Saint Louis graduate, Washington State quarterback Jayden de Laura was named the Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year, the conference announced Tuesday.
de Laura, led the conference with 2,742 passing yards and 23 passing touchdowns as the 2019 KHON2/Cover2 Hawaii High School Offensive Player of the Year led WSU to seven victories including an Apple Cup win over arch-rival Washington.
The Cougars finished the regular season 7-5 and will face Miami in the Sun Bowl on Dec. 31.
Also honored on Tuesday was Kamehameha graduate, Utah defensive lineman Mika Tafua. The junior was tabbed as a first team all-conference selection after recording 9.5 sacks, 13.5 tackles for loss this season. Tafua helped guide the Utes to a conference championship and will face Ohio State in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day.
2021 ALL-PAC-12 CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TEAM
| First Team Offense | Second Team Offense | ||
| QB | Cameron Rising, So., Utah | QB | Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Sr., UCLA |
| RB | B.J. Baylor, R-Jr., Oregon State | RB | Zach Charbonnet, Jr., UCLA |
| RB | Tavion Thomas, So., Utah | RB | Rachaad White, R-Sr., Arizona State |
| WR | Drake London, Jr., USC | WR | Calvin Jackson Jr., Gr., Washington State |
| WR | Kyle Philips, R-Jr., UCLA | WR | Travell Harris, R-Sr., Washington State |
| TE | Greg Dulcich, R-Jr., UCLA | TE | Brant Kuithe, Jr., Utah |
| OL | Abraham Lucas, R-Sr., Washington State | OL | Bamidele Olaseni, Sr., Utah |
| OL | Nick Ford, Jr., Utah* | OL | Braeden Daniels, So., Utah |
| OL | Sean Rhyan, Jr., UCLA | OL | Kellen Diesch, Gr., Arizona State |
| OL | Nathan Eldridge, R-Sr., Oregon State* | OL | Alex Forsyth, Jr., Oregon |
| OL | Jaxson Kirkland, Jr., Washington* | OL | Dohnovan West, Jr., Arizona State |
| OL | T.J. Bass, Jr., Oregon |
| First Team Defense | Second Team Defense | ||
| DL | Kayvon Thibodeaux, So., Oregon* | DL | Kyon Barrs, So., Arizona |
| DL | Mika Tafua, Jr., Utah | DL | Thomas Booker, Sr., Stanford |
| DL | Tuli Tuipulotu, So., USC | DL | Mitchell Agude, Sr., UCLA |
| DL | Brandon Dorlus, So., Oregon | DL | D.J. Davidson, Gr., Arizona State |
| DL | Ron Stone Jr., R-Jr., Washington State | ||
| DL | Tyler Johnson, Gr., Arizona State | ||
| LB | Devin Lloyd, Jr., Utah* | LB | Darien Butler, Sr., Arizona State |
| LB | Noah Sewell, Fr., Oregon | LB | Drake Jackson, Jr., USC |
| LB | Avery Roberts, R-Jr., Oregon State* | LB | Nate Landman, Sr., Colorado |
| DB | Trent McDuffie, So., Washington | DB | Clark Phillips, Fr., Utah |
| DB | Verone McKinley III, So., Oregon | DB | Kyu Blu Kelly, Jr., Stanford |
| DB | Kyler Gordon, So., Washington | DB | Quentin Lake, Sr., UCLA |
| DB | Elijah Hicks, Sr., California | DB | Qwuantrezz Knight, R-Sr., UCLA |
| First Team Specialists | Second Team Specialists | ||
| PK | Dean Janikowski, R-So., Washington State | PK | Camden Lewis, So., Oregon |
| PK | Parker Lewis, So., USC | ||
| P | Kyle Ostendorp, So., Arizona | P | Race Porter, Sr., Washington |
| RS | Britain Covey, Jr., Utah** | RS | Kyle Philips, R-Jr., UCLA |
| AP/ST | Stanley Berryhill III, R-Jr., Arizona | AP/ST | Jack Colletto, R-Jr., Oregon State |
