Fort Worth, Texas----- San Jose State University's Josh Love is one of eight Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) quarterbacks named to the Davey O'Brien Award's Great 8 list for games played the week ending October 5.
Love completed 24-of-36 passes without an interception for a season-high 405 yards and two touchdowns in the Spartans' 32-21 conference win over New Mexico on October 4.
The fifth-year senior is the first San Jose State quarterback recognized by the Davey O'Brien Award for weekly excellence at the position since David Fales during the 2013 season.
For the year, Love has completed 61.9 percent of his passes with only one interception for 1,418 yards and seven touchdowns.
The other seven quarterbacks recognized as the Davey O'Brien Award's Great 8 for Week 6 include Ian Book, Notre Dame; Joe Burrow, LSU; Jett Duffey, Texas Tech; Sam Howell, North Carolina; Jake Luton, Oregon State; Brock Purdy, Iowa State; and Khalil Tate, Arizona.
The Davey O'Brien Award "Quarterback of the Week" from the Great 8 honorees will be announced on Tuesday, October 8.
San Jose State (3-2, 1-1 Mountain West) next plays at the University of Nevada, Saturday, October 12, in a 1:00 p.m. game at Mackay Stadium.
