{"id":493705,"date":"2026-10-12T17:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T17:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/493705\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T17:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T17:02:11","slug":"old-trapper-mountain-west-football-players-of-the-week-oct-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/493705\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Trapper Mountain West Football Players of the Week – Oct. 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LAS VEGAS \u2013 The Old Trapper Mountain West Football Players of the Week for games played in Week 6 were announced on Monday. Nevada junior running back Herschel Turner has been tabbed as the MW Offensive Player of the Week, while UNLV sophomore defensive end Andre Porter was named MW Defensive Player of the Week. Wyoming junior place-kicker Erik Sandvik earned MW Special Teams Player of the Week honors, while UNLV defensive end Kal-El Togafau was selected as MW Freshman of the Week.<\/p>\n

It is the second career MW weekly honor for Togafau and first for Turner, Porter and Sandvik.<\/p>\n

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

\nHERSCHEL TURNER, NEVADA

\nJunior, Running Back, Richmond, California \/ Utah State
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\n\tHelped lead Nevada to a 30-13 victory at UTEP.
\n\tRushed for a career-high 192 yards on 19 carries and a touchdown.
\n\tScored a 72-yard touchdown, setting a career-long.
\n\tAveraged 10.1 yards per carry. <\/p>\n

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
\nANDRE PORTER, UNLV
\nSophomore, Defensive End, Las Vegas, Nevada \/ Liberty HS<\/p>\n


\n\tLed a UNLV defense which shut out North Dakota State in the second half, leading to a 13-7 victory.
\n\tFinished the game with two tackles, including one sack, an interception and a forced fumble.
\n\tOn NDSU\u2019s second drive, picked off a pass and returned it 23 yards for a touchdown.
\n\tIn the fourth quarter with NDSU threatening to take the lead, recorded a strip-sack and forced a Bison punt. \u00a0
\n\tThe seven points were the fewest UNLV has allowed against a MW opponent at home since 2007. <\/p>\n

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
\nERIK SANDVIK, WYOMING
\nJunior, Place-Kicker, Steamboat Springs, Colorado \/ Steamboat Springs HS<\/p>\n


\n\tWas a perfect 3-for-3 on field goal attempts in Wyoming\u2019s 16-13 overtime victory at San Jos\u00e9 State.
\n\tMade a 21-yard game-winning field goal in the first overtime. Wyoming\u2019s first walk-off win since the Arizona Bowl in 2023.
\n\tAlso connected on kicks of 38 and 29 yards. \u00a0 <\/p>\n

FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
\nKAL-EL TOGAFAU, UNLV
\nDefensive End, Rancho Cucamonga, California \/ Rancho Cucamonga HS<\/p>\n


\n\tPlayed a key defensive role in UNLV\u2019s 13-7 victory against previously undefeated North Dakota State.
\n\tRecorded six tackles, including one tackle for loss.
\n\tFour of six tackles came in the second half when the Rebels shutout the Bison.
\n\tHad back-to-back tackles in the second quarter during a Bison drive that resulted in a turnover-on-downs.
\n\tWith UNLV protecting a 10-7 lead, he combined for another pair of back-to-back tackles that resulted in the Bison punting one play later. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Football 10\/12\/2026 8:52:45 AM …\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-493705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}