BYU's Bear Bachmeier shares Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honor
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BYU quarterback Bear Bachmeier was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season after leading the Cougars past Notre Dame last Saturday.
He shares this week's honor with Houston quarterback Conner Weigman.
Bachmeier ran for two touchdowns, passed for 224 yards and a score and caught a touchdown pass in the 28-24 win over the Fighting Irish that pushed BYU up to No. 2 in the new Associated Press Top 25. The sophomore became the first BYU quarterback since Steve Young in the 1983 Holiday Bowl to record a passing, rushing and receiving touchdown in a game.
Bachmeier returned to the Heisman Watch top contenders list after the win. For the season, he has nine touchdown passes and six rushing scores.
Bear Bachmeier gets No. 8 BYU on the board first against No. 2 Notre Dame 😤 https://t.co/2fRx0F5JYN
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) October 17, 2026
Bachmeier won the award the previous week when he passed for 329 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 109 yards in a 24-10 win over Iowa State.
The Cougars (6-0) are tied with Texas Tech and Utah at 3-0 in conference play.
Weigman passed for 343 yards and five touchdowns to help Houston defeat Oklahoma State 35-32 on Saturday. He is tied for the FBS lead with 26 total touchdowns. He appears on the Heisman Watch on the fringe list this week.
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Other Big 12 honorees were as follows:
Defensive Player of the Week: Koron Hayward, DL, TCU and Cade Uluave, LB, BYU
Special Teams Player of the Week: Stone Harrington, K, Texas Tech and Luis Rodriguez, K, Kansas State
Freshman of the Week: Nick McClellan, DB, Kansas State
Offensive Line of the Week: BYU
Defensive Line of the Week: Texas Tech
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