Week Five SportsPac12 Players of the Week

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Week Five SportsPac12 Players of the Week

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

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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. Seven different players received votes in Week Five.

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 —

Jayden Daniels, Junior Quarterback, Arizona State

Jayden Daniels | Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports

Junior quarterback Jayden Daniels completed 13 of 19 passes for 287 yards and two touchdowns, including a game-tying 65-yarder to Ricky Pearsall and a 54-yard toss to Pearsall to take the lead in Arizona State’s 42-23 win over UCLA.

Daniels also rushed for 45 yards, ranking him 10th in Pac-12 in rushing yards for the season. His performance earned him a quarterback rating of 158.9, third-best in the Conference through Week 5.

— Defensive Player of the Week —

Avery Roberts, Junior Linebacker, Oregon State

Avery Roberts | Karl Maasdam/Oregon State Athletics

Redshirt junior linebacker Avery Roberts made 16 total tackles, seven solo, and a half-tackle for loss with one interception in Oregon State’s 27-24 victory over Washington.

It marks the fourth game in which Roberts has recorded double-digit tackles this season, and his 51 total tackles on the year ranks first in the Pac-12 and seventh nationally. He was the only unanimous selection by our writers.

— Freshman Player of the Week —

Tanner McKee, Freshman Quarterback, Stanford

Freshman quarterback Tanner McKee completed 20 of 36 passes for 230 yards and three touchdowns, including the game-tying TD as time expired, in Stanford’s 31-24 overtime victory over Oregon.

The performance earned McKee a quarterback rating of 157.3, fourth-best in the Pac-12 for the week. His passing yardage total of 1,093 ranks sixth in the Conference.

How Our Writers Voted

	Dane Miller	Nick Bartlett	Stephen Vilardo	Mark Schmor	Mik Dietlin
OFF	Tanner McKee Stanford	Jayden Daniels Arizona State	Jayden Daniels Arizona State	B.J. Baylor Oregon State	Jayden Daniels Arizona State
DEF	Avery Roberts Oregon State	Avery Roberts Oregon State	Avery Roberts Oregon State	Avery Roberts Oregon State	Avery Roberts Oregon State
FR	Michael Trigg USC	Anthony Gould Oregon State	Tanner McKee Stanford	De'Zhaun Stribling Washington State	Tanner McKee Stanford

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