The Big 12’s final weekly accolades have been won by the Baylor duo of Sawyer Robertson (co-offensive) and Bryson Washington (newcomer), the Texas Tech tandem of Tahj Brooks (co-offensive) and Gino Garcia (co-special teams), Arizona State’s Cam Skattebo (co-offensive), Colorado’s Travis Hunter (co-offensive), BYU’s Talan Alfrey (co-special teams), TCU’s Ethan Craw (co-special teams) and Utah’s Zemaiah Vaughn (defensive).
Brooks capped his final regular season with a career-high 188 rushing yards in addition to three touchdowns in Texas Tech’s 52-15 win over West Virginia. The senior became the third player in conference history to eclipse 1,500 rushing yards in multiple seasons. Brooks became the program’s all-time leading rusher earlier this season and one of the nation’s active leaders in career rushing yards.
With 10 catches for 116 yards and three touchdowns, Hunter earns his second offensive player of the week honor this season. He also became the first player in Big 12 history to score three touchdowns on offense while recording an interception. Hunter’s performance against Oklahoma State marked his seventh 100-yard receiving game of the season, adding to his single-season program record.
A regular fixture in this season’s weekly awards, Skattebo was again dominant on the ground in ASU’s win over rival Arizona in the Territorial Cup. He rushed for 177 yards and three touchdowns while averaging 8.4 yards per carry in the win. Skattebo has now rushed for 175 yards or more in three different games this season as the Sun Devils have clinched a berth in the Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship. The senior now has 17 touchdowns for the season, tied for the fourth-most in program history.
Robertson earned his second offensive honors of the season with 23-of-31 passing for 310 yards and four touchdowns in Baylor’s 45-17 win over Kansas. Saturday marked the signal caller’s third 300-yard passing performance of the season and his fifth game without an interception. With 26 passing touchdowns on the year, Robertson sits alone in sixth place in BU single-season history.
Vaughn picked up his first weekly award of the season after recording six tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and an interception returned for a touchdown. His interception was returned 60 yards for the score, and he forced a fumble on a sack against UCF on a pivotal fourth-down play. Vaughn also became the first Utah player with a pick six and a forced fumble in the same game since 2006.
Winning his third newcomer award of the season, Washington posted another big day on the ground with 28 carries for 192 yards and a pair of touchdowns. The running back also became the first freshman in Baylor history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. Washington eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark five times in the last six games of the season and ranks eighth in school history with 12 rushing touchdowns.
With BYU trailing 7-0 in the first quarter, Alfrey returned an onside kick 58 yards for a touchdown. The junior safety gave the Cougars a third kick return for a score this season, which ties the program record set in 1961. The junior safety also picked up a tackle in the 30-18 win.
Craw was instrumental in winning the field position battle of TCU’s win in a snowy Cincinnati with four of his five punts downed inside the 20, including three inside the 10-yard line. His final punt of the game, downed at the UC three-yard-line, came in the final minute of the game with the Horned Frogs leading by seven points. His longest punt of the day, a 65-yard boomer, was TCU’s longest punt in a decade.
Garcia made all three of his field goals in Texas Tech’s win on Saturday and was a perfect four-of-four on his extra point attempts. He ends the regular season with an impressive 18 made field goals on 19 attempts. Garcia is the Big 12 leader and currently ranks third nationally in field goal percentage (94.7) as he is on pace to snap the Texas Tech single-season record of 93.8 that was set by Jonathan Garibay in 2021.
