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Webb, Wooching, Price earn weekly Conference honors

Oct 3, 2016

Offensive: Davis Webb, Sr., QB, California
The nation's leader in passing TDs (22), passing yards (2,143), completions (160) and passing attempts (257) completed 22-of-35 passes for four touchdowns in a 28-23 victory over No. 18 Utah.
• Each of Webb's four touchdown passes were for at least 24 yards including a 56-yarder to Demetris Robertson in the fourth quarter that proved to be the winning margin.
• Webb has thrown for at least four touchdowns and over 300 yards for the fifth consecutive game. 
• It was Cal's second straight over a ranked team for the first time since 2009. 

Defensive: Psalm Wooching, Sr., OLB, Washington
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Wooching earned National Defensive Player of the Week honors from the Walter Camp Foundation after notching three sacks in the Huskies' 44-6 win over No. 7 Stanford.
• Washington's defense held the Cardinal to just 29 rushing yards and 184 passing, sacking the Stanford QBs a total of eight times. Coming into the game, the Cardinal had allowed just four sacks total in three prior games.
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Wooching finished with six total tackles (five solo, one assist) and also forced a fumble on one of his sacks.

Special Teams: Davis Price, Fr., PK, Colorado
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The freshman from Evergreen had his first career placekicks in CU's 47-6 win over Oregon State, and in the process, set the CU record for the longest field goal made by a freshman as well the longest first career field goal made (54 yards)
• The previous record for longest field goal by a freshman was 52 yards by Will Oliver versus California in Boulder on Sept. 10, 2011, and the previous long first make was 53 by two others.
• He scored 11 points overall (5-5 PAT, 2-2 FG), and had four of his eight kickoffs go for touchbacks after joining the team as a walk-on this past June.

ALSO NOMINATED:
Offensive: 
Shay Fields, COLO; Juju Smith-Schuster, USC; Armand Shyne, UTAH; Kenneth Walker III, UCLA; Jamal Morrow, WSU
Defensive: James Looney, CAL; Jimmie Gilbert, COLO; Hercules Mata’afa, WSU; Kenn Young, UCLA; Jonathan Lockett, USC
Special Teams: Zane Gonzalez, ASU; Nick Porebski, OSU; Christian McCaffrey, STAN, Adarius Pickett, UCLA

2016 PAC-12 FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

  Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Oct. 3  Davis Webb, CAL Psalm Wooching, WASH Davis Price, COLO
Sept. 26  Steven Montez, COLO Solomon Thomas, STAN Zane Gonzalez, ASU
Sept. 19  Chad Hansen, CAL Treston Decoud, OSU Zane Gonzalez, ASU
Sept. 12  Kalen Ballage, ASU Sunia Tauteoli, UTAH Adoree' Jackson, USC
Sept. 5  Sefo Liufau, COLO Troy Dye, ORE Mitch Wishnowsky, UTAH