Names & Faces: Bryce Love and Baker Mayfield
Bryce Love
No surprise here: The Stanford running back who is a Heisman Trophy finalist leads the Associated Press All-Pac-12 Conference football team. He was named the AP’s All-Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year by unanimous vote, and also earned first-team honors at running back. Love is averaging 164.4 yards a game, tops among Power 5 conference running backs. He’s averaging 8.3 yards per carry, has 17 touchdowns and set the FBS record with 12 runs of at least 50 yards this season. Other top AP honors: USC’s Clay Helton as Coach of the Year, Washington State’s Hercules Mata’afa as Defensive Player of the Year, and USC’s Sam Darnold as first-team quarterback.