COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - San José State’s Walker Eget and Jalen Bainer have each earned their first-ever Old Trapper Mountain West Player of the Week honors, the conference announced Monday.
Eget was named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week. At the same time, Bainer received Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week recognition following the Spartans’ 35-28 conference-opening victory over New Mexico on Friday night (story).
This marks the first time since September 23, 2019, that San José State has had both an offensive and defensive player earn weekly honors in the same week.
These are the first Mountain West weekly awards for the Spartans this season. Last year, SJSU earned one offensive and two defensive Mountain West weekly awards.
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Walker Eget, QB, Sr-R., Santa Clarita, Calif./West Ranch HS
- Completed 26-of-30 passes for 334 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions
- Started the game 13-for-13 on passes and had two streaks of 10 or more straight completions
- Completed 86.7 percent of his passes in the game. The SJSU record for best completion percentage with at least 25 passing attempts was Kyle Reed, who completed 88.5 percent of his passes on Sept. 20, 2008
- This was the fourth career game Eget threw for three or more touchdowns
- For quarterbacks who had 30 attempts or more, Eget tied Conner Harrell of Charlotte with an 86.7 completion percentage for the best completion percentage in a game in FBS this season. Harrell did it on Sept. 13 against FCS Monmouth. Eget is the only one to do it against an FBS team this season.
- Eget’s 70-yard touchdown in the second quarter to Scudero was the longest pass of Eget’s career and a career-long reception for Scudero
Jalen Bainer, DB, Sr-R., San Marcos, Calif./San Marcos HS
- Snagged two interceptions in the win
- Bainer is the first Spartan to record two interceptions in the same game since Brandon Ezell on Oct. 4, 2019, also against New Mexico
- Also recorded his first career sack and led the team with a career-high of nine tackles
- Had a tackle for loss in the win as well, and his two interceptions were crucial to victory; both happened on the New Mexico side of the field
UP NEXT: The Spartans head to Wyoming on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. (PT) on CBS Sports Network and KTRB (860 AM).
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