The state of Washington boasts college football’s leading passer and college football’s leading tackler. Both were recognized with the Pac-12 Conference’s highest individual awards on Tuesday.
Washington State senior quarterback Gardner Minshew has been named the Pac-12’s Offensive Player of the Year, and Washington senior linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven has been named the Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year.
It’s just the second time in Pac-12 history that a Cougar and a Husky have been the conference players of the year in the same year, following Drew Bledsoe and Dave Hoffmann in 1992.
And, in a vote of conference coaches, WSU’s Mike Leach has been named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year.