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Utah punter Sean Sellwood was named the Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week following Saturday's performance in which he averaged 50.5 yards on his four punts in the Utes' 34-21 win at Arizona. He tied his career long with a 67-yarder in the first quarter and placed two inside the 20-yard line in the fourth quarter. Sellwood said he knew his 67-yarder was going to be a good one when it left his foot. I've kicked 1,000 times in practice so you know when you hit it if it's going to be good or not," he said. "But at the other end of the spectrum, you know when it's not so good too." Sellwood is averaging 43.9 yards on his 26 punts this year. "It's a great honor and you have to work hard to get an honor like," Sellwood said on the weekly award. USC quarterback Matt Barkley was the Offensive Player of the Week for completing 25 of 39 passes for 318 yards in the 42-17 win over Colorado and Oregon rover Eddie Pleasant was the Defensive Player of the Week for his two interceptions in the Ducks' 34-17 win at Washington.