Alabama’s Jalen Milroe wins top honors for the second time in three weeks

The Associated Press college football national player of the week for Week 5 of the season:

Jalen Milroe, Alabama

The Crimson Tide quarterback was the catalyst for a wild 41-34 win over Georgia and is the Player of the Week for the second time in three weeks.

His late 75-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Williams gave the Tide the lead again after they blew a 28-point lead in the first half.

Milroe completed 27 of 33 carries for a career-high 374 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a season-high 117 yards and two scores. His 491 yards of total offense were the third-most by an FBS quarterback this season.

Milroe’s eight rushing touchdowns are the most in the country this season, and he ranks second with 108 points.

Second

Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty ran for 259 yards and four touchdowns in the Broncos’ 45-24 win over Washington State. Two of Jeanty’s TD runs were longer than 50 yards.

The junior running back passed for more than 250 yards for the second time this season. He leads the nation with 211 yards rushing per game and 13 touchdowns. His 10.3 yards per carry average is the highest in the country among players with at least 30 attempts.

Honorable mention

Hajj-Malik Williams, making his first start for UNLV after Matthew Sluka left the team after three games over a dispute over an NIL payment, was involved in four touchdowns as the Rebels defeated Fresno State 59-14.

The Campbell transfer completed 13 of 16 passes for 182 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 119 yards and another score in his first start in the Football Bowl Subdivision. His performance helped the Rebels improve to 4-0 and crack the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time ever. They are tied for 25th with Texas A&M.

Six statistics

— The best defensive performance of the season belongs to Boston College’s Donovan Ezeiruaku. The defensive end made 14 total tackles, including 10 solo stops, with three sacks, four tackles for loss, two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble in the 21-20 win over Western Kentucky.

– Six Nebraska kickers since 2021 have combined to hit 57% of their FGs (30 of 53), the worst rate in the FBS during that span. In the Cornhuskers’ 28-10 win over Purdue, John Hohl missed a field goal and two other attempts were blocked.

– Iowa State’s 20-0 win over Houston was its first away conference shutout since a 24-0 win over Kansas State in 1971.

– According to PackInsider, NC State’s 171 total yards in a 24-17 win over Northern Illinois were the sixth fewest by a winning team that scored 24 points since 2004.

– Southern California RB Woody Marks has caught a pass in 49 straight games, the longest active streak in the FBS.

— Clemson has scored 165 points in its last three games, its most in a three-game span since 2019, when it scored 166 against Wofford, NC State and Wake Forest.

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AP voters: Aaron Beard, Tim Booth, Pat Graham, Stephen Hawkins, Pete Iacobelli, Mark Long, John Marshall, Eric Olson, Ralph D. Russo, John Zenor.

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