COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - San José State’s Walker Eget and Steve Chavez-Soto have each earned Old Trapper Mountain West Player of the Week honors, the conference announced Monday.
Eget was named Old Trapper Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season. At the same time, Chavez-Soto earned his first career Old Trapper Freshman of the Week recognition following the Spartans’ 45-38 conference win over Hawai‘i, presented by Habbas Law, on Saturday night (story).
This marks the first time in program history that San José State has had both an Old Trapper Offensive Player of the Week and an Old Trapper Freshman of the Week in the same week.
These awards are the third and fourth Mountain West weekly honors for the Spartans this season, and the second time the team has received multiple conference awards in the same week. Chavez-Soto is also the first Spartan to be named Mountain West Freshman Player of the Week since 2023.
Walker Eget, QB, Sr-R., Santa Clarita, Calif./West Ranch HS
- Threw for 458 yards and two touchdowns
- Eget’s 458 passing yards are the 14th most recorded by an SJSU quarterback in program history and the fourth most recorded by any player in the NCAA this season.
- This is the second time this season Eget has thrown for over 450 yards, throwing for 473 yards against Stanford
- Eget leads the nation with 325.9 passing yards per game
- With no interceptions in the game, Eget extended his streak of consecutive passing attempts without an interception to 268, the third-longest streak in Mountain West history
- Eget has 17 touchdowns with only three interceptions this season
- Out of quarterbacks with 300 or more passing attempts, only one FBS quarterback has thrown fewer interceptions than Eget this season
Steve Chavez-Soto, RB, Fr., Chino, Calif./Orange Lutheran HS
- Tallied a career-high three rushing touchdowns
- Had 53 yards on 10 carries
- Chavez-Soto is the first Spartan to rush for three touchdowns since Kairee Robinson did it against New Mexico on Oct. 14, 2023
- He now has six touchdowns in his four games played this season
UP NEXT: The Spartans will host homecoming against Air Force on Saturday, Nov. 8, at 3 p.m. from CEFCU Stadium, presented by Webcor. The game can be watched on FS1.
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