By Stephen Vilardo, SuperWest Sports activities
Week 10 within the NFL noticed some phenomenal performances from gamers who performed collegiately within the West.
Every week, we spotlight the area’s finest professional performances from the standout alumni veterans and rookies
Listed below are my selections for one of the best of them.
Prime NFL Performances
1. Jared Goff, QB, Lions/California
The former Cal Bear accomplished 75.8% of his passes for 320 yards and three touchdowns with a ranking of 135.9 within the Lions’ win over Washington.
Goff is the third participant in NFL historical past to have no less than 45 video games with 300+ passing yards of their first 10 profession seasons.
He now has 27 profession video games with no less than three landing passes and no interceptions, the fourth-most such video games by a participant in NFL historical past via his first 10 seasons.
2. Caleb Williams, QB, Bears/USC
The former USC QB threw for 220 yards and a landing and added one other rating on the bottom together with 63 speeding yards as he led the Bears to a comeback over the Giants.
Each Williams’ scores got here in a frantic fourth quarter as he led Chicago to a pair of scoring drives within the ultimate 4 minutes of the sport to get the 24-20 win.
His TD on the bottom was the game-winner with 1:47 to play.
3. Drake London, WR, Falcons/USC
London collected 104 yards and a TD on six receptions within the OT loss to the Colts in Germany.
The previous USC star topped 100 receiving yards for the fourth time in his final 5 video games.
4. Christian McCaffrey, RB, 49ers/Stanford
The former Stanford star completed with 96 scrimmage yards (66 receiving, 30 speeding) within the sport towards the Rams.
McCaffrey, who has 626 speeding yards and 692 receiving yards this season, is the third participant in NFL historical past with no less than 600 speeding yards and 600 receiving yards in 4 profession seasons.
He’s additionally one among simply three gamers in NFL historical past with the above in his crew’s first 10 video games of a season.
5. Talanoa Hufanga, S, Broncos/USC
The former Trojan stepped up in a defensive showdown with the Raiders final Thursday night time.
The Broncos got here away with a 10-7 win, and Hufanga performed a key position, main Denver with 9 tackles and including a sack and a QB hit.
6. Davis Mills, QB, Texas/Stanford
The former Cardinal stepped into the beginning position for Houston and delivered a divisional win over the Jaguars.
Mills threw for 292 yards and a pair of touchdowns and added one other rating on the bottom together with 20 yards, all within the fourth quarter, to safe the comeback win.
7. Trey McBride, TE, Cardinals/Colorado State
The Cardinals got here up brief towards Seattle on Sunday, however the former CSU Ram had a giant sport within the loss.
McBride caught 9 passes for 127 yards and a TD.
8. Sam Darnold, QB, Seahawks/USC
The former Trojan threw for 178 yards and a landing for a 111.8 ranking in the course of the Seahawks’ 44-22 win over Arizona.
This was his sixth sport this season with a ranking of 100+.
Darnold is the one participant in NFL historical past to document a passer ranking of 100-or-higher in no less than six video games of a participant’s first 9 video games with a crew a number of occasions, as he completed the identical feat final season, his first in Minnesota.
9. Josh Allen, QB, Payments/Wyoming
The Payments have been shocked in Miami on Sunday afternoon, falling to the Dolphins 30-13.
The previous Wyoming Cowboy nonetheless had a robust outing for Buffalo, throwing for 310 yards and a few TDs whereas including 31 yards on the bottom.
10. Cole Bishop, S, Payments/Utah
The former Ute picked off the second move of his profession within the Payments’ loss to Miami.
Bishop additionally added seven tackles, tying the second most of his profession.
11. Rome Odunze, WR, Bears/Washington
The former Husky caught six passes for 86 yards within the Bears win over New York.
Considered one of his six receptions went for six factors as he hauled in a Caleb Williams move for a late rating to chop the deficit to 3.
12. Justin Herbert, QB, Chargers/Oregon
The Chargers collected an enormous win over the Steelers on Sunday Night time.
The previous Duck was environment friendly within the dominant win, throwing for 220 yards and a TD.
He added 19 yards on the bottom.
Different Notable Veteran and Rookie Performers
Dillon Gabriel, QB, Browns/Oregon (R)—67 passing yards, a TD, 54 speeding yards
Carson Schwesinger, LB, Browns/UCLA (R)—9 tackles and .5 sack
Cade Otton, TE, Buccaneers/Washington—9 catches for 82 yards
Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Panthers/Arizona (R)—5 catches for 60 yards
Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon/Patriots—Season excessive 9 tackles and one move defended
Tez Johnson, WR, Buccaneers/Oregon (R)—4 catches for 42 yards and two touchdowns
Woody Marks, RB, Texans/USC (R)—71 whole yards and a TD
Zach Charbonnet, RB, Seahawks/UCLA—83 yards and a TD
Evan Williams, S, Packers/Oregon—Staff-high 7 tackles together with 2 TFL
writes about numerous subjects for SuperWest sports activities, together with stats and data, faculty sports activities, and motorsports. He additionally based and runs the Sports activities and Leisure Analysis Heart (SERC).
