Kyle Whittingham Earns AP Pac-12 Coach Of The Year, Devin Lloyd Also Honored

SALT LAKE CITY – The Associated Press announced that Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham has been named Pac-12 Coach of the Year and Devin Lloyd has earned Defensive Player of the Year..

This adds to the award that Whittingham received on Tuesday when the Pac-12 Conference named him Coach of the Year for the second time. Whittingham led the Utes to a 10-3 record and the program’s first ever Pac-12 Championship and trip to the Rose Bowl.

Lloyd became the first player in Utah football history to win Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. He finished the regular season with 106 tackles, including 22 tackles for loss, which is second-most in the country.

Utah’s Kyle Whittingham is The Associated Press Pac-12 Coach of the Year and Utes linebacker Devin Lloyd is the Defensive Player of the Year.

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Like the Pac-12 awards, USC wide receiver Drake London was named AP Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year and UCLA RB Zach Charbonnet earned Newcomer of the Year.

13 Utah players earned AP first or second-team All-Pac-12 selection.

First Team Offense

QB: Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
RB: B.J. Baylor, Oregon State
RB: Tavion Thomas, Utah
WR: Drake London, USC
WR: Calvin Jackson Jr., Washington State
TE: Greg Dulcich, UCLA
OL: Braeden Daniels, Utah
OL: Abraham Lucas, Washington State
OL: Andrew Vorhees, USC
OL: Nous Keobounnam, Oregon State
OL: Nick Ford, Utah

First Team Defense

DL: Kayvon Thibodeaux, Oregon
DL: Mika Tafua, Utah
DL: Brandon Dorlus, Oregon
DL: Popo Aumavae, Oregon
LB: Devin Lloyd, Utah
LB: Noah Sewell, Oregon
LB: Nephi Sewell, Utah
DB: Trent McDuffie, Washington
DB: Kylor Gordon, Washington
DB: Verone McKinley III, Oregon
Elijah Hicks, California

First Team Specialists

K: Parker Lewis, USC
K: Dean Janikowski, Washington State
P: Kyle Ostendorp, Arizona
AP: Britain Covey, Utah

Second Team Offense

QB: Cameron Rising, Utah
RB: Travis Dye, Oregon
RB: Raachad White, Arizona State
OT: Sean Rhyan, UCLA
OT: Kellen Diesch, Arizona State
OG: Paul Grattan Jr., UCLA
OG: Sataoa Laumea, Utah
C: Nathan Eldridge, Oregon State
TE: Brant Kuithe, Utah
WR: Kyle Philips, UCLA
WR: Travell Harris, Washington State

AP: Kyle Philips, UCLA

K: Camden Lewis, Oregon

Second Team Defense

DE: Drake Jackson, USC
DE: Ron Stone Jr., Washington State
DT: D.J. Davidson, Arizona State
DT: Junior Tafuna, Utah
LB: Nate Landman, Colorado
LB: Avery Roberts, Oregon State
LB: Cameron Goode, California
CB: Clark Phillips III, Utah
CB: Jay Shaw, UCLA
S: Quentin Lake, UCLA
S: Vontae Davis, Utah
P: Race Porter, Washington

Trevor Allen is a Utah Utes Insider for KSLSports.com, Co-Host of Faith, Family and Football podcast with Clark Phillips III and host of the Crimson Corner podcast. Follow him on Twitter: @TrevorASports.