FARMINGTON, Utah (Oct. 10, 2022) - RJ Martinez (Northern Arizona), Callahan O'Reilly (Montana State) and Abraham Williams (Weber State) won their first weekly conference awards of the season, as the trio was named Big Sky Football Players of the Week, presented by Cloverdale Plumbing.
Offensive Player of the Week - RJ Martinez (Northern Arizona)
RJ Martinez, who won Big Sky Football Freshman of the Year honors in 2021, earned his first weekly honor for 2022 as the Lumberjack quarterback led Northern Arizona to a 31-29 home win over Cal Poly. Martinez threw for 359 yards and three touchdowns against the Mustangs, while rushing in another score on the ground. The weekly conference honor for Martinez is the second of his career.
Defensive Player of the Week - Callahan O'Reilly (Montana State)
Callahan O'Reilly was named the Big Sky Football Defensive Player of the Week for the first time of his career after leading the Montana State defense in a 37-6 win over Idaho State this past Saturday. The Bobcat linebacker racked up nine tackles, forced a fumble and picked off his third pass of the season in Montana State's Homecoming win. O'Reilly has had a hand in six takeaways this season - three interceptions, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery - which tops the Big Sky.
Special Teams Player of the Week - Abraham Williams (Weber State)
Abraham Williams collected his first Big Sky Football Special Teams Player of the Week award of his career as the Wildcat posted a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to help Weber State defeat Eastern Washington 45-21. The score was tied at 14-14 in the second quarter when Williams returned the kickoff 100 yards to give the Wildcats the lead. The kickoff return for a score was the first of Williams' career and the 12th 100-yard return in Weber State history. Former Wildcat Rashid Shaheed had four of those 100-yard returns during his stellar career.
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Others Nominated
Off: Dante Chachere (PSU), Jake Dunniway (Sac State), Dontae McMillan (Weber State)
Def: Eloi Kwete (NAU), EJ Ane (PSU), Justin Houlihan (Sac State), Maxwell Anderson (Weber State)
ST: Elias Spence (PSU), Kyle Sentkowski (Sac State)
Past Big Sky Football Players of the Week
9/5 - Off: Gunner Talkington (EWU); Def: Braxton Hill (UM); ST: Cameron Skattebo (Sac State)
9/12 - Off: Jaden Jones (CP); Co-Def: Rex Connors (UCD)/Desmond Williams (WSU); ST: Taco Dowler (MSU)
9/19 - Off: Bronson Barron (WSU); Def: Patrick O’Connell (UM); ST: Ricardo Chavez (Idaho)
9/26 - Off: Lucas Johnson (UM); Co-Def: Robby Hauck (UM)/Armon Bailey (Sac State); ST: Elijah Dotson (UNC)
10/3 - Co-Off: Sean Chambers (MSU)/Dante Chachere (PSU); Def: Armon Bailey (Sac State); ST: Patrick Rohrbach (UM)