De'Anthony Thomas, Damante Horton, and Jake Smith

Oregon running back De’Anthony Thomas, Washington State cornerback Damante Horton, and Arizona kicker Jake Smith allow been named Pac-12 Football Players of the Week in football.

Horton, a senior from Oakland, led a vigorous defensive effort by Washington State in the Cougars 10-7 upset win greater than USC in the at the outset Conference game of season.
The Trojans surface attack looked particularly unskilled the whole time the game, as a combination of conservative fool around calls, inconsistency from USC's platooning quarterbacks, and fine Washington State cover imperfect USC to a measly seven points Saturday night.

Horton certainly did his part, stepping in front of a USC pass and recurring it 70 yards in support of a touchdown to even the cut by the side of 7-7 precisely beforehand halftime. He soon collected his succeeding interception with with a reduction of than a tiny left behind to seal the victory in support of Washington State, end the game with two interceptions in support of 75 return yards and two tackles in support of a loss of 12 yards.

Horton plus drew the assignment of layer USC All-American receiver Marquise Lee, and imperfect him to 27 yards on seven catches.

Thomas, a junior from Los Angeles, continued his highlight reel ways with 11 carries in support of a game-high 124 yards rushing and three touchdowns in the Duck’s 59-10 road win greater than Virginia on Saturday. He had touchdown runs of single, forty, and eight yards, and reeled in single catch in support of any more 28 yards. Thomas is averaging 8.7 yards for each bear and is joined in support of 20th in the population in rushing yards for each game (126.0 ypg).

Smith, a senior place-kicker from Philadelphia, calibrate a prepare kicking disc with 16 points to help go in front Arizona onwards UNLV 58-13 in Las Vegas.

Other nominees incorporated quarterbacks Travis Wilson of Utah, Taylor Kelly of Arizona State, Sean Mannion of Oregon State, and Jared Goff of Cal; running backs Ka’Deem Carey of Arizona, Tre exasperate of USC and Tyler Gaffney of Stanford; and eclectic receiver Paul Richardson of Colorado.

Also nominated in support of defensive player of the week honors were linebackers Jake Fischer of Arizona, Grandville Taylor of Arizona State, and Hardy Nickerson of California; safeties Jared Bell of Colorado, Ed Reynolds, of Stanford and Dion Bailey of USC; defensive finish off Tony Washington of Oregon and defensive tackle Tenny Palepoi of Utah.