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Ross III, Jones IV, Oliver earn weekly Conference honors

Nov 7, 2016

Offensive: John Ross III, Jr., WR, Washington
• Ross accounted for 208 receiving yards and three touchdowns on just six receptions, good for an average of 34.67 yards per catch in Washington's 66-27 win at California. 
• Ross caught scoring passes of 60, 67 and six yards and increased his season total for receiving touchdowns to 14, second-most in the FBS. 
• His 208 yards were the fifth-highest, single-game total in UW history while his three TDs were tied for second-most in UW history, one shy of the record of four.

Defensive: Sidney Jones IV, Jr., CB, Washington
 The junior cornerback led a Husky defense that held California to just 27 points, about 14 shy of its season average. 
• Jones recorded two interceptions, one of them in the end zone, and also broke up two other passes, while also contributing three tackles. 
• Washington's defense held Cal to its second-lowest passing yards output of the season (262 yards) as well as the second-fewest TD passes (1), while the Bears' 362 yards of total offense equaled their lowest sum of the year.

Special Teams: Isaiah Oliver, PR/DB, Colorado
• In Colorado's 20-10 win over UCLA, Oliver returned five punts for 124 yards, including a 68-yard runback for a touchdown that clinched the victory with under six minutes to go (he also had a 42-yard return earlier in the game). 
• It was CU’s first punt return for a score since Stephane Robinson returned one 81 yards against Kansas on Oct. 22, 2005. 
• He is the first Buff to have over 100 yards in punt returns in a game since Josh Smith (4-108) against Eastern Washington on Sept. 6, 2008 and it was the most yards since Roman Hollowell had 6-148 against Fresno State on Aug. 26, 2001.
• It was the most punt return yards in a game this year by a Pac-12 player and the fourth-most in the NCAA through games of Nov. 4

ALSO NOMINATED:
Offensive: 
Christian McCaffrey, STAN; Ronald Jones II, USC; Luke Falk, WSU
Defensive: Chidobe Awuzie, COLO; Rasheem Green, USC; Jayon Brown, UCLA; Nnamdi Oguayo, WSU
Special Teams: Conrad Ukropina, STAN

2016 PAC-12 FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Nov. 7 John Ross III, WASH Sidney Jones IV, WASH Isaiah Oliver, COLO
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