Pac-12 Football Awards

The Pac-12 Conference announced their postseason awards this week. There weren't many surprises among the top prizes.

Offensive Player of the Year
Bryce Love, RB, Stanford

Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year
Vita Vea, DT, Washington

Freshman Offensive Co-Players of the Year
J.J. Taylor, RB, Arizona
Walker Little, OT, Stanford

An offensive lineman getting any sort of player of the year award is remarkable. Even if he has to share it.

Freshman Defensive Player of the Year
Colin Schooler, LB, Arizona

Coach of the Year
David Shaw, Stanford

First Team Offense

QB	Sam Darnold, So., USC
RB	Ronald Jones II, Jr., USC
RB	Bryce Love, Jr., Stanford
WR	N'Keal Harry, So., Arizona State
WR	Dante Pettis, Sr., Washington
TE	Dalton Schultz, Sr., Stanford
OL	Tyrell Crosby, Sr., Oregon
OL	Nate Herbig, So., Stanford
OL	Kaleb McGary, Jr., Washington
OL	Cody O' Connell, Sr., Washington State
OL	Coleman Shelton, Sr., Washington

First Team Defense

DL	Rasheem Green, Jr., USC
DL	Hercules Mata'afa, Jr., Washington State
DL	Harrison Phillips, Sr., Stanford
DL	Vita Vea, Jr., Washington
LB	Uchenna Nwosu, Sr., USC
LB	Cameron Smith, Jr., USC
LB	Kenny Young, Sr., UCLA
DB	Isaiah Oliver, Jr., Colorado
DB	Taylor Rapp, So., Washington
DB	Justin Reid, Jr., Stanford
DB	Marvell Tell, Jr., USC

First Team Specialists

PK	Matt Gay, Jr., Utah
P	Mitch Wishnowsky, Jr., Utah
RS	Dante Pettis, Sr., Washington
ST	Brenden Schooler, So., Oregon
ST	Michael Pittman Jr., So., USC

Second Team Offense

QB	Josh Rosen, Jr., UCLA
RB	Royce Freeman, Sr., Oregon
RB	Myles Gaskin, Jr., Washington
WR	Deontay Burnett, Jr., USC
WR	Darren Carrington II, Sr., Utah
TE	Will Dissly, SR., Washington
OL	David Bright, Sr., Stanford
OL	Toa Lobendahn, Jr., USC
OL	Cole Madison, Sr., Washington State
OL	Kolton Miller, Jr., UCLA
OL	Salesi Uhatafe, Sr., Utah

Second Team Defense

DL	Gtreg Gaines, Jr., Washington
DL	Jalen Jelks, Jr., Oregon
DL	Chistian Rector, So., USC
DL	JoJo Wicker, Jr., Arizona State
LB	Keishawn Bierria, Sr., Washington
LB	Ben Burr-Kirven, Jr., Washington
LB	Troy Dye, So., Oregon
DB	Julian Blackmon, So., Utah
DB	Chase Lucas, FR., Arizona State
DB	Quenton Meeks, Jr., Stanford
DB	Jalen Thompson, So., Washington State
DB	Jaleel Wadood, Sr., UCLA

Second Team Specialists

PK	Erik Powell, SR., Washington State
P	jake Bailey, Jr., Stanford
RS	Boobie Hobbs, Sr., Utah
ST	Matt Lopes, Sr., USC

The best that Cal could do was four players earning Honorable Mention Honors.

LB	Devante Downs, Sr.
RB	Patrick Laird, Jr.
DL	James Looney, Sr.
OL	Patrick Mekari, Jr.

It would've been tough to wrestle the Pat Tillman Award from Vita Vea but Devante Downs was in the running until an injury sidelined him about halfway through the season. He was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week for a third of the games in which he played.

Patrick Laird probably did more for his team than any Pac-12 back not named Bryce Love. 

Congratulations to all of the Pac-12 Award winners.