Big 12 Conference Announces Football Week One Award Winners

Football
9/2/2025 2:00:12 PM

Offensive Players of the Week: 
Rocco Becht, QB, Iowa State and Devon Dampier, QB, Utah

Defensive Players of the Week: 

Bud Clark, DB, TCU and Jake Golday, LB, Cincinnati

Special Teams Players of the Week: 

Kanyon Floyd, P, Arizona State and Kyle Konrardy, Ok, Iowa State

Freshman of the Week: Bear Bachmeier, QB, BYU

Offensive Line of the Week: Utah

Defensive Line of the Week: Utah

IRVING, Texas – Iowa State and Utah had a number of weekly award winners from the Big 12 Conference for week one. Quarterbacks Rocco Becht and Devon Dampier (offensive) had been joined by TCU’s Bud Clark and Cincinnati’s Jake Golday (defensive) as honorees. ISU’s Kyle Konrardy and ASU’s Kanyon Floyd (particular groups) additionally earned weekly accolades whereas BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier was the Freshman of the Week. The Utes additionally had the Big 12’s Offensive and Defensive Lines of the Week.

With a faculty report of 19-of-20 passing in Iowa State’s 55-7 win over South Dakota, Becht was environment friendly as he threw for 278 yards and a trio of scores with out an interception. The junior accomplished his first 14 passes of the sport whereas tossing a number of touchdowns for the fifth consecutive recreation. Becht additionally prolonged his school-record streak of consecutive video games with a landing move to twenty, which is the longest lively streak in FBS.

Dampier accomplished 84% of his 25 move makes an attempt for 206 yards and two touchdowns with out an interception because the Utes gained 43-10 at UCLA. The junior’s completion share ranked fifth nationally for the week and fourth-best in program historical past. He additionally rushed for 87 yards and a rating towards the Bruins whereas guiding the Utah offense to factors in seven of its first eight drives of the sport.

With his second profession pick-6 and 5 tackles in TCU’s 48-14 blowout win over North Carolina, Clark moved into ninth place at school historical past with 12 interceptions. The security added 5 tackles within the win because the Horned Frogs’ protection held the Tar Heels to only 222 yards of whole offense that included simply 50 yards on the bottom. North Carolina’s 14 factors on Monday had been additionally its fewest scored in a house recreation in eight seasons.

Golday tallied a team-high 12 tackles to go together with a sack for Cincinnati. The linebacker’s 12 tackles towards Nebraska had been his most as a Bearcat and put him among the many Power Four leaders in Week One. His sack of Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola helped arrange UC in area place to attain on its ensuing possession to chop the Cornhuskers’ result in three late within the recreation.

Konrardy picked up his second profession weekly award after going two-for-two on area objectives and four-for-four on additional factors in ISU’s win over South Dakota. He booted a 63-yard area purpose, which was the second-longest make in Big 12 historical past and tied for ninth-longest in NCAA historical past. His make from distance was additionally the longest made area purpose at school historical past by 5 yards.

Floyd, Arizona State’s punter, helped the Sun Devils win the sector place recreation in its 38-19 win over Northern Arizona. The sophomore averaged 48.5 yards per kick, which led all Conference punters with a number of makes an attempt. His efficiency additionally included a career-best 58-yard punt, which tied for the longest kick within the Big 12 for the week. Floyd additionally had 4 kickoffs that averaged 64.5 yards with no returns previous the 25-yard line and a pair of touchbacks.

As the primary freshman to begin at quarterback in BYU historical past, Bachmeier guided the Cougars to a dominant 69-0 win over Portland State. The Murrieta, California native scored a complete of 5 touchdowns, which had been probably the most ever by a BYU freshman. Bachmeier was 7-for-11 passing for 97 yards whereas working for 32 yards in simply two quarters of motion because the Cougars scored the second most factors in FBS over the weekend.

Utah’s offensive line earned Conference accolades for the week for its 43-point efficiency at UCLA. The unit paved the way in which for 268 dashing yards and didn’t permit a sack whereas changing 14 of its 17 third down makes an attempt. The Utes additionally scored on all six of their journeys to the purple zone.

The Utes additionally had the Defensive Line of the Week after shutting down UCLA and quarterback Nico Iamaleava. The 10 factors surrendered got here after limiting the Bruins’ sign caller to only 11 completions on 22 makes an attempt for 136 yards within the air. The Utah protection additionally held UCLA to only 84 dashing yards on 28 makes an attempt within the win whereas permitting simply two third-down conversions.