MW Players of the Week: Nick Nash is Top FBS Receiver
* Mountain West Conference press release
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., – Fresh off its win over Kansas and the newly minted No. 25 team in the nation, UNLV claimed three of the four Mountain West weekly football honors.
Senior linebacker Jackson Woodard is the MW Defensive Player of the Week and placekicker Caden Chittenden is the MW Special Teams Player of the Week and MW Freshman of the Week.
San José State senior wide receiver Nick Nash is the MW Offensive Player of the Week.
The weekly awards are the second each for Nash and Woodard and the first and second for Chittenden.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
NICK NASH, SAN JOSÉ STATE
Senior, Wide Receiver, Irvine, Calif./Woodbridge HS
- Had 17 catches for 225 yards and three touchdowns in San José State’s 31-10 win over Kennesaw State, setting (catches, yards) or matching (TDs) career highs in all three categories.
- Surpassed the previous SJSU regular-season record of 15 catches, with his 17 a season high in the FBS this year.
- Averaged 13.2 yards per reception.
- Turned in his second game this season and of his career with at least 100 receiving yards.
- Nash’s Week 3 totals pushed him into the FBS lead in receiving TDs, receiving yards, receiving yards per game and receptions per game.
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DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JACKSON WOODARD, UNLV
Senior, Linebacker, Little Rock, Ark./Little Rock Christian HS/Arkansas
- Had 11 tackles (six solo) and an interception in UNLV’s 23-20 win over Kansas in Kansas City, Kansas.
- Recorded 1.5 tackles for loss among his 11 stops.
- With the Rebels trailing 17-13 in the third quarter, he grabbed his second career interception and returned it 26 yards, setting up a UNLV field goal.
- In the fourth quarter, with Kansas leading 20-16 and facing second-and-1 at the UNLV 16-yard line, Woodard made a tackle for a 7-yard loss, helping hold the Jayhawks to just a field goal on the drive.
- Helped hold Kansas to just three second-half points as UNLV completed the comeback from a pair of 11-point first-half deficits.
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK/FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
CADEN CHITTENDEN, UNLV
Las Vegas, Nev./Faith Lutheran HS
- Scored 11 points in UNLV’s 23-20 win over Kansas, converting three field goals and two extra points.
- Hit field goals of 38, 27 and 23 yards, with his final one bringing the Rebels to within a point at 17-16 in the third quarter.
- Also kicked off five times, collecting three touchbacks.
- His three field goals pushed his season total to eight, tied for tops in the FBS.
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