Week Nine SportsPac12 Players of the Week

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Week Nine SportsPac12 Players of the Week

The top offensive, defensive, and freshman players as chosen by our senior football writers

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Posted on November 1, 2021


  By SuperWest Sports Staff

Each week our senior football writers—Dane Miller, Nick Bartlett, Stephen Vilardo, Mark Shmor, and Mik Dietlin—select an Offensive, Defensive, and Freshman Player of the Week throughout the 2021 football season.

They submit their selections before the official Pac-12 Players of the Week are released to keep their choices independent. Six different players received votes in Week Nine.

One of this week’s selections was unanimous, and another won the award for the second-straight week.

You’ll find a tabulation of their choices and a cumulative listing of all weekly SportsPac12 Players of the Week at the bottom of the page.

— Offensive Player of the Week —

Tavion Thomas, Sophomore Running Back, Utah

Utah’s Tavion Thomas | Deseret News via KSLSports.com

Tavion Thomas rushed for 160 yards with four touchdowns—tying a single-game school record—on 24 carries in Utah’s 44-24 victory over UCLA, which all but locked up the South Division for the Utes.

It was the sophomore running back’s third game rushing for more than 100 yards, bringing his total yards to 565 on the season, sixth-best in the Pac-12..

— Defensive Player of the Week —

Nephi Sewell, Junior Linebacker, Utah

Utah linebacker Nephi Sewell | Deseret News via KSLSports.com

Nephi Sewell recorded 14 total tackles, nine of them solo, with one tackle for loss, one sack, and one interception in Utah’s 44-24 win over the Bruins.

The junior linebacker has logged 54 total tackles on the year, ninth-best in the Conference. His 14 tackles were a career-high, giving him his second double-digit tackle game of the season.

— Freshman Player of the Week —

Carson Bruener, Freshman Linebacker, Washington

Washington’s Carson Bruener | Bettina Hansen/Seattle Times

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Carson Bruener made 16 total tackles, 11 solo, with 1.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and one forced fumble in Washington’s 20-13 victory over Stanford.

The freshman linebacker has 32 total tackles on the season, 21 of them solo, and his performance in Week 9 earned the second-highest PFF grade among all Pac-12 linebackers, and the fourth-best among all Conference defenders.

How Our Writers Voted

	Dane Miller	Nick Bartlett	Stephen Vilardo	Mark Schmor	Mik Dietlin
OFF	Tavion Thomas Utah	Tavion Thomas Utah	Anthony Brown Oregon	Tavion Thomas Utah	Anthony Brown Oregon
DEF	Nephi Sewell Utah	Carson Bruener Washington	Carson Bruener Washington	Nephi Sewell Utah	Nephi Sewell Utah
FR	Carson Bruener Washington	Carson Bruener Washington	Karene Reid Utah	Carson Bruener Washington	Cameron Davis Washington

Compiled List of SportsPac12 Players of the Week

	Offensive	Defensive	Freshman
Week 1	Zach Charbonnet UCLA	Devin Lloyd Utah	Justin Flowe Oregon
Week 2	CJ Verdell Oregon	Verone McKinley Oregon	Anthony Gould Oregon State
Week 3	Drake London USC	Brendan Radley-Hiles Washington	Jaxson Dart USC
Week 4	DTR UCLA	Karene Reid Utah	De'Zhaun Stribling WSU
Week 5	Jayden Daniels ASU	Avery Roberts OSU	Tanner McKee Stanford
Week 6	Jayden de Laura WSU	Tyler Johnson ASU	Devaughn Vele Utah
Week 7	Travis Dye Oregon	Devin Lloyd Utah	Noah Sewell Oregon
Week 8	B.J. Baylor Oregon State	Kayvon Thibodeaux Oregon	Noah Sewell Oregon
Week 9	Tavion Thomas Utah	Nephi Sewell Utah	Carson Bruener Washington
Week 10	Travis Dye Oregon	Devin Lloyd Utah	Brendon Lewis Colorado
Week 11	Rachaad White Arizona State	Carson Bruener Washington	Will Plummer Arizona
Week 12	Dorian Thompson- Robinson UCLA	Jahad Woods Washington St.	Cole Bishop Utah
Week 13	Anthony Brown Oregon	Jack Jones ASU	Jaxson Dart USC