Nick Stevens (Steve Nehf, Denver Post)
FORT COLLINS — Nick Stevens made his first career start at quarterback for Colorado State Saturday, and he has been named the Mountain West’s offensive player of the week after going 20-28 for 289 yards and five touchdowns in the 65-13 rout of FCS Savannah State, which lost its 24th consecutive game.
Stevens’ touchdown passes went to five different receivers.
Linebacker Calvin Munson of San Diego State was the league’s defensive player of the week and wide receiver/returner Andrew Rodriguez of Utah State was special teams player of the week.
Munson had 11 tackles in the Aztecs’ 37-3 win over San Diego and Rodriguez had an 88-yard punt return for a touchdown in the Aggies’ surprisingly tough 12-9 win over Southern Utah. He had eight punt returns for 136 yards.
Terry Frei: tfrei@denverpost.com or twitter.com/TFrei
