Venables.

It was Oklahoma's 18th straight win over Kansas, with all the victories coming by double digits. The Sooners haven't lost to the Jayhawks since 1997. Filling in for the injured Jalon Daniels (shoulder), Jason Bean passed for 265 yards and four touchdowns for Kansas. Lawrence Arnold had 113 yards and two touchdowns receiving and Mason Fairchild had 106 yards and caught two touchdown passes for Kansas. The Jayhawks (5-2, 2-2) lost their second straight and missed out on the chance to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2008. Gabriel completed 21 of 29 passes for 304 yards in the first half to help the Sooners take a 35-21 lead. The Sooners' 487 yards in the first half were the second-most gained in a half in school history, trailing the 507 gained in the first half against Missouri in 1986. Gray had 124 yards rushing in the first half, eclipsing his previous high as a Sooner before the break. The Sooners kept the Jayhawks at bay in the second half, controlling the ball for more than 17 minutes. - Oklahoma/AP College Football

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QB Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
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10/10/22 - T.J. Bass, rSr/2023, Oregon + More +

OCT 10 PAC-12 OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: T.J. Bass, Sr., LT, Oregon (Deming, Wash.),...2nd straight week winning this award and 4th time overall, tying him with Penei Sewell for the most times being honored since the award was created prior to the 2019 season. Only the 2nd player to be named Offensive Lineman of the Week in back-to-back weeks, with Sewell doing that in September 2019...Helped pave the way for Oregon to rush for 306 yards and 7 touchdowns, the program's most in a game since 2017 and most vs. an FBS opponent since 2012. Oregon rushed for 300-plus yards for the 2nd game in a row...The Ducks did not allow a sack for the 5th time in 6 games; UO leads the nation with just 1 sack allowed this season. UO also did not allow a TFL in a game for the first time since 2010...Oregon's highest-graded offensive lineman with an 82.4 overall grade from Pro Football Focus, and a terrific 84.3 run-blocking grade...Did not allow a pressure, hurry, QB hit or sack in 24 pass-blocking opportunities...Also nominated: Isaia Glass, LT, Arizona State; Taliese Fuaga, RT, Oregon State; Brett Neilon, C, USC. - Pac-12 Football

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OG T.J. Bass, Oregon
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10/08/22 - Bo Nix, rSr/2024, Oregon + More +

Bo Nix threw for 265 yards and ran for three touchdowns, Noah Whittington added an early 55-yard touchdown run and No. 12 Oregon rolled to a 49-22 victory over Arizona on Saturday night. The Ducks (5-1, 3-0 Pac-12) scored touchdowns on seven consecutive drives starting midway through the first quarter, building a 49-13 lead by late in the third. Oregon piled up 580 yards of total offense - including 306 yards on the ground - doing pretty much whatever it wanted against Arizona (3-3, 1-2). Nix was a great on the ground for a second straight game, scoring on a pair of 2-yard runs before breaking free for a 25-yard touchdown in the third quarter. He ran for a career-high 141 yards and two touchdowns last week against Stanford.

The Ducks have won five straight since a season-opening loss to Georgia, scoring more than 40 points in every game. They built a 28-13 lead by halftime Saturday. Nix completed 13 of 14 passes for 187 yards as the offense racked up 346 total yards before the break. Arizona managed to stay within striking distance thanks to a 52-yard touchdown run by DJ Williams and a pair of field goals from Tyler Loop, including a 36-yarder as time expired in the second quarter. But the Ducks erased any doubt about the outcome in the third. Oregon opened the second half with an efficient eight-play, 75-yard drive, capped by Nix's second touchdown run for a 35-13 advantage. A few minutes later, Bucky Irving ran for a 22-yard touchdown and a 42-13 lead. Arizona's Jayden de Laura completed 24 of 42 passes for 241 yards, one touchdown and an interception. - Oregon/AP College Football

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