Utah State sophomore quarterback Jordan Love was named to the Davey O’Brien Award’s “Great 8” quarterbacks list for week nine of the college football season, it was announced Monday by the Davey O’Brien Foundation.
Additionally, Love was tabbed the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week and a Star of the Week by the Manning Award, after leading the 18th-ranked Aggies to a 61-19 win over New Mexico last Saturday on Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium.
Joining Love on the “Great 8” list, as determined by voting from the award’s selection subcommittee, were Oklahoma State’s Taylor Cornelius, Syracuse’s Eric Dungey, Mississippi State’s Nick Fitzgerald, Georgia’s Jake Fromm, Houston’s D’Eriq King, Washington State’s Gardner Minshew and Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray.