Brown Named Pac-12 Offensive Player Of The Week

[Charles Fischer]

(From Oregon Athletics Press Release)

 

EUGENE, Ore. — Anthony Brown was named the final Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week of the 2021 season on Monday for his performance in Oregon’s 38-29 win over Oregon State last Saturday.

 

Oregon’s quarterback was also honored as the Rose Bowl Pac-12 Player of the Week.

 

Brown put together one of the best and most efficient games of his career against the Beavers, helping the No. 11 Ducks clinch the Pac-12 North Division title and advance to the Pac-12 Championship Game this Friday against No. 19 Utah in Las Vegas (5 p.m. PT, ABC).

 

Brown joins running back CJ Verdell as Ducks to win the league’s offensive player of the week award this season, and he is the 12th different Oregon player to be honored by the conference in 2021. In total, the Ducks have won 16 weekly awards, the most in the Pac-12.

 

QB Anthony Brown – Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week
» Completed 23-of-28 passes (82.1%) for 275 yards and two TDs.

» Rushed 14 times for 83 yards and a touchdown.

» Career-best 82.1 completion percentage, highest by a UO QB since Marcus Mariota in 2014.

» Second game this season with a completion percentage better than 80.0.

» First UO QB since Mariota (2014) to complete better than 80.0 percent of his passes multiple times in a season.

» Scored his ninth rushing TD of 2021, tied for fourth-most by a UO QB in a season.

» Passing and rushing TD in a game for the fifth time this season.

» First UO QB with multiple games in a season of 250-plus passing yards and 80-plus rushing yards since Mariota in 2013.

» Earned a solid 80.1 overall grade by Pro Football Focus.

» 12-of-17 for 178 yards and a TD in the first half to go with 72 rushing yards and a TD.

 

Oregon 2021 Pac-12 Weekly Award Winners

Sept. 7 – Justin Flowe (Freshman)

Sept. 13 – CJ Verdell (Offensive)

Sept. 13 – Alex Forsyth (Offensive Lineman)

Sept. 13 – Bradyn Swinson (Defensive Lineman)

Sept. 20 – Verone McKinley III (Defensive)

Sept. 20 – T.J. Bass (Offensive Lineman)

Sept. 27 – Bennett Williams (Defensive)

Oct. 18 – Noah Sewell (Freshman)

Oct. 25 – Kayvon Thibodeaux (Defensive & Defensive Lineman)

Oct. 25 – Noah Sewell (Freshman)

Nov. 8 – Jeffrey Bassa (Freshman)

Nov. 15 – Byron Cardwell (Freshman)

Nov. 15 – Kayvon Thibodeaux (Defensive & Defensive Lineman)

Nov. 29 – Anthony Brown (Offensive)

 

[Duck1984]

Well deserved!

[shawnski]

Congrats to him

Well deserved and earned 

[Duck 1972]

Credit is due when it's earned. He deserves a lot of credit right now.