Travis Cox Earns USU Athlete of the Week Honor

Travis Cox Earns USU Athlete of the Week Honor

Aggie quarterback threw for 260 yards and three touchdowns in just three quarters against ASU.

Football quarterback Travis Cox was named the Utah State Athlete of the Week for his performance in the Aggies' 49-0 win against Arkansas State. The weekly award is voted on by a state media panel. 

The junior from Mountain Crest High School in Hyrum, Utah, completed 14 of 21 passes for 260 yards and three touchdowns without an interception in just three quarters of action on Saturday. His 14 completions went for an average of 18.6 yards per completion.

Utah State's offense rolled up its most points against a Division I opponent since 1997 as Utah State's 366 yards of total offense was its second-best output of the season.

Cox has thrown for 1,741 yards in eight games this season with a two-to-one touchdown to interception ratio (12 touchdowns and six interceptions). He has thrown just two interceptions in the last five games and his current streak of at least one touchdown pass in eight straight games is the second-longest such streak at Utah State since 1990 (11 by Jose Fuentes in 2001).