Just a few short days after Oklahoma put on a show through the air against Tulsa, some of the main characters of that performance earned weekly honors from the Big 12 conference.
Dillon Gabriel was named Offensive Player of the Week after he threw for 421 passing yards and five touchdowns against the Golden Hurricane. He also set the school single-game completion percentage record (min. 25 attempts) by completing 90% of his throws Saturday afternoon. One hundred and twenty of his passing yards went to the Big 12’s Newcomer of the Week, Nic Anderson. Anderson caught just three passes, but all three were touchdown receptions.
Gabriel was a maestro on Saturday with a 251.2 pass efficiency rating, the highest by a Power Five player on the week and the fourth highest by a Power Five player on the season.
Gabriel’s selection as offensive player of the week makes this the fourth of his career at Oklahoma.
Nic Anderson’s phenomenal, yet incredibly efficient day was particularly historic. No freshman had ever registered a game with three receiving touchdowns in Oklahoma’s illustrious history.
Anderson is just the third Sooner to score three receiving touchdowns in a game on three catches, joining Curtis Fagan (vs. Baylor in 2000) and Jack Lockett (vs. Oklahoma A&M in 1950).
2️⃣ Sooners earn weekly Big 12 honors
▪️Dillon Gabriel, Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week
▪️Nic Anderson, Big 12 Newcomer of the Week https://t.co/zkJ0077Pva | #OUDNA pic.twitter.com/ffO61ZvUb1— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) September 18, 2023
The Newcomer of the Week award for the native of Katy, TX, is his first Big 12 weekly honor.
Announcing honors for these two Sooners brings Oklahoma to four weekly awards this season.
Gavin Freeman was the first. He was named Big 12 Co-Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 4 after returning a punt 82 yards for a score against Arkansas State. Junior linebacker Danny Stutsman was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 11 after he logged 17 total tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, a sack, a quarterback hit, and recovered a fumble.
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