Week Four SportsPac12 Players of the Week

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

Pac-12Each 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. Nine different players received votes in Week Four.

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 —
Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Junior Quarterback, UCLA
UCLA’s Dorian Thompson-Robinson | Thearon W. Henderson / Getty Images

Junior quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson provided some late heroics in UCLA’s 35-24 win over Stanford, completing 18 of 29 pass attempts for 251 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for two more scores, despite injuring his throwing shoulder.

The veteran Bruin QB ranks second among all Pac-12 passers through four weeks with a rating of 175, having thrown for 919 yards and nine touchdowns, while rushing for two more.

— Defensive Player of the Week —
Karene Reid, Freshman Linebacker, Utah
Utah’s Karene Reid celebrates with his teammates. | Chris Gardner/Getty Images

Freshman linebacker Karene Reid recorded 15 total tackles, seven solo, with one tackle for loss, one sack, and one interception in Utah’s 24-13 victory over Washington State.

His performance in Week Four earned him a 83.3 grade from PFF, third best in the Pac-12.

— Freshman Player of the Week —

De’Zhaun Stribling, Freshman Wide Receiver, WSU

Washington State’s De’Zhaun Stribling | Whittney Thornton/Cougfan.com

Freshman wide receiver De’Zhaun Stribling hauled in six receptions for 93 yards and a 26-yard touchdown in Washington State’s loss to Utah.

Stribling has logged 15 receptions for 181 yards in the first four weeks of the 2021 season.


How Our Writers Voted

Dane
Miller
Nick
Bartlett
Stephen
Vilardo
Mark
Schmor
Mik
Dietlin
OFFDTR
UCLA
DTR
UCLA
Zach
Charbonnet
UCLA
Chance
Nolan
OSU
Chase
Garbers
Cal
DEFBennett
Williams
Oregon
Karene
Reid
Utah
Karene
Reid
Utah
Bennett
Williams
Oregon
Karene
Reid
Utah
FRDe'Zhaun
Stribling
WSU
De'Zhaun
Stribling
WSU
Karene
Reid
Utah
Noah
Sewell
Oregon
Tanner
McKee
Stan


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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