Pac-12 Announces Football All-Academic Teams
SAN FRANCISCO –– Following are the 2017 Pac-12 Conference Football All-Academic teams, announced today by Commissioner Larry Scott. To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and appear in at least 50 percent of their team’s games.
FIRST TEAM
| Pos. | Name, School | Yr. | GPA | Major |
| QB | Justin Herbert, Oregon | So. | 4.08 | Biology |
| RB | Patrick Laird, California | RJr. | 3.51 | Business Administration; Political Science |
| RB | Nick Ralston, Arizona State (2) | RSo. | 4.00 | Finance |
| WR | John Gardner, Washington | RJr. | 3.54 | Mathematics |
| WR | Timmy Hernandez, Oregon State | Jr. | 3.74 | Mechanical Engineering |
| TE | Harrison Handley, Utah | Sr. | 3.63 | Educational Leadership and Policy |
| OL | Christian Boettcher, Arizona | Sr. | 3.60 | Biochemistry |
| OL | Johnny Capra, Utah | So. | 3.96 | Communication |
| OL | Isaac Miller, Colorado | RSo. | 3.77 | Integrative Physiology & Psychology |
| OL | Calvin Throckmorton, Oregon (2) | RSo. | 3.76 | Human Physiology |
| OL | Nick Wilson, Stanford (2) | Jr. | 3.62 | Mechanical Engineering |
| DL | Nick Heninger, Utah | RFr. | 3.93 | Undeclared/Pre-Dentistry |
| DL | Dylan Jackson, Stanford (2) | Jr. | 3.30 | Political Science |
| DL | Harrison Phillips, Stanford (2) | Sr. | 3.34 | Science, Technology and Society; Sociology |
| DL | Pita Tonga, Utah | RFr. | 3.56 | Undeclared |
| LB | Tevis Bartlett, Washington (2) | Jr. | 3.65 | Education, Community & Organizations |
| LB | Ben Burr-Kirven, Washington (2) | Jr. | 3.58 | Comparative Literature, Cinema and Media Studies |
| LB | Derek McCartney, Colorado | Gr. | 3.71 | Integrative Physiology |
| DB | Terrell Burgess, Utah | So. | 3.59 | Undeclared |
| DB | Malcolm Holland, Arizona (2) | So.. | 3.44 | Pre-Business |
| DB | Taylor Rapp, Washington | So. | 3.66 | Business |
| DB | Luke Rubenzer, California | Sr. | 3.24 | Business Administration |
| PK | Van Soderberg, Washington | RFr. | 3.91 | Pre-Engineering |
| P | Mitch Wishnowsky, Utah | Jr. | 3.40 | Kinesiology Teaching |
| ST | Richard McNitzky, Stanford | So. | 3.88 | Undeclared |
(2) Two-time first-team All-Academic selection
(3) Three-time first-team All-Academic selection
Injury/Illness does not count against criteria to appear in 50 percent of team’s games.
SECOND TEAM
| Pos. | Name, School | Yr. | GPA | Major |
| QB | Jake Browning, Washington | Jr. | 3.37 | Business (Finance) |
| RB | Ryan Nall, Oregon State | RJr. | 3.41 | Speech Communication |
| RB | Cameron Scarlett, Stanford | Jr. | 3.3 | Science, Technology and Technology |
| WR | Brandon Arconado, Washington State | RSo. | 3.38 | Undeclared |
| WR | Demari Simpkins, Utah | So. | 3.23 | Communication |
| TE | Dalton Schultz, Stanford | Sr. | 3.43 | Science, Technology and Society |
| OL | Jesse Burkett, Stanford (2) | Sr. | 3.5 | Japanese; Symbolic Systems |
| OL | Jake Curhan, California | RFr. | 3.51 | Undeclared |
| OL | Devery Hamilton, Stanford | So. | 3.47 | Undeclared |
| OL | Darrin Paulo, Utah | So. | 3.44 | Economics |
| OL | Luke Wattenberg, Washington | RFr. | 3.36 | Pre-Engineering |
| DL | Greg Gaines, Washington (2) | Jr. | 3.25 | Extended Pre-Major |
| DL | Tony Mekari, California | RSr. | 3.24 | Legal Studies |
| DL | Levi Onwuzurike, Washington | RFr. | 3.36 | Pre-Arts & Sciences |
| DL | Jovan Swann, Stanford | So. | 3.25 | Undeclared |
| LB | Peyton Pelluer, Washington State (2) | RSr. | 3.36 | Humanities |
| LB | Casey Toohill, Stanford (2) | Jr. | 3.68 | Political Science |
| LB | Josh Woods, UCLA | Jr. | 3.33 | Sociology |
| DB | Frank Buncom, Stanford (2) | So. | 3.23 | Human Biology |
| DB | Treyjohn Butler, Stanford | So. | 3.31 | Undeclared |
| DB | Alijah Holder, Stanford | Sr. | 3.19 | Science, Technology and Society |
| DB | Justin Reid, Stanford | Jr. | 3.15 | Management Science and Engineering |
| PK | Matt Anderson, California (2) | Grad | 3.56 | Cultural Sport in Education |
| P | Jake Glatting, Arizona | RJr. | 3.45 | Industrial Engineering |
| ST | Connor Haller, Utah | RFr. | 3.86 | Pre-Business |
HONORABLE MENTION
ARIZ: Leon Branden, Jamie Nunley, Josh Pollack, Khalil Tate; ASU: Mitchell Fraboni, Tommy Hudson, Connor Humphreys, Malik Lawal, Alex Losoya, A.J. McCollum, Michael Sleep-Dalton, Tashon Smallwood, Kyle Williams; CAL: Jordan Kunaszyk, Demetris Robertson, Gabe Siemieniec, Russ Ude; COLO: Lucas Cooper, George Frazier, Aaron Haigler, Michael Mathewes; ORE: Taylor Alie, Kaulana Apelu, Gary Baker, Brady Breeze, Jacob Breeland, Doug Brenner, Jacob Capra, Drayton Carlberg, Jake Hanson, Shane Lemieux, Malik Lovette, Cam McCormick; OSU: Blake Brandel, Jordan Choukair, Summer Houston, Andrzejh Hughes-Murray, Nous Keobounnam, Trent Moore, Artavis Pierce, Nick Porebski, Tuli Wily-Matagi; STAN: Joey Alfieri, Malik Antoine, Jake Bailey, Isaiah Brandt-Sims, David Bright, Keller Chryst, K.J. Costello, Obi Eboh, Ben Edwards, Scooter Harrington, Nate Herbig, Trenton Irwin, Peter Kalambayi, Bryce Love, Quenton Meeks, Alameen Murphy, Kevin Palma, Kaden Smith, Donald Stewart, Jet Toner, Jay Tyler, Mike Tyler; UCLA: Michael Alves, Johnny Den Bleyker, Giovanni Gentosi, Theo Howard, Nate Meadors, Marcus Moore, Christian Pabico, Josh Rosen, Jordan Wilson, Kenny Young; USC: Jordan Austin, Wyatt Schmidt; UTAH: Julian Blackmon, Devonta’e Henry-Cole, Hayes Hicken, Casey Hughes, Tyler Huntley, Jake Jackson, Alex Whittingham, Troy Williams; WASH: A.J. Carty, Sean Constantine, Will Dissly, Coleman Shelton, Nick Harris, Drew Sample, Vita Vea, Tristan Vizcaino; WSU: Nick Begg, Tristan Brock, Kyle Celli, Taylor Comfort, Isaac Dotson, Luke Falk, Dezmon Patmon, Trey Tinsley.