Duck Honors
UO release – EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon football team earned two more weekly honors from the Pac-12 Conference on Monday, with quarterback Bo Nix being named the conference’s offensive player of the week and center Alex Forsyth receiving the offensive lineman of the week award. Led by Nix and Forsyth, Oregon’s offense racked up 545 total yards in a 45-30 win over No. 9 UCLA in front of the fourth-largest crowd (59,962) ever to watch a game at Autzen Stadium. This is Nix’s first weekly award from the Pac-12, while Forsyth earned offensive lineman of the week for the first time this season and second time in his career. Oregon has now won seven Pac-12 Weekly awards this season, including three offensive lineman of the week honors.
Beaver Honors
OSU release – SAN FRANCISCO – Oregon State defensive back Alex Austin and running back Damien Martinez have received weekly Pac-12 Conference honors on Monday. Austin the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week and Martinez has been named the Freshman of the Week. The honor is the first for both. Austin becomes the third Beaver to be named the Defensive Player of the Week; it’s the first time in OSU’s history that Oregon State has had three different players receive the honor in the same season. Austin, from Long Beach, Calif., receives the honor after returning an interception for a 42-yard touchdown in the Beavers’ win over Colorado Saturday. The interception, his second of the season and fourth of his career, marked the Beavers’ first pick six since Jaydon Grant in 2019. Martinez, a Lewisville, Texas native, ran for 178 yard and three touchdowns in the 42-9 win over the Buffaloes. The 178 yards marked a season-best for the true freshman, and is the third-best single-game tally by a Pac-12 running back this season. Martinez has rushed for 372 yards over his last three games, over 41 carries. He has four touchdowns over that stretch and is averaging just over 9 yards per carry.