Amadi Earns Pac-12 Special Teams Honor
11/05/18 | Football
EUGENE, Ore. – For the second time this season, Ugochukwu Amadi has been named a Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week. Amadi earned the special teams honor, five weeks after claiming the defensive award.
The Ducks' senior safety/punt returner sparked Oregon to a 42-21 win over UCLA, returning a punt 56 yards for a touchdown following the Bruins first possession of the game. Amadi's punt return was the first for a touchdown by a Duck since Bralon Addison against Michigan State in 2015. In addition to the punt return for a touchdown, Amadi had three tackles and a tackle for loss against the Bruins.
Amadi's defensive player of the week award came following Oregon's win at California. In that game he picked off a pair of passes, returning one for a touchdown, while finishing with seven tackles and a pass breakup.
Amadi Notables
» Only FBS player with a punt return for TD and a pick-6.
» One of six FBS players with two pick-6s.
» One of 10 FBS players this season to record a full sack and a pick-6 in the same game.
» Tied for second in the Pac-12 and 16th in FBS in INTs (3).
» Four of eight punt returns have gone for over 20 yards.
» Tied for the FBS lead with two punt returns over 50 yards.
» Semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award (nation's top DB).
