Throughout the 2018 college football season, the Tournament of Roses and the Rose Bowl Game Football Committee will select players from each partner conference as the Big Ten and Pac-12 Player of the Week.
For their outstanding performances in week 12, Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor and UCLA running back Joshua Kelley were selected by the 15-person committee.
321 yards and 3 TDs is a monster performance, worthy of the #RoseBowl @B1Gfootball Player of the Week honor. Congratulations to @BadgerFootball RB Jonathan Taylor! pic.twitter.com/JEqJCc4c29
— Rose Bowl Game (@rosebowlgame) November 19, 2018
Big Ten Player of the Week
Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin
So., RB, Salem, N.J.
- Ran for a career-high 321 yards and three touchdowns in the 47-44 triple overtime win over Purdue
- Scored the game-winning touchdown on a 17-yard rush in the third overtime
- Broke the NCAA record for rushing yards as a freshman and sophomore with 3,846 yards in his career
- This is Taylor’s third Rose Bowl Game Player of the Week honor this year and third for Wisconsin this year
The 289 rushing yards by @UCLAFootball RB Joshua Kelley are the most in the history of UCLA and USC. For that reason, he's the #RoseBowl @pac12 Player of the Week! pic.twitter.com/EgjZXzn6nL
— Rose Bowl Game (@rosebowlgame) November 19, 2018
Pac-12 Player of the Week
Joshua Kelley, UCLA
Jr., RB, Lancaster, Calif.
- Rushed for a career-high 289 yards and two scores as UCLA defeated USC, 34-27
- The 289 yards are the third most in UCLA history and the most rushing yards by any player in a UCLA-USC game
- Surpassed the 1,000 yard mark (1,188) and scored in his seventh straight game
- This is Kelley’s second Rose Bowl Game Pac-12 Player of the Week honor and second for UCLA this year
ALSO NOMINATED:
Big Ten: Mehki Sargent, Iowa; Anthony McFarland, Maryland; Jake Moody, Michigan; Barret Pickering, Nebraska; Isaiah Bowser, Northwestern; Dwayne Haskins, Ohio State; Rondale Moore, Purdue.
Pac-12: CJ Verdell, Oregon; Francis Bernard, Utah; Myles Gaskin, Washington; Gardner Minshew, Washington State.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
Week 1: Rondale Moore, Purdue; JJ Arcega-Whiteside, Stanford
Week 2: Jonathan Taylor, Wisconsin; Chase Hansen, Utah
Week 3: David Blough, Purdue; Khalil Tate, Arizona
Week 4: Miles Sanders, Penn State; Ben Burr-Kirven, Washington
Week 5: Trace McSorley, Penn State; Eno Benjamin, Arizona State
Week 6: Jonathan Taylor (2), Wisconsin; Gardner Minshew II, Washington State
Week 7: Clayton Thorson, Northwestern; Joshua Kelley, UCLA
Week 8: Rondale Moore (2), Purdue; Gardner Minshew II (2), Washington State
Week 9: Javon Leake, Maryland; Jake Luton, Oregon State
Week 10: Shea Patterson, Michigan; Aca’Cedric Ware, USC
Week 11: Isaiah Bowser, Northwestern; Gardner Minshew II (3), Washington State
