Oregon's T.J. Bass, Brandon Dorlus honored by Pac-12 following win over Stanford
A pair of Oregon Ducks were recognized as the best at their respective positions in Week 5.
Following the Ducks’ blowout win over Stanford, senior offensive tackle T.J. Bass was selected as the Pac-12 offensive lineman of the week, and junior defensive end Brandon Dorlus was named the conference defensive lineman of the week.
Bass, an all-conference selection at guard last season, has been outstanding for the Ducks since making the full-time move to left tackle in 2022. On Saturday, he played 65 snaps and did allow a pressure, a hurry, or a sack in 32 pass-blocking opportunities.
Bass was instrumental for an Oregon offense that racked up 351 yards on 37 carries for an average of 9.5 yards-per-carry. That’s the most rushing yards for the Ducks in a single game since 2018.
Additionally, Bass received a 71.8 overall grade from Pro Football Focus and a 74.4 pass-blocking grade.
This marks the third time in Bass’s career that he has been selected as the conference offensive lineman of the week. He is the third player since the award’s introduction in 2019 to receive it three times. Former Oregon star Penei Sewell and Utah’s Nick Ford are the others.
“We want to lean on our strengths. I think our O-line has been a strength all year,” Oregon coach Dan Lanning said following Saturday’s win. “Our backs are running really hard. We were obviously able to involve the quarterback in the run game, and wide receivers too, that was part of our plan coming in. If they didn’t take it away, we wanted to continue to lean on it.”
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This is the second time in the past three weeks that Dorlus has been named the Pac-12 defensive lineman of the week, and the third straight week that an Oregon player has won it after Mase Funa was honored last week.
Dorlus recorded a career-high 2.0 sacks and a career-high 3.0 tackles for loss for the Ducks to help pave the way for a dominant defensive performance.
He played 41 snaps — 11 more than any other Oregon defensive lineman — and received a 70.1 pass-rush grade from PFF.
UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson was named the conference’s offensive player of the week, while Utah defensive back Clark Phillips III was the defensive player of the week.
Stanford kicker Joshua Karty is the special teams player of the week, and Arizona receiver Tetairoa McMillan is the freshman of the week.
