Sefo Liufau and Nick Fisher earn PAC 12 Weekly Honors

Colorado now 9-2 on the season and ranked No. 9 overall in the latest Coaches Poll continues to impress on the field and with their season victories come weekly awards. In fact, this is the 8th time this season a Colorado Football Player has earned either an offensive or defensive Player or Special teams Player of the Week Award.

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Senior Quarterback Sefo Liufau was named PAC 12 Offensive Player of the Week after his incredible performance against Washington State. In the Nationally Televised game on FOX, Liufau was 27 of 41 passing for 345-yards and rushed for 108-yards and 3 touchdowns.

His total yardage for the game was 453-yards, Colorado's offense racked up over 600 total yards of offense during the 38-24 victory. Along with being named PAC 12 Offensive Player of the Week, CBS Sports named Liufau the NCAA Nationally Player of the Week.

This is the second time this season Liufau has earned the PAC 12 Offensive Player of the Week Award. On the season Liufau is 156 of 233 passing for 1,880-yards with 10 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, his quarterback rating is 146.3 and he has also rushed for 424-yards and 6 scores. Washington State Nickel Back Parker Herny said after the game. "It's tough, you don't run into a 235-pound Quarterback all the time."

Sophomore Nick Fisher earned the PAC 12 Defensive Player of the Week Award after his outstanding play against Washington State coming up with several key plays in pivotal situations. In total Fisher had 6 tackles and 1 pass breakup. The Buffs were down two defensive secondary players as Afolabi Laguda was ejected early in the game and Ryan Moeller went out with an injury. Washington State’s offense got their numbers in with 462 yards of offense, but the Buffs made some great second half adjustments and outscored the Cougars 24-7 in quarters three and four. The Colorado defense also came up big on third downs stops, the Cougars were 4 of 15 on third down efficiency (26%), coming into the game their average was 51%. Falk was 26 of 53 passing (49%), his season average completion percentage is 73.9%.

On November 3rd, 2016 Sophomore Isaiah Oliver was selected as the PAC 12 Special Teams Player of the Week after his outstanding game-changing performance against UCLA. With Colorado leading UCLA just 13-10 late in the 4th quarter Oliver returned a punt 68-yards for a touchdown to help the Buffs win their fifth conference game of the season. On the night Oliver returned 5 punts for a total of 124-yards. The punt return was Colorado's first since the 2005 season when Stephan Robinson returned an 81-yarder against Kansas.

During the week of October 24th Tedric Thompson was named the PAC 12 Defensive Player of the Week for his outstanding performance against Stanford. In the Buffs 10-5 victory over the Cardinal, Thompson recorded two interceptions, one which he returned for 30-yards. On the season Thompson has 4 interceptions.

In Colorado's 40-16 win over Arizona State Junior Running Back Phillip Lindsay was named PAC 12 Offensive Player of the Week. Lindsay who had not hit the 100-yard mark this season, ran wild for 219-yards and 3 touchdowns. He is currently third in the PAC 12 rushing yardage wise.

Freshman kicker Davis Price was named the Week 5 PAC 12 Special Teams Player of the Week after drilling a 54-yard field goal against Oregon State. The 54-yard field kick is the longest field goal made by a freshman in Colorado school history.

Steven Montez was named the PAC 12 Offensive Player of the Week on September 26th following his performance against Oregon. The RS-Freshman starting in place of Sefo Liufau racked up an incredible 468-yards of total offense. Leading Colorado to a thrilling 41-38 victory over Oregon in Autzen Stadium, Liufau was 23-32 passing for 333-yards with 3 touchdowns and also rushed for 135-yards with a score on the ground.

Senior Quarterback Sefo Liufau was named PAC 12 Offensive Player of the Week on September 5th in the Buffs 44-7 blowout against Colorado State. In the season opener against their in-state rival Liufau was 23 of 33 passing for 318-yards and 1 touchdowns. He finished the game with a 160.6 passing rating and earned 17 total first downs.