Week 11 SportsPac12 Players of the Week

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

Posted on November 15, 2021


  By SuperWest Sports Staff

Pac-12Each week our senior football writers—Dane Miller, Nick Bartlett, Stephen Vilardo, Mark Shmor, and Steve Ritchie—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. Nine different players received votes in Week 11.

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 —
Rachaad White, Senior Running Back, Arizona State
ASU’s Rachaad White against Washington. | Abbie Parr/Getty Images

Rachaad White rushed for 184 yards on 32 carries for two touchdowns, along with 53 yards receiving on five catches in Arizona State’s 35-30 win over Washington.

The senior running back, who gained 237 all-purpose yards last Saturday—157 in the second half—ranks third in total rushing yards in the Pac-12, and ranks first in total touchdowns on the season.

— Defensive Player of the Week —
Carson Bruener, Freshman Linebacker, Washington
Washington’s Carson Bruener vs ASU. | Abbie Parr/Getty Images

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Carson Bruener recorded a game-high 14 total tackles, nine of them solo, in Washington’s 35-30 loss to Arizona State last Saturday.

The freshman linebacker, whose father is former standout Husky tight end Mark Bruener, now has two games with double-digit tackles.

— Freshman Player of the Week —
Will Plummer, Freshman Quarterback, Arizona
Arizona’s Will Plummer against Utah. | Christian Petersen/Getty Images

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Will Plummer completed 19 of 34 passes for 223 yards and one touchdown, adding 50 yards rushing and a 43-yard touchdown on the ground in Arizona’s 38-29 loss to Utah.

It was the freshman quarterback’s second game with more than 200 yards passing as a Wildcat, and his fifth game with more than 100.


How Our Writers Voted

Dane
Miller
Nick
Bartlett
Stephen
Vilardo
Mark
Schmor
Steve
Ritchie
OFFAnthony
Brown
Oregon
Rachaad
White
Arizona State
Rachaad
White
Arizona State
Rachaad
White
Arizona State
Rachaad
White
Arizona State
DEFMerlin
Robertson
Arizona State
Kayvon
Thibodeaux
Oregon
Carson
Bruener
Washington
Junior Tafuna/
Cole Bishop
Utah
Carson
Bruener
Washington
FRByron
Cardwell
Oregon
Will
Plummer
Arizona
Will
Plummer
Arizona
Will
Plummer
Arizona
Byron
Cardwell
Oregon


Compiled List of SportsPac12 Players of the Week

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



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