Football Pac-12 Conference

Pac-12 football players of the week announced

SAN FRANCISCO Quarterback Luke Falk of Washington State, linebacker Gionni Paul of Utah and wide receiver Bralon Addison of Oregon have been named offensive, defensive and special teams Pac-12 Players of the Week in football.

Falk, a redshirt sophomore from Logan, Utah, threw for a season-high 478 yards, completing 47-of-66 passes with four touchdowns and no interceptions in Washington States come-from-behind, 37-34 win at Rutgers. Falk saved his best performance for last, leading the Cougars on a 10-play, 90-yard drive in 1:31, capped with an 8-yard TD pass to River Cracraft with 13 seconds remaining. He completed his first 13 passes and ended the first half 24-of-29 for 201 yards and guided two WSU touchdown drives after Rutgers had taken leads in the fourth quarter. Falks 478 yards are the second-most of his career and the third time in five career starts he has eclipsed the 400-yard mark. The win marked WSUs first victory against a Big Ten school since defeating Purdue in the 2001 Sun Bowl, and first win in the Eastern Time Zone since 1996.

Paul, a senior linebacker from Winter Haven, Fla., made two key impact fourth-quarter plays for Utah in the 24-14 win over Utah State. Paul recovered a fumble on the Utah 25-yard line, and then made a game-clinching interception at the Utah 7-yard line with three minutes remaining. He finished the game with seven tackles (1.0 TFL), a fumble recovery and an interception. Pauls tackle-for-loss helped the Utah defense force three-straight three-and-outs to start the second half.

Addison, a junior wide receiver from Missouri City, Texas, returned four punts for the Ducks, including an 81-yard return for a touchdown in the 31-28 loss to Michigan State. His touchdown return tied the score at 14-14 with 13:11 to play in the third quarter, marking Oregons 33 rd non-offensive touchdown since 2010 to lead the country. He now has three punt returns for touchdowns in his career, despite missing all of the 2014 season recovering from a knee injury.  Addison ranks 14 th in the country in punt return average at 20.8.

Also nominated for Offensive Player of the Week: Nick Wilson, RB, ARIZ; Demario Richard, RB, ASU; Trevor Davis, WR, CAL; Offensive Line, OL, COLO; Bryce Love, RB, STAN; Paul Perkins, RB, UCLA; JuJu Smith-Schuester, WR, USC; Devontae Booker, RB, UTAH, Myles Gaskin, TB, WASH; Also nominated for Defensive Player of the Week: Christian Sam, LB, ASU; Darius Allensworth, CAL; Chidobe Awuzie, CB; COLO; Rommel Mageo, LB, OSU; Blake Martinez, ILB, STAN; Kenny Young, LB, UCLA; Also Nominated for Special Teams Player of the Week: Conrad Ukropina, K, STAN; Kaimi Fairbairn, PK, UCLA; Erik Powell, K, WSU

2015 Pac-12 Players of the Week

Week

Offensive

Defensive

Special Teams

Sept. 7

Josh Rosen, UCLA

Justin Thomas, UTAH

Dante Pettis, WASH

Sept. 14

Luke Falk, WSU Gionni Paul, UTAH Bralon Addison, ORE