Fifth-year senior linebacker Shayne Skov earned this week’s Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week honor after an outstanding performance against the Ducks’ potent offense in the Cardinal’s 26-20 win against Oregon this past Thursday.

Skov finished with a team-leading nine tackles, including two tackles for loss, to go along with two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, two quarterback hurries and one pass breakup. Skov was an essential part of a Stanford defense that shut out the nation’s No. 2 offense for three quarters and held them to only 62 rushing yards on the day.

Both forced fumbles came on Oregon drives in Stanford territory, including one that Skov forced and recovered inside the Stanford 5-yard line as Oregon sought to cut the lead to only 7.