By: Pac-12 Conference

The Pac-12 today announced its football weekly awards for Week 9 of the 2026 season, as selected by the league's media, with the first dual winner of the season.
 
OFFENSE & FRESHMAN:  Rasean Jones, 1st year, WR, Boise State (Baker City, Ore.)

• Set career-highs for receptions (9), receiving yards (117) and touchdowns (3) in Boise State’s 46-45 win over Texas State
• Caught 4 passes for 65 yards and 2 touchdowns in the 4th quarter as Broncos scored 18 points in the final 6:15 of the game to overcome a 39-28 deficit
• 1st career game with 100+ receiving yards and 1st career game with multiple touchdowns
• Joins Austin Pettis (2007 vs Idaho) as the only Boise State freshmen to catch 3+ touchdowns in a game
• 3rd Boise State freshman to have 100+ receiving yards in a game in their FBS era, joining Prince Strachan in 2023 (128 yards vs New Mexico) and Pettis in 2007 (139 yards vs Idaho, same game he had 3 TD)
• 15th time in FBS this season that a WR has had 100+ receiving yards and 3+ receiving TD in the same game.  2nd Pac-12 player this season to do it, joining Oregon State’s Jesse Legree who’s done it twice (back-to-back games against Colorado State and San Diego State).  3rd FBS freshman to do it this season, joining Legree and Wake Forest TE Dominick Barry who had 4 catches for 102 yards and 3 scores against Cal
• Caught a 12-yard touchdown to close the first half for his 1st score of the game
• Added a 9-yard touchdown in the 4th quarter to trim Boise State's deficit to 5
• Gave the Broncos a 40-39 lead with a 11-yard touchdown catch in the 4th quarter for his 3rd and final touchdown of the game
• Also had a 44-yard reception on the 1st play of Boise State's game-winning touchdown drive
• Totaled 48 yards after catch
• Ranks 4th among FBS true freshmen this season with 545 receiving yards, 5th with 37 receptions and tied for 4th with 4 receiving touchdowns.  2nd most among Pac-12 freshman this season behind Legree in all 3 categories
• 1st player to win the Pac-12 Offensive Player & Freshman of the Week in the same week since 2022 when Cal RB Jaydn Ott captured both in Week 4. USC QB Jaxson Dart (2021), USC QB Kedon Slovis (2019) and Arizona State QB Jayden Daniels (2019) are the other 3 to have done it since the Freshman of the Week award was first awarded during the 2019 season
• Wins Freshman of the Week for the 2nd straight week.  Oregon State WR Jesse Legree earned the award in each of the first 7 weeks of the season
• 2nd time this season that a Boise State player has been named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after RB Dylan Riley ran away with the award in Week 2

ALSO NOMINATED FOR OFFENSE:  Bryson Donelson, RB, Fresno State; Brad Jackson, QB, Texas State; McCae Hillstead, QB, Utah State
ALSO NOMINATED FOR FRESHMAN:  Jesse Legree, WR, Oregon State  
DEFENSE: Dylan Hampsten, 4th year, DL, Fresno State (Santa Clarita, Calif.)

• Recorded 7 tackles, including 5 solo stops, 2 sacks and a forced fumble in Fresno State’s 38-22 victory over Oregon State
• Led the Bulldogs with 2 sacks for 11 yards lost and finished 2nd on the team in tackles.  2nd time this season Hampsten has had multiple sacks in a game after picking up 2 at Washington State
• Delivered a pivotal strip-sack on 3rd-and-10 from the Fresno State 12-yard line late in the 2nd quarter. The Bulldogs recovered the fumble, ending Oregon State’s scoring threat and preserving a 21-9 halftime lead.  It was the first time this season that the Oregon State offense had given up multiple turnovers, having only 4 giveaways in the previous 7 games
• Helped Fresno State finish with 5 sacks, matching their season-high, and limited Oregon State to 77 rushing yards on 28 attempts, an average of 2.8 yards per carry.  Oregon State had only given up 5 sacks in the previous 6 games combined.  Bulldogs held the Beavers without a first half touchdown for the first time this season to snap Oregon State’s 5-game win streak
• Ranks 2nd in the Pac-12 on the season with 5 sacks and 9.0 tackles for loss.  Tied for the conference lead with 2 fumble recoveries and tied for 2nd in the Pac-12 with 2 forced fumbles
• 2nd Fresno State player to be named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week this season, joining teammate DB Ethan Tierney who was honored after Week 3.  The Bulldogs are now tied with Colorado State, Utah State and San Diego State for most defensive weekly honors this season with 2 each

