The Related Press nationwide participant of the week in soccer for Week 2 of the season:
Sawyer Robertson, Baylor
Robertson introduced the Bears again from a 14-point deficit with two of his 4 landing passes coming within the final six minutes of regulation, and the Bears went on to beat SMU 48-45 in two overtimes on the street.
Baylor has turned within the high two passing performances within the Soccer Bowl Subdivision. He threw for a quarter mile towards SMU every week after passing for 419 in a loss to Auburn.
By way of two video games, Robertson has accomplished 61 of 98 passes for 859 yards and 7 touchdowns with no interceptions. The fifth-year participant from Lubbock, Texas, is the third quarterback since 2000 to throw for as many yards and touchdowns with out an interception within the first two video games of a season.
Robertson is the primary Large 12 quarterback to throw for 400 or extra yards within the first two video games of the season since Texas Tech’s Patrick Mahomes in 2016.
Runner-up
John Mateer, Oklahoma. The Washington State switch accomplished 21 of 34 passes for 270 yards and a landing and had staff highs of 19 carries for 74 yards and two TDs in a 24-13 win over Michigan.
By way of two video games this season, he has accomplished 72% of his passes (51 of 71) and his 662 passing yards are the second most by an OU quarterback by the primary two video games of his profession (Josh Heupel had 773 within the first two video games in 1999).
Honorable point out
South Florida’s Byrum Brown was 23 of 36 for 263 yards and he ran for a team-best 66 yards within the Bulls’ 18-16 win over then-No. 13 Florida. He led the Bulls on an eight-play, 87-yard drive that arrange the game-winning area aim as time expired; Military QB Cale Hellums made his first begin due to an damage to starter Dewayne Coleman and rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on a program-record 41 carries in a 24-21 win at Kansas State; Texas’ Arch Manning handed for 295 yards and accounted for 5 TDs in a 38-7 win over San Jose State; Iowa State’s Kyle Konrardy kicked a 54-yard area aim with 1:52 to play to offer Iowa State a 16-13 victory over Iowa. It was his second straight game-winning kick within the last two minutes towards Iowa, each from 54-yards.
Six stats
— Ball State LB DeJuan Echoles Jr. compelled three fumbles and had two sacks and one other sort out for loss in a 42-3 loss to Auburn, making him the primary participant in two years to put up these marks in the identical sport, in line with Sportradar.
— Nebraska’s 92 punt return yards in a 68-0 win over Akron bettered its season staff punt return complete in every of the previous 4 seasons.
— South Florida went six straight quarters with out permitting a landing towards a ranked opponent, the final three quarters towards Boise State and the primary three towards Florida.
— FBS dashing chief Robert Henry Jr. of UTSA is averaging an eye-popping 10.2 yards per carry. He has damaged a 75-yard landing run in every of the primary two video games and is averaging 168 yards per sport.
— UNLV’s Dan Mullen is the primary coach to win his first three video games on the college since 1976.
— New Mexico Highland’s Jeffery Jones set an NCAA Division II freshman single-game dashing file with 387 yards on 24 carries in a 69-55 win over Western New Mexico.
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AP voters: Aaron Beard, Cliff Brunt, Pat Graham, Stephen Hawkins, John Marshall, Steve Megargee, Eric Olson, Eddie Pells.
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