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Pac-12 Football Players of the Week - Week 5

Oct 2, 2017

OFFENSIVE: Bryce Love, Jr., RB, Stanford
• Set Stanford's single-game rushing record with 301 yards, tied for eighth-most in Pac-12 history.
• Averaged 12.0 yards on his 25 carries and had a career-high three touchdown runs which went for 61, 43 and 59 yards.
• In the last 20 years, Love and USC’s Reggie Bush are the only players with back-to-back 250-yard rushing games. Stanford had just one game with a 250-yard rusher in the program's first 1,254 contests -- Love has now reached that mark in back-to-back games.
• Has also rushed for 100 yards in seven consecutive games (second-longest streak in school history), and is the only player in the last 20 years with a rush of 50 or more yards in seven straight games. 

DEFENSIVE: Jahad Woods, RFr., LB, Washington State
• In just his second career start, led WSU defensively as the Cougar defense held the Trojans to 10 points below their season average in a 30-27 Cougar victory.
• Posted a game-high nine tackles, including a sack, tackle-for-loss and a forced fumble.
• Woods preserved the Cougar victory by sacking Sam Darnold on the Trojans’ final possession, forcing the fumble that the Cougars recovered.

SPECIAL TEAMS: Erik Powell, RSr., K, Washington State
• Accounted for 12 points with three field goals and three extra points, in WSU’s 30-27 upset of No. 5 USC.
• Connected on all three field goal attempts from 44, 33 and 32 yards.
• His 32-yards FG with 1:40 proved to be the game-winner. It marked the 39th of his career, 5th in WSU history.
• Powell added three punts for 111 yards, a 37.0 average with a long of 53.

ALSO NOMINATED:
OFFENSIVE: Kani Benoit, ORE; Jordan Lasley, UCLA; Dante Pettis, WASH; Luke Falk, WSU.
DEFENSIVE: Henry Mondeaux, ORE; Justin Reid, STAN; Kenny Young, UCLA.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Brady Breeze, ORE; Jake Bailey, STAN.

  Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Sep. 5 Josh Rosen, UCLA Devante Downs, CAL Jake Olsen, USC
Sep. 11 Sam Darnold, USC Peyton Pelluer, WSU Dante Pettis, WASH
Sep. 17 Luke Falk, WSU Devante Downs, CAL Dante Pettis, WASH
Sep. 25 Bryce Love, STAN Jack Jones, USC Brandon Ruiz, ASU
Oct. 2 Bryce Love, STAN Jahad Woods, WSU Erik Powell, WSU