Jefferson, Irish Earn Pac-12 Weekly Honors
November 23, 2020 | Football
SAN FRANCISCO – Oregon State running back Jermar Jefferson has been named the Pac-12 Conference's Offensive Player of the Week and Jesiah Irish has been named the Special Teams Player of the Week, it was announced on Monday.
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Jefferson has earned his first Pac-12 weekly honor after rushing for 196 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries in the Beavers' 31-27 win over California Saturday. He ran for a 75-yard score on the game's first play from scrimmage, marking his longest career carry. He also rushed for a 65-yard carry late in the fourth quarter, good for his second-longest.
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Jefferson leads the Pac-12 with 449 yards this season, and is the first Beaver back to tally 100-yard efforts in the first three games of a season since Steven Jackson in 2003. Jefferson, a Harbor City, Calif., native, is seventh in the Oregon State record books with 2,514 career rushing yards, and is within 160 yards of moving into fifth.
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Irish, meanwhile, also earned his first Pac-12 honor. The redshirt sophomore and Snoqualmie, Wash., native blocked a California punt deep in the Golden Bears' territory late in the fourth quarter. The Beavers were able to take over at the Cal 14, setting up Tristan Gebbia's game-winning 1-yard TD rush.
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The punt block was the first of Irish's career.
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It is the second consecutive season an Oregon State player has been named the Pac-12's Special Teams Player of the Week after playing Cal. Punter Daniel Rodriguez earned the honor in 2019.
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Oregon State stays home for its second consecutive game at Reser Stadium when the Beavers host Oregon Friday at 4:30 p.m. PT on ESPN. The Oregon State-Oregon rivalry series is presented by Safeway-Albertsons, Spirit Mountain Casino, PacificSource Health Plans, Your Local Toyota Dealers and First Interstate Bank.
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Jefferson has earned his first Pac-12 weekly honor after rushing for 196 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries in the Beavers' 31-27 win over California Saturday. He ran for a 75-yard score on the game's first play from scrimmage, marking his longest career carry. He also rushed for a 65-yard carry late in the fourth quarter, good for his second-longest.
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Jefferson leads the Pac-12 with 449 yards this season, and is the first Beaver back to tally 100-yard efforts in the first three games of a season since Steven Jackson in 2003. Jefferson, a Harbor City, Calif., native, is seventh in the Oregon State record books with 2,514 career rushing yards, and is within 160 yards of moving into fifth.
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Irish, meanwhile, also earned his first Pac-12 honor. The redshirt sophomore and Snoqualmie, Wash., native blocked a California punt deep in the Golden Bears' territory late in the fourth quarter. The Beavers were able to take over at the Cal 14, setting up Tristan Gebbia's game-winning 1-yard TD rush.
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The punt block was the first of Irish's career.
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It is the second consecutive season an Oregon State player has been named the Pac-12's Special Teams Player of the Week after playing Cal. Punter Daniel Rodriguez earned the honor in 2019.
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Oregon State stays home for its second consecutive game at Reser Stadium when the Beavers host Oregon Friday at 4:30 p.m. PT on ESPN. The Oregon State-Oregon rivalry series is presented by Safeway-Albertsons, Spirit Mountain Casino, PacificSource Health Plans, Your Local Toyota Dealers and First Interstate Bank.
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Follow Us On Social
For more information on Oregon State football, follow the team's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/BeaverFootball, by Facebook at Facebook.com/BeaverFootball or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverFootball.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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