SAN FRANCISCO – Washington State linebacker Jahad Woods was named the Pac-12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday.
Woods earns his second career Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week after earning his first last season following the win over No. 5 USC.
In Saturday's win over Arizona, Woods made a career-high 11 tackles, his first career double-digit tackle game, forced one fumble and recovered another. The redshirt-sophomore from San Diego also assisted on a tackle-for-loss for the Cougars who forced four turnovers, tallied eight tackles-for-loss including four sacks and held the Wildcats to 3.4 yards-per-carry.
Woods earns WSU's first Pac-12 defensive weekly accolade this season and the third over WSU Pac-12 weekly accolade in 2018. (Gardner Minshew II (QB) and Travell Harris (KR) earned offensive and special teams player of the week awards, respectively, following the win over Eastern Washington).
Woods earns his second career Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week after earning his first last season following the win over No. 5 USC.
In Saturday's win over Arizona, Woods made a career-high 11 tackles, his first career double-digit tackle game, forced one fumble and recovered another. The redshirt-sophomore from San Diego also assisted on a tackle-for-loss for the Cougars who forced four turnovers, tallied eight tackles-for-loss including four sacks and held the Wildcats to 3.4 yards-per-carry.
Woods earns WSU's first Pac-12 defensive weekly accolade this season and the third over WSU Pac-12 weekly accolade in 2018. (Gardner Minshew II (QB) and Travell Harris (KR) earned offensive and special teams player of the week awards, respectively, following the win over Eastern Washington).