PAC-12 ALL-LEAGUE SELECTIONS 2020

The end of the college football season is a sad time, because it means that we are almost finished withfootball, and have a long cold winter (and spring) ahead of us.

But it's also a time for passing out hardware, in the form of all-league teams. 

Plenty of players had the spotlight shining on them, so it was admittedly tricky trying to find the best of the best in each league. But through careful research, and all night film sessions, our committee of three came up with what we thought were the best choices in each conference. 

These selections may not match the ones unveiled by the conferences, but that's because much of that is name recognition more than stellar play. Digging deep behind the numbers is what's needed, and that's precisely what we have done here.

A great deal of star power spread out within the league, as Arizona State, UCLA and Utah all placed four players among the first-team honorees. The Utes had the freshman of the year in Ty Jordan, who tragically passed away over the Christmas holidays after an accident at home, and have a lot of good returning talent for 2021. Oregon State runner Jermar Jefferson didn't make national headlines but churned out enough yardage and scoring to win offensive player of the year honors, while Colorado tackling machine Nate Landman was the league's top defensive player. His coach, Karl Dorrell, was not a sexy hire, and in fact was derided by much of the national media, yet he turned the Buffs around in short order and made them into a competitive bunch in 2020. The foundation is set for big things next year and beyond. 

1^ST TEAM OFFENSE                                                                                  2^ND TEAM OFFENSE

QB Jayden Daniels/Arizona State                                                        QB Sam Noyer/Colorado

RB Jarek Broussard/Colorado                                                             RB Demetric Felton/UCLA

RB Jermar Jefferson/Oregon State                                                    RB Ty Jordan/Utah

WR Simi Fehoko/Stanford                                                                    WR Kyle Phillips/UCLA

WR Amon-Ra St. Brown/USC                                                               WR Britain Covey/Utah

WR Drake London/UCLA                                                                      WR Travell Harris/Washington State

TE Greg Dulcich/UCLA                                                                          TE Cade Otton/Washington

OT Alijah Vera-Tucker/USC                                                                  OT Sean Rhyan/UCLA

OT Abraham Lucas/Washington State                                              OT Kellen Dietsch/Arizona State

OG Dohnovan West/Arizona State                                                      OG Henry Bainivalu/Washington

OG Ryan Walk/Oregon                                                                           OG Andrew Vorhees/USC

 C Michael Saffell/California                                                                   C  Drew Dalman/Stanford                                               

1^ST TEAM DEFENSE                                                                                 2^ND TEAM DEFENSE

DE Kayvon Thibodeaux/Oregon                                                           DE Zion Tupuola-Fetui/Washington

DT Jermayne Lole/Arizona State                                                        DT Roy Lopez/Arizona

DT Osa Odighizuwa/UCLA                                                                    DT Mustafa Johnson/Colorado

DE Mika Tafua/Utah                                                                                DE Nick Figueroa/USC

LB Nate Landman/Colorado                                                                LB Noah Sewell/Oregon

LB Devin Lloyd/Utah                                                                              LB Caleb Johnson/UCLA

LB Avery Roberts/Oregon State                                                         LB Omar Speights/Oregon State

LB Edefuan Ulofoshio/Washington                                                     LB Isaac Slade-Matautia/Oregon

CB Elijah Molden/Washington                                                             CB Olajah Griffin/USC

CB Chase Lucas/Arizona State                                                           CB Trent McDuffie/Washington

 S Talanoa Hufanga/USC                                                                          S Isaiah Lewis/Colorado

 S Quentin Lake/UCLA                                                                            S Evan Fields/Arizona

1^ST TEAM SPECIALISTS                                                                           2^ND TEAM SPECIALISTS

 K Jadon Redding/Utah                                                                            K Evan Price/Colorado

 P Oscar Draguicevich/Washington State                                            P Ryan Sanborn/Stanford

RS Britain Covey/Utah                                                                             RS Mykael Wright/Oregon

 

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Jermar Jefferson/Oregon State

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Nate Landman/Colorado

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Ty Jordan/Utah

COACH OF THE YEAR: Karl Dorrell/Colorado