ALSO NOMINATED: Tymere Jackson, DL, Texas State; Carson Tujague, DT, Utah State
 
SPECIAL TEAMS: Caleb Ojeda, 5th year, K, Oregon State (Morgan Hill, Calif.)

• Made all 3 of his field goal attempts, from 54, 29 and 28 yards, at Fresno State. It was his first game with 3 field goals as a Beaver
• His 54-yarder, which put Oregon State ahead 3-0 in the 1st quarter, is a career long and the longest by a Beaver since Everett Hayes made a 55-yarder on Nov. 23, 2024.  Longest field goal by a Pac-12 kicker this season, topping his own 53-yard field goal against San Diego State and SDSU’s Cooper DiLeva 53-yarder against Fresno State
• All of Oregon State’s 1st half points came from his 3 kicks (9 of 9), and he accounted for 10 of its 22 points on the night, counting an extra point
• He is 10-of-13 on field goals this season (76.9 percent), already more than all 12 games of 2025, and 4-of-7 from 40 yards or longer, with makes from 54, 53, 48 and 46.  1 of 22 FBS kickers this season that have made multiple field goals of 50+ yards
• Has made all 37 of his extra-point attempts this season and is 56-for-56 at Oregon State.  Tied for the 8th most extra points made in FBS this season and 1 of 11 FBS kickers that have made 100% of their extra point attempts with at least 37 attempts
• 1st Oregon State player to take home Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week since 2022 when OLB Cade Brownholtz laid claim to the award after his blocked punt against Oregon.  The last Beaver kicker to earn this honor was back in 2013 when Trevor Romaine kicked 3 field goals in a loss to Stanford. 

 

	Offensive	Defensive	Special Teams	Freshman
Week 1 (Sept. 8)	Hauss Hejny, QB, Colorado State	Oumar Diomande, LB, Colorado State	Jaylon Hawkins, WR/KR, San Diego State	Jesse Legree, WR, Oregon State
Week 2 (Sept. 14)	Dylan Riley, RB, Boise State	Jaylen Thomas, DB Washington State	Cam Bates, WR/KR, Boise State	Jesse Legree, WR, Oregon State
Week 3 (Sept. 21)	Braden Atkinson, QB Oregon State	Ethan Tierney, DB Fresno State	Manaki Watanabe, K Fresno State	Jesse Legree, WR, Oregon State
Week 4 (Sept. 28)	Rayshon Luke, RB Fresno State	Brevin Hamblin, Safety, Utah State	Dameon Crowe, WR/KR Texas State	Jesse Legree, WR, Oregon State
Week 5 (Oct. 5)	Braden Atkinson, QB Oregon State	Cameron Cooper, LB, San Diego State	Jaylon Hawkins, WR/KR, San Diego State	Jesse Legree, WR, Oregon State
Week 6 (Oct. 12)	Braden Atkinson, QB Oregon State	Asher Cunningham, ILB Utah State	Jaylon Hawkins, WR/KR, San Diego State	Jesse Legree, WR, Oregon State
Week 7 (Oct. 19)	Torrance Burgess Jr., RB, Texas State	Kai Wallin, EDGE, San Diego State	Cooper DiLeva, K San Diego State	Jesse Legree, WR, Oregon State
Week 8 (Oct. 26)	Hauss Hejny, QB, Colorado State	Tre'Shawn Moore, Safety, Colorado State	Jaylen Jenkins, RB/KR, Texas State	Rasean Jones, WR, Boise State
Week 9 (Nov. 2)	Rasean Jones, WR, Boise State	Dylan Hampsten, DL Fresno State	Caleb Ojeda, K Oregon State	Rasean Jones, WR, Boise